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2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

2004 EuroBasket Under-16
18th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates6–15 July 2004
Teams16
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPRussia Vitaly Kuznetsov
Top scorerItaly Gallinari (18.6)
Top reboundsRussia Pishchalnikov (14.5)
Top assistsCroatia Ugrinoski (7.1)
PPG (Team) Russia (82.0)
RPG (Team) Russia (45.4)
APG (Team) Spain (15.5)
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The 2004 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Amaliada and Pyrgos, in Greece, hosted the tournament. France won the trophy for the first time. Georgia and Germany were relegated to Division B.

Teams

System of competition

The tournament format changed with the inclusion of the Division System. The sixteen teams from Division A entered the tournament. In the preliminary round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The two top teams from each group qualify for the quarterfinals. The eight teams were allocated on two groups of four teams each, with the two top teams qualifying for the semifinals. The two teams qualified 15th and 16th were relegated to Division B.

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Slovenia 3 3 0 223 200 6
 Russia 3 2 1 255 213 5
 Israel 3 1 2 235 218 4
 Poland 3 0 3 201 283 3

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Italy 3 3 0 201 166 6
 Lithuania 3 2 1 218 196 5
 Serbia and Montenegro 3 1 2 213 215 4
 Georgia 3 0 3 185 240 3

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Turkey 3 3 0 224 163 6
 France 3 2 1 194 175 5
 Croatia 3 1 2 177 196 4
 Latvia 3 0 3 178 239 3

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 245 140 6
 Greece 3 2 1 195 197 5
 Belgium 3 1 2 179 219 4
 Germany 3 0 3 176 239 3

Classification round

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

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Croatia 3 3 0 227 183 6
 Israel 3 2 1 241 196 5
 Georgia 3 1 2 185 225 4
 Germany 3 0 3 208 258 3

Group H

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Serbia and Montenegro 3 2 1 247 199 5
 Belgium 3 2 1 224 223 5
 Poland 3 1 2 219 263 4
 Latvia 3 1 2 193 198 4

Quarterfinals round

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

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Turkey 3 3 0 217 181 6
 Lithuania 3 2 1 216 210 5
 Slovenia 3 1 2 171 198 4
 Greece 3 0 3 184 199 3

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 252 231 6
 France 3 1 2 208 203 4
 Spain 3 1 2 209 212 4
 Italy 3 1 2 205 228 4

Knockout stage

13th–16th playoffs

 
PlayoffsThirteenth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Georgia79
 
 
 
 Latvia84
 
 Latvia70
 
 
 
 Poland63
 
 Germany74
 
 
 Poland76
 
Fifteenth place
 
 
 
 
 
 Georgia80
 
 
 Germany75

Georgia and Germany were relegated to Division B.

9th–12th playoffs

 
PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Belgium57
 
 
 
 Croatia79
 
 Croatia63
 
 
 
 Serbia and Montenegro80
 
 Israel60
 
 
 Serbia and Montenegro77
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium74
 
 
 Israel81

5th–8th playoffs

 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Greece76
 
 
 
 Spain64
 
 Greece70
 
 
 
 Italy62
 
 Slovenia54
 
 
 Italy82
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Spain67
 
 
 Slovenia55

Championship

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Turkey61
 
 
 
 France70
 
 France65
 
 
 
 Russia60
 
 Lithuania73
 
 
 Russia89
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Turkey75
 
 
 Lithuania69


 2004 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

France
First title

Final standings

Rank Team
 France
 Russia
 Turkey
4th  Lithuania
5th  Greece
6th  Italy
7th  Spain
8th  Slovenia
9th  Serbia and Montenegro
10th  Croatia
11th  Israel
12th  Belgium
13th  Latvia
14th  Poland
15th  Georgia
16th  Germany
Relegated to the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B

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