The 210cm center dominated the championship from the first to the last day. He finished the games with a double-double average of 18.6 ppg and 10.9 rpg with a total of five games with double-double including the grand finals.

For the third time ever Spain has won the bronze medal in the U20 European Championship Men after a 91-72 victory over Turkey on Sunday night in Riga.

This generation of Spain also won the bronze medal two years ago in the 2006 U18 European Championship.

In their debut performance in the U20 European Championship Men team of Montenegro finished fifth after a 79-63 triumph over Italy.

The losing side will settle for the sixth place in the competition after a roller coaster performance.

On the first day of the 2008 U20 European Championship Ukraine's Sergiy Gladyr set a stunning record by connecting 11 three pointers in a single game.

That record is valid for all youth categories, and was by one hit better than the previous one.

The game for the seventh place doesn't draw a lot of attention usually, but France's 96-78 win over Ukraine won't be forgotten soon by those who attended.

The bottom line is that France won the seventh place while Ukraine is ranked eighth at the end of the championship.

One of the nicest teams to follow in the 2008 U20 European Championship Men is the team from Montenegro.

Their first ever performance in the competition was nothing but an impressive debut.

Lithuania is the second finalist of the 2008 U20 European Championship Men in Riga after an energy consuming 96-79 win over Spain.

Lithuania enjoyed the support of several hundred fans who made the short trip from the south to push their team into the finals, but Spain played with no set backs.

Serbia will get a chance to defend their title tomorrow night in the finals of the 2008 U20 European Championship Men after a 90-69 win over Turkey in the first semi-final.

The European and World champs took control over the game right from the start, using their size advantage.

Montenegro will get a chance to fight for the fifth spot tomorrow after an easy 90-53 win over Ukraine in the 5-8 classification games. 

Montenegro will take on Italy trying to capture fifth place, while Ukraine will fight for the seventh spot against France.

Italy earned a spot in the 5-6 classification game after a 71-56 win over France.

The Italians will take on Montenegro with high hopes to finish fifth, while France will play Ukraine in a battle on the seventh spot.