2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship

2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	5 August – 14 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Lithuania (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Renaldas Seibutis
Top scorer	Halperin (23.5)
Top rebounds	Ramos (9.5)
Top assists	Barea (7.3)

The 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship was an international basketball competition, held from 5 to 14 August 2005, in Córdoba and Mar de Plata, Argentina.^[1] It was the last edition of the FIBA Under-21 World Championship. Twelve national teams competed in the tournament.

Lithuania won their first title, after defeating Greece in the final.

Qualified teams

Iran originally qualified for the finals, but withdrew after refusing to issue a visa because the Iranian government refused to play against Israel.^[2]

Means of Qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualifiers
Host Nation			1	Argentina
2004 FIBA Oceania Under-20 Championship	30 - 31 July 2004	Terrigal	1	Australia
2004 FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship	23 July - 1 August 2004	Dakar	1	Nigeria
2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship	23 July - 1 August 2004	Brno	4	Slovenia Israel Lithuania Greece
2004 FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship	28 July - 1 August 2017	Halifax	3	United States Puerto Rico Canada
2004 FIBA Asia Under-20 Championship	29 September - 8 October 2004	Tehran	2	~~Iran~~ China
Total			12

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	389	332	+57	10	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	5	4	1	305	281	+24	9
3	Argentina (H)	5	3	2	312	249	+63	8
4	Canada	5	2	3	268	302	−34	7
5	Israel	5	1	4	323	333	−10	6	Placement matches
6	Iran	5	0	5	0	100	−100	5	Placement matches

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

5 August 2005

Canada

20–0

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba

5 August 2005
18:00

Australia	94–81	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 20–19, 28–27, 22–24
Pts: Newley 22 Rebs: Marić, Marković 7 Asts: Marković 7		Pts: Vasileiadis 22 Rebs: Apostolidis 6 Asts: Vasilopoulos 4

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), José Aníbal Carrión (PUR), José La Paix (DOM)

5 August 2005
21:00

Israel	58–71	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 9–22, 16–23, 18–15
Pts: Eliyahu 15 Rebs: Eliyahu 7 Asts: Limonad 4		Pts: Sandes 19 Rebs: Sandes 10 Asts: Figueroa 4

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Attendance: 4500
Referees: Terry Moore (USA), Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Sasha Pukl (SLO)

6 August 2005

Israel

20–0

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba

6 August 2005
18:15

Canada	71–88	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 22–19, 22–23, 14–20
Pts: Kuljanin 18 Rebs: Kendall 8 Asts: Altidor-Cespedes 4		Pts: Bruce 18 Rebs: Marić 11 Asts: Bruce 4

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Attendance: 2000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Sergio Pacheco (BRA), Qi Ban (CHN)

6 August 2005
21:00

Argentina	59–63	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 14–7, 16–20, 14–15, 15–21
Pts: Schattmann 17 Rebs: Mainoldi 11 Asts: Sandes 4		Pts: Vasileiadis 20 Rebs: Mavrokefalidis 7 Asts: Xanthopoulos 4

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Attendance: 4600
Referees: Terry Moore (USA), José Aníbal Carrión (PUR), Eddie Viator (FRA)

7 August 2005

0–20

Australia

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba

7 August 2005
19:30

Greece	79–75	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 19–18, 24–23, 14–19
Pts: Vasilopoulos 24 Rebs: Zefkilis 10 Asts: Three players 3		Pts: Halperin 22 Rebs: Nir 9 Asts: Limonad 5

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Attendance: 3000
Referees: Sergio Pacheco (BRA), Sasha Pukl (SLO), Qi Ban (CHN)

7 August 2005
21:50

Argentina	86–46	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 18–12, 20–10, 31–12
Pts: Schattmann 19 Rebs: Weigand 9 Asts: Four players 2		Pts: Kuljanin 10 Rebs: Kendall, Kuljanin 5 Asts: Kendall 2

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Attendance: 5000
Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), José La Paix (DOM), Eddie Viator (FRA)

9 August 2005

0–20

Argentina

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba

9 August 2005
18:15

Australia	105–104	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24–27, 28–34, 32–22, 21–21
Pts: Newley 22 Rebs: Marić 12 Asts: Marković 4		Pts: Halperin 27 Rebs: Eliyahu 9 Asts: Halperin 6

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Qi Ban (CHN)

9 August 2005
20:30

Greece	62–53	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 15–8, 17–19, 20–13
Pts: Vasileiadis 23 Rebs: Vasilopoulos 7 Asts: Xanthopoulos 6		Pts: Kou 17 Rebs: Kendall, Kuljanin 6 Asts: Constain, Doornekamp 3

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Referees: Terry Moore (USA), Sasha Pukl (SLO), José La Paix (DOM)

10 August 2005

Greece

20–0

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba

10 August 2005
18:15

Israel	66–78	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 18–15, 16–28, 6–18
Pts: Halperin 22 Rebs: Eliyahu 8 Asts: Halperin 4		Pts: Gallimore 24 Rebs: Three players 6 Asts: Gallimore, Kendall 3

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Referees: Terry Moore (USA), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Eddie Viator (FRA)

10 August 2005
20:30

Argentina	76–82	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 19–29, 26–18, 21–13
Pts: Sandes 23 Rebs: Alloatti 9 Asts: Schattmann 3		Pts: Marković 20 Rebs: Marić 10 Asts: Marić 5

Orfeo Superdomo, Córdoba
Referees: Sasa Pukl (SLO), José Aníbal Carrión (PUR), Sergio Pacheco (BRA)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	509	369	+140	10	Quarterfinals
2	Lithuania	5	4	1	478	408	+70	9
3	Puerto Rico	5	3	2	422	378	+44	8
4	Slovenia	5	2	3	332	362	−30	7
5	Nigeria	5	1	4	366	457	−91	6	Placement matches
6	China	5	0	5	334	467	−133	5	Placement matches

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

5 August 2005

Slovenia

63–54

Nigeria

5 August 2005

China

50–117

United States

5 August 2005

Lithuania

97–81

Puerto Rico

6 August 2005

Nigeria

87–81

China

6 August 2005

United States

103–83

6 August 2005

Puerto Rico

71–50

7 August 2005

Lithuania

110–75

Nigeria

7 August 2005

China

63–66

Slovenia

7 August 2005

United States

94–79

Puerto Rico

9 August 2005

74–92

Lithuania

9 August 2005

Nigeria

78–113

United States

9 August 2005

Puerto Rico

101–65

China

10 August 2005

United States

82–79

10 August 2005

Lithuania

96–75

China

10 August 2005

Nigeria

72–90

Puerto Rico

9th–12th place playoffs

	9th–12th place semifinals					9th place match

	B5	Nigeria	w/o

	A6	Iran
						B5	Nigeria	110

						A5	Israel	104
	A5	Israel	95

	B6	China	74			11th place match


						A6	Iran

						B6	China	w/o

9th–12th place semifinals

12 August 2005

Nigeria

w/o–

12 August 2005

Israel

95–74

China

11th place match

13 August 2005

–w/o

China

9th place match

13 August 2005

Nigeria

110–104

Championship playoffs

Fifth place

Consolation semifinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B2

76

A3

Argentina

63

A3

Argentina

70

B2

96

B4

43

A1

Australia

73

A1

Australia

89

B4

80

A3

Argentina

85

B2

65

B1

United States

111

A2

63

A2

88

B3

Puerto Rico

63

Seventh place

B3

Puerto Rico

79

A2

74

Third place

B1

United States

99

A4

Canada

61

B4

77

B1

United States

90

A1

Australia

74

B3

Puerto Rico

86

A4

Canada

93

A4

Canada

79

Quarterfinals

12 August 2005

Lithuania

76–63

Argentina

12 August 2005

Australia

89–80

12 August 2005

Greece

88–63

Puerto Rico

12 August 2005

United States

90–93

Canada

5th–8th place semifinals

13 August 2005

Argentina

70–43

13 August 2005

Puerto Rico

79–99

United States

Semifinals

13 August 2005

Lithuania

96–73

Australia

13 August 2005

Greece

74–61

Canada

7th place match

14 August 2005

77–86

Puerto Rico

5th place match

14 August 2005

Argentina

85–111

United States

3rd place match

14 August 2005

Australia

74–79

Canada

Final

14 August 2005

Lithuania

65–63

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Lithuania
	Greece
	Canada
4	Australia
5	United States
6	Argentina
7	Puerto Rico
8	Slovenia
9	Nigeria
10	Israel
11	China
12	Iran

References

↑ Tournament statistics at the FIBA Archive
↑ Livnat, Arie (4 August 2005). "Basketball Iran Pulls Out of U21 Tourney to Avoid Match-up Against Israel". Haaretz. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

International men's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Ranking U-17 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-21 World Cup (defunct) U-16 TBF International U-18 DBB International
Africa	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Americas	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Asia	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Europe	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Oceania	U-15 U-17 U-20 (defunct)
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

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