# 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship

The 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship was the 38th edition of the European basketball championship for men's national under-18 teams. It was played from 22 to 30 July 2023 in Niš, Serbia.

## Participating teams

* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark (Runners-up, 2022 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B)
* Finland (Third place, 2022 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B)
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Israel
* Italy
* Lithuania
* Poland
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden (Winners, 2022 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B)
* Turkey

## First round

The draw of the first round was held on 14 February 2023 in Freising, Germany.
In the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. All teams advance to the playoffs.
All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 261 | 187 | +74 | 6 |
| 2 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 257 | 240 | +17 | 5 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 266 | 273 | −7 | 4 |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 200 | 271 | −71 | 3 |
* 22 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Israel | 101–98 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 28–19, 33–24, 24–31 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 22 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Sweden | 48–86 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 9–27, 17–20, 14–19 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 23 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 99–80 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 28–17, 25–26, 23–22 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 23 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| France | 83–70 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 25–18, 16–16, 17–18 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 24 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Israel | 86–72 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 23–23, 34–14, 12–18 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 24 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| France | 92–69 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 24–14, 19–16, 29–24 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 239 | 182 | +57 | 6 |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 203 | +23 | 5 |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 195 | 218 | −23 | 4 |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 181 | 235 | −54 | 3 |
* 22 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 53–81 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 21–19, 12–20, 10–13 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 22 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| Poland | 63–78 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 20–20, 22–21, 12–20 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 23 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Germany | 84–62 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 17–18, 23–22, 15–9 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 23 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 81–69 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 12–17, 23–23, 27–14 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 24 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 73–56 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 17–12, 23–13, 19–16 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 24 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 67–74 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 13–26, 14–18, 20–16 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Serbia (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 284 | 192 | +92 | 6 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 231 | 198 | +33 | 5 |
| 3 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 209 | 238 | −29 | 4 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 276 | −96 | 3 |
* 22 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Finland | 63–78 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–27, 18–15, 22–15, 12–21 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 22 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Czech Republic | 56–113 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–39, 13–28, 17–26, 17–20 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 23 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 89–60 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 33–20, 12–13, 17–13 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 23 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 96–72 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 21–17, 24–25, 32–18 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 24 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| Finland | 74–64 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 17–14, 21–23, 26–12 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 24 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 75–64 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 21–11, 18–12, 16–20 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 249 | 195 | +54 | 6 |
| 2 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 254 | 241 | +13 | 5 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 248 | 243 | +5 | 4 |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 3 | 216 | 288 | −72 | 3 |
* 22 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Denmark | 64–88 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 6–21, 24–19, 18–18 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 22 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| Greece | 88–83 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 23–12, 20–16, 30–29 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 23 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 93–77 | Denmark |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 22–18, 24–19, 21–28 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 23 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 83–59 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 26–12, 20–9, 14–16 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 24 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 107–75 | Denmark |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 26–18, 28–17, 26–22 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 24 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 78–72 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 18–12, 21–12, 21–24 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

