EuroBasket 2015
| File:EuroBasket 2015 logo.png | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | France Croatia Germany Latvia |
| Dates | 5–20 September |
| Teams | 24 |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania |
| Third place | File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 79 |
| Attendance | 711,131 (9,002 per game) |
| MVP | Spain Pau Gasol |
| Top scorer | Spain Pau Gasol (25.6 points per game) |
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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. The top two teams (Spain and Lithuania) qualified for 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]
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 | 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 |
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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
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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]
Final draw
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;
Squads
Preliminary round
The best four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage.[17]
Group A
Venue: Montpellier, France
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 407 | 335 | +72 | 10 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 2 | File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 5 | 3 | 2 | 375 | 384 | −9 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 367 | 352 | +15 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 387 | 392 | −5 | 7 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 379 | 374 | +5 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 6 | File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 1 | 4 | 324 | 402 | −78 | 6[lower-alpha 2] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
Group B
Venue: Berlin, Germany
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 433 | 354 | +79 | 10 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 2 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 448 | 411 | +37 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 434 | 434 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 429 | 459 | −30 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 370 | 379 | −9 | 6 | |
| 6 | File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 368 | 445 | −77 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | 5 | 5 | 0 | 387 | 340 | +47 | 10 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 2 | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 359 | 343 | +16 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 367 | 356 | +11 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 369 | 364 | +5 | 7 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 324 | 381 | −57 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 6 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 4 | 355 | 377 | −22 | 6[lower-alpha 2] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 336 | +24 | 9 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 2 | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 348 | 339 | +9 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 370 | 342 | +28 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 5 | 3 | 2 | 370 | 344 | +26 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 316 | 374 | −58 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 6 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 4 | 349 | 378 | −29 | 6[lower-alpha 2] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
Knockout stage
Venue: Lille, France
- 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 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | 97 | |||||
| 18 September | ||||||
| File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 90 | |||||
| File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 70 | |||||
| 17 September | ||||||
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 97 | |||||
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 70 | |||||
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 85 | |||||
Final
20 September 2015
19:00 |
| Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 80–63 | File:Flag of Lithuania.svg 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 |
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| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Third title |
| Most Valuable Player |
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| Spain Pau Gasol |
Final standings
Official final ranking by FIBA Europe.[18]
| 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) |
All-Tournament Team
- PG – Spain Sergio Rodríguez[1]
- SG – France Nando de Colo
- SF – Lithuania Jonas Mačiulis
- PF – Spain Pau Gasol (MVP)
- C – Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas
Statistical leaders
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FIBA broadcasting rights
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Spain Claim Gold In Front Of Record Audience". eurobasket2015.org. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ↑ "France Reward Home Support With Bronze". eurobasket2015.org. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ↑ "Attendance Record Falls Again - EuroBasket (2015) - FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ↑ Ukraine to host Eurobasket 2015, Eurosport (18 December 2011)
- ↑ "Ukraine gives up hosting rights to EuroBasket 2015". 19 March 2014.
- ↑ Clarification on 'Hosts withdrawal' claims; FIBA Europe, 19 March 2014
- ↑ FIBA Europe removes U-18 event from Ukraine but EuroBasket remains, for now
- ↑ FIBA Europe Relocate EuroBasket 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 FIBA Europe - Eight bid to host EuroBasket 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "EuroBasket 2015 Hosts Announced". FIBA Europe. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ↑ FIBA Europe.com (1 September 2013). "Estonia book flight to Ukraine". Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "EuroBasket Draw Seedings Announced". fibaeurope.com. 27 November 2014.
- ↑ "Disneyland Paris To Host EuroBasket Draw". fibaeurope.com. 29 October 2014.
- ↑ "EuroBasket 2015 Draw Completed". fibaeurope.com. 8 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ↑ "Eurobasket 2015 Draw: How will it work". fibaeurope.com. 7 December 2014.
- ↑ "2015 EuroBasket Official Draw".
- ↑ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ↑ "EuroBasket 2015 final standings". Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ "Statistical leader – Players". Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
External links
- EuroBasket 2015
- EuroBasket
- 2015–16 in European basketball
- September 2015 sports events in Europe
- International basketball competitions hosted by France
- International basketball competitions hosted by Croatia
- International basketball competitions hosted by Germany
- International basketball competitions hosted by Latvia
- 2015 in French sport
- 2015 in Croatian sport
- 2015 in German sport
- 2015 in Latvian sport
- Sport in Lille
- Sport in Montpellier
- Sports competitions in Zagreb
- Sports competitions in Riga
- Basketball competitions in Berlin