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2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
City	Tampere
Dates	27 July – 4 August 2024
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Serbia
Third place	Slovenia
Fourth place	Israel
Tournament statistics
MVP	Ben Saraf
Top scorer	Ben Saraf (28.1 ppg)
Top rebounds	Hannes Steinbach (12.7 rpg)
Top assists	Nolan Traore (9.3 apg)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
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The 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket was the 39th edition of the European basketball championship for men's under-18 national teams. The tournament was played in Tampere, Finland, from 27 July to 4 August 2024.

This was also the FIBA Europe's qualifying tournament for the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Switzerland. Top five teams joined the automatically qualified hosts Switzerland.

Participating teams

•  Belgium (Runners-up, 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B)
•  Croatia
•  Denmark
•  Finland
•  France
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Latvia (Winners, 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B)
•  Lithuania
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Turkey

First round

The draw of the first round was held on 6 February 2024 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 (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Germany	3	3	0	256	197	+59	6
2	Belgium	3	2	1	218	220	−2	5
3	Croatia	3	1	2	228	265	−37	4
4	Turkey	3	0	3	225	245	−20	3

Belgium	87–71	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 29–17, 19–18, 22–23
Pts: Hodge 20 Rebs: Efono 9 Asts: Tallir, Efono 5		Pts: Juric 19 Rebs: Juric 9 Asts: Dolic, Torbarina 5

Germany	81–73	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 19–15, 17–10, 19–24
Pts: Kayil 17 Rebs: Duru 6 Asts: Anderson 7		Pts: Onat 21 Rebs: Altuntas 10 Asts: Aksu 4

Turkey	73–77	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 17–24, 27–19, 15–13
Pts: Onat 19 Rebs: Altuntas 9 Asts: Ustun 5		Pts: Elouna Eyenga 15 Rebs: Three players 8 Asts: Tallir, Efono 6

Croatia	70–99	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 22–26, 15–21, 18–34
Pts: Pavkovic 14 Rebs: Grbic, Pavkovic 5 Asts: Four players 3		Pts: Kayil, Anderson 20 Rebs: Steinbach 19 Asts: Anderson 5

Turkey	79–87	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 18–28, 21–23, 18–19
Pts: Kaba 19 Rebs: Yaman 6 Asts: Onat 4		Pts: Torbarina 19 Rebs: Juric 9 Asts: Three players 3

Belgium	54–76	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 6–26, 12–22, 19–17, 17–11
Pts: Hodge 15 Rebs: Elouna Eyenga 7 Asts: Efono 3		Pts: Steinbach 15 Rebs: Steinbach 15 Asts: Anderson 6

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	3	3	0	266	203	+63	6
2	Sweden	3	2	1	257	260	−3	5
3	Greece	3	1	2	242	247	−5	4
4	Denmark	3	0	3	257	312	−55	3

Greece	66–69	France
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 14–25, 16–17, 16–11
Pts: Liotopoulos 16 Rebs: Abosi, Pagonis 6 Asts: Liotopoulos 7		Pts: Beringer 14 Rebs: Traore 9 Asts: Traore 12

Denmark	91–108	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 24–30, 20–26, 23–30, 24–22
Pts: Moller 16 Rebs: Moller 5 Asts: Erichsen 9		Pts: Price 30 Rebs: Obenjo 8 Asts: Price 7

Sweden	91–81 (OT)	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 18–15, 32–18, 13–20, Overtime: 12–2
Pts: Pohto 24 Rebs: Obenjo 15 Asts: Nzonyansi 9		Pts: Pagonis 24 Rebs: Pagonis 11 Asts: Liotopoulos 7

France	109–79	Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 32–20, 36–22, 18–18, 23–19
Pts: Essengue 21 Rebs: Essengue 7 Asts: Traore 9		Pts: Norgaard 16 Rebs: Moller 7 Asts: Erichsen 7

France	88–58	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 14–12, 29–15, 21–10
Pts: Diakite 14 Rebs: Sifferlin 7 Asts: Traore 8		Pts: Price 14 Rebs: Nzonyansi, Lindby 5 Asts: Nzonyansi 3

Denmark	87–95	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 12–29, 23–18, 35–23
Pts: Erichsen 21 Rebs: Moller 9 Asts: Erichsen 8		Pts: Pagonis 19 Rebs: Pagonis 10 Asts: Liotopoulos 5

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Serbia	3	3	0	272	227	+45	6
2	Italy	3	2	1	251	228	+23	5
3	Israel	3	1	2	243	276	−33	4
4	Latvia	3	0	3	238	273	−35	3

Italy	72–78	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 19–16, 14–21, 22–24
Pts: Sarr 18 Rebs: Suigo 15 Asts: Miccoli 5		Pts: Dimitrijević 15 Rebs: Bošnjaković 10 Asts: Drezgić, Šojić 4

Latvia	86–90	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 24–25, 21–25, 22–26
Pts: Kilups 19 Rebs: Skrinda 14 Asts: Andzevs 6		Pts: Saraf 31 Rebs: Mayer 10 Asts: Saraf 8

Israel	80–89	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 20–27, 14–18, 21–24
Pts: Saraf 19 Rebs: Mayer 13 Asts: Saraf 7		Pts: Sarr 18 Rebs: Sarr 13 Asts: Sarr 11

Serbia	93–82	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 28–25, 21–11, 20–22
Pts: Drezgić 29 Rebs: Šojić 7 Asts: Srzentić, Stanojević 4		Pts: Sulcs 20 Rebs: Skrinda 10 Asts: Andzevs 4

Serbia	101–73	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 22–24, 25–16, 28–17
Pts: Kostić 14 Rebs: Tofoski 7 Asts: Tofoski 6		Pts: Belaga 20 Rebs: Belaga 7 Asts: Saraf 4

Latvia	70–90	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 23–22, 12–23, 20–27
Pts: Skrinda 21 Rebs: Skrinda 10 Asts: Andzevs 6		Pts: Airhienbuwa 17 Rebs: Suigo 10 Asts: Four players 3

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	275	218	+57	6
2	Spain	3	1	2	238	223	+15	4
3	Lithuania	3	1	2	259	262	−3	4
4	Finland	3	1	2	181	250	−69	4

Slovenia	83–79	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 21–25, 19–19, 21–16
Pts: Smrekar 22 Rebs: Kroflic 11 Asts: Kroflic 7		Pts: Saint-Supery 25 Rebs: Saint-Supery 10 Asts: Saint-Supery 10

Finland	81–80	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 21–18, 21–14, 24–25
Pts: Abbey 23 Rebs: Suutela 19 Asts: Nieminen 3		Pts: Jakucionis 18 Rebs: Juzenas 9 Asts: Jakucionis 6

Lithuania	95–100	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 23–30, 27–15, 23–28, 22–27
Pts: Jakucionis 24 Rebs: Raupelis 10 Asts: Jakucionis, Krizanauskas 5		Pts: Kroflic 20 Rebs: Smrekar 7 Asts: Kroflic 5

Spain	78–56	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 19–15, 23–18, 15–9
Pts: Saint-Supery 26 Rebs: Valero 8 Asts: Alocen, Saint-Supery 3		Pts: Abbey 11 Rebs: Suutela 12 Asts: Adler, Suutela 3

Finland	44–92	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 5–24, 12–26, 9–20
Pts: Ekwere 11 Rebs: Suutela 7 Asts: Blomfelt, Ekwere 3		Pts: Ivicic 23 Rebs: Kroflic 8 Asts: Kroflic, Jereb 4

Spain	81–84	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 20–16, 17–16, 20–29
Pts: Gonzalez 26 Rebs: Gonzalez 9 Asts: Saint-Supery 6		Pts: Indrusaitis 25 Rebs: Juzenas, Jakucionis 5 Asts: Jakucionis 5

Playoff brackets

Main bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

31 July

Germany

80

1 August

Denmark

74

Germany

87

31 July

Lithuania

86

Italy

85

3 August

Lithuania

94

Germany

88

31 July

Slovenia

68

Sweden

91

1 August

Croatia

66

Sweden

56

31 July

Slovenia

79

Slovenia (OT)

91

4 August

Latvia

85

Germany

93

31 July

Serbia

83

Belgium

66

1 August

Greece

62

Belgium

76

31 July

Serbia

88

Serbia

81

3 August

Finland

67

Serbia (2OT)

115

31 July

Israel

114

3rd place match

France

92

1 August

4 August

Turkey

58

France

72

Slovenia

84

31 July

Israel

85

Israel

70

Spain

89

Israel

102

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				5th place match
	3 August
	Lithuania	89
					4 August
	Sweden	80
					Lithuania	89
	3 August
					France	99
	Belgium	73
	France	80
					7th place match
					4 August
					Sweden	81
					Belgium	84

9th place bracket

	9th–16th place quarterfinals				9th–12th place semifinals				9th place match
	1 August
	Denmark	77
					3 August
	Italy	90
					Italy	67
	1 August
					Latvia	59
	Croatia	60
									4 August
	Latvia	72
									Italy	70
	1 August
									Greece	68
	Greece	79
					3 August
	Finland	72
					Greece	81
	1 August
					Turkey	61			11th place match
	Turkey	84
									4 August
	Spain	68
									Latvia	66
									Turkey	89

13th place bracket

	13th–16th place semifinals				13th place match
	3 August
	Denmark	82
					4 August
	Croatia	102
					Croatia	71
	3 August
					Spain	89
	Finland	65
	Spain	71
					15th place match
					4 August
					Denmark	81
					Finland	94

Playoff results

Round of 16

Sweden	91–66	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 21–17, 25–12, 20–20
Pts: Price 26 Rebs: Obenjo 11 Asts: Price 6		Pts: Juric 19 Rebs: Torbarina 7 Asts: Dolic 4

Germany	80–74	Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 24–16, 15–18, 20–22
Pts: Steinbach 25 Rebs: Steinbach 17 Asts: Kayil 7		Pts: Erichsen 18 Rebs: Moller 8 Asts: Erichsen 7

Slovenia	91–85 (OT)	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 16–20, 23–27, 18–15, Overtime: 14–8
Pts: Kroflic 27 Rebs: Kroflic 9 Asts: Smrekar 8		Pts: Sulcs 22 Rebs: Skrinda 15 Asts: Skrinda, Andzevs 5

Italy	85–94	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 18–26, 12–21, 34–21
Pts: Assui 19 Rebs: Suigo 6 Asts: Valesin 5		Pts: Jakucionis 21 Rebs: Raupelis 9 Asts: Indrusaitis 4

France	92–58	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 21–14, 21–22, 28–16
Pts: Traore 16 Rebs: Essengue 9 Asts: Traore 6		Pts: Onat 16 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Onat 4

Serbia	81–67	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 16–10, 22–24, 22–17
Pts: Dimitrijević 15 Rebs: Miloš Šojić 11 Asts: Šojić 4		Pts: Adler 17 Rebs: Suutela 7 Asts: Blomfelt 4

Spain	89–102	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 20–25, 19–29, 32–29
Pts: Gonzalez 32 Rebs: Carot 9 Asts: three players 4		Pts: Saraf 40 Rebs: Saraf 8 Asts: Mayer 7

Belgium	66–62	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 17–13, 18–19, 20–8
Pts: Hodge 15 Rebs: Hodge 10 Asts: Tallir 7		Pts: Liotopoulos 14 Rebs: Patrikis 12 Asts: Abosi, Avdalas 2

9th–16th place quarterfinals

Denmark	77–90	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 14–24, 22–23, 26–20
Pts: Norgaard 21 Rebs: Novovic 6 Asts: Braikia 5		Pts: Atamah 16 Rebs: Iannuzzi 6 Asts: Valesin 9

Croatia	60–72	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 20-21, 18-20, 12-15, 10-16
Pts: Pavkovic 14 Rebs: Juric 8 Asts: Torbarina 4		Pts: Skinda 22 Rebs: Vavers 8 Asts: Sulcs 7

Greece	79–72	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 19–17, 26–17, 16–21
Pts: Liotopoulos 20 Rebs: Spartalis 7 Asts: Liotopoulos 5		Pts: Abbey 21 Rebs: Adler 9 Asts: three players 3

Turkey	84–68	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 28–13, 25–22, 9–17
Pts: Altuntas 22 Rebs: Altuntas 13 Asts: Onat 6		Pts: Gonzalez 20 Rebs: Enabulele 9 Asts: Alocen, Sola 4

13th–16th place semifinals

Denmark	82–102	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 17–30, 17–24, 29–29, 19–19
Pts: Allersted 17 Rebs: Moller 10 Asts: Moller 7		Pts: Volf 21 Rebs: Grbic, Torbarina 7 Asts: Jemo 8

Finland	65–71	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 27–14, 13–20, 12–19
Pts: Abbey 21 Rebs: Suutela 8 Asts: Heinonen 5		Pts: Gonzalez 30 Rebs: Gonzalez, Carot 8 Asts: Saint-Supery 10

15th place match

Denmark	81–94	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 20–23, 20–32, 17–13
Pts: Moller 18 Rebs: Moller 11 Asts: Braikia 6		Pts: Adler 23 Rebs: Ekwere 7 Asts: Ekwere, Adler 5

13th place match

Croatia	71–89	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 13–29, 25–22, 13–22
Pts: Torbarina 13 Rebs: Pavkovic, Volf 5 Asts: Torbarina 4		Pts: Saint-Supery 20 Rebs: Gonzalez 6 Asts: Saint-Supery 10

9th–12th place semifinals

Italy	67–59	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 9–17, 30–9, 15–16
Pts: Assui 16 Rebs: Atamah 9 Asts: Sarr, Valesin 5		Pts: Skrinda 16 Rebs: Skrinda 10 Asts: Andzevs 8

