The FIBA U18 European Championship, originally known as the European Championship for Juniors, is a youth men's basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1964 edition. It was held biennially through the 2002 edition. From the 2004 edition onward, it has been held every year. It serves as the qualification tournament for the FIBA Under-19 World Cup, for the FIBA Europe region. The current champions are Serbia.
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Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1964 |
Divisions | 3 |
No. of teams | 16 (Division A) |
Continent | Europe (FIBA Europe) |
Most recent champion(s) | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() |
Related competitions | FIBA Europe U-20 FIBA Europe U-16 |
Official website | www.fiba.com/europe/u18 |
Division A Edit
Results Edit
Medal table Edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
2 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
3 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
4 | Serbia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
5 | France | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
6 | Croatia | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
7 | Turkey | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
8 | Lithuania | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
9 | Greece | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
10 | Italy | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
11 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
13 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
15 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
16 | CIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (18 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |
- Source:[2]
- 1 Since 1992, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia are defunct.
- 2 FR Yugoslavia was formed in 1992 and renamed to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003. As of 2006, Serbia and Montenegro is defunct.
- 3 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) competed only in 1992.
Participating nations Edit
Nation | 1964 |
1966 |
1968 |
1970 |
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1974 |
1976 |
1978 |
1980 |
1982 |
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1986 |
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1990 |
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Austria | 12th | 16th | 12th | ||||||||||||
Belgium | 12th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 10th | |||||||||
Bulgaria | 4th | 5th | 7th | 12th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 10th | ||||||
Czechoslovakia | 5th | 4th | 10th | 8th | 5th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 8th | 3rd | 11th | ||
Finland | 8th | 8th | 15th | 13th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 11th | 8th | ||||||
France | 2nd | 7th | 6th | 8th | 9th | 12th | 10th | 10th | 7th | 1st | |||||
West Germany | 11th | 10th | 14th | 11th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 12th | 7th | ||||
Greece | 6th | 2nd | 9th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 4th | ||||
Hungary | 8th | 11th | 9th | 11th | |||||||||||
Israel | 7th | 4th | 11th | 8th | 7th | 9th | 10th | 5th | |||||||
Italy | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |
Netherlands | 12th | 11th | 12th | 10th | |||||||||||
Norway | 12th | ||||||||||||||
Poland | 6th | 9th | 6th | 10th | 6th | 6th | 12th | 11th | 6th | 9th | |||||
Romania | 9th | 11th | 4th | ||||||||||||
Soviet Union | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd |
Spain | 8th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 6th |
Sweden | 4th | 12th | 10th | 12th | 8th | ||||||||||
Turkey | 4th | 11th | 11th | 13th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 9th | |||||
Yugoslavia | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 5th | |
Nation | 1964 |
1966 |
1968 |
1970 |
1972 |
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1976 |
1978 |
1980 |
1982 |
1984 |
1986 |
1988 |
1990 |
1992 |
Nation | 1994 |
1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
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2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024[3] |
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Belgium | 4th | 16th | 15th | 15th | Q | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13th | 12th | 4th | 6th | 8th | 16th | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bulgaria | 8th | 12th | 10th | 12th | 8th | 14th | 13th | 10th | 16th | 8th | 15th | 20 | |||||||||||||
Croatia | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 11th | 10th | 7th | 3rd | 8th | 5th | 8th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 12th | 14th | 11th | 13th | 13th | 10th | Q | 22 | ||
Czech Republic | 16th | 15th | 12th | 13th | 16th | 10th | 16th | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Denmark | 15th | 13th | Q | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Estonia | 12th | 16th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finland | 16th | 13th | 8th | 10th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
France | 5th | 2nd | 10th | 1st | 7th | 3rd | 6th | 1st | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 7th | 7th | 13th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 1st | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 4th | Q | 34 |
Georgia | 11th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 12th | 8th | 12th | 14th | 13th | 9th | 14th | 11th | 13th | 11th | 14th | 8th | 4th | 11th | 6th | 11th | 11th | 3rd | Q | 30 | |||||
Great Britain | played separately as , and | 7th | 8th | 15th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Greece | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 13th | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 13th | 8th | 14th | 11th | 11th | 4th | 1st | 9th | 7th | 14th | 4th | 12th | 7th | Q | 35 |
Iceland | 15th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Israel | 10th | 6th | 10th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 11th | 11th | 10th | 15th | 15th | 8th | 6th | Q | 22 | ||||||||||
Italy | 4th | 6th | 12th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 13th | 11th | 7th | 12th | 4th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 11th | 3rd | 5th | 10th | 9th | 6th | 9th | Q | 38 | |
Latvia | 4th | 8th | 11th | 12th | 8th | 12th | 3rd | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 10th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 10th | 13th | 16th | 2nd | 16th | Q | 20 | ||||
Lithuania | 1st | 12th | 9th | 7th | 4th | 9th | 9th | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 7th | 11th | Q | 24 |
Montenegro | played as part of | 11th | 14th | 13th | 8th | 12th | 16th | Q | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 15th | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
North Macedonia | 14th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Poland | 8th | 15th | 6th | 6th | 16th | 16th | 9th | 14th | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
Romania | 11th | 16th | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Russia | 8th | 10th | 5th | 6th | 10th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 6th | 2nd | 9th | 4th | 8th | 10th | 9th | 7th | 9th | 4th | 6th | 22 | |||
Serbia | played as part of | 1st | 6th | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 5th | 10th | 1st | 1st | 10th | 3rd | 1st | Q | 16 | |||||||
Slovakia | 15th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Slovenia | 7th | 7th | 9th | 2nd | 10th | 14th | 15th | 12th | 10th | 12th | 10th | 16th | 11th | 14th | 3rd | 4th | 8th | Q | 18 | ||||||
Spain | 3rd | 9th | 1st | 11th | 9th | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 11th | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 9th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | Q | 39 |
Sweden | 15th | 16th | 12th | Q | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Turkey | 9th | 5th | 11th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 9th | 3rd | 9th | 3rd | 9th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 12th | 4th | 12th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | Q | 33 | |
Ukraine | 11th | 16th | 12th | 14th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 14th | 15th | 12th | 15th | 11 | |||||||||||||
Nation | 1994 |
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Austria | playing in lower divisions | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungary | playing in lower divisions | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Norway | playing in lower divisions | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
England | 9th | 14th | Great Britain[4] | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | defunct | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Soviet Union | defunct | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | defunct | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and MontenegroA | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 1st | 5th | defunct | 5 |
- ^A As FR Yugoslavia (1992–2002, 2 participations, 1 medal) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006, 3 participations, 1 medal)
MVP Awards (since 1998) Edit
Year | MVP Award Winner |
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1998 | Sani Bečirović |
2000 | Tony Parker |
2002 | Erazem Lorbek |
2004 | Sergio Rodríguez |
2005 | Dragan Labović |
2006 | Nicolas Batum |
2007 | Kosta Koufos |
2008 | Donatas Motiejūnas |
2009 | Enes Kanter |
2010 | Jonas Valančiūnas |
2011 | Álex Abrines |
2012 | Dario Šarić[5] |
2013 | Kenan Sipahi |
2014 | Egemen Güven |
2015 | Vassilis Charalampopoulos |
2016 | Frank Ntilikina |
2017 | Nikola Mišković |
2018 | Marko Pecarski |
2019 | Santiago Aldama |
2022 | Izan Almansa |
2023 | Nikola Topić |
Division B Edit
Results Edit
- Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.
Medal table Edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Montenegro | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
3 | Ukraine | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Poland | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
16 | Denmark | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
17 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
18 | England | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Estonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
20 | Iceland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
21 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (23 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
Participating nations Edit
Nation | 2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2022 |
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Armenia | 20th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Albania | 23rd | 23rd | 21st | 21st | 24th | 5 | |||||||||||
Austria | 7th | 7th | 13th | 5th | 13th | 10th | 18th | 12th | 20th | 16th | 13th | 18th | 17th | 16th | 17th | 12th | 16 |
Azerbaijan | 22nd | 20th | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Belarus | 15th | 18th | 9th | 18th | 12th | 18th | 11th | 20th | 6th | 13th | 10 | ||||||
Belgium | 8th | 1st | 9th | 7th | 9th | 8th | 3rd | 9th | 5th | 9th | 3rd | 10th | 10th | 13 | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8th | 9th | 7th | 14th | 8th | 1st | 12th | 6th | 8 | ||||||||
Bulgaria | 19th | 1st | 14th | 19th | 12th | 7th | 11th | 14th | 16th | 9 | |||||||
Croatia | 1st | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Cyprus | 24th | 22nd | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 15th | 10th | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 8th | 13th | 5th | 3rd | 10 | ||||||
Denmark | 17th | 8th | 10th | 15th | 2nd | 17th | 12th | 10th | 15th | 8th | 22nd | 18th | 2nd | 13 | |||
England | 14th | 4th | 18th | 18th | 7th | 6th | 14th | 3rd | 7th | 9th | 10 | ||||||
Estonia | 10th | 2nd | 15th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 17th | 15th | 7th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 9th | 14 | ||
Finland | 4th | 12th | 9th | 10th | 2nd | 4th | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | 9 | |||||||
Georgia | 13th | 8th | 19th | 15th | 17th | 21st | 20th | 8th | 10th | 18th | 21st | 8th | 15th | 13 | |||
Germany | 11th | 1st | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Great Britain | 2nd | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Hungary | 3rd | 11th | 8th | 17th | 5th | 13th | 8th | 11th | 13th | 8th | 5th | 4th | 12th | 10th | 15th | 14th | 16 |
Iceland | 2nd | 6th | 13th | 9th | 6th | 13th | 10th | 15th | 11th | 4th | 10 | ||||||
Ireland | 16th | 19th | 16th | 20th | 22nd | 22nd | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 16th | 20th | 11 | |||||
Israel | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 4th | 9th | 1st | 10 | ||||||
Kosovo | 23rd | 21st | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Latvia | 13th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | 11th | 16th | 15th | 24th | 16th | 17th | 19th | 19th | 11th | 24th | 19th | 23rd | 19th | 24th | 14 | ||
Moldova | 17th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Montenegro | 4th | 11th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 7 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 6th | 14th | 14th | 9th | 11th | 12th | 6th | 9th | 8th | 13th | 11th | 17th | 6th | 1st | 8th | 15 | |
North Macedonia | 12th | 21st | 4th | 15th | 21st | 16th | 16th | 18th | 4th | 9 | |||||||
Norway | 13th | 11th | 19th | 16th | 20th | 14th | 10th | 13th | 20th | 18th | 10 | ||||||
Poland | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 5th | 12th | 2nd | 10 | ||||||
Portugal | 5th | 3rd | 12th | 7th | 12th | 18th | 12th | 10th | 10th | 7th | 12th | 14th | 11th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 16 |
Romania | 17th | 1st | 12th | 16th | 20th | 11th | 15th | 16th | 18th | 16th | 20th | 15th | 23rd | 21st | 7th | 15 | |
Scotland | 18th | 20th | 14th | 22nd | 22nd | 19th | 20th | 22nd | 8 | ||||||||
Slovakia | 13th | 15th | 10th | 4th | 17th | 17th | 10th | 16th | 18th | 17th | 3rd | 14th | 22nd | 17th | 14 | ||
Slovenia | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 5 | |||||||||||
Sweden | 9th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 14th | 6th | 4th | 1st | 14th | 7th | 7th | 1st | 14 | ||
Switzerland | 19th | 16th | 14th | 11th | 13th | 21st | 15th | 21st | 14th | 19th | 17th | 19th | 19th | 13 | |||
Ukraine | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | 11th | 6 | ||||||||||
Nation | 2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2022 |
Total |
Division C Edit
Results Edit
Medal table Edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Cyprus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Andorra | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
3 | Albania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Monaco | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Scotland | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
6 | Moldova | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Wales | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
9 | San Marino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Malta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | Iceland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Gibraltar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Totals (16 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
Under-19 World Cup record Edit
Team | 1979 |
1983 |
1987 |
1991 |
1995 |
1999 |
2003 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2021 |
2023 |
2025 |
2027 |
Total |
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Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia | 4th | 3rd | 4th | – | 3rd | 8th | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 7 | |||||
Czech Republic | Part of Czechoslovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 2 | ||||
France | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 3rd | 8th | – | – | – | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 7 | ||
Germany | – | 5th | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | 3 | ||
Greece | – | – | – | – | 1st | 7th | 3rd | – | 2nd | – | – | 4th | – | 10th | – | – | 6 | ||
Hungary | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | 1 | |||
Italy | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 13th | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 2nd | – | – | 7 | ||
Latvia | Part of Soviet Union | – | 9th | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 12th | 11th | – | 4 | |||||
Lithuania | Part of Soviet Union | 5th | – | 2nd | 9th | 9th | 1st | 3rd | – | 6th | 4th | 6th | – | 9 | |||||
Poland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
Portugal | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
Romania | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
Russia | Part of Soviet Union | – | 6th | – | – | – | 3rd | 9th | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | 4 | |||
Serbia | Part of Yugoslavia | – | – | – | 1st | – | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | – | 7th | 4th | 6th | 7 | |||||
Slovenia | Part of Yugoslavia | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 2 | |||||
Spain | – | 4th | – | 6th | 3rd | 1st | – | 8th | 10th | – | 5th | 8th | 4th | – | 5th | 1st | 11 | ||
Switzerland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 | |
Turkey | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 7th | – | – | – | 3rd | – | – | 9th | 3rd | 5 | ||
Team | 1979 |
1983 |
1987 |
1991 |
1995 |
1999 |
2003 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2021 |
2023 |
2025 |
2027 |
Total |
Soviet Union † | 5th | 2nd | 7th | 9th | defunct | 4 | |||||||||||||
Yugoslavia † | 4th | 8th | 1st | 4th | defunct | 4 | |||||||||||||
Total | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
See also Edit
References Edit
- ^ a b c "FIBA Europe Board approves alternative format for Youth Competitions, new dates for Small Countries Championships". FIBA. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "All-Time Medalists". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "Serbia celebrate FIBA U18 European Championship 2023 title on home soil". www.fiba.basketball. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "FIBA SIGN OFF BRITISH BASKETBALL AGREEMENT". www.gbbasketball.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "MVP Saric Heads All Tournament Team". 19 August 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2012.