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2023 FIBA U18 European Championship

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]

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
www.fiba.basketball
← 2022
2024 →

Participating teams

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First round

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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

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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

Playoff brackets

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Main bracket

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Round of 16

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

9th–16th place quarterfinals

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

13th–16th place semifinals

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

15th place match

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

13th place match

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

9th–12th place semifinals

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29 July 2023
18:00
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
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

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

9th place match

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

Championship quarterfinals

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

5th–8th place semifinals

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

7th place match

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

5th place match

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

Championship semifinals

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

3rd place match

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

Final

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

Final standings

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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
Relegated to the 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket Division B

Awards

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 2023 FIBA Europe
Under-18 Championship winner 
 
Serbia
Fifth title
Most Valuable Player
  Nikola Topić
All-Tournament Team

See also

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References

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