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2009 EuroBasket Under-16
23rd FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryLithuania
Dates6–16 August 2009
Teams16
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPTauras Jogėla
Official website
Official web
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The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 23rd edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Kaunas, in Lithuania, hosted the tournament. Spain won their second title.

Teams

Group stages

Preliminary round

In this round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three will qualify for the Qualifying Round. The last team of each group will play 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

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Turkey 3 3 0 236 194 +42 6
 Italy 3 1 2 223 213 +10 4 1–1
 Montenegro 3 1 2 210 229 −19 4 1–1
 Israel 3 1 2 216 249 −33 4 1–1
August 6
13:30
Israel  81–66  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 18–21, 19–10, 28–15
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 6
15:45
Turkey  69–59  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 16–10, 18–13, 23–18
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 7
13:30
Montenegro  64–74  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 18–21, 21–11, 11–23
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 7
20:15
Italy  90–64  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 19–9, 25–19, 20–20
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 8
15:45
Italy  74–80  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 15–17, 21–23, 22–20
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 8
20:15
Israel  71–93  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 23–28, 22–24, 16–20
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Russia 3 3 0 249 193 +56 6
 Poland 3 2 1 214 226 −12 5
 Lithuania 3 1 2 212 218 −6 4
 Greece 3 0 3 192 230 −38 3
August 6
18:00
Lithuania  70–80  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 24–18, 9–25, 19–24
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball, Kaunas
August 6
21:15
Greece  69–76  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 18–21, 17–19, 11–18
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball, Kaunas
August 7
15:45
Russia  76–52  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 13–19, 29–7, 14–12
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 7
18:00
Poland  67–64  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 14–13, 16–11, 17–19
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 8
13:30
Russia  93–71  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 22–17, 21–18, 22–18
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 8
18:00
Greece  71–78  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 15–9, 23–23, 22–24
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Spain 3 3 0 223 164 +59 6
 Croatia 3 2 1 211 174 +37 5
 Germany 3 1 2 155 220 −65 4
 Czech Republic 3 0 3 192 233 −41 3
August 6
13:30
Czech Republic  64–75  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 10–27, 22–13, 13–18
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 6
15:15
Spain  66–64  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 18–9, 18–15, 8–13, 9–7
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 7
13:30
Germany  40–79  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 11–18, 10–17, 0–19
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 7
20:15
Croatia  70–68  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 18–11, 16–16, 17–16
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 8
14:15
Czech Republic  60–88  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 12–26, 17–28, 15–17
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 8
20:15
Croatia  77–40  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 19–9, 14–15, 23–9
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 France 3 3 0 258 190 +68 6
 Latvia 3 2 1 241 225 +17 5
 Serbia 3 1 2 231 233 −2 4
 Ukraine 3 0 3 161 243 −82 3
August 6
17:30
Latvia  80–60  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 14–21, 28–18, 20–6
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 6
21:30
Serbia  74–87  France
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 14–17, 21–19, 20–27
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 7
15:45
France  90–76  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 23–14, 23–18, 20–20
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 7
18:00
Ukraine  61–82  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 23–15, 13–26, 10–23
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 8
13:30
France  81–40  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 27–8, 19–11, 18–13, 17–8
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 8
15:45
Latvia  85–75  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 27–28, 22–11, 10–12, 26–24
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas

Qualifying round

The twelve teams remaining will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The four top teams will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play for the 9th–12th place.

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

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Russia 5 4 1 423 339 +84 9
 Poland 5 3 2 339 346 −7 8 1–0
 Turkey 5 3 2 329 326 +3 8 0–1
 Lithuania 5 2 3 344 330 +14 7 1–0
 Montenegro 5 2 3 340 387 −47 7 0–1
 Italy 5 1 4 321 368 −47 6
August 10
15:45
Poland  59–53  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 9–13, 16–13, 15–21
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 10
18:00
Lithuania  66–47  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 25–15, 14–11, 12–10
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 10
20:15
Montenegro  56–92  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 7–16, 19–20, 10–29
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 11
15:45
Turkey  61–70  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 9–9, 8–24, 25–25
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 11
18:00
Lithuania  75–65  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 22–13, 16–17, 18–25
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 11
20:15
Italy  64–91  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 16–28, 19–31, 16–13
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 12
15:45
Poland  72–75  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 21–8, 18–27, 19–17
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 12
18:00
Italy  71–69  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 9–16, 19–13, 27–17
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 12
20:15
Russia  67–78  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 23–21, 12–22, 13–19
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 France 5 5 0 371 315 +56 10
 Spain 5 3 2 359 347 +12 8
 Croatia 5 2 3 350 307 +43 7 1–1
 Serbia 5 2 3 408 395 +13 7 1–1
 Latvia 5 2 3 365 376 −11 7 1–1
 Germany 5 1 4 256 369 −113 6
August 10
15:45
Latvia  56–84  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 21–15, 8–22, 16–22
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 10
18:00
Serbia  90–92  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 21–28, 24–15, 23–23
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 10
20:15
Germany  42–56  France
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 19–7, 6–20, 5–14
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 11
15:45
Serbia  94–65  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 30–20, 20–17, 20–14
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 11
18:00
Spain  58–85  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 13–30, 7–15, 21–26, 17–14
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 11
20:15
Croatia  59–70  France
Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 17–29, 14–19, 14–12
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 12
15:45
Latvia  63–69  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 8–12, 17–13, 19–16, 19–28
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 12
18:00
Croatia  66–75  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 20–19, 19–15, 9–20
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 12
20:15
France  68–64  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 23–20, 9–15, 21–17
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas

Classification round

The last teams of each group in the preliminary round will compete in this Classification Round. The four teams will play in one group. The last two teams will be relegated to Division B for the next season.

