NEWS

03.08.2008
Making History: Greece First Time Champions
Greece wrote another chapter in their storied basketball history by beating Lithuania 57-50 to capture the nation's first ever gold medal at the U18 European Championship Men.

Kostas Sloukas led Greece with 16 points and Kostas Papanikolaou hit two free throws and tipped in another missed foul shot over the final 44 seconds to secure the victory for the host Greeks.
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03.08.2008
Motiejunas MVP, Two Greeks In All-Tournament Team
Lithunia's Donatas Motiejunas was named Most Valuable Player of the U18 European Championship Men despite Lithuania losing in the gold medal game against hosts Greece in Pyrgos.

The 17-year-old Motiejunas scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in Lithuania's 57-50 loss to Greece in the final.
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03.08.2008
Croatia Edge France For Bronze
Toni Prostran made four free throws in the final 18 seconds to give Croatia a 73-68 victory over France to capture the bronze medal at the U18 European Championship Men, in Pyrgos.

Mario Delas scored 18 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Croatians collected their sixth U18 medal of their history and first since gold in 2002.
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SCOREBOARD

Preliminary Round

 TeamPW/LF/APts
1. Greece33/0232/1956
2. Spain32/1248/2115
3. Israel31/2196/2344
4. Belgium30/3182/2183
Israel   Spain
6587
21-12   23-19   10-29   11-27  
Greece   Belgium
6655
20-14   19-18   11-14   16-9  
 TeamPW/LF/APts
1. Lithuania33/0231/2056
2. Serbia32/1227/1785
3. Italy31/2192/2194
4. Estonia30/3165/2133
Lithuania   Estonia
7264
25-21   21-12   8-16   18-15  
Italy   Serbia
5483
7-24   15-30   17-16   15-13  
 TeamPW/LF/APts
1. France32/1213/1925
2. Russia32/1230/2075
3. Ukraine31/2190/2094
4. Germany31/2207/2324
Ukraine   Germany
7653
14-19   20-15   20-8   22-11  
France   Russia
7061
15-10   17-18   19-20   19-13  
 TeamPW/LF/APts
1. Croatia33/0249/2186
2. Turkey32/1238/2415
3. Latvia31/2218/2334
4. Bulgaria30/3224/2373
Latvia   Bulgaria
8075
25-18   18-26   17-13   20-18  
Turkey   Croatia
8191
19-25   15-16   22-20   25-30  

Qualifying Round

 TeamPW/LF/APts
1. Greece55/0378/31610
2. Lithuania53/2356/3518
3. Spain52/3396/3977
4. Serbia52/3364/3617
5. Israel52/3326/3917
6. Italy51/4363/3676
Serbia   Israel
6165
18-25   12-10   19-16   12-14  
Lithuania   Greece
5472
11-22   11-16   16-14   16-20  
Spain   Italy
8380
22-21   15-25   27-19   19-15  
 TeamPW/LF/APts
1. France54/1359/3319
2. Croatia53/2415/3868
3. Russia53/2389/3618
4. Latvia53/2386/3498
5. Turkey52/3373/3937
6. Ukraine50/5313/4155
Turkey   Ukraine
8569
26-16   15-16   10-18   34-19  
Croatia   France
7374
22-24   12-23   25-20   14-7  
Russia   Latvia
7579
22-20   21-13   18-24   14-22  

Classification Round

 TeamPW/LF/APts
1. Bulgaria32/1235/2065
2. Germany32/1236/2035
3. Belgium32/1207/2155
4. Estonia30/3196/2503
Belgium   Estonia
8470
23-13   30-13   10-26   21-18  
Germany   Bulgaria
8773
23-19   23-18   22-22   19-14  

Classification Round for 9th to 12th Place

Turkey   Italy
8073
21-24   13-13   23-13   23-23  
Israel   Ukraine
7675
18-31   18-15   18-10   22-19  

Classification Round for 5th to 8th Place

Russia   Serbia
6385
17-26   14-22   17-18   15-19  
Spain   Latvia
10791
25-23   18-20   30-26   34-22  

Semi-Finals

Greece   Croatia
8262
28-9   25-17   15-18   14-18  
France   Lithuania
5579
14-22   10-17   18-25   13-15  

Classification Game for 11th to 12th Place

Ukraine   Italy
6884
18-19   12-23   25-23   13-19  

Classification Game for 9th to 10th Place

Israel   Turkey
7295
12-19   20-28   14-22   26-26  

Classification Game for 7th to 8th Place

Latvia   Russia
7169
18-21   17-19   26-16   10-13  

Classification Game for 5th to 6th Place

Spain   Serbia
8985
25-15   14-31   28-14   22-25  

Classification Game for 3rd to 4th Place

Croatia   France
7368
20-13   24-17   16-24   13-14  

Final

Greece   Lithuania
5750
6-11   21-14   16-13   14-12  

HEADLINES

Croatia Edge France For Bronze03.08.2008
Spain Pip Serbia For Fifth03.08.2008
Greece Seeking First Gold, Lithuania To Crash The Party03.08.2008
Lithuania Destroy France To Get Chance At Gold02.08.2008
Greece Dismantle Croatia, Book Place In Final02.08.2008
Spain vs. Serbia For 5th, Bulgaria, Germany Survive02.08.2008
Before The Semis: Numbers Talk02.08.2008
Semis: Perfect Greece Take On Tricky Croatia02.08.2008
Semis: Lithuania's Size Against French Speed02.08.2008
At Buzzer, Latvia Bounce Russia From Semis, Croatia In31.07.2008

FINAL STANDINGS

 Team
1.flagGreece
2.flagLithuania
3.flagCroatia
4.flagFrance
5.flagSpain
6.flagSerbia
7.flagLatvia
8.flagRussia
9.flagTurkey
10.flagIsrael
11.flagItaly
12.flagUkraine
13.flagBulgaria
14.flagGermany
15.flagBelgium
16.flagEstonia

PHOTO GALLERY

STATISTICS

PointsReboundsAssists

Points

Hristo Zahariev

BUL
Born : 27.10.1990
Height: 1.97

Avg: 19.2

NameAvg.
1.Zahariev, H. 19.2
2.Kanter, E. 19.1
3.Delas, M. 18.6
4.Motiejunas, D. 18.2
5.Stuckey, M. 16.7

Rebounds

Enes Kanter

TUR
Born : 20.05.1992
Height: 2.08

Avg: 14.6

NameAvg.
1.Kanter, E. 14.6
2.Slezas, T. 12.4
3.Hounhanou, S. 10.7
4.Motiejunas, D. 10.2
5.Sarikopoulos, Z. 9.4

Assists

Toni Prostran

CRO
Born : 09.04.1991
Height: 1.83

Avg: 5.0

NameAvg.
1.Prostran, T. 5.0
2.Albicy, A. 5.0
3.Avramov, B. 4.5
4.Sloukas, K. 4.0
5.Perez, D. 3.9