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EuroBasket 2011

EuroBasket 2011


EuroBasket 2011
37th FIBA European Basketball Championship
EuroBasket 2011 logo.jpg
Official website
Eurobasket 2011
Tournament details
Host nation Lithuania
Dates 31 August – 18 September
Teams 24 (from 49 federations)
Venues 6 (in 6 host cities)
Champions Spain (2nd title)
MVP Spain Juan Carlos Navarro[1]
Tournament statistics

Players Teams
PPG France Parker (22.1) Spain (85.2)
Rebounds Germany Kaman (10.0) Lithuania (39.0)
Assists Serbia Teodosić (5.7) Spain (19.5)
Postage stamp issued to commemorate the European Basketball Championship 2011
Slovenian national team bus in Vilnius during EuroBasket 2011.
Huge ball for EuroBasket 2011 in Vilnius.
Baskets and balls in Vilnius center.
1 Litas coin for EuroBasket 2011.
Huge ball in Vilnius center.
Semi-finals: Russia vs. France

EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time Eurobasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the 1939 championship. FIBA Europe asserted that Lithuania managed to organize the best European championship in its history.[2] The top two teams are guaranteed spots at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Eurobasket 2011 was the largest sporting event in the history of the Baltic States both in terms of the number of national teams (24), matches (90)and that of spectators (158 000 tickets sold with most tickets valid for 3 separate matches.)[3]

Spain won the title for the second consecutive tournament after defeating France 98–85 in the final.[4]

Contents




Venues and attendances

The group matches were played in four arenas, namely Alytus Arena, Šiauliai Arena, Cido Arena in Panevėžys and an arena in Klaipėda. The second stage matches were played at the Siemens Arena in the capital Vilnius and the playoffs at the new Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas.

All tickets were sold for matches in which Lithuania played in a matter of several hours after the start of sale. Other tickets were also sold out in advance for all venues except for Alytus (75% of available tickets sold in total). However the FIBA policy of selling tickets for 3 games at once meant that in some cases the sold-out arenas were not full as some fans would choose to go to only some of the games their ticket entitled them to. This FIBA policy was altered in Panevėžys where there were separate tickets for the games Lithuania played.

20 000 foreign visitors went to Lithuania for the championship. 135 000 local fans visited the arenas. 120 000 people (both local and foreign) watched Eurobasket 2011 matches in special fan zones that were constructed beside every arena with a large screen and outdoor seating available.[5]

Among the foreign teams the Georgian, Slovenian, Russian and Latvian national teams had the most fans travelling from their home countries. Georgians had certain city squares decorated in their flags in both Klaipėda and Vilnius.

Several famous people and heads of states went to championship. This included the president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili, vice-prime minister of Russia Sergei Lavrov and prince of Spain Felipe.

Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round
Žalgiris Arena exterior 18 Aug 2011.jpg Kaunas Žalgiris Arena 15,442 Opened in 2011 Knockout stage
Siemens Arena.jpg Vilnius Siemens Arena 11,000 Opened in 2004 Group E, Group F
SiauliuArena.jpg Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena 5,700 Opened in 2007 Group B
Cido arena.jpg Panevėžys Cido Arena 5,656 Opened in 2008 Group A
Alytaus arena.JPG Alytus Alytus Arena 5,500 Opened in 1981, reopened after reconstruction in 2011 Group C
Neptuno-lkl-sezono-startas---svyturio-arenoje2.jpg Klaipėda Švyturio Arena 5,486 Opened in 2011 Group D


Teams

Eurobasket 2011 participants.

It was first decided that 16 teams would participate in Eurobasket 2011, however FIBA Europe decided on 5 September 2010, in a meeting in Istanbul, that there would be 24 teams in the tournament, after the Qualifying Round was concluded.[6]

Lithuania automatically received a place as the hosts, nine other countries that competed in the 2010 FIBA world championship also received a place, 12 Countries were determined through qualifying matches played on August 2010 (five had initially qualified, and seven were added after the decision to expand the tournament to 24 teams),[7] and two more qualifiers were decided in an additional qualifying tournament that took place in August 2011. All but one of the 15 countries that participated in the Qualifying Round qualified for the final tournament.


Qualification


Qualified teams

Competition Date Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1 Lithuania
Participant of 2010 FIBA World Championship 28 August – 12 September 2010 9 Croatia
France
Germany
Greece
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Turkey
Qualified through Qualifying Round 2 August 2010 – 29 August 2010 5 Belgium
Great Britain
Israel
Macedonia
Montenegro
Qualified through FIBA Europe decision 5 September 2010 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Georgia
Italy
Latvia
Poland
Ukraine
Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round 9 August 2011 – 24 August 2011 2 Finland
Portugal


Squads

Each team consisted of 12 players. Only 1 among the 12 could be a naturalised foreign player, who could not have been in the national team of another nation. Some of the teams had players that traced their ancestry to the teams they represent and were allowed to play for that team, such as Germany (US-born Chris Kaman) and Israel (US-born David Blu, who as Jewish was entitled to Israeli citizenship from birth). Other teams naturalised players participating in their country's league system, among them Spain (Congolese-born Serge Ibaka), Croatia (US-born Dontaye Draper), Bulgaria (US-born E. J. Rowland), Belgium (US-born Marcus Faison), and Poland (US-born Thomas Kelati, who qualified for Polish citizenship through marriage to a Pole). Montenegro and Macedonia each naturalised US-born players who had never played in their league system, but had played in neighbouring Serbia, respectively Omar Cook and Bo McCalebb. Other naturalised players moved to their current countries in their youth, with a notable example being Great Britain's Luol Deng, who fled the Sudanese Civil War with his family as a child.

Lithuania, Serbia, Portugal (Cape Verde was a Portuguese colony) and Finland are notable exceptions, with all of their players having been born in Lithuania, Portugal, Serbia and Finland respectively. Another exception was Latvia playing without foreign players. Turkey was made up entirely of natural-born citizens, although Enes Kanter was born to Turkish parents in Switzerland.

Some of the Eastern European national teams, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, were composed mainly or entirely from players playing abroad. This was primarily true for countries that have good basketball players but no powerful clubs or leagues to match that.

On the other hand, for countries with strong leagues, such as Italy, the National teams were primarily composed of players playing in the local league. The same was true for countries weak in basketball (i.e. with both weak national team and local league) as their players are unable to get into strong foreign leagues. Portugal could be an example here.

Many NBA players represented their national teams, with the Spanish team having 6 NBA stars, the French team having 5, the Turkish team having 4, and so on.


Group draw and championship system

The draw ceremony held on 30 January 2011 in the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Vilnius, divided the qualified teams into four groups of six, groups A, B, C, and D. The hosts of the evening were Jurgita Jurkutė and Vytautas Rumšas. The balls were drawn by retired basketball players European champions and Olympic medalists Stasys Stonkus, Modestas Paulauskas, Dino Meneghin, Sergėjus Jovaiša, Alexander Anatolyevich Volkov and Arvydas Sabonis. A special concert followed the draw where a song was dedicated for each of the participating nations.

It was decided that Group A games would take place in Panevėžys, Group B in Šiauliai, Group C in Alytus and Group D in Klaipėda.

Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6

Spain
Serbia
Greece
Slovenia

France
Croatia
Russia
Turkey

Lithuania
Germany
Montenegro
Belgium

Great Britain
Macedonia
Israel
Georgia

Italy
Bulgaria
Poland
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ukraine
Latvia
Portugal
Finland

In the first stage every team had to play against every other team of their group (round robin). This meant five matches per team.

From every group the 3 best teams advanced to the second stage and the 3 worst teams were eliminated. In the second stage 2 new groups were formed. The 3 best teams from groups A and B were united to form group E whereas the 3 best teams from groups C and D were united to form group F.

