2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

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

Teams

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Turkey 3302251996
 Italy 3212302175
 Latvia 3122171864
 Portugal 3031622323

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 3302612126
 Russia 3212202165
 Germany 3122132314
 Slovenia 3032002353

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Croatia 3212302345
 Serbia and Montenegro 3212442335
 Greece 3122372424
 Lithuania 3122292314

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 France 3302601656
 Israel 3211982015
 Ukraine 3121902084
 Iceland 3031822563

Classification Round

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

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Greece 3302391876
 Latvia 3212291845
 Slovenia 3122092124
 Iceland 3031802743

Group H

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Lithuania 3302532046
 Ukraine 3212262075
 Portugal 3122262444
 Germany 3031912413

Quarterfinals Round

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

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Russia 3302652256
 Croatia 3212141975
 Turkey 3122252134
 Israel 3032022713

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 3302592146
 Serbia and Montenegro 3212552325
 Italy 3122072224
 France 3031962493

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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