2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B

The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the second edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of European Under-20 basketball. The city of Lisbon, in Portugal, hosted the tournament. Georgia won their first title.

2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B

2nd Division B Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	July 14–23
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Georgia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Mlađan (32.3)
Top rebounds	Samardžiski (14.4)
Top assists	Pires (6.1)
PPG (Team)	Georgia (87.8)
RPG (Team)	Sweden (38.4)
APG (Team)	Portugal (16.4)
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Georgia and Macedonia were promoted to Division A.

Teams

•  Austria
•  Belgium
•  Czech Republic
•  Finland
•  Georgia
•  Great Britain
•  Iceland
•  Ireland
•  Macedonia
•  Netherlands
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Slovakia
•  Sweden
•   Switzerland
•  Ukraine

Squads

Main article: 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B 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
Poland	3	3	0	243	220	6
Belgium	3	2	1	222	171	5
Ireland	3	1	2	185	206	4
Great Britain	3	0	3	178	231	3

14 July 2006
Belgium		79–90		Poland	Lisbon
Ireland		71–70		Great Britain	Lisbon
15 July 2006
Great Britain		39–86		Belgium	Lisbon
Poland		79–72		Ireland	Lisbon
16 July 2006
Ireland		42–57		Belgium	Lisbon
Poland		74–69		Great Britain	Lisbon

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Finland	3	3	0	272	217	6
Georgia	3	2	1	276	231	5
Netherlands	3	1	2	238	249	4
Iceland	3	0	3	199	288	3

14 July 2006
Iceland		58–99		Netherlands	Lisbon
Finland		87–81		Georgia	Lisbon
15 July 2006
Georgia		89–80		Iceland	Lisbon
Netherlands		75–85		Finland	Lisbon
16 July 2006
Georgia		106–64		Netherlands	Lisbon
Iceland		61–100		Finland	Lisbon

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Czech Republic	3	2	1	235	219	5
Macedonia	3	2	1	264	246	5
Slovakia	3	1	2	211	222	4
Switzerland	3	1	2	224	247	4

14 July 2006
Switzerland		85–99		Macedonia	Lisbon
Slovakia		68–69		Czech Republic	Lisbon
15 July 2006
Czech Republic		74–77		Switzerland	Lisbon
Macedonia		91–69		Slovakia	Lisbon
16 July 2006
Switzerland		62–74		Slovakia	Lisbon
Czech Republic		92–74		Macedonia	Lisbon

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Austria	3	2	1	226	216	5
Ukraine	3	2	1	220	201	5
Sweden	3	1	2	212	222	4
Portugal	3	1	2	199	219	4

14 July 2006
Sweden		72–86		Ukraine	Lisbon
Portugal		81–80		Austria	Lisbon
15 July 2006
Austria		77–68		Sweden	Lisbon
Ukraine		67–60		Portugal	Lisbon
16 July 2006
Ukraine		67–69		Austria	Lisbon
Portugal		58–72		Sweden	Lisbon

Quarter-final round

The eight top 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
Poland	3	2	1	221	215	5
Georgia	3	2	1	256	244	5
Ukraine	3	1	2	193	190	4
Czech Republic	3	1	2	203	224	4

18 July 2006
Georgia		98–88		Czech Republic	Lisbon
Poland		67–65		Ukraine	Lisbon
19 July 2006
Czech Republic		77–69		Poland	Lisbon
Ukraine		71–85		Georgia	Lisbon
20 July 2006
Poland		85–73		Georgia	Lisbon
Czech Republic		38–57		Ukraine	Lisbon

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Finland	3	3	0	251	185	6
Macedonia	3	2	1	241	226	5
Austria	3	1	2	212	230	4
Belgium	3	0	3	176	239	3

18 July 2006
Finland		77–68		Macedonia	Lisbon
Belgium		49–73		Austria	Lisbon
19 July 2006
Macedonia		87–72		Belgium	Lisbon
Austria		62–95		Finland	Lisbon
20 July 2006
Belgium		55–79		Finland	Lisbon
Macedonia		86–77		Austria	Lisbon

Classification round

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

	Team advanced to 9th–12th playoffs
	Team competed in 13th–16th playoffs

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	248	203	6
Iceland	3	2	1	231	243	5
Ireland	3	1	2	239	258	4
Slovakia	3	0	3	210	224	3

18 July 2006
Iceland		71–68		Slovakia	Lisbon
Ireland		71–88		Portugal	Lisbon
19 July 2006
Slovakia		71–79		Ireland	Lisbon
Portugal		86–61		Iceland	Lisbon
20 July 2006
Ireland		89–99		Iceland	Lisbon
Slovakia		71–74		Portugal	Lisbon

Group H

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	256	203	6
Sweden	3	2	1	258	214	5
Switzerland	3	1	2	217	239	4
Great Britain	3	0	3	200	275	3

18 July 2006
Netherlands		80–69		Switzerland	Lisbon
Great Britain		52–113		Sweden	Lisbon
19 July 2006
Switzerland		79–76		Great Britain	Lisbon
Sweden		62–93		Netherlands	Lisbon
20 July 2006
Great Britain		72–83		Netherlands	Lisbon
Switzerland		69–83		Sweden	Lisbon

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

	Playoffs				Thirteenth place
	July 22, Lisbon
	Ireland	68
					July 23, Lisbon
	Great Britain	87
					Great Britain	70
	July 22, Lisbon
					Slovakia	83
	Slovakia	94
	Switzerland	83
					Fifteenth place
					July 23, Lisbon
					Ireland	62
					Switzerland	72

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	July 22, Lisbon
	Sweden	69
					July 23, Lisbon
	Portugal	84
					Portugal	66
	July 22, Lisbon
					Netherlands	79
	Netherlands	98
	Iceland	87
					Eleventh place
					July 23, Lisbon
					Sweden	101
					Iceland	65

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	July 22, Lisbon
	Ukraine	55
					July 23, Lisbon
	Belgium	65
					Belgium	66
	July 22, Lisbon
					Czech Republic	80
	Czech Republic	95
	Austria	77
					Seventh place
					July 23, Lisbon
					Ukraine	73
					Austria	68

Championship

	Playoffs				Final
	July 22, Lisbon
	Poland	72
					July 23, Lisbon
	Macedonia	77
					Macedonia	88
	July 22, Lisbon
					Georgia	96
	Georgia	74
	Finland	63
					Third place
					July 23, Lisbon
					Poland	75
					Finland	91

2006 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship Division B
Georgia First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Georgia
	Macedonia
	Finland
4th	Poland
5th	Czech Republic
6th	Belgium
7th	Ukraine
8th	Austria
9th	Netherlands
10th	Portugal
11th	Sweden
12th	Iceland
13th	Slovakia
14th	Great Britain
15th	Switzerland
16th	Ireland

Stats leaders

Points Rank Name Points Games PPG 1. Dušan Mlađan 258 8 32.3 2. Viktor Sanikidze 194 8 24.3 2. Aaron Westbrooks 186 8 23.3 4. Jóhann Olafsson 174 8 21.8 5. Predrag Samardžiski 163 8 20.4

Rebounds Rank Name Points Games RPG 1. Predrag Samardžiski 115 8 14.4 2. Viktor Sanikidze 87 8 10.9 3. Westher Molteni 75 8 9.4 4. Pavel Ermolinskij 72 8 9.0 5. Pawel Leonczyk 68 8 8.5

Assists Rank Name Points Games RPG 1. Antonio Pires 49 8 6.1 2. Giorgi Gamqrelidze 48 8 6.0 3. Rudy Mbemba 41 7 5.9 4. Aleksandar Kostoski 32 8 4.0 5. Roman Marko 31 8 3.9

References

• FIBA Europe Archive