2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

2000 EuroBasket Under-20
5th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Skopje
Dates	July 28 - August 6, 2000
Teams	12 (from 1 federations)
Champions	Slovenia (1st title)
MVP	Sani Bečirovič
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Ilievski (23.0)  Lithuania (76.9) Rebounds Žižić (10.3)  Lithuania (32.0) Assists Bečirovič (3.3)  Yugoslavia (12.6)
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The 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 2000 European Championship for Young Men) was the fifth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Ohrid, in the Skopje, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their first title.

Teams

•  Croatia
•  Czech Republic
•  France
•  Macedonia
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Lithuania
•  Russia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	371	335	9
Israel	5	3	2	355	330	8
Greece	5	3	2	397	363	8
Turkey	5	2	3	384	396	7
Lithuania	5	2	3	388	411	7
Macedonia	5	1	4	324	384	6

28 July 2000
Greece		77–80		Israel	Ohrid
Lithuania		89–79		Yugoslavia	Ohrid
Turkey		71–77		Macedonia	Ohrid
29 July 2000
Israel		73–56		Lithuania	Ohrid
Yugoslavia		73–57		Turkey	Ohrid
Macedonia		43–75		Greece	Ohrid
30 July 2000
Turkey		90–78		Lithuania	Ohrid
Macedonia		57–68		Israel	Ohrid
Greece		60–66		Yugoslavia	Ohrid
1 August 2000
Israel		70–72		Turkey	Ohrid
Lithuania		80–87		Greece	Ohrid
Yugoslavia		85–65		Macedonia	Ohrid
2 August 2000
Greece		98–94		Turkey	Ohrid
Yugoslavia		68–64		Israel	Ohrid
Macedonia		82–85		Lithuania	Ohrid

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Spain	5	5	0	369	299	10
Slovenia	5	3	2	361	357	8
France	5	2	3	333	339	7
Croatia	5	2	3	354	360	7
Russia	5	2	3	352	369	7
Czech Republic	5	1	4	346	391	6

28 July 2000
Czech Republic		75–73		Croatia	Ohrid
Russia		73–74		Slovenia	Ohrid
Spain		68–50		France	Ohrid
29 July 2000
Slovenia		84–80		Czech Republic	Ohrid
Croatia		65–70		Spain	Ohrid
France		70–77		Russia	Ohrid
30 July 2000
Spain		71–68		Slovenia	Ohrid
Croatia		68–89		France	Ohrid
Czech Republic		76–84		Russia	Ohrid
1 August 2000
Russia		63–76		Spain	Ohrid
Slovenia		71–75		Croatia	Ohrid
France		66–62		Czech Republic	Ohrid
2 August 2000
Croatia		73–55		Russia	Ohrid
Spain		84–53		Czech Republic	Ohrid
Slovenia		64–58		France	Ohrid

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	August 4
	Czech Republic	71
	Lithuania	88
					August 5
					Lithuania	62
					Russia	70
					Eleventh place
	August 4			August 5
	Russia	75		Czech Republic	72
	Macedonia	67			Macedonia	83

Championship

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	August 4
	Greece	71
					August 5
	Slovenia	84
					Slovenia	74
	August 4
					Croatia	73
	Croatia	69
									August 6
	Yugoslavia	66
									Slovenia	66
	August 4
									Israel	65
	France	55
					August 5
	Israel	72
					Israel	69			Third place
	August 4
					Spain	65
	Spain	69							Croatia	77
	Turkey	56							Spain	82
									August 6

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	August 5
	Greece	73
	Yugoslavia	76
					August 6
					Yugoslavia	78
					Turkey	58
					Seventh place
	August 5			August 6
	France	51		Greece	61
	Turkey	61			France	48

2000 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Slovenia First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Slovenia
	Israel
	Spain
4th	Croatia
5th	Yugoslavia
6th	Turkey
7th	Greece
8th	France
9th	Russia
10th	Lithuania
11th	Macedonia
12th	Czech Republic

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive