2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

2008 EuroBasket Under-16
22nd FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates15–24 August 2008
Teams16
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Lithuania (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPLithuania Jonas Valančiūnas
Top scorerTurkey Kanter (22.9)
Top reboundsTurkey Kanter (16.5)
Top assistsFrance Westermann (2.1)
PPG (Team) Italy (80.3)
RPG (Team) Lithuania (49.1)
APG (Team) 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

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

 
PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Latvia82
 
 
 
 Greece80
 
 Latvia68
 
 
 
 Ukraine73
 
 Israel63
 
 
 Ukraine78
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Greece65
 
 
 Israel67

5th–8th playoffs

 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Spain62
 
 
 
 Croatia56
 
 Spain56
 
 
 
 Serbia60
 
 Russia54
 
 
 Serbia63
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Croatia83
 
 
 Russia77

Championship

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 France47
 
 
 
 Lithuania73
 
 Lithuania75
 
 
 
 Czech Republic33
 
 Czech Republic69
 
 
 Turkey64
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 France65
 
 
 Turkey77


 2008 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

Lithuania
First title

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Lithuania
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Czech Republic
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
Relegated to the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B

See also

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