The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Greece from July 25, 2008 until August 3. The hosts, Greeks, emerged as the champions after beating the Lithuanians in the final, 57–50 to clinch their first European Under-18 championship. The tournament served as the European Qualifiers for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Participating teams

Squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries will have 12 players on their roster.

Venues

Format

Preliminary round

Teams are divided equally in 4 groups of four teams each and they will play in a single round-robin format. The top three teams in each group qualified for the second round while the last teams in each group were eliminated. All times are local, UTC+3.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

Group E

Group F

Classification playoffs

9th–12th place classification playoffs

Classification Semifinals

Eleventh place match

Ninth place match

5th–8th place classification playoffs

Classification Semifinals

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Winner qualified for the World Cup.

Final round

All times are local, UTC+3.

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

Final standings

The top 5 teams qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Awards

All-Tournament Team