2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

17th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

2014 EuroBasket Under-20
17th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	8 – 20 July 2014
Teams	20
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Turkey (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Cedi Osman
Top scorer	Vezenkov (19.3)
Top rebounds	Vezenkov (11.2)
Top assists	Rebec (9.0)
Official website
Official website (archive)
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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.

Participating teams

Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Great Britain (Runners-up, 2013 FIBA Europe U20 DivB (Romania))
Greece
Hungary (3rd place, 2013 FIBA Europe U20 DivB (Romania))
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Montenegro
Poland (Winners, 2013 FIBA Europe U20 DivB (Romania))
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Turkey

Venues

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

First round

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

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:

^ ^a ^b Great Britain-Greece 69–66
^ ^a ^b Latvia-Hungary 84–67

Group B

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:

^ Slovenia 3pts/131:126 (+5) :: Spain-Slovenia 63–71, Germany-Slovenia 63–60
^ Spain 3pts/128:124 (+4) :: Germany-Spain 53–65, Spain-Slovenia 63–71
^ Germany 3pts/116:125 (-9) :: Germany-Spain 53–65, Germany-Slovenia 63–60

Group C

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

Source: u20men.fibaeurope.com

Group D

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:

^ ^a ^b France-Israel 75–63
^ ^a ^b Russia-Poland 71–75

Second round

Group E

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	9th – 12th place playoffs

Source: u20men.fibaeurope.com
Notes:

^ Spain 4pts/125:120 (+5) :: Spain-Lithuania 65–62, Spain-Greece 60–58
^ Lithuania 3pts/135:130 (+5) :: Greece-Lithuania 65–73, Spain-Lithuania 65–62
^ Greece 2pts/123:133 (-10) :: Greece-Lithuania 65–73, Spain-Greece 60–58

Group F

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	9th – 12th place playoffs

Source: u20men.fibaeurope.com
Notes:

^ Croatia 3pts/129:125 (+4) :: Turkey-Croatia 70–66, Croatia-France 63–55
^ Turkey 3pts/134:134 (0) :: Turkey-Croatia 70–66, France-Turkey 68–64
^ France 3pts/123:127 (-4) :: Croatia-France 63–55, France-Turkey 68–64

Classification groups for 13th – 20th places

Group G


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


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

Classification games for 17th – 20th place

18 July 2014
12:30

Report

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

Report

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

18 July 2014
14:45

Report

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

Report

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

18 July 2014
19:15

Slovenia

60–79

Poland

Heraklion University Sports Hall, Heraklion (GRE)

18 July 2014
21:30

Italy

76–67

Great Britain

Heraklion University Sports Hall, Heraklion (GRE)

Championship playoffs

Fifth place

Consolation semifinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Serbia

Israel

Serbia

Lithuania

Turkey

Lithuania

Lithuania

Turkey

Greece

Spain

Croatia

Greece

Seventh place

Greece

Croatia

Third place

France

Spain

Israel

Spain

Serbia

France

Croatia

Quarterfinals

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

19 July 2014
14:45

Israel

75–81

Lithuania

19 July 2014
17:00

Greece

81–72

France

Semifinals

19 July 2014
19:15

Report

Serbia

53–66

Turkey

19 July 2014
21:30

Report

Croatia

61–63

Spain

Final classification games

Match for 19th place

19 July 2014
14:45

Report

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

Match for 17th place

20 July 2014
17:00

Report

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

Match for 15th place

19 July 2014
19:15

Report

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

Match for 13th place

19 July 2014
17:00

Report

Germany	47–52	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 12–12, 11–11, 13–8

Match for 11th place

20 July 2014
12:30

Report

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

Match for 9th place

20 July 2014
14:45

Report

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

Match for 7th place

20 July 2014
14:45

Report

Israel	68–55	France
Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 17–15, 23–13, 15–15

Match for 5th place

20 July 2014
17:00

Report

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

Bronze medal match

20 July 2014
19:15

Report

Serbia	79–66	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 22–18, 22–12, 18–18

Final

20 July 2014
21:30

Report

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

Rank	Team	Record
	Turkey	9–1
	Spain	7–3
	Serbia	8–2
4th	Croatia	7–3
5th	Lithuania	7–3
6th	Greece	6–4
7th	Israel	5–5
8th	France	5–5
9th	Poland	4–5
10th	Italy	4–5
11th	Great Britain	3–6
12th	Slovenia	3–6
13th	Russia	6–3
14th	Germany	5–4
15th	Bulgaria	3–6
16th	Latvia	3–6
17th	Czech Republic	2–7
18th	Montenegro	3–6
19th	Sweden	2–7
20th	Hungary	3–6

2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Winners
Turkey First title

Team relegated to 2015 Euro U-20 Division B

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Cedi Osman

All-Tournament Team

References

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

FIBA U20 European Championship

Division A

Qualifications

1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
since 2005: not held

Division B

v t e International men's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Ranking U-17 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-21 World Cup (defunct) U-16 TBF International U-18 DBB International
Africa	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Americas	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Asia	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Europe	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Oceania	U-15 U-17 U-20 (defunct)
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.