# 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 20th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Linares, Andújar and Martos, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Spain won the trophy for the first time. Germany and Iceland were relegated to Division B.

## Teams

* Croatia
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Iceland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Portugal
* 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 |
| Turkey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 225 | 199 | 6 |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 230 | 217 | 5 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 217 | 186 | 4 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 232 | 3 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 261 | 212 | 6 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 220 | 216 | 5 |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 231 | 4 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 200 | 235 | 3 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 230 | 234 | 5 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 244 | 233 | 5 |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 237 | 242 | 4 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 229 | 231 | 4 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 260 | 165 | 6 |
| Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 198 | 201 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 190 | 208 | 4 |
| Iceland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 256 | 3 |

## Classification round

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

### Group G

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 239 | 187 | 6 |
| Latvia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 229 | 184 | 5 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 209 | 212 | 4 |
| Iceland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 274 | 3 |

### Group H

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 253 | 204 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 207 | 5 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 226 | 244 | 4 |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 191 | 241 | 3 |

## Quarterfinals round

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

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 265 | 225 | 6 |
| Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 214 | 197 | 5 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 225 | 213 | 4 |
| Israel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 202 | 271 | 3 |

### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 214 | 6 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 255 | 232 | 5 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 207 | 222 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 3 | 196 | 249 | 3 |

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

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place |
| Germany | 71 |
| Slovenia | 85 | | |
| Slovenia | 85 | Slovenia | 78 |
| | | Portugal | 59 |
| Iceland | 70 | Portugal | 59 |
| Portugal | 84 | | |
| Portugal | 84 | Fifteenth place | Fifteenth place |
| | | Germany | 103 |
| | | Iceland | 79 |
Germany and Iceland were relegated to Division B.

### 9th–12th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Greece | 73 |
| Ukraine | 59 | | |
| Ukraine | 59 | Greece | 79 |
| | | Lithuania | 76 |
| Latvia | 83 | Lithuania | 76 |
| Lithuania | 93 | | |
| Lithuania | 93 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | Ukraine | 59 |
| | | Latvia | 73 |

### 5th–8th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| France | 85 |
| Turkey | 67 | | |
| Turkey | 67 | France | 67 |
| | | Italy | 57 |
| Israel | 54 | Italy | 57 |
| Italy | 69 | | |
| Italy | 69 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Turkey | 74 |
| | | Israel | 76 |

### Championship

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Russia | 82 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 74 | | |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 74 | Russia | 106 |
| | | Spain | 110 |
| Croatia | 82 | Spain | 110 |
| Spain | 106 | | |
| Spain | 106 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Serbia and Montenegro | 85 |
| | | Croatia | 69 |
* 2006 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
* Spain First title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Spain |
| | Russia |
| | Serbia and Montenegro |
| 4th | Croatia |
| 5th | France |
| 6th | Italy |
| 7th | Israel |
| 8th | Turkey |
| 9th | Greece |
| 10th | Lithuania |
| 11th | Latvia |
| 12th | Ukraine |
| 13th | Slovenia |
| 14th | Portugal |
| 15th | Germany |
| 16th | Iceland |
* Relegated to the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B