2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women

Host country

Dates2–12 July 2009

Teams16

2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women
Tournament details

Host country	Sweden
City	Södertälje
Dates	2–12 July 2009 (2009-07-02 – 2009-07-12)
Teams	16
Venues	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
MVP	Cleopatra Forsman-Goga
Top scorer	Olga Maznichenko (21.9 ppg)
Top rebounds	Olesia Malashenko (13.8 rpg)
Top assists	Magdalena Teresa Zietara (3.8 apg)
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The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Women's Championship or simply known as the 2009 Youth EuroBasket, was the 26th edition of the Under-18 European Championships. This tournament was hosted by Sweden for the first time in the history of the championships. The tournament was won by Spain for the third time after defeating the France in the final, 64–54. Hosts Sweden clinched the bronze medal after beating Czech Republic, 67–54.

Arena	Capacity	Notes
Täljehallen	2,100 (12,500 for concerts)	Used in preliminary, qualifying and final round.
Rosenborg	N/a	Used in the preliminary and Classification round

Format

Preliminary round: Teams are split into four groups of 4 teams each, playing in a single round-robin format, teams playing against each other in their respective group once. The top three teams in each group qualify for the second round, while the last placed team are relegated to the classification rounds.
- Group tournament ranking system:
  - Games won: 2 points
  - Games lost by ordinary circumstances: 1 point
  - Games lost by default: 1 point, and the score at the time of stoppage if the defaulting team is trailing, or a score of 2–0 if it is leading or if the game is tied.
  - Games lost by forfeit: 0 points and a score of 20–0 against the forfeiting team.
- Tiebreaking criteria:

Game results between tied teams via points system above
Goal average between games of the tied teams
Goal average for all games of the tied teams
Drawing of lots

Second round: Groups A and B shall comprise Group E, while Groups C and D shall comprise Group F. Teams play against teams that have not played yet once, while the records for the teams that they had already met that also advanced are carried over. Same points and tiebreaking system as in the preliminary round. Top four advance to the final round.

Second round: The qualifying teams from Groups A and B forms Groups E, and teams from Groups C and D, forms Group F. Those teams in each group will play again in single round-robin format. Only the top 4 teams advance to the final round (knockout stage).
Final round: SIngle-elimination tournament for the championship
- 3rd–4th classification: Playoff for semifinals losers
- 5th–8th classification: Single-elimination tournament for quarterfinals losers
- 9th–12th classification: Single-elimination tournament for fifth and sixth placers in the second round
- 13th–15th classification: Round-robin classification for fourth placers in the preliminary round.

Preliminary round

All times are in Swedish Standard Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	238	153	+85	6	Advance to second round
2	Sweden	3	2	1	188	180	+8	5
3	Poland	3	1	2	203	171	+32	4
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	115	240	−125	3	Classification Group G

Source: FIBA Archives^{[dead link]}
Rules for classification: 1. points; 2. win–loss record; 3. ratio of points scored to points allowed; 4. quotient system

2 July
21:00

Sweden	74–44	Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 21–8, 19–10, 15–15
Pts: Abdi 21 Rebs: Abdi 10 Asts: Kabengano 4		Pts: Georgieva 11 Rebs: Tyutyundzhieva 8 Asts: Stoycheva 2

Täljehallen, Södertälje
Referees: Milan Brizak (SVK), Anna Cardus (ESP), Piotr Ivashkov (BLR)

2 July
18:15

Poland	64–75	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 13–26, 23–13, 6–18
Pts: Zietara 12 Rebs: Bandyk 7 Asts: Kuras 3		Pts: Jovanovic 21 Rebs: Bandyk 7 Asts: Kuras 3

Täljehallen, Södertälje
Referees: Paolo Taurino (ITA), Martynas Gudas (LTU), Zaza Machaladze (GEO)

3 July
17:30

Sweden	66–57	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 18–14, 10–20, 21–12
Pts: Forsman-Goga 19 Rebs: Forsman-Goga 15 Asts: Forsman-Goga 5		Pts: Misiuk 19 Rebs: Misiuk 11 Asts: Casimiro 5

Rosenborg, Södertälje
Referees: Timothy Andrew Frederick Brown (NZL), Sérgio Silva (POR), Vincent Delestrée (BEL)

3 July
19:45

Serbia	84–41	Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 22–3, 29–9, 20–19
Pts: Vucuróvić 14 Rebs: Bubnjević 10 Asts: Jovanóvić 3		Pts: Kocheva 12 Rebs: Kocheva 6 Asts: Kocheva 3

