2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

2007 EuroBasket Under-20
10th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	July 6-15
Teams	16 (from 48 federations)
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Serbia (3rd title)
MVP	Miloš Teodosić
Tournament statistics
Players Teams Points Zaķis (24.7)  Spain (86.0) Rebounds Butkevicius (11.7)  Latvia (37.2) Assists Teodosić (5.4)  Serbia (13.8)
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The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the tenth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Nova Gorica, in Slovenia, and Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their third title, the first one with that name (they won the 1998 Championship as Yugoslavia and the 2006 Championship as Serbia and Montenegro). It was their second title in a row.

Macedonia and Hungary were relegated to Division B.

Teams

•  Bulgaria
•  Croatia
•  Macedonia
•  France
•  Georgia
•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Russia
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey

Preliminary round

The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.

	Team advanced to Qualifying round
	Team competed in Classification round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Slovenia	3	3	0	233	212	6
Serbia	3	2	1	258	201	5
France	3	1	2	251	246	4
Hungary	3	0	3	162	245	3

6 July 2007
Serbia		78–80		Slovenia	Nova Gorica
France		92–66		Hungary	Nova Gorica
7 July 2007
Slovenia		84–78		France	Nova Gorica
Hungary		40–84		Serbia	Nova Gorica
8 July 2007
Serbia		96–81		France	Gorizia
Hungary		56–69		Slovenia	Gorizia

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	235	205	6
Turkey	3	1	2	226	236	4 (1–1 +4)
Lithuania	3	1	2	230	234	4 (1–1 +4)
Greece	3	1	2	208	224	4 (1–1 –8)

6 July 2007
Russia		78–70		Greece	Gorizia
Turkey		90–85		Lithuania	Gorizia
7 July 2007
Lithuania		61–69		Russia	Nova Gorica
Greece		63–62		Turkey	Nova Gorica
8 July 2007
Turkey		74–88		Russia	Nova Gorica
Greece		75–84		Lithuania	Nova Gorica

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	251	195	6
Israel	3	2	1	209	168	5
Croatia	3	1	2	207	203	4
Macedonia	3	0	3	162	263	3

6 July 2007
Spain		88–69		Croatia	Nova Gorica
Israel		95–65		Macedonia	Nova Gorica
7 July 2007
Macedonia		60–93		Spain	Gorizia
Croatia		64–77		Israel	Gorizia
8 July 2007
Macedonia		70–88		Croatia	Gorizia
Spain		77–73		Israel	Gorizia

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	252	172	6
Georgia	3	2	1	233	240	5
Bulgaria	3	1	2	221	250	4
Latvia	3	0	3	226	270	3

6 July 2007
Latvia		72–102		Georgia	Gorizia
Italy		86–51		Bulgaria	Gorizia
7 July 2007
Bulgaria		96–89		Latvia	Gorizia
Georgia		56–94		Italy	Gorizia
8 July 2007
Georgia		75–74		Bulgaria	Nova Gorica
Italy		72–65		Latvia	Nova Gorica

Qualifying round

The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams from the same group in the Preliminary Round were taken into account for the ranking in this round.

	Team advanced to Semifinals
	Team competed in the 5th-8th playoffs
	Team competed in the 9th-12th playoffs

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Serbia	5	4	1	427	385	9 (1–1 +4)
Russia	5	4	1	369	340	9 (1–1 +2)
Slovenia	5	4	1	397	377	9 (1–1 –6)
Turkey	5	2	3	401	422	7
France	5	1	4	393	415	6
Lithuania	5	0	5	377	425	5

10 July 2007
Turkey		83–88		Serbia	Gorizia
Lithuania		84–96		Slovenia	Nova Gorica
Russia		84–79		France	Gorizia
11 July 2007
Serbia		71–65		Russia	Nova Gorica
France		76–71		Lithuania	Gorizia
Slovenia		82–74		Turkey	Nova Gorica
12 July 2007
Turkey		80–79		France	Nova Gorica
Lithuania		76–94		Serbia	Nova Gorica
Russia		63–55		Slovenia	Nova Gorica

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Spain	5	5	0	441	355	10
Italy	5	4	1	403	327	9
Israel	5	3	2	378	350	8
Bulgaria	5	1	4	352	407	6 (1–1 +17)
Croatia	5	1	4	371	413	6 (1–1 +3)
Georgia	5	1	4	351	444	6 (1–1 –20)

10 July 2007
Georgia		74–81		Israel	Nova Gorica
Bulgaria		70–91		Spain	Nova Gorica
Italy		82–69		Croatia	Gorizia
11 July 2007
Spain		96–68		Georgia	Gorizia
Croatia		70–88		Bulgaria	Nova Gorica
Israel		62–66		Italy	Gorizia
12 July 2007
Georgia		78–99		Croatia	Nova Gorica
Bulgaria		69–85		Israel	Gorizia
Italy		75–89		Spain	Gorizia

Classification round

Team relegated to Division B

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	3	3	0	224	179	6
Latvia	3	2	1	247	225	5
Macedonia	3	1	2	226	230	4
Hungary	3	0	3	166	229	3

10 July 2007
Greece		84–58		Macedonia	Nova Gorica
Hungary		65–81		Latvia	Gorizia
12 July 2007
Macedonia		86–56		Hungary	Gorizia
Latvia		76–78		Greece	Gorizia
14 July 2007
Hungary		45–62		Greece	Nova Gorica
Macedonia		82–90		Latvia	Nova Gorica

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	July 14, Nova Gorica
	Croatia	96
	Lithuania	82
					July 15, Nova Gorica
					Croatia	82
					France	91
					Eleventh place
	July 14, Nova Gorica			July 15, Nova Gorica
	France	96		Lithuania	81
	Georgia	69			Georgia	70

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	July 14, Gorizia
	Israel	74
	Turkey	64
					July 15, Gorizia
					Israel	81
					Slovenia	90
					Seventh place
	July 14, Gorizia			July 15, Nova Gorica
	Slovenia	79		Turkey	97
	Bulgaria	59			Bulgaria	88

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	July 14, Gorizia
	Spain	76
	Russia	69
					July 15, Gorizia
					Spain	78
					Serbia	87
					Third place
	July 14, Gorizia			July 15, Gorizia
	Serbia	77		Russia	63
	Italy	62			Italy	74

Final standings

Rank Team  Serbia  Spain  Italy 4th  Russia 5th  Slovenia 6th  Israel 7th  Turkey 8th  Bulgaria 9th  France 10th  Croatia 11th  Lithuania 12th  Georgia 13th  Greece 14th  Latvia 15th  Macedonia 16th  Hungary

2007 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship  Serbia Third title Team Roster Miloš Teodosić, Milenko Tepić, Stefan Nikolić, Marko Durković, Dragan Labović, Maksim Kovačević, Branko Jereminov, Nenad Živčević, Vladimir Štimac, Ivan Paunić, Nikola Dragović, and Uroš Nikolić. Head Coach: Vlada Vukoičić.

Stats Leaders

Points Rank Name Points Games PPG 1. Ronalds Zaķis 148 6 24.7 2. Chavdar Kostov 146 8 18.3 3. Omri Casspi 143 8 17.9 3. Nando de Colo 143 8 17.9 5. Dragan Labović 135 8 16.9

Rebounds Rank Name Points Games RPG 1. Povilas Butkevicius 82 7 11.7 2. Gašper Vidmar 78 8 9.8 3. Xavi Rey 76 8 9.5 4. Ronalds Zaķis 54 6 9.0 5. Ante Tomić 65 8 8.1

Assists Rank Name Points Games APG 1. Miloš Teodosić 43 8 5.4 2. Jan Močnik 40 8 5.0 3. Mehmet Yağmur 32 8 4.0 4. Aleksandar Kostoski 23 6 3.8 5. Aldo Curti 30 8 3.8

All-Tournament Team

• Miloš Teodosić
• Alexey Shved
• Luigi Datome
• Dragan Labović
• Xavi Rey

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive

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