2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B

2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
3rd Division B Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	July 6–15
Teams	18  (from 48 federations)
Venues	1  (in 1 host city)
Champions	Montenegro (1st title)
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Nicoară (20.9)  Ukraine (87.0) Rebounds Nicoară (12.4)  Poland (43.5) Assists Schreiner (5.6)  Montenegro (18.0)
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The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the third edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of European Under-20 basketball. The city of Warsaw, in Poland, hosted the tournament. Montenegro won their first title.

Montenegro and Ukraine were promoted to Division A.

Teams[]

•  Austria
•  Belarus
•  Belgium
•  Czech Republic
•  Estonia
•  Finland
•  Germany
•  Great Britain
•  Ireland
•  Montenegro
•  Netherlands
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Slovakia
•  Sweden
•   Switzerland
•  Ukraine

Squads[]

Preliminary round[]

The eighteen teams were allocated in four groups (two groups of five teams and two groups of four). The two top teams of each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The last three teams of each group advanced to the Classification round.

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Montenegro	4	3	1	339	294	7
Germany	4	3	1	289	273	7
Austria	4	2	2	290	299	6
Sweden	4	1	3	267	280	5
Czech Republic	4	1	3	254	293	5

6 July 2007
Germany		74–76		Montenegro	Warsaw
Sweden		62–45		Czech Republic	Warsaw
7 July 2007
Austria		78–75		Sweden	Warsaw
Czech Republic		73–79		Germany	Warsaw
8 July 2007
Montenegro		88–66		Czech Republic	Warsaw
Germany		71–63		Austria	Warsaw
9 July 2007
Sweden		61–65		Germany	Warsaw
Austria		85–83		Montenegro	Warsaw
10 July 2007
Czech Republic		70–64		Austria	Warsaw
Montenegro		92–69		Sweden	Warsaw

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Poland	4	4	0	316	213	8
Estonia	4	2	2	246	246	6
Netherlands	4	2	2	302	293	6
Ireland	4	1	3	241	304	5
Switzerland	4	1	3	252	301	5

6 July 2007
Estonia		71–47		Ireland	Warsaw
Poland		86–48		Switzerland	Warsaw
7 July 2007
Netherlands		63–70		Estonia	Warsaw
Ireland		44–78		Poland	Warsaw
8 July 2007
Switzerland		73–74		Ireland	Warsaw
Poland		85–73		Netherlands	Warsaw
9 July 2007
Estonia		48–67		Poland	Warsaw
Netherlands		84–62		Switzerland	Warsaw
10 July 2007
Ireland		76–82		Netherlands	Warsaw
Switzerland		69–57		Estonia	Warsaw

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Ukraine	3	3	0	289	194	6
Slovakia	3	2	1	188	196	5
Portugal	3	1	2	211	214	4
Belarus	3	0	3	179	263	3

6 July 2007
Portugal		54–55		Slovakia	Warsaw
Ukraine		107–60		Belarus	Warsaw
8 July 2007
Belarus		72–77		Portugal	Warsaw
Slovakia		54–95		Ukraine	Warsaw
10 July 2007
Portugal		80–87		Ukraine	Warsaw
Belarus		47–79		Slovakia	Warsaw

Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Finland	3	2	1	257	219	5
Great Britain	3	2	1	214	214	5
Belgium	3	1	2	207	219	4
Romania	3	1	2	204	230	4

6 July 2007
Finland		84–58		Great Britain	Warsaw
Belgium		65–55		Romania	Warsaw
8 July 2007
Romania		87–86		Finland	Warsaw
Great Britain		77–68		Belgium	Warsaw
10 July 2007
Finland		87–74		Belgium	Warsaw
Romania		62–79		Great Britain	Warsaw

Qualifying round[]

The eight top teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

Group E[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Montenegro	3	3	0	228	206	6
Germany	3	2	1	250	206	5
Poland	3	1	2	196	205	4
Estonia	3	0	3	181	238	3

11 July 2007
Montenegro		80–71		Estonia	Warsaw
Germany		85–68		Poland	Warsaw
12 July 2007
Poland		61–72		Montenegro	Warsaw
Estonia		62–91		Germany	Warsaw

Group F[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Ukraine	3	3	0	267	194	6
Finland	3	2	1	220	218	5
Slovakia	3	1	2	205	233	4
Great Britain	3	0	3	200	247	3

11 July 2007
Ukraine		79–73		Great Britain	Warsaw
Slovakia		67–69		Finland	Warsaw
12 July 2007
Finland		67–93		Ukraine	Warsaw
Great Britain		69–84		Slovakia	Warsaw

Classification round[]

The ten bottom teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

Group G[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts	Tie-breaker
Sweden	4	3	1	291	267	7	1–1 (+17)
Austria	4	3	1	326	289	7	1–1 (−3)
Czech Republic	4	3	1	255	257	7	1–1 (−14)
Portugal	4	1	3	283	310	5
Belarus	4	0	4	285	317	4

