FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

Current season or competition: 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1964
No. of teams	16
Continent	Europe (FIBA Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Croatia (3rd title)
Most titles	Croatia,  Serbia and  Spain (3rd title)
Official website	u18men.fibaeurope.com

FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was inaugurated in 1964 and for the following 40 years it had been held biannually. From 2004 onwards, it is held every year. The current champions are Croatia.

Contents 1 Statistic 1.1 Statistic Division A 1.1.1 Summaries 1.1.2 Performances by nation 1.2 Statistic Division B 1.2.1 Summaries 1.3 Statistic Division C 1.3.1 Summaries 1.3.2 Performances by nation 2 Division B Leaders 2.1 Top Scorers 2.2 Top Rebounders 2.3 Top Assist Leaders 3 European U18 Championship 2010 (Vilnius, Lithuania) July 22 – August 1 4 European U18 Championship 2009 (Metz, France) July 23 – August 2 5 European U18 Championship 2008 (Amaliada / Pyrgos, Greece), July 25 – August 3 6 European U18 Championship 2007 (Madrid, Spain), August 3–12 7 European U18 Championship 2006 (Amaliada / Olympia / Argostoli, Greece), July 18–27 8 European U18 Championship 2005 (Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro), July 15–24 9 European U18 Championship 2004 (Zaragoza, Spain), July 9–18 10 MVP Awards (since 1998) 11 Notes 12 External links

Statistic []

Statistic Division A []

Summaries []

Summaries

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1964 details	Italy (Naples)	Soviet Union	62–41	France	Italy	73–72	Bulgaria
1966 details	Italy (Porto San Giorgio)	Soviet Union	71–50	Yugoslavia	Italy	47–42	Czechoslovakia
1968 details	Spain (Vigo)	Soviet Union	82–73	Yugoslavia	Italy	53–44	Turkey
1970 details	Greece (Athens)	Soviet Union	80–48	Greece	Italy	62–57	Yugoslavia
1972 details	Yugoslavia (Zadar)	Yugoslavia	89–65	Italy	Soviet Union	73–60	Israel
1974 details	France (Orléans)	Yugoslavia	80–79	Spain	Italy	77–69	Sweden
1976 details	Spain (Santiago de Compostela)	Yugoslavia	92–83	Soviet Union	Spain	89–72	Bulgaria
1978 details	Italy (Roseto degli Abruzzi, Teramo)	Soviet Union	104–100	Spain	Yugoslavia	95–72	Bulgaria
1980 details	Yugoslavia (Celje)	Soviet Union	83–81	Yugoslavia	Bulgaria	96–90	Spain
1982 details	Bulgaria (Bulgaria, Haskovo)	Soviet Union	97–87	Yugoslavia	Bulgaria	84–73	Italy
1984 details	Sweden (Huskvarna, Katrineholm)	Soviet Union	75–74	Italy	Yugoslavia	92–89	Spain
1986 details	Austria (Vöcklabruck, Gmunden)	Yugoslavia	111–87	Soviet Union	Italy	83–53	Germany
1988 details	Yugoslavia (Titov Vrbas, Srbobran)	Yugoslavia	84–75	Italy	Czechoslovakia	88–70	Greece
1990 details	Netherlands (Groningue, Emmen)	Italy	92–79	Soviet Union	Spain	105–73	Romania
1992 details	Hungary (Budapest, Zalaegerszeg, Szolnok)	France	94–83	Italy	CIS	113–108	Greece
1994 details	Israel (Tel Aviv)	Lithuania	73–71	Croatia	Spain	87–76	Italy
1996 details	France (Auch, Lourdes, Tarbes)	Croatia	64–51	France	FR Yugoslavia	77–61	Belgium
1998 details	Bulgaria (Varna)	Spain	81–70	Croatia	Greece	97–91	Latvia
2000 details	Croatia (Zadar)	France	65–64	Croatia	Greece	71–65	Italy
2002 details	Germany (Ludwigsbourg, Esslingen, Böblingen)	Croatia	74–72	Slovenia	Greece	82–67	Lithuania
2004 details	Spain (Zaragoza)	Spain	89–71	Turkey	France	74–68	Italy
2005 details	SCG (Belgrade)	Serbia and Montenegro	78–61	Turkey	Italy	88–83	Spain
2006 details	Greece (Amaliada, Olympie, Argostoli)	France	77–72	Lithuania	Spain	92–83	Turkey
2007 details	Spain (Madrid)	Serbia	92–89	Greece	Latvia	74–72	Lithuania
2008 details	Greece (Amaliada, Pyrgos)	Greece	57–50	Lithuania	Croatia	73–68	France
2009 details	France (Metz)	Serbia	78–72	France	Turkey	95–74	Lithuania
2010 details	Lithuania (Vilnius)	Lithuania	90–61	Russia	Latvia	75–49	Serbia
2011 details	Poland (Wroclaw)	Spain	71–65	Serbia	Turkey	69–65	Italy
2012 details	Lithuania (Vilnius)  Latvia (Liepaja)	Croatia	88–76	Lithuania	Serbia	66–56	Russia

Performances by nation []

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union*	8	3	1	12
2	Yugoslavia*	5	4	2	11
3	France	3	3	1	7
	Croatia	3	3	1	7
5	Spain	3	2	4	9
6	Serbia	3	1	3	7
7	Lithuania	2	3	0	5
8	Italy	1	4	7	13
9	Greece	1	2	3	6
10	Turkey	0	2	2	4
11	Russia	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
13	Bulgaria	0	0	3	3
14	Latvia	0	0	2	2
15	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	CIS	0	0	1	1

• FIBA considers the records of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union distinct from FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia and Russia, respectively.^[1]

Statistic Division B []

Summaries []

Summaries

Year	Host	Promoted to Division A			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze *	Score	Fourth place
2005 details	Slovak Republic	Ukraine		Iceland	Hungary
2006 details	Romania	Romania		Estonia	Portugal
2007 details	Bulgaria	Belgium		Ukraine	Poland
2008 details	Hungary (Debrecen)	Slovenia		Czech Republic	Poland		Slovak Republic
2009 details	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sweden		Poland	Montenegro
2010 details	Israel	Czech Republic		Finland	Montenegro
2011 details	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	70–68	Denmark	Sweden	71–65	Montenegro
2012 details	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76–64	Czech Republic	England	73–59	Finland

• Since 2012 3rd team in Division B also promoted to Division A for the next season

Statistic Division C []

Summaries []

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997	Andorra	Moldova	Andorra	Cyprus
1999	Luxembourg	Iceland	Ireland	Luxembourg
2001	Malta	Cyprus	Scotland	Luxembourg
2003	Malta	Albania	Scotland	Andorra
2005	Malta	Andorra	Scotland	Luxembourg
2007	Wales	Scotland	Wales	Moldova
2009	Malta	Malta	Gibraltar	Andorra
2011	San Marino

Performances by nation []

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Scotland	1	3	0	4
2	Andorra	1	1	2	4
3	Moldova	1	0	1	2
4	Cyprus	1	0	1	2
5	Albania	1	0	0	1
	Iceland	1	0	0	1
	Malta	1	0	0	1
8	Gibraltar	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
	Wales	0	1	0	1
11	Luxembourg	0	0	3	3

Division B Leaders []

Top Scorers [] Here is a list of all Top Scorers Year Top Scorer PPG 2005 Tom Schumacher 20.6 2006 Samy Picard 22.1 2007 Antti Kanervo 24.5 2008 Richard Grznárr 22.0 2009 Thomas Laerke 27.0 2010 Alasdair Fraser 20.6

Top Rebounders [] Here is a list of all Top Rebounders Year Top Scorer RPG 2005 Eoin McDermott 12.1 2006 Daniel Clark 15.9 2007 Cláudio Fonseca 15.4 2008 Rolland Török 12.8 2009 Enes Kanter 16.4 2010 Ondrej Balvin 11.0

Top Assist Leaders []

Here is a list of all Top Assist Leaders

Year	Top Scorer	APG
2005	Pavel Ermolinskij	5.5
2006	Aron Roijé	3.3
2007	Nikola Lalić	7.1
2008	Tomáš Satoranský	6.4
2009	Aegir Steinarsson	5.5
2010	Bar Timor	5.8

European U18 Championship 2010 (Vilnius, Lithuania) July 22 – August 1 []

1.  Lithuania
2.  Russia
3.  Latvia
4.  Serbia
5.  Croatia
6.  Poland
7.  France
8.  Greece
9.  Turkey
10.  Slovenia
11.  Spain
12.  Italy

Winning Roster: 4. Renaldas Simanavičius, 5. Deividas Pukis, 6. Evaldas Aniulis, 7. Edgaras Ulanovas, 8. Dovydas Redikas, 9. Tadas Maželis, 10. Egidijus Mockevičius, 11. Tautvydas Sabonis, 12. Žygimantas Skučas, 13. Vytenis Čižauskas, 14. Rolandas Jakštas, 15. Jonas Valančiūnas, coach: Kazys Maskvytis

European U18 Championship 2009 (Metz, France) July 23 – August 2 []

1.  Serbia
2.  France
3.  Turkey
4.  Lithuania
5.  Spain
6.  Russia
7.  Italy
8.  Croatia
9.  Latvia
10.  Bulgaria
11.  Germany
12.  Slovenia
13.  Greece
14.  Ukraine
15.  Israel
16.  Czech Republic

Winning Roster: 4. Nemanja Jaramaz, 5. Aleksandar Ponjavić, 6. Petar Torlak, 7. Miloš Tripković, 8. Nikola Vukasović, 9. Milić Blagojević, 10. Danilo Anđušić, 11. Lazar Radosavljević, 12. Nemanja Bešović, 13. Nikola Rondović, 14. Branislav Đekić, 15. Dejan Musli, coach: Vladimir "Vlada" Jovanović

European U18 Championship 2008 (Amaliada / Pyrgos, Greece), July 25 – August 3 []

1.  Greece
2.  Lithuania
3.  Croatia
4.  France
5.  Spain
6.  Serbia
7.  Latvia
8.  Russia
9.  Turkey
10.  Israel
11.  Italy
12.  Ukraine
13.  Bulgaria
14.  Germany
15.  Belgium
16.  Estonia

Winning Roster: 4. Epameinondas Papantoniou, 5. Dimitrios Katsivelis, 6. Ioannis Angelopoulos, 7. Evangelos Mantzaris, 8. Ioannis Karathanasis, 9. Konstantinos Papanikolaou, 10. Georgios Georgakis, 11. Konstantinos Sloukas, 12. Vladimir Janković, 13. Nikolaos Pappas, 14. Leonidas Kaselakis, 15. Zisis Sarikopoulos, coach: George Vlassopoulos

European U18 Championship 2007 (Madrid, Spain), August 3–12 []

1.  Serbia
2.  Greece
3.  Latvia
4.  Lithuania
5.  Spain
6.  France
7.  Croatia
8.  Turkey
9.  Germany
10.  Russia
11.  Israel
12.  Estonia
13.  Italy
14.  Bulgaria
15.  Slovenia
16.  Romania

Winning Roster: 4. Filip Čović, 5. Stevan Tapušković, 6. Stefan Živanović, 7. Branko Lazić, 8. Dušan Katnić, 9. Dejan Čvoro, 10. Stefan Stojačić, 11. Dušan Cvetković, 12. Nikola Maravić, 13. Ivan Smiljanić, 14. Nikola Marković, 15. Milan Mačvan, coach: Dejan Mijatović

European U18 Championship 2006 (Amaliada / Olympia / Argostoli, Greece), July 18–27 []

1.  France
2.  Lithuania
3.  Spain
4.  Turkey
5.  Serbia and Montenegro
6.  Greece
7.  Italy
8.  Bulgaria
9.  Russia
10.  Croatia
11.  Israel
12.  Latvia
13.  Germany
14.  Slovenia
15.  Iceland
16.  Ukraine

Winning Roster: 4. Jessie Bégarin, 5. Nicolas Batum, 6. Antoine Diot, 7. Abdoulaye Mbaye, 8. Oliver Romain, 9. Alexis Ajinca, 10. Benoît Mangin, 11. Edwin Jackson, 12. Johwe Casseus, 13. Kim Tillie, 14. Ludovic Vaty, 15. Adrien Moerman, coach: Richard Billant

European U18 Championship 2005 (Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro), July 15–24 []

1.  Serbia and Montenegro
2.  Turkey
3.  Italy
4.  Spain
5.  Russia
6.  France
7.  Israel
8.  Latvia
9.  Lithuania
10.  Slovenia
11.  Croatia
12.  Bulgaria
13.  Greece
14.  Germany
15.  Poland
16.  Belgium

Winning Roster: 4. Miloš Teodosić, 5. Milenko Tepić, 6. Ivan Paunić, 7. Marko Đurković, 8. Dragan Labović, 9. Nenad Mijatović, 10. Branko Jereminov, 11. Nenad Živčević, 12. Vladimir Štimac, 13. Miroslav Raduljica, 14. Nikola Dragović, 15. Vladimir Dašić, coach: Stevan Karadžić

European U18 Championship 2004 (Zaragoza, Spain), July 9–18 []

1.  Spain
2.  Turkey
3.  France
4.  Italy
5.  Serbia and Montenegro
6.  Russia
7.  Greece
8.  Israel
9.  Lithuania
10.  Bulgaria
11.  Georgia
12.  Latvia

Winning Roster: 4. Sergio Llull, 5. Marc Fernández, 6. Albert Teruel, 7. Gonzalo Echevarria, 8. Albert Moncasi, 9. Marc Sobrepera, 10. Sergio Rodríguez, 11. Alberto Aspe, 12. Carlos Suárez, 13. Albert Fontet, 14. Jose Angel Antelo, 15. Ivan Garcia, coach: Txus Vidorreta

MVP Awards (since 1998) []

Year	MVP Award Winner
1998	Sani Bečirovič
2000	Tony Parker
2002	Erazem Lorbek
2004	Sergio Rodríguez
2005	Dragan Labović
2006	Nicolas Batum
2007	Kosta Koufos
2008	Donatas Motiejūnas
2009	Enes Kanter
2010	Jonas Valančiūnas
2011	Alex Abrines
2012	Dario Šarić[2]

Notes []

External links []

• Official Site