European Basketball Championship 2007 / Division A

The games in Division A took place from August 31 to September 16, 2006 and August 2007 and served as a qualifying tournament for the 2007 European Basketball Championship in Spain . In addition to the nine teams that had already qualified, seven more teams qualified for the European Championship. In 2007, Division A comprised 16 European national basketball teams. Among them are 13 teams that played in Division A in 2005, were not relegated there and were not directly qualified for the 2007 European Championship. In Division B 2005 the Danish and Macedonian national teams were promoted to Division A. Poland participated in Division A as the 16th team , although the team was relegated to Division B in 2005.

First qualifying round

The first qualifying round was played in 4 groups (A to D). The four group winners and the two best runners-up qualified directly for the European Championship finals in Spain.

Group A

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
A1	08/31/2006	Bulgaria	Ukraine	80:77	23:20	25:22	19:19	13:16	-
A2	08/31/2006	Sweden	Poland	75:81	16:23	15:14	21:20	23:24	-
A3	09/03/2006	Poland	Bulgaria	75:68	15:12	26:14	19:20	15:22	-
A4	09/03/2006	Ukraine	Sweden	66:61	13:11	24:22	10:12	19:16	-
A5	09/05/2006	Bulgaria	Sweden	82:90	20:30	23:16	15:20	24:24	-
A6	09/05/2006	Poland	Ukraine	74:58	26:18	17:17	20: 09	11:14	-
A7	09/09/2006	Poland	Sweden	88:67	24:21	20:14	22:18	22:14	-
A8	09/09/2006	Ukraine	Bulgaria	92:61	26:15	16: 8	33:21	17:17	-
A9	09/13/2006	Bulgaria	Poland	99:65	23: 08	13:24	28:13	35:20	-
A10	09/13/2006	Sweden	Ukraine	81:71	20:21	22:10	19:27	20:13	-
A11	09/16/2006	Sweden	Bulgaria	79:50	13: 06	20:24	19:11	27: 09	-
A12	09/16/2006	Ukraine	Poland	80:74	26:16	20:20	21:15	13:23	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Poland	6th	4th	2	10	457: 447	+10
2	Sweden	6th	3	3	9	453: 438	+15
3	Ukraine	6th	3	3	9	444: 431	+13
4th	Bulgaria	6th	2	4th	8th	440: 478	-38

Group B

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1.V.	2.V.	3.V.	4.V.	Loss
B1	08/31/2006	Israel	Bosnia and Herzegovina	088:81	21:28	23:24	25:11	19:18	-
B2	08/31/2006	Portugal	Macedonia	108: 90	18:26	27:14	32:26	31:24	-
B3	09/03/2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Portugal	078:80	13:21	20:18	24:17	21:24	-
B4	09/03/2006	Macedonia	Israel	090:87	25:12	21:24	18:18	26:33	-
B5	09/06/2006	Macedonia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	081:77	14:14	26:13	20:24	21:26	-
B6	09/06/2006	Israel	Portugal	061:67	17:19	19:16	11: 08	14:24	-
B7	09/09/2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Israel	085:63	23:13	22:23	18:14	22:13	-
B8	09/09/2006	Macedonia	Portugal	083:63	19:20	15:12	20:16	29:15	-
B9	09/13/2006	Portugal	Bosnia and Herzegovina	075:83	10:23	22:32	16:14	27:17	-
B10	09/13/2006	Israel	Macedonia	083:70	32:18	15:10	22:22	14:20	-
B11	09/16/2006	Portugal	Israel	069:49	19:09	20:20	10:10	10:10	-
B12	09/16/2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Macedonia	075:72	15:12	20:20	20:20	20:20	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Portugal	6th	4th	2	10	462: 447	+15
2	Macedonia	6th	3	3	9	486: 493	- 07th
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6th	3	3	9	482: 459	+23
4th	Israel	6th	2	4th	8th	431: 462	-31

Group C

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
C1	08/31/2006	Czech Republic	Belgium	085:67	21:20	21:16	21:15	22:16	-
C2	08/31/2006	Russia	Hungary	082:62	17:17	25:12	19:18	21:15	-
C3	09/03/2006	Belgium	Russia	091:80	24:16	19:17	29:21	19:26	-
C4	09/03/2006	Hungary	Czech Republic	076:80	16:16	25:21	19:21	16:22	-
C5	09/06/2006	Russia	Czech Republic	104: 81	32:16	24: 9	24:33	24:23	-
C6	09/06/2006	Belgium	Hungary	059:73	17:15	07:20	15:16	20:22	-
C7	09/09/2006	Hungary	Russia	070:76	17:18	11:17	21:18	21:23	-
C8	09/09/2006	Belgium	Czech Republic	061:74	14:21	20:17	16:15	11:21	-
C9	09/13/2006	Czech Republic	Hungary	083:64	21:16	24:14	17:23	21:11	-
C10	09/13/2006	Russia	Belgium	096:63	28:24	29:15	16:14	23:10	-
C11	09/16/2006	Czech Republic	Russia	055:68	15:18	20:13	10:20	10:17	-
C12	09/16/2006	Hungary	Belgium	075:59	13:13	19:19	23:10	20:17	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Russia	6th	5	1	11	506: 422	+84
2	Czech Republic	6th	4th	2	10	458: 440	+18
3	Hungary	6th	2	4th	8th	420: 439	-19
4th	Belgium	6th	1	5	7th	400: 483	-83

Group D

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
D1	08/31/2006	Croatia	Latvia	84:56	19:11	18:20	28:11	19:14	-
D2	08/31/2006	Estonia	Denmark	51:50	17:15	15: 7	14:14	05:14	-
D3	09/03/2006	Denmark	Croatia	67:92	20:14	11:34	23:18	13:26	-
D4	09/03/2006	Latvia	Estonia	87:57	30:13	18:10	19:23	20:11	-
D5	09/06/2006	Croatia	Estonia	76:47	21:10	16:10	21:13	18:14	-
D6	09/06/2006	Denmark	Latvia	74:90	14:25	12:22	27:18	21:25	-
D7	09/09/2006	Denmark	Estonia	69:68	24:19	13:21	19:14	13:14	-
D8	09/09/2006	Latvia	Croatia	70:78	14:20	16:19	22:24	18:15	-
D9	09/13/2006	Croatia	Denmark	91:79	25:21	19:22	24:15	23:21	-
D10	09/13/2006	Estonia	Latvia	64:73	15:22	11:15	30:20	08:16	-
D11	09/16/2006	Estonia	Croatia	78:77	25:11	13:18	13:25	27:23	-
D12	09/19/2006	Latvia	Denmark	78:66	20:19	19: 09	17:19	22:19	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Croatia	6th	5	1	11	498: 397	+101
2	Latvia	6th	4th	2	10	454: 423	+ 031
3	Estonia	6th	2	4th	8th	365: 432	- 067
4th	Denmark	6th	1	5	7th	405: 470	- 065

Order of runners-up

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Latvia	6th	4th	2	10	454: 423	+31
2	Czech Republic	6th	4th	2	10	458: 440	+18
3	Sweden	6th	3	3	9	453: 438	+15
4th	Macedonia	6th	3	3	9	486: 493	- 07th

Direct qualification

• The 4 group winners:
  • Poland, Portugal, Russia, Croatia
• The 2 best runners-up:
  • Czech Republic, Latvia

Second qualifying round (Additional Qualifying Round)

The 10 remaining teams (2 second in the group, all third and fourth in the group) contested a second qualifying round (Additional Qualifying Round) . This was played in August 2007 in 3 groups (A, B, C).

Group A

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
A1	08/08/2007	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bulgaria	75:71	19:17	10:12	23:23	13:13	10: 6
A2	08/11/2007	Bulgaria	Hungary	79:74	23:27	27:14	06:21	23:12	-
A3	08/15/2007	Hungary	Bosnia and Herzegovina	68:83	15:14	16:20	21:25	16:24	-
A4	08/18/2007	Bulgaria	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70:69	13:17	20:19	20:17	17:16	-
A5	08/22/2007	Hungary	Bulgaria	74:67	13:12	22:12	14:16	25:23	-
A6	08/25/2007	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hungary	70:74	21:21	21: 09	13:17	15:27	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4th	2	2	6th	297: 283	+14
2	Bulgaria	4th	2	2	6th	287: 292	- 05th
3	Hungary	4th	2	2	6th	290: 299	- 09

