2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship explained

Continent:Europe U-18
Year:2010
Host:Lithuania
Dates:22 July-1 August 2010
Teams:16
Federations:1
Venues:2
Cities:1
Champions:Lithuania
Title Number:2
Mvp: Jonas Valančiūnas
Ppg P: Alessandro Gentile (23.0)
Ppg T: (84.2)
Rpg P: Jonas Valančiūnas (13.4)
Rpg T: (48.4)
Apg P: Alexander Varnakov (5.6)
Apg T: (17.0)
Website:Official website (archive)
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2011

The 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 27th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams featured the competition, held in Lithuania from July 22 to August 1. Serbia was the defending champion. Lithuania won the title after beating Russia in the final.

Group stages

Preliminary round

In this round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three qualified for the qualifying round. The last team of each group played for the 13th–16th place in the Classification Games.

    Team advances to Qualifying round
    Team will compete in Classification round

Times given below are in CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

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330258195+636
321231236−55
312229238−94
303187236−493
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Group B

width=170Teamwidth=25Pldwidth=25Wwidth=25Lwidth=35PFwidth=35PAwidth=35PDwidth=25Ptswidth=50Tiebreaker
330225186+396
321226189+375
312172164+84
303157241−843
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Group C

width=170Teamwidth=25Pldwidth=25Wwidth=25Lwidth=35PFwidth=35PAwidth=35PDwidth=25Ptswidth=50Tiebreaker
321260217+4351–1, +24
321263240+2351–1, −8
321237239−251–1, −16
303165229−643
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Group D

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321190177+1351–1, +6
321211199+1251–1, +4
321185185051–1, −10
303189214−253
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Qualifying round

The twelve teams remaining were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The four top teams advanced to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group played for the 9th–12th place.

    Team advances to Quarterfinals
    Team will compete in 9th–12th playoffs

Group E

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550436330+10610
532348341+78
523360368−871–1, +10
523322342−2071–1, 0
523329359−3071–1, −10
514346401−556
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Group F

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541397351+469
532411353+5881–1, +6
532420415+581–1, +4
532348352−481–1, −10
514461483−226
514428463−356
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Classification round

The last teams of each group in the preliminary round competed in this Classification round. The four teams played in one group. The last two teams were relegated to Division B for the next season.

    Team is relegated to Division B.

Group G

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651420373+4711
642471424+4710
624427445−188
615402478−767
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Knockout round

Championship

Final

5th–8th playoffs

5th place playoff

9th–12th playoffs

9th place playoff

Final standings

Rank width=170Team !Record
8–0
6–2
5–3
4th4–4
5th5–3
6th3–5
7th3–5
8th3–5
9th3–4
10th2–5
11th3–4
12th1–6
13th5–4
14th4–5
15th2–7
16th1–8

Awards

All-Tournament Team

Fair Play Award

Statistical leaders

Points

Name PPG
23.0
19.4
17.0
16.0
15.8

Rebounds

Name RPG
13.4
11.4
10.0
9.0
9.0

Assists

Name APG
5.6
5.6
5.1
4.3
4.3

Blocks

Name BPG
4.3
2.7
2.7
1.7
1.6

Steals

Name SPG
2.9
2.4
2.1
2.0
2.0

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