The 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 14th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, previously known as European Championship for Men 'Under22 and Under, is a basketball competition inaugurated in 1992. Until 2004 it was held biannually, but from 2004 onwards it is held every year. The current champions are Spain.Since 2005, a second level...

. The competition featured 16 teams, held in Bilbao

Bilbao

Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...

, Basque Country

Basque Country (autonomous community)

The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....

, Spain

Spain

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 from July 14–24. Spain

Spain national under-20 basketball team

The Spain national U-20 basketball team , is the representative for Spain in international basketball competitions, and it is organized and run by the Spanish Basketball Federation...

 became a champion for the first time.

Preliminary Round

In this round, the sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three will advance to the Qualifying Round. The last team of each group will play for the 13th–16th place in the Classification Games.

	Team advance to Qualifying Round
	Team compete in Classification Round

Times given below are in CEST

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Group A

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
	3	2	1	215	204
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	3	2	1	231	205
5
	3	1	2	245	245	0	4
	3	1	2	212	249	–37	4

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Group B

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
	3	3	0	207	134
6
	3	1	2	182	194	–12	4	1–1
	3	1	2	163	96	–33	4	1–1
	3	1	2	149	177	–28	4	1–1

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Group C

139

16

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
	3	3	0	304	165
6
	3	2	1	224	208
5
	3	1	2	176	235	–59	4
	3	0	3	165	261	–96	3

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Group D

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
	3	2	1	222	198
5
	3	2	1	222	216
5
	3	1	2	195	205	–10	4
	3	1	2	218	238	–20	4

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Qualifying Round

The twelve teams remaining will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The four top teams advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group play for the 9th–12th place.

	Team advance to Quarterfinals
	Team compete in 9th–12th playoffs

Group E

90

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
	5	5	0	361	271
10
	5	4	1	358	325
9
	5	3	2	336	337	–1	8
	5	2	3	308	362	–54	7
	5	1	4	324	353	–29	6
	5	0	5	359	398	–39	5

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Group F

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
	5	5	0	419	328
10
	5	4	1	363	324
9
	5	2	3	298	347	–49	7	1–0
	5	2	3	311	338	–27	7	0–1
	5	1	4	329	351	–22	6	1–0
	5	1	4	338	370	–32	6	0–1

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Classification Round

The last teams of each group in the Preliminary Round will compete in this Classification Round. The four teams will play in one group. The last two teams will be relegated to Division B for the next season.

Group G

Relegated to Division B

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
	6	6	0	515	384
12
	6	3	3	468	450
9
	6	2	4	366	473	–107	8
	6	1	5	412	454	–32	7

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Championship

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

Final

5th–8th playoffs

Semifinals

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7th place game

5th place game

9th–12th playoffs

Semifinals

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11th place game

9th place game

Final Standings

Rank	|Team	Record
		9–0
		6–3
		8–1
4th		5–4
5th		5–4
6th		4–5
7th		5–4
8th		2–7
9th		4–4
10th		3–5
11th		2–6
12th		2–6
13th		7–2
14th		4–5
15th		2–7
16th		2–7

Awards

Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Player In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...
Nikola Mirotić Nikola Mirotić Nikola Mirotić is a naturalized Spanish professional basketball player of Montenegrin origin. He is a 2.09 m tall power forward. He plays for Real Madrid.-Pro career:Mirotić began his professional career with the Spanish ACB League club Real Madrid...

External links

• Official Site