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
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 TeamPldWLPFPAPts541347293954138032395233293197523318346752334140975143333586 14 July 1998 83–72 Trapani 74–57 Trapani 55–56 Trapani15 July 1998 64–85 Trapani 64–69 Trapani 53–49 Trapani16 July 1998 98–62 Trapani 77–69 Trapani 71–58 Trapani18 July 1998 56–68 Trapani 67–62 Trapani 61–80 Trapani19 July 1998 64–81 Trapani 57–55 Trapani 91–90 Trapani
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts5503503141054137734095323443528523383362751433336465053433985 14 July 1998 63–74 Trapani 56–59 Trapani 72–102 Trapani15 July 1998 77–59 Trapani 67–53 Trapani 63–59 Trapani16 July 1998 76–72 Trapani 73–80 Trapani 76–69 Trapani18 July 1998 71–79 Trapani 79–66 Trapani 64–71 Trapani19 July 1998 73–74 Trapani 81–66 Trapani 82–74 Trapani
Knockout stage
9th–12th playoffs
Championship
5th–8th playoffs
Final standings
Rank Team4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th
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