2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

The 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 17th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Crete, Greece, from 8 to 20 July 2014. The winners were Turkey. To win the title they beat Spain with a score of 65–57. It was their first ever title win. The runners-up were Spain and third place were Serbia. Defending champions from 2013, Italy, came in at tenth place, their worst result since 2010.

2014 EuroBasket Under-20
17th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGreece Greece
Dates8 – 20 July 2014
Teams20
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Turkey (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPTurkey Cedi Osman
Top scorerBulgaria Vezenkov (19.3)
Top reboundsBulgaria Vezenkov (11.2)
Top assistsSlovenia Rebec (9.0)
Official website
Official website (archive)
2013
2015

Participating teams

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Venues

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Heraklion Rethymno
Heraklion Arena Heraklion University Hall Melina Merkouri Hall
Capacity: 5,222 Capacity: 1,080 Capacity: 1,600

First round

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The first-round groups draw took place on 1 December 2013 in Freising, Germany.[1] In this round, the twenty teams were allocated in four groups of five teams each. The top three teams advanced to the Second Round. The last two teams of each group played in the Classification Games.[2]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Lithuania 4 4 0 304 243 +61 8 Advance to second round
2   Great Britain 4 2 2 250 262 −12 6[a]
3   Greece 4 2 2 277 284 −7 6[a]
4   Latvia 4 1 3 266 284 −18 5[b] Classification Group G
5   Hungary 4 1 3 247 271 −24 5[b] Classification Group H
Source: u20men.fibaeurope.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Great Britain-Greece 69–66
  2. ^ a b Latvia-Hungary 84–67

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia 4 4 0 294 239 +55 8 Advance to second round
2   Slovenia 4 2 2 262 257 +5 6[a]
3   Spain 4 2 2 257 253 +4 6[b]
4   Germany 4 2 2 266 248 +18 6[c] Classification Group H
5   Sweden 4 0 4 213 295 −82 4 Classification Group G
Source: u20men.fibaeurope.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Slovenia 3pts/131:126 (+5) :: Spain-Slovenia 63–71, Germany-Slovenia 63–60
  2. ^ Spain 3pts/128:124 (+4) :: Germany-Spain 53–65, Spain-Slovenia 63–71
  3. ^ Germany 3pts/116:125 (-9) :: Germany-Spain 53–65, Germany-Slovenia 63–60

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Turkey 4 4 0 327 279 +48 8 Advance to second round
2   Croatia 4 3 1 290 245 +45 7
3   Italy 4 2 2 305 314 −9 6
4   Montenegro 4 1 3 313 316 −3 5 Classification Group G
5   Czech Republic 4 0 4 240 321 −81 4 Classification Group H

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   France 4 3 1 284 265 +19 7[a] Advance to second round
2   Israel 4 3 1 277 248 +29 7[a]
3   Poland 4 2 2 269 290 −21 6[b]
4   Russia 4 2 2 270 262 +8 6[b] Classification Group H
5   Bulgaria 4 0 4 286 321 −35 4 Classification Group G
Source: u20men.fibaeurope.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b France-Israel 75–63
  2. ^ a b Russia-Poland 71–75

Second round

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Group E

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia 5 4 1 359 303 +56 9 Advance to Quarterfinals
2   Spain 5 3 2 325 320 +5 8[a]
3   Lithuania 5 3 2 333 338 −5 8[b]
4   Greece 5 3 2 343 338 +5 8[c]
5   Slovenia 5 2 3 336 335 +1 7 9th – 12th place playoffs
6   Great Britain 5 1 4 310 372 −62 6
Source: u20men.fibaeurope.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Spain 4pts/125:120 (+5) :: Spain-Lithuania 65–62, Spain-Greece 60–58
  2. ^ Lithuania 3pts/135:130 (+5) :: Greece-Lithuania 65–73, Spain-Lithuania 65–62
  3. ^ Greece 2pts/123:133 (-10) :: Greece-Lithuania 65–73, Spain-Greece 60–58

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia 5 4 1 364 324 +40 9[a] Advance to Quarterfinals
2   Turkey 5 4 1 362 317 +45 9[b]
3   France 5 4 1 331 315 +16 9[c]
4   Israel 5 2 3 358 350 +8 7
5   Italy 5 1 4 326 367 −41 6 9th – 12th place playoffs
6   Poland 5 0 5 268 336 −68 5
Source: u20men.fibaeurope.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Croatia 3pts/129:125 (+4) :: Turkey-Croatia 70–66, Croatia-France 63–55
  2. ^ Turkey 3pts/134:134 (0) :: Turkey-Croatia 70–66, France-Turkey 68–64
  3. ^ France 3pts/123:127 (-4) :: Croatia-France 63–55, France-Turkey 68–64

Classification groups for 13th – 20th places

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Group G

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Latvia 3 2 1 203 187 +16 5
  Bulgaria 3 2 1 223 207 +16 5
  Sweden 3 1 2 186 200 −14 4
  Montenegro 3 1 2 188 206 −18 4

