2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B explained

2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
Subtitle:	4th Division B Championship
Continent:	Europe U-20
Year:	2008
Host:	Romania
Dates:	August 1–10
Teams:	19
Federations:	48
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	Germany
Title Number:	1
Ppg P:	Oglesby (24.4)
Ppg T:	(95.6)
Rpg P:	Nicoară (15.1)
Rpg T:	(44.4)
Apg P:	Kostoski (6.4)
Apg T:	(16.7)
Website:	www.fibaeurope.com
Prevseason:	2007
Nextseason:	2009

The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the fourth edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of European Under-20 basketball. The city of Târgu Mureș, in Romania, hosted the tournament. Germany won their first title.

Germany and Belgium were promoted to Division A.

Preliminary round

The nineteen teams were allocated in four groups (three groups of five teams and one groups of four). The two top teams of each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The third and fourth of each group to the Classification round. The last three teams in the five-team groups advanced to another group to determine the positions 17th to 19th.

	Team advanced to Qualifying round
	Team competed in Classification round
	Team competed in Classification round for 17th to 19th place

Group A

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	4	4	0	309	277	8
	4	3	1	321	297	7
	4	1	3	302	314	5	1–1 (+4)
	4	1	3	339	349	5	1–1 (+1)
	4	1	3	298	332	5	1–1 (−5)

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1 August 2008
	76–71		Târgu Mureș
	73–90		Târgu Mureș
2 August 2008
	87–99		Târgu Mureș
	62–73		Târgu Mureș
3 August 2008
	84–81		Târgu Mureș
	80–75		Târgu Mureș
4 August 2008
	63–76		Târgu Mureș
	83–91		Târgu Mureș
5 August 2008
	79–63		Târgu Mureș
	75–88		Târgu Mureș

Group B

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	4	4	0	426	199	8
	4	3	1	362	284	7
	4	2	2	347	304	6
	4	1	3	224	366	5
	4	0	4	202	408	4

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1 August 2008
	124–38		Târgu Mureș
	88–93		Târgu Mureș
2 August 2008
	42–98		Târgu Mureș
	64–90		Târgu Mureș
3 August 2008
	44–100		Târgu Mureș
	112–40		Târgu Mureș
4 August 2008
	80–51		Târgu Mureș
	57–100		Târgu Mureș
5 August 2008
	105–62		Târgu Mureș
	69–104		Târgu Mureș

Group C

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	4	4	0	341	248	8
	4	3	1	340	300	7
	4	2	2	298	382	6
	4	1	3	243	287	5
	4	0	4	239	324	4

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1 August 2008
	87–61		Târgu Mureș
	91–60		Târgu Mureș
2 August 2008
	47–75		Târgu Mureș
	86–93		Târgu Mureș
3 August 2008
	60–77		Târgu Mureș
	79–67		Târgu Mureș
4 August 2008
	71–58		Târgu Mureș
	86–81		Târgu Mureș
5 August 2008
	60–89		Târgu Mureș
	75–58		Târgu Mureș

Group D

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	3	2	1	211	200	5
	3	2	1	202	199	5
	3	1	2	186	202	4
	3	1	2	210	208	4

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1 August 2008
	82–66		Târgu Mureș
	82–76		Târgu Mureș
3 August 2008
	76–64		Târgu Mureș
	58–62		Târgu Mureș
5 August 2008
	58–62		Târgu Mureș
	65–58		Târgu Mureș

Qualifying round

The eight top teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

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

Group E

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	3	3	0	242	201	6
	3	1	2	211	231	4	1–1 (+6)
	3	1	2	221	224	4	1–1 (+3)
	3	1	2	204	222	4	1–1 (−9)

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6 August 2008
	66–80		Târgu Mureș
	75–81		Târgu Mureș
7 August 2008
	71–62		Târgu Mureș
	67–75		Târgu Mureș

Group F

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	3	3	0	255	232	6
	3	2	1	239	237	5
	3	1	2	202	211	4
	3	0	3	223	239	3

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6 August 2008
	69–65		Târgu Mureș
	85–79		Târgu Mureș
7 August 2008
	72–84		Târgu Mureș
	86–89		Târgu Mureș

Classification round

The third and fourth team of each of the preliminary round groups were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

	Team advanced to 9th–12th playoffs
	Team competed in 13th–16th playoffs

Group G

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	3	3	0	293	215	6
	3	2	1	262	223	5
	3	1	2	252	258	4
	3	0	3	165	276	3

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6 August 2008
	84–66		Târgu Mureș
	80–91		Târgu Mureș
7 August 2008
	104–93		Târgu Mureș
	57–94		Târgu Mureș

Group H

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	3	2	1	228	204	5
	3	2	1	206	202	5
	3	1	2	185	213	4
	3	1	2	198	198	4

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6 August 2008
	68–74		Târgu Mureș
	59–72		Târgu Mureș
7 August 2008
	72–85		Târgu Mureș
	66–68		Târgu Mureș

Classification round for 17th to 19th place

The last three teams of the five-team groups of the preliminary round were allocated in one group.

Group I

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	2	2	0	165	130	4
	2	1	1	198	138	3
	2	0	2	106	201	2

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6 August 2008
	118–56		Târgu Mureș
8 August 2008
	50–83		Târgu Mureș
9 August 2008
	82–80		Târgu Mureș

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Championship

Final standings

Rank		Team



4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th

Stats leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	PPG
1.	Terrence Oglesby	195	8	24.4
2.	Titus Nicoara		159	7	22.7
2.	Tanel Kurbas	152	7	21.7
4.	Antti Kanervo	128	6	21.3
5.	Hockins Munda Mawejanangila	156	8	19.5

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	RPG
1.	Titus Nicoara	106	7	15.1
2.	Roeland Schaftenaar		70	7	10.0
3.	Vlad Moldoveanu	70	7	10.0
4.	Amil Hamzayev	56	6	9.3
5.	Jeffery Taylor	74	8	9.3

Assists

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	RPG
1.	Aleksandar Kostoski	32	5	6.4
2.	Sten-Timmu Sokk		37	6	6.2
3.	Tomás Macela	37	8	4.6
4.	Christian Koutras	36	8	4.5
5.	Dardan Berisha	22	6	3.7