2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

International basketball competition
2013 EuroBasket Under-18
30th FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryLatvia
Dates18 – 28 July 2013
Teams16
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Turkey (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPTurkey Kenan Sipahi
Top scorerBulgaria Vezenkov (22.4)
Top reboundsLithuania Sabonis (11.4)
Top assistsSlovenia Rebec (8.1)
Official website
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The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 30th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, held in Latvia, from 18 to 28 July 2013. Croatia were the defending champions. Turkey became the new champions, taking their first title.

Participating teams

First round

The first-round groups draw took place on 8 December 2012 in Freising, Germany.[1] In the first round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group qualified for the Second Round. The last team of each group played in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.[2]

Team advances to the Second Round
Team will compete in the Classification Group G
Times below are in CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 France 3 3 0 198 171 +27 6
 Lithuania 3 2 1 206 206 0 5
 Serbia 3 1 2 220 195 +25 4
 Slovenia 3 0 3 176 228 −52 3
18 July 2013
14:00
Report
Lithuania  58–67  France
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 11–17, 23–16, 13–18
18 July 2013
16:15
Report
Serbia  88–56  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 24–11, 18–17, 24–18
19 July 2013
14:00
Report
Slovenia  69–74  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 30–12, 7–22, 20–13, 12–27
19 July 2013
16:15
Report
France  65–62  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 16–16, 20–14, 13–10
20 July 2013
14:00
Report
Slovenia  51–66  France
Scoring by quarter: 10–25, 17–9, 16–14, 8–18
20 July 2013
18:30
Report
Lithuania  74–70 (OT)  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 15–12, 18–22, 15–8, Overtime: 10–6

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Russia 3 2 1 209 198 +11 5
 Czech Republic 3 2 1 206 203 +3 5
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 2 172 188 −16 4
 Greece 3 1 2 192 190 +2 4
18 July 2013
18:45
Report
Greece  67–68  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 15–12, 16–18, 23–21
18 July 2013
21:00
Report
Russia  68–55  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 12–7, 22–10, 18–18
Pts: Martynov, Maleyko 13
Rebs: Gankevich 8
Asts: Martynov 5		 Pts: Polutak 12
Rebs: Polutak 9
Asts: Lulić 3
Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils
Attendance: 30
Referees: José Martin (ESP), Igor Dragojević (MNE), Marin Mehandijev (BUL)
19 July 2013
18:30
Report
Bosnia and Herzegovina  52–51  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 8–6, 15–13, 8–13, 21–19
Pts: Lazić 13
Rebs: Polutak 7
Asts: Gačić 4		 Pts: Diamantakos 13
Rebs: Mitoglou, Diamantakos 11
Asts: Stamatis 3
Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils
Attendance: 100
Referees: Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Ingus Baumanis (LAT), Tonči Anzulović (CRO)
19 July 2013
20:45
Report
Czech Republic  69–71  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 24–20, 14–12, 7–21
20 July 2013
16:15
Report
Greece  74–70  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 17–10, 20–18, 18–21
20 July 2013
20:45
Report
Bosnia and Herzegovina  65–69  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 10–14, 23–16, 16–25
Pts: Lulić 13
Rebs: Karamatić 12
Asts: Zahiragić 6		 Pts: Pechanek 18
Rebs: Peterka 11
Asts: Kouril 4
Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils
Attendance: 80
Referees: Jose Martin (ESP), Emin Mogulkoc (TUR), Bert Van Slooten (NED)

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain 3 2 1 218 184 +34 5
 Latvia 3 2 1 220 188 +32 5
 Italy 3 2 1 228 205 +23 5
 Bulgaria 3 0 3 162 251 −89 3
18 July 2013
16:15
Report
Italy  61–88  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 16–16, 16–24, 13–20
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 200
18 July 2013
18:45
Report
Latvia  85–57  Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 27–15, 18–12, 16–10
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 800
19 July 2013
14:00
Report
Bulgaria  48–97  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 6–17, 14–30, 16–27, 12–23
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 150
19 July 2013
18:30
Report
Spain  61–66  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 14–15, 19–19, 17–19
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 1500
20 July 2013
14:00
Report
Bulgaria  57–69  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 11–24, 14–14, 14–12
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 200
20 July 2013
18:30
Report
Italy  70–69  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 23–26, 8–17, 19–11
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 1000

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Turkey 3 2 1 248 223 +25 5
 Croatia 3 2 1 246 198 +48 5
 England 3 1 2 216 246 −30 4
 Ukraine 3 1 2 219 262 −43 4
18 July 2013
14:00
Report
Ukraine  49–81  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 15–14, 14–26, 12–25
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 150
18 July 2013
21:00
Report
Turkey  76–58  England
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 13–18, 21–16, 21–6
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 150
19 July 2013
16:15
Report
England  93–81  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 13–19, 25–16, 34–24
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 700
19 July 2013
20:45
Report
Croatia  76–84  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 18–21, 12–22, 19–19
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 200
20 July 2013
16:15
Report
Ukraine  89–88 (OT)  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 16–13, 14–28, 23–12, Overtime: 13–12
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 200
20 July 2013
20:45
Report
England  65–89  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 21–25, 12–24, 20–19
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 80

Second round

Twelve advancing teams from the First Round were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group played for the 9th–16th place against the teams from the Group G.[2]

Team advances to the Quarterfinals
Team will compete in 9th – 16th Place Playoff

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Russia 5 4 1 334 345 −11 9
 France 5 3 2 323 305 +18 8
 Lithuania 5 3 2 365 322 +43 8
 Serbia 5 3 2 410 317 +93 8
 Czech Republic 5 2 3 338 402 −64 7
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 0 5 273 352 −79 5
22 July 2013
16:15
Report
Czech Republic  57–96  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 9–30, 20–18, 20–26, 8–22
22 July 2013
18:30
Report
Bosnia and Herzegovina  42–60  France
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 16–13, 12–17, 4–12
22 July 2013
20:45
Report
Serbia  102–57  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 18–7, 34–16, 29–16
23 July 2013
16:15
Report
Bosnia and Herzegovina  51–77  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 7–23, 14–17, 21–15
23 July 2013
18:30
Report
France  71–73  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 20–21, 21–12, 15–19
23 July 2013
20:45
Report
Lithuania  59–68  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 7–18, 18–15, 9–15, 25–20
24 July 2013
16:15
Report
Czech Republic  70–99  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 17–25, 21–25, 16–26
24 July 2013
18:30
Report
Lithuania  78–60  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 23–16, 16–12, 19–17
24 July 2013
20:45
Report
Russia  70–60  France
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 9–17, 16–13, 26–14

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Turkey 5 4 1 367 340 +27 9
 Latvia 5 3 2 337 316 +21 8
 Spain 5 3 2 355 333 +22 8
 Croatia 5 2 3 385 363 +22 7
 Italy 5 2 3 334 361 −27 7
 England 5 1 4 291 356 −65 6
22 July 2013
16:15
Report
Italy  68–75  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 21–11, 17–17, 12–21
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 200
22 July 2013
18:30
Report
Croatia  65–72  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 13–17, 10–18, 22–18
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 1000
22 July 2013
18:30
Report
England  75–66 (OT)  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 10–19, 17–20, 18–10, Overtime: 12–3
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 150
23 July 2013
16:15
Report
Spain  64–63  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 24–20, 17–8, 12–18
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 600
23 July 2013
18:30
Report
Latvia  62–64  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 14–17, 13–17, 15–17
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 1700
23 July 2013
20:45
Report
England  37–57  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 2–12, 14–12, 8–12, 13–21
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 80
24 July 2013
16:15
Turkey  68–76  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 22–15, 18–21, 14–22
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 400
24 July 2013
18:30
Report
Latvia  68–56  England
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 20–8, 19–17, 12–18
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 1300
24 July 2013
20:45
Croatia  92–78  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 19–12, 31–25, 21–23Report
Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja
Attendance: 200

Classification Group G

The last team of each group of the First Round competed in this Classification Round.

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Greece 3 3 0 240 178 +62 6
 Ukraine 3 2 1 182 192 −10 5
 Slovenia 3 1 2 207 218 −11 4
 Bulgaria 3 0 3 198 239 −41 3
22 July 2013
16:15
Report
Slovenia  60–65  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 23–12, 18–15, 7–23
Grobiņa Sport Hall, Grobiņa
Attendance: 80
22 July 2013
18:30
Report
Greece  88–65  Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 13–13, 28–15, 25–18
Grobiņa Sport Hall, Grobiņa
Attendance: 70
23 July 2013
16:15
Report
Bulgaria  77–85  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 15–15, 30–23, 10–25
Grobiņa Sport Hall, Grobiņa
Attendance: 30
23 July 2013
18:30
Report
Ukraine  51–76  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 15–11, 9–34, 14–15
Grobiņa Sport Hall, Grobiņa
Attendance: 50
24 July 2013
16:15
Slovenia  62–76  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 20–13, 22–21, 10–23
Grobiņa Sport Hall, Grobiņa
Attendance: 50
24 July 2013
18:30
Bulgaria  56–66  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 21–22, 10–8, 7–22
Grobina Sport Hall, Grobiņa
Attendance: 60

Classification playoffs for 9th – 16th place

13th place match13th – 16th place playoffs9th – 16th place playoffs9th – 12th place playoffs9th place match
F5 Italy67
G4 Bulgaria57
G4 Bulgaria57F5 Italy82
E6 Bosnia and Herzegovina72G1 Greece62
E6 Bosnia and Herzegovina36
G1 Greece63
E6 Bosnia and Herzegovina96 OTF5 Italy59
G2 Ukraine85F6 England69
E5 Czech Republic87
G3 Slovenia79
15th place matchG3 Slovenia63E5 Czech Republic6211th place match
G2 Ukraine68F6 England85
G4 Bulgaria82F6 England71G1 Greece85
G3 Slovenia75G2 Ukraine58E5 Czech Republic65

Classification games for 9th – 16th place

26 July 2013
14:00
Boxscore
Italy  67–57  Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 20–8, 10–22, 12–7
Scoring by half: 45–28
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 50
Referees: Emin Mogulkoc (TUR), Haris Bijedić (BIH), Leonardo Damian Zalazar (ARG)
26 July 2013
20:45
Boxscore
Bosnia and Herzegovina  36–63  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 7–15, 13–14, 6–15
Scoring by half: 17–34
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 20
Referees: Ivo Dolinek (CZE), Alexey Davydov (RUS), Bernard Vassallo (MLT)
26 July 2013
16:15
Boxscore
Czech Republic  87–79  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 22–24, 20–23, 25–17
Scoring by half: 42–39
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 60
Referees: Marko Juras (SRB), Jurgis Laurinavicius (LTU), Anastasios Manos (GRE)
26 July 2013
18:30
Boxscore
England  71–58  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 4–15, 17–15, 21–15, 19–13
Scoring by half: 21–30
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 25
Referees: Marco Giansanti (ITA), Marko Vučkovič (SLO), Marin Mehandjiev (BUL)

Classification games for 13th – 16th place

27 July 2013
14:00
Boxscore
Bulgaria  57–72  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 14–17, 9–25, 18–18
Scoring by half: 30–29
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 50
Referees: Marco Giansanti (ITA), Haydn Jones (WAL), Leonardo Damian Zalazar (ARG)
27 July 2013
16:15
Boxscore
Slovenia  63–68  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 16–19, 19–14, 17–22
Scoring by half: 27–32
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 50
Referees: David Chambon (FRA), Bert Van Slooten (NED), Luis Miguel Gallardo Oyaneder (NZL)

Classification games for 9th – 12th place

27 July 2013
18:30
Boxscore
Italy  82–62  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 20–12, 20–18, 24–11
Scoring by half: 38–33
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 30
Referees: Zoran Šutulović (MNE), Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Marin Mehandjiev (BUL)
27 July 2013
20:45
Boxscore
Czech Republic  62–85  England
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 16–23, 18–19, 9–23
Scoring by half: 35–43
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 40
Referees: Tomasz Trawicki (POL), Tonči Anzulović (CRO), Haris Bijedić (BIH)

1st – 8th Place Playoff

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 July 2013 – 14:00
 
 
 Russia72
 
27 July 2013 – 18:30
 
 Croatia82
 
 Croatia72
 
26 July 2013 – 18:30
 
 Latvia68
 
 Latvia71
 
28 July 2013 – 20:45
 
 Lithuania54
 
 Croatia74
 
26 July 2013 – 16:15
 
 Turkey81
 
 Turkey71
 
27 July 2013 – 20:45
 
 Serbia67
 
 Turkey77
 
26 July 2013 – 20:45
 
 Spain75 Third place
 
 France59
 
28 July 2013 – 18:30
 
 Spain68
 
 Latvia56
 
 
 Spain57
 
5–8th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
27 July – 14:00
 
 
 Russia77
 
28 July – 16:15
 
 Lithuania84
 
 Lithuania63
 
27 July – 16:15
 
 Serbia56
 
 Serbia77
 
 
 France66
 
Seventh place
 
 
28 July – 14:00
 
 
 Russia51
 
 
 France89

Quarterfinals

26 July 2013
14:00
Report
Russia  72–82  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 17–21, 19–12, 24–26
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 200
26 July 2013
16:15
Report
Turkey  71–67  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 21–15, 13–13, 20–18
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 170
26 July 2013
18:30
Report
Latvia  71–54  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 19–24, 21–12, 15–7
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3 000
26 July 2013
20:45
Report
France  59–68  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 13–16, 24–15, 9–19
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 250

Semifinals

27 July 2013
18:30
Report
Croatia  72–68  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 12–16, 20–9, 22–20
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 2 500
27 July 2013
20:45
Report
Turkey  77–75  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 15–19, 10–12, 33–22
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 200

Classification games for 5th – 8th place

27 July 2013
14:00
Report
Russia  77–84  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 18–16, 16–22, 19–27
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 100
27 July 2013
16:15
Report
Serbia  77–66  France
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 12–18, 20–15, 21–16
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 150

Final classification games

Match for 15th place

28 July 2013
14:00
Report
Bulgaria  82–75  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 26–25, 18–19, 19–19, 19–12
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 40

Match for 13th place

28 July 2013
16:15
Report
Bosnia and Herzegovina  96–85 (OT)  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 12–26, 31–16, 15–14, Overtime: 5–5, 17–6
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 30

Match for 11th place

28 July 2013
18:30
Report
Greece  85–65  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 24–17, 24–12, 20–21
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 33

Match for 9th place

28 July 2013
11:45
Report
Italy  59–69  England
Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 14–14, 9–21, 21–23
Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 40

Match for 7th place

28 July 2013
14:00
Report
Russia  51–89  France
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 13–29, 9–26, 11–21
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 100

Match for 5th place

28 July 2013
16:15
Report
Lithuania  63–56  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 19–18, 22–10, 13–15
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 150

Bronze medal match

28 July 2013
18:30
Report
Latvia  56–57  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 15–13, 11–16, 13–16
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3 000
Referees: Emin Mogulkoc (TUR), Marko Juras (SRB), Bernard Vassallo (MLT)

Final

28 July 2013
20:45
Report
Croatia  74–81  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 15–22, 18–23, 19–20
Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Marco Giansanti (ITA), Tomasz Trawicki (POL), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR)

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Croatia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
4th  Latvia
5th  Lithuania
6th  Serbia
7th  France
8th  Russia
9th  England
10th  Italy
11th  Greece
12th  Czech Republic
13th  Bosnia and Herzegovina
14th  Ukraine
15th  Bulgaria
16th  Slovenia
 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship winners 

Turkey
First title

Team relegated to 2014 Division B

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Turkey Kenan Sipahi

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Europe 2013 Youth Championships Draw". Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  2. ^ a b "Competition system". Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2013-07-25.

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