1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

1998 EuroBasket Under-20
4th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	14–23 July 1998
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Igor Rakočević
Top scorer	Rakočević (21.1)
Top rebounds	Podestà (9.6)
Top assists	Marčiulionis (2.3)
PPG (Team)	Yugoslavia (76.4)
RPG (Team)	Lithuania (34.0)
APG (Team)	Yugoslavia (4.8)
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The 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 1998 European Championship for Men '22 and Under') was the fourth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Trapani, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won their first title.

Teams

Squads

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
Germany	5	4	1	347	293	9
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	380	323	9
France	5	2	3	329	319	7
Italy	5	2	3	318	346	7
Croatia	5	2	3	341	409	7
Greece	5	1	4	333	358	6


14 July 1998
Yugoslavia	83–72	Greece	Trapani
France	74–57	Croatia	Trapani
Germany	55–56	Italy	Trapani
15 July 1998
Croatia	64–85	Yugoslavia	Trapani
Greece	64–69	Germany	Trapani
Italy	53–49	France	Trapani
16 July 1998
Germany	98–62	Croatia	Trapani
Yugoslavia	77–69	France	Trapani
Greece	71–58	Italy	Trapani
18 July 1998
France	56–68	Germany	Trapani
Croatia	67–62	Greece	Trapani
Italy	61–80	Yugoslavia	Trapani
19 July 1998
Greece	64–81	France	Trapani
Germany	57–55	Yugoslavia	Trapani
Croatia	91–90	Italy	Trapani

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	5	5	0	350	314	10
Slovenia	5	4	1	377	340	9
Lithuania	5	3	2	344	352	8
Spain	5	2	3	383	362	7
Israel	5	1	4	333	364	6
Latvia	5	0	5	343	398	5


14 July 1998
Israel	63–74	Slovenia	Trapani
Lithuania	56–59	Turkey	Trapani
Latvia	72–102	Spain	Trapani
15 July 1998
Slovenia	77–59	Lithuania	Trapani
Spain	67–53	Israel	Trapani
Turkey	63–59	Latvia	Trapani
16 July 1998
Lithuania	76–72	Israel	Trapani
Latvia	73–80	Slovenia	Trapani
Turkey	76–69	Spain	Trapani
18 July 1998
Spain	71–79	Lithuania	Trapani
Israel	79–66	Latvia	Trapani
Slovenia	64–71	Turkey	Trapani
19 July 1998
Latvia	73–74	Lithuania	Trapani
Turkey	81–66	Israel	Trapani
Slovenia	82–74	Spain	Trapani

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs		Ninth place

22 July

Latvia	75
		23 July
Croatia	78
		Croatia	80
22 July
		Israel	64
Israel	81

Greece	80
		Eleventh place

		23 July

		Latvia	85

		Greece	101

Championship

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

21 July

Germany	69
		22 July
Spain	71
		Spain	66
21 July
		Slovenia	74
Slovenia	77
				23 July
France	64
				Slovenia	73
21 July
				Yugoslavia	92
Lithuania	67
		22 July
Yugoslavia	73
		Yugoslavia	66
21 July
		Turkey	55	Third place
Turkey	58
				23 July
Italy	48
				Spain	57

				Turkey	64

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs		Fifth place

22 July

Germany	78
		23 July
France	84
		France	55
22 July
		Italy	39
Lithuania	56

Italy	70
		Seventh place

		23 July

		Germany	97

		Lithuania	95

Final standings

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

1998 European Championship for Men '22 and Under'
Yugoslavia First title

Team roster

Milan Dozet, Veselin Petrović, Igor Rakočević, Aleksandar Glintić, Stevan Nađfeji, Jovo Stanojević, Marko Jarić, Dragan Ćeranić, Dejan Milojević, Ratko Varda, and Bojan Obradović.Head coach: Goran Bojanić.

References

FIBA Archive
FIBA Europe Archive Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine