Teams set for FIBA U18 European Championship in Greece, as Serbia eye a three-peat
VOLOS (Greece) - The rosters of the 16 participating teams at the FIBA U18 European Championship 2019 have been verified and confirmed on the eve of the tournament.
VOLOS (Greece) - The rosters of the 16 participating teams at the FIBA U18 European Championship 2019 have been verified and confirmed before the start of the tournament.
Serbia have won the event in 2017 and 2018 and are looking to make it three in a row to become the first team to do so since 1984, when the Soviet Union won their fourth straight FIBA U18 European Championship. No team has done it since the competition switched to a yearly format instead of it behind held every two years.
With the action set to tip off in Volos on Saturday, July 27, all rosters have been trimmed to 12 players.
Click on the teams below to see the full rosters:
Group A: Great Britain, Germany, Serbia, Turkey Group B: Russia, Italy, Montenegro, Lithuania Group C: Greece, Slovenia, France, Latvia Group D: Netherlands, Finland, Croatia, Spain [/unordered]Stay up to date on the official event website and follow #FIBAU18Europe on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Meanwhile, Division B tipped off in Oradea, Romania on Friday. You can follow the event on its own dedicated official website.
To watch the games live, go to YouTube.com/FIBA.
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