2014 EuroBasket Under-20 | |||||||||||||
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17th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship | |||||||||||||
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Host nation | Greece | ||||||||||||
Dates | 8 – 20 July 2014 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 20 | ||||||||||||
Venues | 3 (in 2 host cities) | ||||||||||||
Champions | Turkey (1st title) | ||||||||||||
MVP | Cedi Osman | ||||||||||||
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The 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 17th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Crete, Greece, from 8 to 20 July 2014. The winners were Turkey who last year didn't make the top 3 teams. To win the title they beat Spain with a score of 65-57. It was their first ever title win. The runners-up were Spain and third place were Serbia. Defending champions from 2013, Italy, came in at tenth place, their worst result since 2010.
The first-round groups draw took place on 1 December 2013 in Freising, Germany. In this round, the twenty teams were allocated in four groups of five teams each. The top three teams advanced to the Second Round. The last two teams of each group played in the Classification Games.