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Albert Schweitzer Tournament (AST)
	Albert Schweitzer Tournament Mannheim
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1958
No. of teams	12
Country	Germany
Continent	Europe
Most recent; champion(s)	Germany; (2nd title)
Most titles	United States; (10 titles)
Official website	basketball-bund.de/albert-schweitzer-turnier

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The Albert Schweitzer Tournament (AST), or "AST Under-18 Basketball World Cup", is an international basketball competition that is played between junior youth national basketball teams of the Under-18 age category. It takes place every 2 years in Mannheim, Germany, and is contested between teams from 16 different countries.

Since FIBA World does not organize an Under-18 age world championship, this tournament is internationally recognized and considered as an official youth world championship for the Under-18 age group. Originally, the tournament was an Under-19 age category tournament. The organizers of the tournament are the German Basketball Federation and the city of Mannheim. The tournament is named after Albert Schweitzer.

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, the USA used players that were the dependents of the USA's military forces. Starting with the 1973 tournament, the USA began to use players that were selected from throughout the entire USA school system.

The 1991 tournament was canceled, due to the Gulf War. Since 1994, the tournament has 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 record attendance was 28,763 spectators.

Results

Summaries^[2]
Year	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	4th Place
1958	Belgium	Austria	Germany	United States
1960	Belgium	Austria	United States	Netherlands
1966	Italy	Turkey	Austria	United States
1967	Poland	Austria	France	Belgium
1969	Italy	Czechoslovakia	Poland	Turkey
1971	Yugoslavia	Italy	Poland	Spain
1973	United States	Poland	Yugoslavia	Italy
1975	United States	Turkey	Spain	Poland
1977	United States	Spain	Turkey	Germany
1979	Yugoslavia	Spain	United States	Soviet Union
1981	United States	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Germany
1983	Italy	United States	Germany	Finland
1985	United States	Yugoslavia	Turkey	Sweden
1987	United States	Spain	Turkey	Germany
1989	United States	Greece	France	Czechoslovakia
1993	United States	Lithuania	Italy	Greece
1994	United States	Spain	Australia	Lithuania
1996	United States	France	Greece	Turkey
1998	Spain	Australia	United States	Turkey
2000	FR Yugoslavia	Greece	United States	Australia
2002	Greece	Spain	FR Yugoslavia	United States
2004	Turkey	Argentina	Spain	Serbia and Montenegro
2006	France	Turkey	Serbia	Croatia
2008	Greece	Turkey	Australia	United States
2010	Australia^[3]	Germany	Germany	United States
2012	Spain^[4]	Serbia	Turkey	Germany
2014	Italy^[5]	United States	Serbia	Turkey
2016	Germany^[6]	Serbia	Italy	France
2018	Germany^[7]	Australia	Italy	Russia

By nation

Country	Championships
United States	10
Italy	4
Belgium	2
Yugoslavia	2
Spain	2
Greece	2
Germany	2
Poland	1
Serbia and Montenegro	1
Turkey	1
France	1
Australia	1

Future stars

The tournament is an important event for professional basketball scouts from around the world. Over the years, many players that have played at the tournament, have gone on to become well-known pro players, both in the NBA, and the EuroLeague.^[8]^[9]

Some of the NBA players that have played at the AST, include:

In addition to that, some of the players that have played in various international senior men's professional top-tier national domestic leagues, and that have also played at the AST, include:

Awards

MVP Award

Year	MVP
1996	Kevin Freeman
1998	David Andersen
2000	Charis Markopoulos^[10]
2002	Sofoklis Schortsanitis
2004	Ersan İlyasova
2006	Nicolas Batum
2008	Nikos Pappas
2010	Mitch Creek
2012	Nikola Radičević
2014	Ethan Happ
2016	Kostja Mushidi
2018	Jonas Mattisseck

Burkhard Wildermuth Prize (Most Talented Player) 2006–present

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
2006	Alexis Ajinça
2008	Enes Kanter
2010	Dario Šarić
2012	Cedi Osman
2014	Nicolás Aguirre
2016	Zhu Rongzhen
2018	Tomer Levinson

All-Tournament Team

References

^ AST-basketball.de It all started in December 1958.
^ AST-basketball.de Turnierergebnisse Template:De icon.
^ Schoenen-dunk.de Australien triumphiert verdient Template:De icon.
^ Nikola Radicevic wird MVP des AST 2012 – Radicevic honoured as MVP. Template:De icon.
^ US-Boy Ethan Happ ist AST-MVP 2014! Template:De icon.
^ "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. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
^ AST-basketball.de Magic Johnson was a part of AST in 1975.
^ 2000 Albert Schweitzer Tournament.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ HARIS MARKOPOULOS From Matt Blair for HH:
^ Μισάν Νικαγκμπάτσε, ο Άιβερσον του Ολυμπιακού! Template:El icon.
^ "Kostja Mushidi ist MVP des AST 2016". basketball-bund.de (in German). German Basketball Federation. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
^ "AST 2018: Jonas Mattisseck ist MVP". basketball-bund.de (in German). German Basketball Federation. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

External links

[1] AST-basketball.de It all started in December 1958.

[2] AST-basketball.de Turnierergebnisse Template:De icon.

[3] Schoenen-dunk.de Australien triumphiert verdient Template:De icon.

[4] Nikola Radicevic wird MVP des AST 2012 – Radicevic honoured as MVP. Template:De icon.

[5] US-Boy Ethan Happ ist AST-MVP 2014! Template:De icon.

[6] "AST 2016: Deutschland erstmals Turniersieger!". basketball-bund.de. German Basketball Federation. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

[7] "AST 2018: Deutschland verteidigt den Titel!". basketball-bund.de. German Basketball Federation. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

[8] AST-basketball.de Magic Johnson was a part of AST in 1975.

[9] 2000 Albert Schweitzer Tournament.^{[permanent dead link]}

[10] HARIS MARKOPOULOS From Matt Blair for HH:

[11] Μισάν Νικαγκμπάτσε, ο Άιβερσον του Ολυμπιακού! Template:El icon.

[12] "Kostja Mushidi ist MVP des AST 2016". basketball-bund.de (in German). German Basketball Federation. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

[13] "AST 2018: Jonas Mattisseck ist MVP". basketball-bund.de (in German). German Basketball Federation. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

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