2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship explained

Continent:	Europe U-20
Year:	2009
Host:	Greece
Dates:	July 16–29
Teams:	16
Federations:	49
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Champions:	Greece
Title Number:	2
Mvp:	Kostas Papanikolaou
Ppg P:	Benzing (22.2)
Ppg T:	(80.4)
Rpg P:	Vučević (10.8)
Rpg T:	(39.1)
Apg P:	Khvostov (6.1)
Apg T:	(14.4)
Website:	Official website (archive)
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	2010

The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 12th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Rhodes and Ialysos, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Greece won their second title.

Israel and Belgium were relegated to Division B.

Venues

City	Arena	Capacity
Rhodes	Venetokleio Sports Hall	1,300
Ialysos	Ialysos Sports Hall	800

Preliminary round

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Qualified for the qualifying round

Group A

width=150px	Team !	width=40px	Pts. !	width=40px	W !	width=40px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		6	3	0	246	209	37
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		5	2	1	206	201	5
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		4	1	2	221	227	−5
	3	0	3	212	248	−36

Group B

width=150px	Team !	width=40px	Pts. !	width=40px	W !	width=40px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		6	3	0	233	198	35
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		5	2	1	230	205	25
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		4	1	2	219	231	−12
	3	0	3	197	245	−48

Group C

width=150px	Team !	width=40px	Pts. !	width=40px	W !	width=40px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		6	3	0	256	198	58
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		5	2	1	198	181	17
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		4	1	2	193	201	−8
	3	0	3	193	260	−67

Group D

width=150px	Team !	width=40px	Pts. !	width=40px	W !	width=40px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		5	2	1	252	246	6
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		5	2	1	218	216	2
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		4	1	2	215	229	−14
	4	1	2	238	232	6

Qualifying round

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Qualified for the quarter-finals

Group E

width=150px	Team !	width=40px	Pts. !	width=40px	W !	width=40px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		9	4	1	370	344	26
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		9	4	1	396	363	33
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		9	4	1	370	356	14
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		6	1	4	336	355	−19
	6	1	4	362	379	−17
	6	1	4	330	367	−37

Group F

width=150px	Team !	width=40px	Pts. !	width=40px	W !	width=40px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		9	4	1	381	340	41
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		8	3	2	395	385	10
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		8	3	2	347	337	10
- bgcolor="#98fb98"		7	2	3	335	297	38
	7	2	3	311	389	−48
	6	1	4	334	355	−21

Knockout stage

13th place group

width=150px	Team !	width=40px	Pts. !	width=40px	W !	width=40px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff
	6	3	0	250	207	43
	5	2	1	237	211	26
	4	1	2	227	231	−4
	3	0	3	191	256	−65

Quarter Final Round

Classification round for 9th to 12th place

Semi-finals

Semi-finals

Final standings

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

Awards

All-Tournament Team

• Antoine Diot
• Kostas Papanikolaou
• Kevin Seraphin
• Nikola Vučević
• Xavier Rabaseda

Stats leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	PPG
1.	Robin Benzing	111	5	22.2
2.	Sead Šehović		158	9	17.6
3.	Bojan Bogdanović	156	9	17.3
3.	Zoran Dragić	98	6	16.3
5.	Dairis Bertāns	130	8	16.3

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	RPG
1.	Nikola Vučević	86	8	10.8
2.	Vladimir Ivlev		81	8	10.1
3.	Lauris Blaus	72	8	9.0
4.	Pere Tomàs	75	9	8.3
5.	Fernando Raposo	75	9	8.3

Assists

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	RPG
1.	Dmitri Khvostov	49	8	6.1
2.	Antoine Diot		47	9	5.2
3.	Jorn Steinbach	29	6	4.8
4.	Sead Šehović	36	9	4.0
5.	Kostas Sloukas	35	9	3.9

External links

• FIBA Europe
• FIBA Archive