2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 21st edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Ierapetra, Rethymno and Heraklion, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Serbia won the trophy for the first time since the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. Slovenia and Portugal were relegated to Division B.

2007 EuroBasket Under-16
21st FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates20–29 July 2007
Teams16
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Serbia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSerbia Dejan Musli
Top scorerCroatia Prostran (20.0)
Top reboundsCzech Republic Satoranský (12.3)
Top assistsCzech Republic Satoranský (4.7)
PPG (Team) Lithuania (83.1)
RPG (Team) Serbia (49.5)
APG (Team) Spain (15.3)
Official website
Official website (archive)
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Competition system

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The tournament format changed from previously years. The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The first three teams in each group qualified for the qualifying round. The last team of each group played for the 13th–16th position in the Classification Games. The twelve teams qualified for the qualifying round were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams in the preliminary round were taken into account for the ranking in the qualifying round. The two top teams of each group qualified for the semifinals.

Teams

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Preliminary round

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

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Spain 3 3 0 237 188 6
  Italy 3 2 1 213 181 5
  Georgia 3 1 2 209 240 4
  Slovenia 3 0 3 193 243 3

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Serbia 3 3 0 196 171 6
  France 3 2 1 201 198 5
  Israel 3 1 2 184 168 4
  Czech Republic 3 0 3 162 206 3

Group C

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Turkey 3 3 0 243 164 6
  Lithuania 3 2 1 290 160 5
  Ukraine 3 1 2 174 249 4
  Portugal 3 0 3 129 263 3

Group D

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Greece 3 3 0 217 165 6
  Latvia 3 1 2 196 216 4
  Croatia 3 1 2 219 230 4
  Russia 3 1 2 200 221 4

Classification round

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     Team relegated to Division B.

Group G

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Czech Republic 3 3 0 194 151 6
  Russia 3 2 1 188 158 5
  Slovenia 3 1 2 184 182 4
  Portugal 3 0 3 144 219 3

Qualifying round

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

Group E

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Serbia 5 5 0 384 279 10
  Spain 5 4 1 338 265 9
  France 5 3 2 299 309 8
  Italy 5 2 3 335 336 7
  Georgia 5 1 4 297 418 6
  Israel 5 0 5 295 341 5

Group F

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Turkey 5 5 0 379 315 10
  Lithuania 5 4 1 419 299 9
  Greece 5 3 2 338 309 8
  Croatia 5 2 3 353 382 7
  Latvia 5 1 4 321 365 6
  Ukraine 5 0 5 291 431 5

Knockout stage

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9th–12th playoffs

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PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Ukraine71
 
 
 
  Georgia40
 
  Ukraine57
 
 
 
  Latvia58
 
  Israel62
 
 
  Latvia71
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Georgia64
 
 
  Israel77

5th–8th playoffs

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PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Italy74
 
 
 
  Greece59
 
  Italy50
 
 
 
  France41
 
  Croatia63
 
 
  France66
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Greece62
 
 
  Croatia55

Championship

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Turkey75
 
 
 
  Spain81
 
  Spain55
 
 
 
  Serbia56
 
  Serbia74
 
 
  Lithuania64
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Turkey55
 
 
  Lithuania65

Final standings

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Relegated to the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B

References

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