1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship


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The 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 1998 European Championship for Men '22 and Under') was the fourth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Trapani, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won their first title.

1998 EuroBasket Under-20
4th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates14–23 July 1998
Teams12
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Igor Rakočević
Top scorerFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Rakočević (21.1)
Top reboundsItaly Podestà (9.6)
Top assistsLithuania Marčiulionis (2.3)
PPG (Team) Yugoslavia (76.4)
RPG (Team) Lithuania (34.0)
APG (Team) Yugoslavia (4.8)

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

     Team advanced to Quarterfinals
     Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs
Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Germany 5 4 1 347 293 9
  Yugoslavia 5 4 1 380 323 9
  France 5 2 3 329 319 7
  Italy 5 2 3 318 346 7
  Croatia 5 2 3 341 409 7
  Greece 5 1 4 333 358 6
14 July 1998
Yugoslavia   83–72   Greece Trapani
France   74–57   Croatia Trapani
Germany   55–56   Italy Trapani
15 July 1998
Croatia   64–85   Yugoslavia Trapani
Greece   64–69   Germany Trapani
Italy   53–49   France Trapani
16 July 1998
Germany   98–62   Croatia Trapani
Yugoslavia   77–69   France Trapani
Greece   71–58   Italy Trapani
18 July 1998
France   56–68   Germany Trapani
Croatia   67–62   Greece Trapani
Italy   61–80   Yugoslavia Trapani
19 July 1998
Greece   64–81   France Trapani
Germany   57–55   Yugoslavia Trapani
Croatia   91–90   Italy Trapani
Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Turkey 5 5 0 350 314 10
  Slovenia 5 4 1 377 340 9
  Lithuania 5 3 2 344 352 8
  Spain 5 2 3 383 362 7
  Israel 5 1 4 333 364 6
  Latvia 5 0 5 343 398 5
14 July 1998
Israel   63–74   Slovenia Trapani
Lithuania   56–59   Turkey Trapani
Latvia   72–102   Spain Trapani
15 July 1998
Slovenia   77–59   Lithuania Trapani
Spain   67–53   Israel Trapani
Turkey   63–59   Latvia Trapani
16 July 1998
Lithuania   76–72   Israel Trapani
Latvia   73–80   Slovenia Trapani
Turkey   76–69   Spain Trapani
18 July 1998
Spain   71–79   Lithuania Trapani
Israel   79–66   Latvia Trapani
Slovenia   64–71   Turkey Trapani
19 July 1998
Latvia   73–74   Lithuania Trapani
Turkey   81–66   Israel Trapani
Slovenia   82–74   Spain Trapani
PlayoffsNinth place
      
22 July
  Latvia75
23 July
  Croatia78
  Croatia80
22 July
  Israel64
  Israel81
  Greece80
Eleventh place
23 July
  Latvia85
  Greece101
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
21 July
  Germany69
22 July
  Spain71
  Spain66
21 July
  Slovenia74
  Slovenia77
23 July
  France64
  Slovenia73
21 July
  Yugoslavia92
  Lithuania67
22 July
  Yugoslavia73
  Yugoslavia66
21 July
  Turkey55 Third place
  Turkey58
23 July
  Italy48
  Spain57
  Turkey64
PlayoffsFifth place
      
22 July
  Germany78
23 July
  France84
  France55
22 July
  Italy39
  Lithuania56
  Italy70
Seventh place
23 July
  Germany97
  Lithuania95
Rank Team
    Yugoslavia
    Slovenia
    Turkey
4th   Spain
5th   France
6th   Italy
7th   Germany
8th   Lithuania
9th   Croatia
10th   Israel
11th   Greece
12th   Latvia
 1998 European Championship for Men '20 and Under' 
 
Yugoslavia
First title
Team roster

Milan Dozet, Veselin Petrović, Igor Rakočević, Aleksandar Glintić, Stevan Nađfeji, Jovo Stanojević, Marko Jarić, Dragan Ćeranić, Dejan Milojević, Ratko Varda, and Bojan Obradović. Head coach: Goran Bojanić.