2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

2008 EuroBasket Under-20

11th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
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Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	August 1-10
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (4th 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)
Official website
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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 fourth title, the third title in a row.

Bulgaria and Georgia were relegated to Division B.

Teams

• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• France
• Georgia
• Greece
• Israel
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Montenegro
• Russia
• Serbia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Turkey
• Ukraine

Squads

Main article: 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship 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 Fourth 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

• Miroslav Raduljica
• Joaquin Colom
• Martynas Gecevičius
• Víctor Claver
• Vladimir Dašić

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive