2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B

2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
5th Division B Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Macedonia
Dates	July 16–26
Teams	17
Venues	1  (in 1 host city)
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
MVP	Rašid Mahalbašić[1]
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Mahalbašić (19.4)  Czech Republic (81.9) Rebounds Török (11.3)  Slovakia (38.4) Assists (5.5)  Bulgaria (15.7)
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The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the 5th edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of European Under-20 basketball. The city of Skopje, in the Republic of Macedonia, hosted the tournament. Netherlands won their first title.

The Netherlands and the Czech Republic were promoted to Division A.

Teams[]

•  Austria
•  Bulgaria
•  Czech Republic
•  Finland
•  Germany
•  Great Britain
•  Hungary
•  Luxembourg
•  Macedonia
•  Netherlands
•  Norway
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Slovakia
•  Sweden
•   Switzerland

Squads[]

Preliminary round[]

The seventeen teams were allocated in four groups (one groups of five teams and three groups of four). The two top teams of each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The last three teams of each group advanced to the Classification Round.

	Team advanced to Qualifying round
	Team competed in Classification round

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Georgia	4	3	1	310	251	7
Sweden	4	3	1	287	255	7
Portugal	4	2	2	297	288	6
Slovakia	4	1	3	301	323	5
Luxembourg	4	1	3	264	342	5

16 July 2009
Portugal		78–75		Georgia	Skopje
Sweden		91–59		Luxembourg	Skopje
17 July 2009
Slovakia		74–80		Sweden	Skopje
Luxembourg		86–67		Portugal	Skopje
18 July 2009
Georgia		88–53		Luxembourg	Skopje
Portugal		92–64		Slovakia	Skopje
19 July 2009
Sweden		63–60		Portugal	Skopje
Slovakia		67–85		Georgia	Skopje
20 July 2009
Georgia		62–53		Sweden	Skopje
Luxembourg		66–96		Slovakia	Skopje

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Poland	3	3	0	232	184	6
Finland	3	2	1	234	222	5
Norway	3	1	2	204	227	4
Great Britain	3	0	3	200	237	3

16 July 2009
Finland		65–67		Poland	Skopje
Norway		71–59		Great Britain	Skopje
18 July 2009
Poland		81–52		Norway	Skopje
Great Britain		74–82		Finland	Skopje
20 July 2009
Finland		87–81		Norway	Skopje
Great Britain		67–84		Poland	Skopje

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	242	173	6
Czech Republic	3	2	1	243	196	5
Switzerland	3	1	2	182	254	4
Romania	3	0	3	190	234	3

16 July 2009
Czech Republic		79–74		Romania	Skopje
Netherlands		91–56		Switzerland	Skopje
18 July 2009
Switzerland		42–92		Czech Republic	Skopje
Romania		45–71		Netherlands	Skopje
20 July 2009
Czech Republic		72–80		Netherlands	Skopje
Switzerland		84–71		Romania	Skopje

Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Macedonia	3	2	1	208	228	5
Austria	3	2	1	199	179	5
Hungary	3	1	2	195	217	4
Bulgaria	3	1	2	220	198	4

16 July 2009
Hungary		81–75		Bulgaria	Skopje
Austria		70–78		Macedonia	Skopje
18 July 2009
Bulgaria		53–55		Austria	Skopje
Macedonia		68–66		Hungary	Skopje
20 July 2009
Hungary		48–74		Austria	Skopje
Macedonia		62–92		Bulgaria	Skopje

Qualifying round[]

The eight top teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

	Team advanced to Semifinals
	Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs

Group E[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts	Tie-break
Poland	3	3	0	211	190	6
Sweden	3	1	2	186	182	4	1–1 (+14)
Georgia	3	1	2	183	192	4	1–1 (0)
Finland	3	1	2	180	196	4	1–1 (−14)

22 July 2009
Georgia		59–68		Finland	Skopje
Sweden		63–73		Poland	Skopje
23 July 2009
Finland		47–70		Sweden	Skopje
Poland		71–62		Georgia	Skopje

Group F[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	238	201	6
Czech Republic	3	2	1	246	220	5
Macedonia	3	1	2	214	252	4
Austria	3	0	3	203	228	3

22 July 2009
Czech Republic		91–69		Macedonia	Skopje
Netherlands		67–62		Austria	Skopje
23 July 2009
Austria		71–83		Czech Republic	Skopje
Macedonia		67–91		Netherlands	Skopje

Classification round[]

The last three teams of each of the preliminary round groups were allocated in three groups of three teams each.

