1994 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

1994 EuroBasket Under-20

2nd FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Dates	3–10 July 1994
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Belarus (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Boris Gorenc (26.4)
PPG (Team)	Slovenia (89.7)
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The 1994 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 1994 European Championship for Men 'Under22 and Under') was the second edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Maribor, Postojna and Ljubljana, in Slovenia, hosted the tournament. Belarus won their first title.

Qualification

Main article: 1994 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

•   Belarus
•   Finland
•   France
•   Germany
•   Greece
•   Israel
•   Italy
•   Russia
•   Slovakia
•   Slovenia
•   Spain
•   Turkey

Squads

Main article: 1994 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship squads

Preliminary round

The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Greece	5	3	2	388	388	0	8 [a]	Advanced to Semifinals
Belarus	5	3	2	413	380	+33	8 [a]
Slovenia	5	3	2	466	437	+29	8 [a]	Competed in 5th–8th playoffs
Israel	5	2	3	408	404	+4	7 [b]
Finland	5	2	3	394	435	−41	7 [b]	Competed in 9th–12th playoffs
France	5	2	3	371	396	−25	7 [b]

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. GRE 2–0; BLR 1–1; SLO 0–2
2. ISR 1–1 (+4); FIN 1–1 (−1); FRA 1–1 (−3)

3 July
Finland		92–88		Israel
Slovenia		97–98		Belarus
Greece		65–72		France
4 July
Israel		88–102		Slovenia
Greece		98–87		Belarus
France		86–81		Finland
5 July
Israel		80–72		France
Slovenia		75–76		Greece
Belarus		84–47		Finland
6 July
Finland		83–76		Greece
Belarus		65–81		Israel
Slovenia		91–84		France
7 July
Greece		73–71		Israel
France		57–79		Belarus
Slovenia		101–91		Finland

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Spain	5	4	0	1	408	331	+77	8	Advanced to Semifinals
Italy	5	3	0	2	424	412	+12	6 [a]
Russia	5	3	0	2	417	388	+29	6 [a]	Competed in 5th–8th playoffs
Turkey	5	2	0	3	387	387	0	4 [b]
Germany	5	2	0	3	380	392	−12	4 [b]	Competed in 9th–12th playoffs
Slovakia	5	1	0	4	328	424	−96	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. ITA 98–95 RUS
2. TUR 75–66 GER

3 July
Slovakia		76–75		Turkey
Germany		73–70		Russia
Italy		66–95		Spain
4 July
Turkey		75–66		Germany
Spain		79–54		Slovakia
Italy		98–95		Russia
5 July
Turkey		66–83		Spain
Russia		89–63		Slovakia
Italy		96–70		Germany
6 July
Italy		88–65		Slovakia
Russia		86–84		Turkey
Spain		81–68		Germany
7 July
Italy		76–87		Turkey
Germany		103–70		Slovakia
Spain		70–77		Russia

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	9 July
	France	70
					10 July
	Germany	71
					Germany	90
	9 July
					Finland	69
	Finland	71
	Slovakia	68
					Eleventh place
					10 July
					France	106
					Slovakia	90

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	9 July
	Israel	77
					10 July
	Russia	69
					Israel	100
	9 July
					Turkey	72
	Turkey	87
	Slovenia	85
					Seventh place
					10 July
					Russia	92
					Slovenia	77

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	9 July
	Belarus	69
					10 July
	Spain	67
					Belarus	96
	9 July
					Italy	91
	Greece	75
	Italy	95
					Third place
					10 July
					Spain	83
					Greece	69

1994 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Belarus First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Belarus
	Italy
	Spain
4th	Greece
5th	Israel
6th	Turkey
7th	Russia
8th	Slovenia
9th	Germany
10th	Finland
11th	France
12th	Slovakia

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive