2023 FIBA U18 European Championship

International basketball competition
International basketball competition
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

First round

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

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
Boxscore
Israel  101–98  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 28–19, 33–24, 24–31
Čair Sports Center, Niš
22 July 2023
20:30
Boxscore
Sweden  48–86  France
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 9–27, 17–20, 14–19
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
23 July 2023
15:30
Boxscore
Lithuania  99–80  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 28–17, 25–26, 23–22
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
23 July 2023
18:00
Boxscore
France  83–70  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 25–18, 16–16, 17–18
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
24 July 2023
13:00
Boxscore
Israel  86–72  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 23–23, 34–14, 12–18
Čair Sports Center, Niš
24 July 2023
18:00
Boxscore
France  92–69  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 24–14, 19–16, 29–24
Čair Sports Center, Niš

Group B

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
Boxscore
Croatia  53–81  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 21–19, 12–20, 10–13
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
22 July 2023
18:00
Boxscore
Poland  63–78  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 20–20, 22–21, 12–20
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
23 July 2023
13:00
Boxscore
Germany  84–62  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 17–18, 23–22, 15–9
Čair Sports Center, Niš
23 July 2023
18:00
Boxscore
Turkey  81–69  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 12–17, 23–23, 27–14
Čair Sports Center, Niš
24 July 2023
13:00
Boxscore
Croatia  73–56  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 17–12, 23–13, 19–16
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
24 July 2023
15:30
Boxscore
Turkey  67–74  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 13–26, 14–18, 20–16
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

Group C

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
Boxscore
Finland  63–78  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 11–27, 18–15, 22–15, 12–21
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
22 July 2023
20:30
Boxscore
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
Boxscore
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
Boxscore
Serbia  96–72  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 21–17, 24–25, 32–18
Čair Sports Center, Niš
24 July 2023
18:00
Boxscore
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
Boxscore
Serbia  75–64  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 21–11, 18–12, 16–20
Čair Sports Center, Niš

Group D

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
Boxscore
Denmark  64–88  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 6–21, 24–19, 18–18
Čair Sports Center, Niš
22 July 2023
18:00
Boxscore
Greece  88–83  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 23–12, 20–16, 30–29
Čair Sports Center, Niš
23 July 2023
13:00
Boxscore
Italy  93–77  Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 22–18, 24–19, 21–28
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
23 July 2023
20:30
Boxscore
Spain  83–59  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 26–12, 20–9, 14–16
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
24 July 2023
15:30
Boxscore
Greece  107–75  Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 26–18, 28–17, 26–22
Čair Sports Center, Niš
24 July 2023
20:30
Boxscore
Spain  78–72  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 18–12, 21–12, 21–24
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

Playoff brackets

Main bracket

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

Round of 16

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

9th–16th place quarterfinals

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

13th–16th place semifinals

29 July 2023
13:00
Boxscore
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
Boxscore
Denmark  92–70  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 21–28, 18–11, 25–14
OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

15th place match

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

13th place match

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

9th–12th place semifinals

29 July 2023
18:00
Boxscore
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
Boxscore
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

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

9th place match

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

Championship quarterfinals

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

5th–8th place semifinals

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

7th place match

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

5th place match

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

Championship semifinals

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

3rd place match

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

Final

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

Final standings

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

 2023 FIBA Europe
Under-18 Championship winner 

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

See also

References

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

External links

  • Official website of FIBA
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