2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

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.

2005 EuroBasket Under-20

8th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	July 8–17
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Nikita Kurbanov
Top scorer	Markota (18.3)
Top rebounds	Markota (10.8)
Top assists	Močnik (5.0)
PPG (Team)	Lithuania (81.4)
RPG (Team)	Latvia/ Ukraine (41.1)
APG (Team)	Spain (14.0)
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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

•  Belarus
•  Croatia
•  Czech Republic
•  France
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Russia
•  Serbia and Montenegro
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Ukraine

Squads

Main article: 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship 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
					July 17, Chekhov
	Germany	81
					Germany	59
	July 16, Chekhov
					Belarus	54
	Belarus	76
	Czech Republic	59
					Fifteenth place
					July 17, Chekhov
					Ukraine	76
					Czech Republic	50

Ukraine and the Czech Republic were relegated to Division B.

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	July 16, Chekhov
	Croatia	87
					July 17, Chekhov
	Slovenia	95
					Slovenia	69
	July 16, Chekhov
					Spain	80
	Spain	77
	Turkey	61
					Eleventh place
					July 17, Chekhov
					Croatia	83
					Turkey	65

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	July 16, Chekhov
	Latvia	69
					July 17, Chekhov
	Greece	84
					Greece	78
	July 16, Chekhov
					France	77
	France	93
	Italy	57
					Seventh place
					July 17, Chekhov
					Latvia	85
					Italy	69

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	July 16, Chekhov
	Serbia and Montenegro	56
					July 17, Chekhov
	Russia	64
					Russia	61
	July 16, Chekhov
					Lithuania	53
	Lithuania	67
	Israel	66
					Third place
					July 17, Chekhov
					Serbia and Montenegro	63
					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

• Nikita Kurbanov
• Renaldas Seibutis
• Artūras Jomantas
• Luka Bogdanović
• Lior Eliyahu

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive