2023 FIBA U18 European Championship

2023 FIBA U18 European Championship
Tournament details
Host country Serbia
CityNiš
Dates22–30 July 2023
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Serbia (5th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Germany
Official website
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The 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship was the 38th edition of the European basketball championship for men's national under-18 teams. It was played from 22 to 30 July 2023 in Niš, Serbia.[1]

Participating teams

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First round

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The draw of the first round was held on 14 February 2023 in Freising, Germany.[2][3]

In the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. All teams advance to the playoffs.

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  France 3 3 0 261 187 +74 6
2  Israel 3 2 1 257 240 +17 5
3  Lithuania 3 1 2 266 273 −7 4
4  Sweden 3 0 3 200 271 −71 3
Source: FIBA
22 July 2023
15:30
Israel  101–98  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 28–19, 33–24, 24–31
Čair Sports Center, Niš
22 July 2023
20:30
Sweden  48–86  France
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 9–27, 17–20, 14–19
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
23 July 2023
15:30
Lithuania  99–80  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 28–17, 25–26, 23–22
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
23 July 2023
18:00
France  83–70  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 25–18, 16–16, 17–18
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
24 July 2023
13:00
Israel  86–72  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 23–23, 34–14, 12–18
Čair Sports Center, Niš
24 July 2023
18:00
France  92–69  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 24–14, 19–16, 29–24
Čair Sports Center, Niš

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Germany 3 3 0 239 182 +57 6
2  Turkey 3 2 1 226 203 +23 5
3  Croatia 3 1 2 195 218 −23 4
4  Poland 3 0 3 181 235 −54 3
Source: FIBA
22 July 2023
15:30
Croatia  53–81  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 21–19, 12–20, 10–13
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
22 July 2023
18:00
Poland  63–78  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 20–20, 22–21, 12–20
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
23 July 2023
13:00
Germany  84–62  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 17–18, 23–22, 15–9
Čair Sports Center, Niš
23 July 2023
18:00
Turkey  81–69  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 12–17, 23–23, 27–14
Čair Sports Center, Niš
24 July 2023
13:00
Croatia  73–56  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 17–12, 23–13, 19–16
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
24 July 2023
15:30
Turkey  67–74  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 13–26, 14–18, 20–16
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Serbia (H) 3 3 0 284 192 +92 6
2  Slovenia 3 2 1 231 198 +33 5
3  Finland 3 1 2 209 238 −29 4
4  Czech Republic 3 0 3 180 276 −96 3
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
22 July 2023
13:00
Finland  63–78  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 11–27, 18–15, 22–15, 12–21
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
22 July 2023
20:30
Czech Republic  56–113  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 9–39, 13–28, 17–26, 17–20
Čair Sports Center, Niš
23 July 2023
15:30
Slovenia  89–60  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 33–20, 12–13, 17–13
Čair Sports Center, Niš
23 July 2023
20:30
Serbia  96–72  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 21–17, 24–25, 32–18
Čair Sports Center, Niš
24 July 2023
18:00
Finland  74–64  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 17–14, 21–23, 26–12
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
24 July 2023
20:30
Serbia  75–64  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 21–11, 18–12, 16–20
Čair Sports Center, Niš

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Spain 3 3 0 249 195 +54 6
2  Greece 3 2 1 254 241 +13 5
3  Italy 3 1 2 248 243 +5 4
4  Denmark 3 0 3 216 288 −72 3
Source: FIBA
22 July 2023
13:00
Denmark  64–88  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 6–21, 24–19, 18–18
Čair Sports Center, Niš
22 July 2023
18:00
Greece  88–83  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 23–12, 20–16, 30–29
Čair Sports Center, Niš
23 July 2023
13:00
Italy  93–77  Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 22–18, 24–19, 21–28
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
23 July 2023
20:30
Spain  83–59  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 26–12, 20–9, 14–16
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
24 July 2023
15:30
Greece  107–75  Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 26–18, 28–17, 26–22
Čair Sports Center, Niš
24 July 2023
20:30
Spain  78–72  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 18–12, 21–12, 21–24
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

Playoff brackets

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Main bracket

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Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
26 July 18:00
 
 
 France94
 
27 July 18:00
 
 Poland54
 
 France81
 
26 July 20:30
 
 Slovenia62
 
 Slovenia86
 
29 July 18:00
 
 Italy73
 
 France58
 
26 July 13:00
 
 Spain70
 
 Turkey76
 
27 July 13:00
 
 Lithuania72
 
 Turkey67
 
26 July 15:30
 
 Spain75
 
 Spain77
 
30 July 20:30
 
 Czech Republic64
 
 Spain71
 
26 July 18:00
 
 Serbia81
 
 Israel84
 
27 July 20:30
 
 Croatia66
 
 Israel65
 
26 July 20:30
 
 Serbia83
 
 Serbia107
 
29 July 20:30
 
 Denmark62
 
 Serbia65
 
26 July 13:00
 
 Germany54 3rd place match
 
 Germany93
 
27 July 15:3030 July 18:00
 
 Sweden77
 
 Germany78 France59
 
26 July 15:30
 
 Greece70  Germany67
 
 Greece88
 
 
 Finland70
 

5th place bracket

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5th–8th place semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
29 July 13:00
 
 
 Slovenia73
 
30 July 13:00
 
 Turkey84
 
 Turkey90
 
29 July 15:30
 
 Israel88
 
 Israel88
 
 
 Greece77
 
7th place match
 
 
30 July 13:00
 
 
 Slovenia62
 
 
 Greece66

9th place bracket

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9th–16th place quarterfinals9th–12th place semifinals9th place match
 
          
 
