2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B explained

2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
Subtitle:	2nd Division B Championship
Continent:	Europe U-20
Year:	2006
Host:	Portugal
Dates:	July 14–23
Teams:	16
Federations:	48
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	Georgia
Title Number:	1
Ppg P:	Mlađan (32.3)
Ppg T:	(87.8)
Rpg P:	Samardžiski (14.4)
Rpg T:	(38.4)
Apg P:	Pires (6.1)
Apg T:	(16.4)
Website:	www.fibaeurope.com
Prevseason:	2005
Nextseason:	2007

The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the second edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of European Under-20 basketball. The city of Lisbon, in Portugal, hosted the tournament. Georgia won their first title.

Georgia and Macedonia were promoted to Division A.

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	243	220	6
	3	2	1	222	171	5
	3	1	2	185	206	4
	3	0	3	178	231	3

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14 July 2006
		79–90			Lisbon
		71–70			Lisbon
15 July 2006
		39–86			Lisbon
		79–72			Lisbon
16 July 2006
		42–57			Lisbon
		74–69			Lisbon

Group B

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	3	3	0	272	217	6
	3	2	1	276	231	5
	3	1	2	238	249	4
	3	0	3	199	288	3

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14 July 2006
		58–99			Lisbon
		87–81			Lisbon
15 July 2006
		89–80			Lisbon
		75–85			Lisbon
16 July 2006
		106–64			Lisbon
		61–100			Lisbon

Group C

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	3	2	1	235	219	5
	3	2	1	264	246	5
	3	1	2	211	222	4
	3	1	2	224	247	4

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14 July 2006
		85–99			Lisbon
		68–69			Lisbon
15 July 2006
		74–77			Lisbon
		91–69			Lisbon
16 July 2006
		62–74			Lisbon
		92–74			Lisbon

Group D

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	3	2	1	226	216	5
	3	2	1	220	201	5
	3	1	2	212	222	4
	3	1	2	199	219	4

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14 July 2006
		72–86			Lisbon
		81–80			Lisbon
15 July 2006
		77–68			Lisbon
		67–60			Lisbon
16 July 2006
		67–69			Lisbon
		58–72			Lisbon

Quarter-final round

The eight top 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	2	1	221	215	5
	3	2	1	256	244	5
	3	1	2	193	190	4
	3	1	2	203	224	4

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18 July 2006
		98–88			Lisbon
		67–65			Lisbon
19 July 2006
		77–69			Lisbon
		71–85			Lisbon
20 July 2006
		85–73			Lisbon
		38–57			Lisbon

Group F

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	3	3	0	251	185	6
	3	2	1	241	226	5
	3	1	2	212	230	4
	3	0	3	176	239	3

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18 July 2006
		77–68			Lisbon
		49–73			Lisbon
19 July 2006
		87–72			Lisbon
		62–95			Lisbon
20 July 2006
		55–79			Lisbon
		86–77			Lisbon

Classification round

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

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

Group G

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	3	3	0	248	203	6
	3	2	1	231	243	5
	3	1	2	239	258	4
	3	0	3	210	224	3

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18 July 2006
		71–68			Lisbon
		71–88			Lisbon
19 July 2006
		71–79			Lisbon
		86–61			Lisbon
20 July 2006
		89–99			Lisbon
		71–74			Lisbon

Group H

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	3	3	0	256	203	6
	3	2	1	258	214	5
	3	1	2	217	239	4
	3	0	3	200	275	3

width=25%		width=3%		width=6%		width=3%		width=25%
18 July 2006
		80–69			Lisbon
		52–113			Lisbon
19 July 2006
		79–76			Lisbon
		62–93			Lisbon
20 July 2006
		72–83			Lisbon
		69–83			Lisbon

Knockout stage

Championship

Final standings

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

Stats leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	PPG
1.	Dušan Mlađan	258	8	32.3
2.	Viktor Sanikidze		194	8	24.3
2.	Aaron Westbrooks	186	8	23.3
4.	Jóhann Olafsson	174	8	21.8
5.	Predrag Samardžiski	163	8	20.4

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	RPG
1.	Predrag Samardžiski	115	8	14.4
2.	Viktor Sanikidze		87	8	10.9
3.	Westher Molteni	75	8	9.4
4.	Pavel Ermolinskij	72	8	9.0
5.	Pawel Leonczyk	68	8	8.5

Assists

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	RPG
1.	Antonio Pires	49	8	6.1
2.	Giorgi Gamqrelidze		48	8	6.0
3.	Rudy Mbemba	41	7	5.9
4.	Aleksandar Kostoski	32	8	4.0
5.	Roman Marko	31	8	3.9

References

• FIBA Europe Archive