European basketball championship 1995

Eurobasket 1995
29th European Basketball Championship of Men
Number of nations	14  (of 36 applicants)
European champion	Yugoslavia (1st title)
venue	Marousi , Greece
Opening game	June 21, 1995
Endgame	0July 2nd 1995
Games	54
Basket points	8546   (∅: 158.26 per game)
Most basket points	Šarūnas Marčiulionis Lithuania
Most valuable player	Šarūnas Marčiulionis Lithuania
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The men's basketball championship 1995 , officially Eurobasket 1995 , took place from June 21 to July 2, 1995 in Marousi near Athens . It was the 29th European Championships. In contrast to the last tournament, 14 teams took part in the final round. Originally the tournament was to be held with 12 teams, but the lifting of the exclusion of Yugoslavia made a change necessary. The team from "Rest of Yugoslavia", now supported by players from Serbia and Montenegro , became European champions and thus gave the Balkan state its first title win since the loss of its other republics. Lithuania won the silver medal, Croatia took bronze. Defending champion Germany did not make it past the preliminary round.

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.

venue

All games were played in the Olympic Hall in the suburb of Marousi of Greece's capital Athens . Completed in 1995, the hall is one of the largest of its kind in Europe with 19,250 seats. Later it was also the venue for the 2004 Summer Olympics .

qualification

→ Main article : Qualifying for the 1995 European Basketball Championship

A total of 14 teams took part in the tournament, which qualified for the tournament in different ways:

• Germany qualified as defending champions.

• Greece was set to host.

• 10 participants were determined over two qualification rounds.

• 2 further participants were determined in an additional qualifying round. This was set after the exclusion of Yugoslavia was lifted.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, seven teams played against each other in two groups. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. If a game was tied at the end of regular time, there was extra time.

Group A

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
A1	06/21/1995	Germany	Lithuania	82:96	45:54	37:42	-
A2	06/21/1995	Israel	Italy	71:73	39:37	32:36	-
A3	06/21/1995	Greece	Yugoslavia	80:84 a.d.	43:34	29:38	8:12
A4	06/22/1995	Italy	Germany	68:67	36:34	32:33	-
A5	06/22/1995	Lithuania	Greece	89:73	38:33	51:40	-
A6	06/22/1995	Sweden	Israel	62:87	34:42	28:45	-
A7	06/23/1995	Yugoslavia	Lithuania	70:61	35:29	35:32	-
A8	06/23/1995	Germany	Sweden	81:71	39:33	42:38	-
A9	06/23/1995	Greece	Italy	67:61	33:37	34:24	-
A10	06/24/1995	Italy	Yugoslavia	74:87	37:49	37:38	-
A11	06/24/1995	Israel	Germany	78:60	40:20	38:40	-
A12	06/24/1995	Sweden	Greece	68:86	30:42	38:44	-
A13	06/26/1995	Yugoslavia	Sweden	85:58	42:30	43:28	-
A14	06/26/1995	Greece	Israel	59:49	29:25	30:24	-
A15	06/26/1995	Lithuania	Italy	80:69	42:39	38:30	-
A16	06/27/1995	Israel	Yugoslavia	59:72	25:35	34:37	-
A17	06/27/1995	Sweden	Lithuania	73:96	40:46	33:50	-
A18	06/27/1995	Germany	Greece	79:83	43:45	36:38	-
A19	06/28/1995	Italy	Sweden	93:61	46:28	47:33	-
A20	06/28/1995	Yugoslavia	Germany	92:79	55:27	37:52	-
A21	06/28/1995	Lithuania	Israel	91:75	45:29	46:46	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Yugoslavia	6th	6th	0	12	490: 411	+ 079	Quarter finals
2	Lithuania	6th	5	1	11	513: 442	+ 071
3	Greece	6th	4th	2	10	448: 430	+ 018
4th	Italy	6th	3	3	9	438: 433	+ 5 00
5	Israel	6th	2	4th	8th	419: 417	+ 2 00
6th	Germany	6th	1	5	7th	448: 488	- 040
7th	Sweden	6th	0	6th	6th	393: 528	-135

Group B

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
B1	06/21/1995	Russia	Finland	126: 074	62:33	64:41	-
B2	06/21/1995	Slovenia	France	068: 089	38:49	30:40	-
B3	06/21/1995	Spain	Turkey	085: 070	39:29	46:41	-
B4	06/22/1995	Croatia	Slovenia	091: 083	47:38	44:45	-
B5	06/22/1995	France	Russia	065: 085	27:36	38:49	-
B6	06/22/1995	Finland	Spain	074: 087	31:36	43:51	-
B7	06/23/1995	Turkey	Finland	081: 079	38:44	43:35	-
B8	06/23/1995	Spain	France	075: 086	34:47	41:39	-
B9	06/23/1995	Russia	Croatia	094: 100 a.d.	39:44	42:37	13:19
B10	06/24/1995	France	Turkey	090: 076	47:49	43:27	-
B11	06/24/1995	Slovenia	Russia	082: 092	44:50	38:42	-
B12	06/24/1995	Croatia	Spain	080: 070	37:35	43:35	-
B13	06/26/1995	Turkey	Croatia	068: 090	31:48	37:42	-
B14	06/26/1995	Finland	France	081: 094	38:50	43:44	-
B15	06/26/1995	Spain	Slovenia	088: 085	49:40	39:45	-
B16	06/27/1995	Slovenia	Turkey	093: 074	40:36	53:38	-
B17	06/27/1995	Croatia	Finland	092: 077	50:34	42:43	-
B18	06/27/1995	Russia	Spain	078: 094	44:47	34:47	-
B19	06/28/1995	Finland	Slovenia	072: 094	33:43	39:51	-
B20	06/28/1995	Turkey	Russia	093: 102	46:46	47:56	-
B21	06/28/1995	France	Croatia	072: 081	40:40	32:41	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Croatia	6th	6th	0	12	534: 464	+ 070	Quarter finals
2	Spain	6th	4th	2	10	499: 473	+ 026
3	Russia	6th	4th	2	10	577: 508	+ 069
4th	France	6th	4th	2	10	496: 466	+ 030
5	Slovenia	6th	2	4th	8th	505: 506	- 1 00
6th	Turkey	6th	1	5	7th	462: 539	- 077
7th	Finland	6th	0	6th	6th	457: 574	-117

Final rounds

mode

After the preliminary round, the first four of the two groups qualified. In the quarterfinals, a team from the other group was played crosswise. Then both the winners of the quarter-finals met in the semifinals, as well as the losers in the "small semifinals". The winners of the semi-finals met in the final, the losers in the game for 3rd place. The winners of the "small semifinals" played for 5th place, the losers for 7th place.

Tournament tree

All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST)

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	43 - June 30, 1995 - 4:00 p.m.
	Russia	71
					50 - July 1, 1995 - 22:00
	Lithuania	82
					Croatia	80
	44 - June 30, 1995 - 6:00 p.m.
					Lithuania	90
	Italy	61
									54 - July 2, 1995 - 22:00
	Croatia	71
									Yugoslavia	96
	45 - June 30, 1995 - 8:00 p.m.
									Lithuania	90
	Greece	66
					49 - July 1, 1995 - 8:00 p.m.
	Spain	64
					Yugoslavia	60			Game for third place
	46 - June 30, 1995 - 22:00
					Greece	52
	France	86							Greece	68
	Yugoslavia	104							Croatia	73
									53 - July 2, 1995 - 8:00 p.m.

Places 5 to 8

	Small semifinals				Finals 5th-8th space
	47 - July 1, 1995 - 4:00 p.m.
	Italy	80
	Russia	70
					42 - July 2, 1995 - 6:00 p.m.
					Italy	82
					Spain	75
					7th and 8th place
	48 - July 1, 1995 - 6:00 p.m.				51 - July 2, 1995 - 4:00 p.m.
	France	74			Russia	108
	Spain	75			France	89

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
43	06/30/1995	Russia	Lithuania	71: 082	33:44	38:38	-
44	06/30/1995	Italy	Croatia	61: 071	29:31	32:40	-
45	06/30/1995	Greece	Spain	66: 064	30:33	36:31	-
46	06/30/1995	France	Yugoslavia	86: 104	35:59	51:45	-

Small semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
47	07/01/1995	Italy	Russia	80:70	36:43	44:27	-
48	07/01/1995	France	Spain	74:75	37:38	37:37	-

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
49	07/01/1995	Yugoslavia	Greece	60:52	27:24	33:28	-
50	07/01/1995	Croatia	Lithuania	80:90	31:38	49:52	-

Game for 7th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
51	07/02/1995	Russia	France	108: 89	61:38	47:51	-

Play for 5th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
52	07/02/1995	Italy	Spain	82:75	42:34	40:41	-

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
53	07/02/1995	Greece	Croatia	68:73	39:35	29:38	-

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
54	07/02/1995	Yugoslavia	Lithuania	96:90	48:49	48:41	-

Final score

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
1	Yugoslavia	9-0	1.1737
2	Lithuania	7: 2	1.1248
3	Croatia	8: 1	1.1098
4th	Greece	5: 4	1.0112
5	Italy	5: 4	1.0185
6th	Spain	5: 4	1.0259
7th	Russia	5: 4	1.0883
8th	France	4: 5	0.9894
Failed in the preliminary round
9	Israel	2: 4	1.0048
10	Slovenia	2: 4	0.9980
11	Germany	1: 5	0.9180
12	Turkey	1: 5	0.8571
13	Finland	0: 6	0.7962
14th	Sweden	0: 6	0.7443

Honors

The Lithuanian Šarūnas Marčiulionis was chosen as the best player of the tournament ( MVP ) . In a total of eight games, Marčiulionis averaged 22.5 points, 4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. He had a hit rate of 63.6% (63 of 99) from the field and 69.2% (36 of 52) from the free throw line.

In addition to Marčiulionis, his teammate Arvydas Sabonis , the Spaniard Alberto Herreros as well as Arijan Komazec and Toni Kukoč from Croatia were elected to the All-Star Team .

statistics

All in all

• 54 games
• 8,546 points
• 3,326 rebounds (of which 1,078 offensive and 2,248 defensive)
• 1,410 assists
• 2,347 fouls
• 1,456 lost balls
• 792 steals

Most of the points

player	nationality	Points
Yann Bonato	France	195
Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Lithuania	180
Artūras Karnišovas	Lithuania	178
Arvydas Sabonis	Lithuania	174
Alberto Herreros	Spain	165

Most points per game

player	nationality	Points
Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Lithuania	22.5
Arvydas Sabonis	Lithuania	21.8
Yann Bonato	France	21.7
Michael Koch	Germany	21.5
Arijan Komazec	Croatia	20.3

Most rebounds per game

player	nationality	Rebounds
Arvydas Sabonis	Lithuania	14.5
Andrei Fetissow	Russia	9.7
Stojko Vranković	Croatia	9.1
Panagiotis Fasoulas	Greece	8.6
Mikel Smith Gibbs	Spain	8.6

Most assists per game

player	nationality	Assists
Toni Kukoč	Croatia	5.3
Henrik Rödl	Germany	4.8
Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Lithuania	4.8
Pablo Laso Biurrun	Spain	3.7
Guy Goodes	Israel	3.7

The German team

The German team included Ingo Freyer , Hans-Jürgen Gnad , Patrick King , Mike Knörr , Michael Koch , Detlef Musch , Kai-Joachim Nürnberger , Ademola Okulaja , Teoman Öztürk , Henrik Rödl , Christian Welp and Denis Wucherer ; Coach was Vladislav Lučić .

Web links

• FIBA Europe Infos (Engl.)