2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

2008 EuroBasket Under-16
22nd FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Italy
Dates 15–24 August 2008
Teams 16 (from 1 federations)
Champions  Lithuania (1st title)
MVP Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Turkey Kanter (22.9)  Italy (80.3)
Rebounds Turkey Kanter (16.5)  Lithuania (49.1)
Assists France Westermann (2.1)  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 3301821766
 Serbia 3211991925
 Greece 3122112164
 Italy 3031912023

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Lithuania 3302291666
 Spain 3212361695
 Ukraine 3121872094
 Hungary 3031452533

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Turkey 3212161865
 Croatia 3212232125
 Latvia 3122122274
 Poland 3121701964

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Russia 3302081596
 France 3211911735
 Israel 3121781984
 Georgia 3031622093

Classification Round

     Team relegated to Division B.

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Italy 3302911776
 Poland 3212422145
 Hungary 3122162534
 Georgia 3031662713

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 55038228510
 Czech Republic 5413103029
 Spain 5323173008
 Serbia 5233093037
 Greece 5143593716
 Ukraine 5052864025

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Turkey 5413563039
 France 5413412929
 Russia 5413433009
 Croatia 5233413577
 Israel 5143053666
 Latvia 5053484165

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs Ninth place
  Latvia  82  
  Greece  80  
 
      Latvia  68
    Ukraine  73
Eleventh place
  Israel  63   Greece  65
  Ukraine  78     Israel  67

5th–8th playoffs

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

Championship

Semifinals Final
  France  47  
  Lithuania  73  
 
      Lithuania  75
    Czech Republic  33
Third place
  Czech Republic  69   France  65
  Turkey  64     Turkey  77
 2008 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship 

Lithuania
First title

Final standings

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

See also

References

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