2007 EuroBasket Under-16

21st FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	20–29 July 2007
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (5th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Dejan Musli
Top scorer	Prostran (20.0)
Top rebounds	Satoranský (12.3)
Top assists	Satoranský (4.7)
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The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 21st edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Ierapetra, Rethymno and Heraklion, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Serbia won the trophy for the first time since the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. Slovenia and Portugal were relegated to Division B.

Competition system

The tournament format changed from previously years. The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The first three teams in each group qualified for the qualifying round. The last team of each group played for the 13th–16th position in the Classification Games. The twelve teams qualified for the qualifying round were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams in the preliminary round were taken into account for the ranking in the qualifying round. The two top teams of each group qualified for the semifinals.

Teams

•  Croatia
•  Czech Republic
•  France
•  Georgia
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Portugal
•  Russia
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Ukraine

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	237	188	6
Italy	3	2	1	213	181	5
Georgia	3	1	2	209	240	4
Slovenia	3	0	3	193	243	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Serbia	3	3	0	196	171	6
France	3	2	1	201	198	5
Israel	3	1	2	184	168	4
Czech Republic	3	0	3	162	206	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	3	3	0	243	164	6
Lithuania	3	2	1	290	160	5
Ukraine	3	1	2	174	249	4
Portugal	3	0	3	129	263	3

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Greece	3	3	0	217	165	6
Latvia	3	1	2	196	216	4
Croatia	3	1	2	219	230	4
Russia	3	1	2	200	221	4

Classification round

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Czech Republic	3	3	0	194	151	6
Russia	3	2	1	188	158	5
Slovenia	3	1	2	184	182	4
Portugal	3	0	3	144	219	3

Qualifying round

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Serbia	5	5	0	384	279	10
Spain	5	4	1	338	265	9
France	5	3	2	299	309	8
Italy	5	2	3	335	336	7
Georgia	5	1	4	297	418	6
Israel	5	0	5	295	341	5

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Turkey	5	5	0	379	315	10
Lithuania	5	4	1	419	299	9
Greece	5	3	2	338	309	8
Croatia	5	2	3	353	382	7
Latvia	5	1	4	321	365	6
Ukraine	5	0	5	291	431	5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Ukraine	71
	Georgia	40
					Ukraine	57
					Latvia	58
	Israel	62
	Latvia	71
					Eleventh place
					Georgia	64
					Israel	77

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Italy	74
	Greece	59
					Italy	50
					France	41
	Croatia	63
	France	66
					Seventh place
					Greece	62
					Croatia	55

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	Turkey	75
	Spain	81
					Spain	55
					Serbia	56
	Serbia	74
	Lithuania	64
					Third place
					Turkey	55
					Lithuania	65

Final standings

Rank Team  Serbia  Spain  Lithuania 4th  Turkey 5th  Italy 6th  France 7th  Greece 8th  Croatia 9th  Latvia 10th  Ukraine 11th  Israel 12th  Georgia 13th  Czech Republic 14th  Russia 15th  Slovenia 16th  Portugal

2007 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship  Serbia Tenth title Team roster Nemanja Jaramaz, Aleksandar Ponjavić, Nikša Nikolić, Aleksandar Obradović, Nikola Vukasović, Stevan Lekić, Danilo Anđušić, Lazar Radosavljević, Bogdan Jovanović, Nikola Rondović, Branislav Đekić, and Dejan Musli. Head coach: Dragan Vaščanin.