European basketball championship 2001

Eurobasket 2001
32. Basketball Championship of Men
Number of nations	16  (of 38 applicants)
European champion	Yugoslavia (3rd title)
venue	Turkey
Opening game	August 31, 2001
Endgame	September 9, 2001
Games	40
Basket points	6344   (∅: 158.6 per game)
Most basket points	Dirk Nowitzki Germany
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The men's basketball championship 2001 , officially Eurobasket 2001 , took place from August 31 to September 9, 2001 in Turkey . It was the 32nd European Championships. Yugoslavia (or Serbia and Montenegro ) became European champions . Silver went to hosts Turkey and Spain won the bronze medal. Germany finished fourth.

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.

qualification

→ Main article : Qualifying for the 2001 European Basketball Championship

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

• The Turkey qualified automatically as hosts.
• The seven best-placed national teams at the European Championships in 1999 from Italy (European champions), Spain (second), Yugoslavia (third), France (fourth), Lithuania (fifth), Russia (sixth) and Germany (seventh) were also qualified.
• 8 participants were determined over three qualifying rounds.

Venues

Ankara

The preliminary round matches for groups A and B took place in Ankara's ASKI Sport Hall . The stadium has space for 8,000 spectators.

Antalya

The group C and D group matches were played in Antalya's Expo Center .

Istanbul

In Istanbul's Abdi İpekçi Arena , the games were played from the quarterfinals. The largest Turkish stadium at the time had a capacity of 11,500 seats.

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 - Ankara

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
A1	08/31/2001	Ukraine	Lithuania	60:82	18:21	13:14	08:18	21:29	-
A2	08/31/2001	Israel	France	71:77	12:18	16:16	16:15	18:13	09:15
A3	09/01/2001	France	Ukraine	86:89	15:15	26:19	3:30 p.m.	30:25	-
A4	09/01/2001	Lithuania	Israel	68:59	18: 04	09:22	23:21	18:12	-
A5	09/02/2001	Ukraine	Israel	65:88	20:21	13:22	17:23	15:22	-
A6	09/02/2001	France	Lithuania	76:65	27:20	20:10	14:17	15:18	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	France	3	2	1	5	239: 225	+14	Quarter finals
2	Lithuania	3	2	1	5	215: 195	+20	Elimination Round
3	Israel	3	1	2	4th	218: 210	+ 08
4th	Ukraine	3	1	2	4th	214: 256	−42

Group B - Ankara

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
B1	08/31/2001	Latvia	Turkey	082:85	14:17	28:20	22:30	18:18	-
B2	08/31/2001	Slovenia	Spain	061:85	15:25	14:21	18:25	14:14	-
B3	09/01/2001	Turkey	Slovenia	057:71	18:15	13:13	13:19	13:24	-
B4	09/01/2001	Spain	Latvia	106: 77	23:21	27:21	30:15	26:20	-
B5	09/02/2001	Latvia	Slovenia	099:93	26:29	22:14	17:25	18:15	16:10
B6	09/02/2001	Spain	Turkey	079:84	14:26	28:22	13:22	24:14	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Turkey	3	2	1	5	226: 232	- 06	Quarter finals
2	Spain	3	2	1	5	270: 222	+48	Elimination Round
3	Latvia	3	1	2	4th	258: 284	−26
4th	Slovenia	3	1	2	4th	225: 241	−16

Group C - Antalya

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
C1	08/31/2001	Estonia	Germany	071:92	18:19	22:26	14:25	17:22	-
C2	08/31/2001	Croatia	Yugoslavia	066:80	20:26	15:17	20:18	11:19	-
C3	09/01/2001	Yugoslavia	Estonia	113: 58	33:18	21:15	34:10	25:15	-
C4	09/01/2001	Germany	Croatia	098:88	25:19	23:25	24:17	26:27	-
C5	09/02/2001	Estonia	Croatia	069:81	10:21	23:22	14:17	22:21	-
C6	09/02/2001	Yugoslavia	Germany	086:73	22:13	19:13	17:28	28:19	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	6th	279: 197	+82	Quarter finals
2	Germany	3	2	1	5	263: 245	+18	Elimination Round
3	Croatia	3	1	2	4th	235: 247	−12
4th	Estonia	3	0	3	3	198: 286	−88

Group D - Antalya

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
D1	08/31/2001	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Russia	063: 083	17:25	19:25	14:18	13:15	-
D2	08/31/2001	Greece	Italy	083: 082	24:25	18:17	23:20	18:20	-
D3	09/01/2001	Italy	Bosnia and Herzegovina	096: 066	35:12	18:24	26:13	17:17	-
D4	09/01/2001	Russia	Greece	106: 081	37:26	19:15	27:23	23:17	-
D5	09/02/2001	Italy	Russia	064: 058	15:13	16:11	21:18	12:16	-
D6	09/02/2001	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Greece	077: 101	21:21	23:18	10:29	23:33	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Russia	3	2	1	5	247: 208	+39	Quarter finals
2	Italy	3	2	1	5	242: 207	+35	Elimination Round
3	Greece	3	2	1	5	265: 265	± 00
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	3	206: 280	−75

Final rounds

mode

After the preliminary round, the first team in each group qualified directly for the quarter-finals. The second placed in each group had to play with a third placed from another group for a place in the quarter finals. 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.

