2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the eleventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their second title.

2008 EuroBasket Under-20
11th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nationLatvia
DatesAugust 1–10
Teams16 
(from 48 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Serbia
(2nd title)
MVP Miroslav Raduljica
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Dašić (22.8)  Lithuania (87.8)
Rebounds Raduljica (10.9)  France (46.9)
Assists Colom (6.1)  Greece (19.0)
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Bulgaria and Georgia were relegated to Division B.

Teams

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
 Lithuania 3302712376
 Ukraine 3122632584 (1–1 +7)
 Croatia 3122342564 (1–1 –3)
 Greece 3122182354 (1–1 –4)
1 August 2008
Ukraine 91–93 LithuaniaRiga
Croatia 74–67 GreeceRiga
2 August 2008
Lithuania 88–69 CroatiaRiga
Greece 74–71 UkraineRiga
3 August 2008
Croatia 91–101 UkraineRiga
Lithuania 90–77 GreeceRiga

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Italy 3211982005
 Turkey 3212071825
 Israel 3122162244
 Georgia 3122012164
1 August 2008
Georgia 51–69 TurkeyRiga
Israel 67–69 ItalyRiga
2 August 2008
Turkey 75–65 IsraelRiga
Italy 63–70 GeorgiaRiga
3 August 2008
Turkey 63–66 ItalyRiga
Israel 84–80 GeorgiaRiga

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Montenegro 3302271976
 Spain 3212222045
 Latvia 3122052044
 Bulgaria 3032192683
1 August 2008
Montenegro 74–65 SpainRiga
Latvia 95–67 BulgariaRiga
2 August 2008
Bulgaria 68–76 MontenegroRiga
Spain 60–46 LatviaRiga
3 August 2008
Spain 97–84 BulgariaRiga
Latvia 64–77 MontenegroRiga

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 France 3302621976
 Serbia 3212432365
 Russia 3122342414
 Slovenia 3031932583
1 August 2008
Russia 75–84 SerbiaRiga
Slovenia 46–91 FranceRiga
2 August 2008
Serbia 90–78 SloveniaRiga
France 88–82 RussiaRiga
3 August 2008
Russia 77–69 SloveniaRiga
France 83–69 SerbiaRiga

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
 Lithuania 5414273939 (1–1 +6)
 Turkey 5413713449 (1–1 +1)
 Italy 5414013319 (1–1 –7)
 Ukraine 5234094377
 Croatia 5143524026
 Israel 5053323855
5 August 2008
Turkey 86–73 UkraineRiga
Israel 70–77 LithuaniaRiga
Croatia 52–88 ItalyRiga
6 August 2008
Lithuania 80–84 TurkeyRiga
Ukraine 60–99 ItalyRiga
Israel 62–80 CroatiaRiga
7 August 2008
Turkey 63–60 CroatiaRiga
Ukraine 84–68 IsraelRiga
Italy 79–89 LithuaniaRiga

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Serbia 5414053719
 Spain 5323683438 (1–1 +11)
 Montenegro 5323643338 (1–1 +5)
 France 5323824018 (1–1 –16)
 Latvia 5233443627
 Russia 5053463995
5 August 2008
Russia 63–81 MontenegroRiga
Serbia 80–73 SpainRiga
Latvia 96–73 FranceRiga
6 August 2008
Montenegro 70–75 SerbiaRiga
Spain 92–72 FranceRiga
Russia 55–68 LatviaRiga
7 August 2008
Spain 78–71 RussiaRiga
France 66–62 MontenegroRiga
Serbia 97–70 LatviaRiga

Classification round

     Team relegated to Division B

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Greece 3212652015 (1–1 +34)
 Slovenia 3212462325 (1–1 +5)
 Bulgaria 3212272515 (1–1 –39)
 Georgia 3122242783
10 July 2007
Greece 70–77 SloveniaRiga
Georgia 75–90 BulgariaRiga
12 July 2007
Bulgaria 57–98 GreeceRiga
Slovenia 91–82 GeorgiaRiga
14 July 2007
Greece 97–67 GeorgiaRiga
Bulgaria 80–78 SloveniaRiga

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

 
PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
August 9, Riga
 
 
 Russia79
 
August 10, Riga
 
 Croatia69
 
 Russia83
 
August 9, Riga
 
 Israel67
 
 Israel86
 
 
 Latvia83
 
Eleventh place
 
 
August 10, Riga
 
 
 Croatia70
 
 
 Latvia94

5th–8th playoffs

 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
August 9, Riga
 
 
 Montenegro90
 
August 10, Riga
 
 Ukraine53
 
 Montenegro79
 
August 9, Riga
 
 Italy63
 
 Italy71
 
 
 France56
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 10, Riga
 
 
 Ukraine78
 
 
 France96

Championship

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
August 9, Riga
 
 
 Serbia90
 
August 10, Riga
 
 Turkey69
 
 Serbia96
 
August 9, Riga
 
 Lithuania89
 
 Lithuania96
 
 
 Spain79
 
Third place
 
 
August 10, Riga
 
 
 Turkey72
 
 
 Spain91

Final standings

Stats leaders

All-Tournament Team

See also

References

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