2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries

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FIBA European Championship
for Small Countries
Tournament details
Host country San Marino
Dates26 June – 1 July
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Malta (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSamuel Deguara
Official website
2018 European Championship for Small Countries
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The 2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries was the 16th edition of this tournament. It was hosted by San Marino.[1]

Teams

Seven teams played in the competition, with the return of

Norway
, 17 years after their last appearance in a FIBA competition.

team of Great Britain
, were the teams from the previous edition that did not participate in this one.

Venues

Serravalle
Serravalle
Multieventi Sport Domus
Capacity: 1,200

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 3 0 277 186 +91 6 Semifinals
2  Gibraltar 3 2 1 236 257 −21 5
3  San Marino (H) 3 1 2 212 216 −4 4 Classification 5–7
4  Moldova 3 0 3 228 294 −66 3
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
26 June
14:00
Gibraltar  102–96 (OT)  Moldova
Scoring by quarter: 18–29, 21–18, 31–14, 14–23, Overtime: 18–12
Pts: Ortega 33
Rebs: Buxton 14
Asts: Ortega
8		 Pts: Solopa 44
Rebs: Nistor 11
Asts: Cojuhari 6
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR), Gordon Barbara (MLT), David Caballe (IRL)
26 June
20:00
San Marino  48–88  Norway
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 9–20, 10–20, 15–31
Pts: Biordi 13
Rebs: Biordi, Botteghi 7
Asts: Raschi
5		 Pts: Mjøs 21
Rebs: Frey 6
Asts: Frey 3
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Vincent Delestrée (BEL), Igor Esteve (AND), Thomas Bissuel (FRA)
27 June
17:30
Norway  95–60  Gibraltar
Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 30–15, 15–20, 27–14
Pts: Ndiaye 19
Rebs: Berg 10
Asts: Frey
5		 Pts: Ortega 19
Rebs: Pérez 8
Asts: Yome 3
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Thomas Bissuel (FRA), David Caballe (IRL), Igor Esteve (AND)
27 June
20:00
Moldova  54–98  San Marino
Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 9–24, 5–26, 25–22
Pts: Legosin 14
Rebs: Nistor 11
Asts: Cojuhari
2		 Pts: Raschi 20
Rebs: Botteghi 13
Asts: Raschi 5
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR), Gordon Barbara (MLT), James Dominique (GIB)
28 June
17:30
Moldova  78–94  Norway
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 22–23, 20–34, 14–21
Pts: Melniciuc 34
Rebs: Nistor 9
Asts: Cojuhari
6		 Pts: Mjøs 18
Rebs: Berg 9
Asts: Jawara 4
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Alessandro Martolini (ITA), Gordon Barbara (MLT), David Caballe (IRL)
28 June
20:00
San Marino  66–74  Gibraltar
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 18–19, 15–16, 15–24
Pts: Ugolini 17
Rebs: four players 6
Asts
: three players 4		 Pts: Pérez 19
Rebs: Pérez 9
Asts: four players 3
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Thomas Bissuel (FRA), Igor Esteve (AND), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Malta 2 2 0 172 129 +43 4 Semifinals
2  Ireland 2 1 1 128 132 −4 3
3  Andorra 2 0 2 120 159 −39 2 Classification 5–7
Source: FIBA
26 June
16:30
Andorra  64–96  Malta
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 13–28, 12–34, 16–19
Pts: Gabriel 16
Rebs: Gabriel 8
Asts: Lliteras
4		 Pts: T. Falzon 22
Rebs: T. Falzon 9
Asts: T. Falzon, Formosa 3
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Alessandro Martolini (ITA), James Dominique (GIB), Gilbert Hoxha (ALB)
27 June
15:00
Malta  76–65  Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 15–18, 19–14, 20–14
Pts: A. Falzon 22
Rebs: Deguara 10
Asts: A. Falzon
6		 Pts: O'Sullivan 15
Rebs: Badmus 8
Asts: Roe 4
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Alessandro Martolini (ITA), Vincent Delestrée (BEL), Gilbert Hoxha (ALB)
28 June
15:00
Ireland  63–56  Andorra
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 15–8, 18–18, 11–22
Pts: Badmus 18
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Black
3		 Pts: Colom 22
Rebs: Bartolome 10
Asts: Gabriel 3
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Vincent Delestrée (BEL), James Dominique (GIB), Gilbert Hoxha (ALB)

Classification group

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
5  Andorra 2 2 0 166 99 +67 4
6  San Marino 2 1 1 154 123 +31 3
7  Moldova 2 0 2 97 195 −98 2
Source: FIBA
30 June
15:00
Moldova  43–97  Andorra
Scoring by quarter: 15–31, 7–18, 11–33, 10–15
Pts: Nistor 8
Rebs: Legosin 9
Asts
: three players 2		 Pts: Guzmán 17
Rebs: Guzmán 8
Asts: Lliteras, Schneider 6
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Alessandro Martolini (ITA), Gordon Barbara (MLT), David Caballe (IRL)
1 July
12:00
Andorra  69–56  San Marino
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 12–14, 16–19, 23–13
Pts: Gabriel 18
Rebs: Gabriel 11
Asts: Colom
7		 Pts: Raschi 16
Rebs: Zanotti 8
Asts: three players 3
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR), James Dominique (GIB), Gilbert Hoxka (ALB)

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
30 June
 
 
 Norway83
 
1 July
 
 Ireland73
 
 Norway59
 
30 June
 
 Malta75
 
 Malta102
 
 
 Gibraltar57
 
Third place
 
 
1 July
 
 
 Ireland86
 
 
 Gibraltar66

Semifinals

30 June
17:30
Norway  83–73  Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 33–11, 17–24, 18–18
Pts: Frey 29
Rebs: Berg 16
Asts: Mjøs
7		 Pts: Cairns, Murphy 17
Rebs: Black, Murphy 8
Asts: Roe 5
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Thomas Bissuel (FRA), Igor Esteve (AND), James Dominique (GIB)
30 June
20:00
Malta  102–57  Gibraltar
Scoring by quarter: 25–11, 21–17, 27–15, 29–14
Pts: Formosa 18
Rebs: Deguara 20
Asts: Cassar, T. Falzon
6		 Pts: Ortega 17
Rebs: Grigaitis, Pérez 6
Asts: Ortega, Sercombe 3
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR), Vincent Delestrée (BEL), Gilbert Hoxha (ALB)

Third-place game

1 July
14:30
Ireland  86–66  Gibraltar
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 27–13, 20–29, 20–12
Pts: Badmus 19
Rebs: Badmus 10
Asts: Roe
4		 Pts: Ortega 18
Rebs: Ortega 7
Asts: Gómez 4
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Referees: Vincent Delestrée (BEL), Gordon Barbara (MLT), Thomas Bissuel (FRA)

Final

1 July
17:00
Norway  59–75  Malta
Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 13–13, 16–21, 22–19
Pts: Dolven 14
Rebs: Berg 10
Asts
: three players 5		 Pts: Deguara 24
Rebs: Deguara 14
Asts: A. Falzon 4
Multieventi Sport Domus,
Serravalle

Attendance: 150
Referees: Alessandro Martolini (ITA), David Caballe (IRL), Igor Esteve Malmierca (AND)


 2018 FIBA European Championship
for Small Countries winner 

Malta
First title

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Malta (C) 4 4 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Norway 5 4 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ireland 4 2 2
4  Gibraltar 5 2 3
5  Andorra 4 2 2
6  San Marino (H) 4 1 3
7  Moldova 4 0 4
Source: FIBA
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Europe Board confirms hosts for 2018 national team events". FIBA. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

External links

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