2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship explained

Continent:	Europe U-20
Year:	2005
Host:	Russia
Dates:	July 8–17
Teams:	16
Federations:	48
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	Russia
Title Number:	1
Mvp:	Nikita Kurbanov
Ppg P:	Markota (18.3)
Ppg T:	(81.4)
Rpg P:	Markota (10.8)
Rpg T:	/ (41.1)
Apg P:	Močnik (5.0)
Apg T:	(14.0)
Website:	Official website (archive)
Prevseason:	2004
Nextseason:	2006

The 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the eighth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Chekhov, in Russia, hosted the tournament. Russia won their first title.

Ukraine and the Czech Republic were relegated to Division B.

Format change

For the first time, the format of the competition was changed. Four more teams entered the competition, and another round was played. The two last teams were relegated to Division B.

Preliminary round

The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.

	Team advanced to Quarter-Final round
	Team competed in Classification round

Group A

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	3	3	0	239	176	6
	3	2	1	218	202	5
	3	1	2	203	223	4
	3	0	3	190	249	3

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8 July 2005
	60–89		Chekhov
	72–73		Chekhov
9 July 2005
	87–60		Chekhov
	89–67		Chekhov
10 July 2005
	63–71		Chekhov
	56–63		Chekhov

Group B

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	3	3	0	303	183	6
	3	2	1	214	214	5
	3	1	2	174	209	4
	3	0	3	161	246	3

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8 July 2005
	72–52		Chekhov
	77–109		Chekhov
9 July 2005
	49–93		Chekhov
	52–73		Chekhov
10 July 2005
	57–101		Chekhov
	64–53		Chekhov

Group C

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	3	2	1	303	183	5
	3	2	1	214	214	5
	3	1	2	174	209	4
	3	1	2	161	246	4

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8 July 2005
	66–57		Chekhov
	68–83		Chekhov
9 July 2005
	62–81		Chekhov
	76–60		Chekhov
10 July 2005
	76–57		Chekhov
	64–65		Chekhov

Group D

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	3	3	0	226	180	6
	3	2	1	199	198	5
	3	1	2	216	204	4
	3	0	3	170	229	3

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8 July 2005
	80–73		Chekhov
	73–65		Chekhov
9 July 2005
	71–65		Chekhov
	78–52		Chekhov
10 July 2005
	55–68		Chekhov
	78–53		Chekhov

Quarter-Final round

The eight teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each.

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

Group E

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	3	3	0	233	185	6
	3	1	2	183	201	4
	3	1	2	180	202	4
	3	1	2	207	215	4

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12 July 2005
	51–60		Chekhov
	72–76		Chekhov
13 July 2005
	60–64		Chekhov
	71–50		Chekhov
14 July 2005
	79–71		Chekhov
	86–63		Chekhov

Group F

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	3	2	1	228	204	5
	3	2	1	207	187	5
	3	1	2	188	213	4
	3	1	2	184	203	4

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12 July 2005
	53–73		Chekhov
	87–65		Chekhov
13 July 2005
	56–54		Chekhov
	62–67		Chekhov
14 July 2005
	77–74		Chekhov
	67–72		Chekhov

Classification round

The eight teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each.

	Team competed to 9th–12th playoffs
	Team competed in 13th–16th playoffs

Group G

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	3	3	0	244	187	6
	3	2	1	211	206	5
	3	1	2	199	229	4
	3	0	3	192	224	3

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12 July 2005
	59–68		Chekhov
	56–72		Chekhov
13 July 2005
	90–61		Chekhov
	73–65		Chekhov
14 July 2005
	79–71		Chekhov
	82–70		Chekhov

Group H

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	3	3	0	227	163	6
	3	2	1	205	185	5
	3	1	2	186	220	4
	3	0	3	173	223	3

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12 July 2005
	52–73		Chekhov
	56–74		Chekhov
13 July 2005
	76–61		Chekhov
	86–56		Chekhov
14 July 2005
	60–74		Chekhov
	55–68		Chekhov

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs