European Basketball Championship 2005 / Division B

A new qualification system was introduced as part of the qualification for the 2005 European Basketball Championship . The teams were divided into a division A and a division B. In the Division A stronger teams were divided, which played to qualify for the European Championship. The weaker team in Division B played two teams who were promoted to Division A and thus in Division A for places at the 2007 European Basketball Championship .

Qualifying Round

In the qualifying round, 15 teams were drawn in three groups of four teams and one group of three teams. The first placed of the four groups qualify for the promotion games.

Group A

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Denmark	4th	3	1	299: 273	+26	7th
2	Iceland	4th	2	2	290: 303	−13	6th
3	Romania	4th	1	3	287: 300	−13	5

Group B

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Ireland	6th	4th	2	473: 382	+ 091	10
2	Slovakia	6th	4th	2	478: 363	+115	10
3	Switzerland	6th	4th	2	439: 363	+ 076	10
4th	Malta	6th	0	6th	286: 568	−282	6th

Group C

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Austria	6th	5	1	480: 431	+ 049	11
2	Belarus	6th	4th	2	500: 449	+ 051	10
3	Cyprus	6th	3	3	462: 443	+ 019	9
4th	Albania	6th	0	6th	420: 539	−119	6th

Group D

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	North Macedonia	6th	5	1	510: 433	+ 077	11
2	Georgia	6th	4th	2	488: 432	+ 056	10
3	Finland	6th	3	3	492: 460	+ 032	9
4th	Luxembourg	6th	0	6th	387: 552	−165	6th

Promotion Games (Qualification Games)

In the climb games, the four group winners played two climbers in the Division A from. For this purpose, two teams were drawn against each other to determine who had been promoted in two games.

Team 1	Team 2	1st game	2nd game	Overall result
Denmark	Ireland	066:80	86:70	152: 150
North Macedonia	Austria	101: 75	99:62	200: 137

Web links

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