# 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Greece from July 25, 2008 until August 3. The hosts, Greeks, emerged as the champions after beating the Lithuanians in the final, 57–50 to clinch their first European Under-18 championship. The tournament served as the European Qualifiers for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

## Participating teams

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

## Squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries will have 12 players on their roster.

## Venues

| City | Arena | Capacity |
| Amaliada | Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada | 2,000 |
| Pyrgos | Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos | 3,000 |

## Format

* PRELIMINARY ROUND: 4 groups of 4 teams each, playing in a single round-robin elimination. The top 3 teams advance to the second round while the last placed team being eliminated.
* SECOND ROUND: 12 teams left will be divided into 2 groups of six teams. All of the results earned from the second round shall be carried over to this round. The top two teams in both groups qualify for the semifinals and to the 2009 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. The remaining teams then proceed to their respective classification playoffs.
* FINAL ROUND:
** 4-team knockout stage for the CHAMPIONSHIP;
** 4-team knockout stage for 5th–8th place classification playoffs;
** 4-team knockout stage for 9th–12th place classification playoffs.

## Preliminary round

Teams are divided equally in 4 groups of four teams each and they will play in a single round-robin format. The top three teams in each group qualified for the second round while the last teams in each group were eliminated.
All times are local, UTC+3.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 232 | 195 | +37 | 6 | Advanced to the second round |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 248 | 211 | +37 | 5 | Advanced to the second round |
| 3 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 196 | 234 | −38 | 4 | Advanced to the second round |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 218 | −36 | 3 | Eliminated |
* July 25 14:00
| Belgium | 58–64 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 7–15, 13–14, 14–17 |||
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
* July 25 19:00
| Greece | 77–73 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 19–15, 16–19, 23–27 |||
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
* July 26 14:30
| Spain | 88–69 | Belgium |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 21–17, 20–11, 23–22 |||
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
* July 26 19:00
| Israel | 67–89 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 18–20, 24–20, 11–28 |||
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
* July 27 14:30
| Israel | 65–87 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 23–19, 10–29, 11–27 |||
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
* July 27 19:00
| Greece | 66–55 | Belgium |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 19–18, 11–14, 16–9 |||
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 231 | 205 | +26 | 6 | Advanced to the second round |
| 2 | Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 178 | +49 | 5 | Advanced to the second round |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 219 | −27 | 4 | Advanced to the second round |
| 4 | Estonia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 165 | 213 | −48 | 3 | Eliminated |
* July 25 14:00
| Estonia | 60–65 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 16–15, 15–20, 15–13 |||
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
* July 25 21:15
| Lithuania | 83–68 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 21–18, 24–14, 16–16 |||
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
* July 26 16:45
| Serbia | 76–41 | Estonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–7, 20–15, 19–8, 14–11 |||
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
* July 26 21:15
| Italy | 73–76 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 26–17, 17–21, 19–18 |||
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
* July 27 16:45
| Lithuania | 72–64 | Estonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 21–12, 8–16, 18–15 |||
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
* July 27 21:15
| Italy | 54–83 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–24, 15–30, 17–16, 15–13 |||
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 213 | 192 | +21 | 5 | Advanced to the second round |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 230 | 207 | +23 | 5 | Advanced to the second round |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 190 | 209 | −19 | 4 | Advanced to the second round |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 207 | 232 | −25 | 4 | Eliminated |
* 1 2 France wins tiebreaker over Russia via head-to-head record.
* 1 2 Ukraine wins tiebreaker over Germany via head-to-head record.
* July 25 16:15
| Germany | 81–73 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–9, 21–29, 20–19, 27–16 |||
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
* July 25 19:00
| Ukraine | 64–86 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–26, 17–14, 14–21, 24–25 |||
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
* July 26 14:30
| Russia | 83–73 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 37–20, 14–19, 16–11, 16–23 |||
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
* July 26 21:15
| France | 70–50 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–14, 19–12, 18–12 |||
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
* July 27 14:30
| Ukraine | 76–53 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 20–15, 20–8, 22–11 |||
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
* July 27 21:15
| France | 70–61 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 17–18, 19–20, 19–13 |||
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 249 | 218 | +31 | 6 | Advanced to the second round |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 238 | 241 | −3 | 5 | Advanced to the second round |
| 3 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 218 | 233 | −15 | 4 | Advanced to the second round |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 224 | 237 | −13 | 3 | Eliminated |
* July 25 14:00
| Latvia | 70–87 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 17–22, 17–21, 17–23 |||
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
* July 25 21:15
| Bulgaria | 82–86 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–24, 29–22, 19–23, 26–17 |||
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
* July 26 16:45
| Turkey | 71–68 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 19–21, 9–14, 17–11 |||
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
* July 26 19:00
| Croatia | 71–67 | Bulgaria |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 14–11, 18–23, 25–16 |||
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
* July 27 14:30
| Latvia | 80–75 | Bulgaria |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 18–26, 17–13, 20–18 |||
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
* July 27 19:00
| Turkey | 81–91 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 15–16, 22–20, 25–30 |||
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