27 July 18:00
 
 
 Poland83
 
29 July 18:00
 
 Italy93
 
 Italy89
 
27 July 13:00
 
 Lithuania87
 
 Lithuania95
 
30 July 18:00
 
 Czech Republic59
 
 Italy76
 
27 July 20:30
 
 Croatia61
 
 Croatia90
 
29 July 20:30
 
 Denmark66
 
 Croatia87
 
27 July 15:30
 
 Sweden85 11th place match
 
 Sweden72
 
30 July 15:30
 
 Finland58
 
 Lithuania82
 
 
 Sweden79
 

13th place bracket

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13th–16th place semifinals13th place match
 
      
 
29 July 13:00
 
 
 Poland69
 
30 July 15:30
 
 Czech Republic50
 
 Poland87
 
29 July 15:30
 
 Denmark102
 
 Denmark92
 
 
 Finland70
 
15th place match
 
 
30 July 10:30
 
 
 Czech Republic76
 
 
 Finland81

Playoff results

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Round of 16

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26 July 2023
13:00
Turkey  76–72  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 20–14, 16–14, 23–21
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
26 July 2023
13:00
Germany  93–77  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 32–22, 25–13, 14–19
Čair Sports Center, Niš
26 July 2023
15:30
Greece  88–70  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 30-15, 18-24, 21-10, 19-21
Čair Sports Center, Niš
26 July 2023
15:30
Spain  77–64  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 30–15, 21–21, 16–13, 10–15
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
26 July 2023
18:00
France  94–54  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 23–23, 19–6, 26–12
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
26 July 2023
18:00
Israel  84–66  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 19–17, 27–19, 19–12
Čair Sports Center, Niš
26 July 2023
20:30
Serbia  107–62  Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 28–16, 24–6, 32–28
Čair Sports Center, Niš
26 July 2023
20:30
Slovenia  86–73  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 24–18, 14–23, 28–11
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

9th–16th place quarterfinals

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27 July 2023
13:00
Lithuania  95–59  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 29–15, 21–25, 20–14, 25–5
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
27 July 2023
15:30
Sweden  72–58  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 17–33, 15–11, 27–4
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
27 July 2023
18:00
Poland  83–93  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 17–21, 19–24, 22–32
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
27 July 2023
20:30
Croatia  90–66  Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 25–10, 17–16, 27–19
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

13th–16th place semifinals

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29 July 2023
13:00
Poland  69–50  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15–7, 24–13, 10–13, 20–17
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
29 July 2023
15:30
Denmark  92–70  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 21–28, 18–11, 25–14
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

15th place match

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30 July 2023
10:30
Czech Republic  76–81  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 18–18, 12–22, 22–19
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

13th place match

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30 July 2023
15:30
Poland  87–102  Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 21–17, 14–27, 31–35
Čair Sports Center, Niš

9th–12th place semifinals

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29 July 2023
18:00
Italy  89–87 (OT)  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20-19, 15-20, 24-20, 20–20, Overtime: 10–8
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
29 July 2023
20:30
Croatia  87–85 (OT)  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 15–9, 20–32, 22–22, Overtime: 9–7
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

11th place match

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30 July 2023
15:30
Lithuania  82–79  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 20–20, 17–19, 20–31
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

9th place match

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30 July 2023
18:00
Italy  76–61  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 14–14, 21–13, 23–22
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

Championship quarterfinals

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27 July 2023
13:00
Turkey  67–75  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 14–14, 21–19, 14–18
Čair Sports Center, Niš
27 July 2023
15:30
Germany  78–70  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 20–17, 20–18, 20–18
Čair Sports Center, Niš
27 July 2023
18:00
France  81–62  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 18–14, 22–10, 21–18
Čair Sports Center, Niš
27 July 2023
20:30
Israel  65–83  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 14–23, 19–15, 17–25
Čair Sports Center, Niš

5th–8th place semifinals

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29 July 2023
13:00
Slovenia  73–84  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 18–23, 20–26, 23–16
Čair Sports Center, Niš
29 July 2023
15:30
Israel  88–77  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 32–15, 9–26, 19–15
Čair Sports Center, Niš

7th place match

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30 July 2023
13:00
Slovenia  62–66  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 12–21, 13–5, 17–21
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

5th place match

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30 July 2023
13:00
Turkey  90–88  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 23–18, 23–20, 26–32
Čair Sports Center, Niš

Championship semifinals

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29 July 2023
18:00
France  58–70  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–5, 10–26, 17–16, 17–23
Čair Sports Center, Niš
29 July 2023
20:30
Serbia  65–54  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 21–17, 19–12, 8–9
Čair Sports Center, Niš

3rd place match

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30 July 2023
18:00
France  59–67  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 17–13, 16–13, 12–19
Čair Sports Center, Niš

Final

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30 July 2023
20:30
Spain  71–81  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 16–17, 11–15, 20–25
Čair Sports Center, Niš

Final standings

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Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Serbia 7–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain 6–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany 6–1
4  France 5–2
5  Turkey 5–2
6  Israel 4–3
7  Greece 4–3
8  Slovenia 3–4
9  Italy 4–3
10  Croatia 3–4
11  Lithuania 3–4
12  Sweden 1–6
13  Denmark 2–5
14  Poland 1–6
15  Finland 2–5
16  Czech Republic 0–7
Relegated to the 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket Division B

Awards

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 2023 FIBA Europe
Under-18 Championship winner 

Serbia
Fifth title
Most Valuable Player
Serbia Nikola Topić
All-Tournament Team

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship Division A official website
  2. ^ Draws concluded for FIBA European Youth Championships 2023
  3. ^ Draw results
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