2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

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.

2008 EuroBasket Under-18

25th FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	July 25 – August 3
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Greece (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Donatas Motiejūnas
Top scorer	Zahariev (19.2)
Top rebounds	Kanter (14.6)
Top assists	Prostran (5.0)
PPG (Team)	Spain (85.0)
RPG (Team)	Lithuania (43.1)
APG (Team)	Bulgaria (14.5)
Official website
Official website (archive)
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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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece (H)	3	3	0	232	195	+37	6	Advanced to the second round
2	Spain	3	2	1	248	211	+37	5
3	Israel	3	1	2	196	234	−38	4
4	Belgium	3	0	3	182	218	−36	3	Eliminated

Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(H) Hosts

July 25 14:00

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

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

July 25 19:00

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

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

July 26 14:30

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

Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

July 26 19:00

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

Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

July 27 14:30

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

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

July 27 19:00

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

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	3	3	0	231	205	+26	6	Advanced to the second round
2	Serbia	3	2	1	227	178	+49	5
3	Italy	3	1	2	192	219	−27	4
4	Estonia	3	0	3	165	213	−48	3	Eliminated

Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

July 25 14:00

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

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

July 25 21:15

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

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

July 26 16:45

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

Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

July 26 21:15

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

Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

July 27 16:45

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

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

July 27 21:15

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

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	213	192	+21	5[a]	Advanced to the second round
2	Russia	3	2	1	230	207	+23	5[a]
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	190	209	−19	4[b]
4	Germany	3	1	2	207	232	−25	4[b]	Eliminated

Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
Notes:

1. France wins tiebreaker over Russia via head-to-head record.
2. Ukraine wins tiebreaker over Germany via head-to-head record.

July 25 16:15

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

Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

July 25 19:00

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

Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

July 26 14:30

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

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

July 26 21:15

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

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

July 27 14:30

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

Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

July 27 21:15

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

Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	249	218	+31	6	Advanced to the second round
2	Turkey	3	2	1	238	241	−3	5
3	Latvia	3	1	2	218	233	−15	4
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	224	237	−13	3	Eliminated

Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

July 25 14:00

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

Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

July 25 21:15

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

Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

July 26 16:45

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

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

July 26 19:00

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

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

July 27 14:30

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

Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

July 27 19:00

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

Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

Second round

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	5	5	0	378	316	+62	10	Qualified to the semi-finals and to the World Cup
2	Lithuania	5	3	2	356	351	+5	8
3	Spain	5	2	3	396	397	−1	7[a]	Qualified for the 5–8th place classification playoffs
4	Serbia	5	2	3	364	361	+3	7[b]
5	Israel	5	2	3	326	391	−65	7[c]	Relegated for the 9–12th place classification playoffs
6	Italy	5	1	4	363	367	−4	6

Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
Notes:

1. 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 1.0083 in head-to-head quotient system to win third place
2. 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 0.9975 in head-to-head quotient system to win fourth place
3. 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 0.8337 in head-to-head quotient system to win fifth place

Israel  v  Lithuania

29 July 2008 (2008-07-29)	Israel	72–61	Lithuania	Pyrgos
16:45	Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 17–12, 19–20, 23–10
	Pts: Tamir Ariely 20 Rebs: Ben Reis 13 Asts: Ron Sabag 7	Boxscore	Pts: Motiejūnas 18 Rebs: Motiejūnas 14 Asts: Kristijonas Gaska 3	Arena: Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), Nicolas Maestre (FRA)

Italy  v  Greece

29 July 2008 (2008-07-29)	Italy	63–68	Greece	Pyrgos
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 13–9, 16–16, 12–26, 22–17
	Pts: Andrea Muner 13 Rebs: Andrea Muner 6 Asts: Cournooh 3	Boxscore	Pts: Sarikopoulos 17 Rebs: Sarikopoulos 11 Asts: Mantzaris 9	Arena: Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL), Petros Christophides (CYP)

Serbia  v  Spain

29 July 2008 (2008-07-29)	Serbia	93–87	Spain	Pyrgos
21:15	Scoring by quarter: 42–19, 10–26, 24–20, 17–22
		Boxscore		Arena: Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena

Italy  v  Israel

30 July 2008 (2008-07-30)	Italy	vs.	Israel	Pyrgos
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena

Greece  v  Serbia

30 July 2008 (2008-07-30)	Greece	vs.	Serbia	Pyrgos
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena

Spain  v  Lithuania

30 July 2008 (2008-07-30)	Spain	vs.	Lithuania	Pyrgos
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena

Serbia  v  Israel

31 July 2008 (2008-07-31)	Serbia	vs.	Israel	Pyrgos
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena

Lithuania  v  Greece

31 July 2008 (2008-07-31)	Lithuania	vs.	Greece	Pyrgos
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena

Spain  v  Italy

31 July 2008 (2008-07-31)	Spain	vs.	Italy	Pyrgos
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Pyrgos Indoor Municipal Arena

July 30 16:30

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

Pyrgos, Greece

July 30 19:00

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

Pyrgos, Greece

July 30 21:30

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

Pyrgos, Greece

July 31 16:30

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

Pyrgos, Greece

July 31 19:00

Lithuania

54–72

Greece

Pyrgos, Greece

July 31 21:30

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

Pyrgos, Greece

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	4	1	359	331	+28	9	Qualified to the semi-finals and to the 2009 FIBA Basketball Under-19 World Cup
2	Croatia	5	3	2	415	386	+29	8
3	Russia	5	3	2	389	361	+28	8	Qualified for the 5–8th place classification playoffs
4	Latvia	5	3	2	389	346	+43	8
5	Turkey	5	2	3	373	393	−20	7	Relegated for the 9–12th place classification playoffs
6	Ukraine	5	0	5	313	415	−102	5

Source: Unknown
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Point difference; 3) Number of points scored;

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

Classification playoffs

9th–12th place classification playoffs

	Classification Semifinals				Ninth place match
	August 2
	Turkey	80
					August 3
	Italy	73
					Turkey	95
	August 2
					Israel	72
	Israel	76
	Ukraine	75
					Eleventh place match
					August 3
					Italy	84
					Ukraine	68

Classification Semifinals

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

	Classification Semifinals				Fifth place match
	August 2
	Russia	63
					August 3
	Serbia	85
					Serbia	85
	August 2
					Spain	89
	Spain	107
	Latvia	91
					Seventh place match
					August 3
					Russia	69
					Latvia	71

Classification Semifinals

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.

	Semifinals				Final
	August 2
	Greece	82
					August 3
	Croatia	62
					Greece	57
	August 2
					Lithuania	50
	France	55
	Lithuania	79
					Bronze medal match
					August 3
					Croatia	73
					France	68

Semifinals

August 2

Greece

82–62

Croatia

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

August 2

France

55–79

Lithuania

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

Bronze medal match

August 3 17:45

Croatia	73–68	France
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 17–24, 24–16, 14–13
Pts: Delas 18 Rebs: Delas 14 Asts: Prostran 7		Pts: Lang 15 Rebs: Tanghe 6 Asts: Albicy 5

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Kestutis Palipauskas (LTU), Serge De Coster (BEL), Leonidas Spiridonos (GRE)

Final

August 3 20:30

Greece	57–50	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 6–11, 21–14, 16–13, 14–12
Pts: Sloukas 16 Rebs: Sarikopoulos 10 Asts: Sloukas 3		Pts: Motiejūnas 17 Rebs: Slezas 10 Asts: Peicukevicius 2

Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Roman Kolar (SLO), Branislav Mrdak (SRB)

Final standings

The top 5 teams qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Pos	Team
	Greece
	Lithuania
	Croatia
4	France
5	Spain
6	Serbia
7	Latvia
8	Russia
9	Turkey
10	Israel
11	Italy
12	Ukraine
13	Bulgaria
14	Germany
15	Belgium
16	Estonia

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Awards

2008 Under-18 European Championship winner
Greece First title

Most Valuable Player
Donatas Motiejūnas

All-Tournament Team

• Mario Delas
• Kostas Sloukas
• Nikos Pappas
• Enes Kanter
• Donatas Motiejūnas

External links

• Official website