2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

2000 EuroBasket Under-20
5th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Macedonia
Dates	July 28 – August 6, 2000
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Slovenia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Sani Bečirović
Top scorer	Ilievski (23.0)
Top rebounds	Žižić (10.3)
Top assists	Bečirović (3.3)
PPG (Team)	Lithuania (76.9)
RPG (Team)	Lithuania (32.0)
APG (Team)	Yugoslavia (12.6)
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The 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 2000 European Championship for Young Men) was the fifth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Ohrid, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their first title.

Teams

Squads

Qualification

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
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	371	335	9
Israel	5	3	2	355	330	8
Greece	5	3	2	397	363	8
Turkey	5	2	3	384	396	7
Lithuania	5	2	3	388	411	7
Macedonia	5	1	4	324	384	6


28 July 2000
Greece	77–80	Israel	Ohrid
Lithuania	89–79	Yugoslavia	Ohrid
Turkey	71–77	Macedonia	Ohrid
29 July 2000
Israel	73–56	Lithuania	Ohrid
Yugoslavia	73–57	Turkey	Ohrid
Macedonia	43–75	Greece	Ohrid
30 July 2000
Turkey	90–78	Lithuania	Ohrid
Macedonia	57–68	Israel	Ohrid
Greece	60–66	Yugoslavia	Ohrid
1 August 2000
Israel	70–72	Turkey	Ohrid
Lithuania	80–87	Greece	Ohrid
Yugoslavia	85–65	Macedonia	Ohrid
2 August 2000
Greece	98–94	Turkey	Ohrid
Yugoslavia	68–64	Israel	Ohrid
Macedonia	82–85	Lithuania	Ohrid

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Spain	5	5	0	369	299	10
Slovenia	5	3	2	361	357	8
France	5	2	3	333	339	7
Croatia	5	2	3	354	360	7
Russia	5	2	3	352	369	7
Czech Republic	5	1	4	346	391	6


28 July 2000
Czech Republic	75–73	Croatia	Ohrid
Russia	73–74	Slovenia	Ohrid
Spain	68–50	France	Ohrid
29 July 2000
Slovenia	84–80	Czech Republic	Ohrid
Croatia	65–70	Spain	Ohrid
France	70–77	Russia	Ohrid
30 July 2000
Spain	71–68	Slovenia	Ohrid
Croatia	68–89	France	Ohrid
Czech Republic	76–84	Russia	Ohrid
1 August 2000
Russia	63–76	Spain	Ohrid
Slovenia	71–75	Croatia	Ohrid
France	66–62	Czech Republic	Ohrid
2 August 2000
Croatia	73–55	Russia	Ohrid
Spain	84–53	Czech Republic	Ohrid
Slovenia	64–58	France	Ohrid

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs		Ninth place

August 4

Czech Republic	71
		August 5
Lithuania	88
		Lithuania	62
August 4
		Russia	70
Russia	75

Macedonia	67
		Eleventh place

		August 5

		Czech Republic	72

		Macedonia	83

Championship

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

August 4

Greece	71
		August 5
Slovenia	84
		Slovenia	74
August 4
		Croatia	73
Croatia	69
				August 6
Yugoslavia	66
				Slovenia	66
August 4
				Israel	65
France	55
		August 5
Israel	72
		Israel	69
August 4
		Spain	65	Third place
Spain	69
				August 6
Turkey	56
				Croatia	77

				Spain	82

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs		Fifth place

August 5

Greece	73
		August 6
Yugoslavia	76
		Yugoslavia	78
August 5
		Turkey	58
France	51

Turkey	61
		Seventh place

		August 6

		Greece	61

		France	48

2000 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Slovenia First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Slovenia
	Israel
	Spain
4th	Croatia
5th	Yugoslavia
6th	Turkey
7th	Greece
8th	France
9th	Russia
10th	Lithuania
11th	Macedonia
12th	Czech Republic