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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.
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Tournament details | |
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Host countries | France Croatia Germany Latvia |
Dates | 5–20 September |
Teams | 24 |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 79 |
Attendance | 711,131 (9,002 per game) |
MVP | ![]() |
Top scorer | ![]() (25.6 points per game) |
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.
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]
Lille | ||
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Stade Pierre-Mauroy | ||
Capacity: 27,500 (indoor configuration) | ||
Montpellier | ||
Park&Suites Arena | ||
Capacity: 10,700 | ||
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Zagreb | Berlin | Riga |
Arena Zagreb | Mercedes-Benz Arena | Arena Riga |
Capacity: 16,500 | Capacity: 14,500 | Capacity: 11,200 |
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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.
Team | Qualification | Date of qualification | Tournament appearance | Last appearance |
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![]() | Host nation of 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup & 3rd place of FIBA EuroBasket 2013 | 23 May 2009 | 30 | 2013 |
![]() | 6th place at FIBA EuroBasket 2013 | 18 December 2011 (as initial host) | 7 | 2013 |
![]() | Winners of 1st round of FIBA EuroBasket 2015 qualification | 1 September 2013[11] | 5 | 2001 |
![]() | Winners of FIBA EuroBasket 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 37 | 2013 |
![]() | 5th place at FIBA EuroBasket 2013 | 19 September 2013 | 12 | 2013 |
![]() | 4th place at FIBA EuroBasket 2013 | 19 September 2013 | 12 | 2013 |
![]() | Runner-up at FIBA EuroBasket 2013 | 19 September 2013 | 13 | 2013 |
![]() | 7th place at FIBA EuroBasket 2013 | 21 September 2013 | 5 | 2013 |
![]() | Wild card at 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup | 1 February 2014 | 13 | 2013 |
![]() | Wild card at 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup | 1 February 2014 | 25 | 2013 |
![]() | Wild card at 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup | 1 February 2014 | 22 | 2013 |
![]() | 1st in Second round Group F | 24 August 2014 | 13 | 2013 |
![]() | 1st in Second round Group B | 24 August 2014 | 28 | 2013 |
![]() | 1st in Second round Group A | 24 August 2014 | 9 | 2013 |
![]() | 1st in Second round Group D | 24 August 2014 | 16 | 2013 |
![]() | 1st in Second round Group E | 27 August 2014 | 3 | 2013 |
![]() | 2nd in Second round Group E | 27 August 2014 | 4 | 2013 |
![]() | 2nd in Second round Group C | 27 August 2014 | 23 | 2013 |
![]() | 2nd in Second round Group B | 27 August 2014 | 15 | 1989 |
![]() | 1st in Second round Group C | 27 August 2014 | 27 | 2013 |
![]() | 2nd in Second round Group D | 27 August 2014 | 5 | 2013 |
![]() | 1st in Second round Group G | 27 August 2014 | 36 | 2013 |
![]() | 2nd in Second round Group G | 27 August 2014 | 12 | 2013 |
![]() | 2nd in Second round Group A | 27 August 2014 | 1 | – |
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 |
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![]() | EuroBasket 2013 | 1 | |
![]() | EuroBasket 2013 | 2 | |
![]() | 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Host | 3 (EuroBasket 2013) | |
![]() | EuroBasket 2013 | 4 | |
![]() | EuroBasket 2013 | 5 | |
![]() | EuroBasket 2013 | 6 | |
![]() | EuroBasket 2013 | 7 | |
![]() | 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Wildcard | 8 (EuroBasket 2013) | |
![]() | 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Wildcard | 11 (EuroBasket 2013) | |
![]() | 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Wildcard | 17 (EuroBasket 2013) | |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q1 | 6–0, 1.2398 |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q2 | 4–0, 1.1386 |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q3 | 5–1, 1.2385 |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q4 | 5–1, 1.1979 |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q5 | 5–1, 1.1450 |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q6 | 3–1, 1.1654 |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q7 | 4–2, 1.3243 |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q8 | 4–2, 1.1195 |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q9 | 4–2, 1.1150 |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q10 | 4–2, 1.0558 |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q11 | 4–2, 1.0107 |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q12 | 2–2, 1.1679 |
![]() | 2015 Round 2 | Q13 | 2–2, 0.9896 |
![]() | 2015 Round 1 | Q1st | 5–3, 1.1286 |
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:
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) |
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The best four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage.[17]
Venue: Montpellier, France
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 407 | 335 | +72 | 10 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 375 | 384 | −9 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 367 | 352 | +15 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 3 | 387 | 392 | −5 | 7 | |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | 379 | 374 | +5 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | 324 | 402 | −78 | 6[lower-alpha 2] |
5 September 2015 | |||||
Poland ![]() | 68–64 | ![]() | |||
Israel ![]() | 76–73 | ![]() | |||
France ![]() | 97–87 | (OT) | ![]() | ||
6 September 2015 | |||||
Russia ![]() | 79–82 | ![]() | |||
Finland ![]() | 66–79 | ![]() | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 54–81 | ![]() | |||
7 September 2015 | |||||
Finland ![]() | 81–79 | ![]() | |||
Israel ![]() | 84–86 | (OT) | ![]() | ||
France ![]() | 69–66 | ![]() | |||
9 September 2015 | |||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 59–88 | ![]() | |||
Poland ![]() | 73–75 | ![]() | |||
Russia ![]() | 67–74 | ![]() | |||
10 September 2015 | |||||
Finland ![]() | 65–78 | ![]() | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 61–81 | ![]() | |||
Israel ![]() | 61–86 | ![]() |
Venue: Berlin, Germany
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 433 | 354 | +79 | 10 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 448 | 411 | +37 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 434 | 434 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 429 | 459 | −30 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | 370 | 379 | −9 | 6 | |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 5 | 368 | 445 | −77 | 5 |
5 September 2015 | |||||
Germany ![]() | 71–65 | ![]() | |||
Spain ![]() | 70–80 | ![]() | |||
Italy ![]() | 87–89 | ![]() | |||
6 September 2015 | |||||
Serbia ![]() | 68–66 | ![]() | |||
Iceland ![]() | 64–71 | ![]() | |||
Turkey ![]() | 77–104 | ![]() | |||
8 September 2015 | |||||
Serbia ![]() | 93–64 | ![]() | |||
Germany ![]() | 75–80 | ![]() | |||
Spain ![]() | 98–105 | ![]() | |||
9 September 2015 | |||||
Turkey ![]() | 72–91 | ![]() | |||
Italy ![]() | 89–82 | (OT) | ![]() | ||
Iceland ![]() | 73–99 | ![]() | |||
10 September 2015 | |||||
Serbia ![]() | 101–82 | ![]() | |||
Germany ![]() | 76–77 | ![]() | |||
Turkey ![]() | 111–102 | (OT) | ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 387 | 340 | +47 | 10 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 359 | 343 | +16 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 367 | 356 | +11 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 3 | 369 | 364 | +5 | 7 | |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | 324 | 381 | −57 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | 355 | 377 | −22 | 6[lower-alpha 2] |
5 September 2015 | |||||
Georgia ![]() | 72–73 | ![]() | |||
Macedonia ![]() | 65–85 | ![]() | |||
Croatia ![]() | 80–73 | ![]() | |||
6 September 2015 | |||||
Netherlands ![]() | 71–78 | ![]() | |||
Slovenia ![]() | 79–68 | ![]() | |||
Greece ![]() | 72–70 | ![]() | |||
8 September 2015 | |||||
Slovenia ![]() | 81–74 | ![]() | |||
Georgia ![]() | 68–79 | ![]() | |||
Croatia ![]() | 73–55 | ![]() | |||
9 September 2015 | |||||
Greece ![]() | 83–72 | ![]() | |||
Macedonia ![]() | 75–90 | ![]() | |||
Netherlands ![]() | 72–78 | ![]() | |||
10 September 2015 | |||||
Slovenia ![]() | 62–51 | ![]() | |||
Georgia ![]() | 71–58 | ![]() | |||
Greece ![]() | 68–65 | ![]() |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 336 | +24 | 9 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 348 | 339 | +9 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 370 | 342 | +28 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 370 | 344 | +26 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | 316 | 374 | −58 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | 349 | 378 | −29 | 6[lower-alpha 2] |
5 September 2015 | |||||
Czech Republic ![]() | 80–57 | ![]() | |||
Belgium ![]() | 67–78 | ![]() | |||
Lithuania ![]() | 69–68 | ![]() | |||
6 September 2015 | |||||
Estonia ![]() | 55–84 | ![]() | |||
Latvia ![]() | 49–68 | ![]() | |||
Ukraine ![]() | 64–78 | ![]() | |||
7 September 2015 | |||||
Lithuania ![]() | 74–76 | ![]() | |||
Czech Republic ![]() | 65–72 | ![]() | |||
Ukraine ![]() | 71–78 | ![]() | |||
9 September 2015 | |||||
Belgium ![]() | 64–66 | ![]() | |||
Latvia ![]() | 74–75 | ![]() | |||
Estonia ![]() | 62–64 | ![]() | |||
10 September 2015 | |||||
Ukraine ![]() | 71–79 | ![]() | |||
Latvia ![]() | 75–64 | ![]() | |||
Czech Republic ![]() | 81–85 | (OT) | ![]() |
Venue: Lille, France
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
12 September | ||||||||||||||
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15 September | ||||||||||||||
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12 September | ||||||||||||||
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17 September | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 66 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 75 | |||||||||||||
12 September | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 80 | |||||||||||||
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15 September | ||||||||||||||
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12 September | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 75 | |||||||||||||
20 September | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 80 | |||||||||||||
13 September | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 94 | |||||||||||||
16 September | ||||||||||||||
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13 September | ||||||||||||||
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18 September | ||||||||||||||
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13 September | ||||||||||||||
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16 September | 20 September | |||||||||||||
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13 September | ||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||
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18 September | ||||||
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17 September | ||||||
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20 September 2015 19:00 |
Spain ![]() |
80–63 | ![]() |
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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![]() Spain Third title |
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) |
Rank | Team | Record | FIBA World Rankings | ||
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Before | After | Change | |||
![]() | ![]() | 7–2 | 2 | 2 | =0 |
![]() | ![]() | 7–2 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
![]() | ![]() | 8–1 | 5 | 5 | =0 |
4 | ![]() | 7–2 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
5 | ![]() | 7–1 | 10 | 10 | =0 |
6 | ![]() | 5–3 | 36 | T-35 | +1 |
7 | ![]() | 5–4 | T-49 | 42 | +7 |
8 | ![]() | 4–5 | T-38 | T-35 | +3 |
9 | ![]() | 3–3 | 12 | 12 | =0 |
10 | ![]() | 3–3 | T-38 | 37 | +1 |
11 | ![]() | 3–3 | 42 | T-38 | +4 |
12 | ![]() | 3–3 | 13 | 13 | =0 |
13 | ![]() | 3–3 | T-51 | 44 | +7 |
14 | ![]() | 3–3 | 8 | 8 | =0 |
15 | ![]() | 2–4 | 54 | 47 | +7 |
16 | ![]() | 2–4 | 35 | 32 | +3 |
17 | ![]() | 1–4 | 6 | 7 | –1 |
18 | ![]() | 1–4 | 18 | 20 | –2 |
19 | ![]() | 1–4 | 32 | 34 | –2 |
20 | ![]() | 1–4 | NR | T-84 | +4 |
21 | ![]() | 1–4 | NR | T-84 | +4 |
22 | ![]() | 1–4 | 40 | T-38 | +2 |
23 | ![]() | 1–4 | T-58 | T-53 | +5 |
24 | ![]() | 0–5 | NR | T-84 | +4 |
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