The 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 29th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams featured the competition, held in Lithuania and Latvia from 9 to 19 August 2012. Spain were the defending champions. The top 5 teams qualify for the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.2012 FIBA Europe U18 Championship results

Participating teams (Winners, 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B)

(Runners-up, 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B)

Group stages

Preliminary round In this round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three advanced to the Qualifying Round. The last team of each group played for the 13th–16th place in the Classification Games. Team advances to the Second RoundTeam will compete in Classification Round

Times given below are in CEST (UTC+2).

Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330253202+516321226191+355312113159−464303129169−403

Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330244200+446321228210+185312196197−14303181242−613

Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts321233225+85321189188+15312220224−44312188193−54

Group D TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330265217+486321202197+55312208238−304303201224−233

Second round The twelve teams remaining will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The four top teams will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play for the 9th–12th place.

Team advances to QuarterfinalsTeam will compete in 9th–12th playoffs

Group E TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts550375320+5510541375314+619532253347+68523355354+17514309332−236505275375−1005

Group F TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTiebreaker541404351+539532382352+3081–1, +8532324323+181–1, −3532324340−1681–1, −5514371402−3161–0514368405−3760–1

Classification round The last teams of each group in the First Round will compete in this Classification Round. The four teams played in one group. The three teams will be relegated to Division B for the next season.

    Team will be relegated to Division B.

Group G TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTiebreaker651416356+60111–1, +3651421346+75111–1, −3615370426−5671–1, +2615331410−7971–1, −2

Knockout round

Championship

5th–8th playoffs

9th–12th playoffs

Classification 9–12

Quarterfinals

11th-place game

9th-place game

Classification 5–8

Semifinals

7th-place game

5th-place game

Bronze-medal game

Final

Final standings

Rank Team 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th

Team qualified for the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World ChampionshipTeam relegated to 2013 Division B

Awards Most Valuable Player Dario Šarić

All-Tournament Team

Marius Grigonis Dario Šarić Nikola Janković Nikola Radičević Mikhail Kulagin

References