2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

2005 EuroBasket Under-16

19th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	29 July – 7 August 2005
Teams	16
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Turkey (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Antoine Diot
Top scorer	Sean Daniel (25.3)
Top rebounds	Pavel Gromyko (14.5)
Top assists	Marios Matalon (5.4)
PPG (Team)	Spain (81.5)
RPG (Team)	Lithuania (41.4)
APG (Team)	Greece (10.5)
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The 2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 19th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of León, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Turkey won the trophy for the second time. Poland and Belgium were relegated to Division B.

Teams

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

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	246	178	6
Italy	3	2	1	194	188	5
Israel	3	1	2	221	240	4
Poland	3	0	3	170	225	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
France	3	3	0	252	236	6
Spain	3	2	1	256	217	5
Latvia	3	1	2	212	244	4
Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	3	210	233	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	211	188	5
Croatia	3	2	1	227	225	5
Greece	3	2	1	223	188	5
Iceland	3	0	3	180	240	3

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	3	3	0	236	212	6
Ukraine	3	2	1	217	195	5
Slovenia	3	1	2	196	196	4
Belgium	3	0	3	192	238	3

Classification round

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

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Serbia and Montenegro	3	3	0	225	182	6
Israel	3	2	1	220	195	5
Greece	3	1	2	199	179	4
Belgium	3	0	3	128	216	3

Group H

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Slovenia	3	2	1	231	203	5
Latvia	3	2	1	214	190	5
Iceland	3	1	2	167	200	4
Poland	3	1	2	204	223	4

Quarterfinals round

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

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	243	184	6
Spain	3	2	1	243	223	5
Russia	3	1	2	213	221	4
Ukraine	3	0	3	153	224	3

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	3	2	1	231	226	5
France	3	2	1	243	227	5
Italy	3	1	2	226	251	4
Croatia	3	1	2	249	245	4

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

	Playoffs				Thirteenth place
	Poland	79
	Greece	80
					Greece	103
					Iceland	54
	Belgium	56
	Iceland	64
					Fifteenth place
					Poland	62
					Belgium	61

Poland and Belgium were relegated to Division B.

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Latvia	45
	Serbia and Montenegro	77
					Serbia and Montenegro	75
					Israel	76
	Slovenia	60
	Israel	89
					Eleventh place
					Latvia	72
					Slovenia	65

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Russia	90
	Croatia	75
					Russia	66
					Ukraine	73
	Italy	40
	Ukraine	78
					Seventh place
					Croatia	73
					Italy	77

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	Lithuania	73
	France	76
					France	55
					Turkey	61
	Spain	83
	Turkey	88
					Third place
					Lithuania	63
					Spain	70

2005 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Turkey Second title

Final standings

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

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive