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2023 FIBA U20 European Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Greece
City Heraklion
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
MVP France Ilias Kamardine
Top scorer Iceland Orri Gunnarsson (18.3  ppg)
Top rebounds Israel Daniel Wolf (12.0  rpg)
Top assists Israel Noam Yaacov (7.6  apg)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
2022
2024

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 TimeUTC+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
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

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

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

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

Main bracket

 
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
              
 
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 semifinals 5th 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 quarterfinals 9th–12th place semifinals 9th 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 semifinals 13th 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
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 July 2023
21:00
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

External links