2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

2002 EuroBasket Under-20
6th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryLithuania
DatesJuly 26 – August 4, 2002
Teams12
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Greece (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPGreece Nikos Zisis
Top scorerCroatia Popović (25.0)
Top reboundsFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Krstić (11.3)
Top assistsCroatia Popović (7.1)
PPG (Team) Croatia (88.8)
RPG (Team) Lithuania (43.5)
APG (Team) Greece (16.8)
Official website
Official website (archive)
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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.

Teams

Squads

Qualification

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

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Slovenia 5 4 1 404 408 9
 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 426 383 9
 Greece 5 3 2 469 412 8
 Lithuania 5 2 3 389 399 7
 Italy 5 2 3 415 429 7
 Turkey 5 0 5 381 453 5
26 July 2002
Turkey  89–91  Slovenia Kaunas
Lithuania  68–79  Yugoslavia Kaunas
Italy  82–81  Greece Kaunas
27 July 2002
Yugoslavia  90–87  Turkey Kaunas
Greece  104–93  Lithuania Kaunas
Slovenia  100–84  Italy Kaunas
28 July 2002
Greece  89–93  Yugoslavia Kaunas
Lithuania  64–67  Slovenia Kaunas
Italy  100–68  Turkey Kaunas
30 July 2002
Slovenia  71–100  Greece Kaunas
Turkey  64–77  Lithuania Kaunas
Yugoslavia  93–64  Italy Kaunas
31 July 2002
Greece  95–73  Turkey Kaunas
Lithuania  87–85  Italy Kaunas
Slovenia  75–71  Yugoslavia Kaunas

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Russia 5 4 1 429 380 9
 Croatia 5 4 1 454 427 9
 Spain 5 3 2 377 349 8
 France 5 3 2 389 398 8
 Ukraine 5 1 4 377 404 6
 Israel 5 0 5 331 399 5
26 July 2002
Israel  64–76  Ukraine Alytus
Russia  100–93  Croatia Alytus
Spain  89–53  France Alytus
27 July 2002
Croatia  95–76  Israel Alytus
France  88–75  Russia Alytus
Ukraine  71–75  Spain Alytus
28 July 2002
France  84–91  Croatia Alytus
Russia  89–69  Ukraine Alytus
Spain  64–61  Israel Alytus
30 July 2002
Ukraine  72–84  France Alytus
Israel  59–84  Russia Alytus
Croatia  83–78  Spain Alytus
31 July 2002
France  80–71  Israel Alytus
Russia  81–71  Spain Alytus
Ukraine  89–92  Croatia Alytus

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

 
PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
August 2, Vilnius
 
 
 Italy67
 
August 3, Vilnius
 
 Israel75
 
 Israel73
 
August 2, Vilnius
 
 Turkey79
 
 Turkey101
 
 
 Ukraine98
 
Eleventh place
 
 
August 3, Vilnius
 
 
 Italy90
 
 
 Ukraine77

Championship

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
August 2, Vilnius
 
 
 Croatia80
 
August 3, Vilnius
 
 Greece81
 
 Greece79
 
August 2, Vilnius
 
 France70
 
 France84
 
August 4, Vilnius
 
 Slovenia73
 
 Greece77
 
August 2, Vilnius
 
 Spain73
 
 Yugoslavia71
 
August 3, Vilnius
 
 Spain72
 
 Spain86
 
August 2, Vilnius
 
 Russia81 Third place
 
 Russia83
 
August 4, Vilnius
 
 Lithuania75
 
 France95
 
 
 Russia78
 

5th–8th playoffs

 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
August 3, Vilnius
 
 
 Croatia88
 
August 4, Vilnius
 
 Slovenia90
 
 Slovenia74
 
August 3, Vilnius
 
 Lithuania78
 
 Yugoslavia71
 
 
 Lithuania72
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 4, Vilnius
 
 
 Croatia89
 
 
 Yugoslavia105


 2002 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship 

Greece
First title

Final standings

Rank Team
 Greece
 Spain
 France
4th  Russia
5th  Lithuania
6th  Slovenia
7th  Yugoslavia
8th  Croatia
9th  Turkey
10th  Israel
11th  Italy
12th  Ukraine

References