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2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B

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2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
4th Division B Championship
Tournament details
Host countryRomania
DatesAugust 1–10
Teams19
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Germany (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorerNorway Oglesby (24.4)
Top reboundsRomania Nicoară (15.1)
Top assistsNorth Macedonia Kostoski (6.4)
PPG (Team) Germany (95.6)
RPG (Team) Great Britain (44.4)
APG (Team) Finland (16.7)
Official website
www.fibaeurope.com
2007
2009

The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the fourth edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of European Under-20 basketball. The city of Târgu Mureș, in Romania, hosted the tournament. Germany won their first title.

Germany and Belgium were promoted to Division A.

Teams

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Squads

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Preliminary round

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The nineteen teams were allocated in four groups (three groups of five teams and one groups of four). The two top teams of each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The third and fourth of each group to the Classification round. The last three teams in the five-team groups advanced to another group to determine the positions 17th to 19th.

     Team advanced to Qualifying round
     Team competed in Classification round
     Team competed in Classification round for 17th to 19th place

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts Tie-break
 Portugal 4 4 0 309 277 8
 Macedonia 4 3 1 321 297 7
 Great Britain 4 1 3 302 314 5 1–1 (+4)
 Norway 4 1 3 339 349 5 1–1 (+1)
 Finland 4 1 3 298 332 5 1–1 (−5)
1 August 2008
Portugal  76–71  Macedonia Târgu Mureș
Finland  73–90  Great Britain Târgu Mureș
2 August 2008
Norway  87–99  Finland Târgu Mureș
Great Britain  62–73  Portugal Târgu Mureș
3 August 2008
Portugal  84–81  Norway Târgu Mureș
Macedonia  80–75  Great Britain Târgu Mureș
4 August 2008
Finland  63–76  Portugal Târgu Mureș
Norway  83–91  Macedonia Târgu Mureș
5 August 2008
Macedonia  79–63  Finland Târgu Mureș
Great Britain  75–88  Norway Târgu Mureș

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Germany 4 4 0 426 199 8
 Sweden 4 3 1 362 284 7
 Czech Republic 4 2 2 347 304 6
 Ireland 4 1 3 224 366 5
 Azerbaijan 4 0 4 202 408 4
1 August 2008
Germany  124–38  Azerbaijan Târgu Mureș
Czech Republic  88–93  Sweden Târgu Mureș
2 August 2008
Ireland  42–98  Czech Republic Târgu Mureș
Sweden  64–90  Germany Târgu Mureș
3 August 2008
Azerbaijan  44–100  Sweden Târgu Mureș
Germany  112–40  Ireland Târgu Mureș
4 August 2008
Ireland  80–51  Azerbaijan Târgu Mureș
Czech Republic  57–100  Germany Târgu Mureș
5 August 2008
Sweden  105–62  Ireland Târgu Mureș
Azerbaijan  69–104  Czech Republic Târgu Mureș

Group C

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Belgium 4 4 0 341 248 8
 Estonia 4 3 1 340 300 7
 Austria 4 2 2 298 382 6
 Slovakia 4 1 3 243 287 5
  Switzerland 4 0 4 239 324 4
1 August 2008
Estonia  87–61   Switzerland Târgu Mureș
Belgium  91–60  Austria Târgu Mureș
2 August 2008
Slovakia  47–75  Belgium Târgu Mureș
Austria  86–93  Estonia Târgu Mureș
3 August 2008
Switzerland  60–77  Austria Târgu Mureș
Estonia  79–67  Slovakia Târgu Mureș
4 August 2008
Slovakia  71–58   Switzerland Târgu Mureș
Belgium  86–81  Estonia Târgu Mureș
5 August 2008
Switzerland  60–89  Belgium Târgu Mureș
Austria  75–58  Slovakia Târgu Mureș

Group D

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Netherlands 3 2 1 211 200 5
 Romania 3 2 1 202 199 5
 Hungary 3 1 2 186 202 4
 Poland 3 1 2 210 208 4
1 August 2008
Netherlands  82–66  Hungary Târgu Mureș
Romania  82–76  Poland Târgu Mureș
3 August 2008
Poland  76–64  Netherlands Târgu Mureș
Hungary  58–62  Romania Târgu Mureș
5 August 2008
Poland  58–62  Hungary Târgu Mureș
Netherlands  65–58  Romania Târgu Mureș

Qualifying round

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The eight top teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

     Team advanced to Semifinals
     Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs

Group E

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts Tie-break
 Germany 3 3 0 242 201 6
 Sweden 3 1 2 211 231 4 1–1 (+6)
 Macedonia 3 1 2 221 224 4 1–1 (+3)
 Portugal 3 1 2 204 222 4 1–1 (−9)
6 August 2008
Portugal  66–80  Sweden Târgu Mureș
Macedonia  75–81  Germany Târgu Mureș
7 August 2008
Germany  71–62  Portugal Târgu Mureș
Sweden  67–75  Macedonia Târgu Mureș

Group F

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Belgium 3 3 0 255 232 6
 Estonia 3 2 1 239 237 5
 Netherlands 3 1 2 202 211 4
 Romania 3 0 3 223 239 3
6 August 2008
Estonia  69–65  Netherlands Târgu Mureș
Belgium  85–79  Romania Târgu Mureș
7 August 2008
Netherlands  72–84  Belgium Târgu Mureș
Romania  86–89  Estonia Târgu Mureș

Classification round

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The third and fourth team of each of the preliminary round groups were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

     Team advanced to 9th–12th playoffs
     Team competed in 13th–16th playoffs

Group G

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 293 215 6
 Norway 3 2 1 262 223 5
 Great Britain 3 1 2 252 258 4
 Ireland 3 0 3 165 276 3
6 August 2008
Great Britain  84–66  Ireland Târgu Mureș
Norway  80–91  Czech Republic Târgu Mureș
7 August 2008
Czech Republic  104–93  Great Britain Târgu Mureș
Ireland  57–94  Norway Târgu Mureș

Group H

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Austria 3 2 1 228 204 5
 Hungary 3 2 1 206 202 5
 Slovakia 3 1 2 185 213 4
 Poland 3 1 2 198 198 4
6 August 2008
Austria  68–74  Poland Târgu Mureș
Slovakia  59–72  Hungary Târgu Mureș
7 August 2008
Hungary  72–85  Austria Târgu Mureș
Poland  66–68  Slovakia Târgu Mureș

Classification round for 17th to 19th place

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The last three teams of the five-team groups of the preliminary round were allocated in one group.

Group I

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Switzerland 2 2 0 165 130 4
 Finland 2 1 1 198 138 3
 Azerbaijan 2 0 2 106 201 2
6 August 2008
Finland  118–56  Azerbaijan Târgu Mureș
8 August 2008
Azerbaijan  50–83   Switzerland Târgu Mureș
9 August 2008
Switzerland  82–80  Finland Târgu Mureș

Knockout stage

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 2008 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Division B 

Germany
First title

Final standings

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Rank Team
 Germany
 Belgium
 Sweden
4th  Estonia
5th  Romania
6th  Portugal
7th  Netherlands
8th  Macedonia
9th  Czech Republic
10th  Austria
11th  Norway
12th  Hungary
13th  Poland
14th  Slovakia
15th  Great Britain
16th  Ireland
17th   Switzerland
18th  Finland
19th  Azerbaijan

Stats leaders

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References

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