| Most recent season or competition: 2025 FIBA U20 EuroBasket | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| Divisions | 2 |
| No. of teams | 16 (Division A) |
| Continent | Europe (FIBA Europe) |
| Most recent champion | |
| Most titles | (3 titles each) |
| Related competitions | FIBA U18 EuroBasket FIBA U16 EuroBasket |
| Official website | www.fiba.basketball/history |
TheFIBA U20 EuroBasket, formerly theFIBA U20 European Championship, and originally theEuropean Championship for Men '22 and Under[1][2] is an annual men's youthbasketball competition contested by the under-20 national teams fromFIBA Europe. The current champions areGreece.
The inaugural tournament was in1992, and was originally an under-22 aged competition from 1992 until1998. The event was held biennially until2004, and has been played every year since2005.
The competition uses apromotion and relegation system to determine new qualifiers for each edition. The bottom three teams from Division A are relegated, while the top three teams from Division B are promoted. The current champions of Division B areLatvia.
The Division A is the top level of the Under-20 championship organized byFIBA Europe.
These teams have always played in Division A, and have never been relegated to Division B:
Countries initalics no longer compete in FIBA U20 EuroBasket
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 | |
| Nation | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | 10th | 9th | 14th | 16th | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8th | 12th | 16th | 8th | 14th | 8th | 4th | 4th | 12th | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9th | 8th | 15th | 14th | 15th | 20th | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9th | 4th | 8th | 12th | 11th | 5th | 10th | 12th | 8th | 4th | 16th | 12th | 4th | 17th | 2nd | 7th | 7th | 14th | 18 | |||||||||
| 12th | 8th | 16th | 16th | 17th | 17th | 6th | 7th | 15th | 15th | 6th | 9th | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| 15th | 19th | 16th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10th | 15th | 15th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 11th | 11th | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 9th | 8th | 4th | 13th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 25 | ||
| 12th | 16th | 16th | 20th | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12th | 9th | 7th | 13th | 15th | 14th | 14th | 5th | 5th | 11th | 14th | 11th | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 11th | 6th | 12th | 13th | 20 | |||||||
| 11th | 15th | 10th | 8th | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | 4th | 6th | 11th | 7th | 1st | 4th | 5th | 8th | 13th | 13th | 1st | 2nd | 12th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 18th | 1st | 13th | 9th | 12th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 25 | ||
| 14th | 16th | 20th | 16th | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8th | 15th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | 5th | 9th | 10th | 2nd | 10th | 2nd | 4th | 12th | 6th | 10th | 15th | 15th | 7th | 10th | 12th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 10th | 6th | 23 | ||||
| 1st | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 11th | 8th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 10th | 2nd | 10th | 1st | 10th | 9th | 5th | 13th | 8th | 13th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 1st | 24 | |||
| 12th | 7th | 7th | 13th | 14th | 11th | 10th | 11th | 8th | 6th | 2nd | 16th | 5th | 6th | 16th | 16th | 16 | |||||||||||
| 1st | 8th | 10th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 11th | 2nd | 5th | 9th | 14th | 1st | 7th | 5th | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 9th | 5th | 2nd | 8th | 5th | 2nd | 24 | |||
| played as part of | 5th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 14th | 8th | 18th | 11th | 11th | 12th | 3rd | 13th | 16th | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 15th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11th | 15th | 15th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11th | 9th | 14th | 14th | 13th | 15th | 8th | 10th | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9th | 16th | 11th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 8th | 9th | 4th | 6th | 1st | 10th | 4th | 9th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 11th | 4th | 13th | 16th | 16 | |||||||||||
| played as part of | 1st | 1st | 11th | 7th | 13th | 4th | 13th | 3rd | 1st | 11th | 5th | 6th | 15th | 5th | 11th | 4th | 16 | ||||||||||
| 12th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8th | 7th | 2nd | 1st | 6th | 1st | 10th | 3rd | 5th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 11th | 7th | 10th | 12th | 13th | 9th | 14th | 11th | 10th | 11th | 2nd | 7th | 24 | |||
| 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 11th | 9th | 11th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 1st | 10th | 7th | 8th | 26 | |
| 9th | 13th | 16th | 19th | 10th | 12th | 14th | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 9th | 12th | 2nd | 7th | 4th | 6th | 13th | 6th | 9th | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 9th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 14th | 24 | |||
| 12th | 10th | 15th | 8th | 12th | 8th | 10th | 12th | 18th | 12th | 8th | 10th | 12th | 10th | 16th | 16th | 16 | |||||||||||
| Nation | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
| 7th | defunct | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5th | defunct | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 1st | 5th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 1st | defunct | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | MVP Award Winner |
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Division B is the lower tier of the two Under-20 championships organized byFIBA Europe.
| Year | Host | Promoted to Division A | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze * | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 2005[30] details | (Varna) | Bulgaria | 86–80 | Hungary | Poland | 96–76 | Georgia |
| 2006[31] details | (Lisbon) | Georgia | 96–88 | Macedonia | Finland | 91–75 | Poland |
| 2007[32] details | (Warsaw) | Montenegro | 89–68 | Ukraine | Finland | 76–73 | Germany |
| 2008[33] details | (Târgu Mureș) | Germany | 110–102 | Belgium | Sweden | 80–71 | Estonia |
| 2009[34] details | (Skopje) | Netherlands | 88–77 | Czech Republic | Poland | 96–66 | Sweden |
| 2010[35] details | (Oberwart &Güssing) | Austria | 71–66 | Sweden | Poland | 86–76 | Bulgaria |
| 2011[36] details | (Sarajevo) | Georgia | 79–70 | Estonia | Czech Republic | 86–85 | Belgium |
| 2012[37] details | (Sofia) | Croatia | 88–80 | Czech Republic | Israel | 101–67 | Bulgaria |
| 2013[38] details | (Pitești) | Poland | 83–71 | Great Britain | Hungary | 70–69 | Belgium |
| 2014[39] details | (Sarajevo) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76–70 | Belgium | Ukraine | 77–62 | Belarus |
| 2015[40] details | (Székesfehérvár) | Finland | 80–76 | Sweden | Hungary | 68–66 | Montenegro |
| 2016[41] details | (Chalkida) | Montenegro | 78–76 | Iceland | Greece | 73–67 | Croatia |
| 2017[42] details | (Oradea) | Romania | 80–67 | Croatia | Great Britain | 81–65 | Russia |
| 2018[43] details | (Sofia) | Poland | 71–60 | Slovenia | Latvia | 76–62 | Russia |
| 2019[44] details | (Matosinhos) | Portugal | 73–57 | Czech Republic | Belgium | 88–80 | Russia |
| 2020 | (Tbilisi) | Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic in Georgia. | |||||
| 2021 | (Tbilisi) | Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[25] The2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers were played instead. | |||||
| 2022[45] details | (Tbilisi) | Serbia | 81–67 | Iceland | Estonia | 63–53 | Finland |
| 2023[46] details | (Skopje) | Czech Republic | 85–72 | North Macedonia | Ukraine | 83–61 | Sweden |
| 2024[47] details | (Pitesti) | Romania | 80–58 | Ukraine | Finland | 73–56 | Netherlands |
| 2025[48] details | (Yerevan) | Latvia | 74–64 | Croatia | Turkey | 86–54 | Switzerland |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (27 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
| Nation | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11th | 16th | 21st | 14th | 16th | 12th | 15th | 19th | 18th | 21st | 10 | ||||||||||
| 12th | 17th | 17th | 21st | 21st | 19th | 16th | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 8th | 12th | 10th | 5th | 1st | 10th | 11th | 15th | 17th | 12th | 15th | 11 | |||||||||
| 19th | 19th | 20th | 20th | 20th | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 18th | 17th | 17th | 13th | 4th | 5th | 13th | 15th | 11th | 13th | 10 | ||||||||||
| 5th | 6th | 10th | 2nd | 8th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 6th | 8th | 3rd | 12 | ||||||||
| 6th | 1st | 5th | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1st | 9th | 4th | 8th | 4th | 18th | 7th | 5th | 7th | 10th | 9th | 13th | 12 | ||||||||
| 1st | 4th | 2nd | 10th | 2nd | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 11th | 8th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5th | 13th | 9th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 9 | |||||||||||
| 15th | 7th | 11th | 14th | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | 4th | 2nd | 12th | 19th | 14th | 10th | 3rd | 11th | 19th | 10 | ||||||||||
| 8th | 3rd | 3rd | 18th | 7th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 7th | 1st | 9th | 5th | 11th | 4th | 9th | 3rd | 17 | |||
| 4th | 1st | 8th | 13th | 1st | 10th | 11th | 8th | 7th | 13th | 8th | 11th | 14th | 5th | 20th | 15 | |||||
| 4th | 1st | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14th | 8th | 15th | 13th | 6th | 13th | 6th | 2nd | 7th | 3rd | 8th | 12th | 6th | 13 | |||||||
| 2nd | 12th | 14th | 11th | 18th | 18th | 3rd | 3rd | 11th | 10th | 14th | 10th | 15th | 6th | 11th | 15 | |||||
| 12th | 12th | 14th | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 10th | 16th | 11th | 16th | 12th | 18th | 20th | 9th | 16th | 14th | 7th | 11 | |||||||||
| 5th | 11th | 3rd | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 6th | 13th | 13th | 1st | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 14th | 20th | 12th | 18th | 18th | 12th | 11th | 16th | 8th | 9 | |||||||||||
| 16th | 22nd | 17th | 12th | 13th | 8th | 19th | 19th | 18th | 17th | 10 | ||||||||||
| 20th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18th | 21st | 22nd | 21st | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st | 4th | 1st | 12th | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9th | 14th | 7th | 1st | 16th | 14th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 15th | 10th | 15th | 6th | 13th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 17 | |||
| 2nd | 8th | 6th | 19th | 16th | 7th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 16th | 8th | 2nd | 17th | 13 | |||||||
| 11th | 11th | 10th | 20th | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 4th | 5th | 13th | 3rd | 3rd | 9th | 5th | 1st | 6th | 5th | 1st | 12 | ||||||||
| 9th | 10th | 15th | 6th | 15th | 7th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 11th | 8th | 9th | 1st | 6th | 7th | 10th | 18 | ||
| 17th | 5th | 17th | 14th | 15th | 7th | 9th | 17th | 10th | 1st | 17th | 16th | 1st | 13 | |||||||
| 9th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6th | 13th | 7th | 14th | 10th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 9th | 10th | 16th | 16th | 17th | 15th | 19th | 18th | 8th | 18th | 18 | ||
| 2nd | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 11th | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | 5th | 4th | 15th | 9th | 12 | ||||||||
| 15th | 16th | 17th | 12th | 16th | 21st | 15th | 6th | 14th | 13th | 14th | 7th | 17th | 4th | 14 | ||||||
| 3rd | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Nation | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |