# 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 12th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Rhodes and Ialysos, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Greece won their second title.
Israel and Belgium were relegated to Division B.

## Teams

* Belgium
* Croatia
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Montenegro
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Turkey
* Ukraine

## Venues

| City | Arena | Capacity |
| Rhodes | Venetokleio Sports Hall | 1,300 |
| Ialysos | Ialysos Sports Hall | 800 |

## Preliminary round

* Qualified for the qualifying round

### Group A

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Spain | 6 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 209 | 37 |
| Russia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 206 | 201 | 5 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 221 | 227 | −5 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 212 | 248 | −36 |
* July 16 14:30
| Spain | 84–72 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 15–17, 17–20, 32–20 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 16 16:45
| Latvia | 93–86 (OT) | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 10–28, 25–21, 20–15, Overtime: 12–5 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 17 14:30
| Russia | 68–62 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 12–15, 24–16, 14–18 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 17 16:45
| Slovenia | 71–89 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 18–19, 19–23, 12–23 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 18 14:30
| Spain | 73–66 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–17, 14–15, 15–16 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 18 16:45
| Slovenia | 55–66 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 6–23, 12–11, 16–13 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes

### Group B

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| France | 6 | 3 | 0 | 233 | 198 | 35 |
| Greece | 5 | 2 | 1 | 230 | 205 | 25 |
| Italy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 219 | 231 | −12 |
| Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 197 | 245 | −48 |
* July 16 19:00
| Greece | 80–58 | Belgium |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 22–14, 18–17, 19–12 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 16 21:15
| France | 74–66 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 24–21, 12–16, 15–12 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 17 19:00
| Italy | 66–79 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 18–21, 13–13, 14–23 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 17 21:15
| Belgium | 61–78 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 16–23, 22–20, 12–22 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 18 19:00
| France | 81–71 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 13–14, 15–19, 31–21 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 18 21:15
| Belgium | 78–87 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 16–21, 12–18, 31–22 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes

### Group C

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Lithuania | 6 | 3 | 0 | 256 | 198 | 58 |
| Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 198 | 181 | 17 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 201 | −8 |
| Israel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 193 | 260 | −67 |
* July 16 14:30
| Turkey | 76–75 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 15-24, 25–15, 13–15 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 16 16:45
| Lithuania | 73–71 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 20–18, 18–20, 20–20 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 17 14:30
| Montenegro | 61–58 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–13, 10–14, 11–12 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 17 16:45
| Israel | 68–118 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–36, 17–17, 21–28, 18–27 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 18 14:30
| Montenegro | 66–50 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 15–8, 13–13, 21–17 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 18 16:45
| Turkey | 59–65 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 18–15, 9–21, 13–11 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos

### Group D

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Croatia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 252 | 246 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 1 | 218 | 216 | 2 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 215 | 229 | −14 |
| Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 238 | 232 | 6 |
* July 16 19:00
| Croatia | 91–86 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 26–14, 16–21, 22–18 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 16 21:15
| Serbia | 62–70 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 9–17, 16–18, 23–16 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 17 19:00
| Ukraine | 86–79 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 22–28, 18–21, 24–12 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 17 21:15
| Germany | 77–79 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 17–19, 17–12, 32–27 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 18 19:00
| Ukraine | 62–75 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 19–23, 9–19, 13–11 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 18 21:15
| Croatia | 82–74 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–29, 23–13, 20–16 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos

