2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

2008 EuroBasket Under-18
25th FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
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 leaders
Players Teams Points Zahariev (19.2)  Spain (85.0) Rebounds Kanter (14.6)  Lithuania (43.1) Assists Prostran (5.0)  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 A	Group B	Group C	Group 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

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

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. Once again, playing in a single round-robin schedule. The top 2 teams in each groups will advance to the medal round; the 3rd and 4th placed teams will move to 5th-8th place classification playoffs; and the bottom 2 teams from each group will be relegated to 9th-12th place classification playoffs.
• FINAL ROUND:
  • 4-team knockout stage for the CHAMPIONSHIP;
  • 4-team knockout stage for 5th-8th place classification playoffs;
  • 4-team knockout stage for 9th-12th place classification playoffs.

Preliminary round

	Advance to the second round
	Eliminated

Group A

Position	Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	PD	Points
1	Greece	3	0	1.000	232	195	+37	6
2	Spain	2	1	.667	248	211	+37	5
3	Israel	1	2	.333	196	234	−38	4
4	Belgium	0	3	.000	182	218	−36	3

Group B

Position	Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff	Points
1	Lithuania	3	0	1.000	231	205	+26	6
2	Serbia	2	1	.667	227	178	+49	5
3	Italy	1	2	.333	192	219	–27	4
4	Estonia	0	3	.000	165	213	–48	3

Group C

Position	Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff	Points
1	France	2	1	.667	213	192	+21	5
2	Russia	2	1		230	207	+23	5
3	Ukraine	1	2	.333	190	209	−19	4
4	Germany	1	2		207	232	−25	4

Group D

Position	Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff	Points
1	Croatia	3	0	1.000	249	218	+31	6
2	Turkey	2	1	.667	238	241	−3	5
3	Latvia	1	2	.333	218	233	−15	4
4	Bulgaria	0	3	.000	224	237	−13	3

Second round

Results from the first round shall be carried over to the second round.

	Advance to the semifinals
	Advance to the 5th-8th place classification playoffs
	Advance to 9th-12th place classification playoffs

Group E

Position	Team	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Points	Tiebreaker
1	Greece	5	0	378	316	+62	10
2	Lithuania	3	2	356	351	+5	8
3	Serbia	2	3	364	361	−1	7	1-1 / 1.0083
4	Spain	2	3	396	397	+3	7	1-1 / 0.9975
5	Israel	2	3	326	391	−65	7	1-1 / 0.8337
6	Italy	1	4	363	367	−4	6

Group F

Position	Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff	Points
1	France	4	1	.800	359	331	+28	9
2	Croatia	3	2	.600	415	386	+29	8
3	Russia	3	2	.600	389	361	+28	8
4	Latvia	3	2	.600	389	346	+43	8
5	Turkey	2	3	.400	373	393	−20	7
6	Ukraine	0	5	.000	313	415	−102	5

Knockout stage

Championship Round

	Semifinals				Final
	August 2
	Greece	82
	Croatia	62
					August 3
					Greece	57
					Lithuania	50
					Bronze medal match
	August 2			August 3
	France	55		Croatia	73
	Lithuania	79			France	68

5th-8th place bracket

	5th-8th place semifinals				5th place game
	August 2
	Russia	63
	Serbia	85
					August 3
					Serbia	85
					Spain	89
					7th place game
	August 2			August 3
	Spain	107		Russia	69
	Latvia	91			Latvia	71

9th-12th 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

5th-8th Classification playoffs

Semifinals

Finals

Final standings

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

Place	Team
01 !	Greece
02 !	Lithuania
03 !	Croatia
4th	France
5th	Spain
6th	Serbia
7th	Latvia
8th	Russia
9th-12th	Turkey
	Israel
	Italy
	Ukraine
13th-16th	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 website