2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries

The 2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries was the 16th edition of this tournament. It was hosted by San Marino.^[1]

2018 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries

Tournament details
Host country	San Marino
City	Serravalle
Dates	26 June – 1 July 2018
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Malta (1st title)
Runners-up	Norway
Third place	Ireland
Tournament statistics
MVP	Samuel Deguara
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
← 2016 2021 →

Teams

Seven teams played in the competition, with the return of Norway, 17 years after their last appearance in a FIBA competition.

Armenia, that participates in the EuroBasket 2021 qualification, and Wales, integrated in the 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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

	Semifinals				Final
	30 June
	Norway	83
					1 July
	Ireland	73
					Norway	59
	30 June
					Malta	75
	Malta	102
	Gibraltar	57
					Third place
					1 July
					Ireland	86
					Gibraltar	66

Semifinals

30 June 17:30

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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
	Malta (C)	4	4	0
	Norway	5	4	1
	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