EuroBasket 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 →

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.

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]

Frenkie was the official mascot

Montpellier
Lille	Berlin Zagreb Riga Montpellier Lille EuroBasket 2015 (Europe)
Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Capacity: 27,500 (indoor configuration)

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 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

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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 cardat2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup	1 February 2014	13	2013
Greece	Wild cardat2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup	1 February 2014	25	2013
Turkey	Wild cardat2014 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	–

Seedings

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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

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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.

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

Group A

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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:

^ ^a ^b Poland–Israel 73–75

^ ^a ^b 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

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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:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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

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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:

^ ^a ^b Croatia–Slovenia 80–73

^ ^a ^b 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

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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:

^ ^a ^b ^c Latvia 2–0; Czech Republic 1–1; Belgium 0–2

^ ^a ^b 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

Venue: Lille, France

12 September

France

15 September

Turkey

France

12 September

Latvia

Latvia

17 September

Slovenia

France

12 September

Spain (OT)

Spain

15 September

Poland

Spain

12 September

Greece

Greece

20 September

Belgium

Spain

13 September

Lithuania

Serbia

16 September

Finland

Serbia

13 September

Czech Republic

Croatia

18 September

Czech Republic

Serbia

13 September

Lithuania

Third place game

Israel

16 September

20 September

Italy

Italy

France

13 September

Lithuania (OT)

Serbia

Lithuania

Georgia

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

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20 September 2015
19:00

Boxscore

Spain	80–63	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 22–25, 19–10, 20–20
Pts: Gasol25 Rebs: Gasol12 Asts: Rodríguez6		Pts: Kalnietis, Seibutis13 Rebs: Valančiūnas9 Asts: Kalnietis5

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

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
Rank	Team	Record	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

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	1.7
Alex Renfroe	1.6
Nicolas Batum	1.4

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

^ If the tournament is hosted by a team that has already qualified, the next-best team from the host country's federation will also qualify.

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^ FIBA Europe removes U-18 event from Ukraine but EuroBasket remains, for now

^ FIBA Europe Relocate EuroBasket 2015

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Contents

Host selection

Venues

Qualification

Qualified teams

Draw

Seedings

Final draw

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Final

Final standings

All-Tournament Team

Statistical leaders

FIBA broadcasting rights

References

External links

Languages