EuroBasket_2021
EuroBasket 2022
41st edition of the FIBA EuroBasket
The EuroBasket 2022 was the 41st edition of the EuroBasket championship organized by FIBA Europe. It was the first since it was agreed it would take place every four years, with a similar system of qualification as for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.[1] It was originally scheduled to take place between 2 and 19 September 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021, it was postponed to September 2022.[2]
| Tournament details | |
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| Host countries | Czech Republic Georgia Italy Germany |
| Dates | 1–18 September |
| Teams | 24 |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  France |
| Third place |  Germany |
| Fourth place |  Poland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 76 |
| Attendance | 651,000 (8,566 per match) |
| MVP | Willy Hernangómez |
| Top scorer |  Giannis Antetokounmpo(29.3 points per game) |
← 2017 2025 → | |
Like the previous two editions, the tournament was co-hosted by four countries. Games in the group stage were held in the Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, and Italy. The knock-out phase was played in Berlin, Germany.
The tournament featured three All-NBA First Team members, Nikola Jokić (Serbia), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greece) and Luka Dončić (Slovenia), making it one of the most anticipated tournaments in EuroBasket history.[3]
Spain won the final against France, achieving its fourth EuroBasket title in the last six tournaments.[4] Germany secured the bronze medal on home soil after defeating Poland.[5]
For EuroBasket 2015 and 2017, FIBA Europe opened three bidding options for hosting: to host a preliminary group, to host the final round, or to host the entire tournament. In the end, each of these two tournaments was hosted in four cities in four countries. It was hosted by four nations for the third time.
Seven countries submitted separate candidacies to host Eurobasket 2022:[6][7]
Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany and Italy were selected as host countries on 15 July 2019 at the Central Board in Munich, Germany.
| Berlin | ||
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| Mercedes-Benz Arena | ||
| Capacity: 14,500[8] | ||
| Cologne | ||
| Lanxess Arena | ||
| Capacity: 19,500 | ||
| Milan | Prague | Tbilisi |
| Mediolanum Forum | O2 Arena | Tbilisi Arena |
| Capacity: 12,700 | Capacity: 16,805 | Capacity: 10,000[9][10] |
The qualification started in November 2017, with nine teams participating in the pre-qualifiers, including the five eliminated teams from the 2019 World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers. The co-hosts (Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany and Italy) participated in qualifiers, despite having already qualified to the EuroBasket 2022. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia was expelled from the tournament and replaced by Montenegro.[11]
Qualified teams
| Team | Qualification method | Date of qualification | App | Last | Best placement in tournament |
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 Czech Republic | Host nation | 15 July 2019 | 6th | 2017 | 7th place (2015) |
 Georgia | 5th | 11th place (2011) | |||
| Germany | 25th | Champions (1993) | |||
 Italy | 38th | Champions (1983, 1999) | |||
 Croatia | Group D top three | 29 November 2020 | 14th | Third place (1993, 1995) | |
| Greece | Group H top three | 28th | Champions (1987, 2005) | ||
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10th | 2015 | 8th place (1993) | ||
 Israel | Group A top three | 30 November 2020 | 30th | 2017 | Runners-up (1979) |
| Spain | 32nd | Champions (2009, 2011, 2015) | |||
 Slovenia | Group F top three | 14th | Champions (2017) | ||
 Ukraine | 9th | 6th place (2013) | |||
 Russia | Group B top three | 19 February 2021 | 14th | Champions (2007) | |
 Serbia | Group E top three | 7th | Runners-up (2009, 2017) | ||
 Finland | 17th | 6th place (1967) | |||
| Poland | Group A top three | 29th | Runners-up (1963) | ||
 Hungary | Group F top three | 16th | Champions (1955) | ||
 Belgium | Group C top three | 20 February 2021 | 18th | Fourth place (1947) | |
 Netherlands | Group D top three | 16th | 2015 | Fourth place (1983) | |
 Turkey | 25th | 2017 | Runners-up (2001) | ||
 Bulgaria | Group H top three | 25th | 2011 | Runners-up (1957) | |
| France | Group G top two | 39th | 2017 | Champions (2013) | |
 Great Britain | 5th | 13th place (2009, 2011, 2013) | |||
 Estonia | Group B top three | 22 February 2021 | 6th | 2015 | 5th place (1937, 1939) |
 Lithuania | Group C top three | 15th | 2017 | Champions (1937, 1939, 2003) | |
 Montenegro | Replacement | 20 May 2022 | 4th | 13th place (2017) |
Logo
The official logo was unveiled on 16 December 2019.[12]
The draw took place on 29 April 2021 in Berlin, Germany.[13][14]
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.
