2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B

5th Division B Championship

Tournament details

Host nation

Macedonia

Dates

July 16-26

Teams

Venues

1 (in 1 host city)

Champions

Netherlands (1st title)

MVP

Rasid Mahalbasić^[1]

Tournament statistics

	Players	Teams
Points	Mahalbasić (19.4)	Czech Republic (81.9)
Rebounds	Török (11.3)	Slovakia (38.4)
Assists	Tsivtsivadze (5.5)	Bulgaria (15.7)

The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the 5th edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second tier level of European basketball. The city of Skopje, in the Republic of Macedonia, hosted the tournament. Netherlands won their first title.

The Netherlands and the Czech Republic were promoted to Division A.

Teams

Austria
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Finland
Macedonia
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland

Preliminary round

The seventeen teams were allocated in four groups (one groups of five teams and three groups of four). The two top teams of each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The last three teams of each group advanced to the Classification Round.

	Team advanced to Qualifying round
	Team competed in Classification round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Georgia	4	3	1	310	251	7
Sweden	4	3	1	287	255	7
Portugal	4	2	2	297	288	6
Slovakia	4	1	3	301	323	5
Luxembourg	4	1	3	264	342	5


16 July 2009
Portugal	78–75	Georgia	Skopje
Sweden	91–59	Luxembourg	Skopje
17 July 2009
Slovakia	74–80	Sweden	Skopje
Luxembourg	86–67	Portugal	Skopje
18 July 2009
Georgia	88–53	Luxembourg	Skopje
Portugal	92–64	Slovakia	Skopje
19 July 2009
Sweden	63–60	Portugal	Skopje
Slovakia	67–85	Georgia	Skopje
20 July 2009
Georgia	62–53	Sweden	Skopje
Luxembourg	66–96	Slovakia	Skopje

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	232	184	6
Finland	3	2	1	234	222	5
Norway	3	1	2	204	227	4
Great Britain	3	0	3	200	237	3


16 July 2009
Finland	65–67	Poland	Skopje
Norway	71–59	Great Britain	Skopje
18 July 2009
Poland	81–52	Norway	Skopje
Great Britain	74–82	Finland	Skopje
20 July 2009
Finland	87–81	Norway	Skopje
Great Britain	67–84	Poland	Skopje

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	242	173	6
Czech Republic	3	2	1	243	196	5
Switzerland	3	1	2	182	254	4
Romania	3	0	3	190	234	3


16 July 2009
Czech Republic	79–74	Romania	Skopje
Netherlands	91–56	Switzerland	Skopje
18 July 2009
Switzerland	42–92	Czech Republic	Skopje
Romania	45–71	Netherlands	Skopje
20 July 2009
Czech Republic	72–80	Netherlands	Skopje
Switzerland	84–71	Romania	Skopje

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Macedonia	3	2	1	208	228	5
Austria	3	2	1	199	179	5
Hungary	3	1	2	195	217	4
Bulgaria	3	1	2	220	198	4


16 July 2009
Hungary	81–75	Bulgaria	Skopje
Austria	70–78	Macedonia	Skopje
18 July 2009
Bulgaria	53–55	Austria	Skopje
Macedonia	68–66	Hungary	Skopje
20 July 2009
Hungary	48–74	Austria	Skopje
Macedonia	62–92	Bulgaria	Skopje

Qualifying round

The eight top teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

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

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts	Tie-break
Poland	3	3	0	211	190	6
Sweden	3	1	2	186	182	4	1–1 (+14)
Georgia	3	1	2	183	192	4	1–1 (0)
Finland	3	1	2	180	196	4	1–1 (−14)


22 July 2009
Georgia	59–68	Finland	Skopje
Sweden	63–73	Poland	Skopje
23 July 2009
Finland	47–70	Sweden	Skopje
Poland	71–62	Georgia	Skopje

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	238	201	6
Czech Republic	3	2	1	246	220	5
Macedonia	3	1	2	214	252	4
Austria	3	0	3	203	228	3


22 July 2009
Czech Republic	91–69	Macedonia	Skopje
Netherlands	67–62	Austria	Skopje
23 July 2009
Austria	71–83	Czech Republic	Skopje
Macedonia	67–91	Netherlands	Skopje

Classification round

The last three teams of each of the preliminary round groups were allocated in three groups of three teams each.

	Team advanced to Group J
	Team competed in Group K
	Team competed in Group L

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Norway	2	2	0	156	128	4
Switzerland	2	1	1	150	144	3
Luxembourg	2	0	2	120	154	2


21 July 2009
Norway	78–74	Switzerland	Skopje
22 July 2009
Switzerland	76–66	Luxembourg	Skopje
23 July 2009
Luxembourg	54–78	Norway	Skopje

Group H

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Bulgaria	2	2	0	174	133	4
Great Britain	2	1	1	131	141	3
Portugal	2	0	2	120	151	2


21 July 2009
Portugal	56–62	Great Britain	Skopje
22 July 2009
Great Britain	69–85	Bulgaria	Skopje
23 July 2009
Bulgaria	89–64	Portugal	Skopje

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Slovakia	2	2	0	177	147	4
Hungary	2	1	1	175	142	3
Romania	2	0	2	115	178	2


21 July 2009
Hungary	80–94	Slovakia	Skopje
22 July 2009
Slovakia	83–67	Romania	Skopje
23 July 2009
Romania	48–95	Hungary	Skopje

Final classification round

The nine teams of the Classification Round were allocated in another three groups of three teams, depending on their position in the previous round. Group J determined positions 9th to 11th, Group K determined positions 12th to 14th and Group L determined positions 15th to 17th (last).

Group J

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Bulgaria	2	2	0	176	169	4
Slovakia	2	1	1	169	161	3
Norway	2	0	2	149	164	2


24 July 2009
Norway	80–84	Bulgaria	Skopje
25 July 2009
Bulgaria	92–89	Slovakia	Skopje
26 July 2009
Slovakia	80–69	Norway	Skopje

Group K

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Switzerland	2	2	0	167	157	4
Great Britain	2	1	1	152	144	3
Hungary	2	0	2	150	168	2


24 July 2009
Switzerland	79–72	Great Britain	Skopje
25 July 2009
Great Britain	80–65	Hungary	Skopje
26 July 2009
Hungary	85–88	Switzerland	Skopje

Group L

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Portugal	2	2	0	172	129	4
Luxembourg	2	1	1	158	155	3
Romania	2	0	2	142	188	2


24 July 2009
Luxembourg	66–76	Portugal	Skopje
25 July 2009
Portugal	96–63	Romania	Skopje
26 July 2009
Romania	79–92	Luxembourg	Skopje

Knockout stage

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs			Fifth place

July 25, Skopje
Austria	88
Georgia	80

			July 26, Skopje
			Austria	87
			Macedonia	67


			Seventh place
July 25, Skopje		July 26, Skopje
Finland	55	Georgia	75
Macedonia	77		Finland	97

Championship

Playoffs			Third place

July 25, Skopje
Poland	66
Czech Republic	79

			July 26, Skopje
			Czech Republic	77
			Netherlands	88


			Final
July 25, Skopje		July 26, Skopje
Netherlands	71	Poland	96
Sweden	69		Sweden	66

2009 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship Division B
Netherlands First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Czech Republic
	Poland
4th	Sweden
5th	Austria
6th	Macedonia
7th	Finland
8th	Georgia
9th	Bulgaria
10th	Slovakia
11th	Norway
12th	Switzerland
13th	Great Britain
14th	Hungary
15th	Portugal
16th	Luxembourg
17th	Romania

Stats Leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Rasid Mahalbasić	136	7	19.4
2.	Christophe Varidel	135	7	19.3
2.	David Jelinek	128	7	18.3
4.	Richard Grznár	89	5	17.8
5.	Christopher Jones	141	8	17.6

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Points	Games	RPG
1.	Rolland Török	79	7	11.3
2.	Rasid Mahalbasić	70	7	10.0
3.	Thomas Koenis	68	7	9.7
4.	Peter Dorazil	69	8	8.6
5.	Jakub Wojciechowski	51	6	8.5

Assists

Rank	Name	Points	Games	RPG
1.	Beka Tsivtsivadze	44	8	5.5
2.	Moritz Lanegger	32	7	4.6
3.	Nigel Van Oostrum	29	7	4.1
4.	Tomasz Śnieg	28	7	4.0
5.	Ivica Dimcevski	26	7	3.7

References

↑ FIBA Europe.com

FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Division A

Tournaments	Greece 1992 Slovenia 1994 Turkey 1996 Italy 1998 Macedonia 2000 Lithuania 2002 Czech Republic 2004 Russia 2005 Turkey 2006 Italy/Slovenia 2007 Latvia 2008 Greece 2009 Croatia 2010 Spain 2011 Slovenia 2012 Estonia 2013 Greece 2014

Qualification	1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Squads	1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Division B

Tournaments	Bulgaria 2005 Portugal 2006 Poland 2007 Romania 2008 Macedonia 2009 Austria 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011 Bulgaria 2012 Romania 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014

Squads	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014