# 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship

The 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship was an international basketball competition, held from 5 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, after defeating Greece in the final.

## Qualified teams

Iran originally qualified for the finals, but withdrew after refusing to issue a visa because the Iranian government refused to play against Israel.
| Means of Qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualifiers |
| Host Nation | | | 1 | Argentina |
| 2004 FIBA Oceania Under-20 Championship | 30 - 31 July 2004 | Terrigal | 1 | Australia |
| 2004 FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship | 23 July - 1 August 2004 | Dakar | 1 | Nigeria |
| 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship | 23 July - 1 August 2004 | Brno | 4 | Slovenia Israel Lithuania Greece |
| 2004 FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship | 28 July - 1 August 2017 | Halifax | 3 | United States Puerto Rico Canada |
| 2004 FIBA Asia Under-20 Championship | 29 September - 8 October 2004 | Tehran | 2 | Iran China |
| Total | | | 12 | |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 389 | 332 | +57 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Greece | 5 | 4 | 1 | 305 | 281 | +24 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Argentina (H) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 312 | 249 | +63 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 268 | 302 | −34 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Israel | 5 | 1 | 4 | 323 | 333 | −10 | 6 | Placement matches |
| 6 | Iran | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100 | −100 | 5 | Placement matches |
* 5 August 2005
| Canada | 20–0 | Iran |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
* 5 August 2005 18:00
* Boxscore
| Australia | 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
* Boxscore
| Israel | 58–71 | Argentina |
| 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: Figueroa 4 |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba Attendance: 4500 Referees: Terry Moore (USA), Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Sasha Pukl (SLO)
* 6 August 2005
| Israel | 20–0 | Iran |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
* 6 August 2005 18:15
* Boxscore
| Canada | 71–88 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 22–19, 22–23, 14–20 |||
| Pts: Kuljanin 18 Rebs: Kendall 8 Asts: Altidor-Cespedes 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
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 59–63 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–7, 16–20, 14–15, 15–21 |||
| Pts: Schattmann 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 | Australia |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
* 7 August 2005 19:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 79–75 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 19–18, 24–23, 14–19 |||
| Pts: Vasilopoulos 24 Rebs: Zefkilis 10 Asts: Three players 3 | | Pts: Halperin 22 Rebs: Nir 9 Asts: Limonad 5 |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba Attendance: 3000 Referees: Sergio Pacheco (BRA), Sasha Pukl (SLO), Qi Ban (CHN)
* 7 August 2005 21:50
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 86–46 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 18–12, 20–10, 31–12 |||
| Pts: Schattmann 19 Rebs: Weigand 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 | Argentina |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
* 9 August 2005 18:15
* Boxscore
| Australia | 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
* Boxscore
| Greece | 62–53 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 15–8, 17–19, 20–13 |||
| Pts: Vasileiadis 23 Rebs: Vasilopoulos 7 Asts: Xanthopoulos 6 | | Pts: Kou 17 Rebs: Kendall, Kuljanin 6 Asts: Constain, Doornekamp 3 |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba Referees: Terry Moore (USA), Sasha Pukl (SLO), José La Paix (DOM)
* 10 August 2005
| Greece | 20–0 | Iran |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
* 10 August 2005 18:15
* Boxscore
| Israel | 66–78 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 18–15, 16–28, 6–18 |||
| Pts: Halperin 22 Rebs: Eliyahu 8 Asts: Halperin 4 | | Pts: Gallimore 24 Rebs: Three players 6 Asts: Gallimore, Kendall 3 |
* Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba Referees: Terry Moore (USA), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Eddie Viator (FRA)
* 10 August 2005 20:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 76–82 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 19–29, 26–18, 21–13 |||
| Pts: Sandes 23 Rebs: Alloatti 9 Asts: Schattmann 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 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 509 | 369 | +140 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 478 | 408 | +70 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 422 | 378 | +44 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 332 | 362 | −30 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 366 | 457 | −91 | 6 | Placement matches |
| 6 | China | 5 | 0 | 5 | 334 | 467 | −133 | 5 | Placement matches |
* 5 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 63–54 | Nigeria |
* 5 August 2005
* Boxscore
| China | 50–117 | United States |
* 5 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 97–81 | Puerto Rico |
* 6 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 87–81 | China |
* 6 August 2005
* Boxscore
| United States | 103–83 | Lithuania |
* 6 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 71–50 | Slovenia |
* 7 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 110–75 | Nigeria |
* 7 August 2005
* Boxscore
| China | 63–66 | Slovenia |
* 7 August 2005
* Boxscore
| United States | 94–79 | Puerto Rico |
* 9 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 74–92 | Lithuania |
* 9 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 78–113 | United States |
* 9 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 101–65 | China |
* 10 August 2005
* Boxscore
| United States | 82–79 | Slovenia |
* 10 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 96–75 | China |
* 10 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 72–90 | Puerto Rico |

## 9th–12th place playoffs

| 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th place match | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| B5 | Nigeria | w/o | | | |
| A6 | Iran | | | | |
| A6 | Iran | | B5 | Nigeria | 110 |
| | | | A5 | Israel | 104 |
| A5 | Israel | 95 | A5 | Israel | 104 |
| B6 | China | 74 | 11th place match | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| | | | A6 | Iran | |
| | | | B6 | China | w/o |

### 9th–12th place semifinals

* 12 August 2005
| Nigeria | w/o– | Iran |
* 12 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Israel | 95–74 | China |

### 11th place match

* 13 August 2005
| Iran | –w/o | China |

### 9th place match

* 13 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 110–104 | Israel |

## Championship playoffs

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | B2 | Lithuania | 76 | | | | |
| | | | | | | A3 | Argentina | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | A3 | Argentina | 70 | | | | B2 | Lithuania | 96 | |
| | | | B4 | Slovenia | 43 | | | | A1 | Australia | 73 | |
| | | | | | | A1 | Australia | 89 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | B4 | Slovenia | 80 | | | | | |
| A3 | Argentina | 85 | | | | | | | | | B2 | Lithuania | 65 |
| B1 | United States | 111 | | | | | | | | | B2 | A2 | Greece | 63 |
| | | | | | | A2 | Greece | 88 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | B3 | Puerto Rico | 63 | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | B3 | Puerto Rico | 79 | | | | A2 | Greece | 74 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | B1 | United States | 99 | | | | A4 | Canada | 61 | | | |
| B4 | Slovenia | 77 | | | | B1 | | | United States | 90 | | A1 | Australia | 74 |
| B3 | Puerto Rico | 86 | | | | A4 | Canada | 93 | | | | A4 | Canada | 79 |

### Quarterfinals

* 12 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 76–63 | Argentina |
* 12 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Australia | 89–80 | Slovenia |
* 12 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Greece | 88–63 | Puerto Rico |
* 12 August 2005
* Boxscore
| United States | 90–93 | Canada |

### 5th–8th place semifinals

* 13 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 70–43 | Slovenia |
* 13 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 79–99 | United States |

### Semifinals

* 13 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 96–73 | Australia |
* 13 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Greece | 74–61 | Canada |

### 7th place match

* 14 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 77–86 | Puerto Rico |

### 5th place match

* 14 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 85–111 | United States |

### 3rd place match

* 14 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Australia | 74–79 | Canada |

### Final

* 14 August 2005
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 65–63 | Greece |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Lithuania |
| | Greece |
| | Canada |
| 4 | Australia |
| 5 | United States |
| 6 | Argentina |
| 7 | Puerto Rico |
| 8 | Slovenia |
| 9 | Nigeria |
| 10 | Israel |
| 11 | China |
| 12 | Iran |