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

International basketball competition

2019 FIBA 3x3 U18 Europe Cup
Tournament details

Host country	Georgia
City	Tbilisi
Dates	6–8 September
Teams	12
Venue(s)	Rike Park
Final positions
Champions	Lithuania (1st title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Israel
Fourth place	Ukraine
Tournament statistics
MVP	Gabrielius Celka
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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

Georgia (host nation)
Hungary (defending champion)
Ukraine
Estonia
Romania
Russia

Voiron Qualifier

France
Israel

Rieti Qualifier

Italy
Serbia

Szolnok Qualifier

Belgium
Lithuania

Seeding

The seeding and groups were as follows:

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Russia (1) Hungary (8) Lithuania (9)	Ukraine (2) Israel (7) Belgium (10)	France (3) Estonia (6) Georgia (11)	Romania (4) Italy (5) Serbia (12)

Venue

Tbilisi

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Lithuania	2	2	0	37	20	+17	quarter-finals
2	Russia	2	1	1	33	29	+4	quarter-finals	12–16	21–13
3	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
1	Israel	2	2	0	41	28	+13	quarter-finals		20–13
2	Ukraine	2	1	1	36	31	+5	quarter-finals	15–21	21–10
3	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
1	France	2	2	0	42	26	+16	quarter-finals	20–13	22–13
2	Estonia	2	1	1	34	30	+4	quarter-finals		21–10
3	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
1	Serbia	2	2	0	37	28	+9	quarter-finals
2	Italy	2	1	1	36	31	+5	quarter-finals	15–21
3	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-finals		Semi-finals		Final

8 Sep 2019 – 12:45

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

				Israel	21

Final standings

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

Awards

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

Most valuable player

Gabrielius Celka

Top scorer

Illia Zaiets (43 points)^[5]

Team of the tournament

Gabrielius Celka
Sya Plaucoste
Omer Sadeh

References

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