| 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 |
The FIBA U20 EuroBasket, formerly the FIBA U20 European Championship, and originally the European Championship for Men '22 and Under [1] [2] is an annual men's youth basketball competition contested by the under-20 national teams from FIBA Europe. The current champions are Greece.
The inaugural tournament was in 1992, and was originally an under-22 aged competition from 1992 until 1998. The event was held biennially until 2004, and has been played every year since 2005.
The competition uses a promotion 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 are Latvia.
The Division A is the top level of the Under-20 championship organized by FIBA Europe.
These teams have always played in Division A, and have never been relegated to Division B:
Countries in italics 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 by FIBA 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 to COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia. | |||||
| 2021 | (Tbilisi) | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. [25] The 2021 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 |