2023 FIBA U20 European Championship

24th edition of the European basketball championship
International basketball competition
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
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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]

Participating teams

First round

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 Time – UTC+3).

Group A

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
Boxscore
Belgium  72–64  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 18–15, 21–17, 18–10
Heraklion University Hall
8 July 2023
21:00
Boxscore
Israel  86–70  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 21–14, 19–19, 22–19
Heraklion University Hall
9 July 2023
16:00
Boxscore
Italy  66–50  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 21–17, 15–8, 16–10
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
9 July 2023
21:00
Boxscore
Turkey  70–67  Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 20–19, 22–23, 16–14
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
10 July 2023
16:00
Boxscore
Turkey  55–52  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 8–8, 14–13, 14–16, 19–15
Heraklion University Hall
10 July 2023
21:00
Boxscore
Belgium  70–54  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 19–18, 13–11, 18–6
Heraklion University Hall

Group B

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
Boxscore
Estonia  61–82  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 19–19, 14–17, 12–22
Heraklion University Hall
8 July 2023
16:00
Boxscore
Spain  103–68  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 30–12, 25–21, 27–18
Heraklion University Hall
9 July 2023
13:30
Boxscore
Montenegro  74–81  Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 20–24, 16–19, 19–15
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
9 July 2023
21:00
Boxscore
Serbia  54–76  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 11–18, 16–24, 10–17
Heraklion University Hall
10 July 2023
16:00
Boxscore
Montenegro  69–75  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 13–20, 17–20, 17–17
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
10 July 2023
21:00
Boxscore
Estonia  56–78  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 9–32, 6–23, 20–8
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"

Group C

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
Boxscore
Poland  67–72  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 17–14, 12–18, 19–19
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
8 July 2023
21:00
Boxscore
Lithuania  86–67  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 23–9, 26–24, 17–17
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
9 July 2023
16:00
Boxscore
Croatia  64–53  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–13, 20–16, 13–8
Heraklion University Hall
9 July 2023
18:30
Boxscore
Greece  62–80  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 20–16, 9–19, 17–18
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
10 July 2023
13:30
Boxscore
Poland  68–73  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 21–14, 15–26, 18–13
Heraklion University Hall
10 July 2023
18:30
Boxscore
Croatia  64–78  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 15–13, 16–27, 15–19
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"

Group D

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
Boxscore
Iceland  70–68  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 19–14, 18–22, 16–11
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
8 July 2023
16:00
Boxscore
France  80–63  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 24–14, 24–12, 10–20
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
9 July 2023
13:30
Boxscore
Germany  83–81  Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 23–21, 24–24, 16–16
Heraklion University Hall
9 July 2023
18:30
Boxscore
Slovenia  61–81  France
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 8–26, 21–21, 10–16
Heraklion University Hall
10 July 2023
13:30
Boxscore
Germany  64–58  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 19–11, 14–12, 12–18
Heraklion Arena "Dyo Aorakia"
10 July 2023
18:30
Boxscore
Iceland  45–110  France
Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 6–35, 13–23, 15–32
Heraklion University Hall

Playoff brackets

Main bracket

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

Round of 16

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

9th–16th place quarterfinals

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

13th–16th place semifinals

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

15th place match

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

13th place match

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

9th–12th place semifinals

15 July 2023
18:30
Boxscore
Iceland  86–98  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 28-25, 15-33, 21-15
Heraklion University Hall
15 July 2023
21:00
Boxscore
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

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

9th place match

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

Championship quarterfinals

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

5th–8th place semifinals

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

7th place match

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

5th place match

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

Championship semifinals

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

3rd place match

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

Final

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

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France 7–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Israel 4–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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 EuroBasket Division B

Awards

Most Valuable Player
France Ilias Kamardine

All-Tournament Team

Danny Wolf playing for the Israeli national under-20 basketball team in 2023

See also

References

  1. ^ 2023 FIBA U20 European Championship Division A official website
  2. ^ Draws concluded for FIBA European Youth Championships 2023
  3. ^ Draw results

External links

  • Official website of FIBA
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