2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B

Tournament details
Host nation  Bulgaria
Dates July 8-17
Teams 12 (from 48 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Bulgaria (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Tabu-Eboma (22.0)  Belgium (87.3)
Rebounds Lóránt (12.5)  Bulgaria (45.5)
Assists Pires (5.0)  Portugal (11.1)

The 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the first edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second tier level of European basketball. The city of Varga, in Bulgaria, hosted the tournament. Bulgaria won their first title.

Ukraine and Hungary were promoted to Division A.

Contents

Teams

Squads

Preliminary round

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

     Team advanced to Quarter-FinalS
     Team competed in 9th-12th playoffs

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts Tie-breaker
 Poland 5 5 0 433 319 10
 Georgia 5 3 2 377 344 8 +9
 Slovak Republic 5 3 2 392 360 8 0
 Finland 5 3 2 392 360 8 –9
 Ireland 5 1 4 345 387 6
 Iceland 5 0 5 282 451 5
8 July 2005
Finland  80–58  Ireland Varna
Poland  77–68  Slovak Republic Varna
Iceland  58–85  Georgia Varna
9 July 2005
Slovak Republic  86–59  Iceland Varna
Georgia  73–58  Finland Varna
Ireland  71–82  Poland Varna
10 July 2005
Finland  86–80  Slovak Republic Varna
Georgia  88–64  Ireland Varna
Iceland  50–97  Poland Varna
12 July 2005
Slovak Republic  71–65  Georgia Varna
Ireland  79–50  Iceland Varna
Poland  84–64  Finland Varna
13 July 2005
Slovak Republic  87–73  Ireland Varna
Georgia  66–93  Poland Varna
Finland  104–65  Iceland Varna

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Hungary 5 4 1 418 346 9
 Bulgaria 5 4 1 439 390 9
 Belgium 5 3 2 427 347 8
 Sweden 5 2 3 349 357 7
 Portugal 5 2 3 338 347 7
 Albania 5 0 5 311 495 5
8 July 2005
Hungary  106–58  Albania Varna
Sweden  62–76  Bulgaria Varna
Portugal  60–82  Belgium Varna
9 July 2005
Albania  65–83  Sweden Varna
Belgium  69–80  Hungary Varna
Bulgaria  82–80  Portugal Varna
10 July 2005
Belgium  114–60  Albania Varna
Portugal  55–70  Sweden Varna
Hungary  106–98  Bulgaria Varna
12 July 2005
Sweden  60–70  Hungary Varna
Albania  57–82  Portugal Varna
Bulgaria  73–71  Belgium Varna
13 July 2005
Hungary  56–61  Portugal Varna
Bulgaria  110–71  Albania Varna
Belgium  91–74  Sweden Varna

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

  Playoffs Ninth place
July 15, Varna
  Iceland  62  
  Portugal  114  
 
July 16, Varna
      Portugal  82
    Ireland  73
Eleventh place
July 15, Varna July 16, Varna
  Ireland  104   Iceland  92
  Albania  83     Albania  95

Championship

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                   
July 15, Varna        
  Finland  73
July 16, Varna
  Hungary  81  
  Hungary  71
July 15, Varna
    Georgia  69  
  Georgia  89
July 17, Varna
  Belgium  78  
  Hungary  80
July 15, Varna
    Bulgaria  86
  Sweden  70
July 16, Varna
  Poland  85  
  Poland  82 Third place
July 15, Varna
    Bulgaria  95  
  Bulgaria  76   Georgia  76
  Slovak Republic  65     Poland  96
July 17, Varna

5th–8th playoffs

  Playoffs Fifth place
July 16, Varna
  Finland  83  
  Belgium  100  
 
July 17, Varna
      Belgium  93
    Slovak Republic  72
Seventh place
July 16, Varna July 17, Varna
  Sweden  66   Finland  76
  Slovak Republic  73     Sweden  79
 2005 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship Division B 

Bulgaria
First title

Final standings

Rank Team
 Bulgaria
 Hungary
 Poland
4th  Georgia
5th  Belgium
6th  Slovak Republic
7th  Sweden
8th  Finland
9th  Portugal
10th  Ireland
11th  Albania
12th  Iceland

Stats Leaders

Points

Rank Name Points Games PPG
1. Beye Tabu-Eboma 110 5 22.0
2. John Behan 128 7 18.3
2. Aaron Westbrooks 124 7 17.7
4. Kamil Chanas 141 8 17.6
5. Kaloyan Ivanov 140 8 17.5

Rebounds

Rank Name Points Games RPG
1. Péter Lóránt 100 8 12.5
2. Kaloyan Ivanov 94 8 11.8
3. Pawel Leonczyk 86 8 10.8
4. Francois Lhoest 77 8 9.6
5. Stéphane Moris 76 8 9.5

Assists

Rank Name Points Games RPG
1. Antonio Pires 28 7 4.0
2. Giorgi Tsintsadze 25 8 3.1
3. Thomas Massamba 24 8 3.0
4. Beye Tabu-Eboma 14 5 2.8
5. Domien Loubry 22 8 2.8

References

Division A
Tournaments
Qualification
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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