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(Top) 1 Venues 2 Qualification 3 Format 4 Squads 5 Preliminary round 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 5.3 Group C 5.4 Group D 6 Knockout stage 6.1 Championship bracket 6.1.1 Play-off 6.1.2 Quarterfinals 6.1.3 Semifinals 6.1.4 Third place 6.1.5 Final 6.2 5th to 8th place 7 Statistical Leaders 7.1 Individual Tournament Highs 7.2 Individual Game Highs 7.3 Team Tournament Highs 7.4 Team Game highs 8 Awards 9 Final standings 10 References 11 External links

EuroBasket 2003

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EuroBasket 2003
Tournament details
Official logo of the EuroBasket 2003
Host country	Sweden
Dates	5–14 September
Teams	16
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Lithuania (3rd title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Games played	40
MVP	Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Top scorer	Pau Gasol (25.8 points per game)
← 2001 2005 →

The 2003 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2003, was the 33rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as the Europe qualifier for the 2004 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to the top three teams in the final standings. It was held in Sweden between 5 September and 14 September 2003. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Borås, Luleå, Norrköping, Södertälje and Stockholm hosted the tournament. Lithuania won its third FIBA European title by defeating Spain with a 93–84 score in the final. Lithuania's Šarūnas Jasikevičius was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues

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Location	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Borås Luleå Norrköping Södertälje Stockholm	Borås	Boråshallen	3,000	Opened in 1957	Group D
	Luleå	Coop Norrbotten Arena	6,500	Opened in 1970	Group A
	Norrköping	Himmelstalundshallen	4,280	Opened in 1977	Group B
	Södertälje	Scaniarinken	7,250	Opened in 1970	Group C
	Stockholm	Stockholm Globe Arena	7,250	Opened in 1989	Knockout stages

Qualification

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Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	–	1	Sweden
Champions of 2002 FIBA World Championship	29 August – 8 September 2002	1	Serbia and Montenegro
Qualified through Qualifying Round	21 November 2001 – 25 January 2003	14	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia France Germany Greece Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Russia Slovenia Spain Turkey Ukraine

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Bosnia and Herzegovina France Italy Slovenia	Germany Israel Latvia Lithuania	Russia Serbia and Montenegro Spain Sweden	Croatia Greece Turkey Ukraine

Format

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The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The first team from each group qualified directly to the knockout stage. To define the other four teams that advanced to the knockout stage, second and third-placed teams from each group where cross-paired (2A vs. 3B, 3A vs. 2B, 2C vs. 3D, 3C vs. 2D) and the winner from each match advanced to the knockout stage.
In the knockout quarterfinals, the winners advanced to the semifinals. The winners from the semifinals competed for the championship in the final, while the losing teams play a consolation game for the third place.
The losing teams from the quarterfinals play in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Squads

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At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Preliminary round

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	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Qualified for the second round

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	271	210	+61	6
Slovenia	3	2	1	232	217	+15	5
Italy	3	1	2	199	234	−35	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	210	251	−41	3

September 5
18:00

Slovenia	77–67	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 18–20, 21–18, 20–15

France	98–76	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 29–22, 18–22, 27–15, 24–17

Bosnia and Herzegovina	62–73	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 12–13, 19–11, 8–25

Italy	52–85	France
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 9–18, 14–22, 11–24