2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship explained

Continent:	Europe U-20
Year:	2006
Host:	Turkey
Dates:	July 14–23
Teams:	16
Federations:	48
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	Serbia and Montenegro
Title Number:	2
Mvp:	Ersan İlyasova
Ppg P:	Kalve (20.5)
Ppg T:	(81.4)
Rpg P:	Suárez (10.4)
Rpg T:	(41.6)
Apg P:	Jeromanovs (6.3)
Apg T:	(15.8)
Website:	Official website (archive)
Prevseason:	2005
Nextseason:	2007

The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the ninth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of İzmir, in Turkey, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won their second title, the first one with that name (they won the 1998 Championship) as Yugoslavia.

Germany and Belarus were relegated to Division B.

Preliminary round

The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.Note that while Serbia and Montenegro dissolved into Serbia and Montenegro in June 2006, they still competed as one team.

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

Group A

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	3	3	0	231	176	6
	3	2	1	231	215	5
	3	1	2	199	222	4
	3	0	3	217	251	3

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14 July 2006
	72–61		İzmir
	64–58		İzmir
15 July 2006
	57–81		İzmir
	79–95		İzmir
16 July 2006
	77–84		İzmir
	72–78		İzmir

Group B

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	3	2	1	212	177	5 (1–1 +2)
	3	2	1	235	202	5 (1–1 +1)
	3	2	1	206	205	5 (1–1 –3)
	3	0	3	169	238	3

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14 July 2006
	66–64		İzmir
	92–60		İzmir
15 July 2006
	68–72		İzmir
	74–70		İzmir
16 July 2006
	73–68		İzmir
	74–41		İzmir

Group C

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	3	2	1	251	195	5 (1–1 +23)
	3	2	1	209	168	5 (1–1 +3)
	3	2	1	207	203	5 (1–1 –26)
	3	0	3	162	263	3

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14 July 2006
	63–92		İzmir
	83–45		İzmir
15 July 2006
	51–81		İzmir
	60–66		İzmir
16 July 2006
	99–66		İzmir
	60–63		İzmir

Group D

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	3	2	1	228	222	5
	3	2	1	261	255	5
	3	1	2	238	249	4
	3	1	2	235	236	4

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14 July 2006
	73–75		İzmir
	71–81		İzmir
15 July 2006
	86–98		İzmir
	69–74		İzmir
16 July 2006
	78–77		İzmir
	88–92		İzmir

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	246	204	6
	3	2	1	245	244	5
	3	1	2	202	204	4
	3	0	3	239	280	3

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18 July 2006
	101–68		İzmir
	67–65		İzmir
19 July 2006
	94–100		İzmir
	58–60		İzmir
20 July 2006
	79–77		İzmir
	85–78		İzmir

Group F

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	3	2	1	244	205	5
	3	2	1	215	219	5
	3	1	2	233	249	4
	3	1	2	222	241	4

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18 July 2006
	87–72		İzmir
	53–75		İzmir
19 July 2006
	70–76		İzmir
	91–72		İzmir
20 July 2006
	74–86		İzmir
	78–80		İzmir

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	245	149	6
	3	2	1	228	183	5
	3	1	2	173	219	4
	3	0	3	147	242	3

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18 July 2006
	50–78		İzmir
	36–82		İzmir
19 July 2006
	86–52		İzmir
	89–56		İzmir
20 July 2006
	71–55		İzmir
	77–61		İzmir

Group H

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	3	2	1	245	220	5
	3	2	1	226	214	5
	3	1	2	216	222	4
	3	1	2	239	270	4

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18 July 2006
	67–64		İzmir
	90–89		İzmir
19 July 2006
	86–76		İzmir
	77–64		İzmir
20 July 2006
	66–79		İzmir
	73–95		İzmir

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

Belarus and Germany were relegated to Division B.

Championship

Final standings

Rank	Team



4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th

Team RosterTadija Dragićević, Milenko Tepić, Boris Bakić, Novica Veličković, Dragan Labović, Nenad Mijatović, Branko Jereminov, Miljan Rakić, Nikola Peković, Ivan Paunić, Nikola Dragović, and Ivan Maraš.Head coach: Miroslav Nikolić.

Stats leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	PPG
1.	Ernests Kalve	164	8	20.5
2.	Emir Preldžič		162	8	20.3
3.	Martynas Pocius	160	8	20.0
4.	Kaloyan Ivanov	153	8	19.1
5.	Souarata Cissé	147	8	18.4

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	RPG
1.	Carlos Suárez	83	8	10.4
2.	Emir Preldžić		75	8	9.4
3.	Kaloyan Ivanov	72	8	9.0
4.	Dejan Ivanov	70	8	8.8
5.	Miklós Szabó	67	8	8.4

Assists

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	RPG
1.	Edgars Jeromanovs	50	8	6.3
2.	Anton Ponkrashov		44	8	5.5
3.	Mantas Kalnietis	38	8	4.8
4.	Maksim Shustau	30	8	3.8
5.	Alessandro Piazza	30	8	3.8