# 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

The 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 1998 European Championship for Men '22 and Under') was the fourth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Trapani, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won their first title.

## Teams

* Croatia
* Germany
* France
* Greece
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

## Preliminary round

The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
* Team advanced to Quarterfinals
* Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 347 | 293 | 9 |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 380 | 323 | 9 |
| France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 329 | 319 | 7 |
| Italy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 318 | 346 | 7 |
| Croatia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 341 | 409 | 7 |
| Greece | 5 | 1 | 4 | 333 | 358 | 6 |
| 14 July 1998 |
| Yugoslavia | 83–72 | Greece | Trapani |
| France | 74–57 | Croatia | Trapani |
| Germany | 55–56 | Italy | Trapani |
| 15 July 1998 |
| Croatia | 64–85 | Yugoslavia | Trapani |
| Greece | 64–69 | Germany | Trapani |
| Italy | 53–49 | France | Trapani |
| 16 July 1998 |
| Germany | 98–62 | Croatia | Trapani |
| Yugoslavia | 77–69 | France | Trapani |
| Greece | 71–58 | Italy | Trapani |
| 18 July 1998 |
| France | 56–68 | Germany | Trapani |
| Croatia | 67–62 | Greece | Trapani |
| Italy | 61–80 | Yugoslavia | Trapani |
| 19 July 1998 |
| Greece | 64–81 | France | Trapani |
| Germany | 57–55 | Yugoslavia | Trapani |
| Croatia | 91–90 | Italy | Trapani |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Turkey | 5 | 5 | 0 | 350 | 314 | 10 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 377 | 340 | 9 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 344 | 352 | 8 |
| Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 383 | 362 | 7 |
| Israel | 5 | 1 | 4 | 333 | 364 | 6 |
| Latvia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 343 | 398 | 5 |
| 14 July 1998 |
| Israel | 63–74 | Slovenia | Trapani |
| Lithuania | 56–59 | Turkey | Trapani |
| Latvia | 72–102 | Spain | Trapani |
| 15 July 1998 |
| Slovenia | 77–59 | Lithuania | Trapani |
| Spain | 67–53 | Israel | Trapani |
| Turkey | 63–59 | Latvia | Trapani |
| 16 July 1998 |
| Lithuania | 76–72 | Israel | Trapani |
| Latvia | 73–80 | Slovenia | Trapani |
| Turkey | 76–69 | Spain | Trapani |
| 18 July 1998 |
| Spain | 71–79 | Lithuania | Trapani |
| Israel | 79–66 | Latvia | Trapani |
| Slovenia | 64–71 | Turkey | Trapani |
| 19 July 1998 |
| Latvia | 73–74 | Lithuania | Trapani |
| Turkey | 81–66 | Israel | Trapani |
| Slovenia | 82–74 | Spain | Trapani |

## Knockout stage
### 9th–12th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 22 July | 22 July |
| Latvia | 75 |
| Latvia | 75 | 23 July | 23 July |
| Croatia | 78 | 23 July | 23 July |
| Croatia | 78 | Croatia | 80 |
| 22 July | 22 July | | Croatia | 80 |
| 22 July | 22 July | Israel | 64 |
| Israel | 81 | Israel | 64 |
| Greece | 80 | | |
| Greece | 80 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 23 July | 23 July |
| | | Latvia | 85 |
| | | Greece | 101 |

### Championship

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 21 July | 21 July | | | |
| Germany | 69 | | | |
| Germany | 69 | 22 July | 22 July | | |
| Spain | 71 | 22 July | 22 July | |
| Spain | 71 | Spain | 66 | |
| 21 July | 21 July | | Spain | 66 | |
| 21 July | 21 July | Slovenia | 74 | |
| Slovenia | 77 | Slovenia | 74 | |
| Slovenia | 77 | | | | 23 July | 23 July |
| France | 64 | | | | 23 July | 23 July |
| France | 64 | | | | Slovenia | 73 |
| 21 July | 21 July | | | | | Slovenia | 73 |
| 21 July | 21 July | | | | Yugoslavia | 92 |
| Lithuania | 67 | | | | Yugoslavia | 92 |
| Lithuania | 67 | 22 July | 22 July | | | |
| Yugoslavia | 73 | 22 July | 22 July | | | |
| Yugoslavia | 73 | Yugoslavia | 66 | | | |
| 21 July | 21 July | | Yugoslavia | 66 | | | |
| 21 July | 21 July | Turkey | 55 | | Third place | Third place |
| Turkey | 58 | Turkey | 55 | | Third place | Third place |
| Turkey | 58 | | | | 23 July | 23 July |
| Italy | 48 | | | | 23 July | 23 July |
| Italy | 48 | | | | Spain | 57 |
| | | | | | Turkey | 64 |

#### 5th–8th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 22 July | 22 July |
| Germany | 78 |
| Germany | 78 | 23 July | 23 July |
| France | 84 | 23 July | 23 July |
| France | 84 | France | 55 |
| 22 July | 22 July | | France | 55 |
| 22 July | 22 July | Italy | 39 |
| Lithuania | 56 | Italy | 39 |
| Italy | 70 | | |
| Italy | 70 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 23 July | 23 July |
| | | Germany | 97 |
| | | Lithuania | 95 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Yugoslavia |
| | Slovenia |
| | Turkey |
| 4th | Spain |
| 5th | France |
| 6th | Italy |
| 7th | Germany |
| 8th | Lithuania |
| 9th | Croatia |
| 10th | Israel |
| 11th | Greece |
| 12th | Latvia |
* 1998 European Championship for Men '20 and Under'
* Yugoslavia First title