2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

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.

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)
Official website
Official website (archive)
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Teams

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Preliminary round

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     Team advanced to Qualifying Round
     Team competed in 13th–16th games

Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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     Team relegated to Division B.

Group G

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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

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     Team advanced to Semifinals
     Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs
     Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs

Group E

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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

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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

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9th–12th playoffs

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

5th–8th playoffs

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

Championship

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


 2008 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 
 
Lithuania
First title

Final standings

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Rank Team
    Lithuania
    Czech Republic
    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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References

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