2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Greece
Dates	July 16-29
Teams	16 (from 49 federations)
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Greece (2nd title)
MVP	Kostas Papanikolaou
Tournament statistics
	Players	Teams
PPG	Benzing (22.2)	Lithuania (80.4)
Rebounds	Vucevic (10.8)	France (39.1)
Assists	Khvostov (6.1)	Russia (14.4)

The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 12th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Rhodes and Ialysos, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Greece won their second title.

Israel and Belgium were relegated to Division B.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Venues 3 Preliminary round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 3.4 Group D 4 Qualifying round 4.1 Group E 4.2 Group F 5 Knockout stage 5.1 Championship bracket 5.2 5th place bracket 5.3 9th place bracket 5.4 13th place bracket 6 Quarter Final Round 6.1 Classification Round for 9th to 12th Place 7 Semi-finals 7.1 Classification Round for 5th to 8th Place 7.2 Semi-Finals 8 Finals 9 Final standings 10 Awards 11 Stats Leaders 11.1 Points 11.2 Rebounds 11.3 Assists 12 External links

Teams

•  Belgium
•  Croatia
•  France
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Montenegro
•  Russia
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Ukraine

Venues

City	Arena	Capacity
Rhodes	Venetokleio Sports Hall	1,300
Ialysos	Ialysos Sports Hall	800

Preliminary round

Qualified for the qualifying round

Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Spain	6	3	0	246	209	37
Russia	5	2	1	206	201	5
Latvia	4	1	2	221	227	−5
Slovenia	3	0	3	212	248	−36

July 16 14:30		Spain	84–72	Russia		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 20-23, 15-17, 17-20, 32-20

July 16 16:45		Latvia	93–86	Slovenia		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 26-17, 10-28, 25-21, 20-15

July 17 14:30		Russia	68–62	Latvia		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 18-13, 12-15, 24-16, 14-18

July 17 16:45		Slovenia	71–89	Spain		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 22-24, 18-19, 19-23, 12-23

July 18 14:30		Spain	73–66	Latvia		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 23-18, 21-17, 14-15, 15-16

July 18 16:45		Slovenia	55–66	Russia		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 6-23, 12-11, 16-13

Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
France	6	3	0	233	198	35
Greece	5	2	1	230	205	25
Italy	4	1	2	219	231	−12
Belgium	3	0	3	197	245	−48

July 16 19:00		Greece	80–58	Belgium		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 21-15, 22-14, 18-17, 19-12

July 16 21:15		France	74–66	Italy		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 23-17, 24-21, 12-16, 15-12

July 17 19:00		Italy	66–79	Greece		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 21-22, 18-21, 13-13, 14-23

July 17 21:15		Belgium	61–78	France		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 11-13, 16-23, 22-20, 12-22

July 18 19:00		France	81–71	Greece		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 22-17, 13-14, 15-19, 31-21

July 18 21:15		Belgium	78–87	Italy		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 19-26, 16-21, 12-18, 31-22

Group C

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Lithuania	6	3	0	256	198	58
Montenegro	5	2	1	198	181	17
Turkey	4	1	2	193	201	−8
Israel	3	0	3	193	260	−67

July 16 14:30		Turkey	76–75	Israel		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 15-14, 15-24, 25-15, 13-15

July 16 16:45		Lithuania	73–71	Montenegro		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 15-13, 20-18, 18-20, 20-20

July 17 14:30		Montenegro	61–58	Turkey		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 19-13, 10-14, 11-12

July 17 16:45		Israel	68–118	Lithuania		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 12-36, 17-17, 21-28, 18-27

July 18 14:30		Montenegro	66–50	Israel		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 17-12, 15-8, 13-13, 21-17

July 18 16:45		Turkey	59–65	Lithuania		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 19-18, 18-15, 9-21, 13-11

Group D

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Croatia	5	2	1	252	246	6
Ukraine	5	2	1	218	216	2
Serbia	4	1	2	215	229	−14
Germany	4	1	2	238	232	6

July 16 19:00		Croatia	91–86	Germany		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 13-24, 26-14, 16-21, 22-18

July 16 21:15		Serbia	62–70	Ukraine		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 14-19, 9-17, 16-18, 23-16

