2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

2004 EuroBasket Under-16

18th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	6–15 July 2004
Teams	16
Venue(s)	(in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Vitaly Kuznetsov
Top scorer	Gallinari (18.6)
Top rebounds	Pishchalnikov (14.5)
Top assists	Ugrinoski (7.1)
PPG (Team)	Russia (82.0)
RPG (Team)	Russia (45.4)
APG (Team)	Spain (15.5)
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The 2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Amaliada and Pyrgos, in Greece, hosted the tournament. France won the trophy for the first time. Georgia and Germany were relegated to Division B.

Teams

•  Belgium
•  Croatia
•  France
•  Georgia
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Poland
•  Russia
•  Serbia and Montenegro
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey

System of competition

The tournament format changed with the inclusion of the Division System. The sixteen teams from Division A entered the tournament. In the preliminary round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The two top teams from each group qualify for the quarterfinals. The eight teams were allocated on two groups of four teams each, with the two top teams qualifying for the semifinals. The two teams qualified 15th and 16th were relegated to Division B.

Preliminary round

	Team advanced to Quarterfinals
	Team competed in 9th–16th games

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Slovenia	3	3	0	223	200	6
Russia	3	2	1	255	213	5
Israel	3	1	2	235	218	4
Poland	3	0	3	201	283	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	201	166	6
Lithuania	3	2	1	218	196	5
Serbia and Montenegro	3	1	2	213	215	4
Georgia	3	0	3	185	240	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	3	3	0	224	163	6
France	3	2	1	194	175	5
Croatia	3	1	2	177	196	4
Latvia	3	0	3	178	239	3

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	245	140	6
Greece	3	2	1	195	197	5
Belgium	3	1	2	179	219	4
Germany	3	0	3	176	239	3

Classification round

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

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	227	183	6
Israel	3	2	1	241	196	5
Georgia	3	1	2	185	225	4
Germany	3	0	3	208	258	3

Group H

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	1	247	199	5
Belgium	3	2	1	224	223	5
Poland	3	1	2	219	263	4
Latvia	3	1	2	193	198	4

Quarterfinals round

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

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	3	3	0	217	181	6
Lithuania	3	2	1	216	210	5
Slovenia	3	1	2	171	198	4
Greece	3	0	3	184	199	3

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	252	231	6
France	3	1	2	208	203	4
Spain	3	1	2	209	212	4
Italy	3	1	2	205	228	4

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

	Playoffs				Thirteenth place
	Georgia	79
	Latvia	84
					Latvia	70
					Poland	63
	Germany	74
	Poland	76
					Fifteenth place
					Georgia	80
					Germany	75

Georgia and Germany were relegated to Division B.

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Belgium	57
	Croatia	79
					Croatia	63
					Serbia and Montenegro	80
	Israel	60
	Serbia and Montenegro	77
					Eleventh place
					Belgium	74
					Israel	81

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Greece	76
	Spain	64
					Greece	70
					Italy	62
	Slovenia	54
	Italy	82
					Seventh place
					Spain	67
					Slovenia	55

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	Turkey	61
	France	70
					France	65
					Russia	60
	Lithuania	73
	Russia	89
					Third place
					Turkey	75
					Lithuania	69

2004 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
France First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	France
	Russia
	Turkey
4th	Lithuania
5th	Greece
6th	Italy
7th	Spain
8th	Slovenia
9th	Serbia and Montenegro
10th	Croatia
11th	Israel
12th	Belgium
13th	Latvia
14th	Poland
15th	Georgia
16th	Germany

Relegated to the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive