Netherlands men's national under-18 basketball team
{{Infobox national basketball team
| country = Netherlands
| logo = Flag of Netherlands.svg
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| nickname = Orange Lions
| fiba_zone = FIBA Europe
| national_fed = Basketball Nederland
| coach = Paul Vervaeck
| wc_championship = U19 World Cup
| wc_appearances = None
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| zone_championship = U18 EuroBasket
| zone_appearances = 5
| zone_medals = None
| zone_championship2 = U18 EuroBasket Division B
| zone_appearances2 = 17
| zone_medals2 = {{Eur1}} Gold: 1 (2018)
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The Netherlands men's national under-18 basketball team is the national junior representative for the Netherlands in international under-18 basketball tournaments.{{cite web|title=Netherlands (U18-U19)|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Holland/basketball-National-Team.aspx?Age=18|access-date=6 November 2019}} They are governed by Basketball Nederland. The team competes at the FIBA U18 EuroBasket, mostly in Division B.{{cite web|title=Netherlands at the 2016 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u18b/2016/Netherlands|access-date=7 August 2016}}{{cite web|title=Netherlands at the 2017 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u18b/2017/Netherlands|access-date=6 August 2017}} The current coach is Paul Vervaeck.
In 2018, the team won its first medal when it won gold at the 2018 FIBA U18 European Championship Division B tournament.{{cite web | title=Netherlands celebrate historic title in Skopje | website=FIBA.basketball | url=http://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u18b/2018/news/netherlands-celebrate-historic-title-in-skopje | access-date=5 August 2018}} Following their victory, the Netherlands were promoted to Division A.
Competitive record
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=U18 EuroBasket=
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Year
!width="100"|Position | |
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{{flagicon|Italy}} 1964 | rowspan=5|Did not participate |
{{flagicon|Italy}} 1966 | |
{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} 1968 | |
{{flagicon|Greece}} 1970 | |
{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} 1972 | |
{{flagicon|France}} 1974 | 12th |
{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} 1976 | rowspan=5|Did not participate |
{{flagicon|Italy}} 1978 | |
{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} 1980 | |
{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1971}} 1982 | |
{{flagicon|Sweden}} 1984 | |
{{flagicon|Austria}} 1986 | 11th |
{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} 1988 | 12th |
{{flagicon|Netherlands}} 1990 | 10th |
{{flagicon|Hungary}} 1992 | rowspan=7|Did not participate |
{{flagicon|Israel}} 1994 | |
{{flagicon|France}} 1996 | |
{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} 1998 | |
{{flagicon|Croatia}} 2000 | |
|{{flagicon|Germany}} 2002 | |
{{flagicon|Spain}} 2004 | |
{{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}} 2005 | rowspan=14|Did not qualify |
{{flagicon|Greece}} 2006 | |
{{flagicon|Spain}} 2007 | |
{{flagicon|Greece}} 2008 | |
{{flagicon|France}} 2009 | |
{{flagicon|Lithuania}} 2010 | |
{{flagicon|Poland}} 2011 | |
{{flagicon|Lithuania}} {{flagicon|Latvia}} 2012 | |
{{flagicon|Latvia}} 2013 | |
{{flagicon|Turkey}} 2014 | |
{{flagicon|Greece}} 2015 | |
{{flagicon|Turkey}} 2016 | |
{{flagicon|Slovakia}} 2017 | |
{{flagicon|Latvia}} 2018 | |
{{flagicon|Greece}} 2019 | 15th |
{{flagicon|Turkey}} 2022 | rowspan=3|Did not qualify |
{{flagicon|Serbia}} 2023 | |
{{flagicon|Finland}} 2024 | |
Total | 5/39 |
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=U18 EuroBasket Division B=
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Year
!width="100"|Position | |
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{{flagicon|Slovakia}} 2005 | 6th |
{{flagicon|Romania}} 2006 | 14th |
{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} 2007 | 14th |
{{flagicon|Hungary}} 2008 | 9th |
{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} 2009 | 11th |
{{flagicon|Israel}} 2010 | 12th |
{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} 2011 | 6th |
{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} 2012 | 9th |
{{flagicon|Macedonia}} 2013 | 8th |
{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} 2014 | 13th |
{{flagicon|Austria}} 2015 | 11th |
{{flagicon|Macedonia}} 2016 | 17th |
{{flagicon|Estonia}} 2017 | 6th |
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|{{flagicon|Macedonia}} 2018 | 1st |
{{flagicon|Romania}} 2019 | (Division A) |
{{flagicon|Romania}} 2022 | 8th |
{{flagicon|Portugal}} 2023 | 6th |
{{flagicon|North Macedonia}} 2024 | 20th |
Total | 17/18 |
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Individual awards
- Under-18 Championship Division B MVP
- Nathan Kuta – 2018
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.basketball.nl/ Official website] {{in lang|nl}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150527210129/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp/150/tid/334/_//teams.html Archived records] of Netherlands team participations
{{International youth basketball}}
{{FIBA Europe U18/U19 teams}}
{{National sports teams of the Netherlands}}
Category:Basketball teams in the Netherlands