EuroBasket 2001

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EuroBasket 2001
32nd FIBA European Basketball Championship
Official website
EuroBasket 2001
Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	August 31 – September 9
Teams	16 (from ? federations)
Venues	3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Yugoslavia (8th title)
MVP	Predrag Stojaković
Tournament statistics
	Players	Teams
PPG	Nowitzki (28.7)	Yugoslavia (91.5)
Rebounds	Gasol (9.7)	Croatia (36.3)
Assists	Miglinieks (7.3)	Yugoslavia (17.2)

The EuroBasket 2001 (common short name for the 32nd edition of FIBA's European Basketball Championship) was held in Turkey between August 31 and September 9, 2001. Yugoslavia won the gold medal, hosts Turkey won the silver while Spain won the bronze. Yugoslavia's Predrag Stojaković was named the tournament MVP. The all-tournament team included Yugoslavia's Marko Jaric and Predrag Stojaković, Russia's Andrei Kirilenko, Germany's Dirk Nowitzki and Spain's Pau Gasol.

In the final game of the tournament, Yugoslavia defeated Turkey 78-69. Vlado Scepanovic scored 19, Dejan Bodiroga had 18 and Stojaković had 15 points while Ibrahim Kutluay scored 19 for Turkey.

1 Final Round
- 1.1 Preliminaries
2 Elimination games
3 Knockout stage - Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
- 3.1 5th to 8th place
4 Awards
5 All-Tournament Team
6 Top scorers (ppg)
7 Conclusion
- 7.1 Final standings
8 Team Rosters
9 External links

[edit] Final Round

[edit] Preliminaries

[edit] Group A – ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara

Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1. France	5	2	1	239	225	+14
2. Lithuania	5	2	1	215	195	+20
3. Israel	4	1	2	218	210	+8
4. Ukraine	4	1	2	214	256	-42


August 31, 2001
Ukraine	60 - 82	Lithuania	14:30
Israel	71 - 77	France	16:45
September 1, 2001
France	86 - 89	Ukraine	14:30
Lithuania	68 - 59	Israel	16:45
September 2, 2001
Ukraine	65 - 88	Israel	14:30
France	76 - 65	Lithuania	21:15

[edit] Group B – ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara

Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1. Turkey	5	2	1	226	232	-6
2. Spain	5	2	1	270	222	+55
3. Latvia	4	1	2	258	284	-26
4. Slovenia	4	1	2	225	241	-16


August 31, 2001
Latvia	82 - 85	Turkey	19:00
Slovenia	61 - 85	Spain	21:15
September 1, 2001
Turkey	57 - 71	Slovenia	19:00
Spain	106 - 77	Latvia	21:15
September 2, 2001
Latvia	99 - 93	Slovenia	16:45
Spain	79 - 84	Turkey	19:00

[edit] Group C – Anfas Expo Center, Antalya

Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1. Yugoslavia	6	3	0	279	197	+82
2. Germany	5	2	1	263	245	+18
3. Croatia	4	1	2	235	247	-12
4. Estonia	3	0	3	198	286	-88


August 31, 2001
Estonia	71 - 92	Germany	16:45
Croatia	66 - 80	Yugoslavia	19:00
September 1, 2001
Yugoslavia	113 - 58	Estonia	14:30
Germany	98 - 88	Croatia	16:45
September 2, 2001
Estonia	69 - 81	Croatia	14:30
Yugoslavia	86 - 73	Germany	19:00

[edit] Group D – Anfas Expo Center, Antalya

Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1. Russia	5	2	1	247	208	+39
2. Italy	5	2	1	242	207	+35
3. Greece	5	2	1	270	260	+10
4. Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	206	280	-74


August 31, 2001
Bosnia and Herzegovina	63 - 83	Russia	14:30
Greece	83 - 82	Italy	21:15
September 1, 2001
Italy	96 - 66	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19:00
Russia	101 - 86	Greece	21:15
September 2, 2001
Italy	64 - 58	Russia	16:45
Bosnia and Herzegovina	77 - 101	Greece	21:15

[edit] Elimination games


September 3, 2001
Lithuania	76 - 94	Latvia	Ankara	19:00
Italy	57 - 65	Croatia	Antalya	19:00
Germany	80 - 75	Greece	Antalya	21:15
Spain	71 - 67	Israel	Ankara	21:15

[edit] Knockout stage - Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

September 5, 2001 - 19:00

Turkey

September 8, 2001 - 19:00

Croatia

Germany

September 5, 2001 - 21:15

Turkey

France

September 9, 2001 - 21:15

Germany

Turkey

September 6, 2001 - 19:00

Yugoslavia

114

September 8, 2001 - 21:15

Latvia

Spain

Third place

September 6, 2001 - 21:15

Yugoslavia

Russia

Germany

Spain

September 9, 2001 - 19:00

[edit] 5th to 8th place

Classification round			Fifth place

September 7, 2001 - 19:00
France	90
Croatia	79

			September 9, 2001 - 16:45
			France	73
			Russia	78


			Seventh place
September 7, 2001 - 21:15		September 9, 2001 - 14:30
Latvia	81	Croatia	93
Russia	99		Latvia	91

[edit] Awards

Eurobasket 2001 Champions
Yugoslavia Eighth title

Eurobasket 2001 MVP: Predrag Stojaković (

Yugoslavia)

[edit] All-Tournament Team

Dirk Nowitzki (Germany)
Pau Gasol (Spain)
Predrag Stojakovic (Yugoslavia)
Hidayet Turkoglu (Turkey)
Damir Mulaomerovic (Croatia)

[edit] Top scorers (ppg)

Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) 28.7
Predrag Stojaković (Yugoslavia) 23
Ibrahim Kutluay (Turkey) 21.6
Andrei Kirilenko (Russia) 19.1
Kaspars Kambala (Latvia) 19
Pau Gasol (Spain) 17.2
Ainars Bagatskis (Latvia) 17.1
Sergei Chikalkin (Russia) 17
Damir Mulaomerovic (Croatia) 16.7
Fragiskos Alvertis (Greece) 16
Gordan Giricek (Croatia) 15.8
Hidayet Türkoğlu (Turkey) 15.5

[edit] Conclusion

[edit] Final standings

Place	Team
1	Yugoslavia
2	Turkey
3	Spain
4	Germany
5	Russia
6	France
7	Croatia
8	Latvia
9	Israel
10	Greece
11	Italy
12	Lithuania
13	Slovenia
14	Ukraine
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina
16	Estonia