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)

Official website

Official website (archive)

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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.

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

Main article: U18 European Championship Men 2008 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
Greece	6	3	0
Spain	5	2	1
Israel	4	1	2
Belgium	3	0	3

July 25
14:00

Belgium	58–64	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24-18, 7-15, 13-14, 14-17

Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

July 25
19:00

Greece	77–73	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19-12, 19-15, 16-19, 23-27

Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

July 26
14:30

Spain	88–69	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 21-17, 20-11, 23-22

Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

July 26
19:00

Israel	67–89	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 14-21, 18-20, 24-20, 11-28

Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

July 27
14:30

Israel	65–87	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21-12, 23-19, 10-29, 11-27

Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

July 27
19:00

Greece	66–55	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 20-14, 19-18, 11-14, 16-9

Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

Group B

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

July 25
14:00

Estonia	60–65	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 14-17, 16-15, 15-20, 15-13

Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

July 25
21:15

Lithuania	83–68	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 22-20, 21-18, 24-14, 16-16

Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

July 26
16:45

Serbia	76–41	Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 23-7, 20-15, 19-8, 14-11

Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

July 26
21:15

Italy	73–76	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 11-20, 26-17, 17-21, 19-18

Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

July 27
16:45

Lithuania	72–64	Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 25-21, 21-12, 8-16, 18-15

Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

July 27
21:15

Italy	54–83	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 7-24, 15-30, 17-16, 15-13

Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

Group C

Team	Pts.	W	L
France	5	2	1
Russia	5	2	1
Ukraine	4	1	2
Germany	4	1	2

July 25
16:15

Germany	81–73	France
Scoring by quarter: 13-9, 21-29, 20-19, 27-16

Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

July 25
19:00

Ukraine	64–86	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 9-26, 17-14, 14-21, 24-25

Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

July 26
14:30

Russia	83–73	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 37-20, 14-19, 16-11, 16-23

Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

July 26
21:15

France	70–50	Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 19-12, 14-14, 19-12, 18-12

Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

July 27
14:30

Ukraine	76–53	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 14-19, 20-15, 20-8, 22-11

Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

July 27
21:15

France	70–61	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15-10, 17-18, 19-20, 19-13

Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

Group D

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

July 25
14:00

Latvia	70–87	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19-21, 17-22, 17-21, 17-23

Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

July 25
21:15

Bulgaria	82–86	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 8-24, 29-22, 19-23, 26-17

Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

July 26
16:45

Turkey	71–68	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 26-22, 19-21, 9-14, 17-11

Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

July 26
19:00

Croatia	71–67	Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 14-17, 14-11, 18-23, 25-16

Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

July 27
14:30

Latvia	80–75	Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 25-18, 18-26, 17-13, 20-18

Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

July 27
19:00

Turkey	81–91	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19-25, 15-16, 22-20, 25-30

Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

Qualifying round

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E

Team	Pts.	W	L
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
Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 17-12, 19-20, 23-10

Pyrgos, Greece

July 29
19:00

Italy	63–68	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 13-9, 16-16, 12-26, 22-17

Pyrgos, Greece

September 7
21:30

Serbia	93–87	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 42-19, 10-26, 24-20, 17-22

Pyrgos, Greece

September 9
16:30

Italy	93–57	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 23-11, 18-17, 22-17, 30-12

Pyrgos, Greece

September 9
19:00

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

Pyrgos, Greece

September 9
21:30

Spain	66–82	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 13-25, 16-18, 21-18, 16-21

Pyrgos, Greece

September 11
16:30

Serbia	61–65	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18-25, 12-10, 19-16, 12-14

Pyrgos, Greece

September 11
19:00

Lithuania

54–72

Greece

Pyrgos, Greece

September 11
21:30

Spain	83–80	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 22-21, 15-25, 27-19, 19-15

Pyrgos, Greece

Group F

Team	Pts.	W	L
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
Scoring by quarter: 18-10, 22-16, 25-14, 18-22

Pyrgos, Greece

July 29
19:00

Turkey	72–82	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 16-18, 15-20, 27-28, 14-16

Pyrgos, Greece

July 29
21:15

Ukraine	76–88	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 20-27, 13-14, 18-26, 25-21

Pyrgos, Greece

July 30
16:45

France	83–64	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18-19, 24-17, 26-14, 15-14

Pyrgos, Greece

July 30
19:00

Latvia	86–54	Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 14-8, 24-12, 24-16, 24-18

Pyrgos, Greece

July 30
21:15

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

Pyrgos, Greece

July 31
16:45

Turkey	85–69	Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 26-16, 15-16, 10-18, 34-19

Pyrgos, Greece

July 31
19:00

Croatia	73–74	France
Scoring by quarter: 22-24, 12-23, 25-20, 14-7

Pyrgos, Greece

July 31
21:15

Russia	75–79	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 22-20, 21-13, 18-24, 14-22

Pyrgos, Greece

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


			Seventh place
August 2		89
Spain	107	August 3	Latvia
Latvia	91		71	Russia

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

External links

Official website

FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

Division A	Italy 1964 Italy 1966 Spain 1968 Greece 1970 Yugoslavia 1972 France 1974 Spain 1976 Italy 1978 Yugoslavia 1980 Bulgaria 1982 Sweden 1984 Austria 1986 Yugoslavia 1988 Netherlands 1990 Hungary 1992 Israel 1994 France 1996 Bulgaria 1998 Croatia 2000 Germany 2002 Spain 2004 Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Greece 2006 Spain 2007 Greece 2008 France 2009 Lithuania 2010 Poland 2011 Lithuania/Latvia 2012 Latvia 2013 Turkey 2014 Greece 2015

Division B	Slovakia 2005 Romania 2006 Bulgaria 2007 Hungary 2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009 Israel 2010 Bulgaria 2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2012 Republic of Macedonia 2013 Bulgaria 2014 Austria 2015

Division C	Andorra 1997 Luxembourg 1999 Malta 2001 Malta 2003 Malta 2005 Israel 2007 Malta 2009 San Marino 2011 Andorra 2013 Andorra 2014 Gibraltar 2015

International men's youth basketball

FIBA Youth Olympics World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship

Africa	FIBA Africa U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania U-20 U-18 U-16

Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

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