11 July 2007
Belarus		68–72		Sweden	Warsaw
Portugal		63–65		Czech Republic	Warsaw
12 July 2007
Austria		93–77		Belarus	Warsaw
Sweden		82–76		Portugal	Warsaw
13 July 2007
Belarus		68–75		Czech Republic	Warsaw
Portugal		67–91		Austria	Warsaw

Group H[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts	Tie-breaker
Belgium	4	3	1	311	283	7	1–1 (+10)
Ireland	4	3	1	292	275	7	1–1 (+1)
Netherlands	4	3	1	302	280	7	1–1 (−11)
Switzerland	4	1	3	302	326	5
Romania	4	0	4	239	282	4

11 July 2007
Romania		45–60		Ireland	Warsaw
Belgium		94–86		Switzerland	Warsaw
12 July 2007
Netherlands		76–65		Romania	Warsaw
Ireland		82–75		Belgium	Warsaw
13 July 2007
Romania		74–81		Switzerland	Warsaw
Belgium		77–60		Netherlands	Warsaw

Knockout stage[]

17th–18th game[]

July 15 9:15

Report

Belarus	74–93	Romania
Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 24–27, 12–34, 15–18
Pts: 24 Rebs: 8 Asts: 4		Pts: 17 Rebs: Nicoara 15 Asts: Mandache 6

Warsaw Attendance: 50 Referees: Marek Cmikiewicz (POL), Majid Shahab (WAL), Omer Esteron (ISR)

15th–16th game[]

July 15 11:15

Report

Portugal	90–81	Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 21–28, 27–15, 22–25, 20–13
Pts: , Silva 17 Rebs: 11 Asts: 9		Pts: 32 Rebs: , Ramseier 15 Asts: four players 3

Warsaw Attendance: 50 Referees: Doru Vinasi (ROU), Benjamin Barth (GER), Atso Matsalu (EST)

13th–14th game[]

July 15 13:15

Report

Czech Republic	73–60	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 24–9, 17–16, 16–21
Pts: 15 Rebs: 7 Asts: 5		Pts: Oudendag 24 Rebs: Oudendag 13 Asts: 3

Warsaw Attendance: 50 Referees: Sérgio Silva (POR), Henrykh Bekish (BLR), Francis Santos (GIB)

11th–12th game[]

July 15 15:15

Report

Austria	66–67	Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 13–14, 17–9, 13–24
Pts: 21 Rebs: 9 Asts: Schreiner 4		Pts: 15 Rebs: 18 Asts: 4

Warsaw Attendance: 50 Referees: Marcello Reatto (ITA), Karel Kraaijeveld (NED), Luca Carlini (SUI)

9th–10th game[]

July 15 17:15

Report

Sweden	84–82	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 16–24, 25–18, 23–21
Pts: Jerebko 28 Rebs: Jerebko 15 Asts: 7		Pts: 19 Rebs: 4 Asts: 7

Warsaw Attendance: 50 Referees: Sigmundur Herbertsson (ISL), Sergey Krug (RUS), Jurgis Laurinavicius (LTU)

5th–8th playoffs[]

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	July 14, Warsaw
	Estonia	59
					July 15, Warsaw
	Slovakia	47
					Estonia	58
	July 14, Warsaw
					Poland	74
	Great Britain	64
	Poland	71
					Seventh place
					July 15, Warsaw
					Slovakia	75
					Great Britain	68

Championship[]

	Playoffs				Third place
	July 14, Warsaw
	Finland	53
					July 15, Warsaw
	Montenegro	83
					Montenegro	89
	July 14, Warsaw
					Ukraine	68
	Ukraine	80
	Germany	56
					Final
					July 15, Warsaw
					Finland	76
					Germany	73

2007 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship Division B
Montenegro First title

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	Montenegro
	Ukraine
	Finland
4th	Germany
5th	Poland
6th	Estonia
7th	Slovakia
8th	Great Britain
9th	Sweden
10th	Belgium
11th	Ireland
12th	Austria
13th	Czech Republic
14th	Netherlands
15th	Portugal
16th	Switzerland
17th	Romania
18th	Belarus

Stats leaders[]

Points[] Rank Name Points Games PPG 1. Titus Nicoara 146 7 20.9 2. 138 7 19.7 2. Jonas Jerebko 136 7 19.4 4. Oleksandr Kolchenko 136 7 19.4 5. 144 8 18.0

Rebounds[] Rank Name Points Games RPG 1. Titus Nicoara 87 7 12.4 2. 81 7 11.6 3. Jonas Jerebko 75 7 10.7 4. Daniel Clark 74 7 10.6 5. 82 8 10.3

Assists[] Rank Name Points Games RPG 1. Thomas Schreiner 39 7 5.6 2. Niels Marnegrave 27 5 5.4 3. Sten-Timmu Sokk 38 8 4.8 4. 32 7 4.6 5. 35 8 4.4

References[]

• FIBA.com
• FIBA Europe Archive