2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

International basketball competition Europe U-18 2008 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship logo.gif 162 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Greece July 25 – August 3 16 49 2 2 Greece 1 LIT Donatas Motiejūnas BUL Zahariev (19.2) ESP (85.0) TUR Kanter (14.6) LIT (43.1) CRO Prostran (5.0) BUL (14.5) Official website (archive) 2007 2009 The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Greece from July 25, 2008 until August 3. The hosts, Greeks, emerged as the champions after beating the Lithuanians in the final, 57–50 to clinch their first European Under-18 championship. The tournament served as the European Qualifiers for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. Participating teams Group A Group BGroup CGroup D18 BEL 18 GRE 18 ISR 18 ESP18 EST 18 ITA 18 LTU 18 SER18 FRA 18 GER 18 RUS 18 UKR18 BUL 18 CRO 18 LAT 18 TUR 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 Format PRELIMINARY ROUND: 4 groups of 4 teams each, playing in a single round-robin elimination. The top 3 teams advance to the second round while the last placed team being eliminated. SECOND ROUND: 12 teams left will be divided into 2 groups of six teams. All of the results earned from the second round shall be carried over to this round. The top two teams in both groups qualify for the semifinals and to the 2009 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. The remaining teams then proceed to their respective classification playoffs. FINAL ROUND: 4-team knockout stage for the CHAMPIONSHIP; 4-team knockout stage for 5th–8th place classification playoffs; 4-team knockout stage for 9th–12th place classification playoffs. Preliminary round Teams are divided equally in 4 groups of four teams each and they will play in a single round-robin format. The top three teams in each group qualified for the second round while the last teams in each group were eliminated. All times are local, UTC+3. Group A main WL Group A points complete Unknown GRE ESP ISR BEL RD2 RD2 RD2 X 3 0 232 195 H 2 1 248 211 1 2 196 234 0 3 182 218 19 GRE 19 ESP 19 ISR 19 BEL 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; Q green1 Advanced to the second round red1 Eliminated #eee July 25 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 14:00 BEL 58 ISR 64 24–18 7–15 13–14 14–17 #eee July 25 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 19:00 GRE 77 ESP 73 19–12 19–15 16–19 23–27 July 26 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 14:30 ESP 88 BEL 69 24–19 21–17 20–11 23–22 July 26 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 19:00 ISR 67 GRE 89 14–21 18–20 24–20 11–28 #eee July 27 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 14:30 ISR 65 ESP 87 21–12 23–19 10–29 11–27 #eee July 27 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 19:00 GRE 66 BEL 55 20–14 19–18 11–14 16–9 Group B main WL Group B points complete Unknown LTU SRB ITA EST RD2 RD2 RD2 X 3 0 231 205 2 1 227 178 1 2 192 219 0 3 165 213 19 LTU 19 SRB 19 ITA 19 EST 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; Q green1 Advanced to the second round red1 Eliminated #eee July 25 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 14:00 19 EST 60 19 ITA 65 14–17 16–15 15–20 15–13 #eee July 25 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 21:15 19 LTU 83 19 SRB 68 22–20 21–18 24–14 16–16 July 26 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 16:45 19 SRB 76 19 EST 41 23–7 20–15 19–8 14–11 July 26 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 21:15 19 ITA 73 19 LTU 76 11–20 26–17 17–21 19–18 #eee July 27 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 16:45 19 LTU 72 19 EST 64 25–21 21–12 8–16 18–15 #eee July 27 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 21:15 19 ITA 54 19 SRB 83 7–24 15–30 17–16 15–13 Group C main WL Group C points complete Unknown FRA RUS UKR GER RD2 RD2 RD2 X 2 1 213 192 2 1 230 207 1 2 190 209 1 2 207 232 France wins tiebreaker over Russia via head-to-head record. FRA Ukraine wins tiebreaker over Germany via head-to-head record. UKR 19 FRA 19 RUS 19 UKR 19 GER 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; Q green1 Advanced to the second round red1 Eliminated #eee July 25 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 16:15 GER 81 FRA 73 13–9 21–29 20–19 27–16 #eee July 25 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 19:00 UKR 64 RUS 86 9–26 17–14 14–21 24–25 July 26 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 14:30 RUS 83 GER 73 37–20 14–19 16–11 16–23 July 26 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 21:15 FRA 70 UKR 50 19–12 14–14 19–12 18–12 #eee July 27 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 14:30 UKR 76 GER 53 14–19 20–15 20–8 22–11 #eee July 27 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 21:15 FRA 70 RUS 61 15–10 17–18 19–20 19–13 Group D main WL Group D points complete Unknown CRO TUR LAT BUL RD2 RD2 RD2 X 3 0 249 218 2 1 238 241 1 2 218 233 0 3 224 237 19 CRO 19 TUR 19 LAT 19 BUL 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; Q green1 Advanced to the second round red1 Eliminated #eee July 25 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 14:00 LAT 70 CRO 87 19–21 17–22 17–21 17–23 #eee July 25 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 21:15 BUL 82 TUR 86 8–24 29–22 19–23 26–17 July 26 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 16:45 TUR 71 LAT 68 26–22 19–21 9–14 17–11 July 26 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 19:00 CRO 71 BUL 67 14–17 14–11 18–23 25–16 #eee July 27 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 14:30 LAT 80 BUL 75 25–18 18–26 17–13 20–18 #eee July 27 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 19:00 TUR 81 CRO 91 19–25 15–16 22–20 25–30 Second round Group E main WL Group E complete Unknown points GRE LTU ESP SRB ISR ITA SF SF R5 R5 R9 R9 5 0 378 316 3 2 356 351 2 3 396 397 2 3 364 361 2 3 326 391 1 4 363 367 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 1.0083 in head-to-head quotient system to win third place 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 0.9975 in head-to-head quotient system to win fourth place 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 0.8337 in head-to-head quotient system to win fifth place 18 GRE 18 LTU 18 ESP 18 SRB 18 ISR 18 ITA 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; Q green1 Qualified to the semi-finals and to the World Cup blue2 Qualified for the 5–8th place classification playoffs yellow1 Relegated for the 9–12th place classification playoffs 2008 07 29 y 16:45 Boxscore 18 ISR 72 61 18 LTU Pyrgos Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena Marek Maliszewski (POL), Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), Nicolas Maestre (FRA) 13–19 17–12 19–20 23–10 Tamir Ariely 20 Ben Reis 13 Ron Sabag 7 Motiejūnas 18 Motiejūnas 14 Kristijonas Gaska 3 "collapsible collapsed" 2008 07 29 y 19:00 Boxscore 18 ITA 63 68 18 GRE Pyrgos Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena 1,000 Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL), Petros Christophides (CYP) 13–9 16–16 12–26 22–17 Andrea Muner 13 Andrea Muner 6 Cournooh 3 Sarikopoulos 17 Sarikopoulos 11 Mantzaris 9 "collapsible collapsed" 2008 07 29 y 21:15 Boxscore 18 SRB 93 87 18 ESP Pyrgos Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena 42–19 10–26 24–20 17–22 "collapsible collapsed" 2008 07 30 y 18 ITA 18 ISR Pyrgos Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena – – – – "collapsible collapsed" 2008 07 30 y 18 GRE 18 SRB Pyrgos Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena – – – – "collapsible collapsed" 2008 07 30 y 18 ESP 18 LTU Pyrgos Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena – – – – "collapsible collapsed" 2008 07 31 y 18 SRB 18 ISR Pyrgos Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena – – – – "collapsible collapsed" 2008 07 31 y 18 LTU 18 GRE Pyrgos Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena – – – – "collapsible collapsed" 2008 07 31 y 18 ESP 18 ITA Pyrgos Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena – – – – "collapsible collapsed" 16:30 July 30 Pyrgos, Greece ITA 93 ISR 57 23–11 18–17 22–17 30–12 19:00 July 30 Pyrgos, Greece GRE 72 SER 59 19–11 18–10 20–12 15–26 21:30 July 30 Pyrgos, Greece ESP 66 LTU 82 13–25 16–18 21–18 16–21 #eee 16:30 July 31 Pyrgos, Greece SER 61 ISR 65 18–25 12–10 19–16 12–14 #eee 19:00 July 31 Pyrgos, Greece LTU 54 GRE 72 #eee 21:30 July 31 Pyrgos, Greece ESP 83 ITA 80 22–21 15–25 27–19 19–15 Group F main WL Group F complete Unknown points AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF SF SF R5 R5 R9 R9 4 1 359 331 3 2 415 386 3 2 389 361 3 2 389 346 2 3 373 393 0 5 313 415 FRA CRO RUS LAT TUR UKR 1) Points; 2) Point difference; 3) Number of points scored; Q green1 Qualified to the semi-finals and to the 2009 FIBA Basketball Under-19 World Cup blue2 Qualified for the 5–8th place classification playoffs yellow1 Relegated for the 9–12th place classification playoffs #eee 16:45 July 29 Pyrgos, Greece LAT 83 FRA 62 18–10 22–16 25–14 18–22 #eee 19:00 July 29 Pyrgos, Greece TUR 72 RUS 82 16–18 15–20 27–28 14–16 #eee 21:15 July 29 Pyrgos, Greece UKR 76 CRO 88 20–27 13–14 18–26 25–21 16:45 July 30 Pyrgos, Greece FRA 83 TUR 64 18–19 24–17 26–14 15–14 19:00 July 30 Pyrgos, Greece LAT 86 UKR 54 14–8 24–12 24–16 24–18 21:15 July 30 Pyrgos, Greece RUS 85 CRO 76 16–21 27–20 23–15 19–20 #eee 16:45 July 31 Pyrgos, Greece TUR 85 UKR 69 26–16 15–16 10–18 34–19 #eee 19:00 July 31 Pyrgos, Greece CRO 73 FRA 74 22–24 12–23 25–20 14–7 #eee 21:15 July 31 Pyrgos, Greece RUS 75 LAT 79 22–20 21–13 18–24 14–22 Classification playoffs 9th–12th place classification playoffs main 2 Classification Semifinals Ninth place match yes Eleventh place match high yes August 2 19 TUR 80 19 ITA 73 August 2 19 ISR 76 19 UKR 75 August 3 19 TUR 95 19 ISR 72 August 3 19 ITA 84 19 UKR 68 Classification Semifinals #eee August 2 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada August 2 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada Eleventh place match August 3 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada Ninth place match August 3 Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada 5th–8th place classification playoffs main 2 Classification Semifinals Fifth place match yes Seventh place match high yes August 2 19 RUS 63 19 SRB 85 August 2 19 ESP 107 19 LAT 91 August 3 19 SRB 85 19 ESP 89 August 3 19 RUS 69 19 LAT 71 Classification Semifinals #eee August 2 August 2 Seventh place match August 3 Fifth place match Winner qualified for the World Cup. August 3 Final round All times are local, UTC+3. main 2 Semifinals Final yes Bronze medal match high yes August 2 19 GRE 82 19 CRO 62 August 2 19 FRA 55 19 LTU 79 August 3 19 GRE 57 19 LTU 50 August 3 19 CRO 73 19 FRA 68 Semifinals #eee August 2 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 19 GRE 82 19 CRO 62 August 2 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 19 FRA 55 19 LTU 79 Bronze medal match #fdb August 3 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 17:45 19 CRO 73 19 FRA 68 13–20 17–24 24–16 14–13 Delas 18 Delas 14 Prostran 7 Lang 15 Tanghe 6 Albicy 5 1,500 Kestutis Palipauskas (LTU), Serge De Coster (BEL), Leonidas Spiridonos (GRE) Final #ffffd0 August 3 Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos 20:30 19 GRE 57 19 LTU 50 6–11 21–14 16–13 14–12 Sloukas 16 Sarikopoulos 10 Sloukas 3 Motiejūnas 17 Slezas 10 Peicukevicius 2 2,500 Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Roman Kolar (SLO), Branislav Mrdak (SRB) Final standings The top 5 teams qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. main WL y none y GRE GRE LTU LTU CRO CRO FRA FRA ESP ESP SER SER LAT LAT RUS RUS TUR TUR ISR ISR ITA ITA UKR UKR BUL BUL GER GER BEL BEL EST EST #F7F9A8 1ST #DCE5E5 2ND #FFDAB9 3RD #DEDAC7 A A A A #CEDAB0 B #DEDAB0 C C C C C C C #DEBAB0 D Awards bk 2008 Under-18 European Championship winner Greece First Most Valuable Player Lithuania Donatas Motiejūnas All-Tournament Team Croatia Mario Delas Greece Kostas Sloukas Greece Nikos Pappas Turkey Enes Kanter Lithuania Donatas Motiejūnas External links Official website collapsed 2008 Category:2008–09 in European basketball Category:2008–09 in Greek basketball Category:International youth basketball competitions hosted by Greece