2008_FIBA_Europe_Under-18_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)
Official website
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2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

International basketball competition

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.

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[table_hth_FRA0.32102974286351-1] France wins tiebreaker over Russia via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_UKR0.32102974286351-2] Ukraine wins tiebreaker over Germany via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_ESP0.59832078805115-3] 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 1.0083 in head-to-head quotient system to win third place

[table_hth_SRB0.59832078805115-4] 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 0.9975 in head-to-head quotient system to win fourth place

[table_hth_ISR0.59832078805115-5] 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 0.8337 in head-to-head quotient system to win fifth place

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City	Arena	Capacity
Amaliada	Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada	2,000
Pyrgos	Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos	3,000

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

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

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

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

2008_FIBA_Europe_Under-18_Championship

2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

Participating teams

Squads

Venues

Format

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

Group E

Group F

Classification playoffs

9th–12th place classification playoffs

Classification Semifinals

Eleventh place match

Ninth place match

5th–8th place classification playoffs

Classification Semifinals

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Final round

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

Final standings

Awards

External links

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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	Qualified to the semi-finals and to the World Cup
3	Spain	5	2	3	396	397	−1	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualified for the 5–8th place classification playoffs
4	Serbia	5	2	3	364	361	+3	7^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Qualified for the 5–8th place classification playoffs
5	Israel	5	2	3	326	391	−65	7^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Relegated for the 9–12th place classification playoffs
6	Italy	5	1	4	363	367	−4	6	Relegated for the 9–12th place classification playoffs

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)

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)

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

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

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