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2014 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[edit]

•  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[edit]

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

First round[edit]

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[edit]

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

Group B[edit]

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

Group C[edit]

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[edit]

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

Second round[edit]

Group E[edit]

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

Group F[edit]

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

Classification groups for 13th – 20th places[edit]

Group G[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Classification games for 17th – 20th place[edit]

Sweden	58–81	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 14–23, 9–23, 8–17

Hungary	59–70	Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 18–12, 13–16, 14–19

Classification games for 13th – 16th place[edit]

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 Akpinar15 Rebs: Johannes Thiemann 12 Asts: Malik Müller 3, Ismet Akpinar3

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 Vezenkov11 Asts: Nikolay Marinov 4

Classification games for 9th – 12th place[edit]

Slovenia

60–79

Poland

Italy

76–67

Great Britain

Championship playoffs[edit]

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[edit]

Turkey

79–65

Lithuania

Serbia

90–86

Israel

Spain

50–46

France

Croatia

82–68

Greece

5th – 8th place playoffs[edit]

Israel

75–81

Lithuania

Greece

81–72

France

Semifinals[edit]

Serbia

53–66

Turkey

Croatia

61–63

Spain

Final classification games[edit]

Match for 19th place[edit]

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

Match for 17th place[edit]

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

Match for 15th place[edit]

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

Match for 13th place[edit]

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

Match for 11th place[edit]

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

Match for 9th place[edit]

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

Match for 7th place[edit]

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

Match for 5th place[edit]

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

Bronze medal match[edit]

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

Final[edit]

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)

Final standings[edit]

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

Awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player
Cedi Osman

All-Tournament Team[edit]

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

References[edit]