2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the ninth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of İzmir, in Turkey, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won their second title, the first one with that name (they won the 1998 Championship) as Yugoslavia.

2006 EuroBasket Under-20

9th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Dates	July 14–23
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia and Montenegro (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Ersan İlyasova
Top scorer	Kalve (20.5)
Top rebounds	Suárez (10.4)
Top assists	Jeromanovs (6.3)
PPG (Team)	Bulgaria (81.4)
RPG (Team)	Spain (41.6)
APG (Team)	Russia (15.8)
Official website
Official website (archive)

Germany and Belarus were relegated to Division B.

Teams

• Belarus
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Israel
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Russia
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Turkey

Squads

Main article: 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship squads

Preliminary round

The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. Note that while Serbia and Montenegro dissolved into Serbia and Montenegro in June 2006, they still competed as one team.

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Serbia and Montenegro	3	3	0	231	176	6
Croatia	3	2	1	231	215	5
Belarus	3	1	2	199	222	4
Latvia	3	0	3	217	251	3

14 July 2006
Serbia and Montenegro		72–61		Latvia	İzmir
Croatia		64–58		Belarus	İzmir
15 July 2006
Belarus		57–81		Serbia and Montenegro	İzmir
Latvia		79–95		Croatia	İzmir
16 July 2006
Latvia		77–84		Belarus	İzmir
Croatia		72–78		Serbia and Montenegro	İzmir

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	212	177	5 (1–1 +2)
Slovenia	3	2	1	235	202	5 (1–1 +1)
Israel	3	2	1	206	205	5 (1–1 –3)
Hungary	3	0	3	169	238	3

14 July 2006
Israel		66–64		Italy	İzmir
Slovenia		92–60		Hungary	İzmir
15 July 2006
Hungary		68–72		Israel	İzmir
Italy		74–70		Slovenia	İzmir
16 July 2006
Slovenia		73–68		Israel	İzmir
Italy		74–41		Hungary	İzmir

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
France	3	2	1	251	195	5 (1–1 +23)
Turkey	3	2	1	209	168	5 (1–1 +3)
Russia	3	2	1	207	203	5 (1–1 –26)
Germany	3	0	3	162	263	3

14 July 2006
Russia		63–92		France	İzmir
Turkey		83–45		Germany	İzmir
15 July 2006
Germany		51–81		Russia	İzmir
France		60–66		Turkey	İzmir
16 July 2006
France		99–66		Germany	İzmir
Turkey		60–63		Russia	İzmir

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	3	2	1	228	222	5
Lithuania	3	2	1	261	255	5
Bulgaria	3	1	2	238	249	4
Spain	3	1	2	235	236	4

14 July 2006
Spain		73–75		Bulgaria	İzmir
Lithuania		71–81		Greece	İzmir
15 July 2006
Bulgaria		86–98		Lithuania	İzmir
Greece		69–74		Spain	İzmir
16 July 2006
Greece		78–77		Bulgaria	İzmir
Spain		88–92		Lithuania	İzmir

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
Serbia and Montenegro	3	3	0	246	204	6
Slovenia	3	2	1	245	244	5
France	3	1	2	202	204	4
Lithuania	3	0	3	239	280	3

18 July 2006
Serbia and Montenegro		101–68		Lithuania	İzmir
Slovenia		67–65		France	İzmir
19 July 2006
Lithuania		94–100		Slovenia	İzmir
France		58–60		Serbia and Montenegro	İzmir
20 July 2006
France		79–77		Lithuania	İzmir
Serbia and Montenegro		85–78		Slovenia	İzmir

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	3	2	1	244	205	5
Italy	3	2	1	215	219	5
Croatia	3	1	2	233	249	4
Greece	3	1	2	222	241	4

18 July 2006
Croatia		87–72		Greece	İzmir
Italy		53–75		Turkey	İzmir
19 July 2006
Greece		70–76		Italy	İzmir
Turkey		91–72		Croatia	İzmir
20 July 2006
Croatia		74–86		Italy	İzmir
Turkey		78–80		Greece	İzmir

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
Russia	3	3	0	245	149	6
Spain	3	2	1	228	183	5
Belarus	3	1	2	173	219	4
Hungary	3	0	3	147	242	3

18 July 2006
Belarus		50–78		Spain	İzmir
Hungary		36–82		Russia	İzmir
19 July 2006
Russia		86–52		Belarus	İzmir
Spain		89–56		Hungary	İzmir
20 July 2006
Belarus		71–55		Hungary	İzmir
Russia		77–61		Spain	İzmir

Group H

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Bulgaria	3	2	1	245	220	5
Israel	3	2	1	226	214	5
Germany	3	1	2	216	222	4
Latvia	3	1	2	239	270	4

18 July 2006
Israel		67–64		Germany	İzmir
Latvia		90–89		Bulgaria	İzmir
19 July 2006
Germany		86–76		Latvia	İzmir
Bulgaria		77–64		Israel	İzmir
20 July 2006
Germany		66–79		Bulgaria	İzmir
Latvia		73–95		Israel	İzmir

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

	Playoffs				Thirteenth place
	July 22, İzmir
	Belarus	59
					July 23, İzmir
	Latvia	63
					Latvia	101
	July 22, İzmir
					Hungary	69
	Hungary	70
	Germany	63
					Fifteenth place
					July 23, İzmir
					Belarus	59
					Germany	81

Belarus and Germany were relegated to Division B.

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	July 22, İzmir
	Israel	61
					July 23, İzmir
	Russia	66
					Russia	84
	July 22, İzmir
					Bulgaria	88
	Bulgaria	80
	Spain	72
					Eleventh place
					July 23, İzmir
					Israel	74
					Spain	82

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	July 22, İzmir
	Greece	50
					July 23, İzmir
	France	76
					France	58
	July 22, İzmir
					Croatia	63
	Croatia	81
	Lithuania	62
					Seventh place
					July 23, İzmir
					Greece	78
					Lithuania	82

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	July 22, İzmir
	Italy	83
					July 23, İzmir
	Serbia and Montenegro	89
					Serbia and Montenegro	64
	July 22, İzmir
					Turkey	58
	Turkey	96
	Slovenia	62
					Third place
					July 23, İzmir
					Italy	75
					Slovenia	83

Final standings

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

2006 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Serbia and Montenegro Second title

Team Roster Tadija Dragićević, Milenko Tepić, Boris Bakić, Novica Veličković, Dragan Labović, Nenad Mijatović, Branko Jereminov, Miljan Rakić, Nikola Peković, Ivan Paunić, Nikola Dragović, and Ivan Maraš. Head coach: Miroslav Nikolić.

Stats leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Ernests Kalve	164	8	20.5
2.	Emir Preldžič	162	8	20.3
3.	Martynas Pocius	160	8	20.0
4.	Kaloyan Ivanov	153	8	19.1
5.	Souarata Cissé	147	8	18.4

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Points	Games	RPG
1.	Carlos Suárez	83	8	10.4
2.	Emir Preldžić	75	8	9.4
3.	Kaloyan Ivanov	72	8	9.0
4.	Dejan Ivanov	70	8	8.8
5.	Miklós Szabó	67	8	8.4

Assists

Rank	Name	Points	Games	RPG
1.	Edgars Jeromanovs	50	8	6.3
2.	Anton Ponkrashov	44	8	5.5
3.	Mantas Kalnietis	38	8	4.8
4.	Maksim Shustau	30	8	3.8
5.	Alessandro Piazza	30	8	3.8

All-Tournament Team

• Ersan İlyasova
• Cenk Akyol
• Emir Preldžić
• Nikola Peković
• Luca Vitali

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive