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FIBA U20 EuroBasket

International men's juniors basketball tournament

International men's juniors basketball tournament

FieldValue
titleFIBA U20 EuroBasket
last_season2025 FIBA U20 EuroBasket
upcoming_season2026 FIBA U20 EuroBasket
sportBasketball
founded1992
divisions2
teams16 (Division A)
continentEurope (FIBA Europe)
champion(3rd title)
most_champs
(3 titles each)
related_compsFIBA U18 EuroBasket
FIBA U16 EuroBasket
websitewww.fiba.basketball/history

(3 titles each) FIBA U16 EuroBasket

The FIBA U20 EuroBasket, formerly the FIBA U20 European Championship, and originally the European Championship for Men '22 and Under is an annual men's youth basketball competition contested by the under-20 national teams from FIBA Europe. The current champions are Italy.

The inaugural tournament was in 1992, and was originally an under-22 aged competition from 1992 until 1998. The event was held biennially until 2004, and has been played every year since 2005.

The competition uses a promotion and relegation system to determine new qualifiers for each edition. The bottom three teams from Division A are relegated, while the top three teams from Division B are promoted. The current champions of Division B are Latvia.

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 gameGoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
1992Greece
(Athens)****65–6363–60
1994Slovenia
(Maribor, Postojna & Ljubljana)****96–9183–69
1996Turkey
(Bursa & Istanbul)****85–8167–62
1998Italy
(Trapani)****92–7364–57
2000North Macedonia
(Ohrid)****66–6582–77
2002Lithuania
(Kaunas, Alytus & Vilnius)****77–7395–78
2004Czech Republic
(Brno)****66–6192–63
2005Russia
(Chekhov)****61–5363–45
2006Turkey
(İzmir)****64–5883–75
2007Slovenia (Nova Gorica)
Italy (Gorizia)****87–7874–63
2008Latvia
(Riga)****96–8991–72
2009Greece
(Rhodes & Ialysos)****90–8575–72
2010Croatia
(Zadar, Crikvenica & Makarska)****73–6286–79
2011Spain
(Bilbao)****82–7066–50
2012Slovenia
(Ljubljana, Domžale & Kranjska Gora)****50–4967–66
2013Estonia
(Tallinn)****67–6070–63
2014Greece
(Heraklion & Rethymno)****65–5779–66
2015Italy
(Lignano Sabbiadoro & Latisana)****70–6484–74
2016Finland
(Helsinki)****68–5576–61
2017Greece
(Heraklion, Rethymno & Chania)****65–5672–58
2018Germany
(Chemnitz)****80–6681–70
2019Israel
(Tel Aviv)****92–8473–65
2020Lithuania
(Klaipėda)Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania.
2021Montenegro
(Podgorica)Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
The 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers were played instead.
2022Montenegro
(Podgorica)****69–6186–77
2023Greece
(Heraklion)****89–79*68–64
2024Poland
(Gdynia)****82–7870–68
2025Greece
(Heraklion)****83–6673–62

Medal table

Countries in italics no longer compete in FIBA U20 EuroBasket

Participation details

NationGRE
1992SLO
1994TUR
1996ITA
1998MKD
2000LTU
2002CZE
2004RUS
2005TUR
2006ITA
SLO
2007LAT
2008GRE
2009CRO
2010SPA
2011SLO
2012EST
2013GRE
2014ITA
2015FIN
2016GRE
2017GER
2018ISR
2019MNE
2022GRE
2023POL
2024GRE
2025TotalNationGRE
1992SLO
1994TUR
1996ITA
1998MKD
2000LTU
2002CZE
2004RUS
2005TUR
2006ITA
SLO
2007LAT
2008GRE
2009CRO
2010ESP
2011SLO
2012EST
2013GRE
2014ITA
2015FIN
2016GRE
2017GER
2018ISR
2019MNE
2022GRE
2023POL
2024GRE
2025Total
15th1
1st10th9th14th16th5
8th12th16th8th14th8th4th4th12th9
19th1
9th8th15th14th15th20th6
9th4th8th12th11th5th10th12th8th4th16th12th4th17th2nd7th7th14th18
12th8th16th16th17th17th6th7th15th15th6th9th12
15th19th16th3
10th15th15th3
3rd11th11th5th8th3rd6th6th9th7th2nd1st3rd2nd9th8th4th13th3rd4th4th5th1st1st3rd25
12th16th16th20th4
12th9th7th13th15th14th14th5th5th11th14th11th4th7th3rd3rd11th6th12th13th20
11th15th10th8th4
2nd4th6th11th7th1st4th5th8th13th13th1st2nd12th8th5th6th18th1st13th9th12th3rd3rd5th25
14th16th20th16th4
8th15th12th13th14th5
4th5th9th10th2nd10th2nd4th12th6th10th15th15th7th10th12th2nd1st1st4th2nd10th6th23
1st2nd5th6th11th8th4th3rd6th4th10th2nd10th1st10th9th5th13th8th13th9th9th9th1st24
12th7th7th13th14th11th10th11th8th6th2nd16th5th6th16th16th16
1st8th10th5th3rd2nd7th11th2nd5th9th14th1st7th5th7th2nd6th9th5th2nd8th5th2nd24
played as part of SCG5th7th6th7th14th8th18th11th11th12th3rd13th16th13
15th1
11th15th15th3
11th9th14th14th13th15th8th10th8
14th1
9th16th11th3
7th8th9th4th6th1st10th4th9th9th5th4th11th4th13th16th16
played as part of SCG1st1st11th7th13th4th13th3rd1st11th5th6th15th5th11th4th16
12th1
8th7th2nd1st6th1st10th3rd5th14th13th12th11th7th10th12th13th9th14th11th10th11th2nd7th24
6th3rd2nd4th3rd2nd11th9th11th2nd3rd3rd3rd1st3rd3rd2nd2nd1st4th7th2nd1st10th7th8th26
9th13th16th19th10th12th14th7
10th6th4th3rd6th9th12th2nd7th4th6th13th6th9th6th1st3rd3rd9th5th6th6th7th14th24
12th10th15th8th12th8th10th12th18th12th8th10th12th10th16th16th16
**7thdefunct1
**5thdefunct1
**3rd1st5th7th5th3rd1stdefunct7

: 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
1996SLO Rasho Nesterović
1998SCG Igor Rakočević
2000SLO Sani Bečirovič
2002GRE Nikos Zisis
2004SLO Erazem Lorbek
2005RUS Nikita Kurbanov
2006TUR Ersan İlyasova
2007SRB Miloš Teodosić
2008SRB Miroslav Raduljica
2009GRE Kostas Papanikolaou
2010FRA Andrew Albicy
2011ESP Nikola Mirotić
2012FRA Léo Westermann
2013ITA Amedeo Della Valle
2014TUR Cedi Osman
2015SRB Marko Gudurić
2016ESP Marc García
2017GRE Vassilis Charalampopoulos
2018ISR Yovel Zoosman
2019ISR Deni Avdija
2022ESP Juan Núñez
2023FRA Ilias Kamardine
2024FRA Zacharie Perrin
2025ITA Francesco Ferrari

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

YearTop ScorerPPG
1996TUR İbrahim Kutluay22.3
1998FR Yugoslavia Igor Rakočević21.1
2000MKD Vlado Ilievski23.0
2002CRO Marko Popović25.0
2004GRE Kostas Vasileiadis25.5
2005CRO Damir Markota18.3
2006LAT Ernests Kalve20.5
2007LAT Ronalds Zaķis24.7
2008MNE Vladimir Dašić22.8
2009GER Robin Benzing22.2
2010GRE Nikos Pappas22.1
2011ESP Nikola Mirotić27.0
2012MNE Marko Mugoša18.0
2013ESP Dani Díez18.7
2014BUL Sasha Vezenkov19.3
2015BEL Emmanuel Lecomte19.6
2016FIN Lauri Markkanen24.9
2017UKR Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk20.4
2018SWE Elijah Clarance22.4
2019GRE Georgios Kalaitzakis19.7
2022LTU Mantas Rubštavičius19.7
2023ISL Orri Gunnarsson18.3
2024CZE Jakub Necas18,6
2025SLO Jan Vide17,9

Assist leaders

YearTop Assist LeadersAPG
1996BLR Dzmitry Kuzmin6.0
1998LTU Kęstutis Marčiulionis2.3
2000SLO Sani Bečirovič3.3
2002CRO Marko Popović7.1
2004ESP Víctor Sada4.3
2005SLO Jure Močnik5
2006LAT Edgars Jeromanovs6.3
2007SRB Miloš Teodosić5.4
2008ESP Quino Colom6.1
2009RUS Dmitry Khvostov6.1
2010FRA Andrew Albicy5.9
2011ESP Josep Franch5.1
2012UKR Klym Artamonov5.3
2013UKR Klym Artamonov6.2
2014SLO Matic Rebec9.0
2015CZE Radovan Kouřil5.5
2016SLO Žan Mark Šiško7.1
2017ISR Tamir Blatt10.1
2018ESP Pol Figueras6.4
2019ISR Yam Madar7.7
2022CRO Vito Kučić6.4
2023ISR Noam Yaacov7.6
2024ISR Noam Yaacov7,2
2025GRE Neoklis Avdalas8,0

