1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

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.

1998 EuroBasket Under-20

4th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	14–23 July 1998
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Igor Rakočević
Top scorer	Rakočević (21.1)
Top rebounds	Podestà (9.6)
Top assists	Marčiulionis (2.3)
PPG (Team)	Yugoslavia (76.4)
RPG (Team)	Lithuania (34.0)
APG (Team)	Yugoslavia (4.8)

Teams

• Croatia
• Germany
• France
• Greece
• Israel
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Turkey
• Yugoslavia

Squads

Main article: 1998 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship squads

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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Germany	5	4	1	347	293	9
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	380	323	9
France	5	2	3	329	319	7
Italy	5	2	3	318	346	7
Croatia	5	2	3	341	409	7
Greece	5	1	4	333	358	6

14 July 1998
Yugoslavia		83–72		Greece	Trapani
France		74–57		Croatia	Trapani
Germany		55–56		Italy	Trapani
15 July 1998
Croatia		64–85		Yugoslavia	Trapani
Greece		64–69		Germany	Trapani
Italy		53–49		France	Trapani
16 July 1998
Germany		98–62		Croatia	Trapani
Yugoslavia		77–69		France	Trapani
Greece		71–58		Italy	Trapani
18 July 1998
France		56–68		Germany	Trapani
Croatia		67–62		Greece	Trapani
Italy		61–80		Yugoslavia	Trapani
19 July 1998
Greece		64–81		France	Trapani
Germany		57–55		Yugoslavia	Trapani
Croatia		91–90		Italy	Trapani

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	5	5	0	350	314	10
Slovenia	5	4	1	377	340	9
Lithuania	5	3	2	344	352	8
Spain	5	2	3	383	362	7
Israel	5	1	4	333	364	6
Latvia	5	0	5	343	398	5

14 July 1998
Israel		63–74		Slovenia	Trapani
Lithuania		56–59		Turkey	Trapani
Latvia		72–102		Spain	Trapani
15 July 1998
Slovenia		77–59		Lithuania	Trapani
Spain		67–53		Israel	Trapani
Turkey		63–59		Latvia	Trapani
16 July 1998
Lithuania		76–72		Israel	Trapani
Latvia		73–80		Slovenia	Trapani
Turkey		76–69		Spain	Trapani
18 July 1998
Spain		71–79		Lithuania	Trapani
Israel		79–66		Latvia	Trapani
Slovenia		64–71		Turkey	Trapani
19 July 1998
Latvia		73–74		Lithuania	Trapani
Turkey		81–66		Israel	Trapani
Slovenia		82–74		Spain	Trapani

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	22 July
	Latvia	75
					23 July
	Croatia	78
					Croatia	80
	22 July
					Israel	64
	Israel	81
	Greece	80
					Eleventh place
					23 July
					Latvia	85
					Greece	101

Championship

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	21 July
	Germany	69
					22 July
	Spain	71
					Spain	66
	21 July
					Slovenia	74
	Slovenia	77
									23 July
	France	64
									Slovenia	73
	21 July
									Yugoslavia	92
	Lithuania	67
					22 July
	Yugoslavia	73
					Yugoslavia	66
	21 July
					Turkey	55			Third place
	Turkey	58
									23 July
	Italy	48
									Spain	57
									Turkey	64

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	22 July
	Germany	78
					23 July
	France	84
					France	55
	22 July
					Italy	39
	Lithuania	56
	Italy	70
					Seventh place
					23 July
					Germany	97
					Lithuania	95

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Yugoslavia
	Slovenia
	Turkey
4th	Spain
5th	France
6th	Italy
7th	Germany
8th	Lithuania
9th	Croatia
10th	Israel
11th	Greece
12th	Latvia

1998 European Championship for Men '20 and Under'
Yugoslavia First title

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 Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine