The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the tenth edition of the
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
The FIBA U20 European Championship, previously known as the European Championship for Men '22 and Under', is a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1992 edition. Through the 2004 edition, it was held biennially, but ...
. The cities of
Nova Gorica
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, in
Slovenia
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, and
Gorizia
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, in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
, hosted the tournament.
Serbia
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won their first title with that name
Serbia achievements in FIBA Eeurope competitions
fibaeurope.com Retrieved 18 July 2018 (they won the 1998 Championship as Yugoslavia and the 2006 Championship as Serbia and Montenegro).
Macedonia and Hungary
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were relegated to Division B.
Teams
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Squads
Preliminary round
The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
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.
Group E
Group F
Classification round
Group G
Knockout stage
9th–12th playoffs
5th–8th playoffs
Championship
Final standings
Stats leaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
All-Tournament Team
* Miloš Teodosić
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* Alexey Shved
Alexey Viktorovich Shved (Russian language, Russian: Алексей Викторович Швед; born December 16, 1988) is a Russian professional basketball player for PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. Standing at , he pl ...
* Luigi Datome
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* Dragan Labović
Dragan Labović ( sr-cyr, Драган Лабовић; born April 20, 1987) is a Serbian former professional basketball player who last played for BC Nokia of the Finnish Korisliiga. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team inte ...
* Xavi Rey
References
FIBA Archive
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FIBA U20 European Championship
2007–08 in European basketball
2007–08 in Slovenian basketball
2007–08 in Italian basketball
International youth basketball competitions hosted by Slovenia
International youth basketball competitions hosted by Italy