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)
PPG (Team)	Spain (86.0)
RPG (Team)	Latvia (37.2)
APG (Team)	Serbia (13.8)
Official website
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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

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

References

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

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

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