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The 2005 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2005, was held in Serbia and Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005. Greece won the gold medal, Germany won the silver while France won the bronze. Germany's Dirk Nowitzki was named the tournament MVP.
The FIBA European Basketball Championship is a bi-annual basketball competition between national teams organised by FIBA Europe, the sport's governing body in Europe. This was the third time that the championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade (previously in 1961 and 1975).
[edit] Venues
[edit] Belgrade
Belgrade, the capital of Serbia and Montenegro, was the main stage of the Eurobasket 2005 action. The Pionir Hall hosted Group C's six preliminary round games, while the Belgrade Arena hosted the competition following the preliminary round.
This was the third time that championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade. Belgrade has previously hosted the European basketball championships in 1961 and 1975.
[edit] Podgorica
Podgorica's Morača Sports Center hosted Group B, where six games were played. Being in Montenegro, it is the farthest locale from the central venue.
[edit] Novi Sad
Novi Sad, nicknamed "The City of Sports", is the capital of province of Vojvodina and home to the Spens Sports Center. The six Group D games were played there.
Vršac was home to Group A during the tournament, and also had a total of six games played in the 4,058 person capacity Millennium Center.
[edit] Qualification
For details on qualification, see Eurobasket 2005 (qualification).
[edit] Final Round
[edit] Preliminaries
| Team |
Pts |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
Diff |
1.  Russia |
5 |
2 |
1 |
223 |
186 |
+37 |
2.  Germany |
5 |
2 |
1 |
217 |
192 |
+25 |
3.  Italy |
5 |
2 |
1 |
244 |
231 |
+13 |
4.  Ukraine |
3 |
0 |
3 |
194 |
269 |
-75 |
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| September 16, 2005 |
| Bulgaria |
82 - 88 |
Croatia |
18:00 |
| Lithuania |
87 - 75 |
Turkey |
21:00 |
| September 17, 2005 |
| Croatia |
67 - 85 |
Lithuania |
18:00 |
| Turkey |
94 - 89 (OT) |
Bulgaria |
21:00 |
| September 18, 2005 |
| Lithuania |
92 - 79 |
Bulgaria |
18:00 |
| Croatia |
80 - 67 |
Turkey |
21:00 |
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| September 16, 2005 |
| Slovenia |
74 - 65 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
17:30 |
| France |
50 - 64 |
Greece |
20:30 |
| September 17, 2005 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
62 - 79 |
France |
17:30 |
| Greece |
56 - 68 |
Slovenia |
20:30 |
| September 18, 2005 |
| France |
58 - 68 |
Slovenia |
17:30 |
| Greece |
67 - 50 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
20:30 |
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| September 16, 2005 |
| Latvia |
65 - 74 |
Israel |
17:30 |
| Spain |
89 - 70 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
20:30 |
| September 17, 2005 |
| Spain |
114 - 109 (OT) |
Latvia |
17:30 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
93 - 77 |
Israel |
20:30 |
| September 18, 2005 |
| Israel |
85 - 77 |
Spain |
17:30 |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
82 -67 |
Latvia |
20:30 |
[edit] Elimination games
[edit] Quarter-finals
[edit] Classification 5-8
[edit] Semi-finals
[edit] Finals
Eurobasket 2005 Champion:
GREECE |
[edit] Conclusion
[edit] Final standings
| Place |
Team |
| 1 |
 Greece |
| 2 |
 Germany |
| 3 |
 France |
| 4 |
 Spain |
| 5 |
 Lithuania |
| 6 |
 Slovenia |
| 7 |
 Croatia |
| 8 |
 Russia |
| 9-12 |
 Israel |
|
 Italy |
|
 Serbia and Montenegro |
|
 Turkey |
| 13-16 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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 Bulgaria |
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 Latvia |
|
 Ukraine |
[edit] World championship qualification
[edit] Statistics
The top ten scorers were:
- Dirk Nowitzki (GER) - 26.1 ppg
- Juan Carlos Navarro (ESP) - 25.2 ppg
- Andrei Kirilenko (RUS) - 17.5 ppg
- Igor Rakočević (SCG) - 16.3 ppg
- Gordan Giriček (CRO) - 15.7 ppg
- Jorge Garbajosa (ESP) - 14.5 ppg
- Ramūnas Šiškauskas (LTU) - 14.0 ppg
- Boris Diaw (FRA) - 13.7 ppg
- Jaka Lakovič (SLO) - 12.8 ppg
- Spain scored a total of 522 points, with 87 points per game, even though they were only eighth in the field goal percentage, which was 42.7% in their six games at the tournament.
- Lithuania led the scoreboard in 2-pointers per game at 55.0%, followed by Serbia and Montenegro at 53.6%. With three-point field goals made per game, Croatia and Israel were tied at the top with 39.5%, although they were closely followed by Lithuania at 38.8%.
- Of the top ten games with the most free throws made, Spain held the first, second, third, seventh and eighth place, averaging 31.3 free throws per game. In their game against Latvia, they made 51 out of a total of 63 attempted free throws; a distant second although nonetheless impressive was the 38 free throws they made out of 49 attempts against Croatia. Their free throw percentage was 76.7%, just behind the leading Germany with 77.9%.
- The teams with the most rebounds per game were France, Russia and Slovenia. France played the two games with the most offensive rebounds, although the latter two offset it in the defensive rebound percentages.
- Lithuania and Israel topped the charts in both steals and assists, although Turkey snatched the title of the team with the most steals per game.
- The Croatia v. Turkey group-stage game (which ended with the score 80-67) was the game with the most turnovers for both teams, 27 each. In the same game, Croatia at one point had a 32-0 scoring streak that lasted over ten minutes.
[edit] Trivia
- Greece also won the 2004 UEFA European Football Championships, and is therefore the currently reigning champion in the two most popular team sports in Europe; this was previously achieved only by the USSR national basketball (1959) and football (1960) teams.
- Attendance of 19,500 in Belgrade Arena during final game (Greece v. Germany) was the highest ever recorded in Eurobasket tournaments.
[edit] External links
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