## Second round
### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece | 5 | 5 | 0 | 378 | 316 | +62 | 10 | Qualified to the semi-finals and to the World Cup |
| 2 | Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 356 | 351 | +5 | 8 | Qualified to the semi-finals and to the World Cup |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 396 | 397 | −1 | 7 | Qualified for the 5–8th place classification playoffs |
| 4 | Serbia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 364 | 361 | +3 | 7 | Qualified for the 5–8th place classification playoffs |
| 5 | Israel | 5 | 2 | 3 | 326 | 391 | −65 | 7 | Relegated for the 9–12th place classification playoffs |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 363 | 367 | −4 | 6 | Relegated for the 9–12th place classification playoffs |
* ↑ 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 1.0083 in head-to-head quotient system to win third place
* ↑ 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 0.9975 in head-to-head quotient system to win fourth place
* ↑ 1–1 win–loss record against each other, 0.8337 in head-to-head quotient system to win fifth place
* July 30 16:30
| Italy | 93–57 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 18–17, 22–17, 30–12 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 30 19:00
| Greece | 72–59 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 18–10, 20–12, 15–26 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 30 21:30
| Spain | 66–82 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 16–18, 21–18, 16–21 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 31 16:30
| Serbia | 61–65 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 12–10, 19–16, 12–14 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 31 19:00
| Lithuania | 54–72 | Greece |
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 31 21:30
| Spain | 83–80 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 15–25, 27–19, 19–15 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 359 | 331 | +28 | 9 | Qualified to the semi-finals and to the 2009 FIBA Basketball Under-19 World Cup |
| 2 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 415 | 386 | +29 | 8 | Qualified to the semi-finals and to the 2009 FIBA Basketball Under-19 World Cup |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 389 | 361 | +28 | 8 | Qualified for the 5–8th place classification playoffs |
| 4 | Latvia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 389 | 346 | +43 | 8 | Qualified for the 5–8th place classification playoffs |
| 5 | Turkey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 373 | 393 | −20 | 7 | Relegated for the 9–12th place classification playoffs |
| 6 | Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 313 | 415 | −102 | 5 | Relegated for the 9–12th place classification playoffs |
* July 29 16:45
| Latvia | 83–62 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 22–16, 25–14, 18–22 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 29 19:00
| Turkey | 72–82 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 15–20, 27–28, 14–16 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 29 21:15
| Ukraine | 76–88 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 13–14, 18–26, 25–21 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 30 16:45
| France | 83–64 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 24–17, 26–14, 15–14 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 30 19:00
| Latvia | 86–54 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 24–12, 24–16, 24–18 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 30 21:15
| Russia | 85–76 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 27–20, 23–15, 19–20 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 31 16:45
| Turkey | 85–69 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 15–16, 10–18, 34–19 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 31 19:00
| Croatia | 73–74 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 12–23, 25–20, 14–7 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece
* July 31 21:15
| Russia | 75–79 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 21–13, 18–24, 14–22 |||
* Pyrgos, Greece

