European basketball championship 2005

This article describes the 2005 European Men's Basketball Championship. For the women see the European Women's Basketball Championship 2005 .

Eurobasket 2005
34th European Men's Basketball Championship
Number of nations	16  (of 39 applicants)
European champion	Greece (2nd title)
venue	Serbia and Montenegro
Opening game	September 16, 2005
Endgame	September 25, 2005
Games	40
Basket points	5962   (∅: 149.05 per game)
Most basket points	Dirk Nowitzki Germany
Most valuable player	Dirk Nowitzki Germany
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The men's European basketball championship 2005 , or Eurobasket 2005 for short , took place from September 16 to 25, 2005 in Serbia and Montenegro . Greece won the gold medal, Germany silver and France won the bronze medal. Germany's Dirk Nowitzki was voted the most valuable player of the tournament ( MVP ).

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 2005 European Basketball Championship

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

• Serbia-Montenegro was automatically selected as the host.
• The five European participants in the basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics - Lithuania , Spain , Italy , Greece and Serbia-Montenegro (already qualified as hosts) were directly qualified for the EuroBasket 2005.
• 11 participants were determined in a qualifying round for the first time in a Division A and Division B was discharged.

Venues

Belgrade

Belgrade , the capital of Serbia and Montenegro , was the main venue for the 2005 European Basketball Championship. The group C preliminary round games were played in the Pionir Hall , while all games from the quarterfinals were played in the Belgrade Arena . With 19,500 visitors in the final, the arena set a new attendance record at a European championship.

This was the third time that this competition was held in Belgrade. Belgrade was the venue for the European basketball championships in 1961 and 1975.

Podgorica

In Podgorica's Sportski centar Morača , the six group B matches were played. This city in Montenegro is the furthest away from the central venue.

Novi Sad

Novi Sad , nicknamed “The City of Sports”, is located in the Vojvodina province and is home to the Spens Sports Center . The six group D group matches took place there.

Vršac

Vršac hosted the Group A games during the tournament. The six games took place in the 4,058-seat Millennium Center .

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 - Vršac

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
A1	09/16/2005	Russia	Ukraine	86:74	17:22	24:14	18:18	27:20	-
A2	09/16/2005	Germany	Italy	82:84	14:17	20:21	26:12	14:24	8:10
A3	09/17/2005	Italy	Russia	61:87	11:31	09:21	21:18	20:17	-
A4	09/17/2005	Ukraine	Germany	58:84	19:28	13:19	13:20	13:17	-
A5	09/18/2005	Russia	Germany	50:51	10: 08	16: 08	12:18	12:17	-
A6	09/18/2005	Italy	Ukraine	99:62	29:18	17:23	22:10	31:11	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Russia	3	2	1	5	223: 186	+37	Quarter finals
2	Germany	3	2	1	5	217: 192	+25	Elimination Round
3	Italy	3	2	1	5	244: 231	+13
4th	Ukraine	3	0	3	3	194: 269	−75

Group B - Podgorica

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
B1	09/16/2005	Croatia	Bulgaria	88:84	21:24	19:20	27:24	21:16	-
B2	09/16/2005	Turkey	Lithuania	75:87	13:22	15:24	18:19	29:22	-
B3	09/17/2005	Lithuania	Croatia	85:67	15:23	19:11	23:18	28:15	-
B4	09/17/2005	Bulgaria	Turkey	89:94	23:19	24:21	20:17	12:22	10:15
B5	09/18/2005	Croatia	Turkey	80:67	17:23	21:18	29: 05	13:21	-
B6	09/18/2005	Lithuania	Bulgaria	92:79	30:19	19:23	20:12	23:25	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Lithuania	3	3	0	6th	264: 221	+43	Quarter finals
2	Croatia	3	2	1	5	235: 236	- 01	Elimination Round
3	Turkey	3	1	2	4th	236: 256	−20
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	3	3	252: 274	−22

