FIBA EuroBasket 2015

FIBA EuroBasket 2015
39th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Croatia  France  Germany  Latvia
Dates	5–20 September
Teams	24 (from 37 federations)
Venues	5 (in 5 host cities)
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FIBA EuroBasket 2015 will be the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that is organised by FIBA Europe running from 5–20 September 2015.

Host selection

On 18 December 2011, FIBA Europe decided to let Ukraine host Eurobasket 2015, after France, Croatia, Germany and Italy withdrew their joint bid.^[1] On 19 March 2014, tournament director Markiyan Lubkivsky announced that EuroBasket 2015 will not take place in Ukraine because of the political and financial crisis and the championship will be relocated.^[2][3] But later, FIBA Europe was forced to deny reports that Ukraine had given up the hosting rights for EuroBasket 2015 due to the continuous political situation and security issues in Ukraine.^[4] On 13 June 2014 FIBA Europe officially announced that Ukraine will not be hosting the championships.^[5]

Sixteen countries had expressed an initial interest to bid for the relocated event. National Federations were called by FIBA Europe to officially bid for hosting the tournament or parts of the tournament until 31 July 2014. The day after FIBA Europe announced eight official bids from potential organizers:^[6]

Croatia Finland

France Germany

Israel Latvia

Poland Turkey

All interested federations were provided optionally to bid to stage either one of the four groups in the Group Phase of the tournament, one of the groups and the finals, or only the Final Phase. FIBA Europe was officially to announce details of the bids after 27 August 2014.^[6]

Croatia, France and Turkey bid to organise one of the four Group Phase groups and the Final Phase knock-out round. Additionally Turkey bid to organise the Final Phase round only. All other countries bid to organise only one of the four Group Phase groups. Prior to the Board meeting Turkey withdrew their candidature from hosting any part of the tournament while Poland and Croatia withdrew their candidature to host the Final Phase of the tournament, leaving France as the only candidate to host the Final Phase.^[7]

On 8 September 2014, it was announced that the EuroBasket 2015 tournament would be hosted in Germany (Berlin), Croatia (Zagreb), Latvia (Riga) and France (Montpellier), with each of the countries hosting one respective group during the group stage of the tournament. France will be the host of the knock-out phase and the finals in the city of Lille at the multifunctional Stade Pierre-Mauroy, which will have a 27,000 capacity.^[7]

Venues

Lille	Berlin Zagreb Riga Montpellier Lille FIBA EuroBasket 2015 (Europe)	Berlin
Stade Pierre-Mauroy		O2 World
Capacity: 27, 500 (indoor configuration)		Capacity: 14,500
Montpellier
Park&Suites Arena		Riga
Capacity: 10,700		Arena Riga
Zagreb		Capacity: 12,500
Arena Zagreb
Capacity: 16,500

Qualification

Qualification for the tournament took place in two phases; the first featured 13 teams who failed to qualify for FIBA EuroBasket 2013, the winner of which qualifying directly for the finals. The remaining teams then went into qualification with the remaining FIBA Europe sides.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Date of qualification	Tournament appearance	Last appearance
Spain	Host nation of 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup & 3rd place of FIBA EuroBasket 2013	23 May 2009	30	2013
Ukraine	6th place at FIBA EuroBasket 2013	18 December 2011 (as initial host)	7	2013
Estonia	Winners of 1st round of FIBA EuroBasket 2015 qualification	1 September 2013[8]	5	2001
France	Winners of FIBA EuroBasket 2013	18 September 2013	37	2013
Slovenia	5th place at FIBA EuroBasket 2013	19 September 2013	12	2013
Croatia	4th place at FIBA EuroBasket 2013	19 September 2013	12	2013
Lithuania	Runner-up at FIBA EuroBasket 2013	19 September 2013	13	2013
Serbia	7th place at FIBA EuroBasket 2013	21 September 2013	12	2013
Finland	Wild card at 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup	1 February 2014	13	2013
Greece	Wild card at 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup	1 February 2014	25	2013
Turkey	Wild card at 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup	1 February 2014	22	2013
Latvia	1st in Second Round Group F	24 August 2014	13	2013
Israel	1st in Second Round Group B	24 August 2014	28	2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1st in Second Round Group A	24 August 2014	9	2013
Belgium	1st in Second Round Group D	24 August 2014	16	2013
Georgia	1st in Second Round Group E	27 August 2014	3	2013
Czech Republic	2nd in Second Round Group E	27 August 2014	4	2013
Germany	2nd in Second Round Group C	27 August 2014	23	2013
Netherlands	2nd in Second Round Group B	27 August 2014	15	1989
Poland	1st in Second Round Group C	27 August 2014	27	2013
Macedonia	2nd in Second Round Group D	27 August 2014	5	2013
Italy	1st in Second Round Group G	27 August 2014	36	2013
Russia	2nd in Second Round Group G	27 August 2014	12	2013
Iceland	2nd in Second Round Group A	27 August 2014	1	–

Draw

Seedings

FIBA Europe released the seedings for the EuroBasket 2015 draw on 27 November 2014.^[9] According to the FIBA Europe regulations the participating nations, the 10 participants of the 2014 World Cup would be seeded first, based on their respective records in FIBA EuroBasket 2013, with the remaining teams seeded based on their qualification records.^[9]

Team	Qualification	Position	Record
France	EuroBasket 2013	1
Lithuania	EuroBasket 2013	2
Spain	EuroBasket 2013	3
Croatia	EuroBasket 2013	4
Slovenia	EuroBasket 2013	5
Ukraine	EuroBasket 2013	6
Serbia	EuroBasket 2013	7
Finland	2014 FIBA World Cup Wildcard	9 (EuroBasket 2013)
Greece	2014 FIBA World Cup Wildcard	11 (EuroBasket 2013)
Turkey	2014 FIBA World Cup Wildcard	17 (EuroBasket 2013)
Latvia	2015 Round 2	Q1	6-0, 1.2398
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2015 Round 2	Q2	4-0, 1.1386
Poland	2015 Round 2	Q3	5-1, 1.2385
Belgium	2015 Round 2	Q4	5-1, 1.1979
Macedonia	2015 Round 2	Q5	5-1, 1.1450
Italy	2015 Round 2	Q6	3-1, 1.1654
Germany	2015 Round 2	Q7	4-2, 1.3243
Israel	2015 Round 2	Q8	4-2, 1.1195
Czech Republic	2015 Round 2	Q9	4-2, 1.1150
Georgia	2015 Round 2	Q10	4-2, 1.0558
Netherlands	2015 Round 2	Q11	4-2, 1.0107
Russia	2015 Round 2	Q12	2-2, 1.1679
Iceland	2015 Round 2	Q13	2-2, 0.9896
Estonia	2015 Round 1	Q1st	5-3, 1.1286

Final Draw

The draw took place on 8 December 2014 at 16:00 at Disneyland in Paris, France.^[10][11] Criteria for the draw was as follows:

• The four hosts were drawn together, but as Latvia were amongst the third seeded teams and Germany the fifth, only three teams would be in fourth and sixth pot containing the remaining seeds and these teams could not be drawn into groups with Latvia and Germany respectively.
• France and Croatia, as hosts, were drawn first and the two remaining first seeds, Spain and Lithuania, were drawn separately into the remaining two groups not already with a top-seeded team.
• In addition to this, following on from the exceptional circumstances leading to the relocation of EuroBasket 2015, each of the four hosts was granted the right to select a partner federation for commercial and marketing criteria. These teams would automatically be placed into the same group as their chosen partner country. The selections were;
  • France and Finland
  • Germany and Turkey
  • Croatia and Slovenia
  • Latvia and Estonia ^{[12] [13]}

Pot 1 (Hosts)	Pot 2 (Remaining First Seeds)	Pot 3 (Second Seeds)	Pot 4 (Remaining Third Seeds)	Pot 5 (Fourth Seeds)	Pot 6 (Remaining Fifth Seeds)	Pot 7 (Sixth Seeds)
Croatia  France  Germany  Latvia	Lithuania  Spain	Slovenia (Placed into Group C)  Ukraine  Serbia  Finland (Placed into Group A)	Greece  Turkey (Placed into Group B)  Bosnia and Herzegovina	Poland  Belgium  Macedonia  Italy	Israel  Czech Republic  Georgia	Netherlands  Russia  Iceland  Estonia (Placed into Group D)

Preliminary round

The best four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage.^[14]

	Team advances to the knockout stage
	Team is eliminated

Group A

Venue: Montpellier, France

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

5 September 2015
Poland		–		Bosnia and Herzegovina
Israel		–		Russia
France		–		Finland
6 September 2015
Russia		–		Poland
Finland		–		Israel
Bosnia and Herzegovina		–		France
7 September 2015
Finland		–		Russia
Israel		–		Bosnia and Herzegovina
France		–		Poland
9 September 2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina		–		Finland
Poland		–		Israel
Russia		–		France
10 September 2015
Finland		–		Poland
Bosnia and Herzegovina		–		Russia
Israel		–		France

Group B

Venue: Berlin, Germany

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

5 September 2015
Germany		–		Iceland
Spain		–		Serbia
Italy		–		Turkey
6 September 2015
Serbia		–		Germany
Iceland		–		Italy
Turkey		–		Spain
8 September 2015
Serbia		–		Iceland
Germany		–		Turkey
Spain		–		Italy
9 September 2015
Turkey		–		Serbia
Italy		–		Germany
Iceland		–		Spain
10 September 2015
Serbia		–		Italy
Germany		–		Spain
Turkey		–		Iceland

Group C

Venue: Zagreb, Croatia

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

5 September 2015
Georgia		–		Netherlands
Macedonia		–		Greece
Croatia		–		Slovenia
6 September 2015
Netherlands		–		Macedonia
Slovenia		–		Georgia
Greece		–		Croatia
8 September 2015
Slovenia		–		Netherlands
Georgia		–		Greece
Croatia		–		Macedonia
9 September 2015
Greece		–		Slovenia
Macedonia		–		Georgia
Netherlands		–		Croatia
10 September 2015
Slovenia		–		Macedonia
Georgia		–		Croatia
Greece		–		Netherlands

Group D

Venue: Riga, Latvia

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

5 September 2015
Czech Republic		–		Estonia
Belgium		–		Latvia
Lithuania		–		Ukraine
6 September 2015
Estonia		–		Belgium
Latvia		–		Lithuania
Ukraine		–		Czech Republic
7 September 2015
Lithuania		–		Belgium
Czech Republic		–		Latvia
Ukraine		–		Estonia
9 September 2015
Belgium		–		Czech Republic
Latvia		–		Ukraine
Estonia		–		Lithuania
10 September 2015
Ukraine		–		Belgium
Latvia		–		Estonia
Czech Republic		–		Lithuania

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

12 September

A1

15 September

B4

12 September

D2

17 September

C3

12 September

B2

15 September

A3

12 September

C1

20 September

D4

13 September

B1

16 September

A4

13 September

C2

18 September

D3

13 September

Third Place

A2

16 September

20 September

B3

13 September

D1

C4

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Olympic qualifying playoff games

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Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

References

External links

• Official website

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