FIBA U20 EuroBasket explained

Current Season:2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket
Last Season:2023 FIBA U20 European Championship
Pixels:200px
Sport:Basketball
Founded:1992
Divisions:2
Teams:16 (Division A)
Continent:Europe (FIBA Europe)
Champion: (3rd title)
(Division B) (2nd title)
Most Champs:,,, (3 titles)
,, (Division B) (2 titles)
Related Comps:FIBA U18 EuroBasket
FIBA U16 EuroBasket
Website:fiba.com/europe/u20

The FIBA U20 EuroBasket is the new name for the FIBA U20 European Championship,[1] [2] originally known as the European Championship for Men '22 and Under'. It's a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1992 edition. Through the 2004 edition, it was held biennially, but since 2005 edition, it is held every year. The tournament was originally an Under-22 age tournament, but it is now an Under-20 age tournament. The current champions are Spain.

Starting with the 2005 B edition, a Division B tournament, which is the secondary level of the European Under-20 Basketball Championship, is also organized. Since the 2013 B edition, the top three placed teams at each year's Division B tournament are promoted to the next year's Division A Championship. This way, the three bottom teams of the Division A Championship are relegated to the next year's Division B Championship.

Division A

The Division A is the top level of the Under-20 championship organized by FIBA Europe.

These teams have always played in Division A, and have never been relegated to Division B:

Results

YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game
width=15%Goldwidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Silverwidth=15%Bronzewidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
1992 Greece
(Athens)
65–6363–60
1994 Slovenia
(Maribor, Postojna & Ljubljana)
96–9183–69
1996 Turkey
(Bursa & Istanbul)
85–8167–62
1998 Italy
(Trapani)
92–7364–57
2000
(Ohrid)
66–6582–77
2002 Lithuania
(Kaunas, Alytus & Vilnius)
77–7395–78
2004 Czech Republic
(Brno)
66–6192–63
2005
(Chekhov)
61–5363–45
2006 Turkey
(İzmir)
64–5883–75
2007 Slovenia (Nova Gorica)
Italy (Gorizia)
87–7874–63
2008 Latvia
(Riga)
96–8991–72
2009 Greece
(Rhodes & Ialysos)
90–8575–72
2010 Croatia
(Zadar, Crikvenica & Makarska)
73–6286–79
2011 Spain
(Bilbao)
82–7066–50
2012 Slovenia
(Ljubljana, Domžale & Kranjska Gora)
50–4967–66
2013 Estonia
(Tallinn)
67–6070–63
2014 Greece
(Heraklion & Rethymno)
65–5779–66
2015 Italy
(Lignano Sabbiadoro & Latisana)
70–6484–74
2016 Finland
(Helsinki)
68–5576–61
2017 Greece
(Heraklion, Rethymno & Chania)
65–5672–58
2018 Germany
(Chemnitz)
80–6681–70
2019 Israel
(Tel Aviv)
92–8473–65
2020 Lithuania
(Klaipėda)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania.
2021 Montenegro
(Podgorica)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers were played instead.
2022 Montenegro
(Podgorica)
69–6186–77
2023 Greece
(Heraklion)
89–79*68–64
2024 Poland
(Gdynia)
82–7870–68

Medal table

Countries in italics no longer compete in FIBA U20 European Championship

Participation details

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As FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003, 4 participations, 2 medals) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006, 3 participations, 2 medals)

MVP Awards (since 1996)

YearMVP Award Winner
1996 Rasho Nesterović
1998 Igor Rakočević
2000 Sani Bečirovič
2002 Nikos Zisis
2004 Erazem Lorbek
2005 Nikita Kurbanov
2006 Ersan İlyasova
2007 Miloš Teodosić
2008 Miroslav Raduljica
2009 Kostas Papanikolaou
2010 Andrew Albicy
2011 Nikola Mirotić
2012 Léo Westermann
2013 Amedeo Della Valle
2014 Cedi Osman
2015 Marko Gudurić
2016 Marc García
2017 Vassilis Charalampopoulos
2018 Yovel Zoosman
2019 Deni Avdija
2022 Juan Núñez
2023 Ilias Kamardine
2024 Zacharie Perrin

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

YearTop ScorerPPG
1996 İbrahim Kutluay22.3
1998 Igor Rakočević21.1
2000 Vlado Ilievski23.0
2002 Marko Popović25.0
2004 Kostas Vasileiadis25.5
2005 Damir Markota18.3
2006 Ernests Kalve20.5
2007 Ronalds Zaķis24.7
2008 Vladimir Dašić22.8
2009 Robin Benzing22.2
2010 Nikos Pappas22.1
2011 Nikola Mirotić27.0
2012 Marko Mugoša18.0
2013 Dani Díez18.7
2014 Sasha Vezenkov19.3
2015 Emmanuel Lecomte19.6
2016 Lauri Markkanen24.9
2017 Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk20.4
2018 Elijah Clarance22.4
2019 Georgios Kalaitzakis19.7
2022 Mantas Rubštavičius19.7
2023 Orri Gunnarsson18.3

Assist leaders

YearTop Assist LeadersAPG
1996 Dzmitry Kuzmin6.0
1998 Kęstutis Marčiulionis2.3
2000 Sani Bečirovič3.3
2002 Marko Popović7.1
2004 Víctor Sada4.3
2005 Jure Močnik5
2006 Edgars Jeromanovs6.3
2007 Miloš Teodosić5.4
2008 Quino Colom6.1
2009 Dmitry Khvostov6.1
2010 Andrew Albicy5.9
2011 Josep Franch5.1
2012 Klym Artamonov5.3
2013 Klym Artamonov6.2
2014 Matic Rebec9.0
2015 Radovan Kouril5.5
2016 Žan Mark Šiško7.1
2017 Tamir Blatt10.1
2018 Pol Figueras6.4
2019 Yam Madar7.7
2022 Vito Kučić6.4
2023 Noam Yaacov7.6

Top rebounders

YearTop RebounderRPG
1996 Rasho Nesterović9.6
1998 Samuele Podestà9.6
2000 Andrija Žižić10.3
2002 Nenad Krstić11.3
2004 Paulius Jankūnas12.1
2005 Damir Markota10.8
2006 Carlos Suárez10.4
2007 Povilas Butkevičius11.7
2008 Miroslav Raduljica10.9
2009 Nikola Vučević10.8
2010 Furkan Aldemir11.6
2011 Furkan Aldemir15.9
2012 Vyacheslav Bobrov8.9
2013 Tomaž Bolčina9.7
2014 Sasha Vezenkov11.2
2015 Domantas Sabonis13.2
2016 Regimantas Miniotas9.3
2017 Simon Birgander13.8
2018 Miloš Popović11.4
2019 Marko Simonović11.4
2022 Adem Bona10.9
2023 Daniel Wolf12.0

Division B

Division B is the lower tier of the two Under-20 championships organized by FIBA Europe.

Results

YearHostPromoted to Division ABronze medal game
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2005
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Bulgaria
(Varna)
86–8096–76
2006
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Portugal
(Lisbon)
96–8891–75
2007
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Poland
(Warsaw)
89–6876–73
2008
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Romania
(Târgu Mureș)
110–10280–71
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(Skopje)
88–7796–66
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Austria
(Oberwart & Güssing)
71–6686–76
2011
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo)
79–7086–85
2012
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Bulgaria
(Sofia)
88–80101–67
2013
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Romania
(Pitești)
83–7170–69
2014
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo)
76–7077–62
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Hungary
(Székesfehérvár)
80–7668–66
2016
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Greece
(Chalkida)
78–7673–67
2017
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Romania
(Oradea)
80–6781–65
2018
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Bulgaria
(Sofia)
71–6076–62
2019
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Portugal
(Matosinhos)
73–5788–80
2020 Georgia
(Tbilisi)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia.
2021 Georgia
(Tbilisi)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
The 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers were played instead.
2022
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Georgia
(Tbilisi)
81–6763–53
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(Skopje)
85-7283-61
2024
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Romania
(Pitesti)
80-5873-56

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See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.fiba.basketball/news/draws-complete-for-fiba-youth-eurobasket-and-european-championship-for-small-countries-2024 Draws complete for FIBA Youth EuroBasket 2024
  2. https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/fiba-youth-eurobasket-2024?site.playerid=drawresults Draw results
  3. News: FIBA Europe Board approves alternative format for Youth Competitions, new dates for Small Countries Championships . 21 July 2021 . . 11 May 2021.