European basketball championship 2015

This article describes the 2015 European Men's Basketball Championship. For the women see the 2015 European Women's Basketball Championship .

EuroBasket 2015
39th European Basketball Championship
Number of nations	24  (of 37 applicants)
FIBA European Champion	Spain (3rd title)
venue	Germany France Croatia Latvia
Opening game	5th September 2015
Endgame	20th September 2015
Games	79
Most basket points	Pau Gasol (230)
Most valuable player	Pau Gasol
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The 2015 European Basketball Championship (officially: EuroBasket 2015) was the 39th edition of this tournament. It took place from 5. – 20. September in Germany , France , Croatia and Latvia . Ukraine was initially chosen as the host, but after the military unrest in that country the tournament was re-awarded.

The European Basketball Championship is a biennial basketball competition between European national teams that is organized by Munich- based FIBA Europe , the European Basketball Federation.

Allocation of the orientation

Initially, there were two applications to host the 2015 European Championship, Ukraine and a joint application from Germany , France , Italy and Croatia . Shortly before the decision was announced by FIBA Europa in mid-December 2011, however, the joint application withdrew it. The reason given was irreconcilable differences with the continental association, which changed the competition criteria at short notice and a. demanded a firm sponsorship commitment of four million euros. As a result, the Ukraine remained the only applicant, which was then accepted on December 18, 2011.

Due to the unstable political situation in Ukraine , which began in November 2013, FIBA ​​Europe announced on February 26, 2014 that it would be "discussing" the hosting of the European Championship and finally decided on June 13, 2014 to withdraw the hosting of the Ukraine .

In August 2014, eight nations, namely Croatia , Finland , Israel , Latvia , Poland , France , Turkey and Germany applied for the re-award of the event. Applications for a group in the group stage, a group in the intermediate round and the final round, the final round or the entire tournament were possible. On September 8, 2014, FIBA ​​Europe announced that for the first time a European Championship will be held in several countries. The preliminary rounds take place in Germany, France, Croatia and Latvia. The final round will be played in France.

Venues

The group matches were played in Berlin , Montpellier , Zagreb and Riga . The games of the second round as well as the final round in the knockout system were held at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille .

Lille France	Berlin Montpellier Zagreb Riga Lille Venues of the EuroBasket 2015	Berlin Germany
Stade Pierre-Mauroy		Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 27,000		Capacity: 14,500
Second round, final round		Group B group matches
Montpellier France	Zagreb Croatia	Riga Latvia
Park & ​​Suites Arena	Arena Zagreb	Arena Riga
Capacity: 10,700	Capacity: 16,500	Capacity: 11,200
Group A group matches	Group C group matches	Group D group matches

Attendees

Those teams that had qualified for the 2014 World Basketball Championship in Spain were already qualified for the European Championship . These are the teams that finished 1st to 7th in the 2013 European Basketball Championship . In addition, as the host of the world championship, FIBA awarded three out of four wildcards to European teams. Germany had also applied for such a wildcard, but withdrew the application after it became known that at least a high six-figure sum would have to be transferred to FIBA ​​for a successful application. According to FIBA, the wildcard was u. a. Awarded on the basis of criteria such as the popularity of the sport of basketball in the respective country, the cooperation of the respective national association with FIBA ​​and the marketing opportunities of the FIBA ​​sponsors in the respective country. The associations were also able to make a voluntary "donation" to FIBA. Estonia was able to secure the place to participate in the first round of qualification, which was played among teams that had not participated in the 2013 European Championship.

A total of eleven participants qualified for the European Championship before the start of the second qualifying round. During the second qualifying round in August 2014, the missing 13 participants were determined, so that the European Championship was held with a total of 24 teams.

Overview:

• Qualification by performing at the 2013 European Championship :
  •  France (European champion), Lithuania (runner-up European champion), Spain (third place) ¹ , Croatia (fourth place), Slovenia (fifth place), Ukraine (sixth place) ² , Serbia (seventh place)      

• Qualification by awarding a wildcard for the 2014 World Cup:
  •  Finland , Greece , Turkey  

• Qualification by winning the 1st qualifying round:
  •  Estonia

• Qualification by winning a group or as one of the six best runners-up in the second qualifying round:
  • as group winner:
    •  Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Georgia , Israel , Italy , Latvia , Poland      
  • as second group:
    •  Germany , Netherlands , Iceland , Macedonia , Russia , Czech Republic     

Remarks:

¹ Also hosted the 2014 World Cup

² Also originally intended to host the 2015 European Championships

qualification

→ Main article : 2015 European Basketball Championship / 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 December 8, 2014, the following groups were drawn at the Disneyland theme park in Paris :

Group A ( Montpellier , France )	Group B ( Berlin , Germany )	Group C ( Zagreb , Croatia )	Group D ( Riga , Latvia )
Russia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  France  Finland  Poland  Israel	Iceland  Turkey  Spain  Serbia  Italy  Germany	Netherlands  Greece  Croatia  Slovenia  Macedonia  Georgia	Estonia  Latvia  Lithuania  Ukraine  Belgium  Czech Republic

Group A - Montpellier, France

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Basket diff.
1	France	5	5	0	407: 335	10	+72
2	Israel	5	3	2	375: 384	8th	−9
3	Poland	5	3	2	367: 352	8th	+15
4th	Finland	5	2	3	387: 392	7th	−5
5	Russia	5	1	4th	379: 374	6th	+5
6th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1	4th	324: 402	6th	−78

5th September 2015	15:00 CEST	Poland	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	68:64
5th September 2015	17:30 CEST	Israel	-	Russia	76:73
5th September 2015	21:00 CEST	France	-	Finland	97:87 a.d.
September 6, 2015	15:00 CEST	Russia	-	Poland	79:82
September 6, 2015	17:30 CEST	Finland	-	Israel	66:79
September 6, 2015	21:00 CEST	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	France	54:81
September 7, 2015	15:00 CEST	Finland	-	Russia	81:79
September 7, 2015	17:30 CEST	Israel	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	84:86 a.d.
September 7, 2015	21:00 CEST	France	-	Poland	69:66
September 9, 2015	15:00 CEST	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	Finland	59:88
September 9, 2015	17:30 CEST	Poland	-	Israel	73:75
September 9, 2015	21:00 CEST	Russia	-	France	67:74
September 10, 2015	15:00 CEST	Finland	-	Poland	65:78
September 10, 2015	17:30 CEST	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	Russia	61:81
September 10, 2015	21:00 CEST	Israel	-	France	61:86

Group B - Berlin, Germany

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Basket diff.
1	Serbia	5	5	0	433: 354	10	+79
2	Spain	5	3	2	448: 411	8th	+37
3	Italy	5	3	2	434: 434	8th	+0
4th	Turkey	5	3	2	429: 459	8th	−30
5	Germany	5	1	4th	370: 379	6th	−9
6th	Iceland	5	0	5	368: 445	5	−77

5th September 2015	15:00 CEST	Germany	-	Iceland	71:65
5th September 2015	18:00 CEST	Spain	-	Serbia	70:80
5th September 2015	21:00 CEST	Italy	-	Turkey	87:89
September 6, 2015	15:00 CEST	Serbia	-	Germany	68:66
September 6, 2015	18:00 CEST	Iceland	-	Italy	64:71
September 6, 2015	21:00 CEST	Turkey	-	Spain	77: 104
September 8, 2015	14:30 CEST	Serbia	-	Iceland	93:64
September 8, 2015	17:45 CEST	Germany	-	Turkey	75:80
September 8, 2015	21:00 CEST	Spain	-	Italy	98: 105
September 9, 2015	14:30 CEST	Turkey	-	Serbia	72:91
September 9, 2015	17:45 CEST	Italy	-	Germany	89:82 a.d.
September 9, 2015	21:00 CEST	Iceland	-	Spain	73:99
September 10, 2015	14:30 CEST	Serbia	-	Italy	101: 82
September 10, 2015	17:45 CEST	Germany	-	Spain	76:77
September 10, 2015	21:00 CEST	Turkey	-	Iceland	111: 102 a.d.

Group C - Zagreb, Croatia

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Basket diff.
1	Greece	5	5	0	387: 340	10	+47
2	Croatia	5	3	2	359: 343	8th	+16
3	Slovenia	5	3	2	367: 356	8th	+11
4th	Georgia	5	2	3	369: 364	7th	+5
5	Macedonia	5	1	4th	324: 381	6th	−57
6th	Netherlands	5	1	4th	355: 377	6th	−22

5th September 2015	15:00 CEST	Georgia	-	Netherlands	72:73
5th September 2015	18:00 CEST	Macedonia	-	Greece	65:85
5th September 2015	21:00 CEST	Croatia	-	Slovenia	80:73
September 6, 2015	15:00 CEST	Netherlands	-	Macedonia	71:78
September 6, 2015	18:00 CEST	Slovenia	-	Georgia	79:68
September 6, 2015	21:00 CEST	Greece	-	Croatia	72:70
September 8, 2015	15:00 CEST	Slovenia	-	Netherlands	81:74
September 8, 2015	18:00 CEST	Georgia	-	Greece	68:79
September 8, 2015	21:00 CEST	Croatia	-	Macedonia	73:55
September 9, 2015	15:00 CEST	Greece	-	Slovenia	83:72
September 9, 2015	18:00 CEST	Macedonia	-	Georgia	75:90
September 9, 2015	21:00 CEST	Netherlands	-	Croatia	72:78
September 10, 2015	15:00 CEST	Slovenia	-	Macedonia	62:51
September 10, 2015	18:00 CEST	Georgia	-	Croatia	71:58
September 10, 2015	21:00 CEST	Greece	-	Netherlands	68:65

Group D - Riga, Latvia

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points	Basket diff.
1	Lithuania	5	4th	1	360: 336	9	+24
2	Latvia	5	3	2	348: 339	8th	+9
3	Czech Republic	5	3	2	370: 342	8th	+28
4th	Belgium	5	3	2	370: 344	8th	+26
5	Estonia	5	1	4th	316: 374	6th	−58
6th	Ukraine	5	1	4th	349: 378	6th	−29

5th September 2015	15:30 CEST	Czech Republic	-	Estonia	80:57
5th September 2015	18:30 CEST	Belgium	-	Latvia	67:78
5th September 2015	21:30 CEST	Lithuania	-	Ukraine	69:68
September 6, 2015	15:30 CEST	Estonia	-	Belgium	55:84
September 6, 2015	18:30 CEST	Latvia	-	Lithuania	49:68
September 6, 2015	21:30 CEST	Ukraine	-	Czech Republic	64:78
September 7, 2015	15:30 CEST	Lithuania	-	Belgium	74:76
September 7, 2015	18:30 CEST	Czech Republic	-	Latvia	65:72
September 7, 2015	21:30 CEST	Ukraine	-	Estonia	71:78
September 9, 2015	15:30 CEST	Belgium	-	Czech Republic	64:66
September 9, 2015	18:30 CEST	Latvia	-	Ukraine	74:75
September 9, 2015	21:30 CEST	Estonia	-	Lithuania	62:64
September 10, 2015	15:30 CEST	Ukraine	-	Belgium	71:79
September 10, 2015	18:30 CEST	Latvia	-	Estonia	75:64
September 10, 2015	21:30 CEST	Czech Republic	-	Lithuania	81:85 a.d.

Final round - Lille, France

The final round will be played in a knockout system in Lille, France.

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

61 - September 12

Spain

80

69 - September 15

Poland

66

Spain

73

62 - September 12

Greece

71

Greece

75

75 - September 17, 9:00 p.m.

Belgium

54

Spain

80

63 - September 12

France

75

France

76

70 - September 15

Turkey

53

France

84

64 - September 12

Latvia

70

Latvia

73

78 - September 20, 7:00 p.m.

Slovenia

66

Spain

80

65-13 September

Lithuania

63

Serbia

94

71 - September 16

Finland

81

Serbia

89

66 - September 13

Czech Republic

75

Croatia

59

76 - September 18, 9:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

80

Serbia

64

67 - September 13

Lithuania

67

third place

Israel

52

72 - September 16

77 - September 20, 14:00

Italy

82

Italy

85

France

81

68 - September 13

Lithuania

95

Serbia

68

Lithuania

85

Georgia

81

Round of 16

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
61	12th September	Spain	Poland	25:20	16:19	14:16	25:11	-	80:66	Pau Gasol 30
62	12th September	Greece	Belgium	16:15	18:16	23:11	18:12	-	75:54	Ioannis Bourousis , Pierre-Antoine Gillet 14 each
63	12th September	France	Turkey	17:18	19: 8	23:14	17:13	-	76:53	Nando de Colo 15
64	12th September	Latvia	Slovenia	20:20	22:20	13:12	18:14	-	73:66	Jānis Strēlnieks , Zoran Dragić 17 each
65	13.september	Serbia	Finland	23:24	25:19	23:21	23:17	-	94:81	Miroslav Raduljica 27
66	13.september	Croatia	Czech Republic	13:20	18:28	12:17	16:15	-	59:80	Jan Veselý 20
67	13.september	Israel	Italy	13:22	17:18	9:28	13:14	-	52:82	Alessandro Gentile 27
68	13.september	Lithuania	Georgia	17:20	22:20	22:22	24:19	-	85:81	Jonas Mačiulis 34

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
69	September 15th	Spain	Greece	14:14	25:18	16:25	18:14	-	73:71	Pau Gasol 27
70	September 15th	France	Latvia	21:25	19:13	16: 7	28:25	-	84:70	Tony Parker 18th
71	16th September	Serbia	Czech Republic	21:21	24:21	22:21	22:12	-	89:75	Jan Veselý 23
72	16th September	Italy	Lithuania	20:21	16:16	23:23	20:19	6:16	85:95	Jonas Valančiūnas 26

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
75	17th of September	Spain	France	17:20	15:13	16:23	18:10	14: 9	80:75	Pau Gasol 40
76	September 18	Serbia	Lithuania	17:22	17:13	9:13	21:19	-	64:67	Miloš Teodosić 16

Play for places 5-8 or participation in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
73	17th of September	Greece	Latvia	17:24	20:20	23:17	37:29	-	97:90	Kristaps Janičenoks 23
74	17th of September	Czech Republic	Italy	21:21	16:21	17:32	16:11	-	70:85	Jan Veselý 26
79	September 18	Latvia	Czech Republic	23:28	13:29	9:23	25:17	-	70:97	Jan Veselý 24

• Greece, Italy and the Czech Republic qualified for the qualifying tournament for the Olympics.

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
77	September 20th	France	Serbia	16:16	21:16	21:12	23:24	-	81:68	Nando de Colo 20th

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	1st Q.	2nd Q.	3rd Q.	4th Q.	Loss	Result	Top scorer
78	September 20th	Spain	Lithuania	19: 8	22:25	19:10	20:20	-	80:63	Pau Gasol 25

Olympic Games qualification

The two finalists Lithuania and Spain qualified directly for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro . Places three to seven (France, Serbia, Greece, Italy and the Czech Republic) qualify for participation in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament from July 5 to 11, 2016. There, eighteen teams played the remaining three tickets.

Individual awards

The Spaniard Pau Gasol was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament . The all-tournament team was formed by his compatriot Sergio Rodríguez , the French Nando de Colo and the Lithuanians Jonas Mačiulis and Jonas Valančiūnas .

Web links

Commons : Eurobasket 2015  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Eight bid to host EuroBasket 2015 , on fibaeurope.com
2. ↑ Anger over the European Association: Germany renounces the European Basketball Championship 2015. In: Der Spiegel. December 14, 2011, accessed September 12, 2015 . 
3. ↑ fibaeurope.com: Ukraine wants to host Eurobasket 2015 (English)
4. ↑ fibaeurope.com: FIBA Europe discusses EuroBasket 2015 (English)
5. ↑ fibaeurope.com: FIBA Europe relocates EuroBasket 2015 (English)
6. ↑ fibaeurope.com: Eurobasket 2015 Hosts announced (English)
7. ↑ fiba.com: Brazil, Finland, Greece and Turkey awarded wild cards for Spain 2014 (English)
8. ↑ Trouble about wildcard allocation: DBB withdraws WM application. In: Der Spiegel . January 28, 2014, accessed September 12, 2015 . 
9. ↑ EuroBasket 2015 Draw Complete. FIBA Europa , December 8, 2014, accessed December 8, 2014 . 
10. ↑ Gasol Headlines All-Star Five Presented By Tissot. (No longer available online.) FIBA Europe , September 20, 2015, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; accessed on September 24, 2015 (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.