Group B

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1.V.	2.V.	3.V.	4.V.	Loss
B1	08/09/2007	Sweden	Estonia	50:57	10:12	14:13	10:15	16:17	-
B2	08/13/2007	Estonia	Macedonia	72:66	14:10	25:17	16:21	17:18	-
B3	08/17/2007	Macedonia	Sweden	77:58	15:16	17:20	19: 08	26:14	-
B4	08/20/2007	Estonia	Sweden	68:54	12:18	25:16	18:11	13: 09	-
B5	08/22/2007	Macedonia	Estonia	95:50	18:18	28:13	29:11	20: 08	-
B6	08/25/2007	Sweden	Macedonia	73:78	21:21	22:15	15:22	15:20	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Macedonia	4th	3	1	7th	316: 253	+63
2	Estonia	4th	3	1	7th	247: 265	-18
3	Sweden	4th	0	4th	4th	235: 280	-45

Group C

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
C1	08/08/2007	Ukraine	Belgium	045:70	13:16	13:13	14:18	05:23	-
C2	08/08/2007	Denmark	Israel	060:72	19:16	15:18	15:16	11:22	-
C3	08/11/2007	Belgium	Denmark	080:66	18:21	15:16	30:14	17:15	-
C4	08/11/2007	Israel	Ukraine	081:73	17:13	25:19	16:25	23:16	-
C5	08/15/2007	Ukraine	Denmark	074:64	18:11	10:16	27:21	19:16	-
C6	08/15/2007	Israel	Belgium	085:66	28:17	19: 08	22:26	16:15	-
C7	08/18/2007	Belgium	Ukraine	072:69	16:11	15:23	15:18	26:17	-
C8	08/18/2007	Israel	Denmark	105: 76	32:20	27:15	29:16	17:25	-
C9	08/22/2007	Denmark	Belgium	061:71	09:17	13: 09	14:28	25:17	-
C10	08/22/2007	Ukraine	Israel	063:68	15:18	19:18	17:16	12:16	-
C11	08/25/2007	Denmark	Ukraine	090:85	22:23	18:17	26:17	24:28	-
C12	08/25/2007	Belgium	Israel	083:74	25:25	16:16	19:15	23:18	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Israel	6th	5	1	11	485: 421	+64
2	Belgium	6th	5	1	11	442: 400	+42
3	Ukraine	6th	1	5	7th	409: 445	-36
4th	Denmark	6th	1	5	7th	417: 487	-70

Additional Qualifying Tournament

The three group winners from the second qualifying round played an additional qualifying tournament from August 29th to 31st, 2007. The best team qualified for the EuroBasket 2007.

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1.V.	2.V.	3.V.	4.V.	Loss
A1	08/29/2007	Macedonia	Bosnia Herzegovina	73:63	31:13	10:17	12:21	20:12	-
A2	08/30/2007	Bosnia Herzegovina	Israel	60:67	07:23	27:15	19: 08	07:21	-
A3	08/31/2007	Israel	Macedonia	92:87	25:18	17:23	29:19	21:27	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Israel	2	2	0	4th	159: 147	+12
2	Macedonia	2	1	1	3	160: 155	+ 05
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	2	2	123: 140	-17

Qualified for the EuroBasket 2007:

• Israel

Relegation Tournament

The three bottom of the group from the second qualifying round played from August 29 to 31, 2009 in the relegation round. The two worst teams promoted to the Division B from.

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
B1	08/29/2007	Sweden	Denmark	66: 055	21:11	11:14	12:13	22:17	-
B2	08/30/2007	Denmark	Hungary	70: 101	29:25	15:29	15:26	11:21	-
B3	08/31/2007	Hungary	Sweden	75: 064	24:17	10:12	15:19	26:16	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Hungary	2	2	0	4th	176: 134	+42
2	Sweden	2	1	1	3	130: 130	± 00
3	Denmark	2	0	2	2	125: 167	-42

Relegated to Division B:

• Sweden, Denmark

Web links

• EuroBasket 2007 Qualifying Round .
• FEB (Federación Española de Baloncesto) website for EuroBasket 2007
• FIBA Europe