European basketball championship 1999

Eurobasket 1999
31st European men's basketball championship
Number of nations	16  (of 41 applicants)
European champion	Italy (2nd title)
venue	France
Opening game	June 21, 1999
Endgame	0July 3, 1999
Games	54
Basket points	7623   (∅: 141.17 per game)
Most basket points	Alberto Herreros Spain
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The 1999 men's basketball championship , officially Eurobasket 1999 , took place in France from June 21 to July 3, 1999 . It was the 31st European Championships. Italy won gold ahead of silver medalist Spain . Yugoslavia (or Serbia and Montenegro ) won bronze.

The European Basketball Championship is a biennial basketball competition between European national teams that is organized by Munich- based FIBA Europe , the European Basketball Association.

Venues

The preliminary round matches took place in Toulouse , Clermont-Ferrand , Antibes and Dijon . The games of the intermediate round were played in Pau and Le Mans . The games from the quarter-finals were played in the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris .

qualification

→ Main article : Qualifying for the 1999 European Basketball Championship

A total of 16 teams took part in the tournament, which qualified for the tournament in different ways:

• Yugoslavia was automatically qualified as defending champion.
• France was automatically selected as the host.
• 14 participants were determined over three qualifying rounds.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round four teams played against each other in four groups. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. If a game was tied at the end of regular time, there was extra time.

Group A - Toulouse

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
A1	06/21/1999	Israel	Yugoslavia	61:81	23:38	38:43	-
A2	06/21/1999	Macedonia	France	67:71	40:42	27:29	-
A3	06/22/1999	Yugoslavia	Macedonia	83:68	51:40	32:28	-
A4	06/22/1999	France	Israel	77:66	37:34	40:32	-
A5	06/23/1999	Macedonia	Israel	62:64	37:29	25:35	-
A6	06/23/1999	Yugoslavia	France	63:52	27:33	36:19	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	6th	227: 181	+46	Intermediate round
2	France	3	2	1	5	200: 196	+ 04
3	Israel	3	1	2	4th	191: 220	-29
4th	Macedonia	3	0	3	3	197: 218	-21

Group B - Clermont-Ferrand

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
B1	06/21/1999	Slovenia	Russia	47:68	22:30	25:38	-
B2	06/21/1999	Hungary	Spain	75:84	36:27	39:57	-
B3	06/22/1999	Russia	Hungary	73:72	35:30	38:42	-
B4	06/22/1999	Spain	Slovenia	75:85	43:50	32:35	-
B5	06/23/1999	Hungary	Slovenia	66:72	33:40	33:32	-
B6	06/23/1999	Russia	Spain	69:72	30:39	39:33	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Russia	3	2	1	5	210: 191	+19	Intermediate round
2	Spain	3	2	1	5	231: 229	+ 02
3	Slovenia	3	2	1	5	204: 209	- 05th
4th	Hungary	3	0	3	3	213: 229	-16

Group C - Antibes

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
C1	06/21/1999	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Turkey	42:57	21:24	21:33	-
C2	06/21/1999	Croatia	Italy	70:68	29:48	41:20	-
C3	06/22/1999	Turkey	Croatia	70:63	27:34	43:29	-
C4	06/22/1999	Italy	Bosnia and Herzegovina	64:59	36:30	28:29	-
C5	06/23/1999	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia	59:65	32:37	27:28	-
C6	06/23/1999	Italy	Turkey	64:61	33:34	31:27	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Turkey	3	2	1	5	188: 169	+19	Intermediate round
2	Italy	3	2	1	5	196: 190	+ 06
3	Croatia	3	2	1	5	198: 197	+ 01
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	3	160: 186	-26

Group D - Dijon

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
D1	06/21/1999	Czech Republic	Lithuania	78:62	43:34	35:28	-
D2	06/21/1999	Germany	Greece	59:58	26:23	33:35	-
D3	06/22/1999	Lithuania	Germany	84:74	32:32	52:42	-
D4	06/22/1999	Greece	Czech Republic	72:83	33:34	39:49	-
D5	06/23/1999	Czech Republic	Germany	68:77	33:49	35:28	-
D6	06/23/1999	Greece	Lithuania	64:82	28:44	36:38	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	5	229: 211	+18	Intermediate round
2	Germany	3	2	1	5	210: 210	± 00
3	Lithuania	3	2	1	5	228: 216	+12
4th	Greece	3	0	3	3	194: 224	-30

Intermediate round

After the preliminary round, the first three teams in each group qualified for the intermediate round. The first three teams in groups A and B formed group E, the qualified groups C and D formed the new group F. Each team competed once against each of the three new members of the group. The points from the preliminary round were continued.

