2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
# 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.

## Teams

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

## 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 |
| FR 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 | FR Yugoslavia | Kaunas |
| Italy | 82–81 | Greece | Kaunas |
| 27 July 2002 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 90–87 | Turkey | Kaunas |
| Greece | 104–93 | Lithuania | Kaunas |
| Slovenia | 100–84 | Italy | Kaunas |
| 28 July 2002 |
| Greece | 89–93 | FR 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 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 93–64 | Italy | Kaunas |
| 31 July 2002 |
| Greece | 95–73 | Turkey | Kaunas |
| Lithuania | 87–85 | Italy | Kaunas |
| Slovenia | 75–71 | FR 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 | Playoffs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| August 2, Vilnius | August 2, Vilnius |
| Italy | 67 |
| Italy | 67 | August 3, Vilnius | August 3, Vilnius |
| Israel | 75 | August 3, Vilnius | August 3, Vilnius |
| Israel | 75 | Israel | 73 |
| August 2, Vilnius | August 2, Vilnius | | Israel | 73 |
| August 2, Vilnius | August 2, Vilnius | Turkey | 79 |
| Turkey | 101 | Turkey | 79 |
| Ukraine | 98 | | |
| Ukraine | 98 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | August 3, Vilnius | August 3, Vilnius |
| | | Italy | 90 |
| | | Ukraine | 77 |

### Championship

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

**5th–8th playoffs**

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| August 3, Vilnius | August 3, Vilnius |
| Croatia | 88 |
| Croatia | 88 | August 4, Vilnius | August 4, Vilnius |
| Slovenia | 90 | August 4, Vilnius | August 4, Vilnius |
| Slovenia | 90 | Slovenia | 74 |
| August 3, Vilnius | August 3, Vilnius | | Slovenia | 74 |
| August 3, Vilnius | August 3, Vilnius | Lithuania | 78 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 71 | Lithuania | 78 |
| Lithuania | 72 | | |
| Lithuania | 72 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | August 4, Vilnius | August 4, Vilnius |
| | | Croatia | 89 |
| | | FR 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 | FR Yugoslavia |
| 8th | Croatia |
| 9th | Turkey |
| 10th | Israel |
| 11th | Italy |
| 12th | Ukraine |