Rosenborg, Södertälje
Referees: Robert Vyklicky (CZE), Elena Chernova (RUS), Borys Shulga (UKR)

4 July
16:00

Serbia	79–48	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 23–16, 19–10, 19–6
Pts: Vućuróvić 14 Rebs: Markovic 8 Asts: Vućuróvić 3		Pts: Forsman-Goga 20 Rebs: Abdi 8 Asts: Abdi 4

Täljehallen, Södertälje
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Paolo Taurino (ITA), Oskars Lucis (LAT), Carole Delauné (FRA)

4 July
15:15

Poland	82–30	Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 24–1, 23–12, 12–10, 23–7
Pts: Bandyk 17 Rebs: Bandyk 14 Asts: Zietara 7		Pts: Nakova 6 Rebs: Tyutyundzhieva 6 Asts: Kocheva 4

Rosenborg, Södertälje
Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Ognjen Jokic (MNE), Ismail Özgün (TUR)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	250	156	+94	6	Advance to second round
2	Latvia	3	2	1	214	192	+22	5
3	Belgium	3	1	2	178	190	−12	4
4	Turkey	3	0	3	144	248	−104	3	Classification Group G

Source: FIBA Archives^{[dead link]}
Rules for classification: 1. points; 2. overall goal average 3. win–loss record 4. quotient system

2 July
13:45

Latvia	88–50	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 26–9, 12–22, 24–10
Pts: Niedola 26 Rebs: Gotfrida 10 Asts: 6 players 1 each		Pts: Günay 12 Rebs: Ural 7 Asts: Günay 2

Spain	77–49	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 21–19, 23–10, 18–6
Pts: Rodriguez 15 Rebs: Blé Ossepe 5 Asts: Ortiz Vives 2		Pts: Celus 12 Rebs: Raman 5 Asts: three players 1 each

Belgium	61–64	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 20–9, 20–18, 13–24
Pts: Mayombo 14 Rebs: Raman 10 Asts: Bourlioux 3		Pts: Niedola 17 Rebs: Vidola 15 Asts: Niedola 6

Spain	92–45	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 22–9, 26–20, 23–7, 21–9
Pts: Gimeno Martinez 16 Rebs: Blé Ossepe 10 Asts: Casas Carreras 3		Pts: Yavas 13 Rebs: Demirok 7 Asts: Güler 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	235	138	+97	6	Advance to second round
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	208	220	−12	5
3	Russia	3	1	2	196	218	−22	4
4	Slovakia	3	0	3	161	224	−63	3	Classification Group G

Russia	82–57	Slovakia
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 15–17, 19–10, 26–17
Pts: Poluyanova 16 Rebs: Poluyanova 7 Asts: Pasynkova 4		Pts: Páleníková, Nagyová 13 Rebs: three players 6 each Asts: Burianová 3

Ukraine	43–97	France
Scoring by quarter: 12–27, 11–30, 12–22, 8–18
Pts: Rykulska 12 Rebs: Malashenko 8 Asts: Chukhriy, Zavidna 1 each		Pts: Okou Zouzouo 15 Rebs: Okou Zouzouo 9 Asts: Niamke 7

Ukraine	82–61	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 20–16, 18–28, 22–4
Pts: Malashenko 22 Rebs: Malashenko 15 Asts: Iagupova 4		Pts: Medvedeva 13 Rebs: Poluyanova 12 Asts: Stolyar, Medvedeva 2 each

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	3	2	1	188	160	+28	5^[a]	Advance to second round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	187	182	+5	5^[a]
3	Italy	3	2	1	155	160	−5	5^[a]
4	Belarus	3	0	3	169	197	−28	3	Classification Group G

Belarus	46–51	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 11–13, 12–21, 10–6
Pts: Betseika, Filonchyk 11 each Rebs: Bohdan, Filonchyk 8 each Asts: Aliaksandra Shymkaviak (3)		Pts: Federica Tognalini (14) Rebs: Federica Tognalini (13) Asts: Four players 2 each

Czech Republic	44–71	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 11–20, 10–13, 5–14
Pts: Martina Knoflícková (9) Rebs: Three players 4 each Asts: Sedlácková, Filarová 2 each		Pts: Gintare Mazionyte (14) Rebs: Siksniute, Mazionyte 11 each Asts: Diana Zintikaite (4)

