2007 EuroBasket Under-20
10th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySlovenia, Italy
DatesJuly 6–15
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Serbia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSerbia Miloš Teodosić
Top scorerLatvia Zaķis (24.7)
Top reboundsLithuania Butkevicius (11.7)
Top assistsSerbia Teodosić (5.4)
Official website
www.fibaeurope.com
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The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the tenth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Nova Gorica, in Slovenia, and Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their first title with that name[1] (they won the 1998 Championship as Yugoslavia and the 2006 Championship as Serbia and Montenegro).

Macedonia and Hungary were relegated to Division B.

Teams

Squads

Main article: 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship squads

Preliminary round

The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.

     Team advanced to Qualifying round
     Team competed in Classification round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Slovenia 3 3 0 233 212 6
 Serbia 3 2 1 258 201 5
 France 3 1 2 251 246 4
 Hungary 3 0 3 162 245 3
6 July 2007
Serbia  78–80  Slovenia Nova Gorica
France  92–66  Hungary Nova Gorica
7 July 2007
Slovenia  84–78  France Nova Gorica
Hungary  40–84  Serbia Nova Gorica
8 July 2007
Serbia  96–81  France Gorizia
Hungary  56–69  Slovenia Gorizia

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 235 205 6
 Turkey 3 1 2 226 236 4 (1–1 +4)
 Lithuania 3 1 2 230 234 4 (1–1 +4)
 Greece 3 1 2 208 224 4 (1–1 –8)
6 July 2007
Russia  78–70  Greece Gorizia
Turkey  90–85  Lithuania Gorizia
7 July 2007
Lithuania  61–69  Russia Nova Gorica
Greece  63–62  Turkey Nova Gorica
8 July 2007
Turkey  74–88  Russia Nova Gorica
Greece  75–84  Lithuania Nova Gorica

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 251 195 6
 Israel 3 2 1 209 168 5
 Croatia 3 1 2 207 203 4
 Macedonia 3 0 3 162 263 3
6 July 2007
Spain  88–69  Croatia Nova Gorica
Israel  95–65  Macedonia Nova Gorica
7 July 2007
Macedonia  60–93  Spain Gorizia
Croatia  64–77  Israel Gorizia
8 July 2007
Macedonia  70–88  Croatia Gorizia
Spain  77–73  Israel Gorizia

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Italy 3 3 0 252 172 6
 Georgia 3 2 1 233 240 5
 Bulgaria 3 1 2 221 250 4
 Latvia 3 0 3 226 270 3
6 July 2007
Latvia  72–102  Georgia Gorizia
Italy  86–51  Bulgaria Gorizia
7 July 2007
Bulgaria  96–89  Latvia Gorizia
Georgia  56–94  Italy Gorizia
8 July 2007
Georgia  75–74  Bulgaria Nova Gorica
Italy  72–65  Latvia Nova Gorica

Qualifying round

The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams from the same group in the preliminary round were taken into account for the ranking in this round.

     Team advanced to Semifinals
     Team competed in the 5th–8th playoffs
     Team competed in the 9th–12th playoffs

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Serbia 5 4 1 427 385 9 (1–1 +4)
 Russia 5 4 1 369 340 9 (1–1 +2)
 Slovenia 5 4 1 397 377 9 (1–1 –6)
 Turkey 5 2 3 401 422 7
 France 5 1 4 393 415 6
 Lithuania 5 0 5 377 425 5
10 July 2007
Turkey  83–88  Serbia Gorizia
Lithuania  84–96  Slovenia Nova Gorica
Russia  84–79  France Gorizia
11 July 2007
Serbia  71–65  Russia Nova Gorica
France  76–71  Lithuania Gorizia
Slovenia  82–74  Turkey Nova Gorica
12 July 2007
Turkey  80–79  France Nova Gorica
Lithuania  76–94  Serbia Nova Gorica
Russia  63–55  Slovenia Nova Gorica

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 5 5 0 441 355 10
 Italy 5 4 1 403 327 9
 Israel 5 3 2 378 350 8
 Bulgaria 5 1 4 352 407 6 (1–1 +17)
 Croatia 5 1 4 371 413 6 (1–1 +3)
 Georgia 5 1 4 351 444 6 (1–1 –20)
10 July 2007
Georgia  74–81  Israel Nova Gorica
Bulgaria  70–91  Spain Nova Gorica
Italy  82–69  Croatia Gorizia
11 July 2007
Spain  96–68  Georgia Gorizia
Croatia  70–88  Bulgaria Nova Gorica
Israel  62–66  Italy Gorizia
12 July 2007
Georgia  78–99  Croatia Nova Gorica
Bulgaria  69–85  Israel Gorizia
Italy  75–89  Spain Gorizia

Classification round

     Team relegated to Division B

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Greece 3 3 0 224 179 6
 Latvia 3 2 1 247 225 5
 Macedonia 3 1 2 226 230 4
 Hungary 3 0 3 166 229 3
10 July 2007
Greece  84–58  Macedonia Nova Gorica
Hungary  65–81  Latvia Gorizia
12 July 2007
Macedonia  86–56  Hungary Gorizia
Latvia  76–78  Greece Gorizia
14 July 2007
Hungary  45–62  Greece Nova Gorica
Macedonia  82–90  Latvia Nova Gorica

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

 
PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
July 14, Nova Gorica
 
 
 Croatia96
 
July 15, Nova Gorica
 
 Lithuania82
 
 Croatia82
 
July 14, Nova Gorica
 
 France91
 
 France96
 
 
 Georgia69
 
Eleventh place
 
 
July 15, Nova Gorica
 
 
 Lithuania81
 
 
 Georgia70

5th–8th playoffs

 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
July 14, Gorizia
 
 
 Israel74
 
July 15, Gorizia
 
 Turkey64
 
 Israel81
 
July 14, Gorizia
 
 Slovenia90
 
 Slovenia79
 
 
 Bulgaria59
 
Seventh place
 
 
July 15, Nova Gorica
 
 
 Turkey97
 
 
 Bulgaria88

Championship

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
July 14, Gorizia
 
 
 Spain76
 
July 15, Gorizia
 
 Russia69
 
 Spain78
 
July 14, Gorizia
 
 Serbia87
 
 Serbia77
 
 
 Italy62
 
Third place
 
 
July 15, Gorizia
 
 
 Russia63
 
 
 Italy74

Final standings

Stats leaders

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. ^ Serbia achievements in FIBA Eeurope competitions fibaeurope.com Retrieved 18 July 2018
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