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The EuroBasket 2005 (common short name for the 34th edition of FIBA's European Basketball Championship) was held in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) between 16 September and 25 September 2005. Greece won the gold medal by defeating Germany, while France won the bronze medal over Spain. Germany's Dirk Nowitzki was named the tournament MVP.
The EuroBasket is a biennial basketball competition between national teams organized by FIBA Europe, the sport's governing body in Europe. This was the third time that the championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade (previous times in 1961 and 1975).
[edit] Venues
[edit] Belgrade
Belgrade, the capital of Serbia and Montenegro, was the main stage of the Eurobasket 2005 action. The Pionir Hall hosted Group C's six preliminary round games, while the Belgrade Arena hosted the competition following the preliminary round.
This was the third time that championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade. Belgrade has previously hosted the European basketball championships in 1961 and 1975.
[edit] Podgorica
Podgorica's Morača Sports Center hosted Group B, where six games were played. Being in Montenegro, it is the farthest locale from the central venue.
[edit] Novi Sad
Novi Sad, nicknamed "The City of Sports", is the capital of province of Vojvodina and home to the Spens Sports Center. The six Group D games were played there.
Vršac was home to Group A during the tournament, and also had a total of six games played in the 4,058 person capacity Millennium Center.
[edit] Qualification
For details on qualification, see EuroBasket 2005 (qualification).
[edit] Final Round
[edit] Preliminaries
| Team |
Pts |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
Diff |
1.  Russia |
5 |
2 |
1 |
223 |
186 |
+37 |
2.  Germany |
5 |
2 |
1 |
217 |
192 |
+25 |
3.  Italy |
5 |
2 |
1 |
244 |
231 |
+13 |
4.  Ukraine |
3 |
0 |
3 |
194 |
269 |
-75 |
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| September 16, 2005 |
| Bulgaria |
82 - 88 |
Croatia |
18:00 |
| Lithuania |
87 - 75 |
Turkey |
21:00 |
| September 17, 2005 |
| Croatia |
67 - 85 |
Lithuania |
18:00 |
| Turkey |
94 - 89 (OT) |
Bulgaria |
21:00 |
| September 18, 2005 |
| Lithuania |
92 - 79 |
Bulgaria |
18:00 |
| Croatia |
80 - 67 |
Turkey |
21:00 |
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| September 16, 2005 |
| Slovenia |
74 - 65 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
17:30 |
| France |
50 - 64 |
Greece |
20:30 |
| September 17, 2005 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
62 - 79 |
France |
17:30 |
| Greece |
56 - 68 |
Slovenia |
20:30 |
| September 18, 2005 |
| France |
58 - 68 |
Slovenia |
17:30 |
| Greece |
67 - 50 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
20:30 |
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| September 16, 2005 |
| Latvia |
65 - 74 |
Israel |
17:30 |
| Spain |
89 - 70 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
20:30 |
| September 17, 2005 |
| Spain |
114 - 109 (OT) |
Latvia |
17:30 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
93 - 77 |
Israel |
20:30 |
| September 18, 2005 |
| Israel |
85 - 77 |
Spain |
17:30 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
82 -67 |
Latvia |
20:30 |
[edit] Elimination games
[edit] Quarter-finals
[edit] Classification 5-8
[edit] Semi-finals
[edit] Finals
| Eurobasket 2005 Champions |
Greece
Second title |
[edit] All-Tournament Team [1]
[edit] Conclusion
[edit] Final standings
[edit] Team Rosters
1. Greece: Dimitris Diamantidis, Theodoros Papaloukas, Nikos Zisis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Michalis Kakiouzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Antonis Fotsis, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Kostas Tsartsaris, Vassilis Spanoulis, Yiannis Bourousis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis)
2. Germany: Dirk Nowitzki, Patrick Femerling, Pascal Roller, Demond Greene, Marko Pesic, Mithat Demirel, Robert Garrett, Sven Schultze, Misan Nikagbatse, Robert Maras, Denis Wucherer, Stephen Arigbabu (Coach: Dirk Bauermann)
3. France: Tony Parker, Antoine Rigaudeau, Boris Diaw, Mickaël Piétrus, Mickaël Gelabale, Florent Piétrus, Cyril Julian, Frédéric Weis, Frédéric Fauthoux, Mamoutou Diarra, Sacha Giffa, Jérôme Schmitt (Coach: Claude Bergeaud)
4. Spain: Juan Carlos Navarro, Jose Calderon, Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernandez, Jorge Garbajosa, Francisco "Fran" Vazquez, Carlos Jimenez, Carlos Cabezas, Felipe Reyes, Ignacio de Miguel, Sergi Vidal, Iker Iturbe, Sergio Rodriguez (Coach: Mario Pesquera)
[edit] World championship qualification
[edit] Statistics
The top ten scorers were:
- Dirk Nowitzki (GER) - 26.1 ppg
- Juan Carlos Navarro (ESP) - 25.2 ppg
- Andrei Kirilenko (RUS) - 17.5 ppg
- Igor Rakočević (SCG) - 16.3 ppg
- Gordan Giriček (CRO) - 15.7 ppg
- Jorge Garbajosa (ESP) - 14.5 ppg
- Ramūnas Šiškauskas (LTU) - 14.0 ppg
- Boris Diaw (FRA) - 13.7 ppg
- Jaka Lakovič (SLO) - 12.8 ppg
- J.R.Holden (RUS) - 12.5 ppg
- Spain scored a total of 522 points, with 87 points per game, even though they were only eighth in the field goal percentage, which was 42.7% in their six games at the tournament.
- Lithuania led the scoreboard in 2-pointers per game at 55.0%, followed by Serbia and Montenegro at 53.6%. With three-point field goals made per game, Croatia and Israel were tied at the top with 39.5%, although they were closely followed by Lithuania at 38.8%.
- Of the top ten games with the most free throws made, Spain held the first, second, third, seventh and eighth place, averaging 31.3 free throws per game. In their game against Latvia, they made 51 out of a total of 63 attempted free throws; a distant second although nonetheless impressive was the 38 free throws they made out of 49 attempts against Croatia. Their free throw percentage was 76.7%, just behind the leading Germany with 77.9%.
- The teams with the most rebounds per game were France, Russia and Slovenia. France played the two games with the most offensive rebounds, although the latter two offset it in the defensive rebound percentages.
- Lithuania and Israel topped the charts in both steals and assists, although Turkey snatched the title of the team with the most steals per game.
- The Croatia v. Turkey group-stage game (which ended with the score 80-67) was the game with the most turnovers for both teams, 27 each. In the same game, Croatia at one point had a 32-0 scoring streak that lasted over ten minutes.
[edit] References
- ^ MVP Nowitzki Tops EuroBasket 2005 All-Tournament Team
[edit] External links
Serbia and Montenegro
Greece (2nd title)
Spain (87.0)
Israel (14.3)
Lithuania
Croatia
Turkey
Bulgaria
Slovenia
France
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Latvia
