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The Albert Schweitzer Tournament (AST) is an international
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competition that is played between national basketball teams of the Under-18 men age category. It takes place every two years in
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, Germany, and is contested between teams from 12 countries. Since
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does not organize an Under-18 world championship, the Albert Schweitzer Tournament is internationally recognized and considered a non-FIBA organized world championship for the Under-18 age group. Originally, the tournament was an Under-19 age event. The organizers of the tournament are the
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and the city of Mannheim. The tournament is named after
Albert Schweitzer Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was an Alsatian-German/French polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. A Lutheran minister, Schweit ...
.


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 Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was an Alsatian-German/French polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. A Lutheran minister, Schweit ...
, 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
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. Since 1994, the tournament has been held during even-numbered years. 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. Due to the spread of
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, the 2020 tournament was cancelled.


Results


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. Some of the NBA players who have played at the AST are: * Magic Johnson * Eddie A. Johnson *
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Georgios Bogris Georgios Bogris (alternate spelling: Giorgos , Greek: Γιώργος Μπόγρης; born 19 February 1989) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Apollon Patras of the Greek Basket League. He is 2.10 m (6 ft 10 ...
* Vangelis Mantzaris *
Leonidas Kaselakis Leonidas Kaselakis (Greek: Λεωνίδας Κασελάκης; born June 1, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Peristeri of the Greek Basket League. He is a 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in) tall, 109 kg (240&nb ...
* Nikos Pappas *
Kostas Sloukas Konstantinos "Kostas" Sloukas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Σλούκας; born January 15, 1990) is a Greek professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League and the Euroleague. He is also a regular memb ...
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Vlado Janković Vladimir "Vlado" Janković ( gr, Βλαδίμηρος "Βλάντο" Γιάνκοβιτς, Vladimiros "Vlando" Yankovits, sr, Владимир "Владо" Јанковић; born March 3, 1990) is a Greek-Serbian professional basketball player fo ...
* Linos Chrysikopoulos *
Dimitrios Katsivelis Dimitrios Katsivelis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (Greek: Δημήτρης Κατσίβελης; born October 1, 1991) is a Greek professional basketball player for Kolossos Rodou of the Greek Basket League. He is a 1.98 m (6 ft 6") tall, ...
* Nondas Papantoniou *
Sofoklis Schortsanitis Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Greek: Σοφοκλής Σχορτσανίτης; born 22 June 1985) is a Greek former professional basketball player and Olympian. An All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2011, Schortsanitis won the EuroLeague title ...
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Lazaros Papadopoulos Lazaros Papadopoulos (Greek: Λάζαρος Παπαδόπουλος; born 3 June 1980) is a Greek former professional basketball player. He was listed at 7 ft (2.13 m) 265 lbs (120 kg), and he played the center position. During hi ...
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Christos Tapoutos Christos Tapoutos ( el, Χρήστος Ταπούτος; born September 21, 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.06 m (6'9") tall, he played at both the small forward and power forward positions, with power forw ...
* Michalis Lountzis *
Dimitrios Moraitis Dimitrios Rafail Moraitis (alternate spelling: Dimitris Rafail Moraitis) ( el, Δημήτρης Ραφαήλ Μωραΐτης; born February 3, 1999) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the ...
* Kostas Papadakis * Charis Markopoulos *
Dimitrios Agravanis Dimitrios Agravanis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) ( el, Δημήτρης Αγραβάνης; born December 20, 1994) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He is a tall power ...
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Lefteris Bochoridis Eleftherios "Lefteris" Bochoridis (Greek: Ελευθέριος "Λευτέρης" Μποχωρίδης; born April 18, 1994) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. Born in Thess ...
* Chen Jianghua *
Andrew Ogilvy Andrew James Ogilvy (born 17 June 1988) is an Australian-Irish former professional basketball player. He played three seasons of college basketball for Vanderbilt before playing in Europe for the first three years of his professional career. Aft ...
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Tai Webster Tai Jack Webster (born 29 May 1995) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). Prior to playing college basketball in the United States, Webster won a New Zealand NBL champio ...
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Facundo Campazzo Facundo "Facu" Campazzo Avedano (born 23 March 1991) is an Argentine professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. At a height of tall, he plays at the point guard position. He is also a member of ...


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.


All-Tournament Team

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: ** Charis Markopoulos ** Misan Haldin **
Christos Tapoutos Christos Tapoutos ( el, Χρήστος Ταπούτος; born September 21, 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.06 m (6'9") tall, he played at both the small forward and power forward positions, with power forw ...
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Victor Khryapa Victor Vladimirovich Khryapa (also trans. Viktor; russian: Виктор Владимирович Хряпа; born August 3, 1982) is a Russian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career playing for CSKA Moscow of t ...
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Jacob Holmes Jacob Holmes (born 14 August 1983) is an Australian former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL). Professional career Holmes attended the Australian Institute of Sport from 2000 to 2001. ...
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Doğuş Balbay Doğuş Balbay (; born 21 January 1989) is a Turkish professional basketball player and the team captain for Anadolu Efes Istanbul of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He is 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall and he plays at ...
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Nicolas Batum Nicolas Batum (; born December 14, 1988)
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Omri Casspi Omri Moshe Casspi ( he, עומרי משה כספי, born June 22, 1988) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He mainly played at the small forward position, but could play also at the power forward position. Casspi was drafted 23 ...
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Miroslav Raduljica Miroslav Raduljica ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Радуљица, born January 5, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Crvena zvezda, Crvena zvezda of the ABA League, Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Ser ...
** Alexis Ajinça *
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Erving Walker Erving Walker (born January 17, 1990) is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Zamalek (basketball), Zamalek. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. High school career During his sophomore season in Chr ...
** Nikos Pappas **
Tomislav Zubčić Tomislav Zubčić (born January 17, 1990) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL). Standing at 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in), he plays both the power forward and center positions. Profe ...
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Deniz Kılıçlı Mükremin Deniz Kılıçlı (born October 23, 1990) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Pınar Karşıyaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Collegiate career Freshman season After missing the first 20 games of the season because o ...
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Enes Kanter Enes Kanter Freedom (; born Enes Kanter; May 20, 1992) is a professional basketball player who last played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in Switzerland to Turkish parents, he was raised in Turkey and m ...
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Jackson Aldridge Jackson may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, Qu ...
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Evan Fournier Evan Mehdi Fournier (; born 29 October 1992) is a French professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played junior basketball at the French INSEP academy from 2007 to 2009. Early life F ...
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Hugh Greenwood Hugh Greenwood (born 6 March 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and a former basketball player with the University of New Mexico. Greenwood ...
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Mitch Creek Mitchell Creek (born 27 April 1992) is an Australian professional basketball player for the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the National Basketball League (NBL). He began his NBL career with the Adelaide 36ers in 2010 and spent eight seasons w ...
** Philipp Neumann *
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Nikola Radičević Nikola Radičević ( sr, Никола Радичевић, born 25 April 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Bilbao Basket, Bilbao of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. Early career Born in ...
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Josep Pérez Josep is a Catalan masculine given name equivalent to Joseph (Spanish ''José''). People named Josep include: * Josep Bargalló (born 1958), Catalan philologist and former politician * Josep Bartolí (1910-1995), Catalan painter, cartoonist an ...
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Paul Zipser Paul Victor Louis Zipser (born 18 February 1994) is a German professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in), he plays at the small forward position. He ...
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Mihajlo Andrić Mihajlo Andrić ( sr-cyr, Михајло Андрић; born January 4, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for MoraBanc Andorra of the LEB Oro. Professional career On 15 November 2013, Andrić played his first match in Euroleague ...
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Willy Hernangómez Guillermo Gustavo "Willy" Hernangómez Geuer (born 27 May 1994) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at , he plays at the center position. Professional c ...
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Federico Mussini Federico Mussini (born March 12, 1996) is an Italian basketball player for Pallalcesto Amatori Udine of the Italian Serie A2 Basket, second tier national championship. Career Federico Mussini made his debut for Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia in Ma ...
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Ludde Hakanson Ludvig "Ludde" Strigeus (born January 1981) is a Swedish programmer, best known for developing software such as the BitTorrent client μTorrent, ''OpenTTD'', and Spotify. Early life and education Strigeus was born in January 1981, and he gradua ...
** Stefan Lazarević **
Ethan Happ Ethan Happ (born May 7, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Rio Breogán of the Spanish Liga ACB. He is the all-time leading rebounder for the Wisconsin Badgers, where he started all 139 games of his college career and is the ...
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Egemen Güven Akif Egemen Güven (born 25 September 1996) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the BSL. Turkish national team He is a regular Turkish youth national team player. Güven won three straight championships durin ...
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Davide Moretti Davide Moretti (born March 25, 1998) is an Italian professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Varese of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Early life and career In addition to basket ...
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Aleksa Radanov Aleksa Radanov ( sr-cyr, Алекса Раданов; born February 1, 1998) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Runa Basket of the VTB United League. Early career Radanov grew up with Crvena zvezda youth teams. He won the 2014 Eur ...
** Richard Freudenberg ** Boriša Simanić ** Zhu Rongzhen *
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Jonas Mattisseck Jonas may refer to: Geography * Jonas, Netherlands, Netherlands * Jonas, Pennsylvania, United States * Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, United States People with the name * Jonas (name), people with the given name or surname Jonas * Jonas, one of ...
** Federico Miaschi ** Nikita Mikhaylovsky ** Callum Dalton **
Hendrik Drescher Hendrik may refer to: * Hendrik (given name) * Hans Hendrik, Greenlandic Arctic traveller and interpreter * Hendrik Island, an island in Greenland * Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, a municipality in the Netherlands * A character from '' Dragon Quest XI'' ...


See also

* TBF Under-16 World Cup *
FIBA Under-17 World Cup The FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (formerly FIBA Under-17 World Championship) is the under-17 men's world basketball championship organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). The event was held for the first time in July 201 ...
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FIBA Under-19 World Cup The FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup (formerly FIBA Under-19 World Championship) is the under-19 men's world basketball championship organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). From its inauguration in 1979, until 2007, it was ...


References


External links


Official Website

Official Archive Website

Albert Schweitzer Tournament History

Albert Schweitzer Tournament Stars

Albert Schweitzer Tournament Results 1958–2008

Albert Schweitzer Tournament Results 2010

Albert Schweitzer Tournament Results 2012

2012 Tournament schedule and results



Detailed statisticsAlbert Schweitzer Tournament Results 2014

2014 Tournament schedule







Media/Scouts informationAlbert Schweitzer Tournament Schedule 2016

Results and standings

Rosters

Detailed statistics

Tournament leaders

Venue/Direction

Media informationAlbert Schweitzer Tournament Results 2018

2018 Tournament Schedule

Detailed statistics

Venue/Directions

Media/Scouts information
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