FIBA EuroBasket 2007 qualification

Qualification for the 2007 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2007 took place between 31 August 2006 and 16 September 2007.[1] A total of seven teams qualified for the tournament. Hosts Spain plus the eight European teams that participated in the 2006 FIBA World Championship (France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey) qualified directly.

Format

National squads were divided in a two-tier system. Teams in Division A competed for direct qualification to FIBA EuroBasket 2007, 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 2007

Group 1

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Poland 6 4 2 457 447+10 10
 Sweden 6 3 3 453 438+15 9
 Ukraine 6 3 3 444 431+13 9
 Bulgaria 6 2 4 440 478βˆ’38 8
  Bulgaria Poland Sweden Ukraine
 Bulgaria – 99–65 82–90 80–77
 Poland 75–68 – 88–67 74–58
 Sweden 79–50 75–81 – 81–71
 Ukraine 92–61 80–74 66–61 –

Group 2

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Portugal 6 4 2 462 447+15 10
 Macedonia 6 3 3 486 493βˆ’7 9
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 3 3 482 459+23 9
 Israel 6 2 4 431 462βˆ’31 8
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Israel Republic of Macedonia Portugal
 Bosnia and Herzegovina – 85–63 75–72 78–80
 Israel 88–81 – 83–70 61–67
 Macedonia 81–77 90–87 – 83–63
 Portugal 75–86 69–49 108–90 –

Group 3

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Russia 6 5 1 507 422+85 11
 Czech Republic 6 4 2 458 441+17 10
 Hungary 6 2 4 420 439βˆ’19 8
 Belgium 6 1 5 400 483βˆ’83 7
  Belgium Czech Republic Hungary Russia
 Belgium – 61–74 59–73 91–80
 Czech Republic 85–67 – 83–64 55–69
 Hungary 75–59 76–80 – 70–76
 Russia 96–63 104–81 82–62 –

Group 4

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Croatia 6 5 1 498 397+101 11
 Latvia 6 4 2 454 423+31 10
 Estonia 6 2 4 365 432βˆ’67 8
 Denmark 6 1 5 405 470βˆ’65 7
  Croatia Denmark Estonia Latvia
 Croatia – 91–79 76–47 84–56
 Denmark 67–92 – 69–68 74–90
 Estonia 78–77 51–50 – 64–73
 Latvia 70–78 78–66 87–57 –

Additional qualifying round

Advanced to final qualifying stage
Competed for relegation

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 2 297 283+14 6
 Bulgaria 4 2 2 287 292βˆ’5 6
 Hungary 4 2 2 290 299βˆ’9 6
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Hungary
 Bosnia and Herzegovina – 75–71 70–74
 Bulgaria 70–69 – 79–74
 Hungary 68–83 74–67 –

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Macedonia 4 3 1 316 253+63 7
 Estonia 4 3 1 247 265βˆ’18 7
 Sweden 4 0 4 235 280βˆ’45 4
  Estonia Republic of Macedonia Sweden
 Estonia – 72–66 68–54
 Macedonia 95–50 – 77–58
 Sweden 50–57 73–78 –

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 6 5 1 485 421+64 11
 Belgium 6 5 1 442 400+42 11
 Ukraine 6 1 5 409 445βˆ’36 7
 Denmark 6 1 5 417 487βˆ’70 7
  Belgium Denmark Israel Ukraine
 Belgium – 80–66 83–74 72–69
 Denmark 61–71 – 60–72 90–85
 Israel 85–66 105–76 – 81–73
 Ukraine 45–70 74–64 63–68 –

Final qualifying stage

Qualified for FIBA EuroBasket 2007
Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 2 2 0 159 147+12 4
 Macedonia 2 1 1 160 155+5 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 2 123 140βˆ’17 2
29 August 2007
20:30
Macedonia  73–63  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 31–13, 10–17, 12–21, 20–12
Minorca, Spain
Attendance: 1,500
30 August 2007
20:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina  60–67  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 27–15, 15–16, 11–13
Minorca, Spain
Attendance: 1,500
31 August 2007
20:30
Israel  92–87  Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 17–23, 29–19, 21–27
Minorca, Spain
Attendance: 1,700

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
 Hungary 2 2 0 176 134+42 4
 Sweden 2 1 1 130 1300 3
 Denmark 2 0 2 125 167βˆ’42 2
29 August 2007
18:00
Sweden  66–55  Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 11–14, 12–13, 22–17
Minorca, Spain
Attendance: 1,000
30 August 2007
18:00
Denmark  70–101  Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 29–15, 15–29, 15–26, 11–21
Minorca, Spain
31 August 2007
18:00
Hungary  75–64  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 10–12, 15–19, 26–16
Minorca, Spain

Division B

Qualifying Round

Advanced to the qualification games

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Switzerland 6 5 1 409 347+62 11
 Romania 6 5 1 411 369+42 11
 Ireland 6 1 5 380 438βˆ’58 7
 Cyprus 6 1 5 390 436βˆ’46 7

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Great Britain 8 6 2 618 495+123 14
 Netherlands 8 5 3 590 540+50 13
 Belarus 8 5 3 575 547+28 13
 Slovakia 8 4 4 589 593βˆ’4 12
 Albania 8 0 8 534 731βˆ’197 8

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Finland 8 7 1 730 535+195 15
 Georgia 8 6 2 640 549+91 14
 Iceland 8 4 4 635 644βˆ’9 12
 Austria 8 3 5 555 590βˆ’35 11
 Luxembourg 8 0 8 473 715βˆ’242 8

Qualification games

11 September 2007
18:30
Romania  83–76  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 23–22, 23–17, 16–22
Pts: Helcioiu 18
Rebs: Popescu 9
Asts: Helcioiu, Stanescu, Kalala 4
Pts: Rannikko 29
Rebs: Matinen 8
Asts: Rannikko 4
11 September 2007
19:30
Great Britain  74–41   Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 11–7, 23–8, 19–15
Pts: Deng 31
Rebs: Deng 12
Asts: Midgley, Deng 4
Pts: Sefolosha 21
Rebs: Sefolosha 9
Asts: Sefolosha, Vogt, Stockalper 1

15 September 2007
18:00
Finland  111–61  Romania
Scoring by quarter: 30–12, 27–13, 33–11, 21–25
Pts: Virtanen 23
Rebs: Muurinen 8
Asts: Muurinen, Rannikko, Koponen 3
Pts: Stanescu 20
Rebs: Burlacu 10
Asts: Burlacu, Helcioiu 3
Finland won 187–144, and advanced to Eurobasket 2009 Division A
15 September 2007
15:15
Switzerland   78–89  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 20–23, 21-21, 19–22
Pts: Sefolosha 17
Rebs: Stockalper 4
Asts: Sefolosha 9
Pts: Archibald 23
Rebs: Archibald, Betts 6
Asts: Midgley 4
Great Britain won 163–119, and advanced to Eurobasket 2009 Division A

References

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