Group E - Pau

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
E1	06/26/1999	Spain	France	57:74	32:31	25:43	-
E2	06/26/1999	Slovenia	Yugoslavia	66:71	33:29	33:42	-
E3	06/26/1999	Russia	Israel	93:84	41:43	35:33	17: 8
E4	06/27/1999	Yugoslavia	Spain	77:63	38:35	39:28	-
E5	06/27/1999	Israel	Slovenia	67:66	41:28	26:38	-
E6	06/27/1999	France	Russia	66:62	34:27	32:35	-
E7	06/28/1999	Spain	Israel	88:74	36:31	52:43	-
E8	06/28/1999	Russia	Yugoslavia	76:68	36:31	40:37	-
E9	06/28/1999	Slovenia	France	69:74	38:28	31:46	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Yugoslavia	6th	5	1	11	443: 386	+57	Quarter finals
2	France	6th	5	1	11	414: 384	+30
3	Russia	6th	4th	2	10	441: 409	+32
4th	Spain	6th	3	3	9	439: 454	-15
5	Israel	6th	2	4th	8th	416: 467	-51
6th	Slovenia	6th	2	4th	8th	405: 421	-16

Group F - Le Mans

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
F1	06/26/1999	Lithuania	Turkey	074:48	35:29	39:19	-
F2	06/26/1999	Czech Republic	Croatia	064:86	29:45	35:41	-
F3	06/26/1999	Germany	Italy	053:74	25:37	28:37	-
F4	06/27/1999	Croatia	Lithuania	075:91	42:50	33:41	-
F5	06/27/1999	Turkey	Germany	063:55	31:29	32:26	-
F6	06/27/1999	Italy	Czech Republic	095:68	45:40	50:28	-
F7	06/28/1999	Germany	Croatia	102: 85	50:49	52:36	-
F8	06/28/1999	Czech Republic	Turkey	073:78	37:36	36:42	-
F9	06/28/1999	Lithuania	Italy	074:62	39:35	35:27	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Lithuania	6th	5	1	11	467: 401	+66	Quarter finals
2	Italy	6th	4th	2	10	427: 385	+42
3	Turkey	6th	4th	2	10	377: 371	+ 06
4th	Germany	6th	3	3	9	420: 432	-12
5	Croatia	6th	3	3	9	444: 454	-10
6th	Czech Republic	6th	2	4th	88	434: 470	-36

Final rounds

mode

After the intermediate round, the first four teams of both groups E and F qualified for the final round. The quarter-finals were played crosswise against an opponent from the other group. Then both the winners of the quarter-finals met in the semifinals, as well as the losers in the "small semifinals". The winners of the semi-finals met in the final, the losers in the game for 3rd place. The winners of the "small semifinals" played for 5th place, the losers for 7th place.

Tournament tree

All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST)

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	43 - 07/01/1999 - 14:00
	Russia	79
					49 - 07/02/1999 - 8:45 PM
	Italy	102
					Italy	71
	44 - 07/01/1999 - 16:15
					Yugoslavia	62
	Yugoslavia	78
									54 - 07/03/1999 - 6:00 PM
	Germany	68
									Spain	56
	45 - July 1st, 1999 - 6:30 pm
									Italy	64
	France	66
					50 - July 2nd, 1999 - 6:30 pm
	Turkey	63
					France	63			Game for third place
	46 - 07/01/1999 - 8:45 PM
					Spain	70
	Spain	74							France	62
	Lithuania	72							Yugoslavia	74
									53 - 07/03/1999 - 3:45 PM

Places 5 to 8

	Small semifinals				Finals 5th-8th space
	47 - 07/02/1999 - 14:00
	Russia	74
	Germany	70
					52 - 07/03/1999 - 13:30
					Russia	72
					Lithuania	103
					7th and 8th place
	48 - 07/02/1999 - 16:15				51 - 07/03/1999 - 11:15
	Turkey	56			Germany	86
	Lithuania	80			Turkey	67

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
43	07/01/1999	Russia	Italy	79: 102	40:49	39:53	-
44	07/01/1999	Yugoslavia	Germany	78: 068	38:35	40:33	-
45	07/01/1999	France	Turkey	66: 063	31:31	35:32	-
46	07/01/1999	Spain	Lithuania	74: 072	34:31	40:41	-

Small semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
47	07/02/1999	Russia	Germany	74:70	40:24	34:46	-
48	07/02/1999	Turkey	Lithuania	56:80	24:38	32:42	-

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
49	07/02/1999	France	Spain	63:70	29:31	34:39	-
50	07/02/1999	Italy	Yugoslavia	71:62	37:23	34:39	-

Game for 7th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
51	07/03/1999	Germany	Turkey	86:67	48:36	38:31	-

Play for 5th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
52	07/03/1999	Russia	Lithuania	72: 103	33:42	39:61	-

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
53	07/03/1999	France	Yugoslavia	62:74	26:33	36:41	-

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
54	07/03/1999	Spain	Italy	56:64	24:32	32:32	-

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
1	Italy	7: 2	1.1409
2	Spain	5: 4	0.9786
3	Yugoslavia	7: 2	1.1193
4th	France	6: 3	1.0237
5	Lithuania	7: 2	1.1973
6th	Russia	5: 4	0.9737
7th	Germany	4: 5	0.9892
8th	Turkey	4: 5	0.9337
Eliminated after the intermediate round
9	Croatia	3: 3	0.9780
10	Slovenia	2: 4	0.9620
11	Czech Republic	2: 4	0.9234
12	Israel	2: 4	0.8908
Eliminated after the preliminary round
13	Hungary	0: 3	0.9301
14th	Macedonia	0: 3	0.9037
15th	Greece	0: 3	0.8661
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0: 3	0.8602

Honors

• Top scorer: Alberto Herreros (Spain, 19.2 points)
• Top rebounder: Arvydas Sabonis (Lithuania, 8.5 rebounds)
• Top passer: Toni Kukoč (Croatia, 6.3 assists)

• Antoine Rigaudeau from France , the Spaniard Alberto Herreros , the Lithuanians Arturas Karnišovas and Arvydas Sabonis as well as Toni Kukoč from Croatia were elected to the All-Tournament Team .

statistics

All in all

• 54 games
• 7,623 points
• 3,031 rebounds (of which 877 offensive and 2154 defensive)
• 1,623 assists
• 2,305 fouls
• 1,281 ball losses
• 683 steals

Most of the points

player	nationality	Points
Alberto Herreros	Spain	173
Carlton Myers	Italy	147
Dirk Nowitzki	Germany	137
Artūras Karnišovas	Lithuania	128
Dejan Bodiroga	Yugoslavia	127

Most points per game

player	nationality	Points
Alberto Herreros	Spain	19.2
Luboš Bartoň	Czech Republic	18.7
Doron Sheffer	Israel	16.7
Carlton Myers	Italy	16.3
Antoine Rigaudeau	France	15.5
Dirk Nowitzki	Germany	15.2

Most rebounds per game

player	nationality	Rebounds
Arvydas Sabonis	Lithuania	8.5
Vitaly Nosov	Russia	7.9
Huseyin Beşok	Turkey	7.4
Alfonso Reyes	Spain	7.2
Ivica Jurković	Slovenia	6.5

Most assists per game

player	nationality	Assists
Toni Kukoč	Croatia	6.3
Vladimir Bogojevic	Germany	5.2
Damir Mulaomerović	Croatia	4.8
Kerem Tunçeri	Turkey	4.6
Dejan Bodiroga	Yugoslavia	4.3

The German team

The German team consisted of Stephen Arigbabu , Vladimir Bogojevič , Patrick Femerling , Jörg Lütcke , Tim Nees , Dirk Nowitzki , Kai Nürnberger , Ademola Okulaja , Henrik Rödl , Gerrit Terdenge , Drazan Tomic and Denis Wucherer ; Henrik Dettmann was the coach .

Web links

• FIBA Europe Infos (Engl.)