EuroBasket 1999

FIBA EuroBasket 1999
31st FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	France
Dates	21 June – 3 July
Teams	16 (from 50 federations)
Venues	7 (in 7 host cities)
Champions	Italy (2nd title)
MVP	Gregor Fučka
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Alberto Herreros (19.2)  Lithuania (80.2) Rebounds Arvydas Sabonis (8.5)  Lithuania (33.9) Assists Toni Kukoč (6.3)  Lithuania (22.4)
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The 1999 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1999, was the 31st FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2000 Olympic Tournament, giving a berth to the top five (or six, depending on Yugoslavia reaching one of the top five places) teams in the final standings. It was held in France between 21 June and 3 July 1999. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Antibes, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Le Mans, Paris, Pau and Toulouse hosted the tournament. Italy won its second FIBA European title by defeating Spain with a 64–56 score in the final. Italy's Gregor Fučka was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues

Location	Picture	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Antibes		Antibes	Jean Bunoz Sports Hall	5,051	Opened in 1991	Group C
Clermont-Ferrand		Clermont-Ferrand	Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall	7,000		Group B
Dijon		Dijon	Palais des Sports de Dijon	4,628	Opened in 1977	Group D
Le Mans		Le Mans	Antarès	6,003	Opened in 1995	Group F (second round)
Paris		Paris	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	13,200	Opened in 1984	Championship and classification rounds
Pau		Pau	Palais des Sports de Pau	7,707	Opened in 1991	Group E (second round)
Toulouse		Toulouse	Palais des Sports de Toulouse	5,000	Opened in 1983	Group A and one match from Group B[1]

Qualification

Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 1999 only two earned direct berths: France as hosts and the champions from EuroBasket 1997, Yugoslavia. The other fourteen teams earned their berths via a qualifying tournament.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Yugoslavia  France  Israel  Macedonia	Russia  Spain  Slovenia  Hungary	Turkey  Italy  Croatia  Bosnia and Herzegovina	Czech Republic  Germany  Lithuania  Greece

Format

• The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The top three teams from each group advance to the second stage.
• In the second stage, two groups of six teams were formed and played a round robin. The results between teams that faced during the preliminary round are carried over. The top four teams from each group in the second stage advance to the knockout quarterfinals to compete for the Championship. The winners in the semifinals compete for the European Championship, while the losers from the semifinals play a consolation game for the third place.
• The losers in the quarterfinals compete in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Tie-breaking criteria

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

1. Head to head results
2. Basket difference between the tied teams
3. Goal average of the tied teams for all teams 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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	227	181	+46	6
France	3	2	1	200	196	+4	5
Israel	3	1	2	191	220	−29	4
Macedonia	3	0	3	197	218	−21	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Russia	3	2	1	210	191	+19	5	1–1, +18
Spain	3	2	1	231	229	+2	5	1–1, −7
Slovenia	3	2	1	204	209	−5	5	1–1, −11
Hungary	3	0	3	213	229	−16	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Turkey	3	2	1	188	169	+19	5	1–1, +4
Italy	3	2	1	196	190	+6	5	1–1, +1
Croatia	3	2	1	198	197	+1	5	1–1, −5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	160	186	−26	3

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Czech Republic	3	2	1	229	211	+18	5	1–1, +7
Germany	3	2	1	210	210	0	5	1–1, −1
Lithuania	3	2	1	228	216	+12	5	1–1, −6
Greece	3	0	3	194	224	−30	3

Second round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Yugoslavia	6	5	1	443	386	+57	11	1–0
France	6	5	1	414	384	+30	11	0–1
Russia	6	4	2	441	409	+32	10
Spain	6	3	3	439	454	−15	9
Israel	6	2	4	416	467	−51	8	1–0
Slovenia	6	2	4	405	421	−16	8	0–1

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Lithuania	6	5	1	467	401	+66	11
Italy	6	4	2	427	385	+42	10	1–0
Turkey	6	4	2	377	371	+6	10	0–1
Germany	6	3	3	420	432	−12	9	1–0
Croatia	6	3	3	444	454	−10	9	0–1
Czech Republic	6	2	4	434	470	−36	8

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 July – 14:00
	Russia	79
					2 July – 20:45
	Italy	102
					Italy	71
	1 July – 16:15
					Yugoslavia	62
	Yugoslavia	78
									3 July – 18:00
	Germany	68
									Italy	64
	1 July – 18:30
									Spain	56
	France	66
					2 July – 18:30
	Turkey	63
					France	63			Third place
	1 July – 20:45
					Spain	70
	Spain	74							Yugoslavia	74
	Lithuania	72							France	62
									3 July – 15:45

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	2 July – 14:00
	Russia	74
	Germany	70
					3 July – 13:30
					Russia	72
					Lithuania	103
					Seventh place
	2 July – 16:15			3 July – 11:15
	Turkey	56		Germany	86
	Lithuania	80			Turkey	67

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points[2] Pos. Name PPG 1 Alberto Herreros 19.2 2 Luboš Bartoň 18.7 3 Doron Sheffer 16.7 4 Carlton Myers 16.3 4 Antoine Rigaudeau 15.5 6 Dirk Nowitzki 15.2 7 Toni Kukoč 14.5 8 Artūras Karnišovas 14.2 8 Vasily Karasev 14.2 10 Dejan Bodiroga 14.1

Rebounds[3] Pos. Name RPG 1 Arvydas Sabonis 8.5 2 Vitaly Nosov 7.9 3 Hüseyin Beşok 7.4 3 Alfonso Reyes 7.2 5 Ivica Jurković 6.5 6 Toni Kukoč 6.3 6 Dejan Bodiroga 6.2 8 Jim Bilba 6.1 9 Dejan Tomašević 6.0 10 Mirsad Türkcan 5.8

Assists[4] Pos. Name APG 1 Toni Kukoč 6.3 2 Vladimir Bogojevič 5.2 3 Damir Mulaomerović 4.8 4 Kerem Tunçeri 4.6 5 Dejan Bodiroga 4.3 6 Darius Maskoliūnas 4.1 7 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 3.5 8 Evgeniy Pashutin 3.4 9 Artūras Karnišovas 3.3 9 Carlton Myers 3.3 9 Jaka Daneu 3.3

Steals[5] Pos. Name SPG 1 Luboš Bartoň 2.0 2 Evgeniy Pashutin 1.9 3 Vladimir Bogojevič 1.8 4 Andrea Meneghin 1.7 4 Sergei Panov 1.7 4 Toni Kukoč 1.7 7 Jim Bilba 1.6 7 Saša Obradović 1.6 9 Igor Kudelin 1.4 9 Kai Nürnberger 1.4 9 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 1.4

Minutes[6] Pos. Name MPG 1 Jure Zdovc 36.8 2 Kerem Tunçeri 35.7 3 Toni Kukoč 34.3 4 Antoine Rigaudeau 33.9 5 Jim Bilba 33.3 6 Nadav Henefeld 33.2 7 Doron Sheffer 32.7 8 Dejan Bodiroga 31.8 9 Alberto Herreros 31.7 10 Dirk Nowitzki 31.3

Individual Game Highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Drazan Tomic	32	Croatia
Rebounds	Vitaliy Nosov	18	Spain
Assists	Vladimir Bogojevič	12	Croatia
Steals	Sergei Panov	7	Slovenia
Turnovers	Dirk Nowitzki	8	Turkey

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG[7] Pos. Name PPG 1  Lithuania 80.2 2  Russia 74.0 2  Croatia 74.0 4  Italy 73.8 5  Yugoslavia 73.0

Rebounds[8] Pos. Name RPG 1  Lithuania 33.9 2  Russia 31.4 3  Spain 30.6 3  Turkey 30.6 5  Slovenia 29.6

Assists[9] Pos. Name APG 1  Lithuania 22.4 2  Hungary 19.7 3  Israel 17.0 4  Germany 16.3 5  Yugoslavia 15.7 5  Croatia 15.7

Steals[10] Pos. Name SPG 1  Russia 8.8 2  Italy 7.8 3  Czech Republic 7.3 3  Greece 7.3 5  France 7.2 5  Germany 7.2

Team Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Lithuania	103	Russia
Rebounds	Russia	45	Israel
Assists	Lithuania	32	Russia
Steals	Italy	17	Czech Republic
Field goal percentage	Lithuania	70.0% (35/50)	Croatia
3-point field goal percentage	France	69.2% (9/13)	Israel
Free throw percentage	Slovenia  Yugoslavia	100% (12/12) 100% (6/6)	Spain  Spain
Turnovers	Czech Republic	23	Italy

Awards

1999 FIBA European Champions
Italy 2nd title

1999 FIBA European Championship MVP: Gregor Fučka ( Italy)

All-Tournament Team[11]
Carlton Myers
Andrea Meneghin
Alberto Herreros
Dejan Bodiroga
Gregor Fučka (MVP)

Final standings

	Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics as current World Champion

Rank	Team	Record
01 !	Italy	7–2
02 !	Spain	5–4
03 !	Yugoslavia	7–2
4	France	6–3
5	Lithuania	7–2
6	Russia	5–4
7	Germany	4–5
8	Turkey	4–5
9	Israel	2–4
10	Slovenia	2–4
11	Croatia	3–3
12	Czech Republic	2–4
13	Macedonia	0–3
14	Hungary	0–3
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3
16	Greece	0–3

			4th
Italy Davide Bonora Gianluca Basile Giacomo Galanda Gregor Fučka Denis Marconato Alessandro De Pol Carlton Myers Andrea Meneghin Alessandro Abbio Michele Mian Roberto Chiacig Marcelo Damiao	Spain Alberto Angulo Ignacio Rodilla Iván Corrales Ignacio Romero Ignacio Rodríguez Carlos Jiménez Rodrigo de la Fuente Alberto Herreros Roger Esteller Iñaki de Miguel Alfonso Reyes Roberto Dueñas	Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga Predrag Danilović Saša Obradović Nikola Lončar Milan Gurović Vlado Šćepanović Dragan Lukovski Predrag Stojaković Vlade Divac Dragan Tarlać Dejan Tomašević Milenko Topić	France Moustapha Sonko Alain Digbeu Antoine Rigaudeau Laurent Foirest Laurent Sciarra Tariq Abdul-Wahad Stéphane Risacher Thierry Gadou Cyril Julian Frédéric Weis Jim Bilba Ronnie Smith

References

External links

• 1999 European Championship for Men, FIBA.com.

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