DBB Albert Schweitzer Tournament
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1958 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Country | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany |
| Continent | File:Flag of Europe.svg Europe |
| Most recent champion(s) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (2nd title) |
| Most titles | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (10 titles) |
| Official website | ast.basketball-bund.de |
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The DBB Albert Schweitzer Tournament (German: Albert-Schweitzer-Turnier, abbreviated as AST), full name DBB Albert Schweitzer World Under-18 Tournament (German: DBB Albert Schweitzer Welt-Unter-18-Turnier), is an international basketball competition that is played between national teams of the Under-18 men's age category. It takes place every two years in Mannheim, Germany, and is contested between teams from 12 countries. The organizers of the tournament are the German Basketball Federation (German: Deutscher Basketball Bund, abbreviated as DBB), and the city of Mannheim. The tournament is named after Albert Schweitzer. Since FIBA does not organize an Under-18 world championship, the Albert Schweitzer Tournament is internationally recognized and considered an official non-FIBA organized world championship for the Under-18 age group. From 1958 to 1993, the tournament was an Under-19 age competition. Since 1994, it has been an under-18 age competition.
History
The first Albert Schweitzer Tournament took place in December 1958. It was contested between eight teams, and won by Belgium. Hans-Joachim Babies, and the German basketball pioneer, Hermann Niebuhr, asked the theologian and physician, Albert Schweitzer, if they could use his namesake for the name of the tournament. After the second tournament in 1960, there was a break in play until 1966. From that point onwards, a two-year tournament cycle was established. From 1958 to 1971, Team USA used players that were the dependents of the USA's military forces. Starting with the 1973 tournament, Team USA began to use players that were selected from throughout the entire USA high school system. The 1991 tournament was canceled, due to the Gulf War. In 1994, the tournament switched from an Under-19 competition, to an Under-18 competition, and has since been held during even-numbered years.[1] The USA has won the most titles, winning ten. The USA is followed by Italy with four titles. The tournament's record attendance so far was 28,763 spectators. Due to the spread of COVID-19, the 2020 tournament was cancelled.[2] Due to COVID-19, the 2022 tournament was also cancelled.[3] The tournament resumed in 2004.[4]
Results
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Performance by nation
Future stars
The tournament is an important event for professional basketball scouts from around the world. Over the years, many players who have played at the tournament have gone on to become well-known pro players, both in the NBA, and the EuroLeague.[13][14] Some of the NBA players who have played at the AST are:
- United States Magic Johnson
- United States Eddie Johnson
- United States B. J. Armstrong
- United States Eddie Griffin
- United States Luke Babbitt
- United States Kyle Lowry
- United States Ramon Sessions
- United States Cole Aldrich
- United States Vince Carter
- United States Glen Rice
- United States Kent Benson
- United States Kevin Garnett
- United States Joseph Forte
- United States Carlos Boozer
- United States Andre Barrett
- United States Jermaine O'Neal
- United States Baron Davis
- United States Virgin Islands Tim Duncan
- Canada Robert Sacre
- Argentina Facu Campazzo
- Germany Dirk Nowitzki
- Germany Detlef Schrempf
- Germany Daniel Theis
- Germany Paul Zipser
- France Tony Parker
- France Jérôme Moïso
- France Ronny Turiaf
- France Boris Diaw
- France Johan Petro
- France Rudy Gobert
- France Evan Fournier
- France Nicolas Batum
- France Alexis Ajinça
- Spain Pau Gasol
- Spain Raül López
- Spain Víctor Claver
- Spain Willy Hernangómez
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Toni Kukoč
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dino Rađja
- Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Igor Rakočević
- Serbia Miroslav Raduljica
- Croatia Dario Šarić
- Croatia Bruno Šundov
- Croatia Zoran Planinić
- Croatia Bojan Bogdanović
- Slovenia Uroš Slokar
- Russia Victor Khryapa
- Russia Andrei Kirilenko
- Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius
- Lithuania Darius Songaila
- Soviet Union Arvydas Sabonis
- Ukraine Svi Mykhailiuk
- Turkey Hedo Türkoğlu
- Turkey Memo Okur
- Turkey Ersan İlyasova
- Turkey Enes Kanter
- Turkey Furkan Aldemir
- Turkey Cedi Osman
- Greece Kostas Papanikolaou
- Greece Andreas Glyniadakis
- Greece Antonis Fotsis
- Greece Vassilis Spanoulis
- Israel Omri Casspi
- Israel Gal Mekel
- Israel Deni Avdija
- China Yi Jianlian
- Australia Patrick Mills
- Australia David Andersen
- Australia Andrew Bogut
- Australia Matthew Dellavedova
- Australia Mitch Creek
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In addition, some of the players who have played in various international senior men's professional top-tier national domestic leagues and who have also played at the AST are:
- United States Chuck Eidson
- United States Erving Walker
- United States Lamont Barnes
- United States Chris Burgess
- United States Kevin Freeman
- United States Mark Karcher
- United States Ethan Happ
- Germany Ismet Akpinar
- Germany Robin Benzing
- Germany Richard Freudenberg
- Germany Niels Giffey
