# 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the eleventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their second title.
Bulgaria and Georgia were relegated to Division B.

## Teams

* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* France
* Georgia
* Greece
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Montenegro
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Turkey
* Ukraine

## Preliminary round

The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.
* Team advanced to Qualifying round
* Team competed in Classification round

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 271 | 237 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 263 | 258 | 4 (1–1 +7) |
| Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 234 | 256 | 4 (1–1 –3) |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 218 | 235 | 4 (1–1 –4) |
| 1 August 2008 |
| Ukraine | 91–93 | Lithuania | Riga |
| Croatia | 74–67 | Greece | Riga |
| 2 August 2008 |
| Lithuania | 88–69 | Croatia | Riga |
| Greece | 74–71 | Ukraine | Riga |
| 3 August 2008 |
| Croatia | 91–101 | Ukraine | Riga |
| Lithuania | 90–77 | Greece | Riga |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 198 | 200 | 5 |
| Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 207 | 182 | 5 |
| Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 216 | 224 | 4 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 201 | 216 | 4 |
| 1 August 2008 |
| Georgia | 51–69 | Turkey | Riga |
| Israel | 67–69 | Italy | Riga |
| 2 August 2008 |
| Turkey | 75–65 | Israel | Riga |
| Italy | 63–70 | Georgia | Riga |
| 3 August 2008 |
| Turkey | 63–66 | Italy | Riga |
| Israel | 84–80 | Georgia | Riga |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Montenegro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 227 | 197 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 222 | 204 | 5 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 205 | 204 | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 219 | 268 | 3 |
| 1 August 2008 |
| Montenegro | 74–65 | Spain | Riga |
| Latvia | 95–67 | Bulgaria | Riga |
| 2 August 2008 |
| Bulgaria | 68–76 | Montenegro | Riga |
| Spain | 60–46 | Latvia | Riga |
| 3 August 2008 |
| Spain | 97–84 | Bulgaria | Riga |
| Latvia | 64–77 | Montenegro | Riga |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 262 | 197 | 6 |
| Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 236 | 5 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 234 | 241 | 4 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 193 | 258 | 3 |
| 1 August 2008 |
| Russia | 75–84 | Serbia | Riga |
| Slovenia | 46–91 | France | Riga |
| 2 August 2008 |
| Serbia | 90–78 | Slovenia | Riga |
| France | 88–82 | Russia | Riga |
| 3 August 2008 |
| Russia | 77–69 | Slovenia | Riga |
| France | 83–69 | Serbia | Riga |

## Qualifying round

The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams from the same group in the preliminary round were taken into account for the ranking in this round.
* Team advanced to Semifinals
* Team competed in the 5th–8th playoffs
* Team competed in the 9th–12th playoffs

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 427 | 393 | 9 (1–1 +6) |
| Turkey | 5 | 4 | 1 | 371 | 344 | 9 (1–1 +1) |
| Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 401 | 331 | 9 (1–1 –7) |
| Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 3 | 409 | 437 | 7 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 352 | 402 | 6 |
| Israel | 5 | 0 | 5 | 332 | 385 | 5 |
| 5 August 2008 |
| Turkey | 86–73 | Ukraine | Riga |
| Israel | 70–77 | Lithuania | Riga |
| Croatia | 52–88 | Italy | Riga |
| 6 August 2008 |
| Lithuania | 80–84 | Turkey | Riga |
| Ukraine | 60–99 | Italy | Riga |
| Israel | 62–80 | Croatia | Riga |
| 7 August 2008 |
| Turkey | 63–60 | Croatia | Riga |
| Ukraine | 84–68 | Israel | Riga |
| Italy | 79–89 | Lithuania | Riga |

### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Serbia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 405 | 371 | 9 |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 368 | 343 | 8 (1–1 +11) |
| Montenegro | 5 | 3 | 2 | 364 | 333 | 8 (1–1 +5) |
| France | 5 | 3 | 2 | 382 | 401 | 8 (1–1 –16) |
| Latvia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 344 | 362 | 7 |
| Russia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 346 | 399 | 5 |
| 5 August 2008 |
| Russia | 63–81 | Montenegro | Riga |
| Serbia | 80–73 | Spain | Riga |
| Latvia | 96–73 | France | Riga |
| 6 August 2008 |
| Montenegro | 70–75 | Serbia | Riga |
| Spain | 92–72 | France | Riga |
| Russia | 55–68 | Latvia | Riga |
| 7 August 2008 |
| Spain | 78–71 | Russia | Riga |
| France | 66–62 | Montenegro | Riga |
| Serbia | 97–70 | Latvia | Riga |

## Classification round

* Team relegated to Division B

### Group G

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 265 | 201 | 5 (1–1 +34) |
| Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 246 | 232 | 5 (1–1 +5) |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 251 | 5 (1–1 –39) |
| Georgia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 224 | 278 | 3 |
| 10 July 2007 |
| Greece | 70–77 | Slovenia | Riga |
| Georgia | 75–90 | Bulgaria | Riga |
| 12 July 2007 |
| Bulgaria | 57–98 | Greece | Riga |
| Slovenia | 91–82 | Georgia | Riga |
| 14 July 2007 |
| Greece | 97–67 | Georgia | Riga |
| Bulgaria | 80–78 | Slovenia | Riga |

## Knockout stage
### 9th–12th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| August 9, Riga | August 9, Riga |
| Russia | 79 |
| Russia | 79 | August 10, Riga | August 10, Riga |
| Croatia | 69 | August 10, Riga | August 10, Riga |
| Croatia | 69 | Russia | 83 |
| August 9, Riga | August 9, Riga | | Russia | 83 |
| August 9, Riga | August 9, Riga | Israel | 67 |
| Israel | 86 | Israel | 67 |
| Latvia | 83 | | |
| Latvia | 83 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | August 10, Riga | August 10, Riga |
| | | Croatia | 70 |
| | | Latvia | 94 |

### 5th–8th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| August 9, Riga | August 9, Riga |
| Montenegro | 90 |
| Montenegro | 90 | August 10, Riga | August 10, Riga |
| Ukraine | 53 | August 10, Riga | August 10, Riga |
| Ukraine | 53 | Montenegro | 79 |
| August 9, Riga | August 9, Riga | | Montenegro | 79 |
| August 9, Riga | August 9, Riga | Italy | 63 |
| Italy | 71 | Italy | 63 |
| France | 56 | | |
| France | 56 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | August 10, Riga | August 10, Riga |
| | | Ukraine | 78 |
| | | France | 96 |

### Championship

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| August 9, Riga | August 9, Riga |
| Serbia | 90 |
| Serbia | 90 | August 10, Riga | August 10, Riga |
| Turkey | 69 | August 10, Riga | August 10, Riga |
| Turkey | 69 | Serbia | 96 |
| August 9, Riga | August 9, Riga | | Serbia | 96 |
| August 9, Riga | August 9, Riga | Lithuania | 89 |
| Lithuania | 96 | Lithuania | 89 |
| Spain | 79 | | |
| Spain | 79 | Third place | Third place |
| | | August 10, Riga | August 10, Riga |
| | | Turkey | 72 |
| | | Spain | 91 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Serbia |
| | Lithuania |
| | Spain |
| 4th | Turkey |
| 5th | Montenegro |
| 6th | Italy |
| 7th | France |
| 8th | Ukraine |
| 9th | Russia |
| 10th | Israel |
| 11th | Latvia |
| 12th | Croatia |
| 13th | Greece |
| 14th | Slovenia |
| 15th | Bulgaria |
| 16th | Georgia |
* 2008 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
* Serbia Second title
* ;Team roster
* Mladen Jeremić, Stefan Sinovec, Petar Despotović, Nikola Koprivica, Marko Kešelj, Dušan Katnić, Stefan Stojačić, Bojan Radetić, Boban Marjanović, Miroslav Raduljica, Marko Čakarević, and Milan Mačvan.
* Head coach: Slobodan Klipa.

## All-Tournament Team

* Miroslav Raduljica
* Joaquin Colom
* Martynas Gecevičius
* Víctor Claver
* Vladimir Dašić