2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

2008 FIBA U18 European Championship
25th FIBA Under-18 European Basketball Championship
2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
DatesJuly 25 – August 3
Teams16 (from 49 federations)
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Greece (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPLithuania Donatas Motiejūnas
Top scorerBulgaria Zahariev (19.2)
Top reboundsTurkey Kanter (14.6)
Top assistsCroatia Prostran (5.0)
PPG (Team) Spain (85.0)
RPG (Team) Lithuania (43.1)
APG (Team) Bulgaria (14.5)
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The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Greece from July 25, 2008 until August 3. The hosts, Greeks, emerged as the champions after beating the Lithuanians in the final, 57–50 to clinch their first European Under-18 championship. The tournament served as the European Qualifiers for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Participating teams

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

 Belgium
 Greece
 Israel
 Spain

 Estonia
 Italy
 Lithuania
 Serbia

 France
 Germany
 Russia
 Ukraine

 Bulgaria
 Croatia
 Latvia
 Turkey

Squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries will have 12 players on their roster.

Venues

CityArenaCapacity
AmaliadaMunicipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada2,000
PyrgosMunicipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos3,000

Format

  • PRELIMINARY ROUND: 4 groups of 4 teams each, playing in a single round-robin elimination. The top 3 teams advance to the second round while the last placed team being eliminated.
  • SECOND ROUND: 12 teams left will be divided into 2 groups of six teams. All of the results earned from the second round shall be carried over to this round. The top two teams in both groups qualify for the semifinals and to the 2009 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. The remaining teams then proceed to their respective classification playoffs.
  • FINAL ROUND:

Preliminary round

Teams are divided equally in 4 groups of four teams each and they will play in a single round-robin format. The top three teams in each group qualified for the second round while the last teams in each group were eliminated.

All times are local, UTC+3.

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Greece (H)330232195+376Advanced to the second round
2 Spain321248211+375
3 Israel312196234−384
4 Belgium303182218−363Eliminated
Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(H) Hosts
July 25
14:00
Belgium 58–64 Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 7–15, 13–14, 14–17
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
July 25
19:00
Greece 77–73 Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 19–15, 16–19, 23–27
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
July 26
14:30
Spain 88–69 Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 21–17, 20–11, 23–22
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
July 26
19:00
Israel 67–89 Greece
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 18–20, 24–20, 11–28
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
July 27
14:30
Israel 65–87 Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 23–19, 10–29, 11–27
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
July 27
19:00
Greece 66–55 Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 19–18, 11–14, 16–9
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Lithuania330231205+266Advanced to the second round
2 Serbia321227178+495
3 Italy312192219−274
4 Estonia303165213−483Eliminated
Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
July 25
14:00
Estonia 60–65 Italy
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 16–15, 15–20, 15–13
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
July 25
21:15
Lithuania 83–68 Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 21–18, 24–14, 16–16
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
July 26
16:45
Serbia 76–41 Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 23–7, 20–15, 19–8, 14–11
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
July 26
21:15
Italy 73–76 Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 26–17, 17–21, 19–18
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
July 27
16:45
Lithuania 72–64 Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 21–12, 8–16, 18–15
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
July 27
21:15
Italy 54–83 Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 7–24, 15–30, 17–16, 15–13
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 France321213192+215[a]Advanced to the second round
2 Russia321230207+235[a]
3 Ukraine312190209−194[b]
4 Germany312207232−254[b]Eliminated
Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
Notes:
  1. ^ a b France wins tiebreaker over Russia via head-to-head record.
  2. ^ a b Ukraine wins tiebreaker over Germany via head-to-head record.
July 25
16:15
Germany 81–73 France
Scoring by quarter: 13–9, 21–29, 20–19, 27–16
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
July 25
19:00
Ukraine 64–86 Russia
Scoring by quarter: 9–26, 17–14, 14–21, 24–25
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
July 26
14:30
Russia 83–73 Germany
Scoring by quarter: 37–20, 14–19, 16–11, 16–23
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
July 26
21:15
France 70–50 Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–14, 19–12, 18–12
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
July 27
14:30
Ukraine 76–53 Germany
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 20–15, 20–8, 22–11
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
July 27
21:15
France 70–61 Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 17–18, 19–20, 19–13
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

Group D

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Croatia330249218+316Advanced to the second round
2 Turkey321238241−35
3 Latvia312218233−154
4 Bulgaria303224237−133Eliminated
Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
July 25
14:00
Latvia 70–87 Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 17–22, 17–21, 17–23
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
July 25
21:15
Bulgaria 82–86 Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 8–24, 29–22, 19–23, 26–17
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
July 26
16:45
Turkey 71–68 Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 19–21, 9–14, 17–11
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
July 26
19:00
Croatia 71–67 Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 14–11, 18–23, 25–16
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
July 27
14:30
Latvia 80–75 Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 18–26, 17–13, 20–18
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
July 27
19:00
Turkey 81–91 Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 15–16, 22–20, 25–30
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