July 17 19:00		Ukraine	86–79	Croatia		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 22-18, 22-28, 18-21, 24-12

July 17 21:15		Germany	77–79	Serbia		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 17-19, 17-12, 32-27

July 18 19:00		Ukraine	62–75	Germany		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 21-22, 19-23, 9-19, 13-11

July 18 21:15		Croatia	82–74	Serbia		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 19-16, 20-29, 23-13, 20-16

Qualifying round

Qualified for the Quarter-Finals

Group E

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Spain	9	4	1	370	344	26
France	9	4	1	396	363	33
Greece	9	4	1	370	356	14
Italy	6	1	4	336	355	−19
Latvia	6	1	4	362	379	−17
Russia	6	1	4	330	367	−37

July 20 16:45		Latvia	82–84	France		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 23-19, 18-22, 13-16, 28-27

July 20 19:00		Italy	60–62	Spain		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 12-18, 12-13, 18-19, 18-12

July 20 21:15		Greece	73–71	Russia		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 23-22, 11-14, 26-18, 13-17

July 21 16:45		Italy	77–81	Latvia		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 14-23, 18-29, 20-12, 25-17

July 21 19:00		Spain	67–70	Greece		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 13-20, 18-20, 19-12, 17-18

July 21 21:15		Russia	60–81	France		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 13-26, 16-21, 17-15, 14-19

July 22 16:45		France	76–84	Spain		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 18-24, 14-20, 19-18, 25-22

July 22 19:00		Greece	77–71	Latvia		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 20-8, 19-24, 21-19, 17-20

July 22 21:15		Russia	59–67	Italy		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 14-19, 15-15, 13-21, 17-12

Group F

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Lithuania	9	4	1	381	340	41
Croatia	8	3	2	395	385	10
Montenegro	8	3	2	347	337	10
Turkey	7	2	3	335	297	38
Ukraine	7	2	3	311	389	−48
Serbia	6	1	4	334	355	−21

July 20 16:45		Serbia	76–67	Lithuania		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 24-14, 20-13, 17-19, 15-21

July 20 19:00		Croatia	76–70	Montenegro		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 15-22, 18-13, 22-17, 21-18

July 20 21:15		Turkey	93–44	Ukraine		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 27-7, 24-14, 18-10, 24-13

July 21 16:45		Lithuania	93–83	Croatia		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 24-31, 26-16, 19-24, 24-12

July 21 19:00		Serbia	52–63	Turkey		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 6-28, 9-9, 19-12, 18-14

July 21 21:15		Montenegro	72–60	Ukraine		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 23-13, 11-19, 17-10, 21-18

July 22 16:45		Croatia	75–62	Turkey		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 12-16, 23-10, 19-22, 21-14

July 22 19:00		Ukraine	83–51	Lithuania		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 19-10, 23-17, 23-11, 18-13

July 22 21:15		Montenegro	73–70	Serbia		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 18-17, 17-11, 10-19, 16-14

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	July 24
	Spain	77
					July 25
	Turkey	60
					Spain	76
	July 24
					Greece	87
	Croatia	68
									July 26
	Greece	77
									Greece	90
	July 24
									France	85
	Lithuania	68
					July 25
	Italy	69
					Italy	68			Third place
	July 24
					France	94
	France	68							Spain	75
	Montenegro	47							Italy	72
									July 26

5th place bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	July 25
	Turkey	78
	Croatia	69
					July 26
					Turkey	72
					Lithuania	77
					Seventh place
	July 25			July 26
	Lithuania	80		Croatia	76
	Montenegro	72			Montenegro	77

9th place bracket

	Semi-finals				ninth place
	July 24
	Latvia	74
	Serbia	67
					July 26
					Latvia	66
					Russia	89
					eleventh place
	July 24			July 26
	Ukraine	54		Serbia	83
	Russia	65			Ukraine	56

13th place bracket

Team	Pts.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
Slovenia	6	3	0	250	207	43
Germany	5	2	1	237	211	26
Israel	4	1	2	227	231	−4
Belgium	3	0	3	191	256	−65

July 20 14:30		Slovenia	86–77	Germany		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 15-17, 18-18, 31-20, 22-22

