European basketball championship 2011

This article describes the 2011 European Basketball Championship for men. For women see the 2011 European Women's Basketball Championship .

EuroBasket 2011
37th European Basketball Championship
Number of nations	24  (of 38 applicants)
winner	Spain (2nd title)
venue	Lithuania
Opening game	August 31, 2011
Endgame	September 18, 2011
Games	90
Most basket points	Bo McCalebb (235 points)
Most valuable player	Juan Carlos Navarro
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The 2011 European Basketball Championship (officially: EuroBasket 2011 ) was the 37th edition of this tournament and took place from August 31 to September 18, 2011 in Lithuania . Spain was able to defend its title and won its second title. France came in second ahead of Russia . The two finalists received a starting place at the 2012 Olympic Games .

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.

qualification

→ Main article : Qualifying for the 2011 European Basketball Championship

A total of 24 teams took part in EuroBasket 2011 and qualified for the tournament in different ways. Originally 16 participants were planned, but at the request of the hosting Lithuanian basketball association, on the grounds of the strong European performance density, the European basketball association increased the field to 24 participants two years earlier than planned. This was published on September 5, 2010 as part of the 2010 Basketball World Cup in Turkey at a press conference in Istanbul, after all the games in the first qualifying round for the European Championship had already been completed.

Lithuania was automatically eligible to participate as a host; Furthermore, the other nine European participants in the 2010 World Cup qualified directly for the EuroBasket 2011. The other 14 participants were determined through qualifying games in August 2010 and August 2011.

Overview of the participating countries

host

•  Lithuania

Participants in the 2010 World Cup:

•  Germany , France , Greece , Croatia , Russia , Serbia , Slovenia , Spain and Turkey        

From the qualification:

•  Belgium , Great Britain , Israel , Montenegro, and Macedonia (originally qualified)    
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Georgia , Italy , Latvia , Poland and Ukraine (qualified by increasing the number of participants)      
•  Finland and Portugal (qualified via additional qualifying round) 

Venues

Vilnius Kaunas Klaipeda Šiauliai Panevėžys Alytus

Venues

The group matches were played in Šiauliai , Panevėžys , Alytus and Klaipėda . All other games took place in Vilnius and Kaunas.

Venues of the 2011 European Basketball Championship

Vilnius	Šiauliai	Panevėžys
Vilniaus Arena	Šiaulių arena	Panevėžio Arena
Capacity: 11,000	Capacity: 5500	Capacity: 5656
Opening: 2004	Opening: 2007	Opening: 2008

Klaipeda	Alytus	Kaunas
Klaipėdos Arena	Alytaus Arena	Kauno Arena
Capacity: 5486	Capacity: 5500	Capacity: 15,000
Opening: 07/2011	Opening: 09/2010	Opening: 08/2011

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 January 31, 2011, the preliminary round groups were drawn in Vilnius .

Group A - Panevėžys

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
A1	08/31/2011	Spain	Poland	83:58	22:15	22.16	17:21	22:26	-
A2	08/31/2011	Turkey	Portugal	99:56	15: 09	24:18	25:11	15:18	-
A3	08/31/2011	Lithuania	Great Britain	80:69	19:18	30:21	05:18	26:12	-
A4	09/01/2011	Portugal	Spain	73:87	16:26	20:27	16:24	21:10	-
A5	09/01/2011	Great Britain	Turkey	61:90	10:22	16:22	17:20	18:26	-
A6	09/01/2011	Poland	Lithuania	77:97	20:25	18:28	14:23	25:21	-
A7	02.09.2011	Spain	Great Britain	86:69	19:16	19:16	22:13	26:24	-
A8	02.09.2011	Portugal	Poland	73:81	13:10	23:19	13:20	24:32	-
A9	02.09.2011	Turkey	Lithuania	68:75	17:19	18:13	14:19	19:24	-
A10	04.09.2011	Great Britain	Portugal	85:73	16:16	28:18	15:11	26:28	-
A11	04.09.2011	Poland	Turkey	84:83	17:14	22:21	22:27	23:21	-
A12	04.09.2011	Lithuania	Spain	79:91	12:31	24:31	29:19	20:10	-
A13	05.09.2011	Great Britain	Poland	88:81	18:17	21:14	16:25	33:25	-
A14	05.09.2011	Spain	Turkey	57:65	19:10	19:25	17:14	02:16	-
A15	05.09.2011	Portugal	Lithuania	69:98	16:28	19:13	15:27	7.30 p.m.	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Basket ratio	qualified for
1	Spain	5	4th	1	9	404: 364	1.109	Intermediate round
2	Lithuania	5	4th	1	9	429: 374	1.147
3	Turkey	5	3	2	8th	385: 333	1.156
4th	Great Britain	5	2	3	7th	372: 410	0.907
5	Poland	5	2	3	7th	401: 424	0.945
6th	Portugal	5	0	5	5	344: 430	0.800

