2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship explained

Continent:	Europe U-18
Year:	2008
Size:	162
Host:	Greece
Dates:	July 25 – August 3
Teams:	16
Federations:	49
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Champions:	Greece
Title Number:	1
Mvp:	Donatas Motiejūnas
Ppg P:	Zahariev (19.2)
Ppg T:	(85.0)
Rpg P:	Kanter (14.6)
Rpg T:	(43.1)
Apg P:	Prostran (5.0)
Apg T:	(14.5)
Website:	Official website (archive)
Prevseason:	2007
Nextseason:	2009

The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Greece from July 25, 2008 until August 3. The hosts, Greeks, emerged as the champions after beating the Lithuanians in the final, 57–50 to clinch their first European Under-18 championship. The tournament served as the European Qualifiers for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Participating teams

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Squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries will have 12 players on their roster.

Venues

City	Arena	Capacity
Amaliada	Municipal Indoor Arena of Amaliada	2,000
Pyrgos	Municipal Indoor Arena of Pyrgos	3,000

Format

PRELIMINARY ROUND: 4 groups of 4 teams each, playing in a single round-robin elimination. The top 3 teams advance to the second round while the last placed team being eliminated.
SECOND ROUND: 12 teams left will be divided into 2 groups of six teams. All of the results earned from the second round shall be carried over to this round. The top two teams in both groups qualify for the semifinals and to the 2009 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup. The remaining teams then proceed to their respective classification playoffs.
FINAL ROUND:
- 4-team knockout stage for the CHAMPIONSHIP;
- 4-team knockout stage for 5th–8th place classification playoffs;
- 4-team knockout stage for 9th–12th place classification playoffs.

Preliminary round

Teams are divided equally in 4 groups of four teams each and they will play in a single round-robin format. The top three teams in each group qualified for the second round while the last teams in each group were eliminated.

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