July 20 14:30		Belgium	71–92	Israel		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 27-23, 11-23, 18-25, 15-21

July 22 14:30		Israel	63–85	Slovenia		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 15-21, 18-19, 10-23, 20-22

July 22 14:30		Germany	85–53	Belgium		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 17-17, 17-14, 30-13, 21-9

July 24 14:30		Slovenia	79–67	Belgium		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 24-17, 17-17, 21-13, 17-20

July 24 16:45

Israel

72–75

Germany

Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos

Quarter Final Round

July 24 14:30	Game 49	Spain	77–60	Turkey		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 25-12, 20-19, 13-16, 19-13

July 24 16:45	Game 50	France	68–47	Montenegro		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 17-14, 18-10, 18-15, 15-8

July 24 19:00	Game 52	Croatia	68–77	Greece		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 21-20, 12-15, 13-20, 22-22

July 24 21:15	Game 51	Lithuania	68–69	Italy		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 25-18, 11-13, 25-16, 7-22

Classification Round for 9th to 12th Place

July 24 19:00	Game 53	Latvia	74–67	Serbia		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 23-12, 16-12, 22-22, 13-21

July 24 21:15	Game 54	Ukraine	54–65	Russia		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 19-16, 12-17, 11-19, 12-13

Semi-finals

Classification Round for 5th to 8th Place

July 25 14:30	Game 55	Turkey	78–69	Croatia		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 17-18, 16-17, 22-12, 23-22

July 25 16:45	Game 56	Lithuania	80–72	Montenegro		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 21-24, 24-19, 10-18, 25-11

Semi-Finals

July 25 19:00	Game 57	Spain	76–87	Greece		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 19-11, 20-20, 20-30, 17-26

July 25 21:15	Game 58	Italy	68–94	France		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 14-26, 25-19, 13-22, 16-27

Finals

July 26 13:15	11th Place	Serbia	83–56	Ukraine		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 20-18, 23-2, 17-23, 23-13

July 26 15:30	9th Place	Latvia	66–89	Russia		Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
		Scoring by quarter: 19-20, 12-29, 13-17, 22-23

July 26 13:15	7th Place	Croatia	76–77	Montenegro		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 16-18, 21-19, 22-17, 17-23

July 26 15:45	5th Place	Turkey	72–77	Lithuania		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 21-10, 14-16, 24-18, 13-33

July 26 18:15	Third Place	Spain	75–72	Italy		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 20-18, 25-10, 17-26, 13-18

July 26 21:00	Final	Greece	90–85	France		Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
		Scoring by quarter: 22-16, 23-23, 19-22, 26-24

Final standings

Place	Team
1	Greece
2	France
3	Spain
4	Italy
5	Lithuania
6	Turkey
7	Montenegro
8	Croatia
9	Russia
10	Latvia
11	Serbia
12	Ukraine
13	Slovenia
14	Germany
15	Israel
16	Belgium

Awards

2009 Under-20 European Championship Winner
Greece Second title

Most Valuable Player
Kostas Papanikolaou

All-Tournament Team

• Antoine Diot
• Kostas Papanikolaou
• Kevin Seraphin
• Nikola Vucevic
• Xavier Rabaseda

Stats Leaders

Points Rank Name Points Games PPG 1. Robin Benzing 111 5 22.2 2. Sead Šehović 158 9 17.6 3. Bojan Bogdanović 156 9 17.3 3. Zoran Dragić 98 6 16.3 5. Dairis Bertāns 130 8 16.3

Rebounds Rank Name Points Games RPG 1. Nikola Vucevic 86 8 10.8 2. Vladimir Ivlev 81 8 10.1 3. Lauris Blaus 72 8 9.0 4. Pere Tomàs 75 9 8.3 5. Fernando Raposo 75 9 8.3

Assists Rank Name Points Games RPG 1. Dmitri Khvostov 49 8 6.1 2. Antoine Diot 47 9 5.2 3. Jorn Steinbach 29 6 4.8 4. Sead Šehović 36 9 4.0 5. Konstantinos Sloukas 35 9 3.9

External links

• FIBA Europe
• FIBA Archive

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