2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host nation  Macedonia
Dates July 28 - August 6, 2000
Teams 12 (from 1 federations)
Venues  (in 1 host city)
Champions  Slovenia (1st title)
MVP Sani Bečirovič
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Ilievski (23.0)  Lithuania (76.9)
Rebounds Žižić (10.3)  Lithuania (32.0)
Assists Bečirovič (3.3)  Yugoslavia (12.6)

The 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 2000 European Championship for Young Men) was the fifth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Ohrid, in the Republic of Macedonia, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their first title.

Contents

Teams

Squads

Qualification

Preliminary round

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

     Team advanced to Quarterfinals
     Team competed in 9th-12th playoffs

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 371 335 9
 Israel 5 3 2 355 330 8
 Greece 5 3 2 397 363 8
 Turkey 5 2 3 384 396 7
 Lithuania 5 2 3 388 411 7
 Macedonia 5 1 4 324 384 6
28 July 2000
Greece  77–80  Israel Ohrid
Lithuania  89–79  Yugoslavia Ohrid
Turkey  71–77  Macedonia Ohrid
29 July 2000
Israel  73–56  Lithuania Ohrid
Yugoslavia  73–57  Turkey Ohrid
Macedonia  43–75  Greece Ohrid
30 July 2000
Turkey  90–78  Lithuania Ohrid
Macedonia  57–68  Israel Ohrid
Greece  60–66  Yugoslavia Ohrid
1 August 2000
Israel  70–72  Turkey Ohrid
Lithuania  80–87  Greece Ohrid
Yugoslavia  85–65  Macedonia Ohrid
2 August 2000
Greece  98–94  Turkey Ohrid
Yugoslavia  68–64  Israel Ohrid
Macedonia  82–85  Lithuania Ohrid

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 5 5 0 369 299 10
 Slovenia 5 3 2 361 357 8
 France 5 2 3 333 339 7
 Croatia 5 2 3 354 360 7
 Russia 5 2 3 352 369 7
 Czech Republic 5 1 4 346 391 6
28 July 2000
Czech Republic  75–73  Croatia Ohrid
Russia  73–74  Slovenia Ohrid
Spain  68–50  France Ohrid
29 July 2000
Slovenia  84–80  Czech Republic Ohrid
Croatia  65–70  Spain Ohrid
France  70–77  Russia Ohrid
30 July 2000
Spain  71–68  Slovenia Ohrid
Croatia  68–89  France Ohrid
Czech Republic  76–84  Russia Ohrid
1 August 2000
Russia  63–76  Spain Ohrid
Slovenia  71–75  Croatia Ohrid
France  66–62  Czech Republic Ohrid
2 August 2000
Croatia  73–55  Russia Ohrid
Spain  84–53  Czech Republic Ohrid
Slovenia  64–58  France Ohrid

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

  Playoffs Ninth place
August 4
  Czech Republic  71  
  Lithuania  88  
 
August 5
      Lithuania  62
    Russia  70
Eleventh place
August 4 August 5
  Russia  75   Czech Republic  72
  Macedonia  67     Macedonia  83

Championship

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                   
August 4        
  Greece  71
August 5
  Slovenia  84  
  Slovenia  74
August 4
    Croatia  73  
  Croatia  69
August 6
  Yugoslavia  66  
  Slovenia  66
August 4
    Israel  65
  France  55
August 5
  Israel  72  
  Israel  69 Third place
August 4
    Spain  65  
  Spain  69   Croatia  77
  Turkey  56     Spain  82
August 6

5th–8th playoffs

  Playoffs Fifth place
August 5
  Greece  73  
  Yugoslavia  76  
 
August 6
      Yugoslavia  78
    Turkey  58
Seventh place
August 5 August 6
  France  51   Greece  61
  Turkey  61     France  48
 2000 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship 

Slovenia
First title

Final standings

Rank Team
 Slovenia
 Israel
 Spain
4th  Croatia
5th  Yugoslavia
6th  Turkey
7th  Greece
8th  France
9th  Russia
10th  Lithuania
11th  Macedonia
12th  Czech Republic

References

Division A
Tournaments
Qualification
1992 · 1994 · 1996 · 1998 · 2000 · 2002 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011
Squads
1992 · 1994 · 1996 · 1998 · 2000 · 2002 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011
Division B
Tournaments
Bulgaria 2005 · Portugal 2006 · Poland 2007 · Romania 2008 · Macedonia 2009 · Austria 2010 · Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011
Squads
2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011