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EuroBasket
Current season or competition:
EuroBasket 2013
FIBA logo complet.jpg
Logo FIBA Europe
Sport Basketball
Founded 1935
Inaugural season 1935
No. of teams 24
Country(ies) European Union FIBA Europe member associations
Continent European Union FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)  Spain
Most titles  Soviet Union (14 titles)
Related competitions EuroBasket Division B
EuroBasket Division C
Official website www.FIBAEurope.com

The EuroBasket, also referred to as the FIBA European Basketball Championship, is the main basketball competition contested biennially by the men's national teams governed by FIBA Europe, the European zone within the International Basketball Federation. The championship was first held in 1935 and has been regularly awarded every two years since 1947. It also alternates between serving as a qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games and the FIBA World Championship. The most successful nation is the now defunct Soviet Union with fourteen titles, while Spain are the 2009 and 2011 reigning champions.

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[edit] Qualification

24 European teams take part in the final competition. The qualification format that existed until Eurobasket 2011 permitted 16 teams to compete. Eight spots were determined by the host nation and the top seven finishers at the previous EuroBasket. The remaining Division A teams competed in the qualification tournament. There, they were divided into four groups. Each group played a double round-robin. The top team in each group qualified for EuroBasket. The best three of the four runners-up also qualified.

Of the ten teams that did not qualify in the qualification tournament, the six best got another chance in the additional qualifying round. The remaining four competed in a relegation round, with two being sent to Division B for the next qualification cycle (and replaced by the two best teams from Division B).

The final spot was determined by the additional qualifying round. The six teams were divided into two groups of three, with each group playing a double round-robin. The top team in each group played in the final against the other group's top team; the winner of that game received the final EuroBasket qualification spot.

[edit] Competition format

EuroBasket has used a number of different formats, ranging from the simple round-robin used in 1939 to the three-stage tournament currently in use.

The current format begins with a preliminary round. The twenty-four qualified teams are placed into four groups of six, and each group plays a round-robin tournament. The top three teams in each group (12 overall) advance to the qualifying round. The two groups of six in the qualifying round are each a combination of two preliminary round groups: Preliminary Groups A and B form Qualifying Group E, while Preliminary Groups C and D form Qualifying Group F. Results from the preliminary round carryover, and each team plays once against teams from the other Preliminary Group in its Qualifying Group.

The top four teams in each Qualifying Group advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage is a single-elimination tournament, with a bronze medal game for semifinal losers and classification games for the quarterfinal losers to determine fifth to eighth places.

[edit] Results

Summaries
Year Host (Final phase/game) Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1935  Switzerland (Geneva)
Latvia		 24–18
Spain
Czechoslovakia		 25–23
Switzerland
1937  Latvia (Riga)
Lithuania		 24–23
Italy
France		 27–24
Poland
1939  Lithuania (Kaunas)
Lithuania		 [1]
Latvia
Poland		 [1]
France
1946  Switzerland (Geneva)
Czechoslovakia		 34–32
Italy
Hungary		 38–32
France
1947  Czechoslovakia (Prague)
Soviet Union		 56–37
Czechoslovakia
Egypt		 50–48
Belgium
1949  Egypt (Cairo)
Egypt		 57-36
France
Greece		 [1]
Turkey
1951  France (Paris)
Soviet Union		 45–44
Czechoslovakia
France		 55–52
Bulgaria
1953  USSR (Moscow)
Soviet Union		 [1]
Hungary
France		 [1]
Czechoslovakia
1955  Hungary (Budapest)
Hungary		 [1]
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union		 [1]
Bulgaria
1957  Bulgaria (Sofia)
Soviet Union		 [1]
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia		 [1]
Hungary
1959  Turkey (Istanbul)
Soviet Union		 83–72
Czechoslovakia
France		 62–60
Hungary
1961  Yugoslavia (Belgrade)
Soviet Union		 60–53
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria		 55–46
France
1963  Poland (Wrocław)
Soviet Union		 60–53
Poland
Yugoslavia		 89–61
Hungary
1965  Soviet Union (Moscow)
Soviet Union		 58–49
Yugoslavia
Poland		 86–70
Italy
1967  Finland (Helsinki)
Soviet Union		 89–77
Czechoslovakia
Poland		 80–76
Bulgaria
1969  Italy (Naples)
Soviet Union		 81–72
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia		 77–75
Poland
1971  West Germany (Essen)
Soviet Union		 69–64
Yugoslavia
Italy		 85–67
Poland
1973  Spain (Barcelona)
Yugoslavia		 78–67
Spain
Soviet Union		 90–58
Czechoslovakia
1975  Yugoslavia (Belgrade)
Yugoslavia		 [1]
Soviet Union
Italy		 [1]
Spain
1977  Belgium (Liège)
Yugoslavia		 74–61
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia		 91–81
Italy
1979  Italy (Turin)
Soviet Union		 98–76
Israel
Yugoslavia		 99–92
Czechoslovakia
1981  Czechoslovakia (Prague)
Soviet Union		 84–76
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia		 101–90
Spain
1983  France (Nantes)
Italy		 105–96
Spain
Soviet Union		 105–70
Netherlands
1985  West Germany (Stuttgart)
Soviet Union		 120–89
Czechoslovakia
Italy		 102–90
Spain
1987  Greece (Athens)
Greece		 103–101
overtime
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia		 98–87
Spain
1989  Yugoslavia (Zagreb)
Yugoslavia		 98–77
Greece
Soviet Union		 104–76
Italy
1991  Italy (Rome)
Yugoslavia		 88–73
Italy
Spain		 101–83
France
1993  Germany (Munich)
Germany		 71–70
Russia
Croatia		 99–59
Greece
1995  Greece (Athens)
FR Yugoslavia		 96–90
Lithuania
Croatia		 73–68
Greece
1997  Spain (Barcelona)
FR Yugoslavia		 61–49
Italy
Russia		 97–77
Greece
1999  France (Paris)
Italy		 64–56
Spain
FR Yugoslavia		 74–62
France
2001  Turkey (Istanbul)
FR Yugoslavia		 78–69
Turkey
Spain		 99–90
Germany
2003  Sweden (Stockholm)
Lithuania		 93–84
Spain
Italy		 69–67
France
2005  Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade)
Greece		 78–62
Germany
France		 98–68
Spain
2007  Spain (Madrid)
Russia		 60–59
Spain
Lithuania		 78–69
Greece
2009  Poland (Katowice)
Spain		 85–63
Serbia
Greece		 57–56
Slovenia
2011  Lithuania (Kaunas)
Spain		 98–85
France
Russia		 72–68
Macedonia
2013  Slovenia (Ljubljana)
2015  Ukraine (Kiev)

