FIBA EuroBasket 2005 qualification

Qualification for the 2005 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2005 took place between 8 September and 25 September 2004.[1] A total of eleven teams qualified for the tournament. Hosts Serbia and Montenegro plus the top four teams from EuroBasket 2003, Lithuania, Spain, Italy and Greece qualified directly. Greece took the place of the French team, which was the fourth-placed team in EuroBasket 2003.

Format

For this edition of the FIBA EuroBasket tournament, a new qualification format was created. National squads were divided in a two-tier system. Teams in Division A competed for direct qualification to FIBA EuroBasket 2005, while teams in Division B competed for two spots on the next tournament's Division A. Those two spots would correspond to the two teams from Division A that were relegated.

Division A

Division B

Division A

Qualifying Round

Qualified for FIBA EuroBasket 2005

Group 1

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Croatia 4 3 1 312 268+44 7
 Russia 4 3 1 327 296+31 7
 Sweden 4 0 4 275 35075 4
  Croatia Russia Sweden
 Croatia 86–63 75–61
 Russia 75–65 97–64
 Sweden 69–86 81–92

Group 2

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Latvia 6 4 2 517 451+66 10
 Bulgaria 6 4 2 487 4958 10
 Israel 6 3 3 471 467+4 9
 Portugal 6 1 5 473 53562 7
  Bulgaria Israel Latvia Portugal
 Bulgaria 72–65 96–85 89–87
 Israel 64–84 79–77 96–101
 Latvia 102–79 80–57 92–64
 Portugal 72–87 73–90 76–81

Group 3

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Germany 6 6 0 501 405+96 12
 Ukraine 6 3 3 448 49547 9
 Hungary 6 2 4 495 475+20 8
 Belgium 6 1 5 463 53269 7
  Belgium Germany Hungary Ukraine
 Belgium 72–84 101–97 81–85
 Germany 81–61 82–72 95–69
 Hungary 96–70 70–78 90–67
 Ukraine 89–78 61–81 77–70

Group 4

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 France 6 5 1 510 445+65 11
 Slovenia 6 5 1 474 415+59 11
 Czech Republic 6 1 5 447 50255 7
 Poland 6 1 5 424 49369 7
  Czech Republic France Poland Slovenia
 Czech Republic 95–104 82–57 70–71
 France 89–56 85–65 85–69
 Poland 86–78 83–66 71–80
 Slovenia 95–66 77–61 82–62

Group 5

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Turkey 6 6 0 465 363+102 12
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 4 2 454 420+34 10
 Netherlands 6 1 5 406 48175 7
 Estonia 6 1 5 428 48961 7
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia Netherlands Turkey
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 92–71 86–59 65–75
 Estonia 61–70 91–88 76–78
 Netherlands 77–82 76–72 47–67
 Turkey 77–59 85–57 83–59

Additional qualifying round

Advanced to final qualifying stage
Competed for relegation

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Czech Republic 4 4 0 313 271+42 8
 Estonia 4 1 3 293 2985 5
 Poland 4 1 3 255 29237 5
  Czech Republic Estonia Poland
 Czech Republic 96–86 73–64
 Estonia 57–75 74–45
 Poland 64–69 82–76

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 4 4 0 319 280+39 8
 Belgium 4 2 2 280 262+18 6
 Netherlands 4 0 4 252 30957 4
  Belgium Israel Netherlands
 Belgium 75–79 76–63
 Israel 69–67 89–60
 Netherlands 51–62 78–82

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Hungary 4 3 1 306 293+13 7
 Portugal 4 2 2 303 302+1 6
 Sweden 4 1 3 279 29314 5
  Hungary Portugal Sweden
 Hungary 77–76 75–68
 Portugal 76–87 74–67
 Sweden 73–67 71–77

Final qualifying stage

Qualified for FIBA EuroBasket 2005
Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 2 2 0 166 147+19 4
 Hungary 2 1 1 153 1629 3
 Czech Republic 2 0 2 157 16710 2
11 September 2005
20:00
Hungary  8479  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 15–17, 25–20, 18–24
12 September 2005
20:00
Czech Republic  7883  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 19–21, 15–16, 18–25
Novi Sad, Serbia
13 September 2005
20:00
Israel  8369  Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 17–17, 18–20, 25–15
Novi Sad, Serbia

Relegation stage

Relegated to Division B
Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Sweden 2 2 0 145 120+25 4
 Netherlands 2 1 1 161 154+7 3
 Poland 2 0 2 131 16332 2
11 September 2005
17:30
Poland  5567  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 18–15, 6–14, 15–18
12 September 2005
17:30
Sweden  7865  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 13–17, 19–17, 19–14
Novi Sad, Serbia
13 September 2005
17:30
Netherlands  8676  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 29–20, 26–19, 21–21
Novi Sad, Serbia

Division B

Qualifying Round

Advanced to the qualification games
Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Denmark 4 3 1 299 273+26 7
 Iceland 4 2 2 290 30313 6
 Romania 4 1 3 287 30013 5
  Denmark Iceland Romania
 Denmark 81–71 67–69
 Iceland 60–77 79–73
 Romania 73–74 72–80
Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Ireland 6 4 2 473 382+91 10
 Slovakia 6 4 2 478 363+115 10
  Switzerland 6 4 2 439 363+76 10
 Malta 6 0 6 286 568282 6
  Republic of Ireland Malta Slovakia Switzerland
 Ireland 98–49 82–68 79–68
 Malta 51–90 53–107 57–90
 Slovakia 70–67 100–39 60–66
  Switzerland 76–57 83–37 56–73
Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Austria 6 5 1 480 431+49 11
 Belarus 6 4 2 500 449+51 10
 Cyprus 6 3 3 462 443+19 9
 Albania 6 0 6 420 539119 6
  Albania Austria Belarus Cyprus
 Albania 82–90 72–84 67–76
 Austria 83–66 91–92 73–66
 Belarus 110–58 60–69 77–72
 Cyprus 96–75 65–74 87–77
Group D
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Macedonia 6 5 1 510 433+77 11
 Georgia 6 4 2 488 432+56 10
 Finland 6 3 3 492 460+32 9
 Luxembourg 6 0 6 387 552165 6
  Finland Georgia (country) Luxembourg Republic of Macedonia
 Finland 87–79 97–64 78–87
 Georgia 85–78 87–65 73–60
 Luxembourg 62–82 61–87 69–94
 Macedonia 83–70 81–77 105–66

Qualification games

All times are local.
17 September 2005
17:00
Ireland  8066  Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 29–19, 20–11, 14–21
17 September 2005
18:00
Austria  75101  Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 10–33, 25–22, 13–20
Volksbank-Arena Gmunden, Gmunden, Austria
Attendance: 1,100
24 September 2005
15:00
Denmark  8670 (OT)  Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 17–9, 15–14, 20–22, Overtime: 12–10
Denmark won series 152–150, qualifies to Division A
Aarhus, Denmark
Attendance: 1,225
24 September 2005
15:00
Macedonia  9962  Austria
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 22–10, 27–16, 24–16
Macedonia won series 2–0, qualifies to Division A
Skopje, Macedonia
Attendance: 2,500

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, July 05, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.