U18 European Championship Men 2008 Division A

EuroBasket
FIBA European Basketball Championship
Official website
http://www.fibaeurope.com
Tournament details
Host nation	Greece
Dates	July 25 – August 3
Teams	16 (from 49 federations)
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Greece (1st title)
MVP	Donatas Motiejūnas
Tournament statistics
	Players	Teams
PPG	Zahariev (19.2)	Spain (85.0)
Rebounds	Kanter (14.6)	Lithuania (43.1)
Assists	Prostran (5.0)	Bulgaria (14.5)

The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Greece from July 25, 2008 until August 3.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Belgium  Greece  Israel  Spain	Estonia  Italy  Lithuania  Serbia	France  Germany  Russia  Ukraine	Bulgaria  Croatia  Latvia  Turkey

Contents 1 Squads 2 Venues 3 Preliminary round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 3.4 Group D 4 Qualifying round 4.1 Group E 4.2 Group F 5 Knockout stage 5.1 1st place bracket 5.2 5th place bracket 5.3 9th place bracket 5.4 Classification rounds 5.5 Semifinals 5.6 Third place game 5.7 Final 6 Final standings 7 Awards 8 External links

Squads

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

Venues

City	Arena	Capacity
Amaliada	Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada	2,000
Pyrgos	Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos	3,000

Preliminary round

Qualified for the qualifying round

Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Greece	6	3	0
Spain	5	2	1
Israel	4	1	2
Belgium	3	0	3

July 25 14:00		Belgium	58–64	Israel		Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
		Scoring by quarter: 24-18, 7-15, 13-14, 14-17

July 25 19:00		Greece	77–73	Spain		Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
		Scoring by quarter: 19-12, 19-15, 16-19, 23-27

July 26 14:30		Spain	88–69	Belgium		Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
		Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 21-17, 20-11, 23-22

July 26 19:00		Israel	67–89	Greece		Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
		Scoring by quarter: 14-21, 18-20, 24-20, 11-28

July 27 14:30		Israel	65–87	Spain		Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
		Scoring by quarter: 21-12, 23-19, 10-29, 11-27

July 27 19:00		Greece	66–55	Belgium		Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
		Scoring by quarter: 20-14, 19-18, 11-14, 16-9

Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Lithuania	6	3	0
Serbia	5	2	1
Italy	4	1	2
Estonia	3	0	1

July 25 14:00		Estonia	60–65	Italy		Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
		Scoring by quarter: 14-17, 16-15, 15-20, 15-13

July 25 21:15		Lithuania	83–68	Serbia		Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
		Scoring by quarter: 22-20, 21-18, 24-14, 16-16

July 26 16:45		Serbia	76–41	Estonia		Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
		Scoring by quarter: 23-7, 20-15, 19-8, 14-11

July 26 21:15		Italy	73–76	Lithuania		Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
		Scoring by quarter: 11-20, 26-17, 17-21, 19-18

July 27 16:45		Lithuania	72–64	Estonia		Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
		Scoring by quarter: 25-21, 21-12, 8-16, 18-15

July 27 21:15		Italy	54–83	Serbia		Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
		Scoring by quarter: 7-24, 15-30, 17-16, 15-13

Group C

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
France	5	2	1
Russia	5	2	1
Ukraine	4	1	2
Germany	4	1	2

July 25 16:15		Germany	81–73	France		Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
		Scoring by quarter: 13-9, 21-29, 20-19, 27-16

July 25 19:00		Ukraine	64–86	Russia		Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
		Scoring by quarter: 9-26, 17-14, 14-21, 24-25

July 26 14:30		Russia	83–73	Germany		Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
		Scoring by quarter: 37-20, 14-19, 16-11, 16-23

July 26 21:15		France	70–50	Ukraine		Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
		Scoring by quarter: 19-12, 14-14, 19-12, 18-12

July 27 14:30		Ukraine	76–53	Germany		Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
		Scoring by quarter: 14-19, 20-15, 20-8, 22-11

July 27 21:15		France	70–61	Russia		Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
		Scoring by quarter: 15-10, 17-18, 19-20, 19-13

Group D

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Croatia	6	3	0
Turkey	5	2	1
Latvia	4	1	2
Bulgaria	3	0	3

July 25 14:00		Latvia	70–87	Croatia		Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
		Scoring by quarter: 19-21, 17-22, 17-21, 17-23

July 25 21:15		Bulgaria	82–86	Turkey		Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
		Scoring by quarter: 8-24, 29-22, 19-23, 26-17

July 26 16:45		Turkey	71–68	Latvia		Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
		Scoring by quarter: 26-22, 19-21, 9-14, 17-11

July 26 19:00		Croatia	71–67	Bulgaria		Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
		Scoring by quarter: 14-17, 14-11, 18-23, 25-16

July 27 14:30		Latvia	80–75	Bulgaria		Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
		Scoring by quarter: 25-18, 18-26, 17-13, 20-18

July 27 19:00		Turkey	81–91	Croatia		Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
		Scoring by quarter: 19-25, 15-16, 22-20, 25-30

Qualifying round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT
Greece	10	5	0
Lithuania	8	3	2
Spain	7	2	3
Serbia	7	2	3
Israel	7	2	3
Italy	6	1	4

July 29 16:45		Israel	72–61	Lithuania		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 17-12, 19-20, 23-10

July 29 19:00		Italy	93–57	Greece		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 13-9, 16-16, 12-26, 22-17

September 7 21:30		Serbia	93–87	Spain		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 42-19, 10-26, 24-20, 17-22

September 9 16:30		Italy	93–57	Israel		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 23-11, 18-17, 22-17, 30-12

September 9 19:00		Greece	72–59	Serbia		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 19-11, 18-10, 20-12, 15-26

September 9 21:30		Spain	66–82	Lithuania		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 13-25, 16-18, 21-18, 16-21

September 11 16:30		Serbia	61–65	Israel		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 18-25, 12-10, 19-16, 12-14

September 11 19:00

Lithuania

54–72

Greece

Pyrgos, Greece

September 11 21:30		Spain	83–80	Italy		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 22-21, 15-25, 27-19, 19-15

Group F

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT
France	9	4	1
Croatia	8	3	2
Russia	8	3	2
Latvia	8	3	2
Turkey	7	2	3
Ukraine	5	0	5

July 29 16:45		Latvia	83–62	France		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 18-10, 22-16, 25-14, 18-22

July 29 19:00		Turkey	72–82	Russia		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 16-18, 15-20, 27-28, 14-16

July 29 21:15		Ukraine	76–88	Croatia		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 20-27, 13-14, 18-26, 25-21

July 30 16:45		France	83–64	Turkey		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 18-19, 24-17, 26-14, 15-14

July 30 19:00		Latvia	86–54	Ukraine		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 14-8, 24-12, 24-16, 24-18

July 30 21:15		Russia	85–76	Croatia		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 16-21, 27-20, 23-15, 19-20

July 31 16:45		Turkey	85–69	Ukraine		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 26-16, 15-16, 10-18, 34-19

July 31 19:00		Croatia	73–74	France		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 22-24, 12-23, 25-20, 14-7

July 31 21:15		Russia	75–79	Latvia		Pyrgos, Greece
		Scoring by quarter: 22-20, 21-13, 18-24, 14-22

Knockout stage

1st place bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 2
	Greece	82
	Croatia	62
					August 3
					Greece	57
					Lithuania	50
					Third place
	August 2			August 3
	France	55		Croatia	73
	Lithuania	79			France	68

5th place bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	August 2
	Russia	63
	Serbia	85
					August 3
					Serbia	85
					Spain	89
					Seventh place
	August 2			August 3
	Spain			Latvia	71
	Latvia				Russia	69

9th place bracket

	Semi-finals				9th Place
	August 2
	Turkey	80
	Italy	73
					August 3
					Israel	72
					Turkey	95
					11th Place
	August 2			August 3
	Israel	76		Ukraine	68
	Ukraine	75			Italy	84

Classification rounds

September 15 14:00

Classif. 5-8

Loser (QF1)

vs.

Loser (QF3)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

September 15 16:30

Classif. 5-8

Loser (QF2)

vs.

Loser (QF4)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

September 16

7th place

Loser (CLR1)

vs.

Loser (CLR2)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

September 16

5th place

Winner (CLR1)

vs.

Winner (CLR2)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Semifinals

September 15

Winner (QF1)

vs.

Winner (QF3)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

September 15

Winner (QF2)

vs.

Winner (QF4)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Third place game

September 16

Loser (SF1)

vs.

Winner (SF2)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Final

September 16

Winner (SF1)

vs.

Winner (SF2)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Final standings

Place	Team
1	Greece
2	Lithuania
3	Croatia
4	France
5	Spain
6	Serbia
7	Latvia
8	Russia
9-12	Turkey
	Israel
	Italy
	Ukraine
13-16	Bulgaria
	Germany
	Belgium
	Estonia

Awards

2008 Under-18 European Championship Winner
Greece First title

Most Valuable Player
Donatas Motiejūnas

All-Tournament Team

• Mario Delas
• Kostas Sloukas
• Nikos Pappas
• Enes Kanter
• Donatas Motiejūnas

External links

• Official Site

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