European basketball championship 2013

This article describes the 2013 European Men's Basketball Championship. For the women see the 2013 European Women's Basketball Championship .

EuroBasket 2013
38th European Basketball Championship
Logo of the basketball championship 2013
Number of nations	24  (of 51 applicants)
FIBA European Champion	France (1st title)
venue	Slovenia
Opening game	4th September 2013
Endgame	22nd September 2013
Games	90
Most basket points	Tony Parker (209)
Most valuable player	Tony Parker
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The men's basketball championship 2013 (officially: EuroBasket 2013 ) was the 38th edition of this tournament and was held in Slovenia from September 4th to 22nd, 2013 . The host was chosen in December 2010, in addition to the German Basketball Federation , five other associations, Bosnia-Herzegovina , Croatia , the Czech Republic , Italy and Slovenia, were interested in the event. On September 5, 2010, FIBA Europe announced that only Slovenia and Italy applied for the event. For the first time in the history of the tournament, France won the title.

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.

Venues

Ljubljana (1) Ljubljana (2) Jesenice Celje Twill

Venues Ljubljana (1) = Arena Stožice , Ljubljana (2) = Hala Tivoli

The group matches were played in Jesenice , Ljubljana ( Hala Tivoli ), Celje and Koper . The games of the second round as well as the final round in the knockout system took place in the Arena Stožice in Ljubljana.

2013 European basketball championship venues

Ljubljana	Jesenice	Celje	Twill	Ljubljana
Hala Tivoli	Športna dvorana Podmežakla	Zlatorog Arena	Arena Bonifika	Arena Stožice
Capacity: 5600	Capacity: 5500	Capacity: 5200	Capacity: 5000	Capacity: 12500
Preliminary group A	Preliminary group B	Preliminary group C	Preliminary group D	Second round and final round in the knockout system

Attendees

A total of 24 teams took part in EuroBasket 2013 and qualified for the tournament in different ways.

Slovenia was automatically eligible to participate as host; Furthermore, the three European participants in the 2012 Olympic Games and the four European participants in the pre-Olympic qualification tournament qualified directly for the EuroBasket 2013.

Overview of the participating countries

host

•  Slovenia

Participants in the 2012 Olympic Games and the pre-Olympic qualification tournament

Spain  France

Great Britain  Russia

Macedonia  Lithuania

Greece

From August 15 to September 11, 2012, the other 16 participants were selected from 31 participating countries. The two best teams from each of the six groups qualified. There were also the four best third-placed.

qualification

European basketball championship 2013 / qualification

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, six teams played against each other in four groups. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. In the event of a tie, the placement was made by comparing the points of the direct encounters and, if necessary, by comparing the basket conditions. On November 18, 2012, the following groups were drawn in the Postojna Caves :

Group A ( Hala Tivoli )	Group B ( Športna dvorana Podmežakla )	Group C ( Dvorana Zlatorog Celje)	Group D ( Športna dvorana Bonifika Koper)
France  Great Britain  Germany  Ukraine  Belgium  Israel	Macedonia  Lithuania  Montenegro  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Latvia  Serbia	Spain  Slovenia  Croatia  Poland  Georgia  Czech Republic	Russia  Greece  Italy  Finland  Turkey  Sweden

Group A - Ljubljana

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Basket ratio
1	France	5	4th	1	403: 344	9	+59
2	Ukraine	5	4th	1	378: 352	9	+26
3	Belgium	5	2	3	344: 371	7th	−27
4th	Great Britain	5	2	3	360: 396	7th	−36
5	Germany	5	2	3	390: 396	7th	−6
6th	Israel	5	1	4th	364: 380	6th	−16

4th September 2013	14:30 CEST	Israel	-	Great Britain	71:75
4th September 2013	17:45 CEST	Belgium	-	Ukraine	57:58
4th September 2013	21:00 CEST	France	-	Germany	74:80
5th September 2013	14:30 CEST	Ukraine	-	Israel	74:67
5th September 2013	17:45 CEST	Germany	-	Belgium	73:77 a.d.
5th September 2013	21:00 CEST	Great Britain	-	France	65:88
September 6, 2013	14:30 CEST	Germany	-	Ukraine	83:88
September 6, 2013	17:45 CEST	Belgium	-	Great Britain	76:71
September 6, 2013	21:00 CEST	France	-	Israel	82:63
September 8, 2013	14:30 CEST	Great Britain	-	Germany	81:74
September 8, 2013	17:45 CEST	Ukraine	-	France	71:77
September 8, 2013	21:00 CEST	Israel	-	Belgium	87:69
September 9, 2013	14:30 CEST	Great Britain	-	Ukraine	68:87
September 9, 2013	17:45 CEST	Germany	-	Israel	80:76
September 9, 2013	21:00 CEST	Belgium	-	France	65:82

Group B - Jesenice

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Basket ratio
1	Serbia	5	3	2	371: 366	8th	+5
2	Latvia	5	3	2	365: 360	8th	+5
3	Lithuania	5	3	2	347: 337	8th	+10
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	3	2	358: 359	8th	−1
5	Montenegro	5	2	3	376: 382	7th	−6
6th	Macedonia	5	1	4th	356: 369	6th	−13

4th September 2013	14:30 CEST	Latvia	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	86:75
4th September 2013	17:45 CEST	Macedonia	-	Montenegro	80:81
4th September 2013	3:15 p.m. ET	Serbia	-	Lithuania	63:56
5th September 2013	14:30 CEST	Montenegro	-	Latvia	72:73
5th September 2013	17:45 CEST	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	Serbia	67:77
5th September 2013	3:15 p.m. ET	Lithuania	-	Macedonia	75:67
September 6, 2013	14:30 CEST	Montenegro	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70:76
September 6, 2013	17:45 CEST	Latvia	-	Lithuania	59: 67
September 6, 2013	21:00 CEST	Macedonia	-	Serbia	89:75
September 8, 2013	14:30 CEST	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	Macedonia	62:54
September 8, 2013	17:45 CEST	Serbia	-	Latvia	80:71
September 8, 2013	21:00 CEST	Lithuania	-	Montenegro	77:70 a.d.
September 9, 2013	14:30 CEST	Latvia	-	Macedonia	76:66
September 9, 2013	17:45 CEST	Lithuania	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	72:78
September 9, 2013	21:00 CEST	Montenegro	-	Serbia	83:76

Group C - Celje

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Basket ratio
1	Spain	5	4th	1	369: 269	9	+100
2	Croatia	5	4th	1	337: 341	9	−4
3	Slovenia	5	3	2	347: 344	8th	3
4th	Czech Republic	5	2	3	316: 339	7th	−23
5	Georgia	5	1	4th	366: 394	6th	−28
6th	Poland	5	1	4th	329: 377	6th	−48

4th September 2013	14:30 CEST	Georgia	-	Poland	84:67
4th September 2013	17:45 CEST	Spain	-	Croatia	68:40
4th September 2013	3:15 p.m. ET	Czech Republic	-	Slovenia	60:62
5th September 2013	14:30 CEST	Croatia	-	Georgia	77:76
5th September 2013	17:45 CEST	Poland	-	Czech Republic	68:69
5th September 2013	21:00 CEST	Slovenia	-	Spain	78:69
September 7, 2013	14:30 CEST	Spain	-	Czech Republic	60:39
September 7, 2013	17:45 CEST	Croatia	-	Poland	74:70
September 7, 2013	21:00 CEST	Georgia	-	Slovenia	68:72
September 8, 2013	14:30 CEST	Poland	-	Spain	53:89
September 8, 2013	17:45 CEST	Czech Republic	-	Georgia	95:79
September 8, 2013	21:00 CEST	Slovenia	-	Croatia	74:76 a.d.
September 9, 2013	14:30 CEST	Georgia	-	Spain	59:83
September 9, 2013	17:45 CEST	Croatia	-	Czech Republic	70:53
September 9, 2013	21:00 CEST	Slovenia	-	Poland	61:71

Group D - Koper

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Basket ratio
1	Italy	5	5	0	391: 339	10	+52
2	Finland	5	4th	1	358: 337	9	+21
3	Greece	5	3	2	392: 350	8th	+51
4th	Sweden	5	1	4th	345: 391	6th	−46
5	Turkey	5	1	4th	355: 398	6th	−43
6th	Russia	5	1	4th	374: 400	6th	−26

4th September 2013	14:30 CEST	Turkey	-	Finland	55:61
4th September 2013	17:45 CEST	Sweden	-	Greece	51:79
4th September 2013	3:15 p.m. ET	Russia	-	Italy	68:74
5th September 2013	14:30 CEST	Finland	-	Sweden	81:60
5th September 2013	17:45 CEST	Italy	-	Turkey	90:75
5th September 2013	21:00 CEST	Greece	-	Russia	80:71
September 7, 2013	14:30 CEST	Russia	-	Sweden	62:81
September 7, 2013	17:45 CEST	Italy	-	Finland	62:44
September 7, 2013	21:00 CEST	Turkey	-	Greece	61:84
September 8, 2013	14:30 CEST	Finland	-	Russia	86:83 a.d.
September 8, 2013	17:45 CEST	Greece	-	Italy	72:81
September 8, 2013	21:00 CEST	Sweden	-	Turkey	74:87
September 9, 2013	14:30 CEST	Greece	-	Finland	77:86
September 9, 2013	17:45 CEST	Italy	-	Sweden	82:79
September 9, 2013	21:00 CEST	Turkey	-	Russia	77:89

Intermediate round

After the preliminary round, the first three teams in each group qualified for the intermediate round. The three teams in groups A and B formed group E, the qualified teams in groups C and D formed the new group F (both in Ljubljana). Each team met once against each of the three teams from the other preliminary group. From the preliminary round games, the points that were scored against qualified teams were continued.

