2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

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.

2013 EuroBasket Under-18

30th FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	18 – 28 July 2013
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Turkey (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Kenan Sipahi
Top scorer	Vezenkov (22.4)
Top rebounds	Sabonis (11.4)
Top assists	Rebec (8.1)
PPG (Team)	Serbia (77.6)
RPG (Team)	Serbia (47.7)
APG (Team)	Slovenia (15.7)
Official website
www.fibaeurope.com
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Participating teams

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Winners, 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B)
•  Bulgaria
•  Croatia
•  Czech Republic (Runners-up, 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B)
•  England (3rd place, 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B)
•  France
•  Greece
•  Italy
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Russia
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Ukraine

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

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 100

18 July 2013 16:15

Report

Serbia	88–56	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 24–11, 18–17, 24–18

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 80

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19 July 2013 14:00

Report

Slovenia	69–74	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 30–12, 7–22, 20–13, 12–27

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 100

19 July 2013 16:15

Report

France	65–62	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 16–16, 20–14, 13–10

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 60

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20 July 2013 14:00

Report

Slovenia	51–66	France
Scoring by quarter: 10–25, 17–9, 16–14, 8–18

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 50

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

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 150

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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

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 131

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)

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19 July 2013 18:30

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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

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 80

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20 July 2013 16:15

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Greece	74–70	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 17–10, 20–18, 18–21

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 80

20 July 2013 20:45

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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)

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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

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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

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Latvia	85–57	Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 27–15, 18–12, 16–10

Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja Attendance: 800

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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

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20 July 2013 14:00

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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

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Italy	70–69	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 23–26, 8–17, 19–11

Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja Attendance: 1000

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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

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19 July 2013 16:15

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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

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Croatia	76–84	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 18–21, 12–22, 19–19

Liepāja Olympic Center, Liepāja Attendance: 200

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20 July 2013 16:15

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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

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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

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 75

22 July 2013 18:30

Report

Bosnia and Herzegovina	42–60	France
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 16–13, 12–17, 4–12

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 100

22 July 2013 20:45

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Serbia	102–57	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 18–7, 34–16, 29–16

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 80

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23 July 2013 16:15

Report

Bosnia and Herzegovina	51–77	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 7–23, 14–17, 21–15

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 30

23 July 2013 18:30

Report

France	71–73	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 20–21, 21–12, 15–19

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 80

23 July 2013 20:45

Report

Lithuania	59–68	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 7–18, 18–15, 9–15, 25–20

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 300

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24 July 2013 16:15

Report

Czech Republic	70–99	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 17–25, 21–25, 16–26

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 50

24 July 2013 18:30

Report

Lithuania	78–60	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 23–16, 16–12, 19–17

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 60

24 July 2013 20:45

Report

Russia	70–60	France
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 9–17, 16–13, 26–14

Ventspils Olympic Center, Ventspils Attendance: 100

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Classification playoffs for 9th – 16th place

13th place match

13th – 16th place playoffs

9th – 16th place playoffs

9th – 12th place playoffs

9th place match

F5

Italy

67

G4

Bulgaria

57

G4

Bulgaria

57

F5

Italy

82

E6

Bosnia and Herzegovina

72

G1

Greece

62

E6

Bosnia and Herzegovina

36

G1

Greece

63

E6

Bosnia and Herzegovina

96 OT

F5

Italy

59

G2

Ukraine

85

F6

England

69

E5

Czech Republic

87

G3

Slovenia

79

15th place match

G3

Slovenia

63

E5

Czech Republic

62

11th place match

G2

Ukraine

68

F6

England

85

G4

Bulgaria

82

F6

England

71

G1

Greece

85

G3

Slovenia

75

G2

Ukraine

58

E5

Czech Republic

65

Classification games for 9th – 16th place

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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)

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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)

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Classification games for 13th – 16th place

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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)

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Classification games for 9th – 12th place

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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)

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1st – 8th Place Playoff

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	26 July 2013 – 14:00
	Russia	72
					27 July 2013 – 18:30
	Croatia	82
					Croatia	72
	26 July 2013 – 18:30
					Latvia	68
	Latvia	71
									28 July 2013 – 20:45
	Lithuania	54
									Croatia	74
	26 July 2013 – 16:15
									Turkey	81
	Turkey	71
					27 July 2013 – 20:45
	Serbia	67
					Turkey	77
	26 July 2013 – 20:45
					Spain	75			Third place
	France	59
									28 July 2013 – 18:30
	Spain	68
									Latvia	56
									Spain	57

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	27 July – 14:00
	Russia	77
					28 July – 16:15
	Lithuania	84
					Lithuania	63
	27 July – 16:15
					Serbia	56
	Serbia	77
	France	66
					Seventh place
					28 July – 14:00
					Russia	51
					France	89

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

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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

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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

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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  Turkey  Croatia  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
Kenan Sipahi

All-Tournament Team

• Kenan Sipahi
• Paolo Marinelli
• Domagoj Bošnjak
• Kristaps Porziņģis
• Anžejs Pasečņiks

References

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

External links

• FIBA European U-18 Championship