2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B explained

2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
Subtitle:	3rd Division B Championship
Continent:	Europe U-20
Year:	2007
Host:	Poland
Dates:	July 6–15
Teams:	18
Federations:	48
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	Montenegro
Title Number:	1
Ppg P:	Nicoară (20.9)
Ppg T:	(87.0)
Rpg P:	Nicoară (12.4)
Rpg T:	(43.5)
Apg P:	Schreiner (5.6)
Apg T:	(18.0)
Website:	www.fibaeurope.com
Prevseason:	2006
Nextseason:	2008

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.

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.

	Team advanced to Qualifying round
	Team competed in Classification round

Group A

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	4	3	1	339	294	7
	4	3	1	289	273	7
	4	2	2	290	299	6
	4	1	3	267	280	5
	4	1	3	254	293	5

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

Group B

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	4	4	0	316	213	8
	4	2	2	246	246	6
	4	2	2	302	293	6
	4	1	3	241	304	5
	4	1	3	252	301	5

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

Group C

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	3	3	0	289	194	6
	3	2	1	188	196	5
	3	1	2	211	214	4
	3	0	3	179	263	3

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

Group D

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	3	2	1	257	219	5
	3	2	1	214	214	5
	3	1	2	207	219	4
	3	1	2	204	230	4

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6 July 2007
	84–58		Warsaw
	65–55		Warsaw
8 July 2007
	87–86		Warsaw
	77–68		Warsaw
10 July 2007
	87–74		Warsaw
	62–79		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.

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

Group E

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	3	3	0	228	206	6
	3	2	1	250	206	5
	3	1	2	196	205	4
	3	0	3	181	238	3

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11 July 2007
	80–71		Warsaw
	85–68		Warsaw
12 July 2007
	61–72		Warsaw
	62–91		Warsaw

Group F

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	3	3	0	267	194	6
	3	2	1	220	218	5
	3	1	2	205	233	4
	3	0	3	200	247	3

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11 July 2007
	79–73		Warsaw
	67–69		Warsaw
12 July 2007
	67–93		Warsaw
	69–84		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.

	Team advanced to 9th–10th game
	Team advanced to 11th–12th game
	Team advanced to 13th–14th game
	Team advanced to 15th–16th game
	Team competed in 17th–18th game

Group G

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	4	3	1	291	267	7	1–1 (+17)
	4	3	1	326	289	7	1–1 (−3)
	4	3	1	255	257	7	1–1 (−14)
	4	1	3	283	310	5
	4	0	4	285	317	4

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11 July 2007
	68–72		Warsaw
	63–65		Warsaw
12 July 2007
	93–77		Warsaw
	82–76		Warsaw
13 July 2007
	68–75		Warsaw
	67–91		Warsaw

Group H

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	4	3	1	311	283	7	1–1 (+10)
	4	3	1	292	275	7	1–1 (+1)
	4	3	1	302	280	7	1–1 (−11)
	4	1	3	302	326	5
	4	0	4	239	282	4

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11 July 2007
	45–60		Warsaw
	94–86		Warsaw
12 July 2007
	76–65		Warsaw
	82–75		Warsaw
13 July 2007
	74–81		Warsaw
	77–60		Warsaw

Knockout stage

Championship

Final standings

Rank		Team



4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th

Stats leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	PPG
1.	Titus Nicoara	146	7	20.9
2.	Richard Poiger		138	7	19.7
2.	Jonas Jerebko	136	7	19.4
4.	Oleksandr Kolchenko	136	7	19.4
5.	Kamil Pietras	144	8	18.0

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	RPG
1.	Titus Nicoara	87	7	12.4
2.	Westher Molteni		81	7	11.6
3.	Jonas Jerebko	75	7	10.7
4.	Daniel Clark	74	7	10.6
5.	Kamil Pietras	82	8	10.3

Assists

Rank	Name	Points	Games	width=40	RPG
1.	Thomas Schreiner	39	7	5.6
2.	Niels Marnegrave		27	5	5.4
3.	Sten-Timmu Sokk	38	8	4.8
4.	Scott Kinevane	32	7	4.6
5.	Goran Martinić	35	8	4.4