[edit] Performance

The medal table below lists the national teams according to the respective table of the FIBA World Championship published by FIBA.[2]

Map of the countries' best finishes
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 14 3 4 21
2  Serbia 8 6 4 18
3  Lithuania 3 1 1 5
4  Spain 2 6 2 10
5  Italy 2 4 4 10
6  Greece 2 1 2 5
7  Czechoslovakia 1 6 5 12
8  Russia 1 1 2 4
9  Hungary 1 1 1 3
10  Latvia 1 1 0 2
 Germany 1 1 0 2
12  Egypt 1 0 1 2
13  France 0 2 5 7
14  Poland 0 1 3 4
15  Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
16  Turkey 0 1 0 1
 Israel 0 1 0 1
18  Croatia 0 0 2 2

1The Republic of Serbia is the legal successor of the Serbia and Montenegro/FR Yugoslavia team.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Participation details

Team Switzerland
1935		 Latvia
1937		 Lithuania
1939		 Switzerland
1946		 Czechoslovakia
1947		 Egypt
1949		 France
1951		 Soviet Union
1953		 Hungary
1955		 Bulgaria
1957		 Turkey
1959		 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1961		 Poland
1963		 Soviet Union
1965		 Finland
1967		 Italy
1969		 West Germany
1971		 Spain
1973		 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1975		 Belgium
1977
 Albania - - - - 14th - - - - 16th - - - - - - - - - -
 Austria - - - - 12th - 11th - 13th 14th 16th - - - - - - - - 12th
 Belgium 6th - - 7th 4th - 7th 10th - 12th 7th 8th 8th - 15th - - - - 8th
 Bosnia and Herzegovina X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Bulgaria 8th - - - 8th - 4th 9th 4th 2nd 5th 3rd 5th 5th 4th 7th 6th 6th 5th 6th
 Croatia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Czech Republic X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Czechoslovakia 3rd 7th - 1st 2nd - 2nd 4th 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 10th 7th 2nd 3rd 5th 4th 6th 3rd
 Denmark - - - - - - 14th 16th 18th - - - - - - - - - - -
 East Germany - - - - - - - - - - 14th 12th 6th 10th 14th - - - - -
 Egypt - 8th - - 3rd 1st - 8th - - - - - - - - - - - -
 England - - - 10th - - - - 12th - - 19th - - - - - - - -
 Estonia - 5th 5th X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Macedonia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Finland - - 8th - - - 9th 12th 10th 11th 13th 14th 14th 12th 6th - - - - 10th
 France 5th 3rd 4th 4th 5th 2nd 3rd 3rd 9th 8th 3rd 4th 13th 9th 11th - 10th 10th - 11th
 Georgia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Germany - - - - - - 12th 14th 17th 13th - 16th - 14th - - 9th - - -
 Great Britain - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Greece - - - - - 3rd 8th - - - - 17th - 8th 12th 10th - 11th 12th -
 Hungary 9th - 7th 3rd 7th - - 2nd 1st 4th 4th 6th 4th 15th 13th 8th - - - -
 Iran - - - - - - - - - - 17th - - - - - - - - -
 Israel - - - - - - - 5th - - 11th 11th 9th 6th 8th 11th 11th 7th 7th 5th
 Italy 7th 2nd 6th 2nd 9th - 5th 7th 6th 10th 10th - 12th 4th 7th 6th 3rd 5th 3rd 4th
 Latvia 1st 6th 2nd X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Lebanon - - - - - 7th - 15th - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Lithuania - 1st 1st X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Luxembourg - - - 8th - - 17th - 15th - - - - - - - - - - -
 Montenegro X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Netherlands - - - 6th 11th 5th 10th - - - - 15th 16th - 16th - - - 10th 7th
 Poland - 4th 3rd 9th 6th - - - 5th 7th 6th 9th 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 12th 8th -
 Portugal - - - - - - 15th - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Romania 10th - - - 10th - 18th 13th 7th 5th 8th 7th 11th 13th 5th 9th 8th 9th 11th -
 Russia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Scotland - - - - - - 16th - - 15th - - - - - - - - - -
 Serbia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Slovenia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Soviet Union - - - - 1st - 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd
 Spain 2nd - - - - - - - - - 15th 13th 7th 11th 10th 5th 7th 2nd 4th 9th
 Sweden - - - - - - - 17th 16th - - 18th - 16th - 12th - - - -
 Switzerland 4th - - 5th - - 13th 11th 14th - - - - - - - - - - -
 Syria - - - - - 6th - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Turkey - - - - - 4th 6th - 11th 9th 12th 10th 15th - - - 12th 8th 9th -
 Ukraine X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
 Yugoslavia - - - - 13th - - 6th 8th 6th 9th 2nd 3rd 2nd 9th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st
Team Italy
1979		 Czechoslovakia
1981		 France
1983		 West Germany
1985		 Greece
1987		 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1989		 Italy
1991		 Germany
1993		 Greece
1995		 Spain
1997		 France
1999		 Turkey
2001		 Sweden
2003		 Serbia and Montenegro
2005		 Spain
2007		 Poland
2009		 Lithuania
2011		 Slovenia
2013		 Total
 Albania - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
 Austria - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6
 Belgium 12th - - - - - - 12th - - - - - - - - 21st 14
 Bosnia and Herzegovina X X X X X X X 8th - 15th 15th 13th 15th 13th - - 17th 7
 Bulgaria 11th - - 8th - 7th 8th 14th - - - - - 13th - 13th 13th 24
 Croatia X X X X X X X 3rd 3rd 11th 11th 7th 11th 7th 6th 6th 13th 10
 Czech Republic X X X X X X X - - - 12th - - - 13th - - 2
 Czechoslovakia 4th 3rd 10th 2nd 8th - 6th - - - - - - - - - - - 24
 Denmark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
 East Germany - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5
 Egypt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
 England - 12th - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
 Estonia X X X X X X X 6th - - - 14th - - - - - 4
 Macedonia X X X X X X X - - - 13th - - - - 9th 4th Q 4
 Finland - - - - - - - - 14th - - - - - - - 9th 12
 France 8th 8th 5th 6th 9th 6th 4th 7th 8th 10th 4th 6th 4th 3rd 8th 5th 2nd Q 37
 Georgia X X X X X X X - - - - - - - - - 11th 1
 Germany - 10th 8th 5th 6th - - 1st 10th 12th 7th 4th 9th 2nd 5th 11th 9th 21
 Great Britain - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13th 13th Q 3
 Greece 9th 9th 11th - 1st 2nd 5th 4th 4th 4th 16th 9th 5th 1st 4th 3rd 6th Q 25
 Hungary - - - - - - - - - - 14th - - - - - - 14
 Iran - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
 Israel 2nd 6th 6th 9th 11th - - 15th 9th 9th 9th 10th 7th 9th 11th 13th 13th 26
 Italy 5th 5th 1st 3rd 5th 4th 2nd 9th 5th 2nd 1st 11th 3rd 9th 9th - 17th 34
 Latvia X X X X X X X 10th - 16th - 8th 13th 13th 13th 13th 21st 11
 Lebanon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
 Lithuania X X X X X X X - 2nd 6th 5th 12th 1st 5th 3rd 11th 5th Q 12
 Luxembourg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
 Montenegro X X X X X X X X X X X X X X - - 21st 1
 Netherlands 10th - 4th 12th 10th 8th - - - - - - - - - - - 14
 Poland 7th 7th 9th 11th 7th - 7th - - 7th - - - - 13th 9th 17th 25
 Portugal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9th - 21st 3
 Romania - - - 10th 12th - - - - - - - - - - - - 17
 Russia X X X X X X X 2nd 7th 3rd 6th 5th 8th 8th 1st 7th 3rd Q 11
 Scotland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
 Serbia1 X X X X X X X X 1st 1st 3rd 1st 6th 9th 13th 2nd 8th 9
 Slovenia X X X X X X X 16th 12th 14th 10th 15th 10th 6th 7th 4th 7th Q 11
 Soviet Union 1st 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd X X X X X X X X X X X X 21
 Spain 6th 4th 2nd 4th 4th 5th 3rd 5th 6th 5th 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 2nd 1st 1st Q 29
 Sweden - - 12th - - - - 13th 11th - - - 16th - - - - 9
 Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5
 Syria - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
 Turkey - 11th - - - - - 11th 13th 8th 8th 2nd 12th 9th 11th 8th 11th 21
 Ukraine X X X X X X X - - 13th - 16th 14th 13th - - 17th 5
 Yugoslavia 3rd 2nd 7th 7th 3rd 1st 1st X X X X X X X X X X X 21