Group B - Šiauliai

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
B1	08/31/2011	Serbia	Italy	80:68	10:18	25:11	22:24	23:15	-
B2	08/31/2011	France	Latvia	89:78	18:25	22:16	23:18	26:19	-
B3	08/31/2011	Germany	Israel	91:64	15:14	25:12	25:17	26:21	-
B4	09/01/2011	Latvia	Serbia	77:92	07:23	26:15	25:32	19:22	-
B5	09/01/2011	Israel	France	68:85	14:24	21:18	13:22	20:21	-
B6	09/01/2011	Italy	Germany	62:76	18:16	12:20	15:10	17:30	-
B7	02.09.2011	Serbia	Israel	89:80	22:25	13:16	23:23	31:16	-
B8	02.09.2011	Latvia	Italy	62:71	21:18	12:13	20:24	09:16	-
B9	02.09.2011	France	Germany	76:65	12:16	17:12	29:12	18:25	-
B10	04.09.2011	Israel	Latvia	91:88	23:22	24:23	19:22	25:21	-
B11	04.09.2011	Italy	France	84:91	23:20	25:21	19:19	17:31	-
B12	04.09.2011	Germany	Serbia	64:75	10:17	18:21	13.19	23:18	-
B13	05.09.2011	Israel	Italy	96:95 a.d.	27:26	22:15	30:19	05:24	12:11
B14	05.09.2011	Latvia	Germany	80:81	14:15	19:18	15:23	32:25	-
B15	05.09.2011	Serbia	France	96:97 a.d.	25:24	16:19	23:19	16:18	16:17

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Basket ratio	qualified for
1	France	5	5	0	10	438: 391	1.120	Intermediate round
2	Serbia	5	4th	1	9	432: 386	1.119
3	Germany	5	3	2	8th	377: 357	1.056
4th	Israel	5	2	3	7th	399: 448	0.891
5	Italy	5	1	4th	6th	380: 405	0.938
6th	Latvia	5	0	5	5	385: 424	0.908

Group C - Alytus

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
C1	08/31/2011	Montenegro	Macedonia	70:65 a.d.	15:14	10:16	24:19	12:12	9: 4
C2	08/31/2011	Greece	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76:67	15:17	16:17	24:15	21:18	-
C3	08/31/2011	Croatia	Finland	84:79	25:26	16:17	19:13	24:23	-
C4	09/01/2011	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Montenegro	94:86	25:19	23:22	19:27	27:18	-
C5	09/01/2011	Finland	Greece	61:81	14:20	18:21	12:16	17:24	-
C6	09/01/2011	Macedonia	Croatia	78:76	21:18	16:23	23:21	18:14	-
C7	09/03/2011	Finland	Bosnia and Herzegovina	92:64	24:20	18:18	34:18	16: 08	-
C8	09/03/2011	Greece	Macedonia	58:72	18:16	11:14	18:20	11:22	-
C9	09/03/2011	Croatia	Montenegro	87:81	24:16	22:26	21:18	20:21	-
C10	04.09.2011	Macedonia	Finland	72:70	20:21	18:19	16:18	18:12	-
C11	04.09.2011	Montenegro	Greece	55:71	18:21	13:11	10:26	14:13	-
C12	04.09.2011	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia	92:80	28:28	15: 08	21:23	28:21	-
C13	05.09.2011	Finland	Montenegro	71:65	25:14	11:26	21:14	14:11	-
C14	05.09.2011	Greece	Croatia	74:69	25:13	19:14	14:18	16.24	-
C15	05.09.2011	Macedonia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	75:63	16:17	19:21	18: 09	22:16	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Basket ratio	qualified for
1	Macedonia	5	4th	1	9	362: 337	1.074	Intermediate round
2	Greece	5	4th	1	9	360: 324	1.111
3	Finland	5	2	3	7th	373: 366	1.019
4th	Croatia	5	2	3	7th	396: 404	0.980
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	2	3	7th	380: 409	0.929
6th	Montenegro	5	1	4th	6th	357: 388	0.920

Group D - Klaipėda

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
D1	08/31/2011	Belgium	Georgia	59:81	11:20	13:17	18:21	17:23	-
D2	08/31/2011	Slovenia	Bulgaria	67:59	17:13	12:12	18:15	20:19	-
D3	08/31/2011	Russia	Ukraine	73:64	15:11	13:13	25:26	20:14	-
D4	09/01/2011	Bulgaria	Belgium	68:65	14:13	18:20	24:19	12:13	-
D5	09/01/2011	Georgia	Russia	58:65	16:20	11:20	18:12	13:13	-
D6	09/01/2011	Ukraine	Slovenia	64:68	12:18	08:23	18:16	26:11	-
D7	09/03/2011	Ukraine	Bulgaria	67:56	16:14	18:11	19:13	14:18	-
D8	09/03/2011	Slovenia	Georgia	87:75	15:25	25:15	19:18	28:17	-
D9	09/03/2011	Russia	Belgium	79:58	21:16	16:16	20:16	22:10	-
D10	04.09.2011	Georgia	Ukraine	69:53	10:17	20:16	21:11	18: 09	-
D11	04.09.2011	Bulgaria	Russia	77:89	18:23	20:19	21:25	18:22	-
D12	04.09.2011	Belgium	Slovenia	61:70	15:14	15:15	17:21	14:20	-
D13	05.09.2011	Georgia	Bulgaria	69:79	15:19	22:15	18:18	14:27	-
D14	05.09.2011	Slovenia	Russia	64:65	19:16	21:18	15:19	09:12	-
D15	05.09.2011	Ukraine	Belgium	74:61	13:16	30:10	13:13	18:22	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Basket ratio	qualified for
1	Russia	5	5	0	10	371: 321	1.155	Intermediate round
2	Slovenia	5	4th	1	9	356: 324	1.098
3	Georgia	5	2	3	7th	352: 343	1.026
4th	Bulgaria	5	2	3	7th	339: 357	0.950
5	Ukraine	5	2	3	7th	322: 327	0.985
6th	Belgium	5	0	5	5	304: 372	0.817

Intermediate round

After the preliminary round, the first three teams in each group qualified for the intermediate round. The three teams of groups A and B formed group E (Vilnius), the qualified teams of groups C and D formed the new group F (Vilnius). Each team competed 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.

Group E - Vilnius

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
E1	07.09.2011	Germany	Spain	68:77	15:16	18:20	22:20	13:21	-
E2	07.09.2011	Turkey	France	64:68	14:12	13:19	17:26	20:11	-
E3	07.09.2011	Serbia	Lithuania	90: 100	24:26	20:28	24:24	22:22	-
E4	09/09/2011	Spain	Serbia	84:59	23:14	20:18	27:17	14:10	-
E5	09/09/2011	Germany	Turkey	73:67	06:13	17:13	25:10	25:21	-
E6	09/09/2011	Lithuania	France	67:73	16:18	12:16	18: 09	21:30	-
E7	09/11/2011	Serbia	Turkey	68:67	18:11	17:16	21:26	12:14	-
E8	09/11/2011	France	Spain	69:96	22:21	16:18	10:29	21:28	-
E9	09/11/2011	Lithuania	Germany	84:75	21:17	16:16	21:19	26:23	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Basket ratio	qualified for
1	Spain	5	4th	1	9	405: 340	1.191	Quarter finals
2	France	5	4th	1	9	383: 388	0.987
3	Lithuania	5	3	2	8th	405: 397	1.020
4th	Serbia	5	2	3	7th	388: 412	0.942
5	Germany	5	1	4th	6th	345: 379	0.910
6th	Turkey	5	1	4th	6th	331: 341	0.971

Group F - Vilnius

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
F1	09/08/2011	Georgia	Macedonia	63:65	12:13	14:16	18:25	19:11	-
F2	09/08/2011	Finland	Russia	60:79	14:18	06:15	18:26	22:20	-
F3	09/08/2011	Slovenia	Greece	60:69	13:18	12:19	21: 07	14:24	-
F4	09/10/2011	Georgia	Finland	73:87	13:22	20:14	19:25	21:26	-
F5	09/10/2011	Macedonia	Slovenia	68:59	20:16	19:15	15:11	14:17	-
F6	09/10/2011	Greece	Russia	67:83	16:15	23:27	18:23	10:18	-
F7	09/12/2011	Slovenia	Finland	67:60	14:12	28:16	12:20	13:12	-
F8	09/12/2011	Greece	Georgia	73:60	12:13	20:22	19:12	22:13	-
F9	09/12/2011	Russia	Macedonia	63:61	19:20	18:14	14:15	12:12	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Basket ratio	qualified for
1	Russia	5	5	0	10	355: 310	1,145	Quarter finals
2	Macedonia	5	4th	1	9	338: 313	1.080
3	Greece	5	3	2	8th	348: 336	1.036
4th	Slovenia	5	2	3	7th	337: 337	1,000
5	Finland	5	1	4th	6th	338: 372	0.909
6th	Georgia	5	0	5	5	329: 377	0.873

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 15,442-seat Kauno Arena in Kaunas.

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	79 - September 14, 2011 - 6:00 p.m.
	Spain	86
					83 - September 16, 2011 - 5:30 pm
	Slovenia	64
					Spain	92
	80 - September 14, 2011 - 9:00 p.m.
					Macedonia	80
	Macedonia	67
									85 - September 18, 2011 - 9:00 p.m.
	Lithuania	65
									Spain	98
	81 - September 15, 2011 - 9:00 p.m.
									France	85
	Russia	77
					84 - September 16, 2011 - 9:00 p.m.
	Serbia	67
					Russia	71			Game for third place
	82 - September 15, 2011 - 6:00 p.m.
					France	79
	France	64							Macedonia	68
	Greece	56							Russia	72
									86 - September 18, 2011 - 5:30 p.m.

Places 5 to 8

	Placement games				5th and 6th place
	87 - September 15, 2011 - 3:30 pm
	Slovenia	77
	Lithuania	80
					89 - September 17, 2011 - 9:00 p.m.
					Lithuania	73
					Greece	69
					7th and 8th place
	88 - September 16, 2011 - 3:00 p.m.				90 - September 17, 2011 - 6:00 p.m.
	Greece	87			Slovenia	72
	Serbia	77			Serbia	68

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
79	09/14/2011	Spain	Slovenia	86:64	18:23	19: 08	36:14	15:19	-	JC Navarro 26; G. Dragić 14
80	09/14/2011	Macedonia	Lithuania	67:65	18:20	12:14	19:18	18:13	-	B. McCalebb 23; R. Javtokas 13
81	09/15/2011	France	Greece	64:56	14:17	13:14	13:12	24:13	-	T. Parker 18; I. Bourousis 17th
82	09/15/2011	Russia	Serbia	77:67	16:12	18:15	20:21	23:19	-	A. Kirilenko 14; N. Krstić 13

Placement games

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
87	09/15/2011	Slovenia	Lithuania	77:80	20:19	13:25	24:19	20:17	-	E. Lorbek , G. Dragic 16; M. Kalnietis 17
88	09/16/2011	Greece	Serbia	87:77	34: 08	14:18	16:22	23:29	-	I. Bourousis 27; M. Kešelj 22

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
83	09/16/2011	Spain	Macedonia	92:80	26:18	18:27	27:17	21:18	-	JC Navarro 35; B. McCalebb 25
84	09/16/2011	France	Russia	79:71	17:16	22:18	16:13	24:24	-	T. Parker 22; A. Kirilenko 21

Game for 7th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
90	09/17/2011	Slovenia	Serbia	72:68	27:20	17:19	20:12	08:17	-	G. Dragic 21; K. Perović 13

Play for 5th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
89	09/17/2011	Lithuania	Greece	73:69	14:20	18:17	24:11	17:21	-	M. Pocius 13; N. Calathes 16

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
85	09/18/2011	Macedonia	Russia	68:72	13:17	17:19	20:16	18:20	-	B. McCalebb 22; A. Kirilenko 18

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
86	09/18/2011	Spain	France	98:85	25:20	25:21	25:21	23:23	-	JC Navarro 27; T. Parker 26

Final score

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
1	Spain	10: 1
2	France	9: 2
3	Russia	10: 1
4th	Macedonia	8: 3
5	Lithuania	8: 3
6th	Greece	7: 4
7th	Slovenia	6: 5
8th	Serbia	5: 6
Eliminated after the intermediate round
9	Germany	4: 4	1.014
9	Finland	3: 5	0.991
11	Turkey	3: 5	1.113
11	Georgia	2: 6	0.965
Eliminated after the preliminary round
13	Croatia	2: 3	0.980
13	Bulgaria	2: 3	0.950
13	Great Britain	2: 3	0.907
13	Israel	2: 3	0.891
17th	Ukraine	2: 3	0.985
17th	Poland	2: 3	0.945
17th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2: 3	0.929
17th	Italy	1: 4	0.938
21st	Montenegro	1: 4	0.920
21st	Latvia	0: 5	0.908
21st	Belgium	0: 5	0.817
21st	Portugal	0: 5	0.800

The two finalists were given a starting place for the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the teams from third to sixth qualified for the Olympic qualifying tournament. Great Britain qualified to host the Olympics.

Honors

The Spaniard Juan Carlos Navarro was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament . The all-tournament team was made up of his compatriot Pau Gasol , the French Tony Parker , the Macedonia player Bo McCalebb and the Russian Andrei Kirilenko .

Individual statistics

Points

total				per game
player	nationality	number		player	nationality	average
Bo McCalebb	Macedonia	235		Tony Parker	France	22.1
Tony Parker	France	221		Bo McCalebb	Macedonia	21.4
Juan Carlos Navarro	Spain	206		Pau Gasol	Spain	20.1
Pau Gasol	Spain	201		Dirk Nowitzki	Germany	19.5
Andrei Kirilenko	Russia	164		Juan Carlos Navarro	Spain	18.7

Rebounds

total				per game
player	nationality	number		player	nationality	average
Pero Antić	Macedonia	93		Chris Kaman	Germany	10.0
Pau Gasol	Spain	83		Ömer Aşık	Turkey	8.5
Chris Kaman	Germany	80		Pero Antić	Macedonia	8.5
Joakim Noah	France	80		Pau Gasol	Spain	8.3
Marc Gasol	Spain	80		Joakim Noah	France	8.0
				Viktor Sanikidze	Georgia	8.0

Assists

total				per game
player	nationality	number		player	nationality	average
Miloš Teodosić	Serbia	63		Miloš Teodosić	Serbia	5.7
Viktor Kryapa	Russia	51		Viktor Kryapa	Russia	5.1
Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Lithuania	51		Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Lithuania	4.6
Tony Parker	France	44		Teemu Rannikko	Finland	4.5
Nick Calathes	Greece	42		Tony Parker	France	4.4
Mantas Kalnietis	Lithuania	42

Steals

total				per game
player	nationality	number		player	nationality	average
Andrei Kirilenko	Russia	29		Andrei Kirilenko	Russia	2.6
Bo McCalebb	Macedonia	23		Bo McCalebb	Macedonia	2.1
Nicolas Batum	France	22nd		Nicolas Batum	France	2.0
Vojdan Stojanovski	Macedonia	19th		Tuukka Kotti	Finland	1.9
Nick Calathes	Greece	18th		Vojdan Stojanovski	Macedonia	1.7
José Manuel Calderón	Spain	18th
Goran Dragic	Slovenia	18th

Blocks

total				per game
player	nationality	number		player	nationality	average
Mirza Begic	Slovenia	21st		Mirza Begic	Slovenia	1.9
Pau Gasol	Spain	17th		Chris Kaman	Germany	1.8
Timofei Mosgow	Russia	16		Pau Gasol	Spain	1.7
Chris Kaman	Germany	14th		Ömer Aşık	Turkey	1.5
Serge Ibaka	Spain	13		Timofei Mosgow	Russia	1.5

See also

• European basketball championship 2011 / squad

Web links

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

• Official website (English, Lithuanian)
• EuroBasket 2011 on Lithuania.info

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eurobasket 2011 to be played with 24 teams
2. ↑ Press release from FIBA ​​Europe
3. ↑ Eurobasket 2011 meeting revealed problems ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2011 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.  
4. ↑ Official tournament rules FIBA ​​2010
5. ↑ "Qualification London 2012" ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 146 kB) Website of the NOK Australia. Retrieved August 3, 2010. (English page)