EuroBasket 2015

EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It was co-hosted by Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia, making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country. It started on 5 September and ended on 20 September 2015.

EuroBasket 2015

Tournament details
Host countries	France Croatia Germany Latvia
Dates	5–20 September
Teams	24
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (3rd title)
Runners-up	Lithuania
Third place	France
Fourth place	Serbia
Tournament statistics
Games played	79
Attendance	711,131 (9,002 per match)
MVP	Pau Gasol
Top scorer	Pau Gasol (25.6 points per game)
← 2013 2017 →

Qualified teams for the EuroBasket 2015

Former EuroBasket 2015 logo

The top two teams (Spain and Lithuania) qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics. The next five teams (France, Serbia, Greece, Italy and the Czech Republic) advanced to the World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. Latvia and Croatia later qualified due to Serbia and Italy hosting two of the Olympic qualifying tournaments while Turkey also qualified as an invitee.

Spain won their third title by defeating Lithuania 80–63 in the final.^[1] France won bronze on home soil defeating Serbia (81–68).^[2] The final game was held in the Stade Pierre-Mauroy and set a new record for the highest attendance in a EuroBasket game, with 26,922.^[3] Pau Gasol was named the tournament's MVP.

Host selection

On 18 December 2011, FIBA Europe decided to let Ukraine host EuroBasket 2015, after France, Croatia, Germany and Italy withdrew their joint bid.^[4] On 19 March 2014, tournament director Markiyan Lubkivsky announced that EuroBasket 2015 would not take place in Ukraine because of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the championship would be relocated.^[5][6] But later, FIBA Europe was forced to deny reports that Ukraine had given up the hosting rights for EuroBasket 2015 due to the continuous political situation and security issues in Ukraine.^[7] On 13 June 2014, FIBA Europe officially announced that Ukraine would not be hosting the championships.^[8]

Sixteen countries expressed an initial interest to bid for the relocated event. National Federations were called by FIBA Europe to officially bid for hosting the tournament or parts of the tournament until 31 July 2014. The next day FIBA Europe announced eight official bids from potential organizers:^[9]

•   Croatia
•   Finland
•   France
•   Germany
•   Israel
•   Latvia
•   Poland
•   Turkey

All interested federations were provided the option to bid to stage either one of the four groups in the Group Phase of the tournament, one of the groups and the Final Phase, only the finals, or the entire tournament. FIBA Europe was scheduled to officially announce the details of the bids after 27 August 2014.^[9]

Croatia, France, Poland and Turkey bid to host one of the four groups in the Group Phase and the Final Phase in the knock-out round. Additionally, Turkey also bid to host the Final Phase only.

All other countries bid to host only one of the four groups in the Group Phase. Prior to the Board Meeting, Turkey withdrew their candidature from hosting any part of the tournament while Poland and Croatia withdrew their candidature to host the Final Phase of the tournament, leaving France as the only candidate to host the Final Phase.^[10]

On 8 September 2014, it was announced that the FIBA EuroBasket 2015 tournament would be hosted in Germany (Berlin), Croatia (Zagreb), Latvia (Riga) and France (Montpellier), with each of the countries hosting one respective group during the group stage of the tournament. France would be the hosts of the finals in the knock-out phase in the city of Lille at the multi-functional Stade Pierre-Mauroy, which has a 27,000 capacity for basketball.^[10]

Venues

Lille	Berlin   Zagreb   Riga   Montpellier   Lille EuroBasket 2015 (Europe)
Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Capacity: 27,500 (indoor configuration)
Montpellier
Park&Suites Arena
Capacity: 10,700
Zagreb	Berlin	Riga
Arena Zagreb	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Arena Riga
Capacity: 16,500	Capacity: 14,500	Capacity: 11,200

Qualification

Main article: EuroBasket 2015 qualification

Qualification for the tournament took place in two phases; the first featured 13 teams who failed to qualify for FIBA EuroBasket 2013, the winner of which qualifying directly for the finals. The remaining teams then went into qualification with the remaining FIBA Europe sides.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Date of qualification	Tournament appearance	Last appearance
Spain	Host nation of 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup & 3rd place of FIBA EuroBasket 2013	23 May 2009	30	2013
Ukraine	6th place at FIBA EuroBasket 2013	18 December 2011 (as initial host)	7	2013
Estonia	Winners of 1st round of FIBA EuroBasket 2015 qualification	1 September 2013^[11]	5	2001
France	Winners of FIBA EuroBasket 2013	18 September 2013	37	2013
Slovenia	5th place at FIBA EuroBasket 2013	19 September 2013	12	2013
Croatia	4th place at FIBA EuroBasket 2013	19 September 2013	12	2013
Lithuania	Runner-up at FIBA EuroBasket 2013	19 September 2013	13	2013
Serbia	7th place at FIBA EuroBasket 2013	21 September 2013	5	2013
Finland	Wild card at 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup	1 February 2014	13	2013
Greece	Wild card at 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup	1 February 2014	25	2013
Turkey	Wild card at 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup	1 February 2014	22	2013
Latvia	1st in Second Round Group F	24 August 2014	13	2013
Israel	1st in Second Round Group B	24 August 2014	28	2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1st in Second Round Group A	24 August 2014	9	2013
Belgium	1st in Second Round Group D	24 August 2014	16	2013
Georgia	1st in Second Round Group E	27 August 2014	3	2013
Czech Republic	2nd in Second Round Group E	27 August 2014	4	2013
Germany	2nd in Second Round Group C	27 August 2014	23	2013
Netherlands	2nd in Second Round Group B	27 August 2014	15	1989
Poland	1st in Second Round Group C	27 August 2014	27	2013
Macedonia	2nd in Second Round Group D	27 August 2014	5	2013
Italy	1st in Second Round Group G	27 August 2014	36	2013
Russia	2nd in Second Round Group G	27 August 2014	12	2013
Iceland	2nd in Second Round Group A	27 August 2014	1	–

Draw

Seedings

FIBA Europe released the seedings for the EuroBasket 2015 draw on 27 November 2014.^[12] According to the FIBA Europe regulations the participating nations, the 10 participants of the 2014 World Cup would be seeded first, based on their respective records in FIBA EuroBasket 2013, with the remaining teams seeded based on their qualification records.^[12]

Team	Qualification	Position	Record
France	EuroBasket 2013	1
Lithuania	EuroBasket 2013	2
Spain	2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Host	3 (EuroBasket 2013)
Croatia	EuroBasket 2013	4
Slovenia	EuroBasket 2013	5
Ukraine	EuroBasket 2013	6
Serbia	EuroBasket 2013	7
Finland	2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Wildcard	8 (EuroBasket 2013)
Greece	2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Wildcard	11 (EuroBasket 2013)
Turkey	2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Wildcard	17 (EuroBasket 2013)
Latvia	2015 Round 2	Q1	6–0, 1.2398
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2015 Round 2	Q2	4–0, 1.1386
Poland	2015 Round 2	Q3	5–1, 1.2385
Belgium	2015 Round 2	Q4	5–1, 1.1979
Macedonia	2015 Round 2	Q5	5–1, 1.1450
Italy	2015 Round 2	Q6	3–1, 1.1654
Germany	2015 Round 2	Q7	4–2, 1.3243
Israel	2015 Round 2	Q8	4–2, 1.1195
Czech Republic	2015 Round 2	Q9	4–2, 1.1150
Georgia	2015 Round 2	Q10	4–2, 1.0558
Netherlands	2015 Round 2	Q11	4–2, 1.0107
Russia	2015 Round 2	Q12	2–2, 1.1679
Iceland	2015 Round 2	Q13	2–2, 0.9896
Estonia	2015 Round 1	Q1st	5–3, 1.1286

Final draw

 

Publicity onto the North Regional Council in Lille.

The draw took place on 8 December 2014 at 16:00 at Disneyland in Paris, France.^[13][14] Criteria for the draw was as follows:

• The four hosts were drawn together, but as Latvia were amongst the third seeded teams and Germany the fifth, only three teams would be in fourth and sixth pot containing the remaining seeds and these teams could not be drawn into groups with Latvia and Germany respectively.
• France and Croatia, as hosts, were drawn first and the two remaining first seeds, Spain and Lithuania, were drawn separately into the remaining two groups not already with a top-seeded team.
• In addition to this, following on from the exceptional circumstances leading to the relocation of 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. The selections were;
  • France and Finland
  • Germany and Turkey
  • Croatia and Slovenia
  • Latvia and Estonia ^[15][16]

Pot 1 (Hosts)	Pot 2 (Remaining First Seeds)	Pot 3 (Second Seeds)	Pot 4 (Remaining Third Seeds)	Pot 5 (Fourth Seeds)	Pot 6 (Remaining Fifth Seeds)	Pot 7 (Sixth Seeds)
Croatia   France   Germany   Latvia	Lithuania   Spain	Slovenia ^c   Ukraine   Serbia   Finland ^a	Greece   Turkey ^b   Bosnia and Herzegovina	Poland   Belgium   Macedonia   Italy	Israel   Czech Republic   Georgia	Netherlands   Russia   Iceland   Estonia ^d

^a Assigned to Group A, for its partnership with France.

^b Assigned to Group B, for its partnership with Germany.

^c Assigned to Group C, for its partnership with Croatia.

^d Assigned to Group D, for its partnership with Latvia.

Squads

Main article: EuroBasket 2015 squads

Preliminary round

The best four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage.^[17]

Group A

Main article: EuroBasket 2015 Group A

Venue: Montpellier, France

 

Tram painted to promote the EuroBasket 2015 in Montpellier

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	407	335	+72	10	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	Israel	5	3	2	375	384	−9	8^[a]
3	Poland	5	3	2	367	352	+15	8^[a]
4	Finland	5	2	3	387	392	−5	7
5	Russia	5	1	4	379	374	+5	6^[b]
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1	4	324	402	−78	6^[b]

Source: eurobasket2015.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

1. Poland–Israel 73–75
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina–Russia 61–81

5 September 2015
Poland		68–64		Bosnia and Herzegovina
Israel		76–73		Russia
France		97–87	(OT)	Finland
6 September 2015
Russia		79–82		Poland
Finland		66–79		Israel
Bosnia and Herzegovina		54–81		France
7 September 2015
Finland		81–79		Russia
Israel		84–86	(OT)	Bosnia and Herzegovina
France		69–66		Poland
9 September 2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina		59–88		Finland
Poland		73–75		Israel
Russia		67–74		France
10 September 2015
Finland		65–78		Poland
Bosnia and Herzegovina		61–81		Russia
Israel		61–86		France

Group B

Main article: EuroBasket 2015 Group B

Venue: Berlin, Germany

 

Italy and Germany during the national anthems.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	5	5	0	433	354	+79	10	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	Spain	5	3	2	448	411	+37	8^[a]
3	Italy	5	3	2	434	434	0	8^[a]
4	Turkey	5	3	2	429	459	−30	8^[a]
5	Germany	5	1	4	370	379	−9	6
6	Iceland	5	0	5	368	445	−77	5

Source: eurobasket2015.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

1. Spain 1–1, +20; Italy 1–1, +5; Turkey 1–1 −25

5 September 2015
Germany		71–65		Iceland
Spain		70–80		Serbia
Italy		87–89		Turkey
6 September 2015
Serbia		68–66		Germany
Iceland		64–71		Italy
Turkey		77–104		Spain
8 September 2015
Serbia		93–64		Iceland
Germany		75–80		Turkey
Spain		98–105		Italy
9 September 2015
Turkey		72–91		Serbia
Italy		89–82	(OT)	Germany
Iceland		73–99		Spain
10 September 2015
Serbia		101–82		Italy
Germany		76–77		Spain
Turkey		111–102	(OT)	Iceland

Group C

Main article: EuroBasket 2015 Group C

Venue: Zagreb, Croatia

 

Arena Zagreb ahead of EuroBasket 2015

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	5	5	0	387	340	+47	10	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	Croatia	5	3	2	359	343	+16	8^[a]
3	Slovenia	5	3	2	367	356	+11	8^[a]
4	Georgia	5	2	3	369	364	+5	7
5	Macedonia	5	1	4	324	381	−57	6^[b]
6	Netherlands	5	1	4	355	377	−22	6^[b]

Source: eurobasket2015.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

1. Croatia–Slovenia 80–73
2. Netherlands–Macedonia 71–78

5 September 2015
Georgia		72–73		Netherlands
Macedonia		65–85		Greece
Croatia		80–73		Slovenia
6 September 2015
Netherlands		71–78		Macedonia
Slovenia		79–68		Georgia
Greece		72–70		Croatia
8 September 2015
Slovenia		81–74		Netherlands
Georgia		68–79		Greece
Croatia		73–55		Macedonia
9 September 2015
Greece		83–72		Slovenia
Macedonia		75–90		Georgia
Netherlands		72–78		Croatia
10 September 2015
Slovenia		62–51		Macedonia
Georgia		71–58		Croatia
Greece		68–65		Netherlands

Group D

Main article: EuroBasket 2015 Group D

Venue: Riga, Latvia

 

EuroBasket 2015 fanzone in Riga

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	360	336	+24	9	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	Latvia	5	3	2	348	339	+9	8^[a]
3	Czech Republic	5	3	2	370	342	+28	8^[a]
4	Belgium	5	3	2	370	344	+26	8^[a]
5	Estonia	5	1	4	316	374	−58	6^[b]
6	Ukraine	5	1	4	349	378	−29	6^[b]

Source: eurobasket2015.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

1. Latvia 2–0; Czech Republic 1–1; Belgium 0–2
2. Ukraine–Estonia 71–78

5 September 2015
Czech Republic		80–57		Estonia
Belgium		67–78		Latvia
Lithuania		69–68		Ukraine
6 September 2015
Estonia		55–84		Belgium
Latvia		49–68		Lithuania
Ukraine		64–78		Czech Republic
7 September 2015
Lithuania		74–76		Belgium
Czech Republic		65–72		Latvia
Ukraine		71–78		Estonia
9 September 2015
Belgium		64–66		Czech Republic
Latvia		74–75		Ukraine
Estonia		62–64		Lithuania
10 September 2015
Ukraine		71–79		Belgium
Latvia		75–64		Estonia
Czech Republic		81–85	(OT)	Lithuania

Knockout stage

Main article: EuroBasket 2015 knockout stage

Venue: Lille, France

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

12 September

France

76

15 September

Turkey

53

France

84

12 September

Latvia

70

Latvia

73

17 September

Slovenia

66

France

75

12 September

Spain (OT)

80

Spain

80

15 September

Poland

66

Spain

73

12 September

Greece

71

Greece

75

20 September

Belgium

54

Spain

80

13 September

Lithuania

63

Serbia

94

16 September

Finland

81

Serbia

89

13 September

Czech Republic

75

Croatia

59

18 September

Czech Republic

80

Serbia

64

13 September

Lithuania

67

Third place game

Israel

52

16 September

20 September

Italy

82

Italy

85

France

81

13 September

Lithuania (OT)

95

Serbia

68

Lithuania

85

Georgia

81

Olympic qualifying bracket

The winners of the 5–8th place semifinals advanced to the qualification tournament. The 5–8th place semifinals losers played in the seventh place game to determine the last participant.

	5–8th place semifinals				Seventh place game
	17 September
	Greece	97
					18 September
	Latvia	90
					Latvia	70
	17 September
					Czech Republic	97
	Czech Republic	70
	Italy	85

Final

Main article: EuroBasket 2015 Final

20 September 2015 19:00

Boxscore

Spain	80–63	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 22–25, 19–10, 20–20
Pts: Gasol 25 Rebs: Gasol 12 Asts: Rodríguez 6		Pts: Kalnietis, Seibutis 13 Rebs: Valančiūnas 9 Asts: Kalnietis 5

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 27,372 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (Italy), Ilija Belošević (Serbia), Borys Ryzhyk (Ukraine)

EuroBasket 2015 champions
Spain Third title

Most Valuable Player
Pau Gasol

Final standings

Official final ranking by FIBA Europe.^[18]

 

Results

	Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
	Qualified to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as hosts^[note 1]
	Qualified to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Turkey qualified as a replacement invitee)

Rank	Team	Record	FIBA World Rankings
			Before	After	Change
	Spain	7–2	2	2	=0
	Lithuania	7–2	4	3	+1
	France	8–1	5	5	=0
4	Serbia	7–2	7	6	+1
5	Greece	7–1	10	10	=0
6	Italy	5–3	36	T-35	+1
7	Czech Republic	5–4	T-49	42	+7
8	Latvia	4–5	T-38	T-35	+3
9	Croatia	3–3	12	12	=0
10	Israel	3–3	T-38	37	+1
11	Poland	3–3	42	T-38	+4
12	Slovenia	3–3	13	13	=0
13	Belgium	3–3	T-51	44	+7
14	Turkey	3–3	8	8	=0
15	Georgia	2–4	54	47	+7
16	Finland	2–4	35	32	+3
17	Russia	1–4	6	7	–1
18	Germany	1–4	18	20	–2
19	Macedonia	1–4	32	34	–2
20	Estonia	1–4	NR	T-84	+4
21	Netherlands	1–4	NR	T-84	+4
22	Ukraine	1–4	40	T-38	+2
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–4	T-58	T-53	+5
24	Iceland	0–5	NR	T-84	+4

All-Tournament Team

• PG –   Sergio Rodríguez^[1]
• SG –   Nando de Colo
• SF –   Jonas Maciulis
• PF –   Pau Gasol (MVP)
• C –   Jonas Valanciunas

Statistical leaders

Points^[19] Name PPG   Pau Gasol 25.6   Dennis Schröder 21.0   Jan Veselý 19.3   Danilo Gallinari 17.9   Alessandro Gentile 16.8

Rebounds Name RPG   Andrey Vorontsevich 9.2   Jan Veselý 9.1   Kyrylo Fesenko 8.8   Pau Gasol 8.8   Jonas Valančiūnas 8.4

Assists Name APG   Mantas Kalnietis 7.8   Tomáš Satoranský 7.3   Miloš Teodosić 7.1   Petteri Koponen 6.0   Dmitry Khvostov   Dennis Schröder

Blocks Name BPG   Pau Gasol 2.3   Rudy Gobert 2.0   D'or Fischer 1.8   Jonas Valančiūnas 1.4   Erik Murphy 1.3

Steals Name SPG   Jonas Mačiulis 1.9   Yogev Ohayon 1.7   Tornike Shengelia   Alex Renfroe 1.6   Nicolas Batum 1.4

FIBA broadcasting rights

Country Broadcaster   Albania TVSH Digit-Alb   Argentina DirecTV   Belgium Be TV TELENET   Bosnia and Herzegovina FTV RTRS   Brazil SporTV ESPN Brasil   Bulgaria Diema Sport   China CCTV-5   Colombia DirecTV   Croatia HRT   Cyprus CYTA   Czech Republic ČTV   Denmark Viasat Sport   Estonia Viasat Sport Baltic TV6   Finland Viasat Sport Yle   France Canal+ Sport France Télévisions   Georgia GPB   Germany Das Erste ZDF Deutsche Telekom   Greece ANT1 Cosmote Sport   Hong Kong i-Cable   Iceland RÚV   India NEO Sports   Iran IRIB Varzesh   Israel Sport 5   Italy Sky Italia   Japan Fuji TV   Latvia LNT Viasat Sport Baltic   Lithuania TV3 Viasat Sport Baltic LRT Radijas   Macedonia Sitel   Malaysia Astro   Montenegro TV Vijesti   Netherlands Sport1   Norway Viasat Sport   Philippines Solar Basketball TV   Poland TVP Eleven Sports Network   Portugal Sport TV   Qatar beIN Sports Arabia   Romania Digi Sport   Russia Russia 2 NTV Plus   Serbia RTS   Singapore StarHub   Slovakia RTVS   Slovenia RTV Slovenija Šport TV   South Africa SuperSport   Spain Cuatro Telecinco Energy   Sweden TV10 Viasat Sport   Turkey NTV Spor   Ukraine 2+2   USA ESPN3

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