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.

FIBA U20 EuroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket
SportBasketball
Founded1992
Divisions2
No. of teams16 (Division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 France (3rd title)
 Romania (Division B) (2nd title)
Most titles France,  Greece,  Serbia,  Spain (3 titles)
 Poland,  Georgia,  Montenegro (Division B) (2 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA U18 EuroBasket
FIBA U16 EuroBasket
Official websitefiba.com/europe/u20

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

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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

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Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1992   Greece
(Athens)
 
Italy
65–63  
Greece
 
France
63–60  
Israel
1994   Slovenia
(Maribor, Postojna & Ljubljana)
 
Belarus
96–91  
Italy
 
Spain
83–69  
Greece
1996   Turkey
(Bursa & Istanbul)
 
Lithuania
85–81  
Spain
 
FR Yugoslavia
67–62  
Turkey
1998   Italy
(Trapani)
 
FR Yugoslavia
92–73  
Slovenia
 
Turkey
64–57  
Spain
2000   Macedonia
(Ohrid)
 
Slovenia
66–65  
Israel
 
Spain
82–77  
Croatia
2002   Lithuania
(Kaunas, Alytus & Vilnius)
 
Greece
77–73  
Spain
 
France
95–78  
Russia
2004   Czech Republic
(Brno)
 
Slovenia
66–61  
Israel
 
Lithuania
92–63  
Greece
2005   Russia
(Chekhov)
 
Russia
61–53  
Lithuania
 
Serbia & Montenegro
63–45  
Israel
2006   Turkey
(İzmir)
 
Serbia & Montenegro
64–58  
Turkey
 
Slovenia
83–75  
Italy
2007   Slovenia (Nova Gorica)
  Italy (Gorizia)
 
Serbia
87–78  
Spain
 
Italy
74–63  
Russia
2008   Latvia
(Riga)
 
Serbia
96–89  
Lithuania
 
Spain
91–72  
Turkey
2009   Greece
(Rhodes & Ialysos)
 
Greece
90–85  
France
 
Spain
75–72  
Italy
2010   Croatia
(Zadar, Crikvenica & Makarska)
 
France
73–62  
Greece
 
Spain
86–79  
Croatia
2011   Spain
(Bilbao)
 
Spain
82–70  
Italy
 
France
66–50  
Russia
2012   Slovenia
(Ljubljana, Domžale & Kranjska Gora)
 
Lithuania
50–49  
France
 
Spain
67–66  
Serbia
2013   Estonia
(Tallinn)
 
Italy
67–60  
Latvia
 
Spain
70–63  
Russia
2014   Greece
(Heraklion & Rethymno)
 
Turkey
65–57  
Spain
 
Serbia
79–66  
Croatia
2015   Italy
(Lignano Sabbiadoro & Latisana)
 
Serbia
70–64  
Spain
 
Turkey
84–74  
France
2016   Finland
(Helsinki)
 
Spain
68–55  
Lithuania
 
Turkey
76–61  
Germany
2017   Greece
(Heraklion, Rethymno & Chania)
 
Greece
65–56  
Israel
 
France
72–58  
Spain
2018   Germany
(Chemnitz)
 
Israel
80–66  
Croatia
 
Germany
81–70  
France
2019   Israel
(Tel Aviv)
 
Israel
92–84  
Spain
 
Germany
73–65  
France
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)
 
Spain
69–61  
Lithuania
 
Montenegro
86–77  
Israel
2023   Greece
(Heraklion)
 
France
89–79*  
Israel
 
Greece
68–64  
Belgium
2024   Poland
(Gdynia)
 
France
82–78  
Slovenia
 
Greece
70–68  
Belgium

Medal table

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Countries in italics no longer compete in FIBA U20 European Championship

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Spain36716
2  France3249
3  Greece3227
4  Serbia3014
5  Lithuania2417
6  Israel2406
7  Italy2215
  Slovenia2215
9  Serbia and Montenegro2024
10  Turkey1135
11  Belarus1001
  Russia1001
13  Croatia0101
  Latvia0101
15  Germany0022
16  Montenegro0011
Totals (16 entries)25252575

Participation details

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Nation  
1992
 
1994
 
1996
 
1998
 
2000
 
2002
 
2004
 
2005
 
2006
 
 
2007
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2022
 
2023
 
2024
Total
  Austria 15th 1
  Belarus 1st 10th 9th 14th 16th 5
  Belgium 8th 12th 16th 8th 14th 8th 4th 4th 8
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19th 1
  Bulgaria 9th 8th 15th 14th 15th 20th 6
  Croatia 9th 4th 8th 12th 11th 5th 10th 12th 8th 4th 16th 12th 4th 17th 2nd 7th 7th 14th 18
  Czech Republic 12th 8th 16th 16th 17th 17th 6th 7th 15th 15th 6th 11
  Estonia 15th 19th 16th 3
  Finland 10th 15th 2
  France 3rd 11th 11th 5th 8th 3rd 6th 6th 9th 7th 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 9th 8th 4th 13th 3rd 4th 4th 5th 1st 1st 24
  Georgia 12th 16th 16th 20th 4
  Germany 12th 9th 7th 13th 15th 14th 14th 5th 5th 11th 14th 11th 4th 7th 3rd 3rd 11th 6th 12th 19
  Great Britain 11th 15th 10th 8th 4
  Greece 2nd 4th 6th 11th 7th 1st 4th 5th 8th 13th 13th 1st 2nd 12th 8th 5th 6th 18th 1st 13th 9th 12th 3rd 3rd 24
  Hungary 14th 16th 20th 16th 4
  Iceland 8th 15th 12th 13th 4
  Israel 4th 5th 9th 10th 2nd 10th 2nd 4th 12th 6th 10th 15th 15th 7th 10th 12th 2nd 1st 1st 4th 2nd 10th 22
  Italy 1st 2nd 5th 6th 11th 8th 4th 3rd 6th 4th 10th 2nd 10th 1st 10th 9th 5th 13th 8th 13th 9th 9th 9th 23
  Latvia 12th 7th 7th 13th 14th 11th 10th 11th 8th 6th 2nd 16th 5th 6th 16th 16th 16
  Lithuania 1st 8th 10th 5th 3rd 2nd 7th 11th 2nd 5th 9th 14th 1st 7th 5th 7th 2nd 6th 9th 5th 2nd 8th 5th 23
  Montenegro played as part of   5th 7th 6th 7th 14th 8th 18th 11th 11th 12th 3rd 13th 16th 13
  Netherlands 15th 1
  North Macedonia 11th 15th 15th 3
  Poland 11th 9th 14th 14th 13th 15th 8th 7
  Portugal 14th 1
  Romania 9th 16th 2
  Russia 7th 8th 9th 4th 6th 1st 10th 4th 9th 9th 5th 4th 11th 4th 13th 16th 16
  Serbia played as part of   1st 1st 11th 7th 13th 4th 13th 3rd 1st 11th 5th 6th 15th 5th 11th 15
  Slovakia 12th 1
  Slovenia 8th 7th 2nd 1st 6th 1st 10th 3rd 5th 14th 13th 12th 11th 7th 10th 12th 13th 9th 14th 11th 10th 11th 2nd 23
  Spain 6th 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 11th 9th 11th 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 7th 2nd 1st 10th 7th 25
  Sweden 9th 13th 16th 19th 10th 12th 14th 7
  Turkey 10th 6th 4th 3rd 6th 9th 12th 2nd 7th 4th 6th 13th 6th 9th 6th 1st 3rd 3rd 9th 5th 6th 6th 7th 14th 24
  Ukraine 12th 10th 15th 8th 12th 8th 10th 12th 18th 12th 8th 10th 12th 10th 16th 15
Nation  
1992
 
1994
 
1996
 
1998
 
2000
 
2002
 
2004
 
2005
 
2006
 
 
2007
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2022
 
2023
 
2024
Total
  CIS 7th defunct 1
  Czechoslovakia 5th defunct 1
  FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and MontenegroA 3rd 1st 5th 7th 5th 3rd 1st defunct 7
^A As FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003, 4 participations, 2 medals) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006, 3 participations, 2 medals)

MVP Awards (since 1996)

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Year MVP 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

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Division B

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

Results

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Year Host Promoted to Division A Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze * Score Fourth place
2005
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  Bulgaria
(Varna)
 
Bulgaria
86–80  
Hungary
 
Poland
96–76  
Georgia
2006
details
  Portugal
(Lisbon)
 
Georgia
96–88  
Macedonia
 
Finland
91–75  
Poland
2007
details
  Poland
(Warsaw)
 
Montenegro
89–68  
Ukraine
 
Finland
76–73  
Germany
2008
details
  Romania
(Târgu Mureș)
 
Germany
110–102  
Belgium
 
Sweden
80–71  
Estonia
2009
details
  Macedonia
(Skopje)
 
Netherlands
88–77  
Czech Republic
 
Poland
96–66  
Sweden
2010
details
  Austria
(Oberwart & Güssing)
 
Austria
71–66  
Sweden
 
Poland
86–76  
Bulgaria
2011
details
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo)
 
Georgia
79–70  
Estonia
 
Czech Republic
86–85  
Belgium
2012
details
  Bulgaria
(Sofia)
 
Croatia
88–80  
Czech Republic
 
Israel
101–67  
Bulgaria
2013
details
  Romania
(Pitești)
 
Poland
83–71  
Great Britain
 
Hungary
70–69  
Belgium
2014
details
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo)
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
76–70  
Belgium
 
Ukraine
77–62  
Belarus
2015
details
  Hungary
(Székesfehérvár)
 
Finland
80–76  
Sweden
 
Hungary
68–66  
Montenegro
2016
details
  Greece
(Chalkida)
 
Montenegro
78–76  
Iceland
 
Greece
73–67  
Croatia
2017
details
  Romania
(Oradea)
 
Romania
80–67  
Croatia
 
Great Britain
81–65  
Russia
2018
details
  Bulgaria
(Sofia)
 
Poland
71–60  
Slovenia
 
Latvia
76–62  
Russia
2019
details
  Portugal
(Matosinhos)
 
Portugal
73–57  
Czech Republic
 
Belgium
88–80  
Russia
2020   Georgia
(Tbilisi)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia.
2021   Georgia
(Tbilisi)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers were played instead.
2022
details
  Georgia
(Tbilisi)
 
Serbia
81–67  
Iceland
 
Estonia
63–53  
Finland
2023
details
  North Macedonia
(Skopje)
 
Czech Republic
85-72  
North Macedonia
 
Ukraine
83-61  
Sweden
2024
details
  Romania
(Pitesti)
 
Romania
80-58  
Ukraine
 
Finland
73-56  
Netherlands
  • Until 2011, the top two placed teams in Division B were promoted to the next year's Division A.
  • In 2012, the top four teams in Division B were promoted to the 2013 Division A.
  • Since 2013, the top three teams in Division B are promoted to Division A for the next tournament.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Poland2035
2  Georgia2002
  Montenegro2002
4  Czech Republic1315
5  Croatia1102
6  Finland1034
7  Austria1001
  Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
  Bulgaria1001
  Germany1001
  Netherlands1001
  Portugal1001
  Romania1001
  Serbia1001
15  Belgium0213
  Sweden0213
17  Iceland0202
  North Macedonia0202
19  Hungary0123
  Ukraine0123
21  Estonia0112
  Great Britain0112
23  Slovenia0101
24  Greece0011
  Israel0011
  Latvia0011
Totals (26 entries)17171852

Participation details

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Nation  
2005
 
2006
 
2007
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2022
 
2023
 
2024
Total
  Albania 11th 16th 21st 14th 16th 12th 15th 19th 18th 9
  Armenia 12th 17th 17th 21st 21st 19th 6
  Austria 8th 12th 10th 5th 1st 10th 11th 15th 17th 12th 10
  Azerbaijan 19th 19th 20th 20th 20th 5
  Belarus 18th 17th 17th 13th 4th 5th 13th 15th 11th 13th 10
  Belgium 5th 6th 10th 2nd 8th 4th 7th 4th 2nd 6th 8th 3rd 12
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6th 1st 5th 3
  Bulgaria 1st 9th 4th 8th 4th 18th 7th 5th 7th 10th 9th 11
  Croatia 1st 4th 2nd 10th 4
  Cyprus 11th 8th 2
  Czech Republic 5th 13th 9th 2nd 3rd 2nd 6th 2nd 1st 9
  Denmark 15th 7th 11th 3
  Estonia 6th 4th 2nd 12th 19th 14th 10th 3rd 11th 9
  Finland 8th 3rd 3rd 18th 7th 9th 10th 8th 10th 7th 1st 9th 5th 11th 4th 9th 3rd 17
  Georgia 4th 1st 8th 13th 1st 10th 11th 8th 7th 13th 8th 11th 14th 5th 14
  Germany 4th 1st 2
  Greece 3rd 1
  Great Britain 14th 8th 15th 13th 6th 13th 6th 2nd 7th 3rd 8th 12th 12
  Hungary 2nd 12th 14th 11th 18th 18th 3rd 3rd 11th 10th 14th 10th 15th 6th 14
  Iceland 12th 12th 14th 2nd 7th 2nd 6
  Ireland 10th 16th 11th 16th 12th 18th 20th 9th 16th 14th 10
  Israel 5th 11th 3rd 3
  Latvia 3rd 6th 13th 13th 4
  Kosovo 14th 20th 12th 18th 18th 12th 11th 16th 8
  Luxembourg 16th 22nd 17th 12th 13th 8th 19th 19th 18th 17th 10
  Malta 20th 1
  Moldova 18th 21st 22nd 21st 4
  Montenegro 1st 4th 1st 3
  Netherlands 9th 14th 7th 1st 16th 14th 8th 5th 6th 15th 10th 15th 6th 13th 5th 4th 16
  North Macedonia 2nd 8th 6th 19th 16th 7th 14th 13th 12th 16th 8th 2nd 12
  Norway 11th 11th 10th 20th 4
  Poland 3rd 4th 5th 13th 3rd 3rd 9th 5th 1st 6th 5th 1st 12
  Portugal 9th 10th 15th 6th 15th 7th 5th 9th 5th 6th 9th 11th 8th 9th 1st 6th 7th 17
  Romania 17th 5th 17th 14th 15th 7th 9th 17th 10th 1st 17th 16th 1st |13
  Russia 9th 4th 4th 4th 4
  Serbia 1st 1
  Slovakia 6th 13th 7th 14th 10th 12th 12th 12th 9th 10th 16th 16th 17th 15th 19th 18th 8th 17
  Slovenia 2nd 1
  Sweden 7th 11th 9th 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 9th 5th 4th 15th 11
   Switzerland 15th 16th 17th 12th 16th 21st 15th 6th 14th 13th 14th 7th 17th 13
  Ukraine 7th 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 5
Nation  
2005
 
2006
 
2007
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2022
 
2023
 
2024
Total

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Draws complete for FIBA Youth EuroBasket 2024
  2. ^ Draw results
  3. ^ a b "FIBA Europe Board approves alternative format for Youth Competitions, new dates for Small Countries Championships". FIBA. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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