2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B explained

2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
Subtitle:	5th Division B Championship
Continent:	Europe U-20
Year:	2009
Host:	Macedonia
Dates:	July 16–26
Teams:	17
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	Netherlands
Title Number:	1
Mvp:	Rašid Mahalbašić^[1]
Ppg P:	Mahalbašić (19.4)
Ppg T:	(81.9)
Rpg P:	Török (11.3)
Rpg T:	(38.4)
Apg P:	Tsivtsivadze (5.5)
Apg T:	(15.7)
Website:	www.fibaeurope.com
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	2010

The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the 5th edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of European Under-20 basketball. The city of Skopje, in the Republic of Macedonia, hosted the tournament. Netherlands won their first title.

The Netherlands and the Czech Republic were promoted to Division A.

Preliminary round

The seventeen teams were allocated in four groups (one groups of five teams and three groups of four). The two top teams of each group advanced to the qualifying round. The last three teams of each group advanced to the classification round.

	Team advanced to Qualifying round
	Team competed in Classification round

Group A

width=170	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	L	width=35	PF	width=35	PA	width=25	Pts
	4	3	1	310	251	7
	4	3	1	287	255	7
	4	2	2	297	288	6
	4	1	3	301	323	5
	4	1	3	264	342	5

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16 July 2009
	78–75		Skopje
	91–59		Skopje
17 July 2009
	74–80		Skopje
	86–67		Skopje
18 July 2009
	88–53		Skopje
	92–64		Skopje
19 July 2009
	63–60		Skopje
	67–85		Skopje
20 July 2009
	62–53		Skopje
	66–96		Skopje

Group B

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	3	3	0	232	184	6
	3	2	1	234	222	5
	3	1	2	204	227	4
	3	0	3	200	237	3

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16 July 2009
	65–67		Skopje
	71–59		Skopje
18 July 2009
	81–52		Skopje
	74–82		Skopje
20 July 2009
	87–81		Skopje
	67–84		Skopje

Group C

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	3	3	0	242	173	6
	3	2	1	243	196	5
	3	1	2	182	254	4
	3	0	3	190	234	3

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16 July 2009
	79–74		Skopje
	91–56		Skopje
18 July 2009
	42–92		Skopje
	45–71		Skopje
20 July 2009
	72–80		Skopje
	84–71		Skopje

Group D

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	3	2	1	208	228	5
	3	2	1	199	179	5
	3	1	2	195	217	4
	3	1	2	220	198	4

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16 July 2009
	81–75		Skopje
	70–78		Skopje
18 July 2009
	53–55		Skopje
	68–66		Skopje
20 July 2009
	48–74		Skopje
	62–92		Skopje

Qualifying round

The eight top teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

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

Group E

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	3	3	0	211	190	6
	3	1	2	186	182	4	1–1 (+14)
	3	1	2	183	192	4	1–1 (0)
	3	1	2	180	196	4	1–1 (−14)

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22 July 2009
	59–68		Skopje
	63–73		Skopje
23 July 2009
	47–70		Skopje
	71–62		Skopje

Group F

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	3	3	0	238	201	6
	3	2	1	246	220	5
	3	1	2	214	252	4
	3	0	3	203	228	3

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22 July 2009
	91–69		Skopje
	67–62		Skopje
23 July 2009
	71–83		Skopje
	67–91		Skopje

Classification round

The last three teams of each of the preliminary round groups were allocated in three groups of three teams each.

	Team advanced to Group J
	Team competed in Group K
	Team competed in Group L

Group G

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	2	2	0	156	128	4
	2	1	1	150	144	3
	2	0	2	120	154	2

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21 July 2009
	78–74		Skopje
22 July 2009
	76–66		Skopje
23 July 2009
	54–78		Skopje

Group H

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	2	2	0	174	133	4
	2	1	1	131	141	3
	2	0	2	120	151	2

width=25%	width=3%	width=6%		width=3%	width=25%
21 July 2009
	56–62		Skopje
22 July 2009
	69–85		Skopje
23 July 2009
	89–64		Skopje

Group I

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	2	2	0	177	147	4
	2	1	1	175	142	3
	2	0	2	115	178	2

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21 July 2009
	80–94		Skopje
22 July 2009
	83–67		Skopje
23 July 2009
	48–95		Skopje

Final classification round

The nine teams of the classification round were allocated in another three groups of three teams, depending on their position in the previous round. Group J determined positions 9th to 11th, Group K determined positions 12th to 14th and Group L determined positions 15th to 17th (last).

Group J

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	2	2	0	176	169	4
	2	1	1	169	161	3
	2	0	2	149	164	2

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24 July 2009
	80–84		Skopje
25 July 2009
	92–89		Skopje
26 July 2009
	80–69		Skopje

Group K

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	2	2	0	167	157	4
	2	1	1	152	144	3
	2	0	2	150	168	2

width=25%	width=3%	width=6%		width=3%	width=25%
24 July 2009
	79–72		Skopje
25 July 2009
	80–65		Skopje
26 July 2009
	85–88		Skopje

Group L

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	2	2	0	172	129	4
	2	1	1	158	155	3
	2	0	2	142	188	2

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24 July 2009
	66–76		Skopje
25 July 2009
	96–63		Skopje
26 July 2009
	79–92		Skopje

Knockout stage

Championship

Final standings

Rank		Team



4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th

Stats leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	PPG
1.	Rašid Mahalbašić	136	7	19.4
2.	Christophe Varidel		135	7	19.3
2.	David Jelinek	128	7	18.3
4.	Richard Grznár	89	5	17.8
5.	Christopher Jones	141	8	17.6

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	RPG
1.	Rolland Török	79	7	11.3
2.	Rašid Mahalbašić		70	7	10.0
3.	Thomas Koenis	68	7	9.7
4.	Peter Dorazil	69	8	8.6
5.	Jakub Wojciechowski	51	6	8.5

Assists

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	RPG
1.	Beka Tsivtsivadze	44	8	5.5
2.	Moritz Lanegger		32	7	4.6
3.	Nigel Van Oostrum	29	7	4.1
4.	Tomasz Śnieg	28	7	4.0
5.	Ivica Dimčevski	26	7	3.7

References

Notes and References

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