All you need to know: FIBA U18 European Championship 2023

NIS (Serbia) - The FIBA U18 European Championship is one of 16 youth events that will take place across the summer of 2023.

The tournament will take place in Nis, Serbia from July 22-30, 2023.

Who is participating?

A total of 16 teams will compete for the title in Division A. They have been split into four groups of four for the Group Phase as follows:

Group A: Israel, Sweden, France, Lithuania
Group B: Croatia, Poland, Turkey, Germany
Group C: Finland, Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovenia
Group D: Greece, Denmark, Spain, Italy

What is the schedule?

The Group Phase will take place across the opening three days of the tournament with a rest day on July 25, as teams will be seeded for the Round of 16 stage based on their group position. The competition will continue in the form of the bracket until the Final on July 30 with Classification games also determining each of the 16 positions.

Check out the full schedule here.

Who were the winners in 2022?

Spain retained the title in 2022 after defeating Turkey 68-61 in the Final in Izmir, Turkey. Rafael Villar had a team-high 20 points, along with 5 assists, 4 steals and 3 rebounds, while Izan Almansa finished with a 14-point, 15-rebound double-double. Turkey had three players in double figures in defeat.

🥇 SPAIN 
🥈 TURKEY 
🥉 SERBIA 

North Macedonia, Great Britain and Montenegro were relegated from last year's edition, so the promoted trio of Sweden, Denmark and Finland from Division B will take their spots.

Former MVPs

Izan Almansa took home the MVP after finishing the tournament averaging 15.7 points, 10.7 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.1 blocks per game. He also shot an efficient 61.7 percent from the field.

The previous five winners are as follows:

2022: Izan Almansa (ESP)
2019: Santiago Aldama (ESP)
2018: Marko Pecarski (SRB)
2017: Nikola Miskovic (SRB)
2016: Frank Ntilikina (FRA)

Roll of honor

Spain's title in 2022 was their second consecutive after winning the previous competition in 2019. They became the fourth country to win five gold medals at the event, joining Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Serbia.

Position	Team	🥇	🥈	🥉	Total
1.	Soviet Union	8	3	1	12
2.	Spain	5	3	5	13
3.	Yugoslavia	5	4	3	12
4.	Serbia	5	2	2	9

The full list of medalists can be found here.

How to watch?

All the action will be available to watch live on the FIBA YouTube channel - and can also be accessed via the respective game pages on the website.

Want more action?

The best way to keep up to date for all of the action is via the official tournament website as well as following NextGenHoops across social media - on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Don't forget to check out the action from the FIBA U18 European Championship 2023, Division B and FIBA U18 European Championship 2023, Division C tournaments.

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