2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women explained

Tourney Name:	FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women
Year:	2009
City:	Södertälje
Num Teams:	16
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Count:	3
Mvp:	Cleopatra Forsman-Goga
Top Scorer:	Olga Maznichenko
Ppg:	21.9
Rpg:	13.8
Top Assists:	Magdalena Teresa Zietara
Apg:	3.8
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	2010

The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Women's Championship or simply known as the 2009 Youth EuroBasket, was the 26th edition of the Under-18 European Championships. This tournament was hosted by Sweden for the first time in the history of the championships. The tournament was won by Spain for the third time after defeating the France in the final, 64–54. Hosts Sweden clinched the bronze medal after beating Czech Republic, 67–54.

Venues

Arena	Capacity	Notes
	2,100 (12,500 for concerts)	Used in preliminary, qualifying and final round.
Rosenborg		Used in the preliminary and Classification round

Format

Preliminary round: Teams are split into four groups of 4 teams each, playing in a single round-robin format, teams playing against each other in their respective group once. The top three teams in each group qualify for the second round, while the last placed team are relegated to the classification rounds.
- Group tournament ranking system:
  - Games won: 2 points
  - Games lost by ordinary circumstances: 1 point
  - Games lost by default: 1 point, and the score at the time of stoppage if the defaulting team is trailing, or a score of 2–0 if it is leading or if the game is tied.
  - Games lost by forfeit: 0 points and a score of 20–0 against the forfeiting team.
- Tiebreaking criteria:

Game results between tied teams via points system above
Goal average between games of the tied teams
Goal average for all games of the tied teams
Drawing of lots

Second round: Groups A and B shall comprise Group E, while Groups C and D shall comprise Group F. Teams play against teams that have not played yet once, while the records for the teams that they had already met that also advanced are carried over. Same points and tiebreaking system as in the preliminary round. Top four advance to the final round.

Second round: The qualifying teams from Groups A and B forms Groups E, and teams from Groups C and D, forms Group F. Those teams in each group will play again in single round-robin format. Only the top 4 teams advance to the final round (knockout stage).
Final round: SIngle-elimination tournament for the championship
- 3rd–4th classification: Playoff for semifinals losers
- 5th–8th classification: Single-elimination tournament for quarterfinals losers
- 9th–12th classification: Single-elimination tournament for fifth and sixth placers in the second round
- 13th–15th classification: Round-robin classification for fourth placers in the preliminary round.

Preliminary round

All times are in Swedish Standard Time (UTC+2).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

Second round

Group E

Group F

Classification Playoffs

Group G

The last placers of each group in the preliminary round will have the chance to win 13th place. This shall be played in a single round-robin classification.
All games for this stage were held in Rosenborg.--------

Classification 9–12

9th place match

Final round

Final

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament:

Milan Brizak
Anna Cardus
Piotr Ivashkov
Paolo Taurino
Martynas Gudas
Zaza Machaladze
Timothy Andrew Frederick Brown
Carole Delauné
Oskars Lucis
Robert Vyklicky
Borys Shulga
Oscar Lefwerth

Final rankings

Rank	Team	Record	FIBA World Rankings
width=60	Before	width=60	After	width=60	Change
Gold medal game participants
		9–0	2	2	0
		8–1	3	3	0
Bronze medal game participants
		6–3	15	27	12
4th		5–4	12	7	5
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th		6–3	14	13	1
6th		5–4	28	32	4
7th		4–5	41	31	10
8th		3–6	—	—	—
Ninth-place game participants
9th		3–5	6	5	1
10th		4–4	13	10	3
Eleventh-place match participants
11th		4–4	62	67	5
12th		1–7	32	48	16
Preliminary round 4th placers
13th		3–3	19	20	1
14th		2–4	23	25	2
15th		1–5	62	67	5
16th		0–6	72	70	2