The groups look like this:

Group E	Group F.
Belgium  France  Latvia  Lithuania  Serbia  Ukraine	Finland  Greece  Italy  Croatia  Slovenia  Spain

Group E - Ljubljana

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Basket ratio
1	Serbia	5	4th	1	371: 343	9	1.081
2	Lithuania	5	4th	1	355: 314	9	1.130
3	France	5	3	2	388: 380	8th	1.021
4th	Ukraine	5	2	3	325: 364	7th	0.920
5	Belgium	5	1	4th	318: 358	6th	0.888
6th	Latvia	5	1	4th	362: 360	6th	1.005

11th September 2013	14:30 CEST	Latvia	-	Ukraine	85:51
11th September 2013	17:45 CEST	Belgium	-	Serbia	69:76
11th September 2013	21:00 CEST	Lithuania	-	France	76:62
September 13, 2013	14:30 CEST	Lithuania	-	Belgium	86:65
September 13, 2013	17:45 CEST	Ukraine	-	Serbia	82:75
September 13, 2013	21:00 CEST	France	-	Latvia	102: 91
15th September 2013	14:30 CEST	Latvia	-	Belgium	56:60
15th September 2013	17:45 CEST	Ukraine	-	Lithuania	63:70
15th September 2013	21:00 CEST	Serbia	-	France	77:65

Group F - Ljubljana

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Basket ratio
1	Croatia	5	4th	1	372: 361	9	1.030
2	Slovenia	5	3	2	385: 379	8th	1.015
3	Italy	5	3	2	374: 357	8th	1.047
4th	Spain	5	2	3	375: 339	7th	1.106
5	Finland	5	2	3	341: 385	7th	0.885
6th	Greece	5	1	4th	381: 407	6th	0.936

September 12th, 2013	14:30 CEST	Finland	-	Croatia	63:88
September 12th, 2013	17:45 CEST	Greece	-	Spain	79:75
September 12th, 2013	21:00 CEST	Italy	-	Slovenia	77:84
September 14, 2013	14:30 CEST	Croatia	-	Italy	76:68
September 14, 2013	17:45 CEST	Spain	-	Finland	82:56
September 14, 2013	21:00 CEST	Greece	-	Slovenia	65:73
16th September 2013	14:30 CEST	Croatia	-	Greece	92:88
16th September 2013	17:45 CEST	Italy	-	Spain	86:81
16th September 2013	21:00 CEST	Finland	-	Slovenia	92:76

Final round

mode

After the intermediate round, the first four teams of both groups E and F qualified for the final round. The quarter-finals were played crosswise against an opponent from the other intermediate round group. Then both the winners of the quarter-finals met in the semifinals, as well as the losers in the placement round for places five to eight. The winners of the semi-finals contested the final, the losers the game for third place. The winners of the placement games played for fifth place, the losers for seventh place.

All games took place in the 12,480-seat Arena Stožice in Ljubljana .

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	79 - September 18, 2013 - 5:30 p.m.
	Serbia	60
					85 - September 20, 2013 - 9:00 p.m.
	Spain	90
					Spain	72
	80 - September 18, 2013 - 9:00 p.m.
					France	75
	Slovenia	62
									90 - September 22, 2013 - 9:00 p.m.
	France	72
									France	80
	82 - September 19, 2013 - 9:00 p.m.
									Lithuania	66
	Lithuania	81
					86 - September 20, 2013 - 5:45 pm
	Italy	77
					Lithuania	77			Game for third place
	81 - September 19, 2013 - 5:45 pm
					Croatia	62
	Croatia	84							Spain	92
	Ukraine	72							Croatia	66
									89 - September 22, 2013 - 5:30 p.m.

Places 5 to 8

	Placement games				5th and 6th place
	83 - September 19, 2013 - 2:30 p.m.
	Serbia	74
	Slovenia	92
					88 - September 21, 2013 - 9:00 p.m.
					Slovenia	69
					Ukraine	63
					7th and 8th place
	84 - September 20, 2013 - 2:30 p.m.				87 - September 21, 2013 - 5:30 p.m.
	Italy	58			Serbia	76
	Ukraine	66			Italy	64

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
79	18th September 2013	Serbia	Spain	05:21	18:27	16:25	21:17	-	60:90	Danilo Anđušić 11; Sergio Rodríguez 22
80	18th September 2013	Slovenia	France	12:10	12:16	21:24	17:22	-	62:72	Goran Dragic 18; Tony Parker 27
82	19th September 2013	Lithuania	Italy	22:15	18:24	17:19	24:19	-	81:77	Mantas Kalnietis 17 Marco Belinelli 22
81	19th September 2013	Croatia	Ukraine	22:22	29:13	19:26	14:11	-	84:72	Krunoslav Simon 23 Eugene Jeter 19

Placement games

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
83	19th September 2013	Serbia	Slovenia	16:30	19:23	20:18	19:21	-	74:92	Nenad Krstić 16 Zoran Dragić 23
84	20th September 2013	Italy	Ukraine	17:13	17:22	14:16	10:15	-	58:66	Pietro Aradori 15 Eugene Jeter 20

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
85	20th September 2013	Spain	France	18:14	16: 6	15:23	16:22	7:10	72:75	Marc Gasol 19 Tony Parker 32
86	20th September 2013	Lithuania	Croatia	24:19	16:18	21: 8	16:17	-	77:62	Jonas Mačiulis 23 Bojan Bogdanović 15

Game for 7th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
87	21st September 2013	Serbia	Italy	27:11	14:16	14:17	21:20	-	76:64	Nenad Krstić 17 Luigi Datome 19

Play for 5th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
88	21st September 2013	Slovenia	Ukraine	16:23	24:13	14: 8	15:19	-	69:63	Goran Dragić 19 Eugene Jeter 12

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
89	22nd September 2013	Spain	Croatia	23:18	24:18	16:12	29:18	-	92:66	Sergio Llull 21 Bojan Bogdanović 22

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
90	22nd September 2013	France	Lithuania	19:22	31:12	18:16	12:16	-	80:66	Nicolas Batum 17 Linas Kleiza 20

Individual awards

The Frenchman Tony Parker was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament . The all-tournament team was formed by Goran Dragić from Slovenia , Bojan Bogdanović from Croatia, Linas Kleiza from Lithuania and Marc Gasol from Spain .

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
Final rounds
1	France	8: 3	1.090
2	Lithuania	8: 3	1.076
3	Spain	7: 4	1.246
4th	Croatia	8: 3	1.005
5	Slovenia	7: 4	1.024
6th	Ukraine	6: 5	0.977
7th	Serbia	6: 5	0.977
8th	Italy	6: 5	1.022
Not in the quarterfinals
9	Finland	5: 3	0.975
9	Belgium	3: 5	0.957
11	Greece	4: 4	1.057
11	Latvia	4: 4	1.041
Not in the second round
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3: 2	0.997
13	Czech Republic	2: 3	0.932
13	Great Britain	2: 3	0.909
13	Sweden	1: 4	0.882
17th	Germany	2: 3	0.984
17th	Montenegro	2: 3	0.984
17th	Georgia	1: 4	0.928
17th	Turkey	1: 4	0.891
21st	Macedonia	1: 4	0.964
21st	Israel	1: 4	0.957
21st	Russia	1: 4	0.935
21st	Poland	1: 4	0.872

Web links

Commons : Eurobasket 2013  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• EuroBasket 2013 - official website of the tournament (English / Slovenian)
• FIBA Europe - Website of the Continental Association FIBA ​​Europe (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Italy, Slovenia Bid To Host EuroBasket 2013. FIBA Europe , September 7, 2010, accessed on August 25, 2013 (English, media information). 
2. ↑ eurobasket2013.org: Hall capacity Ljubljana - Hala Tivoli ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
3. ↑ eurobasket2013.org: Hall capacity Jesenice ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
4. ↑ eurobasket2013.org: Hall capacity Celje ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
5. ↑ eurobasket2013.org: Hall capacity Koper ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
6. ↑ eurobasket2013.org: Hall capacity Ljubljana - Arena Stožice ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
7. ↑ Slovenia - 'Small Is Big In 2013'. FIBA Europe , September 18, 2011, accessed on August 25, 2013 (English, media information; for the qualification criteria, see the last two paragraphs). 
8. ↑ EuroBasket 2013 Draw Complete. FIBA Europa , November 18, 2012, accessed on November 18, 2012 . 
9. ^ Parker Headlines All Tournament Team. (No longer available online.) FIBA Europe , September 22, 2013, archived from the original on September 25, 2013 ; accessed on September 23, 2013 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.