     Team will be relegated to Division B.

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Israel 3 3 0 249 207 +42 6
 Greece 3 2 1 240 198 +42 5
 Ukraine 3 1 2 215 218 −3 4
 Czech Republic 3 0 3 157 238 −81 3
August 10
13:30
Israel  82–74  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 25–15, 19–19, 17–20
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 10
13:30
Greece  82–46  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 26–13, 11–10, 22–13
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 12
13:30
Czech Republic  57–82  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 22–21, 9–22, 14–20
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 12
13:30
Ukraine  67–82  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 17–14, 14–23, 18–18
Zalgiris Training Centre, Kaunas
August 14
13:30
Israel  85–76  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 20–16, 16–9, 32–34
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 14
15:45
Czech Republic  54–74  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 15–19, 13–21, 12–17
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

Knockout stages

Championship

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 14 – Kaunas
 
 
 Russia90
 
August 15 – Kaunas
 
 Serbia95
 
 Serbia75
 
August 14 – Kaunas
 
 Spain88
 
 Spain57
 
August 16 – Kaunas
 
 Turkey41
 
 Spain70
 
August 14 – Kaunas
 
 Lithuania64
 
 Poland51
 
August 15 – Kaunas
 
 Croatia46
 
 Poland63
 
August 14 – Kaunas
 
 Lithuania70 Third place
 
 France60
 
August 16 – Kaunas
 
 Lithuania68
 
 Serbia75
 
 
 Poland69
 

Quarterfinals

August 14
13:30
Russia  90–95  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 24–18, 15–16, 9–14
August 14
15:45
Poland  51–46  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 11–6, 7–14, 15–13
August 14
18:00
France  60–68  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 21–13, 8–21, 18–19
August 14
20:15
Spain  57–41  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 8–10, 21–11, 14–7

Semifinals

August 15
18:00
Lithuania  70–63  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 22–17, 18–16, 15–12
August 15
20:15
Serbia  75–88  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 21–24, 22–20, 16–29

Bronze-medal game

August 16
18:00
Serbia  75–69  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 22–7, 18–18, 14–19, 21–25

Final

August 16
20:15
Spain  70–64  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 13–14, 17–22, 19–16
Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas
Attendance: 5 000
Referees: Georgios Tanatzis (GRE), Marco Giansanti (ITA), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE)

5th–8th playoffs

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
August 15 – Kaunas
 
 
 France49
 
August 16 – Kaunas
 
 Croatia79
 
 Croatia79
 
August 15 – Kaunas
 
 Russia83
 
 Russia77
 
 
 Turkey61
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 16 – Kaunas
 
 
 France79
 
 
 Turkey66

5th–8th semifinals

August 15
13:30
France  49–79  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 11–24, 14–19, 15–19
August 15
15:45
Russia  77–61  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 17–19, 16–20, 26–7

7th place playoff

August 16
13:30
Turkey  66–79  France
Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 18–21, 22–20, 14–13

5th place playoff

August 16
15:45
Russia  83–79  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 27–20, 19–20, 19–27

9th–12th playoffs

 
Semi-finalsNinth place
 
      
 
August 14 – Kaunas
 
 
 Montenegro54
 
August 16 – Kaunas
 
 Germany48
 
 Montenegro69
 
August 14 – Kaunas
 
 Latvia76
 
 Latvia73
 
 
 Italy72
 
Eleventh place
 
 
August 16 – Kaunas
 
 
 Germany55
 
 
 Italy53

9th–12th semifinals

August 14
18:00
Montenegro  54–48  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 14–12, 17–13, 8–14
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas
August 14
20:15
Latvia  73–72  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 14–12, 22–22, 21–17
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

11th place playoff

August 16
13:30
Germany  55–53  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 12–16, 10–6, 13–19
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

9th place playoff

August 16
15:45
Montenegro  69–76  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 10–21, 12–17, 25–22
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre, Kaunas

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain 7–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Lithuania 5–4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Serbia 5–4
4th  Poland 5–4
5th  Russia 7–2
6th  Croatia 4–5
7th  France 7–2
8th  Turkey 4–5
9th  Latvia 5–3
10th  Montenegro 3–5
11th  Germany 3–5
12th  Italy 1–7
13th  Israel 4–2
14th  Greece 2–4
15th  Ukraine 1–5
16th  Czech Republic 0–6

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External links

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