# 2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 19th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of León, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Turkey won the trophy for the second time. Poland and Belgium were relegated to Division B.

## Teams

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

## Preliminary round

* Team advanced to Quarterfinals
* Team competed in 9th–16th games

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 178 | 6 |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 194 | 188 | 5 |
| Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 221 | 240 | 4 |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 225 | 3 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 252 | 236 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 256 | 217 | 5 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 212 | 244 | 4 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 3 | 210 | 233 | 3 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 211 | 188 | 5 |
| Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 225 | 5 |
| Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 223 | 188 | 5 |
| Iceland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 240 | 3 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Turkey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 236 | 212 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 217 | 195 | 5 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 196 | 196 | 4 |
| Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 192 | 238 | 3 |

## Classification round

* Team advanced to 9th–12th playoffs
* Team competed in 13th–16th playoffs

### Group G

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 225 | 182 | 6 |
| Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 220 | 195 | 5 |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 199 | 179 | 4 |
| Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 128 | 216 | 3 |

### Group H

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 231 | 203 | 5 |
| Latvia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 214 | 190 | 5 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 167 | 200 | 4 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 204 | 223 | 4 |

## Quarterfinals round

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

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 243 | 184 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 223 | 5 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 221 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 224 | 3 |

### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 231 | 226 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 227 | 5 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 226 | 251 | 4 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 249 | 245 | 4 |

## Knockout stage
### 13th–16th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place |
| Poland | 79 |
| Greece | 80 | | |
| Greece | 80 | Greece | 103 |
| | | Iceland | 54 |
| Belgium | 56 | Iceland | 54 |
| Iceland | 64 | | |
| Iceland | 64 | Fifteenth place | Fifteenth place |
| | | Poland | 62 |
| | | Belgium | 61 |
Poland and Belgium were relegated to Division B.

### 9th–12th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Latvia | 45 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 77 | | |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 77 | Serbia and Montenegro | 75 |
| | | Israel | 76 |
| Slovenia | 60 | Israel | 76 |
| Israel | 89 | | |
| Israel | 89 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | Latvia | 72 |
| | | Slovenia | 65 |

### 5th–8th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Russia | 90 |
| Croatia | 75 | | |
| Croatia | 75 | Russia | 66 |
| | | Ukraine | 73 |
| Italy | 40 | Ukraine | 73 |
| Ukraine | 78 | | |
| Ukraine | 78 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Croatia | 73 |
| | | Italy | 77 |

### Championship

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Lithuania | 73 |
| France | 76 | | |
| France | 76 | France | 55 |
| | | Turkey | 61 |
| Spain | 83 | Turkey | 61 |
| Turkey | 88 | | |
| Turkey | 88 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Lithuania | 63 |
| | | Spain | 70 |
* 2005 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
* Turkey Second title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Turkey |
| | France |
| | Spain |
| 4th | Lithuania |
| 5th | Ukraine |
| 6th | Russia |
| 7th | Italy |
| 8th | Croatia |
| 9th | Israel |
| 10th | Serbia and Montenegro |
| 11th | Latvia |
| 12th | Slovenia |
| 13th | Greece |
| 14th | Iceland |
| 15th | Poland |
| 16th | Belgium |
* Relegated to the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B