2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

2007 EuroBasket Under-20

10th FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia, Italy
Dates	July 6–15
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Miloš Teodosić
Top scorer	Zaķis (24.7)
Top rebounds	Butkevicius (11.7)
Top assists	Teodosić (5.4)
Official website
www.fibaeurope.com

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 (they won the 1998 Championship as Yugoslavia and the 2006 Championship as Serbia and Montenegro).

Macedonia and Hungary were relegated to Division B.

Teams

• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• France
• Georgia
• Greece
• Hungary
• Israel
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Macedonia
• Russia
• Serbia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Turkey

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

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	July 14, Nova Gorica
	Croatia	96
					July 15, Nova Gorica
	Lithuania	82
					Croatia	82
	July 14, Nova Gorica
					France	91
	France	96
	Georgia	69
					Eleventh place
					July 15, Nova Gorica
					Lithuania	81
					Georgia	70

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	July 14, Gorizia
	Israel	74
					July 15, Gorizia
	Turkey	64
					Israel	81
	July 14, Gorizia
					Slovenia	90
	Slovenia	79
	Bulgaria	59
					Seventh place
					July 15, Nova Gorica
					Turkey	97
					Bulgaria	88

Championship

	Semifinals				Final
	July 14, Gorizia
	Spain	76
					July 15, Gorizia
	Russia	69
					Spain	78
	July 14, Gorizia
					Serbia	87
	Serbia	77
	Italy	62
					Third place
					July 15, Gorizia
					Russia	63
					Italy	74

Final standings

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

2007 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Serbia First title

Team roster Miloš Teodosić, Milenko Tepić, Stefan Nikolić, Marko Đurković, Dragan Labović, Maksim Kovačević, Branko Jereminov, Nenad Zivčević, Vladimir Štimac, Ivan Paunić, Nikola Dragović, and Uroš Nikolić. Head coach: Vlada Vukoičić.

Stats leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Ronalds Zaķis	148	6	24.7
2.	Chavdar Kostov	146	8	18.3
3.	Omri Casspi	143	8	17.9
3.	Nando de Colo	143	8	17.9
5.	Dragan Labović	135	8	16.9

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Points	Games	RPG
1.	Povilas Butkevicius	82	7	11.7
2.	Gašper Vidmar	78	8	9.8
3.	Xavi Rey	76	8	9.5
4.	Ronalds Zaķis	54	6	9.0
5.	Ante Tomić	65	8	8.1

Assists

Rank	Name	Points	Games	APG
1.	Miloš Teodosić	43	8	5.4
2.	Jan Močnik	40	8	5.0
3.	Mehmet Yağmur	32	8	4.0
4.	Aleksandar Kostoski	23	6	3.8
5.	Aldo Curti	30	8	3.8

All-Tournament Team

• Miloš Teodosić
• Alexey Shved
• Luigi Datome
• Dragan Labović
• Xavi Rey

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive