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 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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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:

1. Great Britain-Greece 69–66
2. 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:

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

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:

1. France-Israel 75–63
2. 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

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

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

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

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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)

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Classification games for 13th – 16th place

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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)

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Classification games for 9th – 12th place

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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)

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Championship playoffs

Fifth place

Consolation semifinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

E1

Serbia

90

F4

Israel

86

F4

Israel

75

E1

Serbia

53

E3

Lithuania

81

F2

Turkey

66

F2

Turkey

79

E3

Lithuania

65

E3

Lithuania

77

F2

Turkey

65

E4

Greece

73

E2

Spain

57

F1

Croatia

82

E4

Greece

68

Seventh place

E4

Greece

81

F1

Croatia

61

Third place

F3

France

72

E2

Spain

63

F4

Israel

68

E2

Spain

50

E1

Serbia

79

F3

France

55

F3

France

46

F1

Croatia

66

Quarterfinals

18 July 2014 14:45

Turkey

79–65

Lithuania

18 July 2014 17:00

Serbia

90–86

Israel

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18 July 2014 19:15

Spain

50–46

France

18 July 2014 21:30

Croatia

82–68

Greece

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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

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Semifinals

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19 July 2014 19:15

Report

Serbia

53–66

Turkey

19 July 2014 21:30

Report

Croatia

61–63

Spain

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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

• Cedi Osman
• Nikola Janković
• Willy Hernangómez
• Sasha Vezenkov
• Matic Rebec