2023 FIBA U20 European Championship

The 2023 FIBA U20 European Championship was the 24th edition of the European basketball championship for men's national under-20 teams. It was played from 8 to 16 July 2023 in Heraklion, Greece.[1]

2023 FIBA U20 European Championship
Tournament details
Host country Greece
CityHeraklion
Dates8–16 July 2023
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions France (2nd title)
Runners-up Israel
Third place Greece
Fourth place Belgium
Tournament statistics
MVPFrance Ilias Kamardine
Top scorerIceland Orri Gunnarsson (18.3 ppg)
Top reboundsIsrael Daniel Wolf (12.0 rpg)
Top assistsIsrael Noam Yaacov (7.6 apg)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
2022
2024

Participating teams edit

First round edit

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 (Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+3).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1   Turkey 3 2 1 195 205 −10 5
2   Belgium 3 2 1 209 188 +21 5
3   Italy 3 1 2 182 177 +5 4
4   Israel 3 1 2 190 206 −16 4
Source: FIBA
8 July 2023
18:30
Belgium   72–64   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 18–15, 21–17, 18–10
Heraklion University Hall
8 July 2023
21:00
Israel   86–70   Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 21–14, 19–19, 22–19
Heraklion University Hall
9 July 2023
16:00
Italy   66–50   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 21–17, 15–8, 16–10
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
9 July 2023
21:00
Turkey   70–67   Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 20–19, 22–23, 16–14
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
10 July 2023
16:00
Turkey   55–52   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 8–8, 14–13, 14–16, 19–15
Heraklion University Hall
10 July 2023
21:00
Belgium   70–54   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 19–18, 13–11, 18–6
Heraklion University Hall

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1   Spain 3 3 0 257 178 +79 6
2   Serbia 3 2 1 211 206 +5 5
3   Estonia 3 1 2 198 234 −36 4
4   Montenegro 3 0 3 211 259 −48 3
Source: FIBA
8 July 2023
13:30
Estonia   61–82   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 19–19, 14–17, 12–22
Heraklion University Hall
8 July 2023
16:00
Spain   103–68   Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 30–12, 25–21, 27–18
Heraklion University Hall
9 July 2023
13:30
Montenegro   74–81   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 20–24, 16–19, 19–15
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
9 July 2023
21:00
Serbia   54–76   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 11–18, 16–24, 10–17
Heraklion University Hall
10 July 2023
16:00
Montenegro   69–75   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 13–20, 17–20, 17–17
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
10 July 2023
21:00
Estonia   56–78   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 9–32, 6–23, 20–8
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1   Lithuania 3 3 0 239 197 +42 6
2   Greece (H) 3 2 1 212 211 +1 5
3   Croatia 3 1 2 195 217 −22 4
4   Poland 3 0 3 188 209 −21 3
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
8 July 2023
18:30
Poland   67–72   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 17–14, 12–18, 19–19
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
8 July 2023
21:00
Lithuania   86–67   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 23–9, 26–24, 17–17
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
9 July 2023
16:00
Croatia   64–53   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–13, 20–16, 13–8
Heraklion University Hall
9 July 2023
18:30
Greece   62–80   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 20–16, 9–19, 17–18
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
10 July 2023
13:30
Poland   68–73   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 21–14, 15–26, 18–13
Heraklion University Hall
10 July 2023
18:30
Croatia   64–78   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 15–13, 16–27, 15–19
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1   France 3 3 0 271 169 +102 6
2   Germany 3 2 1 210 219 −9 5
3   Iceland 3 1 2 196 261 −65 4
4   Slovenia 3 0 3 187 215 −28 3
Source: FIBA
8 July 2023
13:30
Iceland   70–68   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 19–14, 18–22, 16–11
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
8 July 2023
16:00
France   80–63   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 24–14, 24–12, 10–20
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
9 July 2023
13:30
Germany   83–81   Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 23–21, 24–24, 16–16
Heraklion University Hall
9 July 2023
18:30
Slovenia   61–81   France
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 8–26, 21–21, 10–16
Heraklion University Hall
10 July 2023
13:30
Germany   64–58   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 19–11, 14–12, 12–18
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
10 July 2023
18:30
Iceland   45–110   France
Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 6–35, 13–23, 15–32
Heraklion University Hall

Playoff brackets edit

Main bracket edit

 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
12 July
 
 
  Turkey73
 
13 July
 
  Montenegro68
 
  Turkey61
 
12 July
 
  Greece87
 
  Greece83
 
15 July
 
  Iceland75
 
  Greece51
 
12 July
 
  France98
 
  Serbia75
 
13 July
 
  Italy72
 
  Serbia73
 
12 July
 
  France82
 
  France89
 
16 July
 
  Poland55
 
  France (OT)89
 
12 July
 
  Israel79
 
  Belgium80
 
13 July
 
  Estonia65
 
  Belgium77
 
12 July
 
  Lithuania71
 
  Lithuania70
 
15 July
 
  Slovenia51
 
  Belgium46
 
12 July
 
  Israel67 3rd place match
 
  Spain52
 
13 July16 July
 
  Israel59
 
  Israel75  Greece (OT)68
 
12 July
 
  Germany64   Belgium64
 
  Germany87
 
 
  Croatia67
 

5th place bracket edit

 
5th–8th place semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
15 July
 
 
  Turkey55
 
16 July
 
  Serbia76
 
  Serbia82
 
15 July
 
  Germany78
 
  Lithuania58
 
 
  Germany60
 
7th place match
 
 
16 July
 
 
  Turkey70
 
 
  Lithuania66

9th place bracket edit

 
9th–16th place quarterfinals9th–12th place semifinals9th place match
 
          
 
13 July
 
 
  Montenegro73
 
15 July
 
  Iceland99
 
  Iceland86
 
13 July
 
  Italy98
 
  Italy72
 
16 July
 
  Poland60
 
  Italy75
 
13 July
 
  Spain69
 
  Estonia62
 
15 July
 
  Slovenia83
 
  Slovenia72
 
13 July
 
  Spain75 11th place match
 
  Spain84
 
16 July
 
  Croatia60
 
  Iceland75
 
 
  Slovenia90
 

13th place bracket edit

 
13th–16th place semifinals13th place match
 
      
 
15 July
 
 
  Montenegro64
 
16 July
 
  Poland61
 
  Montenegro81
 
15 July
 
  Croatia78
 
  Estonia70
 
 
  Croatia98
 
15th place match
 
 
16 July
 
 
  Poland71
 
 
  Estonia62

Playoff results edit

Round of 16 edit

12 July 2023
13:30
Lithuania   70–51   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 17–12, 17–16, 14–7
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
12 July 2023
13:30
Germany   87–67   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 27–21, 23–13, 23–18
Heraklion University Hall
12 July 2023
16:00
Belgium   80–65   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 18–22, 25–16, 17–12
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
12 July 2023
16:00
Spain   52–59   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 16–17, 13–8, 7–17
Heraklion University Hall
12 July 2023
18:30
Serbia   75–72   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 21–14, 22–25, 16–18
Heraklion University Hall
12 July 2023
18:30
Greece   83–75   Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 17–21, 24–11, 18–19
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
12 July 2023
21:00
Turkey   73–68   Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 22–11, 9–16, 24–24
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
12 July 2023
21:00
France   89–55   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 30–11, 16–8, 18–21, 25–15
Heraklion University Hall

9th–16th place quarterfinals edit

13 July 2023
13:30
Estonia   62–83   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 9–18, 21–26, 13–17
Heraklion University Hall
13 July 2023
16:00
Spain   84–60   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 17–15, 23–4, 23–24
Heraklion University Hall
13 July 2023
18:30
Montenegro   73–99   Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 23-24, 16-37, 18–20
Heraklion University Hall
13 July 2023
21:00
Italy   72–60   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 27–5, 12–18, 18–15
Heraklion University Hall

13th–16th place semifinals edit

15 July 2023
13:30
Montenegro   64–61   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 11–7, 14–19, 17–17, 22–18
Heraklion University Hall
15 July 2023
16:00
Estonia   70–98   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 11–28, 16–24, 16–23, 27–23
Heraklion University Hall

15th place match edit

16 July 2023
11:00
Poland   71–62   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 11-19, 15-18, 27-14, 18-11
Heraklion University Hall

13th place match edit

16 July 2023
16:00
Montenegro   81–78   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 22–18, 21–19, 21–19
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"

9th–12th place semifinals edit

15 July 2023
18:30
Iceland   86–98   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 28-25, 15-33, 21-15
Heraklion University Hall
15 July 2023
21:00
Slovenia   72–75 (OT)   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 12–13, 17–22, 15–14, Overtime: 9–12
Heraklion University Hall

11th place match edit

16 July 2023
13:30
Iceland   75–90   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 17–27, 22–23, 17–19, 19–21
Heraklion University Hall

9th place match edit

16 July 2023
16:00
Italy   75–69   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 24–6, 21–29, 17–24
Heraklion University Hall

Championship quarterfinals edit

13 July 2023
13:30
Israel   75–64   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–9, 25–16, 19–23
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
13 July 2023
16:00
Belgium   77–71   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 12–26, 20–9, 24–12
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
13 July 2023
18:30
Serbia   73–82   France
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 22–18, 14–21, 18–24
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
13 July 2023
21:00
Turkey   61–87   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 15–29, 10–20, 14–24
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"

5th–8th place semifinals edit

15 July 2023
13:30
Turkey   55–76   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 17–20, 14–7, 12–26
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
15 July 2023
16:00
Lithuania   58–60   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 9–17, 15–11, 20–16
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"

7th place match edit

16 July 2023
18:30
Turkey   70–66   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 8–21, 19–9, 19–18
Heraklion University Hall

5th place match edit

16 July 2023
13:30
Serbia   82–78   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 13–27, 29–20, 19–17
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"

Championship semifinals edit

15 July 2023
18:30
Belgium   46–67   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 11–12, 8–23, 13–13
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
15 July 2023
21:00
Greece   51–98   France
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 9–26, 16–15, 12–32
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"

3rd place match edit

16 July 2023
18:30
Greece   68–64 (OT)   Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 15–26, 7–9, 16–4, Overtime: 12–8
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"

Final edit

16 July 2023
21:00
France   89–79 (OT)   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 30–18, 14–13, 11–15Overtime: 17–7
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"

Final standings edit

Rank Team Record
    France 7–0
    Israel 4–3
    Greece 5–2
4   Belgium 4–3
5   Serbia 5–2
6   Germany 4–3
7   Turkey 4–3
8   Lithuania 4–3
9   Italy 4–3
10   Spain 5–2
11   Slovenia 2–5
12   Iceland 2–5
13   Montenegro 2–5
14   Croatia 2–5
15   Poland 1–6
16   Estonia 1–6
Relegated to the 2024 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B

Awards edit

Most Valuable Player
  Ilias Kamardine

All-Tournament Team edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit