# 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B

The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the fourth edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of European Under-20 basketball. The city of Târgu Mureș, in Romania, hosted the tournament. Germany won their first title.
Germany and Belgium were promoted to Division A.

## Teams

* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belgium
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Finland
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Macedonia
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Sweden
* Switzerland

## Preliminary round

The nineteen teams were allocated in four groups (three groups of five teams and one groups of four). The two top teams of each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The third and fourth of each group to the Classification round. The last three teams in the five-team groups advanced to another group to determine the positions 17th to 19th.
* Team advanced to Qualifying round
* Team competed in Classification round
* Team competed in Classification round for 17th to 19th place

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | Tie-break |
| Portugal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 309 | 277 | 8 |
| Macedonia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 321 | 297 | 7 |
| Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 3 | 302 | 314 | 5 | 1–1 (+4) |
| Norway | 4 | 1 | 3 | 339 | 349 | 5 | 1–1 (+1) |
| Finland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 298 | 332 | 5 | 1–1 (−5) |
| 1 August 2008 |
| Portugal | 76–71 | Macedonia | Târgu Mureș |
| Finland | 73–90 | Great Britain | Târgu Mureș |
| 2 August 2008 |
| Norway | 87–99 | Finland | Târgu Mureș |
| Great Britain | 62–73 | Portugal | Târgu Mureș |
| 3 August 2008 |
| Portugal | 84–81 | Norway | Târgu Mureș |
| Macedonia | 80–75 | Great Britain | Târgu Mureș |
| 4 August 2008 |
| Finland | 63–76 | Portugal | Târgu Mureș |
| Norway | 83–91 | Macedonia | Târgu Mureș |
| 5 August 2008 |
| Macedonia | 79–63 | Finland | Târgu Mureș |
| Great Britain | 75–88 | Norway | Târgu Mureș |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Germany | 4 | 4 | 0 | 426 | 199 | 8 |
| Sweden | 4 | 3 | 1 | 362 | 284 | 7 |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 347 | 304 | 6 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 224 | 366 | 5 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 202 | 408 | 4 |
| 1 August 2008 |
| Germany | 124–38 | Azerbaijan | Târgu Mureș |
| Czech Republic | 88–93 | Sweden | Târgu Mureș |
| 2 August 2008 |
| Ireland | 42–98 | Czech Republic | Târgu Mureș |
| Sweden | 64–90 | Germany | Târgu Mureș |
| 3 August 2008 |
| Azerbaijan | 44–100 | Sweden | Târgu Mureș |
| Germany | 112–40 | Ireland | Târgu Mureș |
| 4 August 2008 |
| Ireland | 80–51 | Azerbaijan | Târgu Mureș |
| Czech Republic | 57–100 | Germany | Târgu Mureș |
| 5 August 2008 |
| Sweden | 105–62 | Ireland | Târgu Mureș |
| Azerbaijan | 69–104 | Czech Republic | Târgu Mureș |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Belgium | 4 | 4 | 0 | 341 | 248 | 8 |
| Estonia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 340 | 300 | 7 |
| Austria | 4 | 2 | 2 | 298 | 382 | 6 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 243 | 287 | 5 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 239 | 324 | 4 |
| 1 August 2008 |
| Estonia | 87–61 | Switzerland | Târgu Mureș |
| Belgium | 91–60 | Austria | Târgu Mureș |
| 2 August 2008 |
| Slovakia | 47–75 | Belgium | Târgu Mureș |
| Austria | 86–93 | Estonia | Târgu Mureș |
| 3 August 2008 |
| Switzerland | 60–77 | Austria | Târgu Mureș |
| Estonia | 79–67 | Slovakia | Târgu Mureș |
| 4 August 2008 |
| Slovakia | 71–58 | Switzerland | Târgu Mureș |
| Belgium | 86–81 | Estonia | Târgu Mureș |
| 5 August 2008 |
| Switzerland | 60–89 | Belgium | Târgu Mureș |
| Austria | 75–58 | Slovakia | Târgu Mureș |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 211 | 200 | 5 |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 202 | 199 | 5 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 186 | 202 | 4 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 210 | 208 | 4 |
| 1 August 2008 |
| Netherlands | 82–66 | Hungary | Târgu Mureș |
| Romania | 82–76 | Poland | Târgu Mureș |
| 3 August 2008 |
| Poland | 76–64 | Netherlands | Târgu Mureș |
| Hungary | 58–62 | Romania | Târgu Mureș |
| 5 August 2008 |
| Poland | 58–62 | Hungary | Târgu Mureș |
| Netherlands | 65–58 | Romania | Târgu Mureș |

## Qualifying round

The eight top teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.
* Team advanced to Semifinals
* Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts | Tie-break |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 242 | 201 | 6 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 211 | 231 | 4 | 1–1 (+6) |
| Macedonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 221 | 224 | 4 | 1–1 (+3) |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 204 | 222 | 4 | 1–1 (−9) |
| 6 August 2008 |
| Portugal | 66–80 | Sweden | Târgu Mureș |
| Macedonia | 75–81 | Germany | Târgu Mureș |
| 7 August 2008 |
| Germany | 71–62 | Portugal | Târgu Mureș |
| Sweden | 67–75 | Macedonia | Târgu Mureș |

### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 255 | 232 | 6 |
| Estonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 239 | 237 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 202 | 211 | 4 |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 223 | 239 | 3 |
| 6 August 2008 |
| Estonia | 69–65 | Netherlands | Târgu Mureș |
| Belgium | 85–79 | Romania | Târgu Mureș |
| 7 August 2008 |
| Netherlands | 72–84 | Belgium | Târgu Mureș |
| Romania | 86–89 | Estonia | Târgu Mureș |

## Classification round

The third and fourth team of each of the preliminary round groups were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.
* Team advanced to 9th–12th playoffs
* Team competed in 13th–16th playoffs

### Group G

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 293 | 215 | 6 |
| Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 262 | 223 | 5 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 252 | 258 | 4 |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 165 | 276 | 3 |
| 6 August 2008 |
| Great Britain | 84–66 | Ireland | Târgu Mureș |
| Norway | 80–91 | Czech Republic | Târgu Mureș |
| 7 August 2008 |
| Czech Republic | 104–93 | Great Britain | Târgu Mureș |
| Ireland | 57–94 | Norway | Târgu Mureș |

### Group H

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 228 | 204 | 5 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 206 | 202 | 5 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 185 | 213 | 4 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 198 | 198 | 4 |
| 6 August 2008 |
| Austria | 68–74 | Poland | Târgu Mureș |
| Slovakia | 59–72 | Hungary | Târgu Mureș |
| 7 August 2008 |
| Hungary | 72–85 | Austria | Târgu Mureș |
| Poland | 66–68 | Slovakia | Târgu Mureș |

## Classification round for 17th to 19th place

The last three teams of the five-team groups of the preliminary round were allocated in one group.

### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 130 | 4 |
| Finland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 198 | 138 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 201 | 2 |
| 6 August 2008 |
| Finland | 118–56 | Azerbaijan | Târgu Mureș |
| 8 August 2008 |
| Azerbaijan | 50–83 | Switzerland | Târgu Mureș |
| 9 August 2008 |
| Switzerland | 82–80 | Finland | Târgu Mureș |

## Knockout stage

* 2008 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship Division B
* Germany First title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Germany |
| | Belgium |
| | Sweden |
| 4th | Estonia |
| 5th | Romania |
| 6th | Portugal |
| 7th | Netherlands |
| 8th | Macedonia |
| 9th | Czech Republic |
| 10th | Austria |
| 11th | Norway |
| 12th | Hungary |
| 13th | Poland |
| 14th | Slovakia |
| 15th | Great Britain |
| 16th | Ireland |
| 17th | Switzerland |
| 18th | Finland |
| 19th | Azerbaijan |