	Team advanced to Group J
	Team competed in Group K
	Team competed in Group L

Group G[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Norway	2	2	0	156	128	4
Switzerland	2	1	1	150	144	3
Luxembourg	2	0	2	120	154	2

21 July 2009
Norway		78–74		Switzerland	Skopje
22 July 2009
Switzerland		76–66		Luxembourg	Skopje
23 July 2009
Luxembourg		54–78		Norway	Skopje

Group H[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Bulgaria	2	2	0	174	133	4
Great Britain	2	1	1	131	141	3
Portugal	2	0	2	120	151	2

21 July 2009
Portugal		56–62		Great Britain	Skopje
22 July 2009
Great Britain		69–85		Bulgaria	Skopje
23 July 2009
Bulgaria		89–64		Portugal	Skopje

Group I[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Slovakia	2	2	0	177	147	4
Hungary	2	1	1	175	142	3
Romania	2	0	2	115	178	2

21 July 2009
Hungary		80–94		Slovakia	Skopje
22 July 2009
Slovakia		83–67		Romania	Skopje
23 July 2009
Romania		48–95		Hungary	Skopje

Final classification round[]

The nine teams of the Classification Round were allocated in another three groups of three teams, depending on their position in the previous round. Group J determined positions 9th to 11th, Group K determined positions 12th to 14th and Group L determined positions 15th to 17th (last).

Group J[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Bulgaria	2	2	0	176	169	4
Slovakia	2	1	1	169	161	3
Norway	2	0	2	149	164	2

24 July 2009
Norway		80–84		Bulgaria	Skopje
25 July 2009
Bulgaria		92–89		Slovakia	Skopje
26 July 2009
Slovakia		80–69		Norway	Skopje

Group K[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Switzerland	2	2	0	167	157	4
Great Britain	2	1	1	152	144	3
Hungary	2	0	2	150	168	2

24 July 2009
Switzerland		79–72		Great Britain	Skopje
25 July 2009
Great Britain		80–65		Hungary	Skopje
26 July 2009
Hungary		85–88		Switzerland	Skopje

Group L[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Portugal	2	2	0	172	129	4
Luxembourg	2	1	1	158	155	3
Romania	2	0	2	142	188	2

24 July 2009
Luxembourg		66–76		Portugal	Skopje
25 July 2009
Portugal		96–63		Romania	Skopje
26 July 2009
Romania		79–92		Luxembourg	Skopje

Knockout stage[]

5th–8th playoffs[]

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	July 25, Skopje
	Austria	88
					July 26, Skopje
	Georgia	80
					Austria	87
	July 25, Skopje
					Macedonia	67
	Finland	55
	Macedonia	77
					Seventh place
					July 26, Skopje
					Georgia	75
					Finland	97

Championship[]

	Playoffs				Third place
	July 25, Skopje
	Poland	66
					July 26, Skopje
	Czech Republic	79
					Czech Republic	77
	July 25, Skopje
					Netherlands	88
	Netherlands	71
	Sweden	69
					Final
					July 26, Skopje
					Poland	96
					Sweden	66

2009 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship Division B
Netherlands First title

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Czech Republic
	Poland
4th	Sweden
5th	Austria
6th	Macedonia
7th	Finland
8th	Georgia
9th	Bulgaria
10th	Slovakia
11th	Norway
12th	Switzerland
13th	Great Britain
14th	Hungary
15th	Portugal
16th	Luxembourg
17th	Romania

Stats leaders[]

References[]

• FIBA.com
• FIBA Europe Archive