2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
Dates5 August – 14 August
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Lithuania (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPLithuania Renaldas Seibutis
Top scorerIsrael Halperin (23.5)
Top reboundsPuerto Rico Ramos (9.5)
Top assistsPuerto Rico 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 QualificationDateVenueBerthsQualifiers
Host Nation1 Argentina
2004 FIBA Oceania Under-20 Championship30 - 31 July 2004Australia Terrigal1 Australia
2004 FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship23 July - 1 August 2004Senegal Dakar1 Nigeria
2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship23 July - 1 August 2004Czech Republic Brno4 Slovenia
 Israel
 Lithuania
 Greece
2004 FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship28 July - 1 August 2017Canada Halifax3 United States
 Puerto Rico
 Canada
2004 FIBA Asia Under-20 Championship29 September - 8 October 2004Iran Tehran2 Iran
 China
Total12

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
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
5 August 2005
Canada  200  Iran

5 August 2005
18:00
Australia  9481  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  5871  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  200  Iran

6 August 2005
18:15
Canada  7188  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  5963  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
Iran  020  Australia

7 August 2005
19:30
Greece  7975  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  8646  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
Iran  020  Argentina

9 August 2005
18:15
Australia  105104  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  6253  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  200  Iran

10 August 2005
18:15
Israel  6678  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  7682  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
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
5 August 2005
Slovenia  6354  Nigeria

5 August 2005
China  50117  United States

5 August 2005
Lithuania  9781  Puerto Rico

6 August 2005
Nigeria  8781  China

6 August 2005
United States  10383  Lithuania

6 August 2005
Puerto Rico  7150  Slovenia

7 August 2005
Lithuania  11075  Nigeria

7 August 2005
China  6366  Slovenia

7 August 2005
United States  9479  Puerto Rico

9 August 2005
Slovenia  7492  Lithuania

9 August 2005
Nigeria  78113  United States

9 August 2005
Puerto Rico  10165  China

10 August 2005
United States  8279  Slovenia

10 August 2005
Lithuania  9675  China

10 August 2005
Nigeria  7290  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   Iran
12 August 2005
Israel  9574  China

11th place match

13 August 2005
Iran   w/o  China

9th place match

13 August 2005
Nigeria  110104  Israel

Championship playoffs

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
B2 Lithuania76
A3 Argentina63
A3 Argentina70B2 Lithuania96
B4 Slovenia43A1 Australia73
A1 Australia89
B4 Slovenia80
A3 Argentina85B2 Lithuania65
B1 United States111A2 Greece63
A2 Greece88
B3 Puerto Rico63
Seventh placeB3 Puerto Rico79A2 Greece74Third place
B1 United States99A4 Canada61
B4 Slovenia77B1 United States90A1 Australia74
B3 Puerto Rico86A4 Canada93A4 Canada79

Quarterfinals

12 August 2005
Lithuania  7663  Argentina
12 August 2005
Australia  8980  Slovenia
12 August 2005
Greece  8863  Puerto Rico
12 August 2005
United States  9093  Canada

5th–8th place semifinals

13 August 2005
Argentina  7043  Slovenia
13 August 2005
Puerto Rico  7999  United States

Semifinals

13 August 2005
Lithuania  9673  Australia
13 August 2005
Greece  7461  Canada

7th place match

14 August 2005
Slovenia  7786  Puerto Rico

5th place match

14 August 2005
Argentina  85111  United States

3rd place match

14 August 2005
Australia  7479  Canada

Final

14 August 2005
Lithuania  6563  Greece

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lithuania
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Canada
4 Australia
5 United States
6 Argentina
7 Puerto Rico
8 Slovenia
9 Nigeria
10 Israel
11 China
12 Iran

References

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