2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 20th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Linares, Andújar and Martos, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Spain won the trophy for the first time. Germany and Iceland were relegated to Division B.

2006 EuroBasket Under-16

20th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	11–20 August 2006
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Ricky Rubio
Top scorer	Ricky Rubio (23.3)
Top rebounds	Ricky Rubio (12.8)
Top assists	Ricky Rubio (7.1)
PPG (Team)	Spain (92.0)
RPG (Team)	Latvia (49.0)
APG (Team)	Spain (14.3)
Official website
Official website (archive)

Teams

• Croatia
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Iceland
• Israel
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Portugal
• Russia
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Turkey
• Ukraine

Preliminary round

	Team advanced to Quarterfinals
	Team competed in 9th–16th games

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	3	3	0	225	199	6
Italy	3	2	1	230	217	5
Latvia	3	1	2	217	186	4
Portugal	3	0	3	162	232	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	261	212	6
Russia	3	2	1	220	216	5
Germany	3	1	2	213	231	4
Slovenia	3	0	3	200	235	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Croatia	3	2	1	230	234	5
Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	1	244	233	5
Greece	3	1	2	237	242	4
Lithuania	3	1	2	229	231	4

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
France	3	3	0	260	165	6
Israel	3	2	1	198	201	5
Ukraine	3	1	2	190	208	4
Iceland	3	0	3	182	256	3

Classification round

	Team advanced to 9th–12th playoffs
	Team competed in 13th–16th playoffs

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	3	3	0	239	187	6
Latvia	3	2	1	229	184	5
Slovenia	3	1	2	209	212	4
Iceland	3	0	3	180	274	3

Group H

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	253	204	6
Ukraine	3	2	1	226	207	5
Portugal	3	1	2	226	244	4
Germany	3	0	3	191	241	3

Quarterfinals round

	Team advanced to Semifinals
	Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	265	225	6
Croatia	3	2	1	214	197	5
Turkey	3	1	2	225	213	4
Israel	3	0	3	202	271	3

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	259	214	6
Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	1	255	232	5
Italy	3	1	2	207	222	4
France	3	0	3	196	249	3

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

	Playoffs				Thirteenth place
	Germany	71
	Slovenia	85
					Slovenia	78
					Portugal	59
	Iceland	70
	Portugal	84
					Fifteenth place
					Germany	103
					Iceland	79

Germany and Iceland were relegated to Division B.

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Greece	73
	Ukraine	59
					Greece	79
					Lithuania	76
	Latvia	83
	Lithuania	93
					Eleventh place
					Ukraine	59
					Latvia	73

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	France	85
	Turkey	67
					France	67
					Italy	57
	Israel	54
	Italy	69
					Seventh place
					Turkey	74
					Israel	76

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	Russia	82
	Serbia and Montenegro	74
					Russia	106
					Spain	110
	Croatia	82
	Spain	106
					Third place
					Serbia and Montenegro	85
					Croatia	69

2006 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Spain First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Spain
	Russia
	Serbia and Montenegro
4th	Croatia
5th	France
6th	Italy
7th	Israel
8th	Turkey
9th	Greece
10th	Lithuania
11th	Latvia
12th	Ukraine
13th	Slovenia
14th	Portugal
15th	Germany
16th	Iceland

Relegated to the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive