European Basketball Championship 2009 / Division A

The games in Division A took place from August 20 to August 30, 2009 and served as a qualifying tournament for the 2009 European Basketball Championship in Poland . In addition to the eight teams that had already qualified, eight other teams qualified for the European Championship. In 2009, Division A comprised 17 European national basketball teams. Among them are 15 teams that qualified directly for the EM in 2007 or had played in Division A and were not relegated there and were not directly qualified for the 2009 EM. In Division B 2007 , the British and Finnish national teams were promoted to Division A.

First qualifying round

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

Group A

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
A1	08/20/2008	Bulgaria	Hungary	089:71	24:16	23:24	21:24	21: 07	-
A2	08/20/2008	Italy	Serbia	064:78	18:26	16:12	17:19	13:21	-
A3	08/23/2008	Hungary	ITA	068:64	20:23	22:10	11:22	15: 09	-
A4	08/23/2008	Finland	Bulgaria	068:90	10:19	24:20	19:25	15:26	-
A5	08/27/2008	Serbia	Hungary	094:60	27:17	17:15	19:20	31: 08	-
A6	08/27/2008	Italy	Finland	088:80	18:15	23:21	21:18	26:26	-
A7	08/30/2008	Bulgaria	Italy	081:80	25:23	16:19	22:18	18:20	-
A8	08/30/2008	Finland	Serbia	080:77	13:22	27:17	21:20	19:18	-
A9	09/03/2008	Hungary	Finland	064:79	22:13	15:22	12:22	15:22	-
A10	09/03/2008	Serbia	Bulgaria	074:64	18:13	20:13	18:17	18:21	-
A11	09/06/2008	Hungary	Bulgaria	089:86	20:19	27:24	23:29	17:14	-
A12	09/06/2008	Serbia	Italy	072:52	21:11	17:16	20:11	14:14	-
A13	09/10/2008	Italy	Hungary	075:68	26:12	11:15	18:23	20:18	-
A14	09/10/2008	Bulgaria	Finland	102: 90	29:22	17:25	26:14	30:29	-
A15	09/13/2008	Hungary	Serbia	061:89	20:28	15:28	14:12	12:21	-
A16	09/13/2008	Finland	Italy	062:69	16:25	17:16	12:10	17:18	-
A17	09/17/2008	Italy	Bulgaria	082:81	23:20	19:24	21:13	19:24	-
A18	09/17/2008	Serbia	Finland	092:66	18:17	28:11	21:24	25:14	-
A19	09/20/2006	Finland	Hungary	088:73	23:21	19:21	28:16	18:15	-
A20	09/20/2006	Bulgaria	Serbia	077:87	16:26	14:23	22:24	25:14	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Serbia	8th	7th	1	15th	663: 524	+139
2	Bulgaria	8th	4th	4th	12	670: 639	0+31
3	Italy	8th	4th	4th	12	574: 590	0-16
4th	Finland	8th	3	5	11	613: 655	0-42
5	Hungary	8th	2	6th	10	552: 664	-112

Group B

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
B1	09/03/2008	Latvia	Macedonia	83:82	15:12	16:18	23:24	20:20	9: 8
B2	09/03/2008	Portugal	Estonia	70:79	17:21	20:19	22:13	11:26	-
B3	09/06/2008	Estonia	Latvia	81:88	20:14	18:25	20:24	23:25	-
B4	09/06/2008	Macedonia	Portugal	85:48	22: 04	22:20	27:14	14:10	-
B5	09/10/2008	Estonia	Macedonia	78:90	22:22	15:24	20:22	21:22	-
B6	09/10/2008	Latvia	Portugal	79:43	19:10	19:15	14: 09	27: 09	-
B7	09/13/2008	Estonia	Portugal	54:60	12:18	12:14	06:20	24: 08	-
B8	09/13/2008	Macedonia	Latvia	80:78	28:17	16:25	20:19	16:17	-
B9	09/17/2008	Latvia	Estonia	72:67	20:10	18:19	17:15	17:23	-
B10	09/17/2008	Portugal	Macedonia	81:71	22:10	22:28	14:16	23:17	-
B11	09/20/2008	Portugal	Latvia	93:92	23:18	28:27	19:22	23:25	-
B12	09/20/2008	Macedonia	Estonia	87:75	32:14	19:13	17:27	19:21	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	North Macedonia	6th	4th	2	10	495: 443	+52
2	Latvia	6th	4th	2	10	492: 446	+46
3	Portugal	6th	3	3	9	395: 460	-65
4th	Estonia	6th	1	5	7th	434: 467	-33

Group C

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
C1	09/03/2008	France	Belgium	82:63	16:15	18:18	21:12	27:18	-
C2	09/03/2008	Turkey	Ukraine	86:73	24:24	27:13	20:17	15:19	-
C3	09/06/2008	Ukraine	France	78:77	19:25	20:15	15:20	24:17	-
C4	09/06/2008	Belgium	Turkey	63:78	13:15	15:21	21:18	14:24	-
C5	09/10/2008	Turkey	France	77:65	18:19	20:16	19:10	20:20	-
C6	09/10/2008	Belgium	Ukraine	72:61	23:16	14:14	19:14	16:17	-
C7	09/13/2008	Ukraine	Turkey	64:86	16:17	18:23	16:27	14:19	-
C8	09/13/2008	Belgium	France	65:71	11:16	18:19	20:16	16:20	-
C9	09/17/2008	France	Ukraine	87:83	18:22	25:19	24:18	20:24	-
C10	09/17/2008	Turkey	Belgium	80:64	18:15	24:23	21:10	17:16	-
C11	09/20/2008	Ukraine	Belgium	58:76	18:13	11:25	17:12	12:26	-
C12	09/20/2008	France	Turkey	78:80	20:15	15:15	21:22	22:28	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Turkey	6th	6th	0	12	487: 407	+80
2	France	6th	3	3	9	460: 446	+14
3	Belgium	6th	2	4th	8th	403: 430	-27
4th	Ukraine	6th	1	5	7th	417: 484	-67

Group D

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
D1	09/03/2008	Czech Republic	Bosnia Herzegovina	070:56	16:14	14:15	20:11	20:16	-
D2	09/03/2008	Israel	Great Britain	102: 92	19:25	23:22	27:20	16:18	17: 7
D3	09/06/2008	Great Britain	Czech Republic	087:68	24:10	13:13	18:14	32:31	-
D4	09/06/2008	Bosnia Herzegovina	Israel	077:71	22:15	19:18	17:24	19:14	-
D5	09/10/2008	Czech Republic	Israel	091:70	18:12	18:16	27:19	28:23	-
D6	09/10/2008	Great Britain	Bosnia Herzegovina	082:74	20:18	21:23	25:11	16:22	-
D7	09/13/2008	Great Britain	Israel	096:86	22:19	31:21	23:14	20:32	-
D8	09/13/2008	Bosnia Herzegovina	Czech Republic	095:79	28:29	26:16	13:15	28:19	-
D9	09/17/2008	Czech Republic	Great Britain	063:67	20:21	14:15	13:17	16:14	-
D10	09/17/2008	Israel	Bosnia Herzegovina	088:74	19:24	21:21	25:14	23:15	-
D11	09/20/2008	Bosnia Herzegovina	Great Britain	089:80	13:20	28:17	20:14	28:29	-
D12	09/20/2008	Israel	Czech Republic	098:61	28:19	21:16	29:19	20: 07	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	United Kingdom	6th	4th	2	10	504: 482	+22
2	Israel	6th	3	3	9	515: 491	+24
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6th	3	3	9	465: 470	0-5
4th	Czech Republic	6th	2	4th	8th	432: 473	-41

Order of runners-up

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	%	baskets	Basket ratio
1	Latvia	6th	4th	2	0.667	492: 446	1.1031
2	Israel	6th	3	3	0.500	515: 491	1.0488
3	Bulgaria	8th	4th	4th	0.500	670: 639	1.0485
4th	France	6th	3	3	0.500	460: 446	1.0313

Direct qualification

• The 4 group winners:
  • Serbia, Macedonia, Turkey, Great Britain
• The 3 best runners-up:
  • Latvia, Bulgaria, Israel

Second qualifying round (Additional Qualifying Round)

The 6 remaining teams, with the exception of the last group, contested a second qualifying round (Additional Qualifying Round) . This was played in August 2009 in 2 groups of three (A and B).

Group A

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1.V.	2.V.	3.V.	4.V.	Loss
A1	08/05/2009	Portugal	Bosnia and Herzegovina	056:62	11:19	11:17	14:17	20: 09	-
A2	08/08/2009	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Belgium	082:77	19:26	20:14	26:16	17:21	-
A3	08/11/2009	Belgium	Portugal	064:58	16:17	10:15	24:15	14:11	-
A4	08/14/2009	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Portugal	073:61	21:22	18: 06	18:15	16:18	-
A5	08/17/2009	Belgium	Bosnia and Herzegovina	102: 79	23:21	23:26	30:11	26:21	-
A6	08/20/2009	Portugal	Belgium	058:60	09:16	11:11	19:16	19:17	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Belgium	4th	3	1	7th	303: 277	+26
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4th	3	1	7th	296: 296	0± 0
3	Portugal	4th	0	4th	4th	233: 259	-26

Group B

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1.V.	2.V.	3.V.	4.V.	Loss
B1	08/05/2009	Italy	France	77:80	15:21	14:14	22:16	15:15	11:14
B2	08/08/2009	France	Finland	82:72	28:21	18:14	17:12	19:25	-
B3	08/11/2009	Finland	Italy	75:77	10:17	24:21	21:25	20:14	-
B4	08/14/2009	France	Italy	81:61	19: 07	22:20	21:19	19:15	-
B5	08/17/2009	Finland	France	77:73	15:13	18:23	21:15	23:22	-
B6	08/20/2009	Italy	Finland	89:95	23:28	25:23	22:23	19:21	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	France	4th	3	1	7th	316: 287	+29
2	Finland	4th	2	2	6th	319: 321	0-2
3	Italy	4th	1	3	5	304: 331	-27

Final round of the additional qualifying round (play-off games)

In the final round of the additional qualifying round, the top two of the additional qualifying round will play for qualification for the European Championship finals. Only the winner of this round qualified as the last team.

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1.V.	2.V.	3.V.	4.V.	Loss
1	08/27/2009	Belgium	France	70:66	19:27	18:12	18:17	15:12	-
2	08/30/2009	France	Belgium	92:54	21:15	27:10	22:12	22:17	-

Team 1	Team 2	1st game	2nd game	Overall result
France	Belgium	66:70	92:54	158: 124

Qualified as the 16th and last team for the EuroBasket 2009:

• Francel

Relegation Tournament

The four bottom of the group from the first qualifying round played from August 5 to 20, 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
C1	08/05/2009	Hungary	Ukraine	91:67	18:16	22:21	29:18	22:12	-
C2	08/05/2009	Estonia	Czech Republic	69:67	12:20	16:19	14:12	27:14	-
C3	08/08/2009	Ukraine	Estonia	71:64	24:21	12:14	16:12	19:17	-
C4	08/08/2009	Czech Republic	Hungary	71:65	19:11	16:25	22:13	14:16	-
C5	08/11/2009	Hungary	Estonia	75:64	18:16	18:16	16:23	23: 09	-
C6	08/11/2009	Czech Republic	Ukraine	71:64	24:12	16:22	15:16	16:14	-
C7	08/14/2009	Ukraine	Hungary	77:69	19:20	08:19	25:14	25:16	-
C8	08/14/2009	Czech Republic	Estonia	80:54	22:17	19:10	19:14	20:13	-
C9	08/17/2009	Hungary	Czech Republic	70:55	16: 09	21:11	25:17	08:18	-
C10	08/17/2009	Estonia	Ukraine	72:75	20:22	15:15	17:15	15:15	5: 8
C11	08/20/2009	Estonia	Hungary	60:65	07:14	18:15	19:16	16:20	-
C12	08/20/2009	Ukraine	Czech Republic	82:70	14:11	22:19	20:26	26:14	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Hungary	6th	4th	2	10	435: 394	+41
2	Ukraine	6th	4th	2	10	436: 437	- 01
3	Czech Republic	6th	3	3	9	412: 404	+ 08
4th	Estonia	6th	1	5	7th	383: 431	-48

Relegated to Division B:

• Czech Republic, Estonia

Web links

• EuroBasket 2009 Qualifying Round .
• FIBA Europe