# 2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 26th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. The competition was held in Metz and nearby Hagondange, France, from July 23 to August 2 and featured 16 teams. Serbia won the title after beating France in the final.

## Participating teams

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Czech Republic  France  Slovenia  Serbia | Croatia  Germany  Spain  Ukraine | Bulgaria  Greece  Latvia  Turkey | Israel  Italy  Lithuania  Russia |

## Venues

Metz Les Arènes (cap. : 4500)
Metz Palais des sports Saint Symphorien (cap. : 1800)
Hagondange Salle Paul Lamm (cap. :1500)

## Preliminary round

In this round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three qualified for the qualifying round. The last team of each group played for the 13th–16th place in the classification games.
* Team advances to qualifying round
* Team will compete in 13–16th playoffs

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 207 | 174 | +33 | 5 | 1–1, +14 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 213 | +24 | 5 | 1–1, +3 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 207 | 221 | −14 | 5 | 1–1; −17 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 194 | 227 | −33 | 3 | |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 228 | 198 | +30 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 258 | 212 | +46 | 5 |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 207 | 233 | −26 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 220 | 270 | −50 | 3 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Turkey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 182 | +55 | 6 | |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 181 | 203 | −22 | 4 | 1–1, +13 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 170 | 192 | −22 | 4 | 1–1, −6 |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 200 | 211 | −11 | 4 | 1–1, −7 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 254 | 207 | +47 | 6 | |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 205 | 198 | +7 | 4 | 1–1, +8 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 186 | 193 | −7 | 4 | 1–1, −0 |
| Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 173 | 220 | −47 | 4 | 1–1, −8 |

## Qualifying round

The twelve teams remaining were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The four top teams advanced to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group played 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 |
| Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 375 | 334 | +41 | 9 | |
| France | 5 | 3 | 2 | 356 | 341 | +15 | 8 | 2–0 |
| Serbia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 358 | 321 | +37 | 8 | 1–1 |
| Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 376 | 357 | +19 | 8 | 0–2 |
| Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 310 | 387 | −77 | 6 | 1–0 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 355 | 390 | −35 | 6 | 0–1 |

### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Lithuania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 432 | 335 | +97 | 10 | |
| Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 351 | 316 | +35 | 8 | 1–1, +8 |
| Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 361 | 317 | +44 | 8 | 1–1, −1 |
| Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 373 | 338 | +35 | 8 | 1–1, −7 |
| Latvia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 289 | 359 | −70 | 6 | 1–0 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 258 | 399 | −141 | 5 | 0–1 |

## Championship

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| July 31 – Metz | July 31 – Metz | | | |
| Turkey | 76 | | | |
| Turkey | 76 | August 1 – Metz | August 1 – Metz | | |
| Spain | 62 | August 1 – Metz | August 1 – Metz | |
| Spain | 62 | Serbia | 66 | |
| July 31 – Metz | July 31 – Metz | | Serbia | 66 | |
| July 31 – Metz | July 31 – Metz | Turkey | 61 | |
| Serbia | 82 | Turkey | 61 | |
| Serbia | 82 | | | | August 2 – Metz | August 2 – Metz |
| Italy | 74 | | | | August 2 – Metz | August 2 – Metz |
| Italy | 74 | | | | Serbia | 78 |
| July 31 – Metz | July 31 – Metz | | | | | Serbia | 78 |
| July 31 – Metz | July 31 – Metz | | | | France | 72 |
| Lithuania | 74 | | | | France | 72 |
| Lithuania | 74 | August 1 – Metz | August 1 – Metz | | | |
| Croatia | 55 | August 1 – Metz | August 1 – Metz | | | |
| Croatia | 55 | France | 68 | | | |
| July 31 – Metz | July 31 – Metz | | France | 68 | | | |
| July 31 – Metz | July 31 – Metz | Lithuania | 63 | | Third place | Third place |
| France | 74 | Lithuania | 63 | | Third place | Third place |
| France | 74 | | | | August 2 – Metz | August 2 – Metz |
| Russia | 61 | | | | August 2 – Metz | August 2 – Metz |
| Russia | 61 | | | | Turkey | 95 |
| | | | | | Lithuania | 74 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Serbia |
| | France |
| | Turkey |
| 4th | Lithuania |
| 5th | Spain |
| 6th | Russia |
| 7th | Italy |
| 8th | Croatia |
| 9th | Latvia |
| 10th | Bulgaria |
| 11th | Germany |
| 12th | Slovenia |
| 13th | Greece |
| 14th | Ukraine |
| 15th | Israel |
| 16th | Czech Republic |
* 2009 FIBA Europe U-18 Championship
* Serbia Third title
* ;Team roster
* Nemanja Jaramaz, Aleksandar Ponjavić, Petar Torlak, Miloš Tripković, Nikola Vukasović, Milić Blagojević, Danilo Anđušić, Lazar Radosavljević, Nemanja Bešović, Nikola Rondović, Branislav Đekić, and Dejan Musli.
* Head coach: Vlada Jovanović.
* Team is relegated to Division B.

### All Tournament Team

| Player | Position | Team |
| Enes Kanter | F/C | Turkey |
| Jonas Valančiūnas | F/C | Lithuania |
| Dejan Musli | C | Serbia |
| Evan Fournier | G | France |
| Toni Prostran | PG | Croatia |