2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

March 2024 Europe U-16 2008 Italy 15–24 August 2008 16 1 1 Lithuania 1 LIT Jonas Valančiūnas TUR Kanter (22.9) 16 ITA (80.3) TUR Kanter (16.5) 16 LIT (49.1) FRA Westermann (2.1) 16 GRE (7.0) Official website (archive) 2007 2009 The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 22nd edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Chieti, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Lithuania won the trophy for the first time. Hungary and Georgia were relegated to Division B. Teams 16 CRO 16 CZE 16 FRA 16 GEO 16 GRE 16 HUN 16 ISR 16 ITA 16 LAT 16 LIT 16 POL 16 RUS 16 SER 16 ESP 16 TUR 16 UKR Preliminary round     Team advanced to Qualifying Round     Team competed in 13th–16th games Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 CZE330182176616 SER321199192516 GRE312211216416 ITA3031912023 Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 LIT330229166616 ESP321236169516 UKR312187209416 HUN3031452533 Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 TUR321216186516 CRO321223212516 LAT312212227416 POL3121701964 Group D TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 RUS330208159616 FRA321191173516 ISR312178198416 GEO3031622093 Classification round     Team relegated to Division B. Group G TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 ITA330291177616 POL321242214516 HUN312216253416 GEO3031662713 Qualifying round     Team advanced to Semifinals     Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs     Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs Group E TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 LIT5503822851016 CZE541310302916 ESP532317300816 SER523309303716 GRE514359371616 UKR5052864025 Group F TeamPldWLPFPAPts16 TUR541356303916 FRA541341292916 RUS541343300916 CRO523341357716 ISR514305366616 LAT5053484165 Knockout stage 9th–12th playoffs Playoffs Ninth place Eleventh place 16 LAT 82 16 GRE 80 16 ISR 63 16 UKR 78 16 LAT 68 16 UKR 73 16 GRE 65 16 ISR 67 5th–8th playoffs Playoffs Fifth place Seventh place 16 ESP 62 16 CRO 56 16 RUS 54 16 SER 63 16 ESP 56 16 SER 60 16 CRO 83 16 RUS 77 Championship Semifinals Final Third place 16 FRA 47 16 LIT 73 16 CZE 69 16 TUR 64 16 LIT 75 16 CZE 33 16 FRA 65 16 TUR 77 bku 16 2008 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship LIT First Final standings Rank Team16 LIT16 CZE16 TUR4th16 FRA5th16 SER6th16 ESP7th16 CRO8th16 RUS9th16 UKR10th16 LAT11th16 ISR12th16 GRE13th16 ITA14th16 POL15th16 HUN16th16 GEO Relegated to the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B See also 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division C References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive 2008 Category:2008–09 in Italian basketball Category:International youth basketball competitions hosted by Italy