EuroBasket_2017

EuroBasket 2017

EuroBasket 2017

2017 edition of the FIBA EuroBasket


EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and held between 31 August and 17 September 2017. Beginning from 2017, the continental championships take place every four years with a similar system of qualification as for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.[1]

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host countries ...

Like the previous edition, the tournament was co-hosted by four countries. Games in the group stage were held in Turkey, Finland, Israel and Romania. The knock-out phase was played in Istanbul, Turkey.

Slovenia won their first-ever tournament after defeating Serbia 93–85 in the final.[2] Spain won the bronze medal by beating Russia with the same result.[3]

Host selection

A EuroBasket 2017 hashtag sign outside Istanbul's Abdi İpekçi Arena
Sam Dunk was the official mascot

Following the decision to relocate the 2015 tournament, original hosts Ukraine were offered the chance to host the 2017 edition, but they declined, citing the ongoing unrest in the country.[4] Countries expressed interest in hosting were Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland (possible joint bid),[5][6] Serbia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria (possible joint bid),[7] United Kingdom,[8][9] Israel,[10] Poland,[11] Slovenia,[12] Belgium.[13]

On 5 November 2015, FIBA Europe announced that five national federations have applied to organise the EuroBasket 2017: Finland, Israel, Poland, Romania and Turkey.[14]

On 11 December 2015, FIBA Europe announced that the tournament will be hosted by four countries: Israel, Romania, Finland and Turkey with the knockout stage host at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul.[15]

Venues

More information Istanbul, Helsinki ...

Format

A total of 24 qualified teams played in groups of six; the four best teams in these groups advanced to a single-elimination knockout stage.[17]

Qualification

The hosts (4 teams) and 2016 Summer Olympics or 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament participants (9 other teams) all qualified directly to the EuroBasket 2017.

The remaining 27 teams joined through qualification from 31 August 2016 to 17 September 2016 for 11 places.[18]

More information Team, Qualification method ...

Draw

The draw took place in Turkey on 22 November 2016.[19][20]

Seedings

FIBA Europe released the seedings for the EuroBasket 2017 draw on 20 November 2016.[21] According to the FIBA Europe regulations the participating nations, the 9 participants of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Olympic Qualifying Tournaments would be seeded first, based on their respective records in EuroBasket 2015, with the remaining teams seeded based on their qualification records.[21]

As in the 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.

More information Host team, Chosen team ...
More information Team, Qualification ...

Final draw

More information Seed 1, Seed 2 ...
^a Finland was paired with Iceland before the draw.
^b Israel was paired with Lithuania before the draw.
^c Romania was paired with Hungary before the draw.
^d Turkey was paired with Russia before the draw.
^e Before the draw it was already certain that Croatia would end up in the group with Hungary and Romania, due to the assignments of Finland, Israel and Turkey in their pot.

Squads

Preliminary round

Similar to EuroBasket 2015 the preliminary round is being played in four different venues in different countries. Each of the four groups exists of six teams, the best four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. The first matches were played on August 31 and the last are scheduled for September 7.[26]

Group A

The home crowd cheering on the Finnish national team in Helsinki, Finland

Venue: Helsinki, Finland

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: EuroBasket
Rules for classification: 1) Points. 2) Head-to-head results. 3) Points difference. 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
31 August 2017
Slovenia 90–81 Poland
Iceland 61–90 Greece
France 84–86 OT Finland
2 September 2017
Poland 91–61 Iceland
Greece 87–95 France
Finland 78–81 Slovenia
3 September 2017
France 115–79 Iceland
Slovenia 78–72 Greece
Finland 90–87 2OT Poland
5 September 2017
Iceland 75–102 Slovenia
Poland 75–78 France
Greece 77–89 Finland
6 September 2017
Slovenia 95–78 France
Greece 95–77 Poland
Finland 83–79 Iceland

Group B

Venue: Tel Aviv, Israel

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: EuroBasket
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Germany 61–55 Italy
  2. Ukraine 88–81 Georgia
31 August 2017
Germany 75–63 Ukraine
Lithuania 77–79 Georgia
Italy 69–48 Israel
2 September 2017
Georgia 57–67 Germany
Ukraine 66–78 Italy
Israel 73–88 Lithuania
3 September 2017
Georgia 81–88 Ukraine
Lithuania 78–73 Italy
Germany 80–82 Israel
5 September 2017
Ukraine 62–94 Lithuania
Italy 55–61 Germany
Israel 91–104 OT Georgia
6 September 2017
Germany 72–89 Lithuania
Georgia 69–71 Italy
Israel 64–88 Ukraine

Group C

Venue: Cluj-Napoca, Romania

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: EuroBasket
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
1 September 2017
Hungary 58–67 Croatia
Spain 99–60 Montenegro
Romania 68–83 Czech Republic
2 September 2017
Montenegro 72–48 Hungary
Czech Republic 56–93 Spain
Croatia 74–58 Romania
4 September 2017
Hungary 85–73 Czech Republic
Montenegro 72–76 Croatia
Spain 91–50 Romania
5 September 2017
Czech Republic 75–88 Montenegro
Croatia 73–79 Spain
Romania 71–80 Hungary
7 September 2017
Czech Republic 69–107 Croatia
Hungary 64–87 Spain
Montenegro 86–69 Romania

Group D

Venue: Istanbul, Turkey

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: EuroBasket
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Serbia 3 Pts, +7 PD; Latvia 3 Pts, +5 PD; Russia 3 Pts, −12 PD
1 September 2017
Belgium 103–90 Great Britain
Serbia 92–82 Latvia
Turkey 73–76 Russia
2 September 2017
Latvia 92–64 Belgium
Russia 75–72 Serbia
Great Britain 70–84 Turkey
4 September 2017
Latvia 97–92 Great Britain
Belgium 67–76 Russia
Serbia 80–74 Turkey
5 September 2017
Russia 69–84 Latvia
Great Britain 68–82 Serbia
Turkey 78–65 Belgium
7 September 2017
Russia 82–70 Great Britain
Belgium 54–74 Serbia
Latvia 89–79 Turkey

Knockout stage

Venue: Istanbul, Turkey

 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
9 September
 
 
 Germany84
 
12 September
 
 France81
 
 Germany72
 
10 September
 
 Spain84
 
 Spain73
 
14 September
 
 Turkey56
 
 Spain72
 
9 September
 
 Slovenia92
 
 Slovenia79
 
12 September
 
 Ukraine55
 
 Slovenia103
 
10 September
 
 Latvia97
 
 Latvia100
 
17 September
 
 Montenegro68
 
 Slovenia93
 
9 September
 
 Serbia85
 
 Lithuania64
 
13 September
 
 Greece77
 
 Greece69
 
10 September
 
 Russia74
 
 Croatia78
 
15 September
 
 Russia101
 
 Russia79
 
9 September
 
 Serbia87 Third place
 
 Finland57
 
13 September17 September
 
 Italy70
 
 Italy67 Spain93
 
10 September
 
 Serbia83  Russia85
 
 Serbia86
 
 
 Hungary78
 

Final

More information Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul ...
 EuroBasket 2017 champions 

Slovenia
First title

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

Results
The Fan Zone, at Kansalaistori in Helsinki, Finland, during the 2017 EuroBasket
More information Pos, Team ...
Source: FIBA

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

More information Name, BPG ...

Awards

More information Most Valuable Player ...
All Tournament Team

FIBA broadcasting rights

Medal team rosters

1 2 3
 Slovenia  Serbia  Spain
0 Anthony Randolph
1 Matic Rebec
3 Goran Dragić
6 Aleksej Nikolić
7 Klemen Prepelič
8 Edo Murić
11 Jaka Blažič
14 Gašper Vidmar
17 Saša Zagorac
22 Žiga Dimec
31 Vlatko Čančar
77 Luka Dončić
Head coach:
6 Milan Mačvan
7 Bogdan Bogdanović
11 Vladimir Lučić
12 Dragan Milosavljević
14 Stefan Birčević
15 Vladimir Štimac
19 Branko Lazić
22 Vasilije Micić
23 Marko Gudurić
24 Stefan Jović
32 Ognjen Kuzmić
51 Boban Marjanović
Head coach:
4 Pau Gasol
6 Sergio Rodríguez
7 Juan Carlos Navarro
9 Ricky Rubio
13 Marc Gasol
14 Willy Hernangómez
15 Joan Sastre
16 Guillem Vives
18 Pierre Oriola
19 Fernando San Emeterio
21 Álex Abrines
41 Juan Hernangómez
Head coach:

References

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  2. "Spain win Bronze to send Navarro off in style". fiba.basketball. 17 September 2017.
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  4. "Israel solicitará el Eurobasket de 2017". Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  5. Pavitt, M. (27 June 2015). "Ukraine decline opportunity to host 2017 Eurobasket". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  6. "10 000 de locuri la Sala Polivalentă în 2017" (in Romanian). cluj.com. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  7. "Format Set To Change". FIBA Europe. 16 November 2013.
  8. "FIBA EuroBasket 2017 Draw date confirmed". FIBA. 5 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  9. "FIBA EuroBasket 2017 Group Phase groups confirmed, trophy and mascot unveiled". FIBA. 22 November 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  10. "EuroBasket Draw Seedings Announced". fibaeurope.com. 20 November 2016.
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  12. "Israel agree to partnership with Lithuania". FIBA. 28 October 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  13. "Turkey reach partnership agreement with Russia". FIBA. 15 November 2016. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
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