BRATISLAVA (Slovakia) - International basketball's stars of tomorrow will compete for Division B glory and a place at next summer's FIBA U20 EuroBasket tournament.
The tournament will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia, from July 10-19.
Who is participating?
There will be 21 teams competing for the FIBA U20 EuroBasket Division B title. They have been split into three groups of five and one group of six. The Group Phase is as follows: Group A: Ireland, Sweden, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Azerbaijan Group B: Estonia, Switzerland, Georgia, Ukraine, Luxembourg Group C: Kosovo, Portugal, Armenia, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus Group D: Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania, Netherlands, Denmark
What is the schedule?
The Group Phase takes place across the first five days of the tournament, with two rest days on July 13 and July 16. Classification games and the Quarter-Finals will begin on July 19 in a bracket format, followed by the Semi-Finals on July 18.
The Final will take place on July 19, and the Classification games will also determine each of the 21 positions.
You can check out the full schedule here.
Who were the winners in 2025?
Latvia won last summer's Division B title by overcoming Croatia 74-64 in the Final to gain promotion.
Rolands Sulcs and his 18 points and 8 rebounds. Janis Junemanis recorded a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Türkiye were the third team to secure promotion as they brushed Switzerland aside, to record an 86-54 win that got them their place on the podium.
Former MVPs
Rolands Sulcs of Latvia was crowned Most Valuable Player at the FIBA U20 EuroBasket 2025, Division B.
He averaged 14.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game, proving to be the most consistent by scoring in double-digits in every game. He picked the pace up in the final four, averaging 19 points in the last two games that saw Latvia earn promotion before the title.
Here are the previous five MVP winners:
2025: Rolands Sulcs (LAT) 2024: Dragos Lungu (ROU) 2023: Ondrej Svec (CZE) 2022: Mihailo Boskovic (SRB) 2019: Rafael Lisboa (POR)
Roll of honor
Poland, Montenegro, and Georgia are the most successful teams in Division B, with two titles each. Poland also holds the joint record for the most medals overall, with five, while Czechia is close behind, having reached the podium five times.
Position | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
2 | Montenegro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Georgia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How to watch?
All the action will be available to watch live on the FIBA YouTube channel - and can also be accessed via the respective game pages on the website.
Want more action?
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Don't forget to check out the action from the FIBA U20 EuroBasket tournament.
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