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.

Venues Arena Capacity Notes Täljehallen 2,100 (12,500 for concerts) Used in preliminary, qualifying and final round. Rosenborg 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).

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Group B

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Group D

Second round Group E

Group F

Classification Playoffs

Group G A single round-robin classification group to determine 13th through 16th placers.

Classification 9–12

11th place match

9th place match

Final round

Quarterfinals

5th-8th-place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Bronze medal match

Final

Referees The following referees were selected for the tournament:

Milan Brizak Anna Cardus Piotr Ivashkov Paolo Taurino Martynas Gudas Zaza Machaladze Timothy Andrew Frederick Brown Carole Delauné Oskars Lucis Robert Vyklicky Borys Shulga Oscar Lefwerth

Final rankings RankTeamRecord FIBA World RankingsBeforeAfterChangeGold medal game participants 9–0 2 2 0 8–1 3 3 0Bronze medal game participants 6–3 15 27 12 4th 5–4 12 7 5Eliminated at the quarterfinals 5th 6–3 14 13 1 6th 5–4 28 32 4 7th 4–5 41 31 10 8th 3–6 — — —Ninth-place game participants 9th 3–5 6 5 1 10th 4–4 13 10 3Eleventh-place match participants 11th 4–4 62 67 5 12th 1–7 32 48 16Preliminary round 4th placers 13th 3–3 19 20 1 14th 2–4 23 25 2 15th 1–5 62 67 5 16th 0–6 72 70 2