In these two new groups of the second stage only matches by teams that had not yet played each other had to be played. As for the matches that had already happened in the first stage their results would also count in the second stage. Therefore every team played 3 matches and there were 12 teams in the second stage.

Out of the second stage the 4 best teams from each of the two groups advanced to the quarterfinals (8 teams in total) whereas the 2 worst teams were eliminated from championship (4 teams in total).


Logo, official song and mascot of the championship

A Public contest was introduced to create the logo for the competition. 49 designs were presented initially to the organizers and the best 3 were sent to FIBA Europe, which selected the winning design. The author of it was designer Kęstutis Koira. The EuroBasket 2011 logo was unveiled on 24 January 2009 in Cido Arena, Panevėžys, during the final game of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation Cup. It displays the Columns of Gediminas overlaid on a backboard.

Lithuania is the first host country of EuroBasket to have an official EuroBasket song. A song Celebrate basketball written by Marijonas Mikutavičius and performed by Mia, Mantas Jankavičius and Marijonas Mikutavičius was chosen by a televoting in Lithuania. There are two versions of the song – in Lithuanian[8] and English.[9] Later, another version was added – "Nebetyli sirgaliai" (lit. The Fans are no Longer Quiet).

The mascot of the championship was Amberis. Its head was in the form and color of a piece of amber. The name "Amberis" is a pormanteau of the English word "Amber" and the Lithuanian nominative case masculine gender ending "is". The real word for "Amber" in Lithuanian is "Gintaras". There was an Amberis in every arena and quite frequently there were more than a single Amberis at a time interacting with each other as well as spectators. On the screens in the arenas a "legend" was shown where a piece of amber was given by a coach to a young basketball player to bring him luck and this piece turned into Amberis.


Special events

Basketball enjoys extraordinary popularity in Lithuania. As such, many events were organized to mark the championship, including:

  • In summer 2011 a dribble marathon around the whole of Lithuania was organized. Groups of people would dribble from one town to the next one, where they would give the balls to another set of people who would then dribble to the next town and so on. Every town of Lithuania was visited with TV documenting the events every day. Among the people who took part in the event were the president of Lithuania, several ministers, mayors, sportsmen, opera and ballet stars and so on. In the end the 13 balls were given to the Lithuanian National Basketball team on 29 August 2011.
  • On 29 August 2011, Lithuania set a new record for simultaneous dribbling, previously held by Poland. 60,000 Lithuanians from Vilnius, Kaunas, Panevėžys, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Alytus dribbled Molten balls simultaneously, beating Poland's record of 30,000 people.
  • The Vilnius TV Tower observation deck was turned into a large basketball basket. It was made of lights that shone in the dark. The "basket" was 160 meters tall, higher than any other building in Lithuania.
  • Composer Vidmantas Bartulis and poet Gintaras Patackas wrote an oratorio for basketball called "That Space-like Feeling of Basketball" ("Tas kosminis krepšinio jausmas"). This oratorio, praising basketball and Kauno Žalgiris team, was performed during the opening of Kaunas Arena on 16 August 2011.

Additionally, from Spring 2011, many of the TV and newspaper advertisements became basketball-oriented. Each of the cities where Eurobasket 2011 would take place received many minor details marking the championship: for example, the trash bins in Panevėžys were repainted to look like basketballs, an abandoned building in Vilnius had its windows covered by flags of the participant nations while balls were drawn on the pavement in some places.

Many ordinary Lithuanians decorated their cars with small Lithuanian flags flying above side windows (like during every other basketball championship). Flags covering the opposite side of the car mirrors are also popular. Some foreign fans who visited Lithuania during the championship adopted this practice as well.

A major Lithuanian news company adopted the practice of predicting each Lithuania national basketball team match in the EuroBasket. Lazdeika the Crab served as the oracle. The crab selected one of the two coconut shells to hide in when light was shone on it. Each of the two coconut shells has a country's flag – Lithuania's flag and opponent flag. At the beginning the crab's guesses would prove to be correct yet in the end they went wrong. Some people believe that the predictions were fixed - that is, the crab would be filmed many times and only when its "prediction" would match that of bookmakers would the "prediction" be aired on TV.


