The 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the eighth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Chekhov, in Russia, hosted the tournament. Russia won their first title.
Ukraine and the Czech Republic were relegated to Division B.
Format change For the first time, the format of the competition was changed. Four more teams entered the competition, and another round was played. The two last teams were relegated to Division B.
Teams
Preliminary round The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.
Team advanced to Quarter-Final round Team competed in Classification round
Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302391766321218202531220322343031902493 8 July 2005 60–89 Chekhov 72–73 Chekhov9 July 2005 87–60 Chekhov 89–67 Chekhov10 July 2005 63–71 Chekhov 56–63 Chekhov
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts3303031836321214214531217420943031612463 8 July 2005 72–52 Chekhov 77–109 Chekhov9 July 2005 49–93 Chekhov 52–73 Chekhov10 July 2005 57–101 Chekhov 64–53 Chekhov
Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPts3213031835321214214531217420943121612464 8 July 2005 66–57 Chekhov 68–83 Chekhov9 July 2005 62–81 Chekhov 76–60 Chekhov10 July 2005 76–57 Chekhov 64–65 Chekhov
Group D TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302261806321199198531221620443031702293 8 July 2005 80–73 Chekhov 73–65 Chekhov9 July 2005 71–65 Chekhov 78–52 Chekhov10 July 2005 55–68 Chekhov 78–53 Chekhov
Quarter-Final round The eight teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each.
Team advanced to Semifinals Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs
Group E TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302331856312183201431218020243122072154 12 July 2005 51–60 Chekhov 72–76 Chekhov13 July 2005 60–64 Chekhov 71–50 Chekhov14 July 2005 79–71 Chekhov 86–63 Chekhov
Group F TeamPldWLPFPAPts3212282045321207187531218821343121842034 12 July 2005 53–73 Chekhov 87–65 Chekhov13 July 2005 56–54 Chekhov 62–67 Chekhov14 July 2005 77–74 Chekhov 67–72 Chekhov
Classification round The eight teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each.
Team competed to 9th–12th playoffs Team competed in 13th–16th playoffs
Group G TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302441876321211206531219922943031922243 12 July 2005 59–68 Chekhov 56–72 Chekhov13 July 2005 90–61 Chekhov 73–65 Chekhov14 July 2005 79–71 Chekhov 82–70 Chekhov
Group H TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302271636321205185531218622043031732233 12 July 2005 52–73 Chekhov 56–74 Chekhov13 July 2005 76–61 Chekhov 86–56 Chekhov14 July 2005 60–74 Chekhov 55–68 Chekhov
Knockout stage 13th–16th playoffs
Ukraine and the Czech Republic were relegated to Division B.
9th–12th playoffs
5th–8th playoffs
Championship
Final standings Rank Team4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th
Stats leaders
Points RankNamePointsGamesPPG1. Damir Markota146818.32. Lior Eliyahu144818.02. Renaldas Seibutis139817.44. Marc Gasol134816.8 5. Marco Belinelli133816.6
Rebounds RankNamePointsGamesRPG1. Damir Markota86810.82. Kaspars Bērziņš71710.13. Oleksiy Pecherov6679.44. Marc Gasol7489.3 5. Nikola Peković7389.1
Assists RankNamePointsGamesRPG1. Jure Močnik4085.02. Sergio Rodríguez3384.13. Barış Ermiş2673.74. Dzmitry Akulich2983.6 5. Yannick Bokolo2653.3
All-Tournament Team Nikita Kurbanov Renaldas Seibutis Artūras Jomantas Luka Bogdanović Lior Eliyahu
References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive