2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship explained

Continent:Europe U-20
Year:2002
Host:Lithuania
Dates:July 26 – August 4, 2002
Teams:12
Federations:1
Venues:3
Cities:3
Champions:Greece
Title Number:1
Mvp: Nikos Zisis
Ppg P: Popović (25.0)
Ppg T: (88.8)
Rpg P: Krstić (11.3)
Rpg T: (43.5)
Apg P: Popović (7.1)
Apg T: (16.8)
Website:Official website (archive)
Prevseason:2000
Nextseason:2004

The 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 2002 European Championship for Young Men) was the sixth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Kaunas, Alytus and Vilnius, in Lithuania, hosted the tournament. Greece won their first title.

Preliminary round

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

    Team advanced to Quarterfinals
    Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs

Group A

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26 July 2002
89–91 Kaunas
68–79 Kaunas
82–81 Kaunas
27 July 2002
90–87 Kaunas
104–93 Kaunas
100–84 Kaunas
28 July 2002
89–93 Kaunas
64–67 Kaunas
100–68 Kaunas
30 July 2002
71–100 Kaunas
64–77 Kaunas
93–64 Kaunas
31 July 2002
95–73 Kaunas
87–85 Kaunas
75–71 Kaunas

Group B

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26 July 2002
64–76 Alytus
100–93 Alytus
89–53 Alytus
27 July 2002
95–76 Alytus
88–75 Alytus
71–75 Alytus
28 July 2002
84–91 Alytus
89–69 Alytus
64–61 Alytus
30 July 2002
72–84 Alytus
59–84 Alytus
83–78 Alytus
31 July 2002
80–71 Alytus
81–71 Alytus
89–92 Alytus

Knockout stage

Championship

5th–8th playoffs

Final standings

Rank Team
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th

References