2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B

2008 EuroBasket Under-18
25th FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryHungary
DatesJuly 25 – August 3
Teams20
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Slovenia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorerSlovakia Richard Grznár 22.0
Top reboundsRomania Rolland Török 12.8
Top assistsCzech Republic Tomáš Satoranský 6.4
PPG (Team) Netherlands 87.6
RPG (Team) Poland 41.1
APG (Team) Czech Republic 17.5
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U18 Men 2008 Division B
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In 2008, Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship basketball tournament was played in Hungary. The Slovenian team finished top of the table.

Qualifying teams

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 Austria
 Czech Republic
 Montenegro
 Netherlands
 Norway

 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Ireland
 Slovenia
 Sweden
  Switzerland

 Belarus
 England
 Poland
 Portugal
 Romania

 Denmark
 Finland
 Georgia
 Hungary
 Slovakia

Squads

Main article: U18 European Championship Men 2008 squads

At the start of tournament, all 20 participating countries will have 12 players on their roster.

Venues

City Arena Capacity
Debrecen Hodos Imre Sports Hall 2,000
Debrecen Olah Gabor Sports Hall 1500

Preliminary round

Qualified for the qualifying round

Group A

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Czech Republic 7 3 1 0.750 364 288 +122
 Austria 7 3 1 0.750 311 287 +24
 Montenegro 6 2 2 0.500 328 335 -7
 Netherlands 5 1 3 0.250 281 304 -23
 Norway 4 0 4 0.000 266 336 -70
July 25
13:45
Montenegro  70–66  Norway
Scoring by quarter: 18-22, 23-8, 14-11, 15-25
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 25
16:00
Netherlands  82–89  Austria
Scoring by quarter: 17-19, 27-23, 15-26, 23-21
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
18:15
Czech Republic  107–71  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 33-23, 27-21, 24-15, 23-12
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
20:30
Austria  71–65  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 22-23, 16-19, 21-12, 12-11
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
16:00
Norway  63–78  Austria
Scoring by quarter: 19-20, 19-16, 9-25, 16-17
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
20:30
Montenegro  81–79  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19-24, 20-16, 17-25, 22-17
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
18:15
Czech Republic  101–63  Norway
Scoring by quarter: 20-8, 29-18, 22-20, 29-17
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
20:30
Netherlands  88–65  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 14-17, 29-18, 17-16, 28-14
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
13:45
Austria  73–77  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 22-15, 8-23, 24-18, 19-21
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
16:00
Norway  74–87  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 20-20, 24-24, 19-21
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

Group B

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Slovenia 6 3 0 1.000 171 119 +52
 Sweden 5 2 1 0.667 246 213 +33
  Switzerland 5 2 2 0.500 271 302 -31
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 2 0.000 208 219 -11
 Ireland 2 0 2 0.000 138 151 -13
July 25
18:15
Sweden  74–66  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 18-16, 22-15, 17-11, 17-18
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 25
20:30
Switzerland  72–68  Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 17-23, 11-16, 21-17, 23-12
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
13:45
Slovenia  85–63  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 18-9, 24-18, 22-15, 19-21
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
16:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina  69–75   Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 18-28, 11-7, 20-14, 20-26
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
13:45
Ireland  70–79  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 19-16, 19-21, 13-24, 19-18
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
18:15
Switzerland  56–86  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 12-21, 21-31, 8-20, 15-15
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
13:45
Sweden  79–68   Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 23-12, 13-10, 16-26, 27-20
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
16:00
Slovenia  94–42  Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 21-4, 18-12, 31-10, 24-16
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
18:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina  87–63  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 21-18, 23-17, 14-11, 29-17
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
20:30
Ireland  56–63  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 14-15, 14-14, 15-20
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

Group C

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Poland 6 3 0 1.000 263 178 +85
 Portugal 3 1 1 0.500 175 149 +26
 England 3 1 1 0.500 163 157 +6
 Romania 3 1 1 0.500 116 141 -25
 Belarus 3 0 3 0.000 179 271 -92
July 25
13:45
England  81–88  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 15-31, 24-14, 20-16, 22-27
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 25
20:30
Belarus  62–69  Romania
Scoring by quarter: 19-15, 21-15, 18-19, 4-20
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
16:00
Portugal  69–82  England
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
18:15
Poland  96–50  Belarus
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
13:45
Belarus  67–106  Portugal
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
20:30
Romania  47–79  Poland
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
16:00
Portugal  88–63  Romania
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
20:30
England  67–72  Belarus
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
13:45
Poland  vs.  Portugal
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
16:00
Romania  vs.  England
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

Group D

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Slovakia 7 3 1 0.500 349 318 +31
 Denmark 6 2 2 1.000 277 304 -27
 Finland 6 2 2 0.500 295 264 +31
 Georgia 6 2 2 0.000 285 307 -22
 Hungary 5 1 3 0.000 301 314 -13
July 25
16:00
Denmark  67–98  Slovakia
Scoring by quarter: 16-32, 19-18, 23-22, 9-26
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 25
18:15
Hungary  70–82  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 17-11, 14-30, 17-18, 22-23
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
13:45
Finland  55–65  Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 15-17, 14-15, 13-12, 13-21
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
20:30
Georgia  73–63  Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 16-21, 25-11, 21-18, 11-13
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
16:00
Denmark  81–75  Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 16-12, 14-12, 27-32
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
18:15
Slovakia  77–74  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 18-29, 15-15, 23-18, 21-12
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
13:45
Georgia  85–79  Slovakia
Scoring by quarter: 16-28, 27-15, 19-17, 23-19
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
18:15
Hungary  76–67  Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 26-12, 15-20, 8-19, 27-13
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
18:15
Slovakia  95–92  Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 26-26, 25-16, 25-22, 19-28
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
20:30
Finland  84–52  Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 24-14, 17-10, 18-16, 25-12
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

Qualifying round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E

Team Pts. W L PCT
A1
A2
B1
B2
August 6
16:30
 Czech Republic vs.  Sweden
August 6
19:00
 Austria vs.  Slovenia
August 7
21:30
 Czech Republic vs.  Slovenia
August 7
16:30
 Austria vs.  Sweden

Group F

Team Pts. W L PCT
C1
C2
D1
D2
August 6
16:30
 Poland vs.  Denmark
August 6
19:00
 Portugal vs.  Slovakia
August 7
21:30
 Poland vs.  Slovakia
August 7
16:30
 Portugal vs.  Denmark

Group G

Team Pts. W L PCT
 Netherlands 2 1 0
  Switzerland 2 1 0
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 0
 Montenegro 1 0 0
August 6
16:30
 Montenegro vs.   Switzerland
August 7
21:30
  Switzerland vs.  Netherlands

Group H

Team Pts. W L PCT
C3
C4
D3
D4
August 6
16:30
C3 vs. D4
August 6
19:00
D3 vs. C4
August 7
21:30
D3 vs. C3
August 7
16:30
D4 vs. C4

Knockout stage

1st place bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 9
 
 
 Slovenia81
 
August 10
 
 Slovakia53
 
 Slovenia68
 
August 9
 
 Czech Republic60
 
 Poland47
 
 
 Czech Republic71
 
Third place
 
 
August 10
 
 
 Slovakia60
 
 
 Poland70

5th place bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
August 9
 
 
 Portugal 68
 
August 10
 
 Sweden 86
 
 Sweden 67
 
August 9
 
 Austria 80
 
 Austria 82
 
 
 Denmark 75
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 10
 
 
 Portugal69
 
 
 Denmark 56

9th place bracket

 
Semi-finals9th Place
 
      
 
August 9
 
 
 Netherlands104
 
August 10
 
 Romania71
 
 Netherlands78
 
August 9
 
 Montenegro74
 
 Finland70
 
 
 Montenegro87
 
11th Place
 
 
August 10
 
 
 Romania58
 
 
 Finland64

13th place bracket

 
Semi-finals13th Place
 
      
 
August 9
 
 
  Switzerland81
 
August 10
 
 Belarus89
 
 Belarus66
 
August 9
 
 Georgia86
 
 Georgia84
 
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina78
 
15th Place
 
 
August 10
 
 
  Switzerland72
 
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina80

Semifinals

Classification round for 5th to 8th place

Classification round for 9th to 12th place

Classification round for 13th to 16th place

Final

August 3
20:30
Slovenia  68–60  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 22–17, 20–8, 12–19
Oláh Gábor Sports Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2 000
Referees: Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Jaroslav Janac (SVK), Sérgio Silva (POR)

Classification Game for 3rd to 4th place

August 10
Loser of (62) vs. Loser of (63)

Classification Game for 5th to 6th place

August 10
winner of (60) vs. winner of (61)

Classification Game for 7th to 8th place

August 10
Loser of (60) vs. Loser of (61)

Classification Game for 9th to 10th place

August 10
winner of (58) vs. winner of (59)

Classification Game for 11th to 12th place

August 10
Loser of (58) vs. Loser of (59)

Classification Game for 13th to 14th place

August 10
winner of (56) vs. winner of (57)

Classification Game for 15th to 16th place

August 10
looser of (56) vs. looser of (57)

Classification round for 17th to 20th place

Group I

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Norway
 Ireland
 England
 Hungary
July 31
21:30
 Ireland 61–83  England
Scoring by quarter: 17-18, 13-19, 13-27, 18-19
Madrid Arena, Debrecen
July 31
16:30
 Norway 74–87 (OT)  Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 11-20, 16-11, 22-17, 18-19, Overtime: 7-20
Madrid Arena, Debrecen
August 1
16:30
 England 84–71  Norway
Scoring by quarter: 23-11, 17-14, 19-21, 25-25
Madrid Arena, Debrecen
August 1
16:30
 Hungary 106–60  Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 18-12, 25-7, 29-23, 34-18
Madrid Arena, Debrecen
August 2
21:30
 Norway 70–60  Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 19-17, 21-17, 24-11, 13-15
Madrid Arena, Debrecen
August 2
16:30
 England vs.  Hungary
Madrid Arena, Debrecen

Final standings

Place Team
1  Slovenia
2  Czech Republic
3  Poland
4  Slovakia
5  Austria
6  Sweden
7  Portugal
8  Denmark
9  Netherlands
10  Finland
11  Montenegro
12  Romania
13  Georgia
14  Bosnia and Herzegovina
15  Belarus
16   Switzerland
17  Hungary
18  England
19  Norway
20  Ireland