2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

EuroBasket Under-16 2006
20th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Spain
Dates 11–20 August 2006
Teams 16 (from 1 federations)
Venues (in 3 host cities)
Champions  Spain (1st title)
MVP Ricky Rubio
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Ricky Rubio (23.3)  Spain (92.0)
Rebounds Ricky Rubio (12.8)  Latvia (49.0)
Assists Ricky Rubio (7.1)  Spain (14.3)

The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 20th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Linares, Andújar and Martos, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Spain won the trophy for the first time. Germany and Iceland were relegated to Division B.

Contents

Teams

Preliminary round

     Team advanced to Quarterfinals
     Team competed in 9th-16th games

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Turkey 3 3 0 225 199 6
 Italy 3 2 1 230 217 5
 Latvia 3 1 2 217 186 4
 Portugal 3 0 3 162 232 3

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 261 212 6
 Russia 3 2 1 220 216 5
 Germany 3 1 2 213 231 4
 Slovenia 3 0 3 200 235 3

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Croatia 3 2 1 230 234 5
 Serbia and Montenegro 3 2 1 244 233 5
 Greece 3 1 2 237 242 4
 Lithuania 3 1 2 229 231 4

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 France 3 3 0 260 165 6
 Israel 3 2 1 198 201 5
 Ukraine 3 1 2 190 208 4
 Iceland 3 0 3 182 256 3

Classification Round

     Team advanced to 9th-12th playoffs
     Team competed in 13th-16th playoffs

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Greece 3 3 0 239 187 6
 Latvia 3 2 1 229 184 5
 Slovenia 3 1 2 209 212 4
 Iceland 3 0 3 180 274 3

Group H

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Lithuania 3 3 0 253 204 6
 Ukraine 3 2 1 226 207 5
 Portugal 3 1 2 226 244 4
 Germany 3 0 3 191 241 3

Quarterfinals Round

     Team advanced to Semifinals
     Team competed in 5th-8th playoffs

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 265 225 6
 Croatia 3 2 1 214 197 5
 Turkey 3 1 2 225 213 4
 Israel 3 0 3 202 271 3

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 259 214 6
 Serbia and Montenegro 3 2 1 255 232 5
 Italy 3 1 2 207 222 4
 France 3 0 3 196 249 3

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

  Playoffs Thirteenth place
  Germany  71  
  Slovenia  85  
 
      Slovenia  78
    Portugal  59
Fifteenth place
  Iceland  70   Germany  103
  Portugal  84     Iceland  79

Germany and Iceland were relegated to Division B.

9th–12th playoffs

  Playoffs Ninth place
  Greece  73  
  Ukraine  59  
 
      Greece  79
    Lithuania  76
Eleventh place
  Latvia  83   Ukraine  59
  Lithuania  93     Latvia  73

5th–8th playoffs

  Playoffs Fifth place
  France  85  
  Turkey  67  
 
      France  67
    Italy  57
Seventh place
  Israel  54   Turkey  74
  Italy  69     Israel  76

Championship

  Semifinals Final
  Russia  82  
  Serbia and Montenegro  74  
 
      Russia  106
    Spain  110
Third place
  Croatia  82   Serbia and Montenegro  85
  Spain  106     Croatia  69
 2006 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

Spain
First title

Final standings

Rank Team
 Spain
 Russia
 Serbia and Montenegro
4th  Croatia
5th  France
6th  Italy
7th  Israel
8th  Turkey
9th  Greece
10th  Lithuania
11th  Latvia
12th  Ukraine
13th  Slovenia
14th  Portugal
15th  Germany
16th  Iceland

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