2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship

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Tournament details
Host nation Argentina
Dates5 August – 14 August
Teams12 
(from 5 federations)
Venues2 
(in 2 host cities)
Champions Lithuania
(1st title)
MVPLithuania Renaldas Seibutis
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Israel Halperin (23.5)  
(101.1)
Rebounds Puerto Rico Ramos (9.5)  
(42.8)
Assists Puerto Rico Barea (7.3)  Lithuania
(18.6)
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The 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship was an international basketball competition, held from 5 August to 14 August 2005, in Córdoba and Mar de Plata, Argentina. It was the last edition of the FIBA Under-21 World Championship. Twelve national teams competed in the tournament.

Lithuania won their first title, is as many tournaments, after defeating Greece in the final.

Qualified teams[]

Means of Qualification Date Venue Berths Qualifiers
Host Nation 1  
2004 FIBA Oceania Under-20 Championship 30 - 31 July 2004 Australia Terrigal 1  
2004 FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship 23 July - 1 August 2004 Senegal Dakar 1  
2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship 23 July - 1 August 2004 Czech Republic Brno 4  Slovenia
 Israel
 Lithuania
 Greece
2004 FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship 28 July - 1 August 2017 Canada Halifax 3  
 
 
2004 FIBA Asia Under-20 Championship 29 September - 8 October 2004 Iran Tehran 2  Iran
 
Total 12

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC–3).

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   5 5 0 389 332 +57 10 Knockout stage
2  Greece 5 4 1 305 281 +24 9
3   (H) 5 3 2 312 249 +63 8
4   5 2 3 268 305 −37 7
5  Israel 5 1 4 323 333 −10 6 Placement matches
6  Iran 5 0 5 0 100 −100 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host
5 August 2005
  20–0  Iran
5 August 2005
18:00
  94–81  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 20–19, 28–27, 22–24
Pts: Newley 22
Rebs: Marić, Marković 7
Asts: Marković 7		 Pts: Vasileiadis 22
Rebs: Apostolidis 6
Asts: Vasilopoulos 4
Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), José Aníbal Carrión (PUR), José La Paix (DOM)
5 August 2005
21:00
Israel  58–71  
Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 9–22, 16–23, 18–15
Pts: Eliyahu 15
Rebs: Eliyahu 7
Asts: Limonad 4		 Pts: Sandes 19
Rebs: Sandes 10
Asts: 4
Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Attendance: 4500
Referees: Terry Moore (USA), Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Sasha Pukl (SLO)
6 August 2005
Israel  20–0  Iran
6 August 2005
18:15
  71–88  
Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 22–19, 22–23, 14–20
Pts: Kuljanin 18
Rebs: Kendall 8
Asts: 4		 Pts: Bruce 18
Rebs: Marić 11
Asts: Bruce 4
Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Attendance: 2000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Sergio Pacheco (BRA), Qi Ban (CHN)
6 August 2005
21:00
  59–63  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 14–7, 16–20, 14–15, 15–21
Pts: 17
Rebs: Mainoldi 11
Asts: Sandes 4		 Pts: Vasileiadis 20
Rebs: Mavrokefalidis 7
Asts: Xanthopoulos 4
Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Attendance: 4600
Referees: Terry Moore (USA), José Aníbal Carrión (PUR), Eddie Viator (FRA)
7 August 2005
Iran  0–20  
7 August 2005
19:30
Greece  79–75  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 19–18, 24–23, 14–19
Pts: Vasilopoulos 24
Rebs: 10
Asts: Three players 3		 Pts: Halperin 22
Rebs: 9
Asts: Limonad 5
Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Attendance: 3000
Referees: Sergio Pacheco (BRA), Sasha Pukl (SLO), Qi Ban (CHN)
7 August 2005
21:50
  86–46  
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 18–12, 20–10, 31–12
Pts: 19
Rebs: 9
Asts: Four players 2		 Pts: Kuljanin 10
Rebs: Kendall, Kuljanin 5
Asts: Kendall 2
Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Attendance: 5000
Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), José La Paix (DOM), Eddie Viator (FRA)
9 August 2005
Iran  0–20  
9 August 2005
18:15
  105–104  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24–27, 28–34, 32–22, 21–21
Pts: Newley 22
Rebs: Marić 12
Asts: Marković 4		 Pts: Halperin 27
Rebs: Eliyahu 9
Asts: Halperin 6
Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Qi Ban (CHN)
9 August 2005
20:30
Greece  62–53  
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 15–8, 17–19, 20–13
Pts: Vasileiadis 23
Rebs: Vasilopoulos 7
Asts: Xanthopoulos 6		 Pts: 17
Rebs: Kendall, Kuljanin 6
Asts: , Doornekamp 3
Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Referees: Terry Moore (USA), Sasha Pukl (SLO), José La Paix (DOM)
10 August 2005
Greece  20–0  Iran
10 August 2005
18:15
Israel  66–78  
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 18–15, 16–28, 6–18
Pts: Halperin 22
Rebs: Eliyahu 8
Asts: Halperin 4		 Pts: 24
Rebs: Three players 6
Asts: , Kendall 3
Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Referees: Terry Moore (USA), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Eddie Viator (FRA)
10 August 2005
20:30
  76–82  
Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 19–29, 26–18, 21–13
Pts: Sandes 23
Rebs: 9
Asts: 3		 Pts: Marković 20
Rebs: Marić 10
Asts: Marić 5
Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Referees: Sasa Pukl (SLO), José Aníbal Carrión (PUR), Sergio Pacheco (BRA)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   5 5 0 509 369 +140 10 Knockout stage
2  Lithuania 5 4 1 478 408 +70 9
3   5 3 2 422 378 +44 8
4  Slovenia 5 2 3 332 362 −30 7
5   5 1 4 366 457 −91 6 Placement matches
6   5 0 5 334 463 −129 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

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