2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup – Men's tournament

The 2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup – Men's tournament is the fifth edition of this continental championship. The event was held in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was contested by 12 teams.[1]

2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGeorgia
CityTbilisi
Dates6–8 September
Teams12
Venue(s)Rike Park
Final positions
ChampionsLithuania Lithuania (1st title)
Runners-upFrance France
Third placeIsrael Israel
Fourth placeUkraine Ukraine
Tournament statistics
MVPLithuania Gabrielius Celka
2018
2021

Lithuania won their first title with a win against France in the final.[2]

Host selection edit

Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, was given the hosting rights.

Qualified teams edit

Six teams qualified automatically, while two teams from qualifiers that were held in France, Italy and Hungary completed the field of twelve.[3]

Automatically qualified
Voiron Qualifier
Rieti Qualifier
Szolnok Qualifier

Seeding edit

The seeding and groups were as follows:

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

  Russia (1)
  Hungary (8)
  Lithuania (9)

  Ukraine (2)
  Israel (7)
  Belgium (10)

  France (3)
  Estonia (6)
  Georgia (11)

  Romania (4)
  Italy (5)
  Serbia (12)

Venue edit

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification      
1   Lithuania 2 2 0 37 20 +17 quarter-finals
2   Russia 2 1 1 33 29 +4 12–16 21–13
3   Hungary 2 0 2 21 42 −21 8–21
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification      
1   Israel 2 2 0 41 28 +13 quarter-finals 20–13
2   Ukraine 2 1 1 36 31 +5 15–21 21–10
3   Belgium 2 0 2 23 41 −18
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

Pool C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification      
1   France 2 2 0 42 26 +16 quarter-finals 20–13 22–13
2   Estonia 2 1 1 34 30 +4 21–10
3   Georgia (H) 2 0 2 23 43 −20
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Pool D edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification      
1   Serbia 2 2 0 37 28 +9 quarter-finals
2   Italy 2 1 1 36 31 +5 15–21
3   Romania 2 0 2 23 37 −14 13–16 10–21
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

Knockout stage edit

All times are local.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 Sep 2019 – 12:45
 
 
  Lithuania 15
 
8 Sep 2019 – 16:35
 
  Estonia 14
 
  Lithuania 13
 
8 Sep 2019 – 13:10
 
  Ukraine 10
 
  Serbia 16
 
8 Sep 2019 – 19:00
 
  Ukraine 19
 
  Lithuania 21
 
8 Sep 2019 – 14:45
 
  France 14
 
  Israel 18
 
8 Sep 2019 – 17:00
 
  Italy 16
 
  Israel 11
 
8 Sep 2019 – 15:10
 
  France 21 Bronze medal
 
  France 21
 
8 Sep 2019 – 18:00
 
  Russia 18
 
  Ukraine 18
 
 
  Israel 21
 

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1   Lithuania 5 5 0 86 58 +28
2   France 5 4 1 98 76 +22
3   Israel 5 4 1 91 83 +9
4   Ukraine 5 2 3 83 71 +12
5   Serbia 3 2 1 53 47 +6
6   Italy 3 1 2 52 49 +3
7   Russia 3 1 2 51 50 +1
8   Estonia 3 1 2 48 45 +3
9   Romania 2 0 2 23 37 –14
10   Belgium 2 0 2 23 41 –18
11   Georgia 2 0 2 23 43 –20
12   Hungary 2 0 2 21 42 –21

Awards edit

These players were given the awards after the competition:[4]

Most valuable player edit

Top scorer edit

Team of the tournament edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Who will be crowned FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup 2019 winner?". FIBA.basketball.
  2. ^ "Lithuania's men and Spain's women win FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup 2019". FIBA.basketball.
  3. ^ "24 teams from 16 countries Georgia-bound for FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup 2019". FIBA.basketball.
  4. ^ https://www.fiba.basketball/3x3u18europe/2019/news/mvp-celka-headlines-fiba-3x3-u18-europe-cup-team-of-the-tournament
  5. ^ "Player statistics of the FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup 2019 2019". FIBA.basketball.

External links edit