1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

International basketball competition December 2023 Europe U-20 1998 Italy 14–23 July 1998 12 1 1 FR Yugoslavia 1 FR Yugoslavia Igor Rakočević FR Yugoslavia Rakočević (21.1) 20 FR Yugoslavia (76.4) ITA Podestà (9.6) 20 LIT (34.0) LIT Marčiulionis (2.3) 20 FR Yugoslavia (4.8) 1996 2000 The 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 1998 European Championship for Men '22 and Under') was the fourth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Trapani, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won their first title. Teams 20 CRO 20 GER 20 FRA 20 GRE 20 ISR 20 ITA 20 LAT 20 LIT 20 SLO 20 ESP 20 TUR 20 FR Yugoslavia 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 TeamPldWLPFPAPts20 GER541347293920 FR Yugoslavia541380323920 FRA523329319720 ITA523318346720 CRO523341409720 GRE5143333586 14 July 199820 FR Yugoslavia 83–72 20 GRE Trapani20 FRA 74–57 20 CRO Trapani20 GER 55–56 20 ITA Trapani15 July 199820 CRO 64–85 20 FR Yugoslavia Trapani20 GRE 64–69 20 GER Trapani20 ITA 53–49 20 FRA Trapani16 July 199820 GER 98–62 20 CRO Trapani20 FR Yugoslavia 77–69 20 FRA Trapani20 GRE 71–58 20 ITA Trapani18 July 199820 FRA 56–68 20 GER Trapani20 CRO 67–62 20 GRE Trapani20 ITA 61–80 20 FR Yugoslavia Trapani19 July 199820 GRE 64–81 20 FRA Trapani20 GER 57–55 20 FR Yugoslavia Trapani20 CRO 91–90 20 ITA Trapani Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts20 TUR5503503141020 SLO541377340920 LIT532344352820 ESP523383362720 ISR514333364620 LAT5053433985 14 July 199820 ISR 63–74 20 SLO Trapani20 LIT 56–59 20 TUR Trapani20 LAT 72–102 20 ESP Trapani15 July 199820 SLO 77–59 20 LIT Trapani20 ESP 67–53 20 ISR Trapani20 TUR 63–59 20 LAT Trapani16 July 199820 LIT 76–72 20 ISR Trapani20 LAT 73–80 20 SLO Trapani20 TUR 76–69 20 ESP Trapani18 July 199820 ESP 71–79 20 LIT Trapani20 ISR 79–66 20 LAT Trapani20 SLO 64–71 20 TUR Trapani19 July 199820 LAT 73–74 20 LIT Trapani20 TUR 81–66 20 ISR Trapani20 SLO 82–74 20 ESP Trapani Knockout stage 9th–12th playoffs Playoffs Ninth place Eleventh place 22 July 20 LAT 75 20 CRO 78 22 July 20 ISR 81 20 GRE 80 23 July 20 CRO 80 20 ISR 64 23 July 20 LAT 85 20 GRE 101 Championship Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Third place 21 July 20 GER 69 20 ESP 71 21 July 20 SLO 77 20 FRA 64 21 July 20 LIT 67 20 FR Yugoslavia 73 21 July 20 TUR 58 20 ITA 48 22 July 20 ESP 66 20 SLO 74 22 July 20 FR Yugoslavia 66 20 TUR 55 23 July 20 SLO 73 20 FR Yugoslavia 92 23 July 20 ESP 57 20 TUR 64 5th–8th playoffs Playoffs Fifth place Seventh place 22 July 20 GER 78 20 FRA 84 22 July 20 LIT 56 20 ITA 70 23 July 20 FRA 55 20 ITA 39 23 July 20 GER 97 20 LIT 95 Final standings Rank TeamImage:Gold medal icon.svg20 FR YugoslaviaImage:Silver medal icon.svg20 SLOImage:Bronze medal icon.svg20 TUR4th20 ESP5th20 FRA6th20 ITA7th20 GER8th20 LIT9th20 CRO10th20 ISR11th20 GRE12th20 LAT bk 1998 European Championship for Men '20 and Under' FR Yugoslavia First Team roster Milan Dozet, Veselin Petrović, Igor Rakočević, Aleksandar Glintić, Stevan Nađfeji, Jovo Stanojević, Marko Jarić, Dragan Ćeranić, Dejan Milojević, Ratko Varda, and Bojan Obradović. Head coach: Goran Bojanić. References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110711001825/http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.pageID_GZbMg38uHqwSIzP3aeoVq3.compID_UIfgjyQcGqk-fPlnl66Tj0.season_1998.html 11 July 2011 1998 Category:1998–99 in European basketball Category:1998–99 in Italian basketball Category:International youth basketball competitions hosted by Italy