1992 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

1992 EuroBasket Under-20
1st FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Greece
Dates	12–19 July 1992
Teams	12  (from 1 federations)
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Mureșan (23.3)  CIS (87.6)
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The 1992 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 1992 European Championship for Men 'Under22 and Under') was the first edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Athens, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Italy won their first title.

Teams[]

•  Belgium
•  CIS
•  Czechoslovakia
•  France
•  Germany
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Romania
•  Spain
•  Poland
•  Turkey

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
Italy	5	4	1	412	371	+41	9	Advanced to Semifinals
France	5	3	2	318	309	+9	8[a]
CIS	5	3	2	413	355	+58	8[a]	Competed in 5th–8th playoffs
Belgium	5	2	3	324	376	−52	7[b]
Turkey	5	2	3	349	380	−31	7[b]	Competed in 9th–12th playoffs
Romania	5	1	4	347	372	−25	6

12 July
Italy		86–65		Turkey	Athens
Belgium		64–61		France	Athens
Romania		67–87		CIS	Athens
13 July
Italy		92–64		Belgium	Athens
Romania		78–83		Turkey	Athens
CIS		60–61		France	Athens
14 July
Romania		56–64		France	Athens
Turkey		65–72		Belgium	Athens
CIS		105–79		Italy	Athens
15 July
Romania		69–51		Belgium	Athens
Turkey		75–72		CIS	Athens
France		60–68		Italy	Athens
16 July
Belgium		73–89		CIS	Athens
France		72–61		Turkey	Athens
Romania		77–87		Italy	Athens

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Greece	5	5	0	383	337	+46	10	Advanced to Semifinals
Israel	5	4	1	399	356	+43	9
Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	358	365	−7	8	Competed in 5th–8th playoffs
Spain	5	1	4	383	400	−17	6[a]
Poland	5	1	4	353	388	−35	6[a]	Competed in 9th–12th playoffs
Germany	5	1	4	340	370	−30	6[a]

12 July
Israel		86–74		Spain	Athens
Greece		76–63		Czechoslovakia	Athens
Poland		70–73		Germany	Athens
13 July
Israel		74–60		Czechoslovakia	Athens
Greece		75–59		Poland	Athens
Spain		68–62		Germany	Athens
14 July
Israel		76–64		Germany	Athens
Czechoslovakia		66–59		Poland	Athens
Spain		81–84		Greece	Athens
15 July
Czechoslovakia		81–75		Spain	Athens
Greece		68–60		Germany	Athens
Israel		89–78		Poland	Athens
16 July
Germany		81–88		Czechoslovakia	Athens
Poland		87–85		Spain	Athens
Greece		80–74		Israel	Athens

Knockout stage[]

9th–12th playoffs[]

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	18 July, Athens
	Poland	75
					19 July, Athens
	Romania	87
					Romania	81
	18 July, Athens
					Turkey	69
	Turkey	104
	Germany	70
					Eleventh place
					19 July, Athens
					Poland	82
					Germany	60

5th–8th playoffs[]

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	18 July, Athens
	Spain	94
					19 July, Athens
	CIS	93
					Spain	66
	18 July, Athens
					Czechoslovakia	74
	Czechoslovakia	64
	Belgium	63
					Seventh place
					19 July, Athens
					CIS	107
					Belgium	90

Championship[]

	Semifinals				Final
	18 July, Athens
	Greece	82
					19 July, Athens
	France	51
					Greece	63
	18 July, Athens
					Italy	65
	Israel	83
	Italy	101
					Third place
					19 July, Athens
					France	63
					Israel	60

1992 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Italy First title

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Greece
	France
4th	Israel
5th	Czechoslovakia
6th	Spain
7th	CIS
8th	Belgium
9th	Romania
10th	Turkey
11th	Poland
12th	Germany

References[]

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive