# 2022 FIBA U18 European Championship

The 2022 FIBA U18 European Championship was the 37th edition of the European basketball championship for national under-18 teams. It was played from 30 July to 7 August 2022 in İzmir, Turkey. Spain men's national under-18 basketball team won the tournament and became the European champions for the fifth time.

## Participating teams

* Croatia
* Czech Republic (Third place, 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B)
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Israel (Winners, 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B)
* Italy
* Lithuania
* Montenegro
* North Macedonia
* Poland (Runners-up, 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B)
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Turkey

## First round

The draw of the first round was held on 15 February 2022 in Freising, Germany.
In the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. All teams advance to the playoffs.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 283 | 158 | +125 | 6 |
| 2 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 234 | 213 | +21 | 5 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 177 | 255 | −78 | 4 |
| 4 | North Macedonia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 186 | 254 | −68 | 3 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 223 | 149 | +74 | 6 |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 218 | 171 | +47 | 5 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 155 | 220 | −65 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 164 | 220 | −56 | 3 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 229 | 180 | +49 | 6 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 193 | 189 | +4 | 5 |
| 3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 191 | 206 | −15 | 4 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 179 | 217 | −38 | 3 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 171 | +66 | 6 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 210 | 184 | +26 | 5 |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 185 | 212 | −27 | 4 |
| 4 | Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 218 | −65 | 3 |

## Playoff brackets
### Main bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 3 August | 3 August | | | | | | |
| France | 74 | | | | | | |
| France | 74 | 4 August | 4 August | | | | | |
| Germany | 51 | 4 August | 4 August | | | | |
| Germany | 51 | France | 57 | | | | |
| 3 August | 3 August | | France | 57 | | | | |
| 3 August | 3 August | Slovenia | 58 | | | | |
| Slovenia | 85 | Slovenia | 58 | | | | |
| Slovenia | 85 | | | | 6 August | 6 August | | |
| Croatia | 83 | | | | 6 August | 6 August | |
| Croatia | 83 | | | | Slovenia | 64 | |
| 3 August | 3 August | | | | | Slovenia | 64 | |
| 3 August | 3 August | | | | Turkey | 79 | |
| Turkey | 82 | | | | Turkey | 79 | |
| Turkey | 82 | 4 August | 4 August | | | | | |
| Great Britain | 38 | 4 August | 4 August | | | | |
| Great Britain | 38 | Turkey | 64 | | | | |
| 3 August | 3 August | | Turkey | 64 | | | | |
| 3 August | 3 August | Lithuania | 61 | | | | |
| Lithuania | 88 | Lithuania | 61 | | | | |
| Lithuania | 88 | | | | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| Czech Republic | 57 | | | | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| Czech Republic | 57 | | | | | | | Turkey | 61 |
| 3 August | 3 August | | | | | | | | Turkey | 61 |
| 3 August | 3 August | | | | | | | Spain | 68 |
| Israel | 65 | | | | | | | Spain | 68 |
| Israel | 65 | 4 August | 4 August | | | | | | |
| Poland | 58 | 4 August | 4 August | | | | | | |
| Poland | 58 | Israel | 62 | | | | | | |
| 3 August | 3 August | | Israel | 62 | | | | | | |
| 3 August | 3 August | Serbia | 68 | | | | | | |
| Serbia | 80 | Serbia | 68 | | | | | | |
| Serbia | 80 | | | | 6 August | 6 August | | | | |
| Montenegro | 56 | | | | 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| Montenegro | 56 | | | | Serbia | 38 | | | |
| 3 August | 3 August | | | | | Serbia | 38 | | | |
| 3 August | 3 August | | | | Spain | 60 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Spain | 73 | | | | Spain | 60 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Spain | 73 | 4 August | 4 August | | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| North Macedonia | 45 | 4 August | 4 August | | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| North Macedonia | 45 | Spain | 72 | | | | | Slovenia | 67 |
| 3 August | 3 August | | Spain | 72 | | | | | Slovenia | 67 |
| 3 August | 3 August | Italy | 59 | | | | | Serbia | 70 |
| Italy | 64 | Italy | 59 | | | | | Serbia | 70 |
| Greece | 55 | | | | | | | | |

### 5th place bracket

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 6 August | 6 August |
| France | 80 |
| France | 80 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Lithuania | 60 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Lithuania | 60 | France | 66 |
| 6 August | 6 August | | France | 66 |
| 6 August | 6 August | Italy | 56 |
| Israel | 67 | Italy | 56 |
| Italy | 75 | | |
| Italy | 75 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 7 August | 7 August |
| | | Lithuania | 89 |
| | | Israel | 64 |

### 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 |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | |
| Germany | 88 | | | |
| Germany | 88 | 6 August | 6 August | | |
| Croatia | 75 | 6 August | 6 August | |
| Croatia | 75 | Germany | 70 | |
| 4 August | 4 August | | Germany | 70 | |
| 4 August | 4 August | Czech Republic | 77 | |
| Great Britain | 62 | Czech Republic | 77 | |
| Great Britain | 62 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| Czech Republic | 80 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| Czech Republic | 80 | | | | Czech Republic | 39 |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | | | Czech Republic | 39 |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | | Poland | 76 |
| Poland | 74 | | | | Poland | 76 |
| Poland | 74 | 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| Montenegro | 68 | 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| Montenegro | 68 | Poland | 70 | | | |
| 4 August | 4 August | | Poland | 70 | | | |
| 4 August | 4 August | Greece | 63 | | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| North Macedonia | 61 | Greece | 63 | | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| North Macedonia | 61 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| Greece | 77 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| Greece | 77 | | | | Germany | 74 |
| | | | | | Greece | 67 |

### 13th place bracket

| 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place match | 13th place match |
| 6 August | 6 August |
| Croatia | 85 |
| Croatia | 85 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Great Britain | 52 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Great Britain | 52 | Croatia | 72 |
| 6 August | 6 August | | Croatia | 72 |
| 6 August | 6 August | North Macedonia | 59 |
| Montenegro | 62 | North Macedonia | 59 |
| North Macedonia | 65 | | |
| North Macedonia | 65 | 15th place match | 15th place match |
| | | 7 August | 7 August |
| | | Great Britain | 78 |
| | | Montenegro | 74 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Spain | 7–0 |
| | Turkey | 5–2 |
| | Serbia | 6–1 |
| 4 | Slovenia | 4–3 |
| 5 | France | 6–1 |
| 6 | Italy | 4–3 |
| 7 | Lithuania | 5–2 |
| 8 | Israel | 3–4 |
| 9 | Poland | 4–3 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 2–5 |
| 11 | Germany | 2–5 |
| 12 | Greece | 2–5 |
| 13 | Croatia | 3–4 |
| 14 | North Macedonia | 1–6 |
| 15 | Great Britain | 2–5 |
| 16 | Montenegro | 0–7 |
* Qualified for the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
* Relegated to the 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B

## Awards

* 2022 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship winner
* Spain Fifth title
* Most Valuable Player
* Izan Almansa

### All-Tournament Team

* PG – Noam Yaacov
* SG – Ilija Milijašević
* SF – Paulius Murauskas
* PF – Izan Almansa – (MVP)
* C – Berke Büyüktuncel