## Qualifying round

* Qualified for the quarter-finals

### Group E

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Spain | 9 | 4 | 1 | 370 | 344 | 26 |
| France | 9 | 4 | 1 | 396 | 363 | 33 |
| Greece | 9 | 4 | 1 | 370 | 356 | 14 |
| Italy | 6 | 1 | 4 | 336 | 355 | −19 |
| Latvia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 362 | 379 | −17 |
| Russia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 330 | 367 | −37 |
* July 20 16:45
| Latvia | 82–84 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 18–22, 13–16, 28–27 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 20 19:00
| Italy | 60–62 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 12–13, 18–19, 18–12 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 20 21:15
| Greece | 73–71 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 11–14, 26–18, 13–17 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 21 16:45
| Italy | 77–81 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 18–29, 20–12, 25–17 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 21 19:00
| Spain | 67–70 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 18–20, 19–12, 17–18 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 21 21:15
| Russia | 60–81 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 16–21, 17–15, 14–19 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 22 16:45
| France | 76–84 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 14–20, 19–18, 25–22 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 22 19:00
| Greece | 77–71 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 19–24, 21–19, 17–20 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 22 21:15
| Russia | 59–67 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 15–15, 13–21, 17–12 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes

### Group F

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Lithuania | 9 | 4 | 1 | 381 | 340 | 41 |
| Croatia | 8 | 3 | 2 | 395 | 385 | 10 |
| Montenegro | 8 | 3 | 2 | 347 | 337 | 10 |
| Turkey | 7 | 2 | 3 | 335 | 297 | 38 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 2 | 3 | 311 | 389 | −48 |
| Serbia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 334 | 355 | −21 |
* July 20 16:45
| Serbia | 76–67 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 20–13, 17–19, 15–21 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 20 19:00
| Croatia | 76–70 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 18–13, 22–17, 21–18 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 20 21:15
| Turkey | 93–44 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–7, 24–14, 18–10, 24–13 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 21 16:45
| Lithuania | 93–83 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–31, 26–16, 19–24, 24–12 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 21 19:00
| Serbia | 52–63 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–28, 9–9, 19–12, 18–14 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 21 21:15
| Montenegro | 72–60 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 11–19, 17–10, 21–18 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 22 16:45
| Croatia | 75–62 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 23–10, 19–22, 21–14 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 22 19:00
| Ukraine | 83–51 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 23–17, 23–11, 18–13 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 22 21:15
| Montenegro | 73–70 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 17–11, 10–19, 16–14 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| July 24 | July 24 | | | |
| Spain | 77 | | | |
| Spain | 77 | July 25 | July 25 | | |
| Turkey | 60 | July 25 | July 25 | |
| Turkey | 60 | Spain | 76 | |
| July 24 | July 24 | | Spain | 76 | |
| July 24 | July 24 | Greece | 87 | |
| Croatia | 68 | Greece | 87 | |
| Croatia | 68 | | | | July 26 | July 26 |
| Greece | 77 | | | | July 26 | July 26 |
| Greece | 77 | | | | Greece | 90 |
| July 24 | July 24 | | | | | Greece | 90 |
| July 24 | July 24 | | | | France | 85 |
| Lithuania | 68 | | | | France | 85 |
| Lithuania | 68 | July 25 | July 25 | | | |
| Italy | 69 | July 25 | July 25 | | | |
| Italy | 69 | Italy | 68 | | | |
| July 24 | July 24 | | Italy | 68 | | | |
| July 24 | July 24 | France | 94 | | Third place | Third place |
| France | 68 | France | 94 | | Third place | Third place |
| France | 68 | | | | July 26 | July 26 |
| Montenegro | 47 | | | | July 26 | July 26 |
| Montenegro | 47 | | | | Spain | 75 |
| | | | | | Italy | 72 |

### 5th place bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| July 25 | July 25 |
| Turkey | 78 |
| Turkey | 78 | July 26 | July 26 |
| Croatia | 69 | July 26 | July 26 |
| Croatia | 69 | Turkey | 72 |
| July 25 | July 25 | | Turkey | 72 |
| July 25 | July 25 | Lithuania | 77 |
| Lithuania | 80 | Lithuania | 77 |
| Montenegro | 72 | | |
| Montenegro | 72 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | July 26 | July 26 |
| | | Croatia | 76 |
| | | Montenegro | 77 |

### 9th place bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | ninth place | ninth place |
| July 24 | July 24 |
| Latvia | 74 |
| Latvia | 74 | July 26 | July 26 |
| Serbia | 67 | July 26 | July 26 |
| Serbia | 67 | Latvia | 66 |
| July 24 | July 24 | | Latvia | 66 |
| July 24 | July 24 | Russia | 89 |
| Ukraine | 54 | Russia | 89 |
| Russia | 65 | | |
| Russia | 65 | eleventh place | eleventh place |
| | | July 26 | July 26 |
| | | Serbia | 83 |
| | | Ukraine | 56 |

### 13th place group

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Slovenia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 250 | 207 | 43 |
| Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 237 | 211 | 26 |
| Israel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 227 | 231 | −4 |
| Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 191 | 256 | −65 |
* July 20 14:30
| Slovenia | 86–77 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 18–18, 31–20, 22–22 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 20 14:30
| Belgium | 71–92 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 11–23, 18–25, 15–21 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 22 14:30
| Israel | 63–85 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 18–19, 10–23, 20–22 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 22 14:30
| Germany | 85–53 | Belgium |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 17–14, 30–13, 21–9 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 24 14:30
| Slovenia | 79–67 | Belgium |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 17–17, 21–13, 17–20 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 24 16:45
| Israel | 72–75 | Germany |
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos

## Quarter Final Round

* July 24 14:30
* Game 49
| Spain | 77–60 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 20–19, 13–16, 19–13 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 24 16:45
* Game 50
| France | 68–47 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 18–10, 18–15, 15–8 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 24 19:00
* Game 52
| Croatia | 68–77 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 12–15, 13–20, 22–22 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 24 21:15
* Game 51
| Lithuania | 68–69 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 11–13, 25–16, 7–22 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes

### Classification round for 9th to 12th place

* July 24 19:00
* Game 53
| Latvia | 74–67 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 16–12, 22–22, 13–21 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 24 21:15
* Game 54
| Ukraine | 54–65 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 12–17, 11–19, 12–13 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos

## Semi-finals
### Classification round for 5th to 8th place

* July 25 14:30
* Game 55
| Turkey | 78–69 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 16–17, 22–12, 23–22 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 25 16:45
* Game 56
| Lithuania | 80–72 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 24–19, 10–18, 25–11 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes

### Semi-finals

* July 25 19:00
* Game 57
| Spain | 76–87 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 20–20, 20–30, 17–26 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 25 21:15
* Game 58
| Italy | 68–94 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 25–19, 13–22, 16–27 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes

## Finals

* July 26 13:15
* 11th Place
| Serbia | 83–56 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 23–2, 17–23, 23–13 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 26 15:30
* 9th Place
| Latvia | 66–89 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 12–29, 13–17, 22–23 |||
* Ialysos Sports Hall, Ialysos
* July 26 13:15
* 7th Place
| Croatia | 76–77 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 21–19, 22–17, 17–23 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 26 15:45
* 5th Place
| Turkey | 72–77 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 14–16, 24–18, 13–33 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 26 18:15
* Third Place
| Spain | 75–72 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 25–10, 17–26, 13–18 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes
* July 26 21:00
* Final
| Greece | 90–85 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 23–23, 19–22, 26–24 |||
* Venetokleio Sports Hall, Rhodes Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Zoran Sutulovic (MNE), Petar Obradovic (BIH)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Greece |
| | France |
| | Spain |
| 4th | Italy |
| 5th | Lithuania |
| 6th | Turkey |
| 7th | Montenegro |
| 8th | Croatia |
| 9th | Russia |
| 10th | Latvia |
| 11th | Serbia |
| 12th | Ukraine |
| 13th | Slovenia |
| 14th | Germany |
| 15th | Israel |
| 16th | Belgium |

## Awards

* 2009 Under-20 European Championship winner
* Greece Second title
* Most Valuable Player
* Kostas Papanikolaou
All-Tournament Team
* Antoine Diot
* Kostas Papanikolaou
* Kevin Seraphin
* Nikola Vučević
* Xavier Rabaseda