- Germany Kostja Mushidi
- Germany Maik Zirbes
- Germany Jonas Mattisseck
- Germany/Tunisia Ziyed Chennoufi
- France Andrew Albicy
- France Antoine Diot
- France Edwin Jackson
- France Adrien Moerman
- France Kim Tillie
- France Joseph Gomis
- France Mam Jaiteh
- Spain Juan San Epifanio "Epi"
- Spain Albert Miralles
- Spain Quino Colom
- Spain Josep Franch
- Spain Pierre Oriola
- Spain Alberto Díaz
- Croatia Tomislav Zubčić
- Croatia Leon Radošević
- Croatia Mario Delaš
- Croatia Toni Prostran
- Croatia Andrija Žižić
- Serbia Milan Mačvan
- Serbia Nikola Radičević
- Serbia Nikola Rebić
- Serbia Dušan Ristić
- Serbia Mihajlo Andrić
- Serbia Stefan Lazarević
- Serbia Stefan Marković
- Serbia Nikola Milutinov
- Serbia Boriša Simanić
- Serbia Aleksa Radanov
- Slovenia Erazem Lorbek
- Ukraine Sergiy Gladyr
- Soviet Union Igors Miglinieks
- Soviet Union Valery Tikhonenko
- Russia Fedor Likholitov
- Russia Andrey Desyatnikov
- Russia Mikhail Kulagin
- Lithuania Martynas Gecevičius
- Sweden Ludde Hakanson
- Turkey Doğuş Balbay
- Turkey Deniz Kılıçlı
- Turkey Egemen Güven
- Turkey Ender Arslan
- Turkey Kerem Tunçeri
- Italy Antonello Riva
- Italy Pietro Aradori
- Italy Federico Mussini
- Italy Dino Meneghin
- Italy Diego Flaccadori
- Italy Davide Moretti
- Israel Idan Zalmanson
- Greece Nikos Zisis
- Greece Charis Giannopoulos
- Greece George Bogris
- Greece Vangelis Mantzaris
- Greece Leonidas Kaselakis
- Greece Nikos Pappas
- Greece Kostas Sloukas
- Greece Vlado Janković
- Greece Linos Chrysikopoulos
- Greece Dimitris Katsivelis
- Greece Nondas Papantoniou
- Greece Sofoklis Schortsanitis
- Greece Lazaros Papadopoulos
- Greece Christos Tapoutos
- Greece Michalis Lountzis
- Greece Dimitris Moraitis
- Greece Kostas Papadakis
- Greece Charis Markopoulos
- Greece Dimitris Agravanis
- Greece Lefteris Bochoridis
- China Chen Jianghua
- Australia Andrew Ogilvy
- New Zealand Tai Webster
Awards
MVP Award
Burkhard Wildermuth Prize
The Burkhard Wildermuth Prize, or Burkhard Wildermuth Award, was first awarded in 2006, and is given to the player in each tournament that is deemed to be the "Most Talented Player". The award is named after Dr. Burkhard Wildermuth, the long-time co-organizer of the Albert Schweitzer Tournament.
| Year | Most Talented Player |
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| France Alexis Ajinça | |
| Turkey Enes Kanter | |
| Croatia Dario Šarić | |
| Turkey Cedi Osman | |
| Chile Nicolás Aguirre | |
| China Zhu Rongzhen | |
| Israel Tomer Levinson | |
| China Boyuan Zhang |
All-Tournament Team
See also
References
- ↑ "AST-basketball.de It all started in December 1958". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ↑ "Albert Schweitzer Turnier 2020 fällt aus – AST 2020 is canceled « Deutscher Basketball Bund". Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ↑ FICYMIs Feb 11: Albert Schweitzer 2022 cancelled, Spain, France up in new FIBA youth rankings, youth European draw Feb 15.
- ↑ Nächstes Albert Schweitzer Turnier im Jahr 2024 (in German).
- ↑ AST-basketball.de Turnierergebnisse (in German).
- ↑ "Schoenen-dunk.de Australien triumphiert verdient " (in Deutsch). Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ↑ Nikola Radicevic wird MVP des AST 2012 – Radicevic honoured as MVP. (in German).[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "US-Boy Ethan Happ ist AST-MVP 2014! " (in Deutsch). Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ↑ "AST 2016: Deutschland erstmals Turniersieger!". basketball-bund.de. German Basketball Federation. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ↑ "AST 2018: Deutschland verteidigt den Titel!". basketball-bund.de. German Basketball Federation. 7 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ↑ Albert Schweitzer Turnier 2020 fällt aus – AST 2020 is canceled.
- ↑ FICYMIs Feb 11: Albert Schweitzer 2022 cancelled, Spain, France up in new FIBA youth rankings, youth European draw Feb 15.
- ↑ "AST-basketball.de Magic Johnson was a part of AST in 1975". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ↑ 2000 Albert Schweitzer Tournament.
- ↑ HARIS MARKOPOULOS From Matt Blair for HH:
- ↑ Μισάν Νικαγκμπάτσε, ο Άιβερσον του Ολυμπιακού! (in Greek).
- ↑ "Kostja Mushidi ist MVP des AST 2016". basketball-bund.de (in Deutsch). German Basketball Federation. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ↑ "AST 2018: Jonas Mattisseck ist MVP". basketball-bund.de (in Deutsch). German Basketball Federation. 7 April 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ↑ AST 2024: Rocco Zikarsky ist MVP All Tournament Team | Final Placement (in German)
External links
- Official Website (in German and English)
- Official Archive Website (in German)
- Albert Schweitzer Tournament History (in English)
- Albert Schweitzer Tournament Stars (in English)
- Albert Schweitzer Tournament Results 1958–2008 (in German)
- Albert Schweitzer Tournament Results 2010 (in German and English)
- Albert Schweitzer Tournament Results 2012[permanent dead link] (in German)
- Albert Schweitzer Tournament Results 2014 Archived 11 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- Albert Schweitzer Tournament Schedule 2016 (in English)
- Albert Schweitzer Tournament Results 2018 (in English)
- Albert Schweitzer Tournament
- 1958 establishments in West Germany
- Basketball competitions in Europe between national teams
- International youth basketball competitions hosted by Germany
- Recurring sporting events established in 1958
- Sports competitions in Mannheim
- Under-18 basketball competitions between national teams
- Under-19 basketball competitions between national teams