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2023 FIBA U18 European Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
City	Niš
Dates	22–30 July 2023
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (5th title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Germany
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
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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.

Participating teams

•  Croatia
•  Czech Republic
•  Denmark (Runners-up, 2022 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B)
•  Finland (Third place, 2022 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B)
•  France
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Lithuania
•  Poland
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Sweden (Winners, 2022 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B)
•  Turkey

First round

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

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

Israel	101–98	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 28–19, 33–24, 24–31

Sweden	48–86	France
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 9–27, 17–20, 14–19

Lithuania	99–80	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 28–17, 25–26, 23–22

France	83–70	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 25–18, 16–16, 17–18

Israel	86–72	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 23–23, 34–14, 12–18

France	92–69	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 24–14, 19–16, 29–24

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

Croatia	53–81	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 21–19, 12–20, 10–13

Poland	63–78	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 20–20, 22–21, 12–20

Germany	84–62	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 17–18, 23–22, 15–9

Turkey	81–69	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 12–17, 23–23, 27–14

Croatia	73–56	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 17–12, 23–13, 19–16

Turkey	67–74	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 13–26, 14–18, 20–16

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

Finland	63–78	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 11–27, 18–15, 22–15, 12–21

Czech Republic	56–113	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 9–39, 13–28, 17–26, 17–20

Slovenia	89–60	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 33–20, 12–13, 17–13

Serbia	96–72	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 21–17, 24–25, 32–18

Finland	74–64	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 17–14, 21–23, 26–12

Serbia	75–64	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 21–11, 18–12, 16–20

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

Denmark	64–88	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 6–21, 24–19, 18–18

Greece	88–83	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 23–12, 20–16, 30–29

Italy	93–77	Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 22–18, 24–19, 21–28

Spain	83–59	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 26–12, 20–9, 14–16

Greece	107–75	Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 26–18, 28–17, 26–22

Spain	78–72	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 18–12, 21–12, 21–24

Playoff brackets

Main bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

26 July 18:00

France

94

27 July 18:00

Poland

54

France

81

26 July 20:30

Slovenia

62

Slovenia

86

29 July 18:00

Italy

73

France

58

26 July 13:00

Spain

70

Turkey

76

27 July 13:00

Lithuania

72

Turkey

67

26 July 15:30

Spain

75

Spain

77

30 July 20:30

Czech Republic

64

Spain

71

26 July 18:00

Serbia

81

Israel

84

27 July 20:30

Croatia

66

Israel

65

26 July 20:30

Serbia

83

Serbia

107

29 July 20:30

Denmark

62

Serbia

65

26 July 13:00

Germany

54

3rd place match

Germany

93

27 July 15:30

30 July 18:00

Sweden

77

Germany

78

France

59

26 July 15:30

Greece

70

Germany

67

Greece

88

Finland

70

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				5th place match
	29 July 13:00
	Slovenia	73
					30 July 13:00
	Turkey	84
					Turkey	90
	29 July 15:30
					Israel	88
	Israel	88
	Greece	77
					7th place match
					30 July 13:00
					Slovenia	62
					Greece	66

9th place bracket

	9th–16th place quarterfinals				9th–12th place semifinals				9th place match
	27 July 18:00
	Poland	83
					29 July 18:00
	Italy	93
					Italy	89
	27 July 13:00
					Lithuania	87
	Lithuania	95
									30 July 18:00
	Czech Republic	59
									Italy	76
	27 July 20:30
									Croatia	61
	Croatia	90
					29 July 20:30
	Denmark	66
					Croatia	87
	27 July 15:30
					Sweden	85			11th place match
	Sweden	72
									30 July 15:30
	Finland	58
									Lithuania	82
									Sweden	79

13th place bracket

	13th–16th place semifinals				13th place match
	29 July 13:00
	Poland	69
					30 July 15:30
	Czech Republic	50
					Poland	87
	29 July 15:30
					Denmark	102
	Denmark	92
	Finland	70
					15th place match
					30 July 10:30
					Czech Republic	76
					Finland	81

Playoff results

Round of 16

Turkey	76–72	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 20–14, 16–14, 23–21

Germany	93–77	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 32–22, 25–13, 14–19

Greece	88–70	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 30-15, 18-24, 21-10, 19-21

Spain	77–64	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 30–15, 21–21, 16–13, 10–15

France	94–54	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 23–23, 19–6, 26–12

Israel	84–66	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 19–17, 27–19, 19–12

Serbia	107–62	Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 28–16, 24–6, 32–28

Slovenia	86–73	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 24–18, 14–23, 28–11

9th–16th place quarterfinals

Lithuania	95–59	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 29–15, 21–25, 20–14, 25–5

Sweden	72–58	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 17–33, 15–11, 27–4

Poland	83–93	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 17–21, 19–24, 22–32

Croatia	90–66	Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 25–10, 17–16, 27–19

13th–16th place semifinals

Poland	69–50	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15–7, 24–13, 10–13, 20–17

Denmark	92–70	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 21–28, 18–11, 25–14

15th place match

Czech Republic	76–81	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 18–18, 12–22, 22–19

13th place match

Poland	87–102	Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 21–17, 14–27, 31–35

9th–12th place semifinals

Italy	89–87 (OT)	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20-19, 15-20, 24-20, 20–20, Overtime: 10–8

Croatia	87–85 (OT)	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 15–9, 20–32, 22–22, Overtime: 9–7

11th place match

Lithuania	82–79	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 20–20, 17–19, 20–31

9th place match

Italy	76–61	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 14–14, 21–13, 23–22

Championship quarterfinals

Turkey	67–75	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 14–14, 21–19, 14–18

Germany	78–70	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 20–17, 20–18, 20–18

France	81–62	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 18–14, 22–10, 21–18

Israel	65–83	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 14–23, 19–15, 17–25

5th–8th place semifinals

Slovenia	73–84	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 18–23, 20–26, 23–16

Israel	88–77	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 32–15, 9–26, 19–15

7th place match

Slovenia	62–66	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 12–21, 13–5, 17–21

5th place match

Turkey	90–88	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 23–18, 23–20, 26–32

Championship semifinals

France	58–70	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–5, 10–26, 17–16, 17–23

Serbia	65–54	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 21–17, 19–12, 8–9

3rd place match

France	59–67	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 17–13, 16–13, 12–19

Final

Spain	71–81	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 16–17, 11–15, 20–25

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Serbia	7–0
	Spain	6–1
	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

Awards

2023 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship winner
Serbia Fifth title

Most Valuable Player
Nikola Topić

All-Tournament Team

• PG – Nikola Topić – (MVP)
• SG – Ivan Kharchenkov
• SF – Hugo González
• PF – Bogoljub Marković
• C – Aday Mara

See also

• 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B

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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