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2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

2009 EuroBasket Under-16
23rd FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
FIBA U-16 2009.jpg
Tournament details
Host nation Lithuania
Dates 6–16 August 2009
Teams 16 (from 1 federations)
Venues (in 1 host city)
Champions  Spain (2nd title)
MVP Tauras Jogėla
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The 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 23rd edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Kaunas, in Lithuania, hosted the tournament. Spain won their second title.

In this round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three will qualify for the Qualifying Round. The last team of each group will play for the 13th-16th place in the Classification Games.

The twelve teams remaining will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The four top teams will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play for the 9th-12th place.

The last teams of each group in the Preliminary Round will compete in this Classification Round. The four teams will play in one group. The last two teams will be relegated to Division B for the next season.



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