The 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women was the first edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women. 12 teams featured the competition, held in Bardejov, Lučenec and Ružomberok, in Slovakia, from 28 July to 6 August. The team representing Russia won their first title.
| 1st FIBA European Under-20 Women's Basketball Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Slovakia |
| Dates | 28 July – 6 August 2000 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Russia (1st title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer |  Žirková (23.2) |
| Top rebounds |  Meldere (10.0) |
| Top assists |  Comteße (4.2) |
| Official website | |
| fibaeurope.com | |
Qualification edit
Twenty-four national teams entered the qualifying round. They were allocated in five groups. The first two teams of each groups qualified for the tournament, where they joined Spain and Slovakia (qualified as host).[1]
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Group A
Group B
Group C
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Group D
Group E
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Qualified teams edit
Preliminary round edit
The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
| Team advanced to Quarterfinals | |
| Team competed in 9th-12th playoffs |
Group A edit
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
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| Russia
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5 | 5 | 0 | 426 | 261 | 10 |
| Slovakia
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5 | 4 | 1 | 303 | 295 | 9 |
 Romania
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5 | 3 | 2 | 294 | 356 | 8 |
 Turkey
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5 | 1 | 4 | 304 | 330 | 6 |
 Italy
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5 | 1 | 4 | 312 | 348 | 6 |
 Poland
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5 | 1 | 4 | 303 | 352 | 6 |
Group B edit
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
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 Spain
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5 | 5 | 0 | 365 | 310 | 10 |
 Hungary
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5 | 4 | 1 | 303 | 295 | 9 |
 Czech Republic
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5 | 2 | 3 | 347 | 371 | 8 |
 Croatia
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5 | 2 | 3 | 323 | 323 | 7 |
| Latvia
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5 | 1 | 4 | 355 | 372 | 6 |
| Germany
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5 | 1 | 4 | 327 | 349 | 5 |
Knockout stage edit
9th–12th playoffs edit
| Playoffs | Ninth place | |||||
| Italy | 77 | |||||
| Germany | 83 | |||||
| Germany | 53 | |||||
| Poland | 72 | |||||
| Latvia | 70 | |||||
| Poland | 75 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| Italy | 80 | |||||
| Latvia | 60 | |||||
Championship edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Hungary | 51 | |||||||||
| Romania | 59 | |||||||||
| Romania | 56 | |||||||||
| Russia | 89 | |||||||||
| Russia | 98 | |||||||||
| Croatia | 61 | |||||||||
| Russia | 84 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 57 | |||||||||
| Slovakia | 67 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 75 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 56 | |||||||||
| Turkey | 50 | Third place | ||||||||
| Turkey | 63 | |||||||||
| Spain | 59 | |||||||||
| Romania | 58 | |||||||||
| Turkey | 55 | |||||||||
5th–8th playoffs edit
| Playoffs | Fifth place | |||||
| Hungary | 47 | |||||
| Croatia | 59 | |||||
| Croatia | 55 | |||||
| Spain | 70 | |||||
| Slovakia | 62 | |||||
| Spain | 74 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| Hungary | 85 | |||||
| Slovakia | 64 | |||||
| 2000 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship for Women |
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 Russia First title |
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team | Record |
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Russia
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8-0 |
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Czech Republic
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4-4 |
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Romania
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5-3 |
| 4th | Turkey
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2-6 |
| 5th | Spain
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7-1 |
| 6th | Croatia
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3-5 |
| 7th | Hungary
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5-3 |
| 8th | Slovakia
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4-4 |
| 9th | Poland
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3-4 |
| 10th | Germany
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2-5 |
| 11th | Italy
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2-5 |
| 12th | Latvia
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1-6 |