2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

2004 EuroBasket Under-20

7th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	July 23 – August 1
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Slovenia (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Erazem Lorbek
Top scorer	Vasileiadis (25.5)
Top rebounds	Jankūnas (12.1)
Top assists	Sada (4.7)
PPG (Team)	Russia (82.5)
RPG (Team)	Lithuania (39.1)
APG (Team)	Czech Republic (13.5)
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The 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the seventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Brno, in the Czech Republic, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their second title.

•  Belarus
•  Croatia
•  Czech Republic
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Russia
•  Serbia and Montenegro
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Ukraine

Twenty-five national teams entered the qualifying round. They were allocated in five groups. The first two teams from groups A, B, C, D and the first three teams from group E qualified for the tournament, where they joined Czech Republic (qualified as hosts).^[1]

Group A Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Spain 3 3 0 296 188 +108 6  Israel 3 2 1 267 240 +27 5  France 3 1 2 271 257 +14 4  Luxembourg 3 0 3 175 324 −149 3 Group B Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Croatia 4 4 0 413 337 +76 8  Ukraine 4 3 1 348 281 +67 7  Italy 4 2 2 348 310 +38 6  Bulgaria 4 1 3 269 328 −59 5  Portugal 4 0 4 284 406 −122 4 Group C Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Lithuania 4 4 0 401 302 +99 8  Latvia 4 3 1 339 272 +67 7  Germany 4 2 2 303 330 −27 6  Sweden 4 1 3 282 330 −48 5  Finland 4 0 4 265 356 −91 4

Group D Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Russia 4 4 0 347 265 +82 8  Serbia and Montenegro 4 2 2 319 283 +36 6  Poland 4 2 2 301 295 +6 6  Slovakia 4 1 3 311 402 −91 5  Estonia 4 1 3 292 325 −33 5 Group E Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Greece 5 5 0 442 332 +110 10  Slovenia 5 4 1 345 305 +40 9  Belarus 5 2 3 359 390 −31 7  Turkey 5 2 3 373 365 +8 7   Switzerland 5 1 4 283 365 −82 6  Hungary 5 1 4 355 400 −45 6

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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Russia	5	4	1	412	374	9
Israel	5	3	2	404	407	8
Czech Republic	5	2	3	353	379	7
Latvia	5	2	3	361	372	7
Spain	5	2	3	388	378	7
Croatia	5	2	3	384	392	7

23 July 2004
Latvia		68–72		Israel	Brno
Russia		89–72		Czech Republic	Brno
Spain		82–75		Croatia	Brno
24 July 2004
Israel		83–90		Russia	Brno
Croatia		69–76		Latvia	Brno
Czech Republic		69–65		Spain	Brno
25 July 2004
Russia		78–73		Latvia	Brno
Spain		77–86		Israel	Brno
Czech Republic		64–82		Croatia	Brno
27 July 2004
Croatia		54–86		Russia	Brno
Latvia		79–72		Spain	Brno
Israel		78–68		Czech Republic	Brno
28 July 2004
Spain		92–69		Russia	Brno
Czech Republic		80–65		Latvia	Brno
Israel		84–104		Croatia	Brno

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	5	4	1	429	380	9
Lithuania	5	4	1	454	427	9
Serbia and Montenegro	5	4	1	377	349	9
Slovenia	5	2	3	389	398	7
Ukraine	5	1	4	377	404	6
Belarus	5	0	5	331	399	5

23 July 2004
Lithuania		81–47		Belarus	Brno
Ukraine		62–90		Serbia and Montenegro	Brno
Greece		91–84		Slovenia	Brno
24 July 2004
Slovenia		100–82		Ukraine	Brno
Belarus		60–81		Greece	Brno
Serbia and Montenegro		80–72		Lithuania	Brno
25 July 2004
Belarus		55–84		Slovenia	Brno
Lithuania		93–78		Ukraine	Brno
Greece		72–59		Serbia and Montenegro	Brno
27 July 2004
Serbia and Montenegro		76–62		Belarus	Brno
Slovenia		65–69		Lithuania	Brno
Ukraine		82–91		Greece	Brno
28 July 2004
Serbia and Montenegro		76–47		Slovenia	Brno
Greece		67–73		Lithuania	Brno
Belarus		67–73		Ukraine	Brno

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	July 30, Brno
	Spain	59
					July 31, Brno
	Belarus	84
					Belarus	80
	July 30, Brno
					Ukraine	76
	Ukraine	67
	Croatia	65
					Eleventh place
					July 31, Brno
					Spain	78
					Croatia	71

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	July 30, Brno
	Russia	67
					July 31, Brno
	Slovenia	74
					Slovenia	97
	July 30, Brno
					Lithuania	57
	Lithuania	99
									August 1, Brno
	Czech Republic	72
									Slovenia	66
	July 30, Brno
									Israel	61
	Serbia and Montenegro	82
					July 31, Brno
	Israel	83
					Israel	88
	July 30, Brno
					Greece	82			Third place
	Greece	87
									August 1, Brno
	Latvia	66
									Lithuania	92
									Greece	63

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	July 31, Brno
	Russia	95
					August 1, Brno
	Czech Republic	62
					Russia	86
	July 31, Brno
					Serbia and Montenegro	101
	Latvia	71
	Serbia and Montenegro	74
					Seventh place
					August 1, Brno
					Czech Republic	79
					Latvia	100

2004 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Slovenia Second title

Rank	Team
	Slovenia
	Israel
	Lithuania
4th	Greece
5th	Serbia and Montenegro
6th	Russia
7th	Latvia
8th	Czech Republic
9th	Belarus
10th	Ukraine
11th	Spain
12th	Croatia

Points [edit] Rank Name Points Games PPG 1. Kostas Vasileiadis 204 8 25.5 2. Ivan Koljević 163 8 20.4 2. Yotam Halperin 163 8 20.4 4. Vladimir Veremeenko 140 7 20.0 5. Marc Gasol 128 7 18.3

Rebounds [edit] Rank Name Points Games RPG 1. Paulius Jankūnas 97 8 12.1 2. Vladimir Veremeenko 77 7 11.0 3. Víctor Sada 64 7 9.1 4. David Steffel 72 8 9.0 5. Marc Gasol 57 7 8.1

Assists [edit] Rank Name Points Games RPG 1. Víctor Sada 30 7 4.3 2. Artūras Jomantas 31 8 3.9 3. Dmytro Diatlovskyi 27 7 3.9 4. Petar Ćosić 23 7 3.3 5. Vassilis Xanthopoulos 25 8 3.1

• Yotam Halperin
• Ivan Koljević
• Kostas Vasileiadis
• Linas Kleiza
• Erazem Lorbek (MVP)

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