The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the tenth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Nova Gorica, in Slovenia, and Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their first title with that nameSerbia achievements in FIBA Eeurope competitions fibaeurope.com Retrieved 18 July 2018 (they won the 1998 Championship as Yugoslavia and the 2006 Championship as Serbia and Montenegro).
Macedonia and Hungary were relegated to Division B.
Teams
Preliminary round The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.
Team advanced to Qualifying round Team competed in Classification round
Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302332126321258201531225124643031622453 6 July 2007 78–80 Nova Gorica 92–66 Nova Gorica7 July 2007 84–78 Nova Gorica 40–84 Nova Gorica8 July 2007 96–81 Gorizia 56–69 Gorizia
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts33023520563122262364 (1–1 +4)3122302344 (1–1 +4)3122082244 (1–1 –8) 6 July 2007 78–70 Gorizia 90–85 Gorizia7 July 2007 61–69 Nova Gorica 63–62 Nova Gorica8 July 2007 74–88 Nova Gorica 75–84 Nova Gorica
Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302511956321209168531220720343031622633 6 July 2007 88–69 Nova Gorica 95–65 Nova Gorica7 July 2007 60–93 Gorizia 64–77 Gorizia8 July 2007 70–88 Gorizia 77–73 Gorizia
Group D TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302521726321233240531222125043032262703 6 July 2007 72–102 Gorizia 86–51 Gorizia7 July 2007 96–89 Gorizia 56–94 Gorizia8 July 2007 75–74 Nova Gorica 72–65 Nova Gorica
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.
Team advanced to Semifinals Team competed in the 5th–8th playoffs Team competed in the 9th–12th playoffs
Group E TeamPldWLPFPAPts5414273859 (1–1 +4)5413693409 (1–1 +2)5413973779 (1–1 –6)523401422751439341565053774255 10 July 2007 83–88 Gorizia 84–96 Nova Gorica 84–79 Gorizia11 July 2007 71–65 Nova Gorica 76–71 Gorizia 82–74 Nova Gorica12 July 2007 80–79 Nova Gorica 76–94 Nova Gorica 63–55 Nova Gorica
Group F TeamPldWLPFPAPts55044135510541403327953237835085143524076 (1–1 +17)5143714136 (1–1 +3)5143514446 (1–1 –20) 10 July 2007 74–81 Nova Gorica 70–91 Nova Gorica 82–69 Gorizia11 July 2007 96–68 Gorizia 70–88 Nova Gorica 62–66 Gorizia12 July 2007 78–99 Nova Gorica 69–85 Gorizia 75–89 Gorizia
Classification round Team relegated to Division B
Group G TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302241796321247225531222623043031662293 10 July 2007 84–58 Nova Gorica 65–81 Gorizia12 July 2007 86–56 Gorizia 76–78 Gorizia14 July 2007 45–62 Nova Gorica 82–90 Nova Gorica
Knockout stage 9th–12th playoffs
5th–8th playoffs
Championship
Final standings
Rank Team4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th
Team roster Miloš Teodosić, Milenko Tepić, Stefan Nikolić, Marko Đurković, Dragan Labović, Maksim Kovačević, Branko Jereminov, Nenad Zivčević, Vladimir Štimac, Ivan Paunić, Nikola Dragović, and Uroš Nikolić. Head coach: Vlada Vukoičić.
Stats leaders
Points RankNamePointsGamesPPG1. Ronalds Zaķis148624.72. Chavdar Kostov146818.33. Omri Casspi143817.93. Nando de Colo143817.9 5. Dragan Labović135816.9
Rebounds RankNamePointsGamesRPG1. Povilas Butkevicius82711.72. Gašper Vidmar7889.83. Xavi Rey7689.54. Ronalds Zaķis5469.0 5. Ante Tomić6588.1
Assists RankNamePointsGamesAPG1. Miloš Teodosić4385.42. Jan Močnik4085.03. Mehmet Yağmur3284.04. Aleksandar Kostoski2363.8 5. Aldo Curti3083.8
All-Tournament Team Miloš Teodosić Alexey Shved Luigi Datome Dragan Labović Xavi Rey
References
FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive