2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship explained

Continent:	Europe U-16
Year:	2008
Host:	Italy
Dates:	15–24 August 2008
Teams:	16
Federations:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	Lithuania
Title Number:	1
Mvp:	Jonas Valančiūnas
Ppg P:	Kanter (22.9)
Ppg T:	(80.3)
Rpg P:	Kanter (16.5)
Rpg T:	(49.1)
Apg P:	Westermann (2.1)
Apg T:	(7.0)
Website:	Official website (archive)
Prevseason:	2007
Nextseason:	2009

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.

Preliminary round

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

Group A

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	3	3	0	182	176	6
	3	2	1	199	192	5
	3	1	2	211	216	4
	3	0	3	191	202	3

Group B

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	3	3	0	229	166	6
	3	2	1	236	169	5
	3	1	2	187	209	4
	3	0	3	145	253	3

Group C

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	3	2	1	216	186	5
	3	2	1	223	212	5
	3	1	2	212	227	4
	3	1	2	170	196	4

Group D

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	3	3	0	208	159	6
	3	2	1	191	173	5
	3	1	2	178	198	4
	3	0	3	162	209	3

Classification round

	Team relegated to Division B.

Group G

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	3	3	0	291	177	6
	3	2	1	242	214	5
	3	1	2	216	253	4
	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

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	5	5	0	382	285	10
	5	4	1	310	302	9
	5	3	2	317	300	8
	5	2	3	309	303	7
	5	1	4	359	371	6
	5	0	5	286	402	5

Group F

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	5	4	1	356	303	9
	5	4	1	341	292	9
	5	4	1	343	300	9
	5	2	3	341	357	7
	5	1	4	305	366	6
	5	0	5	348	416	5

Knockout stage

Championship

Final standings

Rank	width=170px	Team



4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th

bgcolor=#ffcccc width=20px		Relegated to the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B