Group C - Belgrade

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
C1	09/16/2005	Slovenia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74:65	16:15	18:19	20:16	20:15	-
C2	09/16/2005	France	Greece	50:64	07:21	07:11	20:21	16:11	-
C3	09/17/2005	Greece	Slovenia	56:68	14:20	13:17	12:17	17:14	-
C4	09/17/2005	Bosnia and Herzegovina	France	62:79	22:16	14:15	11:22	15:16	-
C5	09/18/2005	Slovenia	France	68:58	12:15	18:17	23:12	15:14	-
C6	09/18/2005	Greece	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67:50	15:16	18:13	10:12	24: 09	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	6th	210: 179	+31	Quarter finals
2	Greece	3	2	1	5	187: 168	+19	Elimination Round
3	France	3	1	2	4th	187: 194	- 07th
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	3	177: 220	−43

Group D - Novi Sad

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
D1	09/16/2005	Latvia	Israel	065: 074	18:23	23:15	08:18	16:18	-
D2	09/16/2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Spain	070: 089	13:21	17:22	26:27	14:19	-
D3	09/17/2005	Spain	Latvia	114: 109	30:16	7:30 p.m.	25:20	24:32	16:11
D4	09/17/2005	Israel	Serbia and Montenegro	077: 093	21:25	17:22	27:20	12:26	-
D5	09/18/2005	Latvia	Serbia and Montenegro	067: 082	19:31	12:16	19:20	17:15	-
D6	09/18/2005	Spain	Israel	077: 085	16:17	12:16	31:32	18:20	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Spain	3	2	1	5	280: 264	+16	Quarter finals
2	Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	1	5	245: 233	+12	Elimination Round
3	Israel	3	2	1	5	236: 235	+ 01
4th	Latvia	3	0	3	3	241: 270	−29

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	09/20/2005	Germany	Turkey	66:57	14:15	13:19	21:12	18:11	-
26th	09/20/2005	Croatia	Italy	74:66	16:19	24:12	15:21	19:14	-
27	09/20/2005	Greece	Israel	67:61	14: 06	11: 08	24:27	18:20	-
28	09/20/2005	Serbia and Montenegro	France	71:74	23:18	21:17	13:19	14:20	-

Tournament tree

All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST)

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	29-22.09.2005 - 5:30 p.m.
	Russia	61
					35 - 09/24/2005 - 6:00 pm
	Greece	66
					Greece	67
	30-22.09.2005 - 8:30 p.m.
					France	66
	Lithuania	47
									40 - 25.09.2005 - 9:00 p.m.
	France	63
									Greece	78
	32 - 23.09.2005 - 6:00 pm
									Germany	62
	Slovenia	62
					36 - 09/24/2005 - 9:00 p.m.
	Germany	76
					Germany	74			Game for third place
	33 - 23.09.2005 - 21:00
					Spain	73
	Spain	101							France	98
	Croatia	85							Spain	68
									39 - 25.09.2005 - 6:00 p.m.

Places 5 to 8

	Small semifinals				Finals 5th-8th space
	31 - 23.09.2005 - 3:30 pm
	Russia	78
	Lithuania	89
					38 - 25.09.2005 - 14:15
					Lithuania	79
					Slovenia	70
					7th and 8th place
	34 - 23.09.2005 - 3:30 p.m.				37 - 09/25/2005 - 12:00
	Slovenia	89			Russia	74
	Croatia	80			Croatia	92

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
29	09/22/2005	Russia	Greece	061:66	13: 06	20:20	07:18	21:22	-
30th	09/22/2005	Lithuania	France	047:63	06:14	10:18	20:12	11:19	-
32	09/23/2005	Slovenia	Germany	062:76	12:21	22:13	13:18	15:24	-
33	09/23/2005	Spain	Croatia	101: 85	11:18	14:15	30:20	18:20	28:12

Small semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
31	09/23/2005	Russia	Lithuania	78:89	21:23	23:15	16:21	18:30	-
34	09/24/2005	Slovenia	Croatia	89:80	19:27	21:16	18: 08	31:29	-

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
35	09/24/2005	Greece	France	67:66	16:14	13:16	15:15	23:21	-
36	09/24/2005	Germany	Spain	74:73	16:23	18:12	20:22	20:16	-

Game for 7th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
37	09/25/2005	Russia	Croatia	74:92	19:25	22:17	12:33	21:17	-

Play for 5th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
38	09/25/2005	Lithuania	Slovenia	79:70	27:19	18: 07	15:26	19:18	-

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
39	09/25/2005	France	Spain	98:68	21:21	23:15	31:18	23:14	-

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
40	09/25/2005	Greece	Germany	78:62	19:12	20:20	25:16	14:14	-

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
Final rounds
1	Greece	6: 1	1.1124
2	Germany	5: 2	1.0714
3	France	4: 3	1.0917
4th	Spain	3: 3	1.0019
5	Lithuania	5: 1	1.1088
6th	Slovenia	4: 2	1.0411
7th	Croatia	4: 3	1.0000
8th	Russia	2: 4	1.0069
Eliminated in the Elimination Round
9	Serbia and Montenegro	2: 2	1.0293
9	Italy	2: 2	1.0164
9	Israel	2: 2	0.9834
9	Turkey	1: 3	0.9099
Eliminated after the preliminary round
13	Bulgaria	0: 3	0.9197
13	Latvia	0: 3	0.8926
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0: 3	0.8045
13	Ukraine	0: 3	0.7212

Honors

The German Dirk Nowitzki was voted the best player of the tournament ( MVP ) . In a total of seven games, Nowitzki averaged 26.1 points, 10.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.9 blocks per game. He had a hit rate of 41.1% (53 of 129) from the field and 88.5% (54 of 61) from the free-throw line.

In addition to Nowitzki, the Greeks Dimitrios Diamantidis and Theodoros Papaloukas , the French Boris Diaw and Spain's Juan Carlos Navarro were elected to the All-Tournament Team .

statistics

All in all

• 40 games
• 5,962 points
• 2,797 rebounds (of which 805 offensive and 1,992 defensive)
• 923 assists
• 1,860 fouls
• 1,255 lost balls
• 685 steals
• 205 blocked throws

Most of the points

player	nationality	Points
Dirk Nowitzki	Germany	183
Juan Carlos Navarro	Spain	151
Boris Diaw	France	96
Gordan Giriček	Croatia	94
Jorge Garbajosa	Spain	87

Most points per game

player	nationality	Points
Dirk Nowitzki	Germany	26.1
Juan Carlos Navarro	Spain	25.2
Andrei Kirilenko	Russia	17.5
Igor Rakočević	Serbia and Montenegro	16.3
Gordan Giriček	Croatia	15.7

Most rebounds per game

player	nationality	Rebounds
Andrei Kirilenko	Russia	11.8
Dirk Nowitzki	Germany	10.6
Viktor Chryapa	Russia	8.7
Felipe Reyes	Spain	7.7
Florent Pietrus	France	7.1

Most assists per game

player	nationality	Assists
Dimitrios Diamantidis	Greece	5.0
Marko Jarić	Serbia and Montenegro	4.3
Burstein valley	Israel	4.0
Igor Rakočević	Serbia and Montenegro	4.0
Meir Tapiro	Israel	4.0

The German team

The German team consisted of Stephen Arigbabu , Mithat Demirel , Patrick Femerling , Robert Garrett , Stefano Garris , Demond Greene , Robert Maras , Misan Nikagbatse , Dirk Nowitzki , Marko Pesic , Pascal Roller , Sven Schultze and Denis Wucherer ; The coach was Dirk Bauermann .

Web links

Commons : Eurobasket 2005  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• FIBA Europe information (English)