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2016 FIBA Europe Under 20 Championship Division B

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Host nation
  
Greece

Teams
  
21

Champions
  
Montenegro (2nd title)

Dates
  
15 – 24 July 2016

Venues
  
2 (in 1 host city)

2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B

MVP
  
Vassilis Charalampopoulos

The 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the 12th edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of the European Under-20 basketball championship. The tournament was played in Chalkida, Greece, from 15 to 24 July, 2016. Montenegro won gold by beating Iceland in the final, 78–76. Montenegro, Iceland, and Greece won promotion to Division A.

Contents

Participating teams

  •  Albania
  •  Armenia
  •  Belarus
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina (19th place, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division A)
  •  Bulgaria (20th place, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division A)
  •  Croatia (17th place, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division A)
  •  Estonia
  •  Georgia
  •  Great Britain (15th place, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division A)
  •  Greece (18th place, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division A)
  •  Iceland
  •  Ireland
  •  Kosovo
  •  Macedonia
  •  Montenegro
  •  Netherlands
  •  Poland (14th place, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division A)
  •  Portugal
  •  Romania
  •  Russia (16th place, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division A)
  •  Slovakia
  • First round

    In this round, the 21 teams are allocated in one groups of six teams and three groups of five teams. The top two teams in each group advance to the Second round. The other teams will play in the Classification Games.

    17–21st classification

    Group E
    19th place game
    17th place game

    Awards

    All-Tournament Team
  • Kari Jonsson
  • Jon Axel Gudmundsson
  • Lovro Mazalin
  • Vassilis Charalampopoulos
  • Zoran Nikolić
  • References

    2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B Wikipedia