# 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

The 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the seventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Brno, in the Czech Republic, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their second title.

## Teams

* Belarus
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Greece
* Israel
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Russia
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Ukraine

## Qualification

Twenty-five national teams entered the qualifying round. They were allocated in five groups. The first two teams from groups A, B, C, D and the first three teams from group E qualified for the tournament, where they joined Czech Republic (qualified as hosts).
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 296 | 188 | +108 | 6 |
| Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 267 | 240 | +27 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 271 | 257 | +14 | 4 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 0 | 3 | 175 | 324 | −149 | 3 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Croatia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 413 | 337 | +76 | 8 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 1 | 348 | 281 | +67 | 7 |
| Italy | 4 | 2 | 2 | 348 | 310 | +38 | 6 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 269 | 328 | −59 | 5 |
| Portugal | 4 | 0 | 4 | 284 | 406 | −122 | 4 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Lithuania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 401 | 302 | +99 | 8 |
| Latvia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 339 | 272 | +67 | 7 |
| Germany | 4 | 2 | 2 | 303 | 330 | −27 | 6 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1 | 3 | 282 | 330 | −48 | 5 |
| Finland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 265 | 356 | −91 | 4 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 347 | 265 | +82 | 8 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 4 | 2 | 2 | 319 | 283 | +36 | 6 |
| Poland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 301 | 295 | +6 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 311 | 402 | −91 | 5 |
| Estonia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 292 | 325 | −33 | 5 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Greece | 5 | 5 | 0 | 442 | 332 | +110 | 10 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 345 | 305 | +40 | 9 |
| Belarus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 359 | 390 | −31 | 7 |
| Turkey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 373 | 365 | +8 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 283 | 365 | −82 | 6 |
| Hungary | 5 | 1 | 4 | 355 | 400 | −45 | 6 |

## 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 |
| Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 412 | 374 | 9 |
| Israel | 5 | 3 | 2 | 404 | 407 | 8 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 3 | 353 | 379 | 7 |
| Latvia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 361 | 372 | 7 |
| Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 388 | 378 | 7 |
| Croatia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 384 | 392 | 7 |
| 23 July 2004 |
| Latvia | 68–72 | Israel | Brno |
| Russia | 89–72 | Czech Republic | Brno |
| Spain | 82–75 | Croatia | Brno |
| 24 July 2004 |
| Israel | 83–90 | Russia | Brno |
| Croatia | 69–76 | Latvia | Brno |
| Czech Republic | 69–65 | Spain | Brno |
| 25 July 2004 |
| Russia | 78–73 | Latvia | Brno |
| Spain | 77–86 | Israel | Brno |
| Czech Republic | 64–82 | Croatia | Brno |
| 27 July 2004 |
| Croatia | 54–86 | Russia | Brno |
| Latvia | 79–72 | Spain | Brno |
| Israel | 78–68 | Czech Republic | Brno |
| 28 July 2004 |
| Spain | 92–69 | Russia | Brno |
| Czech Republic | 80–65 | Latvia | Brno |
| Israel | 84–104 | Croatia | Brno |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Greece | 5 | 4 | 1 | 429 | 380 | 9 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 454 | 427 | 9 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 4 | 1 | 377 | 349 | 9 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 389 | 398 | 7 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 4 | 377 | 404 | 6 |
| Belarus | 5 | 0 | 5 | 331 | 399 | 5 |
| 23 July 2004 |
| Lithuania | 81–47 | Belarus | Brno |
| Ukraine | 62–90 | Serbia and Montenegro | Brno |
| Greece | 91–84 | Slovenia | Brno |
| 24 July 2004 |
| Slovenia | 100–82 | Ukraine | Brno |
| Belarus | 60–81 | Greece | Brno |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 80–72 | Lithuania | Brno |
| 25 July 2004 |
| Belarus | 55–84 | Slovenia | Brno |
| Lithuania | 93–78 | Ukraine | Brno |
| Greece | 72–59 | Serbia and Montenegro | Brno |
| 27 July 2004 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 76–62 | Belarus | Brno |
| Slovenia | 65–69 | Lithuania | Brno |
| Ukraine | 82–91 | Greece | Brno |
| 28 July 2004 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 76–47 | Slovenia | Brno |
| Greece | 67–73 | Lithuania | Brno |
| Belarus | 67–73 | Ukraine | Brno |

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

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| July 30, Brno | July 30, Brno |
| Spain | 59 |
| Spain | 59 | July 31, Brno | July 31, Brno |
| Belarus | 84 | July 31, Brno | July 31, Brno |
| Belarus | 84 | Belarus | 80 |
| July 30, Brno | July 30, Brno | | Belarus | 80 |
| July 30, Brno | July 30, Brno | Ukraine | 76 |
| Ukraine | 67 | Ukraine | 76 |
| Croatia | 65 | | |
| Croatia | 65 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | July 31, Brno | July 31, Brno |
| | | Spain | 78 |
| | | Croatia | 71 |

### Championship

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| July 30, Brno | July 30, Brno | | | |
| Russia | 67 | | | |
| Russia | 67 | July 31, Brno | July 31, Brno | | |
| Slovenia | 74 | July 31, Brno | July 31, Brno | |
| Slovenia | 74 | Slovenia | 97 | |
| July 30, Brno | July 30, Brno | | Slovenia | 97 | |
| July 30, Brno | July 30, Brno | Lithuania | 57 | |
| Lithuania | 99 | Lithuania | 57 | |
| Lithuania | 99 | | | | August 1, Brno | August 1, Brno |
| Czech Republic | 72 | | | | August 1, Brno | August 1, Brno |
| Czech Republic | 72 | | | | Slovenia | 66 |
| July 30, Brno | July 30, Brno | | | | | Slovenia | 66 |
| July 30, Brno | July 30, Brno | | | | Israel | 61 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 82 | | | | Israel | 61 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 82 | July 31, Brno | July 31, Brno | | | |
| Israel | 83 | July 31, Brno | July 31, Brno | | | |
| Israel | 83 | Israel | 88 | | | |
| July 30, Brno | July 30, Brno | | Israel | 88 | | | |
| July 30, Brno | July 30, Brno | Greece | 82 | | Third place | Third place |
| Greece | 87 | Greece | 82 | | Third place | Third place |
| Greece | 87 | | | | August 1, Brno | August 1, Brno |
| Latvia | 66 | | | | August 1, Brno | August 1, Brno |
| Latvia | 66 | | | | Lithuania | 92 |
| | | | | | Greece | 63 |

#### 5th–8th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| July 31, Brno | July 31, Brno |
| Russia | 95 |
| Russia | 95 | August 1, Brno | August 1, Brno |
| Czech Republic | 62 | August 1, Brno | August 1, Brno |
| Czech Republic | 62 | Russia | 86 |
| July 31, Brno | July 31, Brno | | Russia | 86 |
| July 31, Brno | July 31, Brno | Serbia and Montenegro | 101 |
| Latvia | 71 | Serbia and Montenegro | 101 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 74 | | |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 74 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | August 1, Brno | August 1, Brno |
| | | Czech Republic | 79 |
| | | Latvia | 100 |
* 2004 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
* Slovenia Second title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Slovenia |
| | Israel |
| | Lithuania |
| 4th | Greece |
| 5th | Serbia and Montenegro |
| 6th | Russia |
| 7th | Latvia |
| 8th | Czech Republic |
| 9th | Belarus |
| 10th | Ukraine |
| 11th | Spain |
| 12th | Croatia |

## All-Tournament Team

* Yotam Halperin
* Ivan Koljević
* Kostas Vasileiadis
* Linas Kleiza
* Erazem Lorbek (MVP)