| Host team | Chosen team | Date |
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| Czech Republic | Poland | 19 March 2021[15] |
| Germany | Lithuania | |
| Georgia | Turkey | 7 April 2021[16] |
| Italy | Estonia |
Seedings
The 24 qualified teams were seeded according to the FIBA Men's World Ranking.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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Russia was replaced by Montenegro.[11]
The following 44 referees were selected for the tournament.[17]
Geert Jacobs
Ademir Zurapović
Martin Horozov- Ventsislav Velikov
Martin Vulić
Ilias Kounelles
Ivor Matějek
Mihkel Männiste
Alexandre Deman- Nicolas Maestre
- Yohan Rosso
Carsten Straube
Georgios Poursanidis
Péter Praksch
Erez Gurion
Beniamino Attard- Lorenzo Baldini
- Saverio Lanzarini
- Manuel Mazzoni (suspended after Lithuania-Germany match)[18][19]
Andris Aunkrogers- Mārtiņš Kozlovskis
- Oskars Lucis
- Gatis Saliņš
Gvidas Gedvilas- Gintaras Mačiulis
Zdravko Rutešić- Radomir Vojinović
Igor Mitrovski
Wojciech Liszka (suspended after Lithuania-Germany match)[18][19]- Michał Proc (suspended after Lithuania-Germany match)[18][19]
- Dariusz Zapolski
Paulo Marques
Marius Ciulin- Gizella Gyorgyi
Aleksandar Glišić
Zdenko Tomašovič
Boris Krejić
Fernando Calatrava- Luis Castillo
- Antonio Conde
Kerem Baki- Yener Yılmaz
- Zafer Yılmaz
Serhiy Zashchuk
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
5 | 4 | 1 | 431 | 368 | +63 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Turkey |
5 | 3 | 2 | 403 | 378 | +25 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | Montenegro |
5 | 3 | 2 | 381 | 378 | +3 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | Belgium |
5 | 3 | 2 | 384 | 383 | +1 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 5 | Bulgaria |
5 | 1 | 4 | 427 | 475 | −48 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 6 | Georgia (H) |
5 | 1 | 4 | 381 | 425 | −44 | 6[lower-alpha 2] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
| 1 September 2022 | |||||
| Spain | 114–87 | Bulgaria | |||
| Turkey | 72–68 | Montenegro | |||
| Belgium | 79–76 | OT | Georgia | ||
| 3 September 2022 | |||||
| Montenegro | 76–70 | Belgium | |||
| Bulgaria | 87–101 | Turkey | |||
| Georgia | 64–90 | Spain | |||
| 4 September 2022 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 81–91 | Montenegro | |||
| Spain | 73–83 | Belgium | |||
| Turkey | 83–88 | 2OT | Georgia | ||
| 6 September 2022 | |||||
| Belgium | 63–78 | Turkey | |||
| Montenegro | 65–82 | Spain | |||
| Georgia | 80–92 | Bulgaria | |||
| 7 September 2022 | |||||
| Turkey | 69–72 | Spain | |||
| Bulgaria | 80–89 | Belgium | |||
| Georgia | 73–81 | Montenegro |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Slovenia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 464 | 432 | +32 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Germany (H) |
5 | 4 | 1 | 463 | 411 | +52 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | France |
5 | 3 | 2 | 381 | 379 | +2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Lithuania |
5 | 2 | 3 | 439 | 412 | +27 | 7[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
5 | 2 | 3 | 412 | 438 | −26 | 7[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 6 | Hungary |
5 | 0 | 5 | 382 | 469 | −87 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
| 1 September 2022 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95–85 | Hungary | |||
| Slovenia | 92–85 | Lithuania | |||
| France | 63–76 | Germany | |||
| 3 September 2022 | |||||
| Germany | 92–82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| Lithuania | 73–77 | France | |||
| Hungary | 88–103 | Slovenia | |||
| 4 September 2022 | |||||
| Lithuania | 107–109 | 2OT | Germany | ||
| Slovenia | 93–97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| France | 78–74 | Hungary | |||
| 6 September 2022 | |||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 68–81 | France | |||
| Hungary | 64–87 | Lithuania | |||
| Germany | 80–88 | Slovenia | |||
| 7 September 2022 | |||||
| Lithuania | 87–70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
| France | 82–88 | Slovenia | |||
| Hungary | 71–106 | Germany |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Greece |
5 | 5 | 0 | 456 | 391 | +65 | 10 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ukraine |
5 | 3 | 2 | 412 | 396 | +16 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | Croatia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 410 | 390 | +20 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | Italy (H) |
5 | 3 | 2 | 408 | 363 | +45 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 5 | Estonia |
5 | 1 | 4 | 368 | 382 | −14 | 6 | |
| 6 | Great Britain |
5 | 0 | 5 | 321 | 453 | −132 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
| 2 September 2022 | |||||
| Ukraine | 90–61 | Great Britain | |||
| Croatia | 85–89 | Greece | |||
| Italy | 83–62 | Estonia | |||
| 3 September 2022 | |||||
| Great Britain | 65–86 | Croatia | |||
| Estonia | 73–74 | Ukraine | |||
| Greece | 85–81 | Italy | |||
| 5 September 2022 | |||||
| Croatia | 73–70 | Estonia | |||
| Great Britain | 77–93 | Greece | |||
| Ukraine | 84–73 | Italy | |||
| 6 September 2022 | |||||
| Estonia | 94–62 | Great Britain | |||
| Greece | 99–79 | Ukraine | |||
| Italy | 81–76 | Croatia | |||
| 8 September 2022 | |||||
| Croatia | 90–85 | Ukraine | |||
| Estonia | 69–90 | Greece | |||
| Great Britain | 56–90 | Italy |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Serbia |
5 | 5 | 0 | 466 | 361 | +105 | 10 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Finland |
5 | 3 | 2 | 432 | 403 | +29 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | Poland |
5 | 3 | 2 | 387 | 414 | −27 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | Czech Republic (H) |
5 | 2 | 3 | 416 | 435 | −19 | 7[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 5 | Israel |
5 | 2 | 3 | 394 | 416 | −22 | 7[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 6 | Netherlands |
5 | 0 | 5 | 359 | 425 | −66 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
| 2 September 2022 | |||||
| Israel | 89–87 | OT | Finland | ||
| Poland | 99–84 | Czech Republic | |||
| Serbia | 100–76 | Netherlands | |||
| 3 September 2022 | |||||
| Finland | 89–59 | Poland | |||
| Czech Republic | 68–81 | Serbia | |||
| Netherlands | 67–74 | Israel | |||
| 5 September 2022 | |||||
| Poland | 85–76 | Israel | |||
| Czech Republic | 88–80 | Netherlands | |||
| Serbia | 100–70 | Finland | |||
| 6 September 2022 | |||||
| Netherlands | 69–75 | Poland | |||
| Finland | 98–88 | Czech Republic | |||
| Israel | 78–89 | Serbia | |||
| 8 September 2022 | |||||
| Finland | 88–67 | Netherlands | |||
| Czech Republic | 88–77 | Israel | |||
| Serbia | 96–69 | Poland |
All games are played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany.[20][21]
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 10 September | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 85 | |||||||||||||
| 13 September | ||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | 79 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 107 | |||||||||||||
| 11 September | ||||||||||||||
| Greece | 96 | |||||||||||||
| Greece | 94 | |||||||||||||
| 16 September | ||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 88 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 91 | |||||||||||||
| 10 September | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 96 | |||||||||||||
| Spain (OT) | 102 | |||||||||||||
| 13 September | ||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 94 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 100 | |||||||||||||
| 11 September | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | 90 | |||||||||||||
| Finland | 94 | |||||||||||||
| 18 September | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 86 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 88 | |||||||||||||
| 10 September | ||||||||||||||
| France | 76 | |||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 88 | |||||||||||||
| 14 September | ||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 72 | |||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 87 | |||||||||||||
| 11 September | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | 90 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 86 | |||||||||||||
| 16 September | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | 94 | |||||||||||||
| Poland | 54 | |||||||||||||
| 10 September | ||||||||||||||
| France | 95 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Turkey | 86 | |||||||||||||
| 14 September | 18 September | |||||||||||||
| France (OT) | 87 | |||||||||||||
| France (OT) | 93 | Germany | 82 | |||||||||||
| 11 September | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | 85 | Poland | 69 | |||||||||||
| Serbia | 86 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 94 | |||||||||||||
Final
| 18 September 2022 | Spain |
88–76 | France |
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin | ||
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 24–23, 19–20, 22–19 | |||||
| Pts: J. Hernangómez 27 Rebs: W. Hernangómez 8 Asts: Brown 11 |
Boxscore | Pts: Fournier 23 Rebs: Tarpey 9 Asts: Heurtel 7 |
Attendance: 13,042 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Boris Krejić (SLO), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT) |
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| Rank[22] | Team | GP | W/L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | FIBA World Rankings | ||
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| Before | After | Change | ||||||||
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Spain | 9 | 8–1 | 817 | 719 | +98 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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France | 9 | 6–3 | 732 | 692 | +40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
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Germany | 9 | 7–2 | 828 | 751 | +77 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Poland | 9 | 5–4 | 694 | 764 | −70 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Eliminated in Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Greece | 7 | 6–1 | 646 | 586 | +60 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 7 | 5–2 | 639 | 594 | +45 | 12 | 5 | 7 | −2 |
| 7 | Finland | 7 | 4–3 | 616 | 589 | +27 | 11 | 34 | 25 | +9 |
| 8 | Italy | 7 | 4–3 | 587 | 542 | +45 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Eliminated in Round of 16 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Serbia | 6 | 5–1 | 552 | 455 | +97 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Turkey | 6 | 3–3 | 489 | 465 | +24 | 9 | 15 | 16 | −1 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 6 | 3–3 | 496 | 484 | +8 | 9 | 31 | 28 | +3 |
| 12 | Croatia | 6 | 3–3 | 498 | 490 | +12 | 9 | 20 | 23 | −3 |
| 13 | Montenegro | 6 | 3–3 | 460 | 463 | −3 | 9 | 24 | 18 | +6 |
| 14 | Belgium | 6 | 3–3 | 456 | 471 | −15 | 9 | 36 | 29 | +7 |
| 15 | Lithuania | 6 | 2–4 | 533 | 514 | +19 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 6 | 2–4 | 504 | 529 | −25 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Eliminated in Preliminary round fifth place teams | ||||||||||
| 17 | Israel | 5 | 2–3 | 394 | 416 | −22 | 7 | 41 | 33 | +8 |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 2–3 | 412 | 438 | −26 | 7 | 45 | 37 | +8 |
| 19 | Estonia | 5 | 1–4 | 368 | 382 | −14 | 6 | 47 | 44 | +3 |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 5 | 1–4 | 427 | 475 | −48 | 6 | 51 | 47 | +4 |
| Eliminated in Preliminary round sixth place teams | ||||||||||
| 21 | Georgia | 5 | 1–4 | 381 | 425 | −44 | 6 | 35 | 32 | +3 |
| 22 | Netherlands | 5 | 0–5 | 359 | 425 | −66 | 5 | 46 | 46 | 0 |
| 23 | Hungary | 5 | 0–5 | 382 | 469 | −87 | 5 | 42 | 40 | +2 |
| 24 | Great Britain | 5 | 0–5 | 321 | 453 | −132 | 5 | 44 | 48 | −4 |
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Awards
The awards were announced on 19 September 2022.[25]
| Award | Player |
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| All-Tournament Team | Willy Hernangómez |
| Lorenzo Brown | |
| Rudy Gobert | |
| Dennis Schröder | |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | |
| Most Valuable Player | Willy Hernangómez |
During the game between Turkey and Georgia in Group A, Furkan Korkmaz and Duda Sanadze were ejected after a scuffle. Korkmaz was reportedly attacked when leaving the arena by Georgian players.[26] The following day, the Turkish federation threatened to leave the tournament.[27][28] After the game, the Turkish federation also submitted a complaint because the game clock ran for 22 seconds while the game was paused; this complaint was initially dismissed by FIBA.
On 5 September, FIBA opened an investigation and ten days later, on 15 September, announced to have opened "disciplinary proceedings for engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct" against four players.[29]
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