Greece	81–61	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 21–21, 24–11, 22–15
Pts: Pagonis 19 Rebs: Abosi 8 Asts: Avdalas 5		Pts: Ustun 11 Rebs: Altuntas 7 Asts: Alisan 5

11th place match

Latvia	66–89	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 15–24, 21–12, 13–31
Pts: Skrinda 18 Rebs: Skrinda 8 Asts: Andzevs 7		Pts: Ustun 20 Rebs: Altuntas 9 Asts: Ustun 10

9th place match

Italy	70–68	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 8–8, 23–30, 25–12, 14–18
Pts: Sarr 24 Rebs: Sarr 12 Asts: Miccoli 5		Pts: Pagonis 14 Rebs: Pagonis 11 Asts: Vlassis, Liotopoulos 3

Championship quarterfinals

Germany	87–86	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 27–23, 15–19, 23–20
Pts: Kayil 22 Rebs: Steinbach 18 Asts: Anderson 7		Pts: Indrusaitis 22 Rebs: Smirnov 8 Asts: Jakucionis, Laurencikas 5

Sweden	56–79	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 16–15, 9–17, 15–26
Pts: Pohto, Lindby 12 Rebs: Pohto 11 Asts: Nzonyansi 9		Pts: Kroflic 21 Rebs: Kroflic 12 Asts: Morano Mahmutovic 5

Belgium	76–88	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 21–25, 21–20, 16–19
Pts: Hodge 21 Rebs: Giltay 11 Asts: Tallir 9		Pts: Šojić 23 Rebs: Šojić 12 Asts: Drezgić 8

France	72–85	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 18–20, 15–31, 15–13
Pts: Essengue 28 Rebs: four players 7 Asts: Traore 9		Pts: Mayer 31 Rebs: Mayer 6 Asts: Goldman 6

5th–8th place semifinals

Lithuania	89–80	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 21–20, 23–20, 26–20
Pts: Indrusaitis 30 Rebs: Raupelis 10 Asts: Indrusaitis, Jakucionis 6		Pts: Price 34 Rebs: Obenjo 10 Asts: Pohto 6

Belgium	73–80	France
Scoring by quarter: 17–29, 22–21, 13–14, 21–16
Pts: Hodge 16 Rebs: Hodge 8 Asts: Tallir, Hodge 5		Pts: Essengue 22 Rebs: Essengue 12 Asts: Traore 10

7th place match

Sweden	81–84	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 22–16, 17–20, 19–26
Pts: Obenjo 21 Rebs: Obenjo 8 Asts: Price 8		Pts: Efono 26 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Hodge 6

5th place match

Lithuania	89–99	France
Scoring by quarter: 28–27, 16–28, 28–21, 17–23
Pts: Jakucionis 37 Rebs: Juzenas 7 Asts: Jakucionis 7		Pts: Traore 29 Rebs: Essengue 7 Asts: Traore 11

Championship semifinals

Germany	88–68	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 23–21, 24–12, 23–14
Pts: Anderson 25 Rebs: Steinbach 11 Asts: Kharchenkov 7		Pts: Padjen 18 Rebs: Kroflic 7 Asts: Kroflic 5

Serbia	115–114 (2OT)	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 17–26, 26–19, 23–26, Overtime: 11–11, 15–14
Pts: Drezgić 35 Rebs: Dimitrijević 14 Asts: Drezgić 12		Pts: Saraf 40 Rebs: Saraf 6 Asts: Mayer 8

3rd place match

Slovenia	84–70	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 16–22, 23–13, 21–19
Pts: Hrabar 24 Rebs: Smrekar 9 Asts: Kroflic 9		Pts: Saraf 26 Rebs: Mayer 9 Asts: Mayer 8

Final

Germany	93–83	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 33–19, 18–26, 16–13, 26–25
Pts: Anderson 31 Rebs: Kharchenkov 10 Asts: Kharchenkov 8		Pts: Drezgić 30 Rebs: Stanojević 9 Asts: Drezgić 7

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Germany	7–0
	Serbia	6–1
	Slovenia	6–1
4	Israel	3–4
5	France	6–1
6	Lithuania	3–4
7	Belgium	4–3
8	Sweden	3–4
9	Italy	5–2
10	Greece	3–4
11	Turkey	2–5
12	Latvia	1–6
13	Spain	3–4
14	Croatia	2–5
15	Finland	2–5
16	Denmark	0–7

Awards

2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket champions
Germany First title

Most Valuable Player
Ben Saraf

See also

• 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket Division B
• 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket Division C

References

1. 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket Division A official website
2. Draws complete for FIBA Youth EuroBasket 2024
3. Draw results

External links

• Official website of FIBA

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