2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup – Men's tournament

2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGeorgia
CityTbilisi
Dates6–8 September
Teams12
Venue(s)Rike Park
Final positions
ChampionsLithuania Lithuania (1st title)
Runners-upFrance France
Third placeIsrael Israel
Fourth placeUkraine Ukraine
Tournament statistics
MVPLithuania Gabrielius Celka
2018
2021

The 2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup – Men's tournament is the fifth edition of this continental championship. The event was held in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was contested by 12 teams.[1]

Lithuania won their first title with a win against France in the final.[2]

Host selection

Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, was given the hosting rights.

Qualified teams

Six teams qualified automatically, while two teams from qualifiers that were held in France, Italy and Hungary completed the field of twelve.[3]

Automatically qualified
Voiron Qualifier
Rieti Qualifier
Szolnok Qualifier

Seeding

The seeding and groups were as follows:

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D

Russia Russia (1)
Hungary Hungary (8)
Lithuania Lithuania (9)

Ukraine Ukraine (2)
Israel Israel (7)
Belgium Belgium (10)

France France (3)
Estonia Estonia (6)
Georgia (country) Georgia (11)

Romania Romania (4)
Italy Italy (5)
Serbia Serbia (12)

Venue

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification Lithuania Russia Hungary
1 Lithuania Lithuania 2 2 0 37 20 +17 quarter-finals
2 Russia Russia 2 1 1 33 29 +4 12–16 21–13
3 Hungary Hungary 2 0 2 21 42 −21 8–21
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification Israel Ukraine Belgium
1 Israel Israel 2 2 0 41 28 +13 quarter-finals 20–13
2 Ukraine Ukraine 2 1 1 36 31 +5 15–21 21–10
3 Belgium Belgium 2 0 2 23 41 −18
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification France Estonia Georgia (country)
1 France France 2 2 0 42 26 +16 quarter-finals 20–13 22–13
2 Estonia Estonia 2 1 1 34 30 +4 21–10
3 Georgia (country) Georgia (H) 2 0 2 23 43 −20
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification Serbia Italy Romania
1 Serbia Serbia 2 2 0 37 28 +9 quarter-finals
2 Italy Italy 2 1 1 36 31 +5 15–21
3 Romania Romania 2 0 2 23 37 −14 13–16 10–21
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

Knockout stage

All times are local.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 Sep 2019 – 12:45
 
 
Lithuania Lithuania 15
 
8 Sep 2019 – 16:35
 
Estonia Estonia 14
 
Lithuania Lithuania 13
 
8 Sep 2019 – 13:10
 
Ukraine Ukraine 10
 
Serbia Serbia 16
 
8 Sep 2019 – 19:00
 
Ukraine Ukraine 19
 
Lithuania Lithuania 21
 
8 Sep 2019 – 14:45
 
France France 14
 
Israel Israel 18
 
8 Sep 2019 – 17:00
 
Italy Italy 16
 
Israel Israel 11
 
8 Sep 2019 – 15:10
 
France France 21 Bronze medal
 
France France 21
 
8 Sep 2019 – 18:00
 
Russia Russia 18
 
Ukraine Ukraine 18
 
 
Israel Israel 21
 

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 Lithuania Lithuania 5 5 0 86 58 +28
2 France France 5 4 1 98 76 +22
3 Israel Israel 5 4 1 91 83 +9
4 Ukraine Ukraine 5 2 3 83 71 +12
5 Serbia Serbia 3 2 1 53 47 +6
6 Italy Italy 3 1 2 52 49 +3
7 Russia Russia 3 1 2 51 50 +1
8 Estonia Estonia 3 1 2 48 45 +3
9 Romania Romania 2 0 2 23 37 –14
10 Belgium Belgium 2 0 2 23 41 –18
11 Georgia (country) Georgia 2 0 2 23 43 –20
12 Hungary Hungary 2 0 2 21 42 –21

Awards

These players were given the awards after the competition:[4]

Most valuable player

Top scorer

Team of the tournament

See also

References

  1. ^ "Who will be crowned FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup 2019 winner?". FIBA.basketball.
  2. ^ "Lithuania's men and Spain's women win FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup 2019". FIBA.basketball.
  3. ^ "24 teams from 16 countries Georgia-bound for FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup 2019". FIBA.basketball.
  4. ^ https://www.fiba.basketball/3x3u18europe/2019/news/mvp-celka-headlines-fiba-3x3-u18-europe-cup-team-of-the-tournament
  5. ^ "Player statistics of the FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup 2019 2019". FIBA.basketball.