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 Lithuania Donatas Motiejūnas
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Bulgaria Zahariev (19.2)  Spain (85.0)
Rebounds Turkey Kanter (14.6)  Lithuania (43.1)
Assists Croatia 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.

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

Preliminary round

Qualified for the qualifying round

Group A

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Greece 6 3 0
 Spain 5 2 1
 Israel 4 1 2
 Belgium 3 0 3
July 25
14:00
Belgium  5864  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24-18, 7-15, 13-14, 14-17
Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
July 25
19:00
Greece  7773  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19-12, 19-15, 16-19, 23-27
Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
July 26
14:30
Spain  8869  Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 21-17, 20-11, 23-22
Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
July 26
19:00
Israel  6789  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 14-21, 18-20, 24-20, 11-28
Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
July 27
14:30
Israel  6587  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21-12, 23-19, 10-29, 11-27
Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
July 27
19:00
Greece  6655  Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 20-14, 19-18, 11-14, 16-9
Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

Group B

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Lithuania 6 3 0
 Serbia 5 2 1
 Italy 4 1 2
 Estonia 3 0 1
July 25
14:00
 Estonia 6065  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 14-17, 16-15, 15-20, 15-13
Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
July 25
21:15
Lithuania  8368  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 22-20, 21-18, 24-14, 16-16
Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
July 26
16:45
Serbia  7641  Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 23-7, 20-15, 19-8, 14-11
Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
July 26
21:15
Italy  7376  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 11-20, 26-17, 17-21, 19-18
Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
July 27
16:45
Lithuania  7264  Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 25-21, 21-12, 8-16, 18-15
Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
July 27
21:15
Italy  5483  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 7-24, 15-30, 17-16, 15-13
Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos

Group C

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 France 5 2 1
 Russia 5 2 1
 Ukraine 4 1 2
 Germany 4 1 2
July 25
16:15
Germany  8173  France
Scoring by quarter: 13-9, 21-29, 20-19, 27-16
Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
July 25
19:00
Ukraine  6486  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 9-26, 17-14, 14-21, 24-25
Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
July 26
14:30
Russia  8373  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 37-20, 14-19, 16-11, 16-23
Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
July 26
21:15
France  7050  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 19-12, 14-14, 19-12, 18-12
Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
July 27
14:30
Ukraine  7653  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 14-19, 20-15, 20-8, 22-11
Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
July 27
21:15
France  7061  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15-10, 17-18, 19-20, 19-13
Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada

Group D

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Croatia 6 3 0
 Turkey 5 2 1
 Latvia 4 1 2
 Bulgaria 3 0 3
July 25
14:00
Latvia  7087  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19-21, 17-22, 17-21, 17-23
Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
July 25
21:15
Bulgaria  8286  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 8-24, 29-22, 19-23, 26-17
Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
July 26
16:45
Turkey  7168  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 26-22, 19-21, 9-14, 17-11
Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
July 26
19:00
Croatia  7167  Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 14-17, 14-11, 18-23, 25-16
Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos, Pyrgos
July 27
14:30
Latvia  8075  Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 25-18, 18-26, 17-13, 20-18
Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada, Amaliada
July 27
19:00
Turkey  8191  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 PCT
 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 7261  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 17-12, 19-20, 23-10
July 29
19:00
 Italy 6368  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 13-9, 16-16, 12-26, 22-17
September 7
21:30
 Serbia 9387  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 42-19, 10-26, 24-20, 17-22
September 9
16:30
 Italy 9357  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 23-11, 18-17, 22-17, 30-12
September 9
19:00
 Greece 7259  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 19-11, 18-10, 20-12, 15-26
September 9
21:30
 Spain 6682  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 13-25, 16-18, 21-18, 16-21
September 11
16:30
 Serbia 6165  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18-25, 12-10, 19-16, 12-14
September 11
19:00
 Lithuania 5472  Greece
September 11
21:30
 Spain 8380  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 22-21, 15-25, 27-19, 19-15

Group F

Team Pts. W L PCT
 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 8362  France
Scoring by quarter: 18-10, 22-16, 25-14, 18-22
July 29
19:00
 Turkey 7282  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 16-18, 15-20, 27-28, 14-16
July 29
21:15
 Ukraine 7688  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 20-27, 13-14, 18-26, 25-21
July 30
16:45
 France 8364  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18-19, 24-17, 26-14, 15-14
July 30
19:00
 Latvia 8654  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 14-8, 24-12, 24-16, 24-18
July 30
21:15
 Russia 8576  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 16-21, 27-20, 23-15, 19-20
July 31
16:45
 Turkey 8569  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 26-16, 15-16, 10-18, 34-19
July 31
19:00
 Croatia 7374  France
Scoring by quarter: 22-24, 12-23, 25-20, 14-7
July 31
21:15
 Russia 7579  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 22-20, 21-13, 18-24, 14-22

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)
September 15
16:30
Classif. 5-8
Loser (QF2) vs. Loser (QF4)
September 16
7th place
Loser (CLR1) vs. Loser (CLR2)
September 16
5th place
Winner (CLR1) vs. Winner (CLR2)

Semifinals

September 15
Winner (QF1) vs. Winner (QF3)
September 15
Winner (QF2) vs. Winner (QF4)

Third place game

September 16
Loser (SF1) vs. Winner (SF2)

Final

September 16
Winner (SF1) vs. Winner (SF2)

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
Lithuania Donatas Motiejūnas

All-Tournament Team

External links

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