# 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 23rd edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Kaunas, in Lithuania, hosted the tournament. Spain won their second title.

## Teams

* Spain
* Lithuania
* Serbia
* Poland
* Russia
* Croatia
* France
* Turkey
* Latvia
* Montenegro
* Germany
* Italy
* Israel
* Greece
* Ukraine
* Czech Republic

## Group stages
### Preliminary round

In this round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three will qualify for the Qualifying Round. The last team of each group will play for the 13th–16th place in the Classification Games.
* Team advances to Qualifying Round
* Team will compete in Classification Round
    Times given below are in CEST (UTC+2).

#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Turkey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 236 | 194 | +42 | 6 | |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 223 | 213 | +10 | 4 | 1–1 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 2 | 210 | 229 | −19 | 4 | 1–1 |
| Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 216 | 249 | −33 | 4 | 1–1 |
* August 6 13:30
* Report
| Israel | 81–66 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 18–21, 19–10, 28–15 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 6 15:45
* Report
| Turkey | 69–59 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 16–10, 18–13, 23–18 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 7 13:30
* Report
| Montenegro | 64–74 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 18–21, 21–11, 11–23 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 7 20:15
* Report
| Italy | 90–64 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 19–9, 25–19, 20–20 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 8 15:45
* Report
| Italy | 74–80 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 15–17, 21–23, 22–20 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 8 20:15
* Report
| Israel | 71–93 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 23–28, 22–24, 16–20 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 249 | 193 | +56 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 214 | 226 | −12 | 5 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 212 | 218 | −6 | 4 |
| Greece | 3 | 0 | 3 | 192 | 230 | −38 | 3 |
* August 6 18:00
* Report
| Lithuania | 70–80 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 24–18, 9–25, 19–24 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball, Kaunas
* August 6 21:15
* Report
| Greece | 69–76 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 18–21, 17–19, 11–18 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball, Kaunas
* August 7 15:45
* Report
| Russia | 76–52 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 13–19, 29–7, 14–12 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 7 18:00
* Report
| Poland | 67–64 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 14–13, 16–11, 17–19 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 8 13:30
* Report
| Russia | 93–71 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 22–17, 21–18, 22–18 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 8 18:00
* Report
| Greece | 71–78 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 15–9, 23–23, 22–24 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 223 | 164 | +59 | 6 |
| Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 211 | 174 | +37 | 5 |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 155 | 220 | −65 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 192 | 233 | −41 | 3 |
* August 6 13:30
* Report
| Czech Republic | 64–75 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 10–27, 22–13, 13–18 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 6 15:15
* Report
| Spain | 66–64 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–9, 18–15, 8–13, 9–7 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 7 13:30
* Report
| Germany | 40–79 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 11–18, 10–17, 0–19 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 7 20:15
* Report
| Croatia | 70–68 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 18–11, 16–16, 17–16 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 8 14:15
* Report
| Czech Republic | 60–88 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 12–26, 17–28, 15–17 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 8 20:15
* Report
| Croatia | 77–40 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 19–9, 14–15, 23–9 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas

#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 258 | 190 | +68 | 6 |
| Latvia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 241 | 225 | +17 | 5 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 231 | 233 | −2 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 161 | 243 | −82 | 3 |
* August 6 17:30
* Report
| Latvia | 80–60 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 14–21, 28–18, 20–6 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 6 21:30
* Report
| Serbia | 74–87 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 14–17, 21–19, 20–27 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 7 15:45
* Report
| France | 90–76 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 23–14, 23–18, 20–20 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 7 18:00
* Report
| Ukraine | 61–82 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 23–15, 13–26, 10–23 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 8 13:30
* Report
| France | 81–40 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–8, 19–11, 18–13, 17–8 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 8 15:45
* Report
| Latvia | 85–75 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–28, 22–11, 10–12, 26–24 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas

### Qualifying round

The twelve teams remaining will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The four top teams will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play for the 9th–12th place.
* Team advances to Quarterfinals
* Team will compete in 9th–12th playoffs

#### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 423 | 339 | +84 | 9 | |
| Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 339 | 346 | −7 | 8 | 1–0 |
| Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 329 | 326 | +3 | 8 | 0–1 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 344 | 330 | +14 | 7 | 1–0 |
| Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 3 | 340 | 387 | −47 | 7 | 0–1 |
| Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 321 | 368 | −47 | 6 | |
* August 10 15:45
* Report
| Poland | 59–53 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 9–13, 16–13, 15–21 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 10 18:00
* Report
| Lithuania | 66–47 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 25–15, 14–11, 12–10 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 10 20:15
* Report
| Montenegro | 56–92 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 7–16, 19–20, 10–29 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 11 15:45
* Report
| Turkey | 61–70 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 9–9, 8–24, 25–25 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 11 18:00
* Report
| Lithuania | 75–65 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 22–13, 16–17, 18–25 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 11 20:15
* Report
| Italy | 64–91 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 16–28, 19–31, 16–13 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 12 15:45
* Report
| Poland | 72–75 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 21–8, 18–27, 19–17 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 12 18:00
* Report
| Italy | 71–69 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 9–16, 19–13, 27–17 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 12 20:15
* Report
| Russia | 67–78 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 23–21, 12–22, 13–19 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

#### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 371 | 315 | +56 | 10 | |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 359 | 347 | +12 | 8 | |
| Croatia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 350 | 307 | +43 | 7 | 1–1 |
| Serbia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 408 | 395 | +13 | 7 | 1–1 |
| Latvia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 365 | 376 | −11 | 7 | 1–1 |
| Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 256 | 369 | −113 | 6 | |
* August 10 15:45
* Report
| Latvia | 56–84 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 21–15, 8–22, 16–22 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 10 18:00
* Report
| Serbia | 90–92 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 21–28, 24–15, 23–23 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 10 20:15
* Report
| Germany | 42–56 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 19–7, 6–20, 5–14 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 11 15:45
* Report
| Serbia | 94–65 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 30–20, 20–17, 20–14 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 11 18:00
* Report
| Spain | 58–85 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–30, 7–15, 21–26, 17–14 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 11 20:15
* Report
| Croatia | 59–70 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 17–29, 14–19, 14–12 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 12 15:45
| Latvia | 63–69 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–12, 17–13, 19–16, 19–28 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 12 18:00
* Report
| Croatia | 66–75 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 20–19, 19–15, 9–20 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 12 20:15
* Report
| France | 68–64 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 23–20, 9–15, 21–17 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas

### Classification round

The last teams of each group in the preliminary round will compete in this Classification Round. The four teams will play in one group. The last two teams will be relegated to Division B for the next season.
* Team will be relegated to Division B.

#### Group G

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 249 | 207 | +42 | 6 |
| Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 240 | 198 | +42 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 215 | 218 | −3 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 157 | 238 | −81 | 3 |
* August 10 13:30
* Report
| Israel | 82–74 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 25–15, 19–19, 17–20 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 10 13:30
* Report
| Greece | 82–46 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 26–13, 11–10, 22–13 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 12 13:30
* Report
| Czech Republic | 57–82 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 22–21, 9–22, 14–20 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 12 13:30
* Report
| Ukraine | 67–82 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 17–14, 14–23, 18–18 |||
* Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
* August 14 13:30
* Report
| Israel | 85–76 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 20–16, 16–9, 32–34 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 14 15:45
* Report
| Czech Republic | 54–74 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 15–19, 13–21, 12–17 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

## Knockout stages
### Championship

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| August 14 – Kaunas | August 14 – Kaunas | | | |
| Russia | 90 | | | |
| Russia | 90 | August 15 – Kaunas | August 15 – Kaunas | | |
| Serbia | 95 | August 15 – Kaunas | August 15 – Kaunas | |
| Serbia | 95 | Serbia | 75 | |
| August 14 – Kaunas | August 14 – Kaunas | | Serbia | 75 | |
| August 14 – Kaunas | August 14 – Kaunas | Spain | 88 | |
| Spain | 57 | Spain | 88 | |
| Spain | 57 | | | | August 16 – Kaunas | August 16 – Kaunas |
| Turkey | 41 | | | | August 16 – Kaunas | August 16 – Kaunas |
| Turkey | 41 | | | | Spain | 70 |
| August 14 – Kaunas | August 14 – Kaunas | | | | | Spain | 70 |
| August 14 – Kaunas | August 14 – Kaunas | | | | Lithuania | 64 |
| Poland | 51 | | | | Lithuania | 64 |
| Poland | 51 | August 15 – Kaunas | August 15 – Kaunas | | | |
| Croatia | 46 | August 15 – Kaunas | August 15 – Kaunas | | | |
| Croatia | 46 | Poland | 63 | | | |
| August 14 – Kaunas | August 14 – Kaunas | | Poland | 63 | | | |
| August 14 – Kaunas | August 14 – Kaunas | Lithuania | 70 | | Third place | Third place |
| France | 60 | Lithuania | 70 | | Third place | Third place |
| France | 60 | | | | August 16 – Kaunas | August 16 – Kaunas |
| Lithuania | 68 | | | | August 16 – Kaunas | August 16 – Kaunas |
| Lithuania | 68 | | | | Serbia | 75 |
| | | | | | Poland | 69 |

#### Quarterfinals

* August 14 13:30
* Report
| Russia | 90–95 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 24–18, 15–16, 9–14 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas
* August 14 15:45
* Report
| Poland | 51–46 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 11–6, 7–14, 15–13 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas
* August 14 18:00
* Report
| France | 60–68 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 21–13, 8–21, 18–19 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas
* August 14 20:15
* Report
| Spain | 57–41 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 8–10, 21–11, 14–7 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas

#### Semifinals

* August 15 18:00
* Report
| Lithuania | 70–63 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 22–17, 18–16, 15–12 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas
* August 15 20:15
* Report
| Serbia | 75–88 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 21–24, 22–20, 16–29 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas

#### Bronze-medal game

* August 16 18:00
* Report
| Serbia | 75–69 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–7, 18–18, 14–19, 21–25 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas

#### Final

* August 16 20:15
* Report
| Spain | 70–64 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 13–14, 17–22, 19–16 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas Attendance: 5 000 Referees: Georgios Tanatzis (GRE), Marco Giansanti (ITA), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE)

### 5th–8th playoffs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| August 15 – Kaunas | August 15 – Kaunas |
| France | 49 |
| France | 49 | August 16 – Kaunas | August 16 – Kaunas |
| Croatia | 79 | August 16 – Kaunas | August 16 – Kaunas |
| Croatia | 79 | Croatia | 79 |
| August 15 – Kaunas | August 15 – Kaunas | | Croatia | 79 |
| August 15 – Kaunas | August 15 – Kaunas | Russia | 83 |
| Russia | 77 | Russia | 83 |
| Turkey | 61 | | |
| Turkey | 61 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | August 16 – Kaunas | August 16 – Kaunas |
| | | France | 79 |
| | | Turkey | 66 |

#### 5th–8th semifinals

* August 15 13:30
* Report
| France | 49–79 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 11–24, 14–19, 15–19 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas
* August 15 15:45
* Report
| Russia | 77–61 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 17–19, 16–20, 26–7 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas

#### 7th place playoff

* August 16 13:30
| Turkey | 66–79 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 18–21, 22–20, 14–13 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas

#### 5th place playoff

* August 16 15:45
* Report
| Russia | 83–79 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 27–20, 19–20, 19–27 |||
* Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas

### 9th–12th playoffs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| August 14 – Kaunas | August 14 – Kaunas |
| Montenegro | 54 |
| Montenegro | 54 | August 16 – Kaunas | August 16 – Kaunas |
| Germany | 48 | August 16 – Kaunas | August 16 – Kaunas |
| Germany | 48 | Montenegro | 69 |
| August 14 – Kaunas | August 14 – Kaunas | | Montenegro | 69 |
| August 14 – Kaunas | August 14 – Kaunas | Latvia | 76 |
| Latvia | 73 | Latvia | 76 |
| Italy | 72 | | |
| Italy | 72 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | August 16 – Kaunas | August 16 – Kaunas |
| | | Germany | 55 |
| | | Italy | 53 |

#### 9th–12th semifinals

* August 14 18:00
* Report
| Montenegro | 54–48 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 14–12, 17–13, 8–14 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
* August 14 20:15
* Report
| Latvia | 73–72 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 14–12, 22–22, 21–17 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

#### 11th place playoff

* August 16 13:30
* Report
| Germany | 55–53 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 12–16, 10–6, 13–19 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

#### 9th place playoff

* August 16 15:45
* Report
| Montenegro | 69–76 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 10–21, 12–17, 25–22 |||
* Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Spain | 7–2 |
| | Lithuania | 5–4 |
| | Serbia | 5–4 |
| 4th | Poland | 5–4 |
| 5th | Russia | 7–2 |
| 6th | Croatia | 4–5 |
| 7th | France | 7–2 |
| 8th | Turkey | 4–5 |
| 9th | Latvia | 5–3 |
| 10th | Montenegro | 3–5 |
| 11th | Germany | 3–5 |
| 12th | Italy | 1–7 |
| 13th | Israel | 4–2 |
| 14th | Greece | 2–4 |
| 15th | Ukraine | 1–5 |
| 16th | Czech Republic | 0–6 |
* Qualified for the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship
* Qualified as the host nation for the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship
* Relegated to the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B