Group H

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Russia 3 2 1 204 174 +30 5
  Germany 3 2 1 199 165 +34 5
  Hungary 3 2 1 185 185 0 5
  Czech Republic 3 0 3 163 227 −64 3

Classification playoffs for 9th – 20th place

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Classification games for 17th – 20th place

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18 July 2014
12:30
Sweden   58–81   Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 14–23, 9–23, 8–17
Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, Heraklion (GRE)
Referees: Doru Vinasi (ROU), Moritz Reiter (GER), Boris Gabara (SVK)
18 July 2014
12:30
Hungary   59–70   Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 18–12, 13–16, 14–19
Heraklion University Sports Hall, Heraklion (GRE)
Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Doru Vinasi (ROU)

Classification games for 13th – 16th place

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18 July 2014
14:45
Latvia   62–67   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 14–15, 8–17, 23–20
Pts: Rolands Šmits 14
Rebs: Ilja Gromovs 12
Asts: 3 players tied with 3
Pts: Ismet Akpinar 15
Rebs: Johannes Thiemann 12
Asts: Malik Müller 3, Ismet Akpinar 3
Heraklion University Sports Hall, Heraklion (GRE)
Referees: Igor Dragojević (MNE), Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Torkild Rodsand (NOR)
18 July 2014
17:00
Russia   67–63   Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 20–21, 15–17, 18–12
Pts: Stanislav Ilnitskiy 17
Rebs: Stanislav Ilnitskiy 9
Asts: Serdar Annaev 6
Pts: Nikolay Stoyanov 17
Rebs: Sasha Vezenkov 11
Asts: Nikolay Marinov 4
Heraklion University Sports Hall, Heraklion (GRE)
Referees: Paolo Taurino (ITA), Boris Gabara (SVK), Omar Bermudez Mariscal (MEX)

Classification games for 9th – 12th place

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18 July 2014
19:15
Slovenia   60–79   Poland
18 July 2014
21:30
Italy   76–67   Great Britain

Championship playoffs

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Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
E1  Serbia90
F4  Israel86
F4  Israel75E1  Serbia53
E3  Lithuania81F2  Turkey66
F2  Turkey79
E3  Lithuania65
E3  Lithuania77F2  Turkey65
E4  Greece73E2  Spain57
F1  Croatia82
E4  Greece68
Seventh placeE4  Greece81F1  Croatia61Third place
F3  France72E2  Spain63
F4  Israel68E2  Spain50E1  Serbia79
F3  France55F3  France46F1  Croatia66

Quarterfinals

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18 July 2014
14:45
Turkey   79–65   Lithuania
18 July 2014
17:00
Serbia   90–86   Israel

18 July 2014
19:15
Spain   50–46   France
18 July 2014
21:30
Croatia   82–68   Greece

5th – 8th place playoffs

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19 July 2014
14:45
Israel   75–81   Lithuania
19 July 2014
17:00
Greece   81–72   France

Semifinals

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19 July 2014
19:15
Serbia   53–66   Turkey
19 July 2014
21:30
Croatia   61–63   Spain

Final classification games

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Match for 19th place

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19 July 2014
14:45
Sweden   58–54   Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 12–13, 15–11, 23–14

Match for 17th place

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20 July 2014
17:00
Czech Republic   83–55   Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 17–16, 22–13, 24–15

Match for 15th place

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19 July 2014
19:15
Latvia   72–74   Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 24–14, 16–22, 20–24

Match for 13th place

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19 July 2014
17:00
Germany   47–52   Russia
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 12–12, 11–11, 13–8

Match for 11th place

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20 July 2014
12:30
Slovenia   82–85   Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 18–32, 20–18, 18–15, 26–20

Match for 9th place

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20 July 2014
14:45
Poland   79–75   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 21–18, 15–20, 20–20

Match for 7th place

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20 July 2014
14:45
Israel   68–55   France
Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 17–15, 23–13, 15–15

Match for 5th place

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20 July 2014
17:00
Lithuania   77–73   Greece
Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 18–14, 15–24, 16–17

Bronze medal match

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20 July 2014
19:15
Serbia   79–66   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 22–18, 22–12, 18–18

Final

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20 July 2014
21:30
Turkey   65–57   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 21–10, 13–18, 17–11
Pts: Osman (20)
Rebs: Özmızrak (8)
Asts: Birsen (4)
Pts: Paulí (17)
Rebs: Hernangómez (8), Saiz (8)
Asts: Díaz (5)
Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, Heraklion (GRE)
Attendance: 3 500
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Fernando Rocha (POR), Doru Vinasi (ROU)

Final standings

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Team relegated to 2015 Euro U-20 Division B

Awards

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Most Valuable Player
  Cedi Osman

All-Tournament Team

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References

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  1. ^ DRAW
  2. ^ "Competition System". Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2014-06-02.