2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

2007 EuroBasket Under-16
21st FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	20–29 July 2007
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Dejan Musli
Top scorer	Prostran (20.0)
Top rebounds	Satoranský (12.3)
Top assists	Satoranský (4.7)
PPG (Team)	Lithuania (83.1)
RPG (Team)	Serbia (49.5)
APG (Team)	Spain (15.3)
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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

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

Preliminary round

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

Group A

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

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

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

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

	Team relegated to Division B.

Group G

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

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

Group E

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

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

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs		Ninth place



Ukraine	71

Georgia	40
		Ukraine	57

		Latvia	58
Israel	62

Latvia	71
		Eleventh place



		Georgia	64

		Israel	77

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs		Fifth place



Italy	74

Greece	59
		Italy	50

		France	41
Croatia	63

France	66
		Seventh place



		Greece	62

		Croatia	55

Championship

Semifinals		Final



Turkey	75

Spain	81
		Spain	55

		Serbia	56
Serbia	74

Lithuania	64
		Third place



		Turkey	55

		Lithuania	65

Final standings

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

2007 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Serbia Tenth title

Team roster

Nemanja Jaramaz, Aleksandar Ponjavić, Nikša Nikolić, Aleksandar Obradović, Nikola Vukasović, Stevan Lekić, Danilo Anđušić, Lazar Radosavljević, Bogdan Jovanović, Nikola Rondović, Branislav Đekić, and Dejan Musli. Head coach: Dragan Vaščanin.

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