2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

2005 EuroBasket Under-20
	8th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Russia
Dates	July 8-17
Teams	16 (from 48 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Russia (1st title)
MVP	Nikita Kurbanov
Tournament leaders
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The 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the eighth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Chekhov, in Russia, hosted the tournament. Russia won their first title.

Ukraine and the Czech Republic were relegated to Division B.

Format change

For the first time, the format of the competition was changed. Four more teams entered the competition, and another round was played. The two last teams were relegated to Division B.

Teams

Squads

Preliminary round

The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.

	Team advanced to Quarter-Final round
	Team competed in Classification round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	3	3	0	239	176	6
Latvia	3	2	1	218	202	5
Ukraine	3	1	2	203	223	4
Germany	3	0	3	190	249	3


8 July 2005
Germany	60–89	Greece	Chekhov
Ukraine	72–73	Latvia	Chekhov
9 July 2005
Greece	87–60	Ukraine	Chekhov
Latvia	89–67	Germany	Chekhov
10 July 2005
Germany	63–71	Ukraine	Chekhov
Latvia	56–63	Greece	Chekhov

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	303	183	6
Italy	3	2	1	214	214	5
Belarus	3	1	2	174	209	4
Czech Republic	3	0	3	161	246	3


8 July 2005
Belarus	72–52	Czech Republic	Chekhov
Italy	77–109	Lithuania	Chekhov
9 July 2005
Belarus	49–93	Lithuania	Chekhov
Czech Republic	52–73	Italy	Chekhov
10 July 2005
Czech Republic	57–101	Lithuania	Chekhov
Italy	64–53	Belarus	Chekhov

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	303	183	5
France	3	2	1	214	214	5
Croatia	3	1	2	174	209	4
Slovenia	3	1	2	161	246	4


8 July 2005
France	66–57	Slovenia	Chekhov
Croatia	68–83	Russia	Chekhov
9 July 2005
Slovenia	62–81	Croatia	Chekhov
Russia	76–60	France	Chekhov
10 July 2005
France	76–57	Croatia	Chekhov
Russia	64–65	Slovenia	Chekhov

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Serbia and Montenegro	3	3	0	226	180	6
Israel	3	2	1	199	198	5
Spain	3	1	2	216	204	4
Turkey	3	0	3	170	229	3


8 July 2005
Serbia and Montenegro	80–73	Spain	Chekhov
Israel	73–65	Turkey	Chekhov
9 July 2005
Israel	71–65	Spain	Chekhov
Serbia and Montenegro	78–52	Turkey	Chekhov
10 July 2005
Israel	55–68	Serbia and Montenegro	Chekhov
Spain	78–53	Turkey	Chekhov

Quarter-Final round

The eight teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each.

	Team advanced to Semifinals
	Team competed in 5th-8th playoffs

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	233	185	6
Israel	3	1	2	183	201	4
Greece	3	1	2	180	202	4
Italy	3	1	2	207	215	4


12 July 2005
Greece	51–60	Israel	Chekhov
Italy	72–76	Russia	Chekhov
13 July 2005
Israel	60–64	Italy	Chekhov
Russia	71–50	Greece	Chekhov
14 July 2005
Greece	79–71	Italy	Chekhov
Russia	86–63	Israel	Chekhov

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Lithuania	3	2	1	228	204	5
Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	1	207	187	5
France	3	1	2	188	213	4
Latvia	3	1	2	184	203	4


12 July 2005
Latvia	53–73	Serbia and Montenegro	Chekhov
Lithuania	87–65	France	Chekhov
13 July 2005
France	56–54	Latvia	Chekhov
Serbia and Montenegro	62–67	Lithuania	Chekhov
14 July 2005
Latvia	77–74	Lithuania	Chekhov
France	67–72	Serbia and Montenegro	Chekhov

Classification round

The eight teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each.

	Team competed to 9th-12th playoffs
	Team competed in 13th-16th playoffs

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	244	187	6
Turkey	3	2	1	211	206	5
Ukraine	3	1	2	199	229	4
Czech Republic	3	0	3	192	224	3


12 July 2005
Ukraine	59–68	Turkey	Chekhov
Czech Republic	56–72	Croatia	Chekhov
13 July 2005
Croatia	90–61	Ukraine	Chekhov
Turkey	73–65	Czech Republic	Chekhov
14 July 2005
Ukraine	79–71	Czech Republic	Chekhov
Croatia	82–70	Turkey	Chekhov

Group H

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	227	163	6
Slovenia	3	2	1	205	185	5
Belarus	3	1	2	186	220	4
Germany	3	0	3	173	223	3


12 July 2005
Germany	52–73	Spain	Chekhov
Belarus	56–74	Slovenia	Chekhov
13 July 2005
Slovenia	76–61	Germany	Chekhov
Spain	86–56	Belarus	Chekhov
14 July 2005
Germany	60–74	Belarus	Chekhov
Slovenia	55–68	Spain	Chekhov

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

Playoffs			Thirteenth place

July 16, Chekhov
Ukraine	65
Germany	81

			July 17, Chekhov
			Germany	59
			Belarus	54


			Fifteenth place
July 16, Chekhov		July 17, Chekhov
Belarus	76	Ukraine	76
Czech Republic	59		Czech Republic	50

Ukraine and the Czech Republic were relegated to Division B.

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs			Ninth place

July 16, Chekhov
Croatia	87
Slovenia	95

			July 17, Chekhov
			Slovenia	69
			Spain	80


			Eleventh place
July 16, Chekhov		July 17, Chekhov
Spain	77	Croatia	83
Turkey	61		Turkey	65

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs			Fifth place

July 16, Chekhov
Latvia	69
Greece	84

			July 17, Chekhov
			Greece	78
			France	77


			Seventh place
July 16, Chekhov		July 17, Chekhov
France	93	Latvia	85
Italy	57		Italy	69

Championship

Semifinals			Final

July 16, Chekhov
Serbia and Montenegro	56
Russia	64

			July 17, Chekhov
			Russia	61
			Lithuania	53


			Third place
July 16, Chekhov		July 17, Chekhov
Lithuania	67	Serbia and Montenegro	63
Israel	66		Israel	45

2005 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Russia First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Lithuania
	Serbia and Montenegro
4th	Israel
5th	Greece
6th	France
7th	Latvia
8th	Italy
9th	Spain
10th	Slovenia
11th	Croatia
12th	Turkey
13th	Germany
14th	Belarus
15th	Ukraine
16th	Czech Republic

Stats Leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Damir Markota	146	8	18.3
2.	Lior Eliyahu	144	8	18.0
2.	Renaldas Seibutis	139	8	17.4
4.	Marc Gasol	134	8	16.8
5.	Marco Belinelli	133	8	16.6

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Points	Games	RPG
1.	Damir Markota	86	8	10.8
2.	Kaspars Bērziņš	71	7	10.1
3.	Oleksiy Pecherov	66	7	9.4
4.	Marc Gasol	74	8	9.3
5.	Nikola Peković	73	8	9.1

Assists

Rank	Name	Points	Games	RPG
1.	Jure Močnik	40	8	5.0
2.	Sergio Rodríguez	33	8	4.1
3.	Barış Ermiş	26	7	3.7
4.	Dzmitry Akulich	29	8	3.6
5.	Yannick Bokolo	26	5	3.3

All-Tournament Team

References