2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

2004 EuroBasket Under-20
7th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	July 23 – August 1
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Slovenia (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Erazem Lorbek
Top scorer	Vasileiadis (25.5)
Top rebounds	Jankūnas (12.1)
Top assists	Sada (4.7)
Official website
	Official website (archive)

The 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the seventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Brno, in the Czech Republic, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their second title.

Teams

Squads

Qualification

Twenty-five national teams entered the qualifying round. They were allocated in five groups. The first two teams from groups A, B, C, D and the first three teams from group E qualified for the tournament, where they joined Czech Republic (qualified as hosts).

Group A


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	296	188	+108	6
Israel	3	2	1	267	240	+27	5
France	3	1	2	271	257	+14	4
Luxembourg	3	0	3	175	324	−149	3

Group B


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Croatia	4	4	0	413	337	+76	8
Ukraine	4	3	1	348	281	+67	7
Italy	4	2	2	348	310	+38	6
Bulgaria	4	1	3	269	328	−59	5
Portugal	4	0	4	284	406	−122	4

Group C


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lithuania	4	4	0	401	302	+99	8
Latvia	4	3	1	339	272	+67	7
Germany	4	2	2	303	330	−27	6
Sweden	4	1	3	282	330	−48	5
Finland	4	0	4	265	356	−91	4

Group D


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Russia	4	4	0	347	265	+82	8
Serbia and Montenegro	4	2	2	319	283	+36	6
Poland	4	2	2	301	295	+6	6
Slovakia	4	1	3	311	402	−91	5
Estonia	4	1	3	292	325	−33	5

Group E


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Greece	5	5	0	442	332	+110	10
Slovenia	5	4	1	345	305	+40	9
Belarus	5	2	3	359	390	−31	7
Turkey	5	2	3	373	365	+8	7
Switzerland	5	1	4	283	365	−82	6
Hungary	5	1	4	355	400	−45	6

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
Russia	5	4	1	412	374	9
Israel	5	3	2	404	407	8
Czech Republic	5	2	3	353	379	7
Latvia	5	2	3	361	372	7
Spain	5	2	3	388	378	7
Croatia	5	2	3	384	392	7


23 July 2004
Latvia	68–72	Israel	Brno
Russia	89–72	Czech Republic	Brno
Spain	82–75	Croatia	Brno
24 July 2004
Israel	83–90	Russia	Brno
Croatia	69–76	Latvia	Brno
Czech Republic	69–65	Spain	Brno
25 July 2004
Russia	78–73	Latvia	Brno
Spain	77–86	Israel	Brno
Czech Republic	64–82	Croatia	Brno
27 July 2004
Croatia	54–86	Russia	Brno
Latvia	79–72	Spain	Brno
Israel	78–68	Czech Republic	Brno
28 July 2004
Spain	92–69	Russia	Brno
Czech Republic	80–65	Latvia	Brno
Israel	84–104	Croatia	Brno

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	5	4	1	429	380	9
Lithuania	5	4	1	454	427	9
Serbia and Montenegro	5	4	1	377	349	9
Slovenia	5	2	3	389	398	7
Ukraine	5	1	4	377	404	6
Belarus	5	0	5	331	399	5


23 July 2004
Lithuania	81–47	Belarus	Brno
Ukraine	62–90	Serbia and Montenegro	Brno
Greece	91–84	Slovenia	Brno
24 July 2004
Slovenia	100–82	Ukraine	Brno
Belarus	60–81	Greece	Brno
Serbia and Montenegro	80–72	Lithuania	Brno
25 July 2004
Belarus	55–84	Slovenia	Brno
Lithuania	93–78	Ukraine	Brno
Greece	72–59	Serbia and Montenegro	Brno
27 July 2004
Serbia and Montenegro	76–62	Belarus	Brno
Slovenia	65–69	Lithuania	Brno
Ukraine	82–91	Greece	Brno
28 July 2004
Serbia and Montenegro	76–47	Slovenia	Brno
Greece	67–73	Lithuania	Brno
Belarus	67–73	Ukraine	Brno

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs		Ninth place

July 30, Brno

Spain	59
		July 31, Brno
Belarus	84
		Belarus	80
July 30, Brno
		Ukraine	76
Ukraine	67

Croatia	65
		Eleventh place

		July 31, Brno

		Spain	78

		Croatia	71

Championship

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

July 30, Brno

Russia	67
		July 31, Brno
Slovenia	74
		Slovenia	97
July 30, Brno
		Lithuania	57
Lithuania	99
				August 1, Brno
Czech Republic	72
				Slovenia	66
July 30, Brno
				Israel	61
Serbia and Montenegro	82
		July 31, Brno
Israel	83
		Israel	88
July 30, Brno
		Greece	82	Third place
Greece	87
				August 1, Brno
Latvia	66
				Lithuania	92

				Greece	63

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs		Fifth place

July 31, Brno

Russia	95
		August 1, Brno
Czech Republic	62
		Russia	86
July 31, Brno
		Serbia and Montenegro	101
Latvia	71

Serbia and Montenegro	74
		Seventh place

		August 1, Brno

		Czech Republic	79

		Latvia	100

2004 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Slovenia Second title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Slovenia
	Israel
	Lithuania
4th	Greece
5th	Serbia and Montenegro
6th	Russia
7th	Latvia
8th	Czech Republic
9th	Belarus
10th	Ukraine
11th	Spain
12th	Croatia

Stats leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Kostas Vasileiadis	204	8	25.5
2.	Ivan Koljević	163	8	20.4
2.	Yotam Halperin	163	8	20.4
4.	Vladimir Veremeenko	140	7	20.0
5.	Marc Gasol	128	7	18.3

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Points	Games	RPG
1.	Paulius Jankūnas	97	8	12.1
2.	Vladimir Veremeenko	77	7	11.0
3.	Víctor Sada	64	7	9.1
4.	David Steffel	72	8	9.0
5.	Marc Gasol	57	7	8.1

Assists

Rank	Name	Points	Games	RPG
1.	Víctor Sada	30	7	4.3
2.	Artūras Jomantas	31	8	3.9
3.	Dmytro Diatlovskyi	27	7	3.9
4.	Petar Ćosić	23	7	3.3
5.	Vassilis Xanthopoulos	25	8	3.1