European Basketball Championship 2011 / Division B

The B Division was lower in two-stage qualification system for the 2011 European Championships . In 2011, Division B comprised 13 European national basketball teams. Among them are 10 teams that played in Division B in 2009 and did not advance there. In Division A in 2009 , the Estonian and Czech national teams were relegated to Division B. As the 13th team, Azerbaijan took part in a qualification for the European Championship for the first time since 2003. Denmark , Ireland and Iceland as participants in 2009 did not participate this time. The 13 teams were drawn in three groups of four or five teams. Division B games took place from August 8 to August 24, 2010.

Qualifying Round

The teams played in 3 groups (A, B, C). The 3 group first and the best group second should qualify for the play-off games for promotion to Division A.

Group A

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Estonia	6th	4th	2	10	515: 447	+ 068
2	Netherlands	6th	4th	2	10	479: 418	+ 061
3	Austria	6th	4th	2	10	472: 441	+ 031
4th	Luxembourg	6th	0	6th	06th	414: 574	−160

Group B

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Sweden	8th	7th	1	15th	716: 512	+204
2	Azerbaijan	8th	5	3	13	646: 686	- 040
3	Belarus	8th	4th	4th	12	644: 610	+ 034
4th	Romania	8th	4th	4th	12	573: 638	- 065
5	Albania	8th	0	8th	08th	569: 702	−133

Group C

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Czech Republic	6th	5	1	11	471: 385	+ 086
2	Switzerland	6th	4th	2	10	426: 390	+ 036
3	Slovakia	6th	3	3	09	407: 395	+ 012
4th	Cyprus	6th	0	6th	06th	335: 469	−134

Promotion Games (Qualification Games)

In promotion games, the three group winners and the best group runner-up should play two promoted teams in division A in pairs. Since the division into divisions A and B was not continued, the originally planned promotion games were omitted.

Web links

Commons : Eurobasket 2011  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• FIBA Europe information (English)