FIBA U20 EuroBasket

For the women's competition, see FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket.
FIBA U20 EuroBasket
Most recent season or competition:
2025 FIBA U20 EuroBasket
SportBasketball
Founded1992
Divisions2
No. of teams16 (Division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion		 Italy (3rd title)
Most titles France
 Greece
 Italy
 Serbia
 Spain
(3 titles each)
Related
competitions		FIBA U18 EuroBasket
FIBA U16 EuroBasket
Official websitewww.fiba.basketball/history

The FIBA U20 EuroBasket, formerly the FIBA U20 European Championship, and originally the European Championship for Men '22 and Under[1][2] 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

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1992[3] Greece
(Athens)
Italy 		65–63
Greece
France 		63–60
Israel
1994[4] Slovenia
(Maribor, Postojna & Ljubljana)
Belarus 		96–91
Italy
Spain 		83–69
Greece
1996[5] Turkey
(Bursa & Istanbul)
Lithuania 		85–81
Spain
FR Yugoslavia 		67–62
Turkey
1998[6] Italy
(Trapani)
FR Yugoslavia 		92–73
Slovenia
Turkey 		64–57
Spain
2000[7] North Macedonia
(Ohrid)
Slovenia 		66–65
Israel
Spain 		82–77
Croatia
2002[8] Lithuania
(Kaunas, Alytus & Vilnius)
Greece 		77–73
Spain
France 		95–78
Russia
2004[9] Czech Republic
(Brno)
Slovenia 		66–61
Israel
Lithuania 		92–63
Greece
2005[10] Russia
(Chekhov)
Russia 		61–53
Lithuania
Serbia & Montenegro 		63–45
Israel
2006[11] Turkey
(İzmir)
Serbia & Montenegro 		64–58
Turkey
Slovenia 		83–75
Italy
2007[12] Slovenia (Nova Gorica)
Italy (Gorizia)
Serbia 		87–78
Spain
Italy 		74–63
Russia
2008[13] Latvia
(Riga)
Serbia 		96–89
Lithuania
Spain 		91–72
Turkey
2009[14] Greece
(Rhodes & Ialysos)
Greece 		90–85
France
Spain 		75–72
Italy
2010[15] Croatia
(Zadar, Crikvenica & Makarska)
France 		73–62
Greece
Spain 		86–79
Croatia
2011[16] Spain
(Bilbao)
Spain 		82–70
Italy
France 		66–50
Russia
2012[17] Slovenia
(Ljubljana, Domžale & Kranjska Gora)
Lithuania 		50–49
France
Spain 		67–66
Serbia
2013[18] Estonia
(Tallinn)
Italy 		67–60
Latvia
Spain 		70–63
Russia
2014[19] Greece
(Heraklion & Rethymno)
Turkey 		65–57
Spain
Serbia 		79–66
Croatia
2015[20] Italy
(Lignano Sabbiadoro & Latisana)
Serbia 		70–64
Spain
Turkey 		84–74
France
2016[21] Finland
(Helsinki)
Spain 		68–55
Lithuania
Turkey 		76–61
Germany
2017[22] Greece
(Heraklion, Rethymno & Chania)
Greece 		65–56
Israel
France 		72–58
Spain
2018[23] Germany
(Chemnitz)
Israel 		80–66
Croatia
Germany 		81–70
France
2019[24] 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.[25]
The 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers were played instead.
2022[26] Montenegro
(Podgorica)
Spain 		69–61
Lithuania
Montenegro 		86–77
Israel
2023[27] Greece
(Heraklion)
France 		89–79*
Israel
Greece 		68–64
Belgium
2024[28] Poland
(Gdynia)
France 		82–78
Slovenia
Greece 		70–68
Belgium
2025[29] Greece
(Heraklion)
Italy 		83–66
Lithuania
France 		73–62
Serbia

Medal table

Countries in italics no longer compete in FIBA U20 EuroBasket

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain36716
2 France32510
3 Greece3227
4 Italy3216
5 Serbia3014
6 Lithuania2518
7 Israel2406
8 Slovenia2215
9 Serbia and Montenegro2024
10 Turkey1135
11 Belarus1001
 Russia1001
13 Croatia0101
 Latvia0101
15 Germany0022
16 Montenegro0011
Totals (16 entries)26262678
Source: [1]

Participation details

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
2025 		Total
 Austria 15th 1
 Belarus 1st 10th 9th 14th 16th 5
 Belgium 8th 12th 16th 8th 14th 8th 4th 4th 12th 9
 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 9th 12
 Estonia 15th 19th 16th 3
 Finland 10th 15th 15th 3
 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 3rd 25
 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 13th 20
 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 5th 25
 Hungary 14th 16th 20th 16th 4
 Iceland 8th 15th 12th 13th 14th 5
 Israel 4th 5th 9th 10th 2nd 10th 2nd 4th 12th 6th 10th 15th 15th 7th 10th 12th 2nd 1st 1st 4th 2nd 10th 6th 23
 Italy 1st 2nd 5th 6th 11th 8th 4th 3rd 6th 4th 10th 2nd 10th 1st 10th 9th 5th 13th 8th 13th 9th 9th 9th 1st 24
 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 2nd 24
 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 10th 8
 Portugal 14th 1
 Romania 9th 16th 11th 3
 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 4th 16
 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 7th 24
 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 8th 26
 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 16th 16
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
2025 		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)

