EuroBasket 2007

EuroBasket 2007

Tourney name	EuroBasket 2007
Other titles	Campeonato Europeo de Baloncesto Masculino de 2007
Size	160
Country	Spain
Dates	3–16 September
Num teams	16
Venues	6
Cities	5
Champion	Russia
Count	1
Second	Spain
Third	Lithuania
Fourth	Greece
Mvp	Andrei Kirilenko
Top scorer	Dirk Nowitzki (24.0 per game)
Prevseason	2005
Nextseason	2009

The 2007 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2007, was the 35th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to the champion and runner-up teams (or to the third-placed team in case Spain should reach the final). It was held in Spain between 3 September and 16 September 2007. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Alicante, Granada, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, and Seville hosted the tournament. Russia won its first EuroBasket title since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, by defeating hosts Spain, with a 60–59 score in the final. Russia's Andrei Kirilenko was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues

Location	Picture	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
		Alicante	Centro de Tecnificación de Alicante	5,425	Opened in 1993	Group D
		Granada	Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada	7,500	Opened in 1991	Group A
		Madrid	Madrid Arena	10,500	Opened in 2002	Second round
		Madrid	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid	15,500	Opened in 1960 Re-opened in 2005	Knockout stages and final
		Palma de Mallorca	Palma Arena	6,000	Opened in 2007	Group C
		Seville	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo	10,000	Opened in 1988	Group B

Qualification

Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2005, hosts Spain plus the eight European teams that participated in the 2006 FIBA World Championship qualified directly. The other seven teams earned their berths via a qualifying tournament. The draw for the FIBA EuroBasket 2007 was held in Madrid on 19 October 2006.

Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	–	1	Spain
Participant of 2006 FIBA World Championship	19 August – 3 September 2006	8	France Germany Greece Italy Lithuania Serbia Slovenia Turkey
Qualified through Qualifying Round	31 August – 16 September 2006	6	Croatia Czech Republic Latvia Poland Portugal Russia
Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round	8 August – 31 August 2007	1	Israel

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Greece Russia Serbia Israel	Spain Croatia Latvia Portugal	Germany Lithuania Turkey Czech Republic	France Slovenia Italy Poland

Format

• The top three teams from each group advance to the qualifying round, in which they are separated into two groups (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3 on Group E; C1, C2, C3, D1, D2, D3 on Group F).
• Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over.
• The top four teams at the qualifying round advance to the knockout quarterfinals (E1 vs. F4, E2 vs. F3, and so on).
• The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, where both are guaranteed of berths in the 2008 Olympics. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. Before the tournament, the semifinal losers and the teams participating in the 5th-place playoff were assured of berths to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.
  • Spain, which lost in the final to Russia, had already qualified for the Olympics as reigning world champions. Since they occupied what would otherwise be a qualifying place, third-place Lithuania received a direct Olympic berth, and seventh-place Slovenia advanced to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.

Tie-breaking criteria

Ties are broken via the following criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

1. Head to head results
2. Goal average (not the goal difference) in the games between the tied teams
3. Goal average in all games in its group

Squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Preliminary round

Qualified for the second round

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Second round

Advanced to the knockout round

Group E

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Group F

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Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Final

Game Statistics

Spain

	Player	Min played	Pts	FT	2-FG	3-FG	Rebs	Assists
4	Pau Gasol	33	14	5/12	3/12	1/1	14	3
5	Rudy Fernández	24	5	2/2	0/2	1/3	2	1
6	Carlos Cabezas	10	2	-	1/2	0/1	–	1
7	Juan Carlos Navarro	17	–	-	0/3	0/2	–	1
8	José Calderón	28	15	-	0/2	5/7	4	2
9	Felipe Reyes	21	5	1/2	2/9	–	8	–
10	Carlos Jiménez	28	5	2/4	0/2	1/4	5	2
11	Sergio Rodríguez	2	–	-	–	0/1	–	–
12	Berni Rodríguez	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	Marc Gasol	6	5	5/6	0/1	–	–	–
14	Álex Mumbrú	12	–	-	0/1	–	1	–
15	Jorge Garbajosa	18	8	-	1/1	2/5	–	–
	TOTALS (Team)	200	59	15/26	7/35	10/24	43	11

Head Coach: Pepu Hernández

Russia

	Player	Min played	Pts	FT	2-FG	3-FG	Rebs	Assists
4	Nikita Shabalkin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	Jon Robert Holden	39	8	-	4/9	0/4	1	1
6	Sergei Bykov	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	Andrei Kirilenko	30	17	6/7	4/6	1/4	5	2
8	Nikita Morgunov	9	4	-	2/5	0/1	2	–
9	Petr Samoylenko	16	–	-	0/2	–	2	1
10	Victor Khryapa	35	7	-	2/2	1/6	12	4
11	Zakhar Pashutin	18	3	-	0/2	1/2	3	1
12	Sergei Monia	9	3	-	–	1/2	1	1
13	Anton Ponkrashov	18	8	3/4	1/1	1/1	3	2
14	Aleksey Savrasenko	24	10	2/4	4/8	–	1	1
15	Nikolay Padius	4	–	–	–	–	–	–
	TOTALS (Team)	200	60	11/15	17/35	5/20	38	13

Head Coach: David Blatt

Legend: PTS = points, FT = free-throws (made/attempts), 2-FG = 2-point field goals (made/attempts), 3-PG = 3-point field goals (made/attempts), Rebs = Rebounds

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points^[1]

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Dirk Nowitzki	24.0
2	Tony Parker	20.1
3	Hedo Türkoğlu	19.2
4	Pau Gasol	18.8
5	Andrei Kirilenko	18.0
6	Marco Belinelli	15.5
7	Yotam Halperin	14.0
8	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	13.8
9	Matjaž Smodiš	13.4
10	Marko Popović	13.1

Rebounds^[2]

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Yaniv Green	9.3
2	Dirk Nowitzki	8.7
3	Andrei Kirilenko	8.6
4	Victor Khryapa	7.8
5	Mehmet Okur	7.7
6	Radoslav Nesterović	7.6
7	Pau Gasol	7.0
8	Ademola Okulaja	6.9
9	Angelo Gigli	6.0
10	Felipe Reyes	5.9

Assists^[3]

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	5.6
2	Meir Tapiro	5.0
3	Jaka Lakovič	4.3
3	Massimo Bulleri	4.0
4	Victor Khryapa	3.2
4	Filipe da Silva	3.2
7	Tony Parker	2.8
7	Zoran Planinić	2.8
7	Yotam Halperin	2.8
10	José Calderón	2.6
10	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	2.6

Steals^[4]

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Andrei Kirilenko	2.2
2	Victor Khryapa	2.1
2	Zoran Planinić	1.6
4	Angelo Gigli	1.5
4	Meir Tapiro	1.5
6	Tariq Kirksay	1.4
6	Jaka Lakovič	1.4
6	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	1.4
9	Dimitris Diamantidis	1.3
9	Rudy Fernández	1.3
9	Matteo Soragna	1.3

Blocks^[5]

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Radoslav Nesterović	1.9
2	Pau Gasol	1.8
2	Andrei Kirilenko	1.8
4	Yaniv Green	1.5
5	Angelo Gigli	1.2
6	Ronny Turiaf	1.1
6	Dimitris Diamantidis	1.0
8	Dirk Nowitzki	0.9
9	Darjuš Lavrinovič	0.8
9	Kaya Peker	0.8

Minutes^[6]

Pos.	Name	MPG
1	Jon Robert Holden	35.3
2	Jaka Lakovič	34.3
3	Dirk Nowitzki	33.9
4	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	33.0
5	Dimitris Diamantidis	32.8
6	Andrei Kirilenko	32.4
7	Yotam Halperin	31.5
8	Tony Parker	30.9
9	Victor Khryapa	30.6
10	Hedo Türkoğlu	30.2

Individual Game Highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Tony Parker	36	Italy
Rebounds	Andris Biedriņš	18	Portugal
Assists	Łukasz Koszarek	11	Italy
Steals	Andrei Kirilenko Zoran Planinić	7	France Lithuania
Blocks	Radoslav Nesterović	5	Greece
Turnovers	Šarūnas Jasikevičius Rimantas Kaukėnas	7	Italy Czech Republic

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG^[7]

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Spain	82.1
2	Lithuania	82.0
3	Croatia	78.2
4	Latvia	76.3
5	Czech Republic	75.0
5	Russia	75.0

Rebounds^[8]

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Lithuania	39.8
2	Serbia	39.7
3	Germany	37.9
4	Turkey	37.0
5	Spain	35.2

Assists^[9]

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Czech Republic	14.3
2	Russia	14.1
3	Israel	13.7
4	Lithuania	13.4
5	Croatia	13.2
5	Spain	13.2

Steals^[10]

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Russia	8.4
2	Czech Republic	8.0
3	Greece	7.9
4	Spain	7.8
5	Serbia	7.7

Blocks^[11]

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Serbia	4.3
2	Russia	3.8
3	Poland	3.3
3	Slovenia	3.1
5	Greece	2.9
5	Spain	2.9

Team Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Spain	99	Israel
Rebounds	Germany	52	Italy
Assists	Russia	23	Croatia
Steals	Spain	13	Portugal
Blocks	Spain	8	Germany
Field goal percentage	Lithuania	62.5% (35/56)	Czech Republic
3-point field goal percentage	Lithuania	61.9% (13/21)	Czech Republic
Free throw percentage	Portugal	100% (3/3)	Spain
Turnovers	Portugal	24	Spain

Awards

2007 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Andrei Kirilenko ( Russia)

All-Tournament Team[12]
José Calderón
Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Andrei Kirilenko (MVP)
Dirk Nowitzki
Pau Gasol

Final standings

	Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics as World Champion
	Qualified for the 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Rank	Team	Record
	Russia	8–1
	Spain	7–2
	Lithuania	8–1
4	Greece	5–4
5	Germany	5–4
6	Croatia	3–6
7	Slovenia	6–3
8	France	4–5
9	Italy	2–4
	Portugal	2–4
11	Israel	2–4
	Turkey	1–5
13	Czech Republic	0–3
	Latvia	1–2
	Poland	0–3
	Serbia	0–3

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Russia Nikita Shabalkin Jon Robert Holden Sergei Bykov Andrei Kirilenko Nikita Morgunov Petr Samoylenko Victor Khryapa Zakhar Pashutin Sergei Monia Anton Ponkrashov Aleksey Savrasenko Nikolay Padius	Spain Pau Gasol Rudy Fernández Carlos Cabezas Juan Carlos Navarro José Calderón Felipe Reyes Carlos Jiménez Sergio Rodríguez Berni Rodríguez Marc Gasol Álex Mumbrú Jorge Garbajosa	Lithuania Rimantas Kaukėnas Giedrius Gustas Jonas Mačiulis Darjuš Lavrinovič Ramūnas Šiškauskas Darius Songaila Simas Jasaitis Linas Kleiza Kšyštof Lavrinovič Šarūnas Jasikevičius Paulius Jankūnas Robertas Javtokas	Greece Theo Papaloukas Ioannis Bourousis Nikos Zisis Vassilis Spanoulis Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Michalis Pelekanos Nikos Chatzivrettas Dimos Dikoudis Kostas Tsartsaris Dimitris Diamantidis Lazaros Papadopoulos Michalis Kakiouzis

FIBA broadcasting rights

• Bosnia and Herzegovina: BHRT
• Bulgaria: BNT
• Croatia: HRT
• Cyprus: RIK 2
• Czech Republic: Czech Television
• France: Sport+ / Canal+
• Germany: DSF
• Greece: ERT
• Israel: Sport 5/Channel 10
• Italy: RAI
• Latvia: TV3 Latvia
• Lithuania: TV3 Lithuania
• Philippines: Basketball TV
• Poland: Polsat
• Portugal: RTP
• Russia: RTR Sport
• Romania: Sport.ro
• Serbia: RTS
• Spain: LaSexta
• Slovenia: RTV Slovenija
• Turkey: NTV
• Ukraine: Megasport / Sport 1 Ukraine

References

1. ^ PPG Leaders at FIBA.com
2. ^ RPG Leaders at FIBA.com
3. ^ APG Leaders at FIBA.com
4. ^ SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
5. ^ BPG Leaders at FIBA.com
6. ^ MPG Leaders at FIBA.com
7. ^ Team Leaders – PPG
8. ^ Team Leaders – RPG
9. ^ Team Leaders – APG
10. ^ Team Leaders – SPG
11. ^ Team Leaders – SPG
12. ^ Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

External links

• Eurobasket 2007 Official Site
• 2007 EuroBasket archive.FIBA.com
• Information on tickets and venues