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.
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
- Teams were split into four groups of four teams each. The competition system was that of a double round-robin with home and away games where the winner from each group and the two best runners-up qualified to EuroBasket 2007.
- The remaining teams where split into three double round-robin groups, two of three teams and one of four teams, and competed in an additional qualifying round. The winners from each group formed an additional round-robin group where the best team earned the last berth for EuroBasket 2007. The three bottom teams from the additional qualifying round competed in another round-robin group where the bottom-two teams where relegated to Division B for the following tournament.
Division B
- Teams were split into two groups of four teams each, and one group of three teams. The competition system was that of a double round-robin with home and away games where the winner from each group plus the best runner-up where paired in two series of home-and-away games. The winner of each series (by overall point differential if the two-game series is a split) is promoted to Division A for the next tournament.
Division A
Qualifying Round
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 |
478 | β38 |
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bulgaria |
β |
99β65 |
82β90 |
80β77 |
Poland |
75β68 |
β |
88β67 |
74β58 |
Sweden |
79β50 |
75β81 |
β |
81β71 |
Ukraine |
92β61 |
80β74 |
66β61 |
β |
|
Group 2
Group 3
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 |
432 | β67 |
8
|
Denmark |
6 |
1 |
5 |
405 |
470 | β65 |
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Croatia |
β |
91β79 |
76β47 |
84β56 |
Denmark |
67β92 |
β |
69β68 |
74β90 |
Estonia |
78β77 |
51β50 |
β |
64β73 |
Latvia |
70β78 |
78β66 |
87β57 |
β |
|
Additional qualifying round
| Advanced to final qualifying stage |
| Competed for relegation |
Group A
Group B
Team |
Pld |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
PD |
Pts
|
Macedonia |
4 |
3 |
1 |
316 |
253 | +63 |
7
|
Estonia |
4 |
3 |
1 |
247 |
265 | β18 |
7
|
Sweden |
4 |
0 |
4 |
235 |
280 | β45 |
4
|
|
|
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 |
445 | β36 |
7
|
Denmark |
6 |
1 |
5 |
417 |
487 | β70 |
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Belgium |
β |
80β66 |
83β74 |
72β69 |
Denmark |
61β71 |
β |
60β72 |
90β85 |
Israel |
85β66 |
105β76 |
β |
81β73 |
Ukraine |
45β70 |
74β64 |
63β68 |
β |
|
Final qualifying stage
- Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
Minorca, Spain Attendance: 1,500 |
Israel |
92β87 |
Macedonia |
Scoring by quarter: 25β18, 17β23, 29β19, 21β27 |
Minorca, Spain Attendance: 1,700 |
Relegation stage
- 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 |
130 | 0 |
3
|
Denmark |
2 |
0 |
2 |
125 |
167 | β42 |
2
|
Sweden |
66β55 |
Denmark |
Scoring by quarter: 21β11, 11β14, 12β13, 22β17 |
Denmark |
70β101 |
Hungary |
Scoring by quarter: 29β15, 15β29, 15β26, 11β21 |
Hungary |
75β64 |
Sweden |
Scoring by quarter: 24β17, 10β12, 15β19, 26β16 |
Division B
Qualifying Round
| Advanced to the qualification games |
Group A
Group B
Group C
Qualification games
Romania |
83β76 |
Finland |
Scoring by quarter: 21β15, 23β22, 23β17, 16β22 |
Pts: Helcioiu 18 Rebs: Popescu 9 Asts: Helcioiu, Stanescu, Kalala 4 |
|
Pts: Rannikko 29 Rebs: Matinen 8 Asts: Rannikko 4 |
References