Elimination Round

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
25th	09/03/2001	Lithuania	Latvia	76:94	20:20	15:25	17:21	24:28	-
26th	09/03/2001	Italy	Croatia	57:65	15:14	11:16	18:18	13:17	-
27	09/03/2001	Spain	Israel	71:67	10:11	27:19	16:24	18:13	-
28	09/03/2001	Germany	Greece	80:75	10:29	21:18	22:11	27:17	-

Tournament tree

All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST)

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	29 - 05.09.2001 - 19:00
	Turkey	87
					35 - 09/08/2001 - 7:00 p.m.
	Croatia	85
					Germany	78
	30 - 05.09.2001 - 21:15
					Turkey	79
	France	77
									40 - 09.09.2001 - 21:15
	Germany	81
									Turkey	69
	31 - 06.09.2001 - 7:00 p.m.
									Yugoslavia	78
	Yugoslavia	114
					36 - 09/08/2001 - 21:15
	Latvia	78
					Yugoslavia	78			Game for third place
	32 - 09/06/2001 - 21:15
					Spain	65
	Russia	55							Germany	90
	Spain	62							Spain	99
									39 - 09.09.2001 - 19:00

Places 5 to 8

	Small semifinals				Finals 5th-8th space
	33 - 07.09.2001 - 19:00
	France	90
	Croatia	79
					38 - 09.09.2001 - 14:30
					France	73
					Russia	78
					7th and 8th place
	34 - 07.09.2001 - 21:15				37 - 09.09.2001 - 16:45
	Latvia	81			Croatia	93
	Russia	99			Latvia	91

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
29	09/05/2001	Turkey	Croatia	087:85	10:19	18:25	20:13	25:16	14:12
30th	09/05/2001	France	Germany	077:81	17:12	24:23	8:25	28:21	-
31	09/06/2001	Yugoslavia	Latvia	114: 78	37:13	29:27	25:21	23:17	-
32	09/06/2001	Russia	Spain	055:62	13: 07	15:16	15:20	12:19	-

Small semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
33	09/12/2001	France	Croatia	90:79	21:23	22:23	28:15	19:18	-
34	09/12/2001	Latvia	Russia	81:99	18:31	21:32	20:17	22:19	-

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
35	09/08/2001	Germany	Turkey	78:79	20:19	21:22	15:16	14:13	8: 9
36	09/08/2001	Yugoslavia	Spain	78:65	18:21	18:18	21:12	21:14	-

Game for 7th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
37	09/09/2001	Croatia	Latvia	93:91	15:24	24:22	32:21	22:24	-

Play for 5th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
38	09/09/2001	France	Russia	73:78	19:25	17:15	18:14	19:24	-

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
39	09/09/2001	Germany	Spain	90:99	22:24	20:35	21:17	27:23	-

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
40	09/09/2001	Turkey	Yugoslavia	69:78	22:15	18:23	17:20	12:20	-

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
1	Yugoslavia	6-0	1.3423
2	Turkey	4: 2	0.9746
3	Spain	5: 2	1.1074
4th	Germany	4: 3	1.0296
5	Russia	4: 2	1.1297
6th	France	3: 3	1.0346
7th	Croatia	3: 4	0.9738
8th	Latvia	2: 5	0.9039
Eliminated in the Elimination Round
9	Greece	2: 2	0.9855
10	Israel	1: 3	1.0142
11	Italy	2: 2	1.0993
12	Lithuania	2: 2	1.0069
Eliminated after the preliminary round
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0: 3	0.7357
14th	Estonia	0: 3	0.6923
15th	Slovenia	1: 2	0.9336
16	Ukraine	1: 2	0.8359

Honors

The Serbian Peja Stojaković was chosen as the best player of the tournament ( MVP ) . In a total of six games, Stojaković averaged 23 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1 assist and 0 blocks per game. He had a hit rate of 60.5% (49 of 81) from the field and 78.6% (22 of 28) from the free-throw line.

In addition to Stojaković, his teammate Dejan Bodiroga , Turkey's İbrahim Kutluay , Germany's Dirk Nowitzki and Pau Gasol from Spain were all elected to the all-tournament team .

statistics

Most of the points

player	nationality	Points
Dirk Nowitzki	Germany	201
Peja Stojaković	Yugoslavia	138
Kaspars Kambala	Latvia	133
İbrahim Kutluay	Turkey	130
Pau Gasol	Spain	121

Most points per game

player	nationality	Points
Dirk Nowitzki	Germany	28.7
Peja Stojaković	Yugoslavia	23.0
İbrahim Kutluay	Turkey	21.7
Andrei Kirilenko	Russia	19.2
Kaspars Kambala	Latvia	19.0

Most rebounds per game

player	nationality	Points
Pau Gasol	Spain	9.7
Huseyin Beşok	Turkey	9.2
Dirk Nowitzki	Germany	9.1
Kaspars Kambala	Latvia	9.0
Andrei Kirilenko	Russia	8.7

Most assists per game

player	nationality	Points
Raimonds Miglinieks	Latvia	7.3
Laurent Sciarra	France	5.3
Theodoros Papaloukas	Greece	5.0
Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Lithuania	4.8
Andrea Meneghin	Italy	4.8

The German team

The German team consisted of Stephen Arigbabu , Shawn Bradley , Mithat Demirel , Patrick Femerling , Robert Garrett , Nino Garris , Dirk Nowitzki , Ademola Okulaja , Stipo Papic , Marko Pesic , Drazan Tomic and Marvin Willoughby ; Henrik Dettmann was the coach .

Web links

• FIBA Europe Infos (Engl.)