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2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

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2007 EuroBasket Under-16
21st FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates20–29 July 2007
Teams16
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Serbia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSerbia Dejan Musli
Top scorerCroatia Prostran (20.0)
Top reboundsCzech Republic Satoranský (12.3)
Top assistsCzech Republic Satoranský (4.7)
PPG (Team) Lithuania (83.1)
RPG (Team) Serbia (49.5)
APG (Team) Spain (15.3)
Official website
Official website (archive)
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The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 21st edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Ierapetra, Rethymno and Heraklion, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Serbia won the trophy for the first time since the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. Slovenia and Portugal were relegated to Division B.

Competition system

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The tournament format changed from previously years. The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The first three teams in each group qualified for the qualifying round. The last team of each group played for the 13th–16th position in the Classification Games. The twelve teams qualified for the qualifying round were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams in the preliminary round were taken into account for the ranking in the qualifying round. The two top teams of each group qualified for the semifinals.

Teams

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Preliminary round

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     Team advanced to Qualifying Round
     Team competed in 13th–16th games

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 237 188 6
 Italy 3 2 1 213 181 5
 Georgia 3 1 2 209 240 4
 Slovenia 3 0 3 193 243 3

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Serbia 3 3 0 196 171 6
 France 3 2 1 201 198 5
 Israel 3 1 2 184 168 4
 Czech Republic 3 0 3 162 206 3

Group C

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Turkey 3 3 0 243 164 6
 Lithuania 3 2 1 290 160 5
 Ukraine 3 1 2 174 249 4
 Portugal 3 0 3 129 263 3

Group D

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Greece 3 3 0 217 165 6
 Latvia 3 1 2 196 216 4
 Croatia 3 1 2 219 230 4
 Russia 3 1 2 200 221 4

Classification round

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     Team relegated to Division B.

Group G

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 194 151 6
 Russia 3 2 1 188 158 5
 Slovenia 3 1 2 184 182 4
 Portugal 3 0 3 144 219 3

Qualifying round

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     Team advanced to Semifinals
     Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs
     Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs

Group E

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Serbia 5 5 0 384 279 10
 Spain 5 4 1 338 265 9
 France 5 3 2 299 309 8
 Italy 5 2 3 335 336 7
 Georgia 5 1 4 297 418 6
 Israel 5 0 5 295 341 5

Group F

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Turkey 5 5 0 379 315 10
 Lithuania 5 4 1 419 299 9
 Greece 5 3 2 338 309 8
 Croatia 5 2 3 353 382 7
 Latvia 5 1 4 321 365 6
 Ukraine 5 0 5 291 431 5

Knockout stage

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9th–12th playoffs

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PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ukraine71
 
 
 
 Georgia40
 
 Ukraine57
 
 
 
 Latvia58
 
 Israel62
 
 
 Latvia71
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Georgia64
 
 
 Israel77

5th–8th playoffs

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PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Italy74
 
 
 
 Greece59
 
 Italy50
 
 
 
 France41
 
 Croatia63
 
 
 France66
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Greece62
 
 
 Croatia55

Championship

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Turkey75
 
 
 
 Spain81
 
 Spain55
 
 
 
 Serbia56
 
 Serbia74
 
 
 Lithuania64
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Turkey55
 
 
 Lithuania65

Final standings

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Relegated to the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B

References

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