2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

International basketball competition July 2023 Europe U-20 2008 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.gif Latvia August 1–10 16 48 1 1 Serbia 2004 2 SRB 2004 Miroslav Raduljica MNE Dašić (22.8) 20 LIT (87.8) SRB 2004 Raduljica (10.9) 20 FRA (46.9) ESP Colom (6.1) 20 GRE (19.0) Official website (archive) 2007 2009 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. Bulgaria and Georgia were relegated to Division B. Teams 20 BUL 20 CRO 20 FRA 20 GEO 20 GRE 20 ISR 20 ITA 20 LAT 20 LIT 20 MNE 20 RUS 20 SRB 2004 20 SLO 20 ESP 20 TUR 20 UKR 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 TeamPldWLPFPAPts20 LIT330271237620 UKR3122632584 (1–1 +7)20 CRO3122342564 (1–1 –3)20 GRE3122182354 (1–1 –4) 1 August 200820 UKR 91–93 20 LIT Riga20 CRO 74–67 20 GRE Riga2 August 200820 LIT 88–69 20 CRO Riga20 GRE 74–71 20 UKR Riga3 August 200820 CRO 91–101 20 UKR Riga20 LIT 90–77 20 GRE Riga Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts20 ITA321198200520 TUR321207182520 ISR312216224420 GEO3122012164 1 August 200820 GEO 51–69 20 TUR Riga20 ISR 67–69 20 ITA Riga2 August 200820 TUR 75–65 20 ISR Riga20 ITA 63–70 20 GEO Riga3 August 200820 TUR 63–66 20 ITA Riga20 ISR 84–80 20 GEO Riga Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPts20 MNE330227197620 ESP321222204520 LAT312205204420 BUL3032192683 1 August 200820 MNE 74–65 20 ESP Riga20 LAT 95–67 20 BUL Riga2 August 200820 BUL 68–76 20 MNE Riga20 ESP 60–46 20 LAT Riga3 August 200820 ESP 97–84 20 BUL Riga20 LAT 64–77 20 MNE Riga Group D TeamPldWLPFPAPts20 FRA330262197620 SRB 2004321243236520 RUS312234241420 SLO3031932583 1 August 200820 RUS 75–84 20 SRB 2004 Riga20 SLO 46–91 20 FRA Riga2 August 200820 SRB 2004 90–78 20 SLO Riga20 FRA 88–82 20 RUS Riga3 August 200820 RUS 77–69 20 SLO Riga20 FRA 83–69 20 SRB 2004 Riga 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 TeamPldWLPFPAPts20 LIT5414273939 (1–1 +6)20 TUR5413713449 (1–1 +1)20 ITA5414013319 (1–1 –7)20 UKR523409437720 CRO514352402620 ISR5053323855 5 August 200820 TUR 86–73 20 UKR Riga20 ISR 70–77 20 LIT Riga20 CRO 52–88 20 ITA Riga6 August 200820 LIT 80–84 20 TUR Riga20 UKR 60–99 20 ITA Riga20 ISR 62–80 20 CRO Riga7 August 200820 TUR 63–60 20 CRO Riga20 UKR 84–68 20 ISR Riga20 ITA 79–89 20 LIT Riga Group F TeamPldWLPFPAPts20 SRB 2004541405371920 ESP5323683438 (1–1 +11)20 MNE5323643338 (1–1 +5)20 FRA5323824018 (1–1 –16)20 LAT523344362720 RUS5053463995 5 August 200820 RUS 63–81 20 MNE Riga20 SRB 2004 80–73 20 ESP Riga20 LAT 96–73 20 FRA Riga6 August 200820 MNE 70–75 20 SRB 2004 Riga20 ESP 92–72 20 FRA Riga20 RUS 55–68 20 LAT Riga7 August 200820 ESP 78–71 20 RUS Riga20 FRA 66–62 20 MNE Riga20 SRB 2004 97–70 20 LAT Riga Classification round     Team relegated to Division B Group G TeamPldWLPFPAPts20 GRE3212652015 (1–1 +34)20 SLO3212462325 (1–1 +5)20 BUL3212272515 (1–1 –39)20 GEO3122242783 10 July 200720 GRE 70–77 20 SLO Riga20 GEO 75–90 20 BUL Riga12 July 200720 BUL 57–98 20 GRE Riga20 SLO 91–82 20 GEO Riga14 July 200720 GRE 97–67 20 GEO Riga20 BUL 80–78 20 SLO Riga Knockout stage 9th–12th playoffs Playoffs Ninth place Eleventh place August 9, Riga 20 RUS 79 20 CRO 69 August 9, Riga 20 ISR 86 20 LAT 83 August 10, Riga 20 RUS 83 20 ISR 67 August 10, Riga 20 CRO 70 20 LAT 94 5th–8th playoffs Playoffs Fifth place Seventh place August 9, Riga 20 MNE 90 20 UKR 53 August 9, Riga 20 ITA 71 20 FRA 56 August 10, Riga 20 MNE 79 20 ITA 63 August 10, Riga 20 UKR 78 20 FRA 96 Championship Semifinals Final Third place August 9, Riga 20 SRB 2004 90 20 TUR 69 August 9, Riga 20 LIT 96 20 ESP 79 August 10, Riga 20 SRB 2004 96 20 LIT 89 August 10, Riga 20 TUR 72 20 ESP 91 Final standings Rank TeamImage:Gold medal icon.svg20 SRB 2004Image:Silver medal icon.svg20 LITImage:Bronze medal icon.svg20 ESP4th20 TUR5th20 MNE6th20 ITA7th20 FRA8th20 UKR9th20 RUS10th20 ISR11th20 LAT12th20 CRO13th20 GRE14th20 SLO15th20 BUL16th20 GEO bk 2008 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship SRB Second 2004 ;Team roster Mladen Jeremić, Stefan Sinovec, Petar Despotović, Nikola Koprivica, Marko Kešelj, Dušan Katnić, Stefan Stojačić, Bojan Radetić, Boban Marjanović, Miroslav Raduljica, Marko Čakarević, and Milan Mačvan. Head coach: Slobodan Klipa. Stats leaders Points RankNamePointsGamesPPG1.MNE Vladimir Dašić182822.82.GEO Giorgi Shermadini129621.53.LIT Martynas Gecevičius164820.53.RUS Alexey Shved151818.9 5.BUL Ivan Lilov113618.8 Rebounds RankNamePointsGamesRPG1.SRB 2004 Miroslav Raduljica87810.92.GEO Giorgi Shermadini63610.53.MNE Vladimir Dašić7188.94.CRO Miro Bilan6988.6 5.GEO Levan Shengelia5168.5 Assists RankNamePointsGamesAPG1.ESP Joaquin Colom4986.12.GEO Giorgi Gaprindashvili2755.43.TUR Doğuş Balbay3984.94.LIT Žygimantas Janavičius3884.8 5.UKR Vladyslav Tonchenko3784.6 All-Tournament Team SRB 2004 Miroslav Raduljica ESP Joaquin Colom LIT Martynas Gecevičius ESP Víctor Claver MNE Vladimir Dašić See also U20 European Championship Men 2008 – Division B References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive 2008 Category:2008–09 in European basketball Category:2008–09 in Latvian basketball Category:International youth basketball competitions hosted by Latvia