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2019 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship Division B

Tournament details
Host country	Kosovo
City	Pristina
Dates	3–11 August 2019
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Bulgaria (1st title)
Runners-up	Finland
Third place	Ireland
Tournament statistics
MVP	Lotta Vehka-aho
Top scorer	Lotta Vehka-aho (25.2 ppg)
Top rebounds	Josipa Pavić (12.8 rpg)
Top assists	Dor Saar (5.3 apg)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
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The 2019 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship was the 15th edition of the Women's European basketball championship Division B for national under-20 teams. Held from 3 to 11 August in Pristina, Kosovo, 12 teams participated in the tournament.

Venues

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Pristina		Pristina
1 Tetori	2,000
Palace of Youth and Sports	2,500

Participating teams

•  Bulgaria
•  Croatia (16th place, 2018 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship)
•  Finland
•  Great Britain
•  Greece
•  Iceland
•  Ireland
•  Israel
•  Kosovo (host)
•  Romania
•  Turkey
•  Ukraine

First round

The draw took place on 13 December 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	2	2	0	134	104	+30	4	Second round
2	Israel	2	1	1	127	121	+6	3
3	Iceland	2	0	2	118	154	−36	2	9th–12th place classification

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	2	2	0	135	111	+24	4	Second round
2	Great Britain	2	1	1	116	125	−9	3
3	Ukraine	2	0	2	106	121	−15	2	9th–12th place classification

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	2	2	0	167	118	+49	4	Second round
2	Romania	2	1	1	169	127	+42	3
3	Kosovo (H)	2	0	2	96	187	−91	2	9th–12th place classification

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	2	2	0	151	98	+53	4	Second round
2	Bulgaria	2	1	1	105	128	−23	3
3	Greece	2	0	2	115	145	−30	2	9th–12th place classification

Second round

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	2	1	193	172	+21	5	Semifinals
2	Great Britain	3	2	1	214	186	+28	5
3	Croatia	3	1	2	178	204	−26	4	5th–8th place playoffs
4	Israel	3	1	2	157	180	−23	4

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	3	0	223	139	+84	6	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	193	201	−8	5
3	Turkey	3	1	2	191	201	−10	4	5th–8th place playoffs
4	Romania	3	0	3	187	253	−66	3

9th–12th place classification

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
9	Ukraine	3	3	0	207	126	+81	6
10	Iceland	3	2	1	211	179	+32	5
11	Greece	3	1	2	179	174	+5	4
12	Kosovo (H)	3	0	3	152	270	−118	3

Knockout stage

5th–8th place playoffs

	5th–8th place semifinals					5th place match
	E3	Croatia	72
	F4	Romania	69
						E3	Croatia	61
						E4	Israel	70
	F3	Turkey	80
	E4	Israel	83			7th place match
						F4	Romania	56
						F3	Turkey	86

5th–8th place semifinals

Croatia	72–69 (OT)	Romania
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 13–15, 26–13, 16–19, Overtime: 5–2

Turkey	80–83	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 17–17, 18–19, 22–29

7th place game

Romania	56–86	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 6–28, 15–18, 27–18

5th place game

Croatia	61–70	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 20–15, 10–19, 15–16

Championship playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	E1	Ireland	58
	F2	Bulgaria	68
						F2	Bulgaria	80
						F1	Finland	75
	F1	Finland	86
	E2	Great Britain	68			3rd place match
						E1	Ireland	60
						E2	Great Britain	57

Semifinals

Ireland	58–68	Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 15–13, 14–16, 15–18

Finland	86–68	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 17–20, 32–14, 19–15

3rd place game

Ireland	60–57	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 22–7, 19–17, 9–20, 10–13

Final

Bulgaria	80–75	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 25–12, 17–22, 21–17

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Bulgaria	6–1
	Finland	6–1
	Ireland	4–2
4	Great Britain	3–3
5	Israel	4–2
6	Croatia	3–3
7	Turkey	3–3
8	Romania	1–5
9	Ukraine	3–2
10	Iceland	2–3
11	Greece	1–4
12	Kosovo (H)	0–5

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Lotta Vehka-aho

All-Tournament Team

• Karina Konstantinova
• Awak Kuier
• Lotta Vehka-aho (MVP)
• Holly Winterburn
• Claire Melia

References

1. "2019 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship Division B official website". FIBA.
2. "FIBA European Youth Championships 2019 Draws completed". FIBA. 13 December 2018.
3. "Vehka-aho takes home MVP after just missing out on title". FIBA. 11 August 2019.

External links

• FIBA official website

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