Lithuania	70–59	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 18–20, 24–16, 10–12
Pts: Monika Grigalauskyte (13) Rebs: Egle Siksniute (11) Asts: Gintare Mazionyte (4)		Pts: Maryia Rashchenia (16) Rebs: Maryia Filonchyk (7) Asts: Betseika, Kakhanskaya 3 each

Czech Republic	67–47	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 15–9, 18–15, 18–4
Pts: Lenka Bartakova (15) Rebs: Alena Hanusova (13) Asts: Lenka Bartakova (4)		Pts: Laura Spreafico (19) Rebs: Federica Tognalini (13) Asts: Oriana Milazzo (3)

Belarus	64–76	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 21–18, 15–19, 13–23
Pts: Karalina Betseika (22) Rebs: Nadzeya Bohdan (10) Asts: Maryia Rashchenia (5)		Pts: Alena Hanusova (22) Rebs: Alena Hanusova (20) Asts: Lenka Bartakova (5)

Lithuania	47–57	Italy
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	416	277	+139	10	Advanced to the final round
2	Serbia	5	3	2	328	327	+1	8
3	Sweden	5	3	2	322	334	−12	8
4	Latvia	5	2	3	310	341	−31	7
5	Belgium	5	2	3	324	342	−18	7	Relegated to classification 9–12
6	Poland	5	0	5	305	384	−79	5	Relegated to classification 9–12

6 July 2009 (2009-07-06)	Latvia	53–72	Sweden	Södertälje
18:15	Scoring by quarter: 9–18, 19–14, 6–22, 19–18
	Pts: Sabine Niedola (19) Rebs: Sabine Niedola (13) Asts: Anete Cunda (3)	Boxscore	Pts: Farhiya Abdi (25) Rebs: Farhiya Abdi (15) Asts: Neffati, Abdi 3 each	Arena: Täljehallen Referees: Robert Vylicky (CZE), Sérgio Silva (POR), Ismail Özgün (TUR)

6 July 2009 (2009-07-06)	Belgium	64–62	Serbia	Södertälje
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 12–18, 22–16, 13–11
	Pts: Jana Raman (23) Rebs: Jana Raman (10) Asts: Noémie Mayombo (4)	Boxscore	Pts: Tina Jovanovic (13) Rebs: Tina Jovanovic (16) Asts: Tina Jovanovic (3)	Arena: Täljehallen Referees: Milan Brizak (SVK), Gabriel Roceanu (ROU), Zlatin Karanikolov (BUL)

6 July 2009 (2009-07-06)	Poland	52–86	Spain
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

7 July 2009 (2009-07-07)	Belgium	87–69	Poland	Rosenborg
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Classification 9–12

11th place match

9th place match

Quarterfinals

5th-8th-place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Bronze medal match

Final

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7 July 2009 (2009-07-07)	Serbia	64–61	Latvia
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

7 July 2009 (2009-07-07)	Spain	82–66	Sweden
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

8 July 2009 (2009-07-08)	Poland	63–70	Latvia	Södertälje
	Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 8–14, 20–19, 20–18
				Arena: Täljehallen

8 July 2009 (2009-07-08)	Sweden	70–63	Belgium
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

8 July 2009 (2009-07-08)	Serbia	48–90	Spain
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	385	233	+152	10	Advance to the final round
2	Lithuania	5	3	2	316	307	+9	8
3	Czech Republic	5	3	2	300	322	−22	8
4	Ukraine	5	2	3	360	295	+65	7
5	Italy	5	2	3	274	305	−31	7	Relegated to classification 9–12
6	Russia	5	0	5	271	344	−73	5	Relegated to classification 9–12

Belarus	82–52	Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 27–10, 21–13, 17–18
Pts: Filonchyk 23 Rebs: Filonchyk 9 Asts: Betseika 5		Pts: Georgieva 13 Rebs: Tyutyundzhieva 10 Asts: Dencheva 2

Slovakia	47–68	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 10–20, 9–24, 15–14
Pts: Kissová 14 Rebs: Baburová 9 Asts: Baburová 5		Pts: Yavas 23 Rebs: Güler 8 Asts: Yavas 7

Slovakia	56–39	Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 13–12, 22–3, 11–12
Pts: Páleníková 15 Rebs: Firkalová 12 Asts: Páleníkova 3		Pts: Todorova 19 Rebs: Todorova 8 Asts: Kocheva 5

Turkey	68–66	Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 17–14, 15–17, 26–22
Pts: Yavas 16 Rebs: Ural 12 Asts: Yavas 6		Pts: Musatava 16 Rebs: Filonchyk 10 Asts: Betseika 6