2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
# 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

The 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 2000 European Championship for Young Men) was the fifth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Ohrid, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their first title.

## Teams

* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* France
* Greece
* Israel
* Lithuania
* Macedonia
* Russia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Turkey
* 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FR Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 371 | 335 | 9 |
| Israel | 5 | 3 | 2 | 355 | 330 | 8 |
| Greece | 5 | 3 | 2 | 397 | 363 | 8 |
| Turkey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 384 | 396 | 7 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 388 | 411 | 7 |
| Macedonia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 324 | 384 | 6 |
| 28 July 2000 |
| Greece | 77–80 | Israel | Ohrid |
| Lithuania | 89–79 | FR Yugoslavia | Ohrid |
| Turkey | 71–77 | Macedonia | Ohrid |
| 29 July 2000 |
| Israel | 73–56 | Lithuania | Ohrid |
| FR Yugoslavia | 73–57 | Turkey | Ohrid |
| Macedonia | 43–75 | Greece | Ohrid |
| 30 July 2000 |
| Turkey | 90–78 | Lithuania | Ohrid |
| Macedonia | 57–68 | Israel | Ohrid |
| Greece | 60–66 | FR Yugoslavia | Ohrid |
| 1 August 2000 |
| Israel | 70–72 | Turkey | Ohrid |
| Lithuania | 80–87 | Greece | Ohrid |
| FR Yugoslavia | 85–65 | Macedonia | Ohrid |
| 2 August 2000 |
| Greece | 98–94 | Turkey | Ohrid |
| FR Yugoslavia | 68–64 | Israel | Ohrid |
| Macedonia | 82–85 | Lithuania | Ohrid |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 369 | 299 | 10 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 361 | 357 | 8 |
| France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 333 | 339 | 7 |
| Croatia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 354 | 360 | 7 |
| Russia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 352 | 369 | 7 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 1 | 4 | 346 | 391 | 6 |
| 28 July 2000 |
| Czech Republic | 75–73 | Croatia | Ohrid |
| Russia | 73–74 | Slovenia | Ohrid |
| Spain | 68–50 | France | Ohrid |
| 29 July 2000 |
| Slovenia | 84–80 | Czech Republic | Ohrid |
| Croatia | 65–70 | Spain | Ohrid |
| France | 70–77 | Russia | Ohrid |
| 30 July 2000 |
| Spain | 71–68 | Slovenia | Ohrid |
| Croatia | 68–89 | France | Ohrid |
| Czech Republic | 76–84 | Russia | Ohrid |
| 1 August 2000 |
| Russia | 63–76 | Spain | Ohrid |
| Slovenia | 71–75 | Croatia | Ohrid |
| France | 66–62 | Czech Republic | Ohrid |
| 2 August 2000 |
| Croatia | 73–55 | Russia | Ohrid |
| Spain | 84–53 | Czech Republic | Ohrid |
| Slovenia | 64–58 | France | Ohrid |

## Knockout stage

### 9th–12th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| August 4 | August 4 |
| Czech Republic | 71 |
| Czech Republic | 71 | August 5 | August 5 |
| Lithuania | 88 | August 5 | August 5 |
| Lithuania | 88 | Lithuania | 62 |
| August 4 | August 4 | | Lithuania | 62 |
| August 4 | August 4 | Russia | 70 |
| Russia | 75 | Russia | 70 |
| Macedonia | 67 | | |
| Macedonia | 67 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | August 5 | August 5 |
| | | Czech Republic | 72 |
| | | Macedonia | 83 |

### Championship

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| August 4 | August 4 | | | |
| Greece | 71 | | | |
| Greece | 71 | August 5 | August 5 | | |
| Slovenia | 84 | August 5 | August 5 | |
| Slovenia | 84 | Slovenia | 74 | |
| August 4 | August 4 | | Slovenia | 74 | |
| August 4 | August 4 | Croatia | 73 | |
| Croatia | 69 | Croatia | 73 | |
| Croatia | 69 | | | | August 6 | August 6 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 66 | | | | August 6 | August 6 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 66 | | | | Slovenia | 66 |
| August 4 | August 4 | | | | | Slovenia | 66 |
| August 4 | August 4 | | | | Israel | 65 |
| France | 55 | | | | Israel | 65 |
| France | 55 | August 5 | August 5 | | | |
| Israel | 72 | August 5 | August 5 | | | |
| Israel | 72 | Israel | 69 | | | |
| August 4 | August 4 | | Israel | 69 | | | |
| August 4 | August 4 | Spain | 65 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 69 | Spain | 65 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 69 | | | | August 6 | August 6 |
| Turkey | 56 | | | | August 6 | August 6 |
| Turkey | 56 | | | | Croatia | 77 |
| | | | | | Spain | 82 |

**5th–8th playoffs**

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| August 5 | August 5 |
| Greece | 73 |
| Greece | 73 | August 6 | August 6 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 76 | August 6 | August 6 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 76 | FR Yugoslavia | 78 |
| August 5 | August 5 | | FR Yugoslavia | 78 |
| August 5 | August 5 | Turkey | 58 |
| France | 51 | Turkey | 58 |
| Turkey | 61 | | |
| Turkey | 61 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | August 6 | August 6 |
| | | Greece | 61 |
| | | France | 48 |

* 2000 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
* Slovenia First title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Slovenia |
| | Israel |
| | Spain |
| 4th | Croatia |
| 5th | FR Yugoslavia |
| 6th | Turkey |
| 7th | Greece |
| 8th | France |
| 9th | Russia |
| 10th | Lithuania |
| 11th | Macedonia |
| 12th | Czech Republic |
