Netherlands men's national under-18 basketball team

Netherlands

FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Nederland
Coach	Paul Vervaeck
Nickname	Orange Lions
U19 World Cup
Appearances	None
U18 EuroBasket
Appearances	5
Medals	None
U18 EuroBasket Division B
Appearances	18
Medals	Gold: 1 (2018)
Home Away

The Netherlands men's national under-18 basketball team is the national junior representative for the Netherlands in international under-18 basketball tournaments. ^{[1] [2]} They are governed by Basketball Nederland. The team competes at the FIBA U18 EuroBasket, mostly in Division B. ^{[3] [4]} The current coach is Paul Vervaeck.

In 2018, the team won its first medal when it won gold at the 2018 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B tournament. ^[5] Following their victory, the Netherlands were promoted to Division A.

Competitive record

U18 EuroBasket Year Position 1964 Did not participate 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 [6] 12th 1976 Did not participate 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 [7] 11th 1988 [8] 12th 1990 [9] 10th 1992 Did not participate 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2005 (Division B) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 [10] 15th 2022 (Division B) 2023 2024 2025 Total 5/40

U18 EuroBasket Division B Year Position 2005 [11] 6th 2006 [12] 14th 2007 [13] 14th 2008 [14] 9th 2009 [15] 11th 2010 [16] 12th 2011 [17] 6th 2012 [18] 9th 2013 [19] 8th 2014 [20] 13th 2015 [21] 11th 2016 [22] 17th 2017 [23] 6th 2018 [24] 1st 2019 (Division A) 2022 [25] 8th 2023 [26] 6th 2024 [27] 20th 2025 [28] 9th Total 18/19

Individual awards

• Under-18 Championship Division B MVP
  • Nathan Kuta – 2018

See also

• Netherlands men's national basketball team
• Netherlands men's national under-16 basketball team
• Netherlands women's national under-18 basketball team

References

1. "Profile - Netherlands". about.fiba.basketball.
2. "Netherlands (U18 men)". www.eurobasket.com.
3. "Netherlands at the 2016 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B" . Retrieved 7 August 2016.
4. "Netherlands at the 2017 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B" . Retrieved 6 August 2017.
5. "Netherlands celebrate historic title in Skopje". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
6. "1974 FIBA European Championship for Junior Men". www.fiba.basketball.
7. "1986 FIBA European Championship for Junior Men". www.fiba.basketball.
8. "1988 FIBA European Championship for Junior Men". www.fiba.basketball.
9. "1990 FIBA European Championship for Junior Men". www.fiba.basketball.
10. "2019 FIBA U18 European Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
11. "2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
12. "2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
13. "2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
14. "2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
15. "2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
16. "2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
17. "2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
18. "2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
19. "2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
20. "2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
21. "2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
22. "2016 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
23. "2017 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
24. "2018 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
25. "2022 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
26. "2023 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
27. "2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket Division B". www.fiba.basketball.
28. "2025 FIBA U18 EuroBasket Division B". www.fiba.basketball.

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)
• Archived records of the Netherlands team participations