The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the eleventh 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 city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament.

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won their second title.

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and

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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

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* Joaquin Colom *

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* Víctor Claver *

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References

FIBA Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:FIBA FIBA U20 European Championship 2008–09 in European basketball 2008–09 in Latvian basketball International youth basketball competitions hosted by Latvia