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2014 FIBA Europe Under 20 Championship

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Host nation
  
Greece

Teams
  
20

Champions
  
Turkey (1st title)

Dates
  
8 – 20 July 2014

Venues
  
3 (in 2 host cities)

MVP
  
Cedi Osman

2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

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 who last year didn't make the top 3 teams. 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.

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Participating teams

  •  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
  • First Round

    The first-round groups draw took place on 1 December 2013 in Freising, Germany. 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.

    All-Tournament Team

  • Cedi Osman
  • Nikola Janković
  • Willy Hernangómez
  • Aleksandar Vezenkov
  • Matic Rebec
  • References

    2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Wikipedia