## Playoff brackets
### Main bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 26 July 18:00 | 26 July 18:00 | | | | | | |
| France | 94 | | | | | | |
| France | 94 | 27 July 18:00 | 27 July 18:00 | | | | | |
| Poland | 54 | 27 July 18:00 | 27 July 18:00 | | | | |
| Poland | 54 | France | 81 | | | | |
| 26 July 20:30 | 26 July 20:30 | | France | 81 | | | | |
| 26 July 20:30 | 26 July 20:30 | Slovenia | 62 | | | | |
| Slovenia | 86 | Slovenia | 62 | | | | |
| Slovenia | 86 | | | | 29 July 18:00 | 29 July 18:00 | | |
| Italy | 73 | | | | 29 July 18:00 | 29 July 18:00 | |
| Italy | 73 | | | | France | 58 | |
| 26 July 13:00 | 26 July 13:00 | | | | | France | 58 | |
| 26 July 13:00 | 26 July 13:00 | | | | Spain | 70 | |
| Turkey | 76 | | | | Spain | 70 | |
| Turkey | 76 | 27 July 13:00 | 27 July 13:00 | | | | | |
| Lithuania | 72 | 27 July 13:00 | 27 July 13:00 | | | | |
| Lithuania | 72 | Turkey | 67 | | | | |
| 26 July 15:30 | 26 July 15:30 | | Turkey | 67 | | | | |
| 26 July 15:30 | 26 July 15:30 | Spain | 75 | | | | |
| Spain | 77 | Spain | 75 | | | | |
| Spain | 77 | | | | | | | 30 July 20:30 | 30 July 20:30 |
| Czech Republic | 64 | | | | | | | 30 July 20:30 | 30 July 20:30 |
| Czech Republic | 64 | | | | | | | Spain | 71 |
| 26 July 18:00 | 26 July 18:00 | | | | | | | | Spain | 71 |
| 26 July 18:00 | 26 July 18:00 | | | | | | | Serbia | 81 |
| Israel | 84 | | | | | | | Serbia | 81 |
| Israel | 84 | 27 July 20:30 | 27 July 20:30 | | | | | | |
| Croatia | 66 | 27 July 20:30 | 27 July 20:30 | | | | | | |
| Croatia | 66 | Israel | 65 | | | | | | |
| 26 July 20:30 | 26 July 20:30 | | Israel | 65 | | | | | | |
| 26 July 20:30 | 26 July 20:30 | Serbia | 83 | | | | | | |
| Serbia | 107 | Serbia | 83 | | | | | | |
| Serbia | 107 | | | | 29 July 20:30 | 29 July 20:30 | | | | |
| Denmark | 62 | | | | 29 July 20:30 | 29 July 20:30 | | | |
| Denmark | 62 | | | | Serbia | 65 | | | |
| 26 July 13:00 | 26 July 13:00 | | | | | Serbia | 65 | | | |
| 26 July 13:00 | 26 July 13:00 | | | | Germany | 54 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Germany | 93 | | | | Germany | 54 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Germany | 93 | 27 July 15:30 | 27 July 15:30 | | | | | 30 July 18:00 | 30 July 18:00 |
| Sweden | 77 | 27 July 15:30 | 27 July 15:30 | | | | | 30 July 18:00 | 30 July 18:00 |
| Sweden | 77 | Germany | 78 | | | | | France | 59 |
| 26 July 15:30 | 26 July 15:30 | | Germany | 78 | | | | | France | 59 |
| 26 July 15:30 | 26 July 15:30 | Greece | 70 | | | | | Germany | 67 |
| Greece | 88 | Greece | 70 | | | | | Germany | 67 |
| Finland | 70 | | | | | | | | |

### 5th place bracket

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 29 July 13:00 | 29 July 13:00 |
| Slovenia | 73 |
| Slovenia | 73 | 30 July 13:00 | 30 July 13:00 |
| Turkey | 84 | 30 July 13:00 | 30 July 13:00 |
| Turkey | 84 | Turkey | 90 |
| 29 July 15:30 | 29 July 15:30 | | Turkey | 90 |
| 29 July 15:30 | 29 July 15:30 | Israel | 88 |
| Israel | 88 | Israel | 88 |
| Greece | 77 | | |
| Greece | 77 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 30 July 13:00 | 30 July 13:00 |
| | | Slovenia | 62 |
| | | Greece | 66 |

### 9th place bracket

| 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| 27 July 18:00 | 27 July 18:00 | | | |
| Poland | 83 | | | |
| Poland | 83 | 29 July 18:00 | 29 July 18:00 | | |
| Italy | 93 | 29 July 18:00 | 29 July 18:00 | |
| Italy | 93 | Italy | 89 | |
| 27 July 13:00 | 27 July 13:00 | | Italy | 89 | |
| 27 July 13:00 | 27 July 13:00 | Lithuania | 87 | |
| Lithuania | 95 | Lithuania | 87 | |
| Lithuania | 95 | | | | 30 July 18:00 | 30 July 18:00 |
| Czech Republic | 59 | | | | 30 July 18:00 | 30 July 18:00 |
| Czech Republic | 59 | | | | Italy | 76 |
| 27 July 20:30 | 27 July 20:30 | | | | | Italy | 76 |
| 27 July 20:30 | 27 July 20:30 | | | | Croatia | 61 |
| Croatia | 90 | | | | Croatia | 61 |
| Croatia | 90 | 29 July 20:30 | 29 July 20:30 | | | |
| Denmark | 66 | 29 July 20:30 | 29 July 20:30 | | | |
| Denmark | 66 | Croatia | 87 | | | |
| 27 July 15:30 | 27 July 15:30 | | Croatia | 87 | | | |
| 27 July 15:30 | 27 July 15:30 | Sweden | 85 | | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| Sweden | 72 | Sweden | 85 | | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| Sweden | 72 | | | | 30 July 15:30 | 30 July 15:30 |
| Finland | 58 | | | | 30 July 15:30 | 30 July 15:30 |
| Finland | 58 | | | | Lithuania | 82 |
| | | | | | Sweden | 79 |

### 13th place bracket

| 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place match | 13th place match |
| 29 July 13:00 | 29 July 13:00 |
| Poland | 69 |
| Poland | 69 | 30 July 15:30 | 30 July 15:30 |
| Czech Republic | 50 | 30 July 15:30 | 30 July 15:30 |
| Czech Republic | 50 | Poland | 87 |
| 29 July 15:30 | 29 July 15:30 | | Poland | 87 |
| 29 July 15:30 | 29 July 15:30 | Denmark | 102 |
| Denmark | 92 | Denmark | 102 |
| Finland | 70 | | |
| Finland | 70 | 15th place match | 15th place match |
| | | 30 July 10:30 | 30 July 10:30 |
| | | Czech Republic | 76 |
| | | Finland | 81 |

## Playoff results
### Round of 16

* 26 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 76–72 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 20–14, 16–14, 23–21 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 26 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Germany | 93–77 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 32–22, 25–13, 14–19 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 26 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 88–70 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 30-15, 18-24, 21-10, 19-21 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 26 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 77–64 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–15, 21–21, 16–13, 10–15 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 26 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| France | 94–54 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 23–23, 19–6, 26–12 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 26 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| Israel | 84–66 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 19–17, 27–19, 19–12 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 26 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 107–62 | Denmark |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 28–16, 24–6, 32–28 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 26 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 86–73 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 24–18, 14–23, 28–11 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

### 9th–16th place quarterfinals

* 27 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 95–59 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–15, 21–25, 20–14, 25–5 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 27 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Sweden | 72–58 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 17–33, 15–11, 27–4 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 27 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| Poland | 83–93 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 17–21, 19–24, 22–32 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 27 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 90–66 | Denmark |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 25–10, 17–16, 27–19 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

### 13th–16th place semifinals

* 29 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Poland | 69–50 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–7, 24–13, 10–13, 20–17 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 29 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Denmark | 92–70 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 21–28, 18–11, 25–14 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

### 15th place match

* 30 July 2023 10:30
* Boxscore
| Czech Republic | 76–81 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 18–18, 12–22, 22–19 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

### 13th place match

* 30 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Poland | 87–102 | Denmark |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 21–17, 14–27, 31–35 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš

### 9th–12th place semifinals

* 29 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 89–87 (OT) | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-19, 15-20, 24-20, 20–20, Overtime: 10–8 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš
* 29 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 87–85 (OT) | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 15–9, 20–32, 22–22, Overtime: 9–7 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

### 11th place match

* 30 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 82–79 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 20–20, 17–19, 20–31 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

### 9th place match

* 30 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 76–61 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 14–14, 21–13, 23–22 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

### Championship quarterfinals

* 27 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 67–75 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 14–14, 21–19, 14–18 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 27 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Germany | 78–70 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 20–17, 20–18, 20–18 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 27 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| France | 81–62 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 18–14, 22–10, 21–18 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 27 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Israel | 65–83 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 14–23, 19–15, 17–25 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš

### 5th–8th place semifinals

* 29 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 73–84 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 18–23, 20–26, 23–16 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 29 July 2023 15:30
* Boxscore
| Israel | 88–77 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 32–15, 9–26, 19–15 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš

### 7th place match

* 30 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 62–66 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 12–21, 13–5, 17–21 |||
* OŠ Mika Antić, Niš

### 5th place match

* 30 July 2023 13:00
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 90–88 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 23–18, 23–20, 26–32 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš

### Championship semifinals

* 29 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| France | 58–70 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–5, 10–26, 17–16, 17–23 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš
* 29 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 65–54 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 21–17, 19–12, 8–9 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš

### 3rd place match

* 30 July 2023 18:00
* Boxscore
| France | 59–67 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 17–13, 16–13, 12–19 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš

### Final

* 30 July 2023 20:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 71–81 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 16–17, 11–15, 20–25 |||
* Čair Sports Center, Niš

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Serbia | 7–0 |
| | Spain | 6–1 |
| | Germany | 6–1 |
| 4 | France | 5–2 |
| 5 | Turkey | 5–2 |
| 6 | Israel | 4–3 |
| 7 | Greece | 4–3 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 3–4 |
| 9 | Italy | 4–3 |
| 10 | Croatia | 3–4 |
| 11 | Lithuania | 3–4 |
| 12 | Sweden | 1–6 |
| 13 | Denmark | 2–5 |
| 14 | Poland | 1–6 |
| 15 | Finland | 2–5 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 0–7 |
* Relegated to the 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket Division B

## Awards

* 2023 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship winner
* Serbia Fifth title
* Most Valuable Player
* Nikola Topić

### All-Tournament Team

* PG – Nikola Topić – (MVP)
* SG – Ivan Kharchenkov
* SF – Hugo González
* PF – Bogoljub Marković
* C – Aday Mara