## Classification playoffs
### 9th–12th place classification playoffs

| Classification Semifinals | Classification Semifinals | Ninth place match | Ninth place match |
| August 2 | August 2 |
| Turkey | 80 |
| Turkey | 80 | August 3 | August 3 |
| Italy | 73 | August 3 | August 3 |
| Italy | 73 | Turkey | 95 |
| August 2 | August 2 | | Turkey | 95 |
| August 2 | August 2 | Israel | 72 |
| Israel | 76 | Israel | 72 |
| Ukraine | 75 | | |
| Ukraine | 75 | Eleventh place match | Eleventh place match |
| | | August 3 | August 3 |
| | | Italy | 84 |
| | | Ukraine | 68 |

#### Classification Semifinals

* August 2
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada
* August 2
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

#### Eleventh place match

* August 3
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

#### Ninth place match

* August 3
* Amaliada Municipal Indoor Arena, Amaliada

### 5th–8th place classification playoffs

| Classification Semifinals | Classification Semifinals | Fifth place match | Fifth place match |
| August 2 | August 2 |
| Russia | 63 |
| Russia | 63 | August 3 | August 3 |
| Serbia | 85 | August 3 | August 3 |
| Serbia | 85 | Serbia | 85 |
| August 2 | August 2 | | Serbia | 85 |
| August 2 | August 2 | Spain | 89 |
| Spain | 107 | Spain | 89 |
| Latvia | 91 | | |
| Latvia | 91 | Seventh place match | Seventh place match |
| | | August 3 | August 3 |
| | | Russia | 69 |
| | | Latvia | 71 |

#### Classification Semifinals

* August 2
* August 2

#### Seventh place match

* August 3

#### Fifth place match

Winner qualified for the World Cup.
* August 3

## Final round

All times are local, UTC+3.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| August 2 | August 2 |
| Greece | 82 |
| Greece | 82 | August 3 | August 3 |
| Croatia | 62 | August 3 | August 3 |
| Croatia | 62 | Greece | 57 |
| August 2 | August 2 | | Greece | 57 |
| August 2 | August 2 | Lithuania | 50 |
| France | 55 | Lithuania | 50 |
| Lithuania | 79 | | |
| Lithuania | 79 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | August 3 | August 3 |
| | | Croatia | 73 |
| | | France | 68 |

### Semifinals

* August 2
| Greece | 82–62 | Croatia |
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos
* August 2
| France | 55–79 | Lithuania |
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos

### Bronze medal match

* August 3 17:45
| Croatia | 73–68 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 17–24, 24–16, 14–13 |||
| Pts: Delas 18 Rebs: Delas 14 Asts: Prostran 7 | | Pts: Lang 15 Rebs: Tanghe 6 Asts: Albicy 5 |
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Kestutis Palipauskas (LTU), Serge De Coster (BEL), Leonidas Spiridonos (GRE)

### Final

* August 3 20:30
| Greece | 57–50 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–11, 21–14, 16–13, 14–12 |||
| Pts: Sloukas 16 Rebs: Sarikopoulos 10 Asts: Sloukas 3 | | Pts: Motiejūnas 17 Rebs: Slezas 10 Asts: Peicukevicius 2 |
* Pyrgos Municipal Indoor Arena, Pyrgos Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Roman Kolar (SLO), Branislav Mrdak (SRB)

## Final standings

The top 5 teams qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.
| Pos | Team |
| | Greece |
| | Lithuania |
| | Croatia |
| 4 | France |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Serbia |
| 7 | Latvia |
| 8 | Russia |
| 9 | Turkey |
| 10 | Israel |
| 11 | Italy |
| 12 | Ukraine |
| 13 | Bulgaria |
| 14 | Germany |
| 15 | Belgium |
| 16 | Estonia |

## Awards

* 2008 Under-18 European Championship winner
* Greece First title
* Most Valuable Player
* Donatas Motiejūnas
All-Tournament Team
* Mario Delas
* Kostas Sloukas
* Nikos Pappas
* Enes Kanter
* Donatas Motiejūnas