Iceland men's national under-20 basketball team

Iceland
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationKKÍ
CoachÁgúst Björgvinsson
U20 EuroBasket
Appearances4
MedalsNone
U20 EuroBasket Division B
Appearances6
MedalsSilver Silver: 2 (2016, 2022)

The Iceland men's national under-20 basketball team is the national representative for Iceland in men's international under-20 basketball tournaments. They are organized and run by the Icelandic Basketball Association.[1][2] The team competes at the FIBA U20 EuroBasket.

History

Iceland competed at the 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship[3][4][5] where the team made it to the final eight[6][7] before bowing out against Israel.[8]

FIBA U20 EuroBasket participations

Year Division A Division B
2005[9] 12th
2006[10] 12th
2011[11] 14th
2016[12] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017[13] 8th
2018[14] 15th
2019[15] 7th
2022[16] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023[17] 12th
2024[18] 13th

See also

References

  1. ^ "Profile - Iceland". fiba.basketball.
  2. ^ "Iceland (U20)". eurobasket.com.
  3. ^ Hafþórsson, Jóhann Ingi (June 16, 2017). "Leikir við fremstu lið Evrópu fram undan". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  4. ^ Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór (July 26, 2016). "Formaður KKÍ um árangur U-20 ára liðsins: Stórt og mikið afrek". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Mæta Frökkum á EM í dag". Mbl.is. 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  6. ^ Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór (July 19, 2017). "Strákarnir rústuðu Svíum og eru komnir í 8-liða úrslit". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (July 19, 2017). "Kveðjum frá samböndum í Evrópu og FIBA rignir inn til Hannesar eftir árangur 20 ára liðsins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  8. ^ Gunnarsson, Henry Birgir (2017-07-20). "Evrópuævintýri drengjanna á enda". Vísir.is. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  9. ^ 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
  10. ^ 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
  11. ^ 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
  12. ^ 2016 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B
  13. ^ 2017 FIBA U20 European Championship
  14. ^ 2018 FIBA U20 European Championship
  15. ^ 2019 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B
  16. ^ 2022 FIBA U20 European Championship Division B
  17. ^ 2023 FIBA U20 European Championship
  18. ^ 2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket


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