2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

2008 EuroBasket Under-16

22nd FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	15–24 August 2008
Teams	16
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Lithuania (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Jonas Valančiūnas
Top scorer	Kanter (22.9)
Top rebounds	Kanter (16.5)
Top assists	Westermann (2.1)
PPG (Team)	Italy (80.3)
RPG (Team)	Lithuania (49.1)
APG (Team)	Greece (7.0)
Official website
Official website (archive)

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
	Israel	63
	Ukraine	78
					Eleventh place
					Greece	65
					Israel	67

5th–8th playoffs

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

Championship

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

2008 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg 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

• 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division C

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive