2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

2008 EuroBasket Under-20
11th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	August 1–10
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Miroslav Raduljica
Top scorer	Dašić (22.8)
Top rebounds	Raduljica (10.9)
Top assists	Colom (6.1)
PPG (Team)	Lithuania (87.8)
RPG (Team)	France (46.9)
APG (Team)	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.

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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	271	237	6
Ukraine	3	1	2	263	258	4 (1–1 +7)
Croatia	3	1	2	234	256	4 (1–1 –3)
Greece	3	1	2	218	235	4 (1–1 –4)


1 August 2008
Ukraine	91–93	Lithuania	Riga
Croatia	74–67	Greece	Riga
2 August 2008
Lithuania	88–69	Croatia	Riga
Greece	74–71	Ukraine	Riga
3 August 2008
Croatia	91–101	Ukraine	Riga
Lithuania	90–77	Greece	Riga

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	198	200	5
Turkey	3	2	1	207	182	5
Israel	3	1	2	216	224	4
Georgia	3	1	2	201	216	4


1 August 2008
Georgia	51–69	Turkey	Riga
Israel	67–69	Italy	Riga
2 August 2008
Turkey	75–65	Israel	Riga
Italy	63–70	Georgia	Riga
3 August 2008
Turkey	63–66	Italy	Riga
Israel	84–80	Georgia	Riga

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Montenegro	3	3	0	227	197	6
Spain	3	2	1	222	204	5
Latvia	3	1	2	205	204	4
Bulgaria	3	0	3	219	268	3


1 August 2008
Montenegro	74–65	Spain	Riga
Latvia	95–67	Bulgaria	Riga
2 August 2008
Bulgaria	68–76	Montenegro	Riga
Spain	60–46	Latvia	Riga
3 August 2008
Spain	97–84	Bulgaria	Riga
Latvia	64–77	Montenegro	Riga

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
France	3	3	0	262	197	6
Serbia	3	2	1	243	236	5
Russia	3	1	2	234	241	4
Slovenia	3	0	3	193	258	3


1 August 2008
Russia	75–84	Serbia	Riga
Slovenia	46–91	France	Riga
2 August 2008
Serbia	90–78	Slovenia	Riga
France	88–82	Russia	Riga
3 August 2008
Russia	77–69	Slovenia	Riga
France	83–69	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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Lithuania	5	4	1	427	393	9 (1–1 +6)
Turkey	5	4	1	371	344	9 (1–1 +1)
Italy	5	4	1	401	331	9 (1–1 –7)
Ukraine	5	2	3	409	437	7
Croatia	5	1	4	352	402	6
Israel	5	0	5	332	385	5


5 August 2008
Turkey	86–73	Ukraine	Riga
Israel	70–77	Lithuania	Riga
Croatia	52–88	Italy	Riga
6 August 2008
Lithuania	80–84	Turkey	Riga
Ukraine	60–99	Italy	Riga
Israel	62–80	Croatia	Riga
7 August 2008
Turkey	63–60	Croatia	Riga
Ukraine	84–68	Israel	Riga
Italy	79–89	Lithuania	Riga

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Serbia	5	4	1	405	371	9
Spain	5	3	2	368	343	8 (1–1 +11)
Montenegro	5	3	2	364	333	8 (1–1 +5)
France	5	3	2	382	401	8 (1–1 –16)
Latvia	5	2	3	344	362	7
Russia	5	0	5	346	399	5


5 August 2008
Russia	63–81	Montenegro	Riga
Serbia	80–73	Spain	Riga
Latvia	96–73	France	Riga
6 August 2008
Montenegro	70–75	Serbia	Riga
Spain	92–72	France	Riga
Russia	55–68	Latvia	Riga
7 August 2008
Spain	78–71	Russia	Riga
France	66–62	Montenegro	Riga
Serbia	97–70	Latvia	Riga

Classification round

	Team relegated to Division B

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	3	2	1	265	201	5 (1–1 +34)
Slovenia	3	2	1	246	232	5 (1–1 +5)
Bulgaria	3	2	1	227	251	5 (1–1 –39)
Georgia	3	1	2	224	278	3


10 July 2007
Greece	70–77	Slovenia	Riga
Georgia	75–90	Bulgaria	Riga
12 July 2007
Bulgaria	57–98	Greece	Riga
Slovenia	91–82	Georgia	Riga
14 July 2007
Greece	97–67	Georgia	Riga
Bulgaria	80–78	Slovenia	Riga

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs		Ninth place

August 9, Riga

Russia	79
		August 10, Riga
Croatia	69
		Russia	83
August 9, Riga
		Israel	67
Israel	86

Latvia	83
		Eleventh place

		August 10, Riga

		Croatia	70

		Latvia	94

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs		Fifth place

August 9, Riga

Montenegro	90
		August 10, Riga
Ukraine	53
		Montenegro	79
August 9, Riga
		Italy	63
Italy	71

France	56
		Seventh place

		August 10, Riga

		Ukraine	78

		France	96

Championship

Semifinals		Final

August 9, Riga

Serbia	90
		August 10, Riga
Turkey	69
		Serbia	96
August 9, Riga
		Lithuania	89
Lithuania	96

Spain	79
		Third place

		August 10, Riga

		Turkey	72

		Spain	91

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Serbia
	Lithuania
	Spain
4th	Turkey
5th	Montenegro
6th	Italy
7th	France
8th	Ukraine
9th	Russia
10th	Israel
11th	Latvia
12th	Croatia
13th	Greece
14th	Slovenia
15th	Bulgaria
16th	Georgia

2008 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Serbia Second title

;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

Rank	Name	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Vladimir Dašić	182	8	22.8
2.	Giorgi Shermadini	129	6	21.5
3.	Martynas Gecevičius	164	8	20.5
3.	Alexey Shved	151	8	18.9
5.	Ivan Lilov	113	6	18.8

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Points	Games	RPG
1.	Miroslav Raduljica	87	8	10.9
2.	Giorgi Shermadini	63	6	10.5
3.	Vladimir Dašić	71	8	8.9
4.	Miro Bilan	69	8	8.6
5.	Levan Shengelia	51	6	8.5

Assists

Rank	Name	Points	Games	APG
1.	Joaquin Colom	49	8	6.1
2.	Giorgi Gaprindashvili	27	5	5.4
3.	Doğuş Balbay	39	8	4.9
4.	Žygimantas Janavičius	38	8	4.8
5.	Vladyslav Tonchenko	37	8	4.6

All-Tournament Team

References