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
2025 Francesco Ferrari

Statistical leaders

Division B

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

Results

Year Host Promoted to Division A Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze * Score Fourth place
2005[30]
details 		Bulgaria
(Varna)
Bulgaria 		86–80
Hungary
Poland 		96–76
Georgia
2006[31]
details 		Portugal
(Lisbon)
Georgia 		96–88
Macedonia
Finland 		91–75
Poland
2007[32]
details 		Poland
(Warsaw)
Montenegro 		89–68
Ukraine
Finland 		76–73
Germany
2008[33]
details 		Romania
(Târgu Mureș)
Germany 		110–102
Belgium
Sweden 		80–71
Estonia
2009[34]
details 		Macedonia
(Skopje)
Netherlands 		88–77
Czech Republic
Poland 		96–66
Sweden
2010[35]
details 		Austria
(Oberwart & Güssing)
Austria 		71–66
Sweden
Poland 		86–76
Bulgaria
2011[36]
details 		Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo)
Georgia 		79–70
Estonia
Czech Republic 		86–85
Belgium
2012[37]
details 		Bulgaria
(Sofia)
Croatia 		88–80
Czech Republic
Israel 		101–67
Bulgaria
2013[38]
details 		Romania
(Pitești)
Poland 		83–71
Great Britain
Hungary 		70–69
Belgium
2014[39]
details 		Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 		76–70
Belgium
Ukraine 		77–62
Belarus
2015[40]
details 		Hungary
(Székesfehérvár)
Finland 		80–76
Sweden
Hungary 		68–66
Montenegro
2016[41]
details 		Greece
(Chalkida)
Montenegro 		78–76
Iceland
Greece 		73–67
Croatia
2017[42]
details 		Romania
(Oradea)
Romania 		80–67
Croatia
Great Britain 		81–65
Russia
2018[43]
details 		Bulgaria
(Sofia)
Poland 		71–60
Slovenia
Latvia 		76–62
Russia
2019[44]
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.[25]
The 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers were played instead.
2022[45]
details 		Georgia
(Tbilisi)
Serbia 		81–67
Iceland
Estonia 		63–53
Finland
2023[46]
details 		North Macedonia
(Skopje)
Czech Republic 		85–72
North Macedonia
Ukraine 		83–61
Sweden
2024[47]
details 		Romania
(Pitesti)
Romania 		80–58
Ukraine
Finland 		73–56
Netherlands
2025[48]
details 		Armenia
(Yerevan)
Latvia 		74–64
Croatia
Turkey 		86–54
Switzerland
  • 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Poland2035
2 Georgia2002
 Montenegro2002
 Romania2002
5 Czech Republic1315
6 Croatia1203
7 Finland1034
8 Latvia1012
9 Austria1001
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
 Bulgaria1001
 Germany1001
 Netherlands1001
 Portugal1001
 Serbia1001
16 Ukraine0224
17 Belgium0213
 Sweden0213
19 Iceland0202
 North Macedonia0202
21 Hungary0123
22 Estonia0112
 Great Britain0112
24 Slovenia0101
25 Greece0011
 Israel0011
 Turkey0011
Totals (27 entries)19191957
Source: [2]

Participation details

Nation
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024
2025 		Total
 Albania 11th 16th 21st 14th 16th 12th 15th 19th 18th 21st 10
 Armenia 12th 17th 17th 21st 21st 19th 16th 7
 Austria 8th 12th 10th 5th 1st 10th 11th 15th 17th 12th 15th 11
 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 13th 12
 Croatia 1st 4th 2nd 10th 2nd 5
 Cyprus 11th 8th 2
 Czech Republic 5th 13th 9th 2nd 3rd 2nd 6th 2nd 1st 9
 Denmark 15th 7th 11th 14th 4
 Estonia 6th 4th 2nd 12th 19th 14th 10th 3rd 11th 19th 10
 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 20th 15
 Germany 4th 1st 2
 Greece 3rd 1
 Great Britain 14th 8th 15th 13th 6th 13th 6th 2nd 7th 3rd 8th 12th 6th 13
 Hungary 2nd 12th 14th 11th 18th 18th 3rd 3rd 11th 10th 14th 10th 15th 6th 11th 15
 Iceland 12th 12th 14th 2nd 7th 2nd 6
 Ireland 10th 16th 11th 16th 12th 18th 20th 9th 16th 14th 7th 11
 Israel 5th 11th 3rd 3
 Latvia 3rd 6th 13th 13th 1st 5
 Kosovo 14th 20th 12th 18th 18th 12th 11th 16th 8th 9
 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 12th 4
 Netherlands 9th 14th 7th 1st 16th 14th 8th 5th 6th 15th 10th 15th 6th 13th 5th 4th 5th 17
 North Macedonia 2nd 8th 6th 19th 16th 7th 14th 13th 12th 16th 8th 2nd 17th 13
 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 10th 18
 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 18th 18
 Slovenia 2nd 1
 Sweden 7th 11th 9th 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 9th 5th 4th 15th 9th 12
  Switzerland 15th 16th 17th 12th 16th 21st 15th 6th 14th 13th 14th 7th 17th 4th 14
 Turkey 3rd 1
 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
2025 		Total

See also

References

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  2. ^ Draw results
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