2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

2008 EuroBasket Under-16
22nd FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	15–24 August 2008
Teams	16 (from 1 federations)
Champions	Lithuania (1st title)
MVP	Jonas Valančiūnas
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Kanter (22.9) Italy (80.3) Rebounds Kanter (16.5) Lithuania (49.1) Assists Westermann (2.1) Greece (7.0)
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The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 22nd edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Chieti, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Lithuania won the trophy for the first time. Hungary and Georgia were relegated to Division B.

Teams

• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• France
• Georgia
• Greece
• Hungary
• Israel
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Poland
• Russia
• Serbia
• Spain
• Turkey
• Ukraine

Preliminary round

	Team advanced to Qualifying Round
	Team competed in 13th-16th games

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Czech Republic	3	3	0	182	176	6
Serbia	3	2	1	199	192	5
Greece	3	1	2	211	216	4
Italy	3	0	3	191	202	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	229	166	6
Spain	3	2	1	236	169	5
Ukraine	3	1	2	187	209	4
Hungary	3	0	3	145	253	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	3	2	1	216	186	5
Croatia	3	2	1	223	212	5
Latvia	3	1	2	212	227	4
Poland	3	1	2	170	196	4

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	208	159	6
France	3	2	1	191	173	5
Israel	3	1	2	178	198	4
Georgia	3	0	3	162	209	3

Classification Round

Team relegated to Division B.

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	291	177	6
Poland	3	2	1	242	214	5
Hungary	3	1	2	216	253	4
Georgia	3	0	3	166	271	3

Qualifying Round

	Team advanced to Semifinals
	Team competed in 5th-8th playoffs
	Team competed in 9th-12th playoffs

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Lithuania	5	5	0	382	285	10
Czech Republic	5	4	1	310	302	9
Spain	5	3	2	317	300	8
Serbia	5	2	3	309	303	7
Greece	5	1	4	359	371	6
Ukraine	5	0	5	286	402	5

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	5	4	1	356	303	9
France	5	4	1	341	292	9
Russia	5	4	1	343	300	9
Croatia	5	2	3	341	357	7
Israel	5	1	4	305	366	6
Latvia	5	0	5	348	416	5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Latvia	82
	Greece	80
					Latvia	68
					Ukraine	73
					Eleventh place
	Israel	63		Greece	65
	Ukraine	78			Israel	67

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Spain	62
	Croatia	56
					Spain	56
					Serbia	60
					Seventh place
	Russia	54		Croatia	83
	Serbia	63			Russia	77

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	France	47
	Lithuania	73
					Lithuania	75
					Czech Republic	33
					Third place
	Czech Republic	69		France	65
	Turkey	64			Turkey	77

2008 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Lithuania First title

Final standings

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

See also

• 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division C

References

• FIBA Europe Archive