EuroBasket 2017

EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and held between 31 August and 17 September 2017. Beginning from 2017, the continental championships take place every four years with a similar system of qualification as for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.^[1]

EuroBasket 2017

Tournament details
Host countries	Finland Israel Romania Turkey
Dates	31 August – 17 September
Teams	24
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Slovenia (1st title)
Runners-up	Serbia
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played	76
Attendance	315,737 (4,154 per game)
MVP	Goran Dragić
Top scorer	Alexey Shved (24.3 points per game)
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Like the previous edition, the tournament was co-hosted by four countries. Games in the group stage were held in Turkey, Finland, Israel and Romania. The knock-out phase was played in Istanbul, Turkey.

Slovenia won their first-ever tournament after defeating Serbia 93–85 in the final.^[2] Spain won the bronze medal by beating Russia with the same result.^[3]

Host selection

A EuroBasket 2017 hashtag sign outside Istanbul's Abdi İpekçi Arena

Sam Dunk was the official mascot

Following the decision to relocate the 2015 tournament, original hosts Ukraine were offered the chance to host the 2017 edition, but they declined, citing the ongoing unrest in the country.^[4] Countries expressed interest in hosting were Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland (possible joint bid),^[5][6] Serbia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria (possible joint bid),^[7] United Kingdom,^[8][9] Israel,^[10] Poland,^[11] Slovenia,^[12] Belgium.^[13]

On 5 November 2015, FIBA Europe announced that five national federations have applied to organise the EuroBasket 2017: Finland, Israel, Poland, Romania and Turkey.^[14]

On 11 December 2015, FIBA Europe announced that the tournament will be hosted by four countries: Israel, Romania, Finland and Turkey with the knockout stage host at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul.^[15]

Venues

Istanbul	Istanbul Helsinki Tel Aviv Cluj-Napoca EuroBasket 2017 (Europe)
Sinan Erdem Dome
Capacity: 16,000
Istanbul
Ülker Sports Arena
Capacity: 13,000
Helsinki	Tel Aviv	Cluj-Napoca
Hartwall Arena	Menora Mivtachim Arena	BTarena
Capacity: 14,000	Capacity: 10,383	Capacity: 10,000[16]

Format

A total of 24 qualified teams played in groups of six; the four best teams in these groups advanced to a single-elimination knockout stage.^[17]

Qualification

Main article: EuroBasket 2017 qualification

The hosts (4 teams) and 2016 Summer Olympics or 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament participants (9 other teams) all qualified directly to the EuroBasket 2017.

The remaining 27 teams joined through qualification from 31 August 2016 to 17 September 2016 for 11 places.^[18]

Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	App	Last	Best placement in tournament
Finland	Host nation	11 December 2015	16th	2015	6th Place (1967)
Israel	Host nation	11 December 2015	29th	2015	Runners-up (1979)
Romania	Host nation	11 December 2015	18th	1987	5th Place (1957)
Turkey	Host nation	11 December 2015	24th	2015	Runners-up (2001)
Spain	1st in EuroBasket 2015	20 September 2015	31st	2015	Champions (2009, 2011, 2015)
Lithuania	2nd in EuroBasket 2015	20 September 2015	14th	2015	Champions (1937, 1939, 2003)
France	3rd in EuroBasket 2015	20 September 2015	38th	2015	Champions (2013)
Serbia	4th in EuroBasket 2015	20 September 2015	6th	2015	Runners-up (2009)
Greece	5th in EuroBasket 2015	20 September 2015	27th	2015	Champions (1987, 2005)
Italy	6th in EuroBasket 2015	20 September 2015	37th	2015	Champions (1983, 1999)
Czech Republic	7th in EuroBasket 2015	20 September 2015	5th	2015	7th Place (2015)
Latvia	8th in EuroBasket 2015	20 September 2015	14th	2015	Champions (1935)
Croatia	9th in EuroBasket 2015	20 September 2015	13th	2015	3rd Place (1993, 1995)
Belgium	1st in Qualification Group A	14 September 2016	17th	2015	4th Place (1947)
Germany	1st in Qualification Group B	17 September 2016	24th	2015	Champions (1993)
Russia	1st in Qualification Group C	10 September 2016	13th	2015	Champions (2007)
Poland	1st in Qualification Group D	17 September 2016	28th	2015	Runners-up (1963)
Slovenia	1st in Qualification Group E	14 September 2016	13th	2015	4th Place (2009)
Georgia	1st in Qualification Group F	17 September 2016	4th	2015	11th Place (2011)
Hungary	1st in Qualification Group G	14 September 2016	15th	1999	Champions (1955)
Iceland	2nd in Qualification Group A (top 4 ranked of 2nd-placed teams)	17 September 2016	2nd	2015	24th Place (2015)
Ukraine	2nd in Qualification Group E (top 4 ranked of 2nd-placed teams)	17 September 2016	8th	2015	6th Place (2013)
Montenegro	2nd in Qualification Group F (top 4 ranked of 2nd-placed teams)	14 September 2016	3rd	2013	17th Place (2013)
Great Britain	2nd in Qualification Group G (top 4 ranked of 2nd-placed teams)	17 September 2016	4th	2013	13th Place (2009, 2011, 2013)

Draw

The draw took place in Turkey on 22 November 2016.^[19][20]

Seedings

FIBA Europe released the seedings for the EuroBasket 2017 draw on 20 November 2016.^[21] According to the FIBA Europe regulations the participating nations, the 9 participants of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Olympic Qualifying Tournaments would be seeded first, based on their respective records in EuroBasket 2015, with the remaining teams seeded based on their qualification records.^[21]

As in the 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.

Host team	Chosen team	Date
Finland	Iceland	7 October 2016[22]
Israel	Lithuania	27 October 2016[23]
Romania	Hungary	3 November 2016[24]
Turkey	Russia	15 November 2016[25]

Team	Qualification	Position	Record (against top 3 in group)
Spain	2016 Olympics participant	1 (EuroBasket 2015)
Lithuania	2016 Olympics participant	2 (EuroBasket 2015)
France	2016 Olympics participant	3 (EuroBasket 2015)
Serbia	2016 Olympics participant	4 (EuroBasket 2015)
Greece	Olympic Qualifying Tournament participant	5 (EuroBasket 2015)
Italy	Olympic Qualifying Tournament participant	6 (EuroBasket 2015)
Czech Republic	Olympic Qualifying Tournament participant	7 (EuroBasket 2015)
Latvia	Olympic Qualifying Tournament participant	8 (EuroBasket 2015)
Croatia	2016 Olympics participant	9 (EuroBasket 2015)
Israel	Host country	10 (EuroBasket 2015)
Turkey	Host country	14 (EuroBasket 2015)
Finland	Host country	16 (EuroBasket 2015)
Russia	1st in 2017 qualification group C	Q1	4–0, 1.2213
Slovenia	1st in 2017 qualification group E	Q2	4–0, 1.1568
Hungary	1st in 2017 qualification group G	Q3	4–0, 1.1373
Georgia	1st in 2017 qualification group F	Q4	3–1, 1.2165
Germany	1st in 2017 qualification group B	Q5	3–1, 1.2016
Belgium	1st in 2017 qualification group A	Q6	3–1, 1.1875
Poland	1st in 2017 qualification group D	Q7	3–1, 1.1560
Montenegro	Best runner-up in EuroBasket 2017 qualification	Q8	3–1, 1.2234
Iceland	2nd best runner-up in EuroBasket 2017 qualification	Q9	3–1, 1.0876
Great Britain	3rd best runner-up in EuroBasket 2017 qualification	Q10	2–2, 1.0523
Ukraine	4th best runner-up in EuroBasket 2017 qualification	Q11	2–2, 0.9900
Romania	Host country	Did not qualify for EuroBasket 2015

Final draw

Seed 1	Seed 2	Seed 3	Seed 4	Seed 5	Seed 6
Spain  Lithuania b  France  Serbia	Greece  Italy  Czech Republic  Latvia	Croatia e  Israel b  Turkey d  Finland a	Russia d  Slovenia  Hungary c  Georgia	Germany  Belgium  Poland  Montenegro	Iceland a  Great Britain  Ukraine  Romania c

^a Finland was paired with Iceland before the draw.

^b Israel was paired with Lithuania before the draw.

^c Romania was paired with Hungary before the draw.

^d Turkey was paired with Russia before the draw.

^e Before the draw it was already certain that Croatia would end up in the group with Hungary and Romania, due to the assignments of Finland, Israel and Turkey in their pot.

Squads

Main article: EuroBasket 2017 squads

Preliminary round

Similar to EuroBasket 2015 the preliminary round is being played in four different venues in different countries. Each of the four groups exists of six teams, the best four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. The first matches were played on August 31 and the last are scheduled for September 7.^[26]

Group A

The home crowd cheering on the Finnish national team in Helsinki, Finland

Venue: Helsinki, Finland

Main article: EuroBasket 2017 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	5	5	0	446	384	+62	10	Knockout stage
2	Finland (H)	5	4	1	426	408	+18	9
3	France	5	3	2	450	422	+28	8
4	Greece	5	2	3	421	400	+21	7
5	Poland	5	1	4	411	414	−3	6
6	Iceland	5	0	5	355	481	−126	5

Source: EuroBasket
Rules for classification: 1) Points. 2) Head-to-head results. 3) Points difference. 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

31 August 2017
Slovenia		90–81		Poland
Iceland		61–90		Greece
France		84–86 OT		Finland
2 September 2017
Poland		91–61		Iceland
Greece		87–95		France
Finland		78–81		Slovenia
3 September 2017
France		115–79		Iceland
Slovenia		78–72		Greece
Finland		90–87 2OT		Poland
5 September 2017
Iceland		75–102		Slovenia
Poland		75–78		France
Greece		77–89		Finland
6 September 2017
Slovenia		95–78		France
Greece		95–77		Poland
Finland		83–79		Iceland

Group B

Venue: Tel Aviv, Israel

Main article: EuroBasket 2017 Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	426	359	+67	9	Knockout stage
2	Germany	5	3	2	355	346	+9	8[lower-alpha 1]
3	Italy	5	3	2	346	322	+24	8[lower-alpha 1]
4	Ukraine	5	2	3	367	392	−25	7[lower-alpha 2]
5	Georgia	5	2	3	390	394	−4	7[lower-alpha 2]
6	Israel (H)	5	1	4	358	429	−71	6

Source: EuroBasket
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Germany 61–55 Italy
2. Ukraine 88–81 Georgia

31 August 2017
Germany		75–63		Ukraine
Lithuania		77–79		Georgia
Italy		69–48		Israel
2 September 2017
Georgia		57–67		Germany
Ukraine		66–78		Italy
Israel		73–88		Lithuania
3 September 2017
Georgia		81–88		Ukraine
Lithuania		78–73		Italy
Germany		80–82		Israel
5 September 2017
Ukraine		62–94		Lithuania
Italy		55–61		Germany
Israel		91–104 OT		Georgia
6 September 2017
Germany		72–89		Lithuania
Georgia		69–71		Italy
Israel		64–88		Ukraine

Group C

Venue: Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Main article: EuroBasket 2017 Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	449	303	+146	10	Knockout stage
2	Croatia	5	4	1	397	336	+61	9
3	Montenegro	5	3	2	378	367	+11	8
4	Hungary	5	2	3	335	370	−35	7
5	Czech Republic	5	1	4	356	441	−85	6
6	Romania (H)	5	0	5	316	414	−98	5

Source: EuroBasket
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

1 September 2017
Hungary		58–67		Croatia
Spain		99–60		Montenegro
Romania		68–83		Czech Republic
2 September 2017
Montenegro		72–48		Hungary
Czech Republic		56–93		Spain
Croatia		74–58		Romania
4 September 2017
Hungary		85–73		Czech Republic
Montenegro		72–76		Croatia
Spain		91–50		Romania
5 September 2017
Czech Republic		75–88		Montenegro
Croatia		73–79		Spain
Romania		71–80		Hungary
7 September 2017
Czech Republic		69–107		Croatia
Hungary		64–87		Spain
Montenegro		86–69		Romania

Group D

Serbia against Turkey

Venue: Istanbul, Turkey

Main article: EuroBasket 2017 Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	5	4	1	400	353	+47	9[lower-alpha 1]	Knockout stage
2	Latvia	5	4	1	444	396	+48	9[lower-alpha 1]
3	Russia	5	4	1	378	366	+12	9[lower-alpha 1]
4	Turkey (H)	5	2	3	388	380	+8	7
5	Belgium	5	1	4	353	410	−57	6
6	Great Britain	5	0	5	390	448	−58	5

Source: EuroBasket
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Serbia 3 Pts, +7 PD; Latvia 3 Pts, +5 PD; Russia 3 Pts, −12 PD

1 September 2017
Belgium		103–90		Great Britain
Serbia		92–82		Latvia
Turkey		73–76		Russia
2 September 2017
Latvia		92–64		Belgium
Russia		75–72		Serbia
Great Britain		70–84		Turkey
4 September 2017
Latvia		97–92		Great Britain
Belgium		67–76		Russia
Serbia		80–74		Turkey
5 September 2017
Russia		69–84		Latvia
Great Britain		68–82		Serbia
Turkey		78–65		Belgium
7 September 2017
Russia		82–70		Great Britain
Belgium		54–74		Serbia
Latvia		89–79		Turkey

Knockout stage

Venue: Istanbul, Turkey

Main article: EuroBasket 2017 knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

9 September

Germany

84

12 September

France

81

Germany

72

10 September

Spain

84

Spain

73

14 September

Turkey

56

Spain

72

9 September

Slovenia

92

Slovenia

79

12 September

Ukraine

55

Slovenia

103

10 September

Latvia

97

Latvia

100

17 September

Montenegro

68

Slovenia

93

9 September

Serbia

85

Lithuania

64

13 September

Greece

77

Greece

69

10 September

Russia

74

Croatia

78

15 September

Russia

101

Russia

79

9 September

Serbia

87

Third place

Finland

57

13 September

17 September

Italy

70

Italy

67

Spain

93

10 September

Serbia

83

Russia

85

Serbia

86

Hungary

78

Final

Main article: EuroBasket 2017 Final

17 September 2017	Slovenia	93–85	Serbia	Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
21:30 UTC+3 (GMT+3)	Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 36–25, 15–20, 22–18
	Pts: Dragić 35 Rebs: Dragić, Dončić 7 Asts: Dragić, Prepelič 3	Boxscore	Pts: Bogdanović 22 Rebs: Lučić 8 Asts: Bogdanović 5	Attendance: 12,095 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (Brazil), Tolga Sahin (Italy), Antonio Conde (Spain)

Slovenia  v  Serbia

EuroBasket 2017 champions
Slovenia First title

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

Results

The Fan Zone, at Kansalaistori in Helsinki, Finland, during the 2017 EuroBasket

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	Slovenia	9	9	0	813	693	+120	18
	Serbia	9	7	2	741	670	+71	16
	Spain	9	8	1	771	608	+163	17
4	Russia	9	6	3	717	693	+24	15
5	Latvia	7	5	2	641	567	+74	12
6	Germany	7	4	3	511	511	0	11
7	Italy	7	4	3	483	462	+21	11
8	Greece	7	3	4	567	538	+29	10
9	Lithuania	6	4	2	490	436	+54	10
10	Croatia	6	4	2	475	437	+38	10
11	Finland	6	4	2	483	478	+5	10
12	France	6	3	3	531	506	+25	9
13	Montenegro	6	3	3	446	467	−21	9
14	Turkey	6	2	4	444	453	−9	8
15	Ukraine	6	2	4	422	471	−49	8
16	Hungary	6	2	4	413	456	−43	8
17	Georgia	5	2	3	390	394	−4	7
18	Poland	5	1	4	411	414	−3	6
19	Belgium	5	1	4	353	410	−57	6
20	Czech Republic	5	1	4	356	441	−85	6
21	Israel	5	1	4	358	429	−71	6
22	Great Britain	5	0	5	390	448	−58	5
23	Romania	5	0	5	316	414	−98	5
24	Iceland	5	0	5	355	481	−126	5

Source: FIBA

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Points[27] Name PPG Alexey Shved 24.3 Dennis Schröder 23.7 Kristaps Porziņģis 23.6 Goran Dragić 22.6 Bojan Bogdanović 22.5

Rebounds Name RPG Jonas Valančiūnas 12.0 Gabriel Olaseni 11.2 Zaza Pachulia 9.2 Luka Dončić 8.1 Nikola Vučević 8.0

Assists Name APG Mantas Kalnietis 7.2 Sergio Rodríguez 6.8 Tomáš Satoranský 6.6 Jānis Strēlnieks 6.6 Petteri Koponen 6.3

Blocks Name BPG Kristaps Porziņģis 1.9 Artem Pustovyi 1.7 Pau Gasol 1.5 Marc Gasol 1.4 Anthony Randolph Gašper Vidmar

Steals Name SPG Andrei Mandache 2.2 Marco Belinelli 2.1 Denys Lukashov 2.0 Cedi Osman Nando de Colo 1.8

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Goran Dragić[28]

All Tournament Team

• Goran Dragić^[28]
• Alexey Shved
• Bogdan Bogdanović
• Luka Dončić
• Pau Gasol

FIBA broadcasting rights

Country	Broadcaster
Albania	Radio Televizioni Shqiptar
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sport Klub
Brazil	Esporte Interativo
China	QQLive
Croatia	HRT, Sport Klub
Finland	YLE, Viasat Finland
Georgia	1TV
Germany	Deutsche Telekom
Greece	ERT
Hungary	M4 Sport
Israel	Sport 5
Italy	Sky Italy
Kosovo	RTK, Digitalb
Lithuania	TV3 Lithuania, Viasat Sport Baltic, Viaplay
Latvia	TV3 Latvia, TV6, Viasat Sport Baltic, Viaplay
Macedonia	Sport Klub
Montenegro	RTCG, Sport Klub
Poland	TVP
Romania	TVR
Russia	Match TV
Serbia	RTS, Sport Klub
Slovenia	Kanal A, Sport Klub
Spain	Cuatro, Be Mad TV
Sweden	TV3
Turkey	NTV Spor
Ukraine	XSPORT
United States	ESPN

Medal team rosters

1	2	3
Slovenia	Serbia	Spain
0 Anthony Randolph 1 Matic Rebec 3 Goran Dragić 6 Aleksej Nikolić 7 Klemen Prepelič 8 Edo Murić 11 Jaka Blažič 14 Gašper Vidmar 17 Saša Zagorac 22 Žiga Dimec 31 Vlatko Čančar 77 Luka Dončić Head coach: Igor Kokoškov	6 Milan Mačvan 7 Bogdan Bogdanović 11 Vladimir Lučić 12 Dragan Milosavljević 14 Stefan Birčević 15 Vladimir Štimac 19 Branko Lazić 22 Vasilije Micić 23 Marko Gudurić 24 Stefan Jović 32 Ognjen Kuzmić 51 Boban Marjanović Head coach: Aleksandar Đorđević	4 Pau Gasol 6 Sergio Rodríguez 7 Juan Carlos Navarro 9 Ricky Rubio 13 Marc Gasol 14 Willy Hernangómez 15 Joan Sastre 16 Guillem Vives 18 Pierre Oriola 19 Fernando San Emeterio 21 Álex Abrines 41 Juan Hernangómez Head coach: Sergio Scariolo

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External links

• Official website