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2005 FIBA Europe Under 20 Championship

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Host nation
  
Russia

Venues
  
1 (in 1 host city)

MVP
  
Nikita Kurbanov

Dates
  
July 8-17

Champions
  
Russia (1st title)

Teams
  
16 (from 48 federations)

The 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the eighth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Chekhov, in Russia, hosted the tournament. Russia won their first title.

Contents

Ukraine and the Czech Republic were relegated to Division B.

Format change

For the first time, the format of the competition was changed. Four more teams entered the competition, and another round was played. The two last teams were relegated to Division B.

Teams

  •  Belarus
  •  Croatia
  •  Czech Republic
  •  France
  •  Germany
  •  Greece
  •  Israel
  •  Italy
  •  Latvia
  •  Lithuania
  •  Russia
  •  Serbia and Montenegro
  •  Slovenia
  •  Spain
  •  Turkey
  •  Ukraine
  • Preliminary round

    The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.

    Quarter-Final round

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

    Classification round

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

    13th–16th playoffs

    Ukraine and the Czech Republic were relegated to Division B.

    All-Tournament Team

  • Nikita Kurbanov
  • Renaldas Seibutis
  • Artūras Jomantas
  • Luka Bogdanović
  • Lior Eliyahu
  • References

    2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Wikipedia