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International basketball competition
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
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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

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

5th–8th playoffs

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

Championship

 SemifinalsFinal
       
  
 
  Turkey75
  
  Spain81
  Spain55
  
  Serbia56
  Serbia74
 
  Lithuania64
 Third place
 
  
 
  Turkey55
 
  Lithuania65

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Serbia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

References

FIBA U16 EuroBasket
Division A
Qualification
Division B
Division C
International men's youth basketball
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.
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