The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the ninth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of İzmir, in Turkey, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won their second title, the first one with that name (they won the 1998 Championship) as Yugoslavia.
Germany and Belarus were relegated to Division B.
Teams
Preliminary round The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. Note that while Serbia and Montenegro dissolved into Serbia and Montenegro in June 2006, they still competed as one team.
Team advanced to Quarter-Final round Team competed in Classification round
Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302311766321231215531219922243032172513 14 July 2006 72–61 İzmir 64–58 İzmir15 July 2006 57–81 İzmir 79–95 İzmir16 July 2006 77–84 İzmir 72–78 İzmir
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts3212121775 (1–1 +2)3212352025 (1–1 +1)3212062055 (1–1 –3)3031692383 14 July 2006 66–64 İzmir 92–60 İzmir15 July 2006 68–72 İzmir 74–70 İzmir16 July 2006 73–68 İzmir 74–41 İzmir
Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPts3212511955 (1–1 +23)3212091685 (1–1 +3)3212072035 (1–1 –26)3031622633 14 July 2006 63–92 İzmir 83–45 İzmir15 July 2006 51–81 İzmir 60–66 İzmir16 July 2006 99–66 İzmir 60–63 İzmir
Group D TeamPldWLPFPAPts3212282225321261255531223824943122352364 14 July 2006 73–75 İzmir 71–81 İzmir15 July 2006 86–98 İzmir 69–74 İzmir16 July 2006 78–77 İzmir 88–92 İzmir
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 TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302462046321245244531220220443032392803 18 July 2006 101–68 İzmir 67–65 İzmir19 July 2006 94–100 İzmir 58–60 İzmir20 July 2006 79–77 İzmir 85–78 İzmir
Group F TeamPldWLPFPAPts3212442055321215219531223324943122222414 18 July 2006 87–72 İzmir 53–75 İzmir19 July 2006 70–76 İzmir 91–72 İzmir20 July 2006 74–86 İzmir 78–80 İzmir
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 TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302451496321228183531217321943031472423 18 July 2006 50–78 İzmir 36–82 İzmir19 July 2006 86–52 İzmir 89–56 İzmir20 July 2006 71–55 İzmir 77–61 İzmir
Group H TeamPldWLPFPAPts3212452205321226214531221622243122392704 18 July 2006 67–64 İzmir 90–89 İzmir19 July 2006 86–76 İzmir 77–64 İzmir20 July 2006 66–79 İzmir 73–95 İzmir
Knockout stage
13th–16th playoffs
Belarus and Germany were relegated to Division B.
9th–12th playoffs
5th–8th playoffs
Championship
Final standings
RankTeam4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th
Team Roster Tadija Dragićević, Milenko Tepić, Boris Bakić, Novica Veličković, Dragan Labović, Nenad Mijatović, Branko Jereminov, Miljan Rakić, Nikola Peković, Ivan Paunić, Nikola Dragović, and Ivan Maraš. Head coach: Miroslav Nikolić.
Stats leaders
Points RankNamePointsGamesPPG1. Ernests Kalve164820.52. Emir Preldžič162820.33. Martynas Pocius160820.04. Kaloyan Ivanov153819.1 5. Souarata Cissé147818.4
Rebounds RankNamePointsGamesRPG1. Carlos Suárez83810.42. Emir Preldžić7589.43. Kaloyan Ivanov7289.04. Dejan Ivanov7088.8 5. Miklós Szabó6788.4
Assists RankNamePointsGamesRPG1. Edgars Jeromanovs5086.32. Anton Ponkrashov4485.53. Mantas Kalnietis3884.84. Maksim Shustau3083.8 5. Alessandro Piazza3083.8
All-Tournament Team Ersan İlyasova Cenk Akyol Emir Preldžić Nikola Peković Luca Vitali
References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive