2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B

In 2008, Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship basketball tournament was played in Hungary. The Slovenian team finished top of the table.

2008 EuroBasket Under-18
25th FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Hungary
Dates	July 25 – August 3
Teams	20  (from 49 federations)
Venues	2  (in 1 host city)
Champions	Slovenia (1st title)
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Richard Grznár 22.0  Netherlands 87.6 Rebounds Rolland Török 12.8  Poland 41.1 Assists Tomáš Satoranský 6.4  Czech Republic 17.5
Official website
U18 Men 2008 Division B
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Qualifying teams

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Austria  Czech Republic  Montenegro  Netherlands  Norway	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Ireland  Slovenia  Sweden   Switzerland	Belarus  England  Poland  Portugal  Romania	Denmark  Finland  Georgia  Hungary  Slovakia

Squads

At the start of tournament, all 20 participating countries will have 12 players on their roster.

Venues

City	Arena	Capacity
Debrecen	Hodos Imre Sports Hall	2,000
Debrecen	Olah Gabor Sports Hall	1500

Preliminary round

Qualified for the qualifying round

Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Czech Republic	7	3	1	0.750	364	288	+122
Austria	7	3	1	0.750	311	287	+24
Montenegro	6	2	2	0.500	328	335	-7
Netherlands	5	1	3	0.250	281	304	-23
Norway	4	0	4	0.000	266	336	-70

July 25 13:45

Montenegro	70–66	Norway
Scoring by quarter: 18-22, 23-8, 14-11, 15-25

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 25 16:00

Netherlands	82–89	Austria
Scoring by quarter: 17-19, 27-23, 15-26, 23-21

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 26 18:15

Czech Republic	107–71	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 33-23, 27-21, 24-15, 23-12

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 26 20:30

Austria	71–65	Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 22-23, 16-19, 21-12, 12-11

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 27 16:00

Norway	63–78	Austria
Scoring by quarter: 19-20, 19-16, 9-25, 16-17

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 27 20:30

Montenegro	81–79	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19-24, 20-16, 17-25, 22-17

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 28 18:15

Czech Republic	101–63	Norway
Scoring by quarter: 20-8, 29-18, 22-20, 29-17

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 28 20:30

Netherlands	88–65	Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 14-17, 29-18, 17-16, 28-14

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 29 13:45

Austria	73–77	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 22-15, 8-23, 24-18, 19-21

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 29 16:00

Norway	74–87	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 20-20, 24-24, 19-21

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Slovenia	6	3	0	1.000	171	119	+52
Sweden	5	2	1	0.667	246	213	+33
Switzerland	5	2	2	0.500	271	302	-31
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	2	2	0.000	208	219	-11
Ireland	2	0	2	0.000	138	151	-13

July 25 18:15

Sweden	74–66	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 18-16, 22-15, 17-11, 17-18

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 25 20:30

Switzerland	72–68	Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 17-23, 11-16, 21-17, 23-12

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 26 13:45

Slovenia	85–63	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 18-9, 24-18, 22-15, 19-21

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 26 16:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	69–75	Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 18-28, 11-7, 20-14, 20-26

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 27 13:45

Ireland	70–79	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 19-16, 19-21, 13-24, 19-18

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 27 18:15

Switzerland	56–86	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 12-21, 21-31, 8-20, 15-15

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 28 13:45

Sweden	79–68	Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 23-12, 13-10, 16-26, 27-20

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 28 16:00

Slovenia	94–42	Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 21-4, 18-12, 31-10, 24-16

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 29 18:15

Bosnia and Herzegovina	87–63	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 21-18, 23-17, 14-11, 29-17

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 29 20:30

Ireland	56–63	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 14-15, 14-14, 15-20

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

Group C

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Poland	6	3	0	1.000	263	178	+85
Portugal	3	1	1	0.500	175	149	+26
England	3	1	1	0.500	163	157	+6
Romania	3	1	1	0.500	116	141	-25
Belarus	3	0	3	0.000	179	271	-92

July 25 13:45

England	81–88	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 15-31, 24-14, 20-16, 22-27

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 25 20:30

Belarus	62–69	Romania
Scoring by quarter: 19-15, 21-15, 18-19, 4-20

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 26 16:00

Portugal

69–82

England

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 26 18:15

Poland

96–50

Belarus

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 27 13:45

Belarus

67–106

Portugal

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 27 20:30

Romania

47–79

Poland

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 28 16:00

Portugal

88–63

Romania

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 28 20:30

England

67–72

Belarus

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 29 13:45

Poland

vs.

Portugal

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 29 16:00

Romania

vs.

England

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

Group D

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Slovakia	7	3	1	0.500	349	318	+31
Denmark	6	2	2	1.000	277	304	-27
Finland	6	2	2	0.500	295	264	+31
Georgia	6	2	2	0.000	285	307	-22
Hungary	5	1	3	0.000	301	314	-13

July 25 16:00

Denmark	67–98	Slovakia
Scoring by quarter: 16-32, 19-18, 23-22, 9-26

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 25 18:15

Hungary	70–82	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 17-11, 14-30, 17-18, 22-23

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 26 13:45

Finland	55–65	Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 15-17, 14-15, 13-12, 13-21

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 26 20:30

Georgia	73–63	Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 16-21, 25-11, 21-18, 11-13

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 27 16:00

Denmark	81–75	Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 16-12, 14-12, 27-32

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 27 18:15

Slovakia	77–74	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 18-29, 15-15, 23-18, 21-12

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 28 13:45

Georgia	85–79	Slovakia
Scoring by quarter: 16-28, 27-15, 19-17, 23-19

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 28 18:15

Hungary	76–67	Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 26-12, 15-20, 8-19, 27-13

Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 29 18:15

Slovakia	95–92	Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 26-26, 25-16, 25-22, 19-28

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

July 29 20:30

Finland	84–52	Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 24-14, 17-10, 18-16, 25-12

Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

Qualifying round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT
A1
A2
B1
B2

August 6 16:30

Czech Republic

vs.

Sweden

Madrid Arena, Madrid

August 6 19:00

Austria

vs.

Slovenia

Madrid Arena, Madrid

August 7 21:30

Czech Republic

vs.

Slovenia

Madrid Arena, Madrid

August 7 16:30

Austria

vs.

Sweden

Madrid Arena, Madrid

Group F

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT
C1
C2
D1
D2

August 6 16:30

Poland

vs.

Denmark

Madrid Arena, Madrid

August 6 19:00

Portugal

vs.

Slovakia

Madrid Arena, Madrid

August 7 21:30

Poland

vs.

Slovakia

Madrid Arena, Madrid

August 7 16:30

Portugal

vs.

Denmark

Madrid Arena, Madrid

Group G

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT
Netherlands	2	1	0
Switzerland	2	1	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0
Montenegro	1	0	0

August 6 16:30

Montenegro

vs.

Switzerland

Madrid Arena, Madrid

August 6 19:00

Netherlands

vs.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Madrid Arena, Madrid

August 7 21:30

Switzerland

vs.

Netherlands

Madrid Arena, Madrid

August 7 16:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

vs.

Montenegro

Madrid Arena, Madrid

Group H

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT
C3
C4
D3
D4

August 6 16:30

C3

vs.

D4

Madrid Arena, Madrid

August 6 19:00

D3

vs.

C4

Madrid Arena, Madrid

August 7 21:30

D3

vs.

C3

Madrid Arena, Madrid

August 7 16:30

D4

vs.

C4

Madrid Arena, Madrid

Knockout stage

1st place bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 9
	Slovenia	81
					August 10
	Slovakia	53
					Slovenia	68
	August 9
					Czech Republic	60
	Poland	47
	Czech Republic	71
					Third place
					August 10
					Slovakia	60
					Poland	70

5th place bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	August 9
	Portugal	68
					August 10
	Sweden	86
					Sweden	67
	August 9
					Austria	80
	Austria	82
	Denmark	75
					Seventh place
					August 10
					Portugal	69
					Denmark	56

9th place bracket

	Semi-finals				9th Place
	August 9
	Netherlands	104
					August 10
	Romania	71
					Netherlands	78
	August 9
					Montenegro	74
	Finland	70
	Montenegro	87
					11th Place
					August 10
					Romania	58
					Finland	64

13th place bracket

	Semi-finals				13th Place
	August 9
	Switzerland	81
					August 10
	Belarus	89
					Belarus	66
	August 9
					Georgia	86
	Georgia	84
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78
					15th Place
					August 10
					Switzerland	72
					Bosnia and Herzegovina	80

Semifinals

August 9

E1

vs.

F2

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

August 9

F1

vs.

E2

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Classification Round for 5th to 8th Place

August 9

E3

vs.

F4

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

August 9

F3

vs.

E4

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Classification Round for 9th to 12th Place

August 9

G1

vs.

H2

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

August 9

H1

vs.

G2

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Classification Round for 13th to 16th Place

August 9

G3

vs.

H4

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

August 9

H3

vs.

G4

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Final

August 3 20:30

Boxscore

Slovenia	68–60	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 22–17, 20–8, 12–19

Oláh Gábor Sports Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 2 000 Referees: Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Jaroslav Janac (SVK), Sérgio Silva (POR)

Classification Game for 3rd to 4th Place

August 10

Loser of (62)

vs.

Loser of (63)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Classification Game for 5th to 6th Place

August 10

winner of (60)

vs.

winner of (61)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Classification Game for 7th to 8th Place

August 10

Loser of (60)

vs.

Loser of (61)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Classification Game for 9th to 10th Place

August 10

winner of (58)

vs.

winner of (59)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Classification Game for 11th to 12th Place

August 10

Loser of (58)

vs.

Loser of (59)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Classification Game for 13th to 14th Place

August 10

winner of (56)

vs.

winner of (57)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Classification Game for 15th to 16th Place

August 10

looser of (56)

vs.

looser of (57)

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

Group I

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
Norway
Ireland
England
Hungary

July 31 21:30

Ireland	61–83	England
Scoring by quarter: 17-18, 13-19, 13-27, 18-19

Madrid Arena, Debrecen

July 31 16:30

Norway	74–87 (OT)	Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 11-20, 16-11, 22-17, 18-19, Overtime: 7-20

Madrid Arena, Debrecen

August 1 16:30

England	84–71	Norway
Scoring by quarter: 23-11, 17-14, 19-21, 25-25

Madrid Arena, Debrecen

August 1 16:30

Hungary	106–60	Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 18-12, 25-7, 29-23, 34-18

Madrid Arena, Debrecen

August 2 21:30

Norway	70–60	Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 19-17, 21-17, 24-11, 13-15

Madrid Arena, Debrecen

August 2 16:30

England

vs.

Hungary

Madrid Arena, Debrecen

Final standings

Place	Team
1	Slovenia
2	Czech Republic
3	Poland
4	Slovakia
5	Austria
6	Sweden
7	Portugal
8	Denmark
9	Netherlands
10	Finland
11	Montenegro
12	Romania
13	Georgia
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina
15	Belarus
16	Switzerland
17	Hungary
18	England
19	Norway
20	Ireland