2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B

In 2008, Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship basketball tournament was played in Hungary. The Slovenian team finished top of the table.

2008 EuroBasket Under-18
25th FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryHungary
DatesJuly 25 – August 3
Teams20
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Slovenia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorerSlovakia Richard Grznár 22.0
Top reboundsRomania Rolland Török 12.8
Top assistsCzech Republic Tomáš Satoranský 6.4
Official website
U18 Men 2008 Division B
2007
2009

Qualifying teams edit

Group A Group B Group C Group D

  Austria
  Czech Republic
  Montenegro
  Netherlands
  Norway

  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Ireland
  Slovenia
  Sweden
   Switzerland

  Belarus
  England
  Poland
  Portugal
  Romania

  Denmark
  Finland
  Georgia
  Hungary
  Slovakia

 

Squads edit

At the start of tournament, all 20 participating countries will have 12 players on their roster.

Venues edit

City Arena Capacity
Debrecen Hodos Imre Sports Hall 2,000
Debrecen Olah Gabor Sports Hall 1500

Preliminary round edit

Qualified for the qualifying round

Group A edit

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
  Czech Republic 7 3 1 0.750 364 288 +122
  Austria 7 3 1 0.750 311 287 +24
  Montenegro 6 2 2 0.500 328 335 -7
  Netherlands 5 1 3 0.250 281 304 -23
  Norway 4 0 4 0.000 266 336 -70
July 25
13:45
Montenegro   70–66   Norway
Scoring by quarter: 18-22, 23-8, 14-11, 15-25
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 25
16:00
Netherlands   82–89   Austria
Scoring by quarter: 17-19, 27-23, 15-26, 23-21
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
18:15
Czech Republic   107–71   Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 33-23, 27-21, 24-15, 23-12
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
20:30
Austria   71–65   Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 22-23, 16-19, 21-12, 12-11
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
16:00
Norway   63–78   Austria
Scoring by quarter: 19-20, 19-16, 9-25, 16-17
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
20:30
Montenegro   81–79   Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19-24, 20-16, 17-25, 22-17
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
18:15
Czech Republic   101–63   Norway
Scoring by quarter: 20-8, 29-18, 22-20, 29-17
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
20:30
Netherlands   88–65   Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 14-17, 29-18, 17-16, 28-14
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
13:45
Austria   73–77   Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 22-15, 8-23, 24-18, 19-21
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
16:00
Norway   74–87   Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 20-20, 24-24, 19-21
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

Group B edit

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
  Slovenia 6 3 0 1.000 171 119 +52
  Sweden 5 2 1 0.667 246 213 +33
   Switzerland 5 2 2 0.500 271 302 -31
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 2 0.000 208 219 -11
  Ireland 2 0 2 0.000 138 151 -13
July 25
18:15
Sweden   74–66   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 18-16, 22-15, 17-11, 17-18
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 25
20:30
Switzerland   72–68   Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 17-23, 11-16, 21-17, 23-12
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
13:45
Slovenia   85–63   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 18-9, 24-18, 22-15, 19-21
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
16:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina   69–75    Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 18-28, 11-7, 20-14, 20-26
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
13:45
Ireland   70–79   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 19-16, 19-21, 13-24, 19-18
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
18:15
Switzerland   56–86   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 12-21, 21-31, 8-20, 15-15
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
13:45
Sweden   79–68    Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 23-12, 13-10, 16-26, 27-20
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
16:00
Slovenia   94–42   Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 21-4, 18-12, 31-10, 24-16
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
18:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina   87–63   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 21-18, 23-17, 14-11, 29-17
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
20:30
Ireland   56–63   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 14-15, 14-14, 15-20
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen

Group C edit

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
  Poland 6 3 0 1.000 263 178 +85
  Portugal 3 1 1 0.500 175 149 +26
  England 3 1 1 0.500 163 157 +6
  Romania 3 1 1 0.500 116 141 -25
  Belarus 3 0 3 0.000 179 271 -92
July 25
13:45
England   81–88   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 15-31, 24-14, 20-16, 22-27
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 25
20:30
Belarus   62–69   Romania
Scoring by quarter: 19-15, 21-15, 18-19, 4-20
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
16:00
Portugal   69–82   England
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
18:15
Poland   96–50   Belarus
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
13:45
Belarus   67–106   Portugal
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
20:30
Romania   47–79   Poland
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
16:00
Portugal   88–63   Romania
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
20:30
England   67–72   Belarus
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
13:45
Poland   vs.   Portugal
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
16:00
Romania   vs.   England
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

Group D edit

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
  Slovakia 7 3 1 0.500 349 318 +31
  Denmark 6 2 2 1.000 277 304 -27
  Finland 6 2 2 0.500 295 264 +31
  Georgia 6 2 2 0.000 285 307 -22
  Hungary 5 1 3 0.000 301 314 -13
July 25
16:00
Denmark   67–98   Slovakia
Scoring by quarter: 16-32, 19-18, 23-22, 9-26
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 25
18:15
Hungary   70–82   Finland
Scoring by quarter: 17-11, 14-30, 17-18, 22-23
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
13:45
Finland   55–65   Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 15-17, 14-15, 13-12, 13-21
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 26
20:30
Georgia   73–63   Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 16-21, 25-11, 21-18, 11-13
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
16:00
Denmark   81–75   Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 24-19, 16-12, 14-12, 27-32
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 27
18:15
Slovakia   77–74   Finland
Scoring by quarter: 18-29, 15-15, 23-18, 21-12
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
13:45
Georgia   85–79   Slovakia
Scoring by quarter: 16-28, 27-15, 19-17, 23-19
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 28
18:15
Hungary   76–67   Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 26-12, 15-20, 8-19, 27-13
Olah Gabor Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
18:15
Slovakia   95–92   Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 26-26, 25-16, 25-22, 19-28
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen
July 29
20:30
Finland   84–52   Georgia
Scoring by quarter: 24-14, 17-10, 18-16, 25-12
Hodos Imre Sports Hall, Debrecen

Qualifying round edit

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E edit

Team Pts. W L PCT
A1
A2
B1
B2
August 6
16:30
  Czech Republic vs.   Sweden
August 6
19:00
  Austria vs.   Slovenia
August 7
21:30
  Czech Republic vs.   Slovenia
August 7
16:30
  Austria vs.   Sweden

Group F edit

Team Pts. W L PCT
C1
C2
D1
D2
August 6
16:30
  Poland vs.   Denmark
August 6
19:00
  Portugal vs.   Slovakia
August 7
21:30
  Poland vs.   Slovakia
August 7
16:30
  Portugal vs.   Denmark

Group G edit

Team Pts. W L PCT
  Netherlands 2 1 0
   Switzerland 2 1 0
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 0
  Montenegro 1 0 0
August 6
16:30
  Montenegro vs.    Switzerland
August 7
21:30
   Switzerland vs.   Netherlands

Group H edit

Team Pts. W L PCT
C3
C4
D3
D4
August 6
16:30
C3 vs. D4
August 6
19:00
D3 vs. C4
August 7
21:30
D3 vs. C3
August 7
16:30
D4 vs. C4

Knockout stage edit

1st place bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 9
 
 
  Slovenia81
 
August 10
 
  Slovakia53
 
  Slovenia68
 
August 9
 
  Czech Republic60
 
  Poland47
 
 
  Czech Republic71
 
Third place
 
 
August 10
 
 
  Slovakia60
 
 
  Poland70

5th place bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
August 9
 
 
  Portugal 68
 
August 10
 
  Sweden 86
 
  Sweden 67
 
August 9
 
  Austria 80
 
  Austria 82
 
 
  Denmark 75
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 10
 
 
  Portugal69
 
 
  Denmark 56

9th place bracket edit

 
Semi-finals9th Place
 
      
 
August 9
 
 
  Netherlands104
 
August 10
 
  Romania71
 
  Netherlands78
 
August 9
 
  Montenegro74
 
  Finland70
 
 
  Montenegro87
 
11th Place
 
 
August 10
 
 
  Romania58
 
 
  Finland64

13th place bracket edit

 
Semi-finals13th Place
 
      
 
August 9
 
 
   Switzerland81
 
August 10
 
  Belarus89
 
  Belarus66
 
August 9
 
  Georgia86
 
  Georgia84
 
 
  Bosnia and Herzegovina78
 
15th Place
 
 
August 10
 
 
   Switzerland72
 
 
  Bosnia and Herzegovina80

Semifinals edit

Classification round for 5th to 8th place edit

Classification round for 9th to 12th place edit

Classification round for 13th to 16th place edit

Final edit

August 3
20:30
Slovenia   68–60   Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 22–17, 20–8, 12–19
Oláh Gábor Sports Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2 000
Referees: Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Jaroslav Janac (SVK), Sérgio Silva (POR)

Classification Game for 3rd to 4th place edit

August 10
Loser of (62) vs. Loser of (63)

Classification Game for 5th to 6th place edit

August 10
winner of (60) vs. winner of (61)

Classification Game for 7th to 8th place edit

August 10
Loser of (60) vs. Loser of (61)

Classification Game for 9th to 10th place edit

August 10
winner of (58) vs. winner of (59)

Classification Game for 11th to 12th place edit

August 10
Loser of (58) vs. Loser of (59)

Classification Game for 13th to 14th place edit

August 10
winner of (56) vs. winner of (57)

Classification Game for 15th to 16th place edit

August 10
looser of (56) vs. looser of (57)

Classification round for 17th to 20th place edit

Group I edit

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
  Norway
  Ireland
  England
  Hungary
July 31
21:30
  Ireland 61–83   England
Scoring by quarter: 17-18, 13-19, 13-27, 18-19
Madrid Arena, Debrecen
July 31
16:30
  Norway 74–87 (OT)   Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 11-20, 16-11, 22-17, 18-19Overtime: 7-20
Madrid Arena, Debrecen
August 1
16:30
  England 84–71   Norway
Scoring by quarter: 23-11, 17-14, 19-21, 25-25
Madrid Arena, Debrecen
August 1
16:30
  Hungary 106–60   Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 18-12, 25-7, 29-23, 34-18
Madrid Arena, Debrecen
August 2
21:30
  Norway 70–60   Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 19-17, 21-17, 24-11, 13-15
Madrid Arena, Debrecen
August 2
16:30
  England vs.   Hungary
Madrid Arena, Debrecen

Final standings edit

Place Team
1   Slovenia
2   Czech Republic
3   Poland
4   Slovakia
5   Austria
6   Sweden
7   Portugal
8   Denmark
9   Netherlands
10   Finland
11   Montenegro
12   Romania
13   Georgia
14   Bosnia and Herzegovina
15   Belarus
16    Switzerland
17   Hungary
18   England
19   Norway
20   Ireland