The 2022 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries was the 18th edition of this competition. It took place in

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, from 28 June to 3 July 2022.

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were the defending champions; but they didn't participate in this edition.

Participating teams

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

and

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

did not participate this season. They were replaced by

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

, winners in 2016, which was about to come back to competition after its withdrawal from the EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualifiers, and

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, winners in 2006 and 2008, which was set for a comeback to competition since its participation in the EuroBasket 2013 qualification.

Group phase

''All times are local ( Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).''

Group A

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Group B

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Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Individual statistics

Source:

Scoring leader

* Samuel Deguara & * Chris Jones (24.5 points per game)

Rebounding leader

* Samuel Deguara (12.5 rebounds per game)

Assists leader

* Chris Jones (7.3 assists per game)

Blocks leader

* Samuel Deguara (1.8 blocks per game)

Steals leader

* Orhan Haciyeva (1.8 steals per game)

Awards

The tournament's individual award were announced after the final on 3 July. * Most Valuable Player: Chris Jones * All-Star Five: ** G Guillem Colom ** G Chris Jones ** F Andre Spight ** F

Orhan Aydın Orhan Aydın Hacıyev (born 1 October 1989) is an Azerbaijani professional basketball player for iLab Basketbol of the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi. He plays the power forward position. He is 2.03 m tall. He is member of Azerbaijan national basketba ...

** C Samuel Deguara

References

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