European basketball championship 2009

This article describes the 2009 European Men's Basketball Championship. For the women see the 2009 European Women's Basketball Championship .

Eurobasket 2009
36th European Men's Basketball Championship
Number of nations	16  (of 40 applicants)
European champion	Spain (1st title)
venue	Poland
Opening game	0September 7, 2009
Endgame	September 20, 2009
Games	54
Basket points	7936   (∅: 146.96 per game)
Most basket points	Pau Gasol Spain
Most valuable player	Pau Gasol Spain
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The 2009 European Basketball Championship (officially: EuroBasket 2009 ) was the 36th edition of this tournament and took place from September 7th to 20th, 2009 in Poland . Spain won its first title. Serbia came in second ahead of Greece .

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.

The Spodek Hall in Katowice .

qualification

→ Main article : Qualifying for the 2009 European Basketball Championship

A total of 16 teams took part in the tournament, which qualified for the tournament in different ways:

• Poland was automatically selected as the host.
• The seven best national teams of the 2007 European Basketball Championship were directly qualified for the EuroBasket 2009. In order of placement, these were: Russia , Spain , Lithuania , Greece , Germany , Croatia and Slovenia .
• The other eight participants were determined in a qualifying round again in a Division A and Division B was discharged. These were Serbia (winner group A), Macedonia (winner group B), Turkey (winner group C), Great Britain (winner group D), Bulgaria (second group A), Latvia (second group B), Israel (second group D) and France (second qualifying round winners).

Venues

Danzig Poses Warsaw Wroclaw Bydgoszcz Łódź Katowice

Venues

group	city	Hall	Built	Places
Group stage	Danzig	Hala Olivia Gdańsk	1972	5,000
Group stage	Poses	arena	1974	4,200
Group stage	Warsaw	Fool	1953	4,800
Group stage	Wroclaw	Centennial Hall	1913	6,000
Intermediate round	Bydgoszcz	Łuczniczka	2002	8,000
Intermediate round	Łódź	Hala Wielofunkcyjna	New building (2009)	11,000
Final round	Katowice	Spodek	1971	11,500

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round four teams played against each other in four groups. On November 8, 2008 the groups were drawn in Warsaw . The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point.

Group A - poses

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
A1	07.09.2009	Macedonia	Greece	54:860	13:28	15:24	09:17	17:17	-
A2	07.09.2009	Croatia	Israel	86:790	25:17	17:20	17:22	27:20	-
A3	09/08/2009	Israel	Macedonia	79:820	19:17	20:23	16:20	24:22	-
A4	09/08/2009	Greece	Croatia	76:680	20:15	32:16	13:16	11:21	-
A5	09/09/2009	Macedonia	Croatia	71:810	26:20	22:14	13:22	10:25	-
A6	09/09/2009	Israel	Greece	80: 106	25:31	17:25	23:23	15:27	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Basket ratio	qualified for
1	Greece	3	3	0	6th	268: 202	1.327	Intermediate round
2	Croatia	3	2	1	5	235: 226	1.040
3	Macedonia	3	1	2	4th	207: 246	0.841
4th	Israel	3	0	3	3	238: 274	0.869

Group B - Gdansk

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
B1	07.09.2009	Russia	Latvia	81:68	28:21	11:15	19:16	23:16	-
B2	07.09.2009	France	Germany	70:65	14:17	19:20	17:11	20.17	-
B3	09/08/2009	Germany	Russia	76:73	26:12	19:19	15:19	16:23	-
B4	09/08/2009	Latvia	France	51:60	08:13	13: 30	16:25	14:19	-
B5	09/09/2009	Russia	France	64:69	17:15	18:19	16:18	13:17	-
B6	09/09/2009	Germany	Latvia	62:68	13:14	16:23	13:14	20:17	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Basket ratio	qualified for
1	France	3	3	0	6th	199: 180	1.106	Intermediate round
2	Russia	3	1	2	4th	218: 213	1.024
3	Germany	3	1	2	4th	203: 211	0.962
4th	Latvia	3	1	2	4th	188: 203	0.926

Group C - Warsaw

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
C1	07.09.2009	Great Britain	Slovenia	59:72	15:27	20:10	12:14	12:21	-
C2	07.09.2009	Serbia	Spain	66:57	15:12	23:11	18:14	10:20	-
C3	09/08/2009	Slovenia	Serbia	80:69	22:15	17:14	21:15	20:25	-
C4	09/08/2009	Spain	Great Britain	84:76	25:15	19:20	22:21	18:20	-
C5	09/09/2009	Spain	Slovenia	90:84 a.d.	18:20	25:15	19:14	16:29	12: 6
C6	09/09/2009	Great Britain	Serbia	59:77	12:21	17:18	15:19	15:19	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Basket ratio	qualified for
1	Slovenia	3	2	1	236: 218	5	1.083	Intermediate round
2	Serbia	3	2	1	212: 196	5	1.082
3	Spain	3	2	1	231: 226	5	1.022
4th	Great Britain	3	0	3	194: 233	3	0.833

Group D - Wroclaw

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
D1	07.09.2009	Poland	Bulgaria	90:78	32:21	20:16	23:21	15:20	-
D2	07.09.2009	Turkey	Lithuania	84:76	19:22	20:17	24:19	21:18	-
D3	09/08/2009	Lithuania	Poland	75:86	23:25	09:17	18:18	25:26	-
D4	09/08/2009	Bulgaria	Turkey	66:94	15:24	13:29	24:19	14:22	-
D5	09/09/2009	Poland	Turkey	69:87	17:24	17:21	21:21	14:21	-
D6	09/09/2009	Lithuania	Bulgaria	84:69	25:22	16:19	16:15	27:13	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Basket ratio	qualified for
1	Turkey	3	3	0	265: 211	6th	1.256	Intermediate round
2	Poland	3	2	1	245: 240	5	1.021
3	Lithuania	3	1	2	235: 239	4th	0.983
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	3	213: 268	3	0.795

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 (Bydgoszcz), the qualified teams in groups C and D formed the new group F (Łódź). Each team competed once against each of the three teams from the other preliminary group. The points from the preliminary round matches against qualified teams were continued.

Group E - Bydgoszcz

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
E1	09/11/2009	Russia	Croatia	62:59	16:16	12:10	14:16	20:17	-
E2	09/11/2009	Germany	Greece	76:84	19:25	14:16	17:20	26:23	-
E3	09/11/2009	France	Macedonia	83:57	24: 90	25: 90	18:17	16:22	-
E4	09/13/2009	Macedonia	Germany	86:75	18:14	18:22	26:14	24:25	-
E5	09/13/2009	Greece	Russia	65:68	18:14	18:22	26:14	24:25	-
E6	09/13/2009	Croatia	France	79:87	21:19	25:22	10:22	23:24	-
E7	09/15/2009	Russia	Macedonia	71:69	14:10	19:19	16:20	22:20	-
E8	09/15/2009	France	Greece	71:69	18:21	23:13	15:19	15:16	-
E9	09/15/2009	Germany	Croatia	68:70	19:20	13:17	18:12	18:21	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Basket ratio	qualified for
1	France	5	5	0	10	380: 334	1.138	Quarter finals
2	Russia	5	3	2	8th	338: 338	1,000
3	Greece	5	3	2	8th	380: 337	1.128
4th	Croatia	5	2	3	7th	357: 364	0.981
5	North Macedonia	5	1	4th	6th	337: 396	0.851
6th	Germany	5	1	4th	6th	360: 383	0.940

• According to FIBA ​​rule D.1.1 (match result between teams with equal points) Russia was ahead of Greece and Macedonia ahead of Germany.

Group F - Łódź

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss
F1	09/12/2009	Turkey	Spain	63:60	20:22	16:12	13:14	14:12	-
F2	09/12/2009	Poland	Serbia	72:77	22:23	14:20	17:19	19:15	-
F3	09/12/2009	Lithuania	Slovenia	58:81	18:28	08:15	13:19	19:19	-
F4	09/14/2009	Spain	Lithuania	84:70	15:24	25: 80	24:11	20:27	-
F5	09/14/2009	Slovenia	Poland	76:60	11:17	20:12	22:11	23:20	-
F6	09/14/2009	Serbia	Turkey	64:69 a.d.	18:20	15:16	19:19	12: 90	0: 5
F7	09/16/2009	Lithuania	Serbia	79:89	19:23	18:18	24:22	18:26	-
F8	09/16/2009	Poland	Spain	68:90	14:23	12:19	20:29	22:19	-
F9	09/16/2009	Turkey	Slovenia	67:69	15:24	17:15	20:18	15:12	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Basket ratio	qualified for
1	Slovenia	5	4th	1	390: 344	9	1.134	Quarter finals
2	Turkey	5	4th	1	370: 338	9	1.095
3	Serbia	5	3	2	365: 357	8th	1.022
4th	Spain	5	3	2	381: 351	8th	1.085
5	Poland	5	1	4th	355: 405	6th	0.877
6th	Lithuania	5	0	5	358: 424	5	0.844

• According to FIBA ​​rule D.1.1 (match result between teams with equal points) Slovenia was ahead of Turkey and Serbia ahead of Spain.

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 in the semi-finals and the losers in the placement round for positions 5 to 8. The winners of the semi-finals played the final, the losers the game for 3rd place. The winners of the placement games played for 5th place, the losers for 7th place.

All games took place in the 11,500-seat Spodek Hall in Katowice.

Tournament tree

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	43 - September 17, 2009 - 9:00 p.m.
	France	66
					49 - September 19, 2009 - 6:30 p.m.
	Spain	86
					Spain	82
	45 - September 18, 2009 - 6:15 pm
					Greece	64
	Turkey	74
									54 - September 20, 2009 - 9:15 pm
	Greece	76
									Spain	85
	44 - September 17, 2009 - 6:15 pm
									Serbia	63
	Russia	68
					50 - September 19, 2009 - 9:00 p.m.
	Serbia	79
					Serbia	96			Game for third place
	46 - September 18, 2009 - 9:00 p.m.
					Slovenia	92
	Slovenia	67							Greece	57
	Croatia	65							Slovenia	56
									53 - September 20, 2009 - 6:30 p.m.

Places 5 to 8

	Placement games				5th and 6th place
	47 - September 19, 2009 - 12:00
	France	80
	Turkey	68
					52 - September 20, 2009 - 12:00
					France	69
					Croatia	62
					7th and 8th place
	48 - September 19, 2009 - 14:15				51 - September 20, 2009 - 14:15
	Russia	69			Turkey	66
	Croatia	76			Russia	89

Quarter finals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
43	09/17/2009	France	Spain	66:86	15:25	17:22	20:26	14:13	-	Turiaf 12; P. Gasol 28
44	09/17/2009	Russia	Serbia	68:79	24:21	04:20	15:13	25:25	-	Fridson 15; Tripković 18
45	09/18/2009	Turkey	Greece	74:76	14:17	12:12	20:18	19:18	9:11	Onan , Türkoğlu 13; Spanoulis 23
46	09/18/2009	Slovenia	Croatia	67:65	18:25	21:22	14: 3	14:15	-	E. Lorbek 27; Ukić 21

Placement games

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
47	09/19/2009	France	Turkey	80:68	12:26	20:17	29:16	19: 9	-	Parker 28; Türkoğlu 13
48	09/19/2009	Russia	Croatia	69:76	14:18	27:15	15:25	13:18	-	Monja 18; Ukić 18

Semifinals

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
49	09/19/2009	Spain	Greece	82:64	26:21	23:19	15:11	18:13	-	P. Gasol 18; Bourousis 11
50	09/19/2009	Serbia	Slovenia	96:92	11:19	24:26	21:12	23:22	17:13	Teodosić 32; E. Lorbek 25

Game for 7th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
51	09/20/2009	Turkey	Russia	66:89	18:26	22:25	19:17	7:21	-	Aşık 24 Fridson 26

Play for 5th place

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
52	09/20/2009	France	Croatia	69:62	21:12	13:12	12:17	23:21	-	Diot 18; Kus 18

3rd place match

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
53	09/20/2009	Greece	Slovenia	57:56	16:13	15:11	11:13	15:19	-	Schortsanitis 23; Lakovič 16

final

game	date	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. V.	2. V.	3. V.	4. V.	Loss	Top scorer
54	09/20/2009	Spain	Serbia	85:63	26:17	26:12	15:15	18:19	-	P. Gasol 18; Tripković , Veličković 15

Final score

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
1	Spain	7: 2	1.1581
2	Serbia	6: 3	1.0287
3	Greece	6: 3	1.0859
4th	Slovenia	6: 3	1.0902
5	France	8: 1	1.0899
6th	Croatia	4: 5	0.9969
7th	Russia	5: 4	1.0287
8th	Turkey	5: 4	1.0354
Eliminated after the intermediate round
9	North Macedonia	2: 4	0.8821
9	Poland	2: 4	0.9213
11	Germany	1: 5	0.9357
11	Lithuania	1: 5	0.8966
Eliminated after the preliminary round
13	Latvia	1: 2	0.9212
13	Israel	0: 3	0.8686
13	Great Britain	0: 3	0.8326
13	Bulgaria	0: 3	0.7948

The first six teams are also qualified for the 2010 World Basketball Championship in Turkey.

Honors

The Spaniard Pau Gasol was chosen as the best player of the tournament ( MVP ) . In a total of nine games, Gasol averaged 18.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game. He had a hit rate of 64.4% (65 out of 101) from the field and 64.3% (18 out of 28) from the free-throw line.

In addition to Gasol, the Spaniard Rudy Fernández (number 1 in steals and free throw rate), the Serb Miloš Teodosić (best assistant, second best free thrower), the Slovene Erazem Lorbek (third best scorer and rebounder) and the Greek Vasilios Spanoulis were elected to the All-Tournament Team .

statistics

All in all

• 54 games
• 7,936 points
• 3,660 rebounds (of which 1,107 offensive and 2,553 defensive)
• 1,524 assists
• 2,358 fouls
• 1,415 ball losses
• 711 steals
• 290 blocked litters

Most of the points

player	nationality	Points
Pau Gasol	Spain	1686
Erazem Lorbek	Slovenia	148
Tony Parker	France	142
Miloš Teodosić	Serbia	127
Vassilis Spanoulis	Greece	127

Most points per game

player	nationality	Points
Pau Gasol	Spain	18.7
Tony Parker	France	17.8
Erazem Lorbek	Slovenia	16.4
Ersan Ilyasova	Turkey	16.1
David Logan	Poland	15.5

Most rebounds per game

player	nationality	Points
Marcin Gortat	Poland	10.8
Pau Gasol	Spain	08.3
Erazem Lorbek	Slovenia	07.4
Ersan Ilyasova	Turkey	07.3
Yannis Bourousis	Greece	07.3

Most assists per game

player	nationality	Points
Miloš Teodosić	Serbia	5.2
Anton Ponkrashov	Russia	4.9
David Logan	Poland	4.5
Tony Parker	France	4.4
Lukasz Koszarek	Poland	4.3

The German team

The German team consisted of Robin Benzing , Patrick Femerling , Demond Greene , Steffen Hamann , Elias Harris , Jan Jagla , Tim Ohlbrecht , Tibor Pleiß , Heiko Schaffartzik , Sven Schultze , Lucca Staiger and Konrad Wysocki ; The coach was Dirk Bauermann .

Individual evidence

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Web links

Commons : Eurobasket 2009  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• FIBA website for the European Championship (English)