Top rebounders

YearTop RebounderRPG
1996SLO Rasho Nesterović9.6
1998ITA Samuele Podestà9.6
2000CRO Andrija Žižić10.3
2002FR Yugoslavia Nenad Krstić11.3
2004LTU Paulius Jankūnas12.1
2005CRO Damir Markota10.8
2006ESP Carlos Suárez10.4
2007LTU Povilas Butkevičius11.7
2008SRB Miroslav Raduljica10.9
2009MNE Nikola Vučević10.8
2010TUR Furkan Aldemir11.6
2011TUR Furkan Aldemir15.9
2012UKR Vyacheslav Bobrov8.9
2013SLO Tomaž Bolčina9.7
2014BUL Sasha Vezenkov11.2
2015LTU Domantas Sabonis13.2
2016LTU Regimantas Miniotas9.3
2017SWE Simon Birgander13.8
2018MNE Miloš Popović11.4
2019MNE Marko Simonović11.4
2022TUR Adem Bona10.9
2023ISR Daniel Wolf12.0
2024BEL Nathan Missia-Dio10,6
2025ESP Alvaro Folgueiras9,7

Division B

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

Results

YearHostPromoted to Division ABronze medal gameGoldScoreSilverBronze *ScoreFourth place
2005
detailsBulgaria
(Varna)****86–8096–76
2006
detailsPortugal
(Lisbon)****96–8891–75
2007
detailsPoland
(Warsaw)****89–6876–73
2008
detailsRomania
(Târgu Mureș)****110–10280–71
2009
detailsMacedonia
(Skopje)****88–7796–66
2010
detailsAustria
(Oberwart & Güssing)****71–6686–76
2011
detailsBosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo)****79–7086–85
2012
detailsBulgaria
(Sofia)****88–80101–67
2013
detailsRomania
(Pitești)****83–7170–69
2014
detailsBosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo)****76–7077–62
2015
detailsHungary
(Székesfehérvár)****80–7668–66
2016
detailsGreece
(Chalkida)****78–7673–67
2017
detailsRomania
(Oradea)****80–6781–65
2018
detailsBulgaria
(Sofia)****71–6076–62
2019
detailsPortugal
(Matosinhos)****73–5788–80
2020Georgia
(Tbilisi)Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia.
2021Georgia
(Tbilisi)Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
The 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers were played instead.
2022
detailsGeorgia
(Tbilisi)****81–6763–53
2023
detailsNorth Macedonia
(Skopje)****85–7283–61
2024
detailsRomania
(Pitesti)****80–5873–56
2025
detailsArmenia
(Yerevan)****74–6486–54
  • 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

Participation details

NationBUL
2005POR
2006POL
2007ROU
2008MKD
2009AUT
2010BIH
2011BUL
2012ROU
2013BIH
2014HUN
2015GRE
2016ROU
2017BUL
2018POR
2019GEO
2022MKD
2023ROU
2024ARM
2025TotalNationBUL
2005POR
2006POL
2007ROU
2008MKD
2009AUT
2010BIH
2011BUL
2012ROU
2013BIH
2014HUN
2015GRE
2016ROU
2017BUL
2018POR
2019GEO
2022MKD
2023ROU
2024ARM
2025Total
11th16th21st14th16th12th15th19th18th21st10
12th17th17th21st21st19th16th7
8th12th10th5th1st10th11th15th17th12th15th11
19th19th20th20th20th5
18th17th17th13th4th5th13th15th11th13th10
5th6th10th2nd8th4th7th4th2nd6th8th3rd12
6th1st5th3
1st9th4th8th4th18th7th5th7th10th9th13th12
1st4th2nd10th2nd5
11th8th2
5th13th9th2nd3rd2nd6th2nd1st9
15th7th11th14th4
6th4th2nd12th19th14th10th3rd11th19th10
8th3rd3rd18th7th9th10th8th10th7th1st9th5th11th4th9th3rd17
4th1st8th13th1st10th11th8th7th13th8th11th14th5th20th15
4th1st2
3rd1
14th8th15th13th6th13th6th2nd7th3rd8th12th6th13
2nd12th14th11th18th18th3rd3rd11th10th14th10th15th6th11th15
12th12th14th2nd7th2nd6
10th16th11th16th12th18th20th9th16th14th7th11
5th11th3rd3
3rd6th13th13th1st5
14th20th12th18th18th12th11th16th8th9
16th22nd17th12th13th8th19th19th18th17th10
20th1
18th21st22nd21st4
1st4th1st12th4
9th14th7th1st16th14th8th5th6th15th10th15th6th13th5th4th5th17
2nd8th6th19th16th7th14th13th12th16th8th2nd17th13
11th11th10th20th4
3rd4th5th13th3rd3rd9th5th1st6th5th1st12
9th10th15th6th15th7th5th9th5th6th9th11th8th9th1st6th7th10th18
17th5th17th14th15th7th9th17th10th1st17th16th1st13
9th4th4th4th4
1st1
6th13th7th14th10th12th12th12th9th10th16th16th17th15th19th18th8th18th18
2nd1
7th11th9th3rd4th2nd2nd9th5th4th15th9th12
15th16th17th12th16th21st15th6th14th13th14th7th17th4th14
3rd1
7th2nd3rd3rd2nd5

References

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