Mayer Set to Play in European U20 Championships

HERAKLION, Greece – Following a successful trip to Switzerland for the FIBA U19 World Cup, incoming freshman Omer Mayer will play in another high-level international competition before arriving in West Lafayette, starting play Saturday in the FIBA U20 EuroBasket Championship in Greece.

A total of 16 teams will compete for the European title during the nine-day competition that runs from July 12 to 20. Mayer and his Israeli teammates will open play Saturday, July 12, against Spain at 8:30 a.m. ET. The next day, Israel will face Finland at 6 a.m. ET, followed by a contest against Poland on Monday at 8:30 a.m. ET.

The teams will then have an off day before starting tournament play on Wednesday in the round of 16. The quarterfinals will be played on Thursday, the semifinals on Saturday and the championship game on Sunday. All teams are guaranteed seven games playing out the positioning of all 16 placings.

Mayer, who is featured on the FIBA website as one of the players to watch, led Israel to a seventh-place finish last week at the U19 World Cup. Mayer finished the tournament playing in just four games, ranking second in the field in scoring (20.0 PPG), while averaging 5.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.0 steals per game, ranking ninth in steals. He shot 38.2 percent from 3-point range (13-of-34) in the four games.

Purdue commit Omer Mayer went off for Israel, 20.0 PPG, 4.3 APG, 3.2 3PTM. Of his 28 buckets, 18 were self-created pull-ups. Abrupt change of speed to create separation into his jumper from the midrange to the arc. pic.twitter.com/vAUZch5Mmg

— Jonathan Wasserman (@NBADraftWass) July 8, 2025

Mayer put on one of the best individual performances of the tournament, tallying 33 points with seven assists, five rebounds and four steals in a dramatic come-from-behind win over Cameroon in the round of 16. He was 12-of-26 from the field, 5-of-12 from 3-point range and 4-of-5 from the free throw line, while committing just one turnover in 38 minutes.

He scored 24 points with four rebounds and four assists in the opening win over Switzerland.

Unfortunately, Mayer suffered a minor finger injury in the loss to Slovenia in the quarterfinals and missed the final two games.

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