1The Republic of Serbia is the legal successor of the Serbia and Montenegro/FR Yugoslavia team.

[edit] Individuals

Below are the lists of all players voted as the MVP[3][4] and the top scorers of each EuroBasket edition. Krešimir Ćosić is the only player to win the MVP award twice. Nikos Galis and Radivoj Korać were top scorers 4 times, the latter all in a row.

Year MVP award Top scorer Ppg
1935 Spain Rafael Martín Italy Livio Franceschini 16
1937 Lithuania Pranas Lubinas Lithuania Pranas Lubinas 13.8
1939 Lithuania Mykolas Ruzgys Estonia Heino Veskila 16.5
1946 Hungary Ferenc Nemeth Poland Pawel Stok 12.6
1947 Soviet Union Joann Lõssov Soviet Union Otar Korkia 14.7
1949 Turkey Hüseyin Öztürk Turkey Hüseyin Öztürk 19.3
1951 Czechoslovakia Ivan Mrázek Czechoslovakia Ivan Mrázek 17.1
1953 Soviet Union Anatoly Konev Lebanon Ahmed Idlibi 15.8
1955 Hungary János Greminger Czechoslovakia Miroslav Skerik 19.1
1957 Czechoslovakia Jiří Baumruk Belgium Eddy Terrace 22
1959 Soviet Union Viktor Zubkov Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać 27.5
1961 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać 24.3
1963 Spain Emiliano Rodríguez Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać 26.5
1965 Soviet Union Modestas Paulauskas Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać 21.6
1967 Czechoslovakia Jiří Zedníček Greece Georgios Kolokithas 26.2
1969 Soviet Union Sergei Belov Greece Georgios Kolokithas 22.6
1971 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Krešimir Ćosić Poland Edward Jurkiewicz 22.5
1973 Spain Wayne Brabender Bulgaria Atanas Golomeev 21.7
1975 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Krešimir Ćosić Bulgaria Atanas Golomeev 23.1
1977 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Dalipagić Netherlands Kees Akerboom, Sr. 26.4
1979 Israel Mickey Berkowitz Poland Mieczyslaw Mlynarski 26.4
1981 Soviet Union Valdis Valters Poland Mieczyslaw Mlynarski 23.1
1983 Spain Juan Antonio Corbalán Greece Nikos Galis 33
1985 Soviet Union Arvydas Sabonis Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović 25.2
1987 Greece Nikos Galis Greece Nikos Galis 37
1989 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović Greece Nikos Galis 35.6
1991 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Toni Kukoč Greece Nikos Galis 32.4
1993 Germany Christian Welp Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović 25
1995 Lithuania Šarūnas Marčiulionis Lithuania Šarūnas Marčiulionis 22.5
1997 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Đorđević Israel Oded Katash 22
1999 Italy Gregor Fučka Spain Alberto Herreros 19.2
2001 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Stojaković Germany Dirk Nowitzki 28.7
2003 Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius Spain Pau Gasol 25.8
2005 Germany Dirk Nowitzki Germany Dirk Nowitzki 26.1
2007 Russia Andrei Kirilenko Germany Dirk Nowitzki 24
2009 Spain Pau Gasol Spain Pau Gasol 18.8
2011 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro France Tony Parker 22.1

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k No play-offs
  2. ^ "FIBA History". FIBA. http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaHist/p/openNodeIDs/987/selNodeID/987/fibaHist.html. Retrieved 2009-09-19. 
  3. ^ Baloncesto/Eurobasket.- Gasol, Parker y Papaloukas, en busca del título de MVP de Nowitzki
  4. ^ Basketball / European Championships

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