2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

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2008 EuroBasket Under-20
11th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
2008 U20 FIBA European Championship.gif
Tournament details
Host nationLatvia
DatesAugust 1–10
Teams16 
(from 48 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia
(2nd title)
MVP Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Miroslav Raduljica
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Flag of Montenegro.svg Dašić (22.8)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (87.8)
Rebounds Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Raduljica (10.9)Flag of France.svg  France (46.9)
Assists Flag of Spain.svg Colom (6.1)Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (19.0)
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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.

Contents

Bulgaria and Georgia were relegated to Division B.

Teams

Squads

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

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 3302712376
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3122632584 (1–1 +7)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3122342564 (1–1 –3)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3122182354 (1–1 –4)
1 August 2008
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg91–93Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Riga
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg74–67Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Riga
2 August 2008
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg88–69Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Riga
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg74–71Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Riga
3 August 2008
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg91–101Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Riga
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg90–77Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Riga

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3211982005
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3212071825
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 3122162244
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 3122012164
1 August 2008
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg51–69Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Riga
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg67–69Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Riga
2 August 2008
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg75–65Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Riga
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg63–70Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Riga
3 August 2008
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg63–66Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Riga
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg84–80Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Riga

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 3302271976
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3212222045
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 3122052044
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3032192683
1 August 2008
Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg74–65Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Riga
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg95–67Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Riga
2 August 2008
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg68–76Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Riga
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg60–46Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Riga
3 August 2008
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg97–84Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Riga
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg64–77Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Riga

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of France.svg  France 3302621976
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 3212432365
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3122342414
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3031932583
1 August 2008
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg75–84Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia Riga
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg46–91Flag of France.svg  France Riga
2 August 2008
Serbia  Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg90–78Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Riga
France  Flag of France.svg88–82Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Riga
3 August 2008
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg77–69Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Riga
France  Flag of France.svg83–69Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 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

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 5414273939 (1–1 +6)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 5413713449 (1–1 +1)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5414013319 (1–1 –7)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5234094377
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 5143524026
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5053323855
5 August 2008
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg86–73Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Riga
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg70–77Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Riga
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg52–88Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Riga
6 August 2008
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg80–84Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Riga
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg60–99Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Riga
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg62–80Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Riga
7 August 2008
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg63–60Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Riga
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg84–68Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Riga
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg79–89Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Riga

Group F

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 5414053719
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5323683438 (1–1 +11)
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 5323643338 (1–1 +5)
Flag of France.svg  France 5323824018 (1–1 –16)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 5233443627
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5053463995
5 August 2008
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg63–81Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Riga
Serbia  Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg80–73Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Riga
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg96–73Flag of France.svg  France Riga
6 August 2008
Montenegro  Flag of Montenegro.svg70–75Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia Riga
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg92–72Flag of France.svg  France Riga
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg55–68Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Riga
7 August 2008
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg78–71Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Riga
France  Flag of France.svg66–62Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Riga
Serbia  Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg97–70Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Riga

Classification round

    Team relegated to Division B

Group G

TeamPldWLPFPAPts
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3212652015 (1–1 +34)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3212462325 (1–1 +5)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3212272515 (1–1 –39)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 3122242783
10 July 2007
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg70–77Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Riga
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg75–90Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Riga
12 July 2007
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg57–98Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Riga
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg91–82Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Riga
14 July 2007
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg97–67Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Riga
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg80–78Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Riga

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

 
PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
August 9, Riga
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 79
 
August 10, Riga
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 69
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 83
 
August 9, Riga
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 67
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 86
 
 
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 83
 
Eleventh place
 
 
August 10, Riga
 
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 70
 
 
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 94

5th–8th playoffs

 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
August 9, Riga
 
 
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 90
 
August 10, Riga
 
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 53
 
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 79
 
August 9, Riga
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 63
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 71
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 56
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 10, Riga
 
 
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 78
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 96

Championship

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
August 9, Riga
 
 
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 90
 
August 10, Riga
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 69
 
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 96
 
August 9, Riga
 
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 89
 
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 96
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 79
 
Third place
 
 
August 10, Riga
 
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 72
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 91

Final standings

Stats leaders

All-Tournament Team

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