2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

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The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the ninth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of İzmir, in Turkey, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won their second title, the first one with that name (they won the 1998 Championship) as Yugoslavia.

2006 EuroBasket Under-20
9th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Dates	July 14–23
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia and Montenegro (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Ersan İlyasova
Top scorer	Kalve (20.5)
Top rebounds	Suárez (10.4)
Top assists	Jeromanovs (6.3)
PPG (Team)	Bulgaria (81.4)
RPG (Team)	Spain (41.6)
APG (Team)	Russia (15.8)
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Germany and Belarus were relegated to Division B.

The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. Note that while Serbia and Montenegro dissolved into Serbia and Montenegro in June 2006, they still competed as one team.

	Team advanced to Quarter-Final round
	Team competed in Classification round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Serbia and Montenegro	3	3	0	231	176	6
Croatia	3	2	1	231	215	5
Belarus	3	1	2	199	222	4
Latvia	3	0	3	217	251	3


14 July 2006
Serbia and Montenegro	72–61	Latvia	İzmir
Croatia	64–58	Belarus	İzmir
15 July 2006
Belarus	57–81	Serbia and Montenegro	İzmir
Latvia	79–95	Croatia	İzmir
16 July 2006
Latvia	77–84	Belarus	İzmir
Croatia	72–78	Serbia and Montenegro	İzmir

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	212	177	5 (1–1 +2)
Slovenia	3	2	1	235	202	5 (1–1 +1)
Israel	3	2	1	206	205	5 (1–1 –3)
Hungary	3	0	3	169	238	3


14 July 2006
Israel	66–64	Italy	İzmir
Slovenia	92–60	Hungary	İzmir
15 July 2006
Hungary	68–72	Israel	İzmir
Italy	74–70	Slovenia	İzmir
16 July 2006
Slovenia	73–68	Israel	İzmir
Italy	74–41	Hungary	İzmir

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
France	3	2	1	251	195	5 (1–1 +23)
Turkey	3	2	1	209	168	5 (1–1 +3)
Russia	3	2	1	207	203	5 (1–1 –26)
Germany	3	0	3	162	263	3


14 July 2006
Russia	63–92	France	İzmir
Turkey	83–45	Germany	İzmir
15 July 2006
Germany	51–81	Russia	İzmir
France	60–66	Turkey	İzmir
16 July 2006
France	99–66	Germany	İzmir
Turkey	60–63	Russia	İzmir

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	3	2	1	228	222	5
Lithuania	3	2	1	261	255	5
Bulgaria	3	1	2	238	249	4
Spain	3	1	2	235	236	4


14 July 2006
Spain	73–75	Bulgaria	İzmir
Lithuania	71–81	Greece	İzmir
15 July 2006
Bulgaria	86–98	Lithuania	İzmir
Greece	69–74	Spain	İzmir
16 July 2006
Greece	78–77	Bulgaria	İzmir
Spain	88–92	Lithuania	İzmir

The eight teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each.

	Team advanced to Semifinals
	Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Serbia and Montenegro	3	3	0	246	204	6
Slovenia	3	2	1	245	244	5
France	3	1	2	202	204	4
Lithuania	3	0	3	239	280	3


18 July 2006
Serbia and Montenegro	101–68	Lithuania	İzmir
Slovenia	67–65	France	İzmir
19 July 2006
Lithuania	94–100	Slovenia	İzmir
France	58–60	Serbia and Montenegro	İzmir
20 July 2006
France	79–77	Lithuania	İzmir
Serbia and Montenegro	85–78	Slovenia	İzmir

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	3	2	1	244	205	5
Italy	3	2	1	215	219	5
Croatia	3	1	2	233	249	4
Greece	3	1	2	222	241	4


18 July 2006
Croatia	87–72	Greece	İzmir
Italy	53–75	Turkey	İzmir
19 July 2006
Greece	70–76	Italy	İzmir
Turkey	91–72	Croatia	İzmir
20 July 2006
Croatia	74–86	Italy	İzmir
Turkey	78–80	Greece	İzmir

Classification round

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The eight teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each.

	Team competed to 9th–12th playoffs
	Team competed in 13th–16th playoffs

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	245	149	6
Spain	3	2	1	228	183	5
Belarus	3	1	2	173	219	4
Hungary	3	0	3	147	242	3


18 July 2006
Belarus	50–78	Spain	İzmir
Hungary	36–82	Russia	İzmir
19 July 2006
Russia	86–52	Belarus	İzmir
Spain	89–56	Hungary	İzmir
20 July 2006
Belarus	71–55	Hungary	İzmir
Russia	77–61	Spain	İzmir

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Bulgaria	3	2	1	245	220	5
Israel	3	2	1	226	214	5
Germany	3	1	2	216	222	4
Latvia	3	1	2	239	270	4


18 July 2006
Israel	67–64	Germany	İzmir
Latvia	90–89	Bulgaria	İzmir
19 July 2006
Germany	86–76	Latvia	İzmir
Bulgaria	77–64	Israel	İzmir
20 July 2006
Germany	66–79	Bulgaria	İzmir
Latvia	73–95	Israel	İzmir

Playoffs		Thirteenth place

July 22, İzmir

Belarus	59
		July 23, İzmir
Latvia	63
		Latvia	101
July 22, İzmir
		Hungary	69
Hungary	70

Germany	63
		Fifteenth place

		July 23, İzmir

		Belarus	59

		Germany	81

Belarus and Germany were relegated to Division B.

Playoffs		Ninth place

July 22, İzmir

Israel	61
		July 23, İzmir
Russia	66
		Russia	84
July 22, İzmir
		Bulgaria	88
Bulgaria	80

Spain	72
		Eleventh place

		July 23, İzmir

		Israel	74

		Spain	82

Playoffs		Fifth place

July 22, İzmir

Greece	50
		July 23, İzmir
France	76
		France	58
July 22, İzmir
		Croatia	63
Croatia	81

Lithuania	62
		Seventh place

		July 23, İzmir

		Greece	78

		Lithuania	82

Semifinals		Final

July 22, İzmir

Italy	83
		July 23, İzmir
Serbia and Montenegro	89
		Serbia and Montenegro	64
July 22, İzmir
		Turkey	58
Turkey	96

Slovenia	62
		Third place

		July 23, İzmir

		Italy	75

		Slovenia	83

Rank	Team
	Serbia and Montenegro
	Turkey
	Slovenia
4th	Italy
5th	Croatia
6th	France
7th	Lithuania
8th	Greece
9th	Bulgaria
10th	Russia
11th	Spain
12th	Israel
13th	Latvia
14th	Hungary
15th	Germany
16th	Belarus

2006 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Serbia and Montenegro Second title

Team Roster

Tadija Dragićević, Milenko Tepić, Boris Bakić, Novica Veličković, Dragan Labović, Nenad Mijatović, Branko Jereminov, Miljan Rakić, Nikola Peković, Ivan Paunić, Nikola Dragović, and Ivan Maraš. Head coach: Miroslav Nikolić.