# 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the tenth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Nova Gorica, in Slovenia, and Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their first title with that name (they won the 1998 Championship as Yugoslavia and the 2006 Championship as Serbia and Montenegro).
Macedonia and Hungary were relegated to Division B.

## Teams

* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* France
* Georgia
* Greece
* Hungary
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Macedonia
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Turkey

## 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 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 233 | 212 | 6 |
| Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 258 | 201 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 251 | 246 | 4 |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 245 | 3 |
| 6 July 2007 |
| Serbia | 78–80 | Slovenia | Nova Gorica |
| France | 92–66 | Hungary | Nova Gorica |
| 7 July 2007 |
| Slovenia | 84–78 | France | Nova Gorica |
| Hungary | 40–84 | Serbia | Nova Gorica |
| 8 July 2007 |
| Serbia | 96–81 | France | Gorizia |
| Hungary | 56–69 | Slovenia | Gorizia |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 235 | 205 | 6 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 226 | 236 | 4 (1–1 +4) |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 230 | 234 | 4 (1–1 +4) |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 224 | 4 (1–1 –8) |
| 6 July 2007 |
| Russia | 78–70 | Greece | Gorizia |
| Turkey | 90–85 | Lithuania | Gorizia |
| 7 July 2007 |
| Lithuania | 61–69 | Russia | Nova Gorica |
| Greece | 63–62 | Turkey | Nova Gorica |
| 8 July 2007 |
| Turkey | 74–88 | Russia | Nova Gorica |
| Greece | 75–84 | Lithuania | Nova Gorica |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 251 | 195 | 6 |
| Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 209 | 168 | 5 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 207 | 203 | 4 |
| Macedonia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 263 | 3 |
| 6 July 2007 |
| Spain | 88–69 | Croatia | Nova Gorica |
| Israel | 95–65 | Macedonia | Nova Gorica |
| 7 July 2007 |
| Macedonia | 60–93 | Spain | Gorizia |
| Croatia | 64–77 | Israel | Gorizia |
| 8 July 2007 |
| Macedonia | 70–88 | Croatia | Gorizia |
| Spain | 77–73 | Israel | Gorizia |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 252 | 172 | 6 |
| Georgia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 233 | 240 | 5 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 221 | 250 | 4 |
| Latvia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 226 | 270 | 3 |
| 6 July 2007 |
| Latvia | 72–102 | Georgia | Gorizia |
| Italy | 86–51 | Bulgaria | Gorizia |
| 7 July 2007 |
| Bulgaria | 96–89 | Latvia | Gorizia |
| Georgia | 56–94 | Italy | Gorizia |
| 8 July 2007 |
| Georgia | 75–74 | Bulgaria | Nova Gorica |
| Italy | 72–65 | Latvia | Nova Gorica |

## 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 |
| Serbia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 427 | 385 | 9 (1–1 +4) |
| Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 369 | 340 | 9 (1–1 +2) |
| Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 397 | 377 | 9 (1–1 –6) |
| Turkey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 401 | 422 | 7 |
| France | 5 | 1 | 4 | 393 | 415 | 6 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 0 | 5 | 377 | 425 | 5 |
| 10 July 2007 |
| Turkey | 83–88 | Serbia | Gorizia |
| Lithuania | 84–96 | Slovenia | Nova Gorica |
| Russia | 84–79 | France | Gorizia |
| 11 July 2007 |
| Serbia | 71–65 | Russia | Nova Gorica |
| France | 76–71 | Lithuania | Gorizia |
| Slovenia | 82–74 | Turkey | Nova Gorica |
| 12 July 2007 |
| Turkey | 80–79 | France | Nova Gorica |
| Lithuania | 76–94 | Serbia | Nova Gorica |
| Russia | 63–55 | Slovenia | Nova Gorica |

### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 441 | 355 | 10 |
| Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 403 | 327 | 9 |
| Israel | 5 | 3 | 2 | 378 | 350 | 8 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 352 | 407 | 6 (1–1 +17) |
| Croatia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 371 | 413 | 6 (1–1 +3) |
| Georgia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 351 | 444 | 6 (1–1 –20) |
| 10 July 2007 |
| Georgia | 74–81 | Israel | Nova Gorica |
| Bulgaria | 70–91 | Spain | Nova Gorica |
| Italy | 82–69 | Croatia | Gorizia |
| 11 July 2007 |
| Spain | 96–68 | Georgia | Gorizia |
| Croatia | 70–88 | Bulgaria | Nova Gorica |
| Israel | 62–66 | Italy | Gorizia |
| 12 July 2007 |
| Georgia | 78–99 | Croatia | Nova Gorica |
| Bulgaria | 69–85 | Israel | Gorizia |
| Italy | 75–89 | Spain | Gorizia |

## Classification round

* Team relegated to Division B

### Group G

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 224 | 179 | 6 |
| Latvia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 247 | 225 | 5 |
| Macedonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 226 | 230 | 4 |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 229 | 3 |
| 10 July 2007 |
| Greece | 84–58 | Macedonia | Nova Gorica |
| Hungary | 65–81 | Latvia | Gorizia |
| 12 July 2007 |
| Macedonia | 86–56 | Hungary | Gorizia |
| Latvia | 76–78 | Greece | Gorizia |
| 14 July 2007 |
| Hungary | 45–62 | Greece | Nova Gorica |
| Macedonia | 82–90 | Latvia | Nova Gorica |

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

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| July 14, Nova Gorica | July 14, Nova Gorica |
| Croatia | 96 |
| Croatia | 96 | July 15, Nova Gorica | July 15, Nova Gorica |
| Lithuania | 82 | July 15, Nova Gorica | July 15, Nova Gorica |
| Lithuania | 82 | Croatia | 82 |
| July 14, Nova Gorica | July 14, Nova Gorica | | Croatia | 82 |
| July 14, Nova Gorica | July 14, Nova Gorica | France | 91 |
| France | 96 | France | 91 |
| Georgia | 69 | | |
| Georgia | 69 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | July 15, Nova Gorica | July 15, Nova Gorica |
| | | Lithuania | 81 |
| | | Georgia | 70 |

### 5th–8th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| July 14, Gorizia | July 14, Gorizia |
| Israel | 74 |
| Israel | 74 | July 15, Gorizia | July 15, Gorizia |
| Turkey | 64 | July 15, Gorizia | July 15, Gorizia |
| Turkey | 64 | Israel | 81 |
| July 14, Gorizia | July 14, Gorizia | | Israel | 81 |
| July 14, Gorizia | July 14, Gorizia | Slovenia | 90 |
| Slovenia | 79 | Slovenia | 90 |
| Bulgaria | 59 | | |
| Bulgaria | 59 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | July 15, Nova Gorica | July 15, Nova Gorica |
| | | Turkey | 97 |
| | | Bulgaria | 88 |

### Championship

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| July 14, Gorizia | July 14, Gorizia |
| Spain | 76 |
| Spain | 76 | July 15, Gorizia | July 15, Gorizia |
| Russia | 69 | July 15, Gorizia | July 15, Gorizia |
| Russia | 69 | Spain | 78 |
| July 14, Gorizia | July 14, Gorizia | | Spain | 78 |
| July 14, Gorizia | July 14, Gorizia | Serbia | 87 |
| Serbia | 77 | Serbia | 87 |
| Italy | 62 | | |
| Italy | 62 | Third place | Third place |
| | | July 15, Gorizia | July 15, Gorizia |
| | | Russia | 63 |
| | | Italy | 74 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Serbia |
| | Spain |
| | Italy |
| 4th | Russia |
| 5th | Slovenia |
| 6th | Israel |
| 7th | Turkey |
| 8th | Bulgaria |
| 9th | France |
| 10th | Croatia |
| 11th | Lithuania |
| 12th | Georgia |
| 13th | Greece |
| 14th | Latvia |
| 15th | Macedonia |
| 16th | Hungary |
* 2007 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
* Serbia First title
* Team roster
* Miloš Teodosić, Milenko Tepić, Stefan Nikolić, Marko Đurković, Dragan Labović, Maksim Kovačević, Branko Jereminov, Nenad Zivčević, Vladimir Štimac, Ivan Paunić, Nikola Dragović, and Uroš Nikolić.
* Head coach: Vlada Vukoičić.

## All-Tournament Team

* Miloš Teodosić
* Alexey Shved
* Luigi Datome
* Dragan Labović
* Xavi Rey