Second round

Group E

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Greece550378316+6210Qualified to the semi-finals and to the
World Cup
2 Lithuania532356351+58
3 Spain523396397−17[a]Qualified for the 5–8th place classification playoffs
4 Serbia523364361+37[b]
5 Israel523326391−657[c]Relegated for the 9–12th place classification playoffs
6 Italy514363367−46
Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
Notes:
  1. ^ 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 1.0083 in head-to-head quotient system to win third place
  2. ^ 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 0.9975 in head-to-head quotient system to win fourth place
  3. ^ 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 0.8337 in head-to-head quotient system to win fifth place
July 30
16:30
 Italy93–57 Israel
Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 18–17, 22–17, 30–12
July 30
19:00
 Greece72–59 Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 18–10, 20–12, 15–26
July 30
21:30
 Spain66–82 Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 16–18, 21–18, 16–21
July 31
16:30
 Serbia61–65 Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 12–10, 19–16, 12–14
July 31
19:00
 Lithuania54–72 Greece
July 31
21:30
 Spain83–80 Italy
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 15–25, 27–19, 19–15

Group F

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 France541359331+289Qualified to the semi-finals and to the
2009 FIBA Basketball Under-19 World Cup
2 Croatia532415386+298
3 Russia532389361+288Qualified for the 5–8th place classification playoffs
4 Latvia532389346+438
5 Turkey523373393−207Relegated for the 9–12th place classification playoffs
6 Ukraine505313415−1025
Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Point difference; 3) Number of points scored;
July 29
16:45
 Latvia83–62 France
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 22–16, 25–14, 18–22
July 29
19:00
 Turkey72–82 Russia
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 15–20, 27–28, 14–16
July 29
21:15
 Ukraine76–88 Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 13–14, 18–26, 25–21
July 30
16:45
 France83–64 Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 24–17, 26–14, 15–14
July 30
19:00
 Latvia86–54 Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 24–12, 24–16, 24–18
July 30
21:15
 Russia85–76 Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 27–20, 23–15, 19–20
July 31
16:45
 Turkey85–69 Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 15–16, 10–18, 34–19
July 31
19:00
 Croatia73–74 France
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 12–23, 25–20, 14–7
July 31
21:15
 Russia75–79 Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 21–13, 18–24, 14–22

Classification playoffs

9th–12th place classification playoffs

 
Classification SemifinalsNinth place match
 
      
 
August 2
 
 
 Turkey80
 
August 3
 
 Italy73
 
 Turkey95
 
August 2
 
 Israel72
 
 Israel76
 
 
 Ukraine75
 
Eleventh place match
 
 
August 3
 
 
 Italy84
 
 
 Ukraine68

Classification Semifinals

August 2
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
August 2
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

Eleventh place match

August 3
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

Ninth place match

August 3
Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

5th–8th place classification playoffs

 
Classification SemifinalsFifth place match
 
      
 
August 2
 
 
 Russia63
 
August 3
 
 Serbia85
 
 Serbia85
 
August 2
 
 Spain89
 
 Spain107
 
 
 Latvia91
 
Seventh place match
 
 
August 3
 
 
 Russia69
 
 
 Latvia71

Classification Semifinals

August 2
August 2

Seventh place match

August 3

Fifth place match

Winner qualified for the World Cup.

August 3

Final round

All times are local, UTC+3.

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
August 2
 
 
 Greece82
 
August 3
 
 Croatia62
 
 Greece57
 
August 2
 
 Lithuania50
 
 France55
 
 
 Lithuania79
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
August 3
 
 
 Croatia73
 
 
 France68

Semifinals

August 2
Greece 82–62 Croatia
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
August 2
France 55–79 Lithuania
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

Bronze medal match

August 3
17:45
Croatia 73–68 France
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 17–24, 24–16, 14–13
Pts: Delas 18
Rebs: Delas 14
Asts: Prostran 7		Pts: Lang 15
Rebs: Tanghe 6
Asts: Albicy 5
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Kestutis Palipauskas (LTU), Serge De Coster (BEL), Leonidas Spiridonos (GRE)

Final

August 3
20:30
Greece 57–50 Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 6–11, 21–14, 16–13, 14–12
Pts: Sloukas 16
Rebs: Sarikopoulos 10
Asts: Sloukas 3		Pts: Motiejūnas 17
Rebs: Slezas 10
Asts: Peicukevicius 2
Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Roman Kolar (SLO), Branislav Mrdak (SRB)

Final standings

The top 5 teams qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

PosTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s) Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lithuania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Croatia
4 France
5 Spain
6 Serbia
7 Latvia
8 Russia
9 Turkey
10 Israel
11 Italy
12 Ukraine
13 Bulgaria
14 Germany
15 Belgium
16 Estonia
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]

Awards

 2008 Under-18 European Championship winner 

Greece
First title


 Most Valuable Player 
Lithuania Donatas Motiejūnas

All-Tournament Team

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