2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
# 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 22nd edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Chieti, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Lithuania won the trophy for the first time. Hungary and Georgia were relegated to Division B.

## Teams

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

## Preliminary round

* Team advanced to Qualifying Round
* Team competed in 13th–16th games

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 182 | 176 | 6 |
| Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 199 | 192 | 5 |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 211 | 216 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 191 | 202 | 3 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 229 | 166 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 236 | 169 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 209 | 4 |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 3 | 145 | 253 | 3 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 216 | 186 | 5 |
| Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 223 | 212 | 5 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 212 | 227 | 4 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 170 | 196 | 4 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 208 | 159 | 6 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 191 | 173 | 5 |
| Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178 | 198 | 4 |
| Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 209 | 3 |

## Classification round

* Team relegated to Division B.

### Group G

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 291 | 177 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 242 | 214 | 5 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 216 | 253 | 4 |
| Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 271 | 3 |

## Qualifying round

* Team advanced to Semifinals
* Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs
* Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lithuania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 382 | 285 | 10 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 310 | 302 | 9 |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 317 | 300 | 8 |
| Serbia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 309 | 303 | 7 |
| Greece | 5 | 1 | 4 | 359 | 371 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 286 | 402 | 5 |

### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turkey | 5 | 4 | 1 | 356 | 303 | 9 |
| France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 341 | 292 | 9 |
| Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 343 | 300 | 9 |
| Croatia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 341 | 357 | 7 |
| Israel | 5 | 1 | 4 | 305 | 366 | 6 |
| Latvia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 348 | 416 | 5 |

## Knockout stage

### 9th–12th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| Latvia | 82 |
| Greece | 80 | | |
| Greece | 80 | Latvia | 68 |
| | | Ukraine | 73 |
| Israel | 63 | Ukraine | 73 |
| Ukraine | 78 | | |
| Ukraine | 78 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | Greece | 65 |
| | | Israel | 67 |

### 5th–8th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 62 |
| Croatia | 56 | | |
| Croatia | 56 | Spain | 56 |
| | | Serbia | 60 |
| Russia | 54 | Serbia | 60 |
| Serbia | 63 | | |
| Serbia | 63 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Croatia | 83 |
| | | Russia | 77 |

### Championship

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| France | 47 |
| Lithuania | 73 | | |
| Lithuania | 73 | Lithuania | 75 |
| | | Czech Republic | 33 |
| Czech Republic | 69 | Czech Republic | 33 |
| Turkey | 64 | | |
| Turkey | 64 | Third place | Third place |
| | | France | 65 |
| | | Turkey | 77 |

* 2008 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
* Lithuania First title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Lithuania |
| | Czech Republic |
| | Turkey |
| 4th | France |
| 5th | Serbia |
| 6th | Spain |
| 7th | Croatia |
| 8th | Russia |
| 9th | Ukraine |
| 10th | Latvia |
| 11th | Israel |
| 12th | Greece |
| 13th | Italy |
| 14th | Poland |
| 15th | Hungary |
| 16th | Georgia |
