2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

The 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 2002 European Championship for Young Men) was the sixth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Kaunas, Alytus and Vilnius, in Lithuania, hosted the tournament. Greece won their first title.

2002 EuroBasket Under-20

6th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Lithuania
Dates	July 26 – August 4, 2002
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Greece (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Nikos Zisis
Top scorer	Popović (25.0)
Top rebounds	Krstić (11.3)
Top assists	Popović (7.1)
PPG (Team)	Croatia (88.8)
RPG (Team)	Lithuania (43.5)
APG (Team)	Greece (16.8)
Official website
Official website (archive)

Teams

• Croatia
• France
• Greece
• Israel
• Italy
• Lithuania
• Russia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• Yugoslavia

Squads

Main article: 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship squads

Qualification

Main article: 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship 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
Slovenia	5	4	1	404	408	9
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	426	383	9
Greece	5	3	2	469	412	8
Lithuania	5	2	3	389	399	7
Italy	5	2	3	415	429	7
Turkey	5	0	5	381	453	5

26 July 2002
Turkey		89–91		Slovenia	Kaunas
Lithuania		68–79		Yugoslavia	Kaunas
Italy		82–81		Greece	Kaunas
27 July 2002
Yugoslavia		90–87		Turkey	Kaunas
Greece		104–93		Lithuania	Kaunas
Slovenia		100–84		Italy	Kaunas
28 July 2002
Greece		89–93		Yugoslavia	Kaunas
Lithuania		64–67		Slovenia	Kaunas
Italy		100–68		Turkey	Kaunas
30 July 2002
Slovenia		71–100		Greece	Kaunas
Turkey		64–77		Lithuania	Kaunas
Yugoslavia		93–64		Italy	Kaunas
31 July 2002
Greece		95–73		Turkey	Kaunas
Lithuania		87–85		Italy	Kaunas
Slovenia		75–71		Yugoslavia	Kaunas

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Russia	5	4	1	429	380	9
Croatia	5	4	1	454	427	9
Spain	5	3	2	377	349	8
France	5	3	2	389	398	8
Ukraine	5	1	4	377	404	6
Israel	5	0	5	331	399	5

26 July 2002
Israel		64–76		Ukraine	Alytus
Russia		100–93		Croatia	Alytus
Spain		89–53		France	Alytus
27 July 2002
Croatia		95–76		Israel	Alytus
France		88–75		Russia	Alytus
Ukraine		71–75		Spain	Alytus
28 July 2002
France		84–91		Croatia	Alytus
Russia		89–69		Ukraine	Alytus
Spain		64–61		Israel	Alytus
30 July 2002
Ukraine		72–84		France	Alytus
Israel		59–84		Russia	Alytus
Croatia		83–78		Spain	Alytus
31 July 2002
France		80–71		Israel	Alytus
Russia		81–71		Spain	Alytus
Ukraine		89–92		Croatia	Alytus

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	August 2, Vilnius
	Italy	67
					August 3, Vilnius
	Israel	75
					Israel	73
	August 2, Vilnius
					Turkey	79
	Turkey	101
	Ukraine	98
					Eleventh place
					August 3, Vilnius
					Italy	90
					Ukraine	77

Championship

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	August 2, Vilnius
	Croatia	80
					August 3, Vilnius
	Greece	81
					Greece	79
	August 2, Vilnius
					France	70
	France	84
									August 4, Vilnius
	Slovenia	73
									Greece	77
	August 2, Vilnius
									Spain	73
	Yugoslavia	71
					August 3, Vilnius
	Spain	72
					Spain	86
	August 2, Vilnius
					Russia	81			Third place
	Russia	83
									August 4, Vilnius
	Lithuania	75
									France	95
									Russia	78

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	August 3, Vilnius
	Croatia	88
					August 4, Vilnius
	Slovenia	90
					Slovenia	74
	August 3, Vilnius
					Lithuania	78
	Yugoslavia	71
	Lithuania	72
					Seventh place
					August 4, Vilnius
					Croatia	89
					Yugoslavia	105

2002 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Greece First title

Final standings

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

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive