[Vilius]

Today U20 European Championship in Turkey started. Current champions are Russis and vice-champs are Lithuania.

Group A
1. Serbia & Montenegro 1/0 2
2. Latvia 0/1 1
3. Belarus 0/0 0
4. Croatia 0/0 0

Group B
1. Israel 1/0 2
2. Italy 0/1 1
3. Hungary 0/0 0
4. Slovenia 0/0 0

Group C
1. France 1/0 2
2. Russia 0/1 1
3. Turkey 0/0 0
4. Germany 0/0 0

Group D
1. Bulgaria 1/0 2
2. Spain 0/1 1
3. Lithuania 0/0 0
4. Greece 0/0 0

Serbia & Montenegro 72 Latvia 61
Israel 66 Italy 64
Russia 63 France 92
Spain 73 Bulgaria 75

More info at http://www.fibaeurope-u20men.com/en

[Vilius]

GROUP A
Latvia 77
Belarus 84

Croatia 72
Serbia & Montenegro 78

1. Serbia & Montenegro 3/0 6
2. Croatia 2/1 5
3. Belarus 1/2 4
4. Latvia 0/3 3

GROUP B
Slovenia 73
Israel 68

1. Slovenia 2/1 5
2. Israel 2/1 5
3. Italy 1/1 3
4. Hungary 0/2 2

GROUP C
France 99
Germany 66

1. France 2/1 5
2. Turkey 2/0 4
3. Russia 1/1 3
4. Germany 0/3 3

GROUP D
Greece 78
Bulgaria 77

Spain 88
Lithuania 92

1. Greece 2/1 5
2. Lithuania 2/1 5
3. Bulgaria 1/2 4
4. Spain 1/2 4

Quarter-Final Round
GROUP E
1. Serbia & Montenegro 0/0 0
2. Team(B/2) 0/0 0
3. Team(C/1) 0/0 0
4. Lithuania 0/0 0

GROUP F
1. Croatia 0/0 0
2. Team(B/1) 0/0 0
3. Team(C/2) 0/0 0
4. Greece 0/0 0

[diego.es]

Well, I have looked and this tournament final classification was:

Semi-Finals

Serbia & Montenegro 89-83 Italy
Slovenia 62-96 Turkey

Final
Serbia & Montenegro 64-58 Turkey

Game for 3rd and 4th place
Italy 75-83 Slovenia


FINAL STANDINGS
1 Serbia & Montenegro
2 Turkey
3 Slovenia
4 Italy
5 Croatia
6 France
7 Lithuania
8 Greece
9 Bulgaria
10 Russia
11 Spain
12 Israel
13 Latvia
14 Hungary
15 Germany
16 Belarus

[Vilius]

It was unlucky compeition for us which resulted resignation of head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis. He was also unhappy with the organisation of the competition and accused Turkey cheating.

[diego.es]

There's something undeniable in basketall: Refs help the home nation. Somehow I'm happy we will host the next Eurobasket

Countries like Greece and Turkey are unbeatable in home soil until they have reached an acceptable result, the semifinals or the final

When some years ago the Eurobasket was played in Turkey, Spain fell in their group. We had won our first two games and they had lost 1. If they lost to Spain, they'd be out. If they won, they'd top the group and have a bye for the next round. Of course they won a tight game, with a foul here and there, an unseen push for a rebound... the usual

We also had the luck of playing Greece at home in another Eurobasket in the QF. I think we lost by 5, though we were far better

As for the World Championships, we know Japan won't go too far even with help, so maybe FIBA this time decide not to mess around.