# 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B

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

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
* A1
* A2
* B1
* B2
* August 6 16:30
| Czech Republic | vs. | Sweden |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* August 6 19:00
| Austria | vs. | Slovenia |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* August 7 21:30
| Czech Republic | vs. | Slovenia |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* August 7 16:30
| Austria | vs. | Sweden |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid

### Group F

* Team
* C1
* C2
* D1
* D2
* August 6 16:30
| Poland | vs. | Denmark |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* August 6 19:00
| Portugal | vs. | Slovakia |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* August 7 21:30
| Poland | vs. | Slovakia |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* August 7 16:30
| Portugal | vs. | Denmark |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid

### Group G

| Team | Pts. | W | L |
| 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 |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* August 6 19:00
| Netherlands | vs. | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* August 7 21:30
| Switzerland | vs. | Netherlands |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* August 7 16:30
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | vs. | Montenegro |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid

### Group H

* Team
* C3
* C4
* D3
* D4
* August 6 16:30
| C3 | vs. | D4 |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* August 6 19:00
| D3 | vs. | C4 |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* August 7 21:30
| D3 | vs. | C3 |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* August 7 16:30
| D4 | vs. | C4 |
* Madrid Arena, Madrid

## Knockout stage
### 1st place bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| August 9 | August 9 |
| Slovenia | 81 |
| Slovenia | 81 | August 10 | August 10 |
| Slovakia | 53 | August 10 | August 10 |
| Slovakia | 53 | Slovenia | 68 |
| August 9 | August 9 | | Slovenia | 68 |
| August 9 | August 9 | Czech Republic | 60 |
| Poland | 47 | Czech Republic | 60 |
| Czech Republic | 71 | | |
| Czech Republic | 71 | Third place | Third place |
| | | August 10 | August 10 |
| | | Slovakia | 60 |
| | | Poland | 70 |

### 5th place bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| August 9 | August 9 |
| Portugal | 68 |
| Portugal | 68 | August 10 | August 10 |
| Sweden | 86 | August 10 | August 10 |
| Sweden | 86 | Sweden | 67 |
| August 9 | August 9 | | Sweden | 67 |
| August 9 | August 9 | Austria | 80 |
| Austria | 82 | Austria | 80 |
| Denmark | 75 | | |
| Denmark | 75 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | August 10 | August 10 |
| | | Portugal | 69 |
| | | Denmark | 56 |

### 9th place bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 9th Place | 9th Place |
| August 9 | August 9 |
| Netherlands | 104 |
| Netherlands | 104 | August 10 | August 10 |
| Romania | 71 | August 10 | August 10 |
| Romania | 71 | Netherlands | 78 |
| August 9 | August 9 | | Netherlands | 78 |
| August 9 | August 9 | Montenegro | 74 |
| Finland | 70 | Montenegro | 74 |
| Montenegro | 87 | | |
| Montenegro | 87 | 11th Place | 11th Place |
| | | August 10 | August 10 |
| | | Romania | 58 |
| | | Finland | 64 |

### 13th place bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 13th Place | 13th Place |
| August 9 | August 9 |
| Switzerland | 81 |
| Switzerland | 81 | August 10 | August 10 |
| Belarus | 89 | August 10 | August 10 |
| Belarus | 89 | Belarus | 66 |
| August 9 | August 9 | | Belarus | 66 |
| August 9 | August 9 | Georgia | 86 |
| Georgia | 84 | Georgia | 86 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78 | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78 | 15th Place | 15th Place |
| | | August 10 | August 10 |
| | | Switzerland | 72 |
| | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 80 |

### Semifinals

* August 9
| E1 | vs. | F2 |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid
* August 9
| F1 | vs. | E2 |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

### Classification round for 5th to 8th place

* August 9
| E3 | vs. | F4 |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid
* August 9
| F3 | vs. | E4 |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

### Classification round for 9th to 12th place

* August 9
| G1 | vs. | H2 |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid
* August 9
| H1 | vs. | G2 |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

### Classification round for 13th to 16th place

* August 9
| G3 | vs. | H4 |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid
* August 9
| H3 | vs. | G4 |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

### Final

* August 3 20:30
* Boxscore
| 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) |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

### Classification Game for 5th to 6th place

* August 10
| winner of (60) | vs. | winner of (61) |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

### Classification Game for 7th to 8th place

* August 10
| Loser of (60) | vs. | Loser of (61) |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

### Classification Game for 9th to 10th place

* August 10
| winner of (58) | vs. | winner of (59) |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

### Classification Game for 11th to 12th place

* August 10
| Loser of (58) | vs. | Loser of (59) |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

### Classification Game for 13th to 14th place

* August 10
| winner of (56) | vs. | winner of (57) |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

### Classification Game for 15th to 16th place

* August 10
| looser of (56) | vs. | looser of (57) |
* Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid

### Classification round for 17th to 20th place
#### Group I

* Team
* 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 |