Final ranking

Bo McCalebb led Macedonia squad
Spain became the Champions of Europe
France won their second Silver medals
Russia won Bronze medals

The results of the championship included some surprises. Finland and Georgia, the latter supported by some 1500 fans who had travelled to Lithuania, managed to reach the second stage despite of being allowed to take part in the championship only after FIBA Europe decision. In fact Finland had the possibility of advancing to the quarterfinals until the very last game against Slovenia.

Croatia on the other hand was a powerful team that failed to reach even the second stage. Turkey with 5 NBA players failed to reach quarterfinals.

The biggest surprise was probably Macedonia, a country that had had no major basketball victories prior to this championship. Having lost only two games in the first and second stages and these two by just a single point each (one of them after overtime) Macedonia easily advanced to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the Macedonians defeated the hosts Lithuanians and went to the semifinals.

A match between Georgia and Russia in Klaipėda was regarded to have political significance due to these countries having recently fought a war (the South Ossetia War). There were more than 1000 Georgians and under 1000 Russians in the arena during the game and large police forces were amassed to prevent possible riots. Despite the tight battle the Russians defeated the Georgians and prevented any surprise result. No riots happened.

This is the final ranking. For the results of every match see below.


Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Qualified as host nation for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Qualified for the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Rank Team Record
1 Spain 10–1
2 France 9–2
3 Russia 10–1
4 Macedonia 7–4
5 Lithuania 8–3
6 Greece 7–4
7 Slovenia 6–5
8 Serbia 5–6
9 Germany 4–4
Finland 3–5
11 Turkey 3–5
Georgia 2–6
13 Croatia 2–3
Bulgaria 2–3
Great Britain 2–3
Israel 2–3
17 Ukraine 2–3
Poland 2–3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–3
Italy 1–4
21 Montenegro 1–4
Latvia 0–5
Belgium 0–5
Portugal 0–5


FIBA broadcasting rights

At least some matches were broadcasted in 150 countries and territories all over the world.[10]

Country Broadcaster
Albania SuperSport Albania
Argentina DirecTV
Belgium Be TV
TELENET
Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT
Brazil SporTV
ESPN Brasil
Band Sports
TV Esporte Interativo
Bulgaria BNT
Croatia HRT
Czech Republic ČTV
Sport 1
Cyprus Lumiere TV
Denmark Viasat Sport
Great Britain ESPN
BBC Red Button
Estonia Viasat Sport
Finland Viasat Sport
Nelonen Pro
France Sport+
Macedonia Sitel
Sitel 3
Georgia 1TV
Germany Sport1
Greece ERT
Hungary Sport 1
Israel IBA
Charlton
TV commentators for EuroBasket 2011
Country Broadcaster
Italy RAI
Latvia TV6[11]
Lithuania TV3
Viasat Sport
Japan J Sports
Montenegro RTCG
Norway Viasat Sport
Philippines Basketball TV
Poland TVP
Portugal Sport TV
Qatar Al Jazeera Sports
Russia NTV Plus
Russia 2
Romania Sport 1
Serbia RTS 1
Slovakia Sport 1
Slovenia RTVSLO
Šport TV
South Africa SuperSport
Spain La Sexta
Marca TV
Sweden TV10
Taiwan Videoland
Turkey NTV Spor
Ukraine 2+2
USA ESPN3


Financial details

According to the Lithuanian Basketball Association the championship expenses were 32 million Litas and the income was 34.8 million Litas, which means the profit of the event was 2.8 million Litas.[12]

Out of the 32 million Litas expenses some 9.8 million were funded by the Lithuanian state instututions whereas the remaining 22.2 million were amassed from sponsors or other sources. It is assumed that the state earned 11.9 million Litas due to VAT taxes paid by 20 000 foreign visitors therefore earning a 2.1 million Litas profit.[13]

Out of the 34.8 million litas income 24.7 million Litas were amassed by selling tickets (TV rights and certain other rights are owned by FIBA rather than the local basketball association and therefore are not included in the revenues).[14]

During the championship there were 3984 people responsible for safety and 1500 volunteers responsible for various duties such as helping spectators or giving the balls for play. The 1500 volunteers were chosen out of 6000 persons who wanted to volunteer.

1300 journalists worked in the championships, out of them 200 were TV and radio commentators. 5300 media accreditations were issued.[15]


Preliminary round

Teams played each other once. The top three placed teams move on to the next round. In the event of a tie on points, direct matches between (points and goal average, i.e. points for/points against) were taken into account, if still tied, goal average in all matches was used as tiebreaker and not points difference.[16][17]

All times are local (UTC+3)


Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts. Tie
Spain 5 4 1 404 364 1.109 9 1–0
Lithuania 5 4 1 429 374 1.147 9 0–1
Turkey 5 3 2 385 333 1.156 8
Great Britain 5 2 3 372 410 0.907 7 1–0
Poland 5 2 3 401 424 0.945 7 0–1
Portugal 5 0 5 344 430 0.800 5





31 August 2011
Spain 83–78 Poland Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Turkey 79–56 Portugal Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Lithuania 80–69 Great Britain Cido Arena, Panevėžys
1 September 2011
Portugal 73–87 Spain Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Great Britain 61–90 Turkey Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Poland 77–97 Lithuania Cido Arena, Panevėžys
2 September 2011
Spain 86–69 Great Britain Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Portugal 73–81 Poland Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Turkey 68–75 Lithuania Cido Arena, Panevėžys
4 September 2011
Great Britain 85–73 Portugal Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Poland 84–83 Turkey Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Lithuania 79–91 Spain Cido Arena, Panevėžys
5 September 2011
Great Britain 88–81 Poland Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Spain 57–65 Turkey Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Portugal 69–98 Lithuania Cido Arena, Panevėžys


Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts.
France 5 5 0 438 391 1.120 10
Serbia 5 4 1 432 386 1.119 9
Germany 5 3 2 377 357 1.056 8
Israel 5 2 3 399 448 0.891 7
Italy 5 1 4 380 405 0.938 6
Latvia 5 0 5 385 424 0.908 5





31 August 2011
Serbia 80–68 Italy Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
France 89–78 Latvia Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Germany 91–64 Israel Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
1 September 2011
Latvia 77–92 Serbia Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Israel 68–85 France Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Italy 62–76 Germany Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
2 September 2011
Serbia 89–80 Israel Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Latvia 62–71 Italy Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
France 76–65 Germany Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
4 September 2011
Israel 91–88 Latvia Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Italy 84–91 France Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Germany 64–75 Serbia Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
5 September 2011
Israel 96–95 (OT) Italy Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Latvia 80–81 Germany Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Serbia 96–97 (OT) France Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai


Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts. Tie
Macedonia 5 4 1 362 337 1.074 9 1–0
Greece 5 4 1 360 324 1.129 9 0–1
Finland 5 2 3 373 366 1.019 7 1–1, 1.155
Croatia 5 2 3 396 404 0.980 7 1–1, 0.959
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 2 3 380 409 0.929 7 1–1, 0.907
Montenegro 5 1 4 357 388 0.921 6





31 August 2011
Montenegro 70–65 (OT) Macedonia Alytus Arena, Alytus
Greece 76–67 Bosnia and Herzegovina Alytus Arena, Alytus
Croatia 84–79 Finland Alytus Arena, Alytus
1 September 2011
Bosnia and Herzegovina 94–86 Montenegro Alytus Arena, Alytus
Finland 61–81 Greece Alytus Arena, Alytus
Macedonia 78–76 Croatia Alytus Arena, Alytus
3 September 2011
Finland 92–64 Bosnia and Herzegovina Alytus Arena, Alytus
Greece 58–72 Macedonia Alytus Arena, Alytus
Croatia 97–81 Montenegro Alytus Arena, Alytus
4 September 2011
Macedonia 72–70 Finland Alytus Arena, Alytus
Montenegro 55–71 Greece Alytus Arena, Alytus
Bosnia and Herzegovina 92–80 Croatia Alytus Arena, Alytus
5 September 2011
Finland 71–65 Montenegro Alytus Arena, Alytus
Greece 74–69 Croatia Alytus Arena, Alytus
Macedonia 75–63 Bosnia and Herzegovina Alytus Arena, Alytus


Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts. Tie
Russia 5 5 0 371 321 1.155 10
Slovenia 5 4 1 356 324 1.098 9
Georgia 5 2 3 352 343 1.026 7 1–1, 1.045
Bulgaria 5 2 3 339 357 0.949 7 1–1, 0.993
Ukraine 5 2 3 322 327 0.984 7 1–1, 0.960
Belgium 5 0 5 304 372 0.817 5





31 August 2011
Belgium 59–81 Georgia Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
Slovenia 67–59 Bulgaria Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
Russia 73–64 Ukraine Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
1 September 2011
Bulgaria 68–65 Belgium Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
Georgia 58–65 Russia Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
Ukraine 64–68 Slovenia Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
3 September 2011
Ukraine 67–56 Bulgaria Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
Slovenia 87–75 Georgia Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
Russia 79–58 Belgium Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
4 September 2011
Georgia 69–53 Ukraine Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
Bulgaria 77–89 Russia Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
Belgium 61–70 Slovenia Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
5 September 2011
Georgia 69–79 Bulgaria Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
Slovenia 64–65 Russia Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda
Ukraine 74–61 Belgium Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda


Second round


Group E

The group composed of the three best ranked teams from Groups A and B. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

Four teams with the best records advanced to the quarter finals.


Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts. Tie
Spain 5 4 1 405 340 1.191 9 1–0
France 5 4 1 383 388 0.987 9 0–1
Lithuania 5 3 2 405 397 1.020 8
Serbia 5 2 3 388 412 0.942 7
Germany 5 1 4 345 379 0.910 6 1–0
Turkey 5 1 4 331 341 0.991 6 0–1





7 September 2011
Germany 68–77 Spain Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Turkey 64–68 France Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Serbia 90–100 Lithuania Siemens Arena, Vilnius
9 September 2011
Spain 84–59 Serbia Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Germany 73–67 Turkey Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Lithuania 67–73 France Siemens Arena, Vilnius
11 September 2011
Serbia 68–67 Turkey Siemens Arena, Vilnius
France 69–96 Spain Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Lithuania 84–75 Germany Siemens Arena, Vilnius


Group F

The group composed of the three best ranked teams from groups C and D. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

The four teams with the best records advanced to the quarter finals.

Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts.
Russia 5 5 0 355 310 1.145 10
Macedonia 5 4 1 338 313 1.079 9
Greece 5 3 2 348 336 1.036 8
Slovenia 5 2 3 337 337 1.000 7
Finland 5 1 4 338 372 0.909 6
Georgia 5 0 5 329 377 0.873 5





8 September 2011
Georgia 63–65 Macedonia Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Finland 60–79 Russia Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Slovenia 60–69 Greece Siemens Arena, Vilnius
10 September 2011
Georgia 73–87 Finland Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Macedonia 68–59 Slovenia Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Greece 67–83 Russia Siemens Arena, Vilnius
12 September 2011
Slovenia 67–60 Finland Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Greece 73–60 Georgia Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Russia 63–61 Macedonia Siemens Arena, Vilnius


Knockout stage

All matches were played in: Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas[18]

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final


14 September



Spain 86

16 September

Slovenia 64

Spain 92

14 September

Macedonia 80

Macedonia 67


18 September

Lithuania 65

Spain 98

15 September

France 85

France 64

16 September

Greece 56

France 79 Third place

15 September

Russia 71

Russia 77 Macedonia 68



Serbia 67 Russia 72




18 September


5th place bracket
Semi-finals
Fifth place








15 September

Slovenia 77

Lithuania 80



17 September

Lithuania 73

Greece 69






Seventh place

16 September
17 September

Greece 87
Slovenia 72

Serbia 77
Serbia 68


Quarterfinals

14 September
18:00
Report Spain 86–64 Slovenia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,000
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 19–8, 36–14, 15–19
14 September
21:00
Report Macedonia 67–65 Lithuania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 15,000
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 12–14, 19–18, 18–13
15 September
18:00
Report France 64–56 Greece Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 9,000
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 13–14, 13–12, 24–13
15 September
21:00
Report Russia 77–67 Serbia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,500
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 18–15, 20–21, 23–19


Classification 5–8

15 September
15:30
Report Slovenia 77–80 Lithuania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,000
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 13–25, 24–19, 20–17
16 September
15:00
Report Greece 87–77 Serbia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,500
Scoring by quarter: 34–8, 14–18, 16–22, 23–29


Semifinals

16 September
17:30
Report Spain 92–80 Macedonia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,000
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 18–27, 27–17, 21–18
16 September
21:00
Report France 79–71 Russia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 14,000
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 22–18, 16–13, 24–24


Seventh place game

17 September
18:00
Report Slovenia 72–68 Serbia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 5,000
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 17–19, 20–12, 8–17


Fifth place game

17 September
21:00
Report Lithuania 73–69 Greece Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 14,000
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 18–17, 24–11, 17–21


Third place game

18 September
17:30
Report Macedonia 68–72 Russia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,000
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 17–19, 20–16, 18–20


Final

18 September
21:00
Report Spain 98–85 France Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 14,500
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 25–21, 25–21, 23–23
EuroBasket 2011 Champions

Spain
Second title


Statistical Leaders


Individual Tournament Highs

Points

Rank Name G Pts PPG
1 France Tony Parker 10 221 22.1
2 Republic of Macedonia Bo McCalebb 11 235 21.4
3 Spain Pau Gasol 10 201 20.1
4 Germany Dirk Nowitzki 8 156 19.5
5 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro 11 206 18.7
6 Serbia Nenad Krstić 10 155 15.5
7 Germany Chris Kaman 8 124 15.5
8 Russia Andrei Kirilenko 10 146 14.6
9 France Nicolas Batum 10 142 14.2
10 Spain Marc Gasol 10 135 13.5

Rebounds

Rank Name G Rbs RPG
1 Germany Chris Kaman 8 80 10.0
2 Republic of Macedonia Pero Antić 10 88 8.8
3 Turkey Ömer Aşık 8 68 8.5
4 Spain Pau Gasol 9 73 8.1
5 France Joakim Noah 9 72 8.0
Georgia (country) Viktor Sanikidze 8 64 8.0
7 Spain Marc Gasol 10 74 7.4
8 Germany Dirk Nowitzki 8 53 6.6
9 Turkey Ersan İlyasova 8 52 6.5
10 Slovenia Mirza Begić 11 71 6.5

Assists

Rank Name G Ast APG
1 Serbia Miloš Teodosić 11 63 5.7
2 Russia Viktor Khryapa 10 51 5.1
3 Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius 11 51 4.6
4 Finland Teemu Rannikko 8 36 4.5
5 France Tony Parker 9 39 4.3
6 Germany Heiko Schaffartzik 8 31 3.9
7 Lithuania Mantas Kalnietis 11 42 3.8
Greece Nick Calathes 11 42 3.8
9 Republic of Macedonia Bo McCalebb 10 38 3.8
10 Georgia (country) Giorgi Tsintsadze 6 20 3.3

Steals

Rank Name G Stl SPG
1 Russia Andrei Kirilenko 10 29 2.9
2 France Nicolas Batum 10 21 2.1
3 Republic of Macedonia Bo McCalebb 10 19 1.9
4 Finland Tuukka Kotti 8 15 1.9
5 Republic of Macedonia Vojdan Stojanovski 10 18 1.8
6 France Tony Parker 9 15 1.7
7 Slovenia Goran Dragić 11 18 1.6
Greece Nick Calathes 11 18 1.6
9 Spain Rudy Fernández 10 16 1.6
10 Georgia (country) Manuchar Markoishvili 8 12 1.5

Blocks

Rank Name G Blk BPG
1 Slovenia Mirza Begić 11 21 1.9
2 Germany Chris Kaman 8 14 1.8
3 Spain Pau Gasol 10 17 1.7
4 Russia Timofey Mozgov 10 15 1.5
Turkey Ömer Aşık 8 12 1.5
6 Spain Serge Ibaka 11 13 1.2
7 Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas 10 11 1.1
8 Greece Kostas Koufos 11 12 1.1
9 Republic of Macedonia Predrag Samardžiski 11 10 0.9
10 Republic of Macedonia Todor Gečevski 6 5 0.8

Minutes

Rank Name G Min MPG
1 Republic of Macedonia Vlado Ilievski 10 375 37.5
2 France Tony Parker 9 311 34.6
3 Republic of Macedonia Pero Antić 10 344 34.4
4 Republic of Macedonia Bo McCalebb 10 340 34.0
5 Georgia (country) Manuchar Markoishvili 8 260 32.5
6 Georgia (country) Viktor Sanikidze 8 257 32.1
7 France Nicolas Batum 10 314 31.4
8 Finland Petteri Koponen 8 250 31.3
9 Germany Heiko Schaffartzik 8 241 30.1
10 Germany Dirk Nowitzki 8 239 29.9

[edit] Individual Game Highs

Department Name Total Opponent
Points Italy Andrea Bargnani 36 Latvia
Rebounds Republic of Macedonia Pero Antić 19 Finland
Assists Croatia Dontaye Draper 12 Montenegro
Steals France Nicolas Batum
France Tony Parker
6 Israel
Serbia
Blocks Spain Serge Ibaka 5 France
2-point field goal percentage United Kingdom Joel Freeland 100% (11/11) Poland
3-point field goal percentage Republic of Macedonia Vojdan Stojanovski 100% (5/5) Lithuania
Free throw percentage France Tony Parker
Portugal Miguel Minhava
100% (12/12) Serbia
Great Britain
Turnovers Serbia Miloš Teodosić 9 Russia

[edit] Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG

Pos. Name PPG
1 Spain 85.2
2 Lithuania 82.3
3 Serbia 81.1
4 Poland 80.2
5 Israel 79.8
6 Croatia 79.2
7 France 79.1
8 Latvia 77.0
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.0
9 Italy 76.0

Defensive PPG

Pos. Name PPG
1 Russia 63.3
2 Macedonia 65.2
3 Ukraine 65.4
4 Greece 65.7
5 Turkey 67.8
6 Slovenia 68.7
7 Spain 69.3
8 Georgia 71.0
9 Bulgaria 71.4
10 Finland 73.1
10 Germany 73.1

Rebounds

Pos. Name RPG
1 Lithuania 39
2 Spain 38.7
3 Georgia 37.6
4 Turkey 37.1
5 Slovenia 36.4
6 Macedonia 35.4
7 Russia 34.7
8 Germany 34.5
9 Serbia 34.5
10 France 34.2

Assists

Pos. Name APG
1 Spain 19.2
2 Russia 19.0
3 Lithuania 17.7
4 Croatia 17.4
5 Serbia 17.3
6 Poland 15.4
7 Israel 14.8
8 Finland 14.6
9 Belgium 14.6
10 Montenegro 13.8

Steals

Pos. Name SPG
1 Spain 8.6
2 Macedonia 8.4
3 France 7.6
4 Great Britain 7.6
5 Slovenia 7.5
6 Russia 7.5
7 Portugal 7.2
8 Greece 7.1
9 Poland 7.0
10 Israel 6.4

Blocks

Pos. Name BPG
1 Greece 3.7
2 Turkey 3.4
3 Russia 3.3
4 Spain 3.1
5 Ukraine 3.0
6 Germany 2.6
7 Italy 2.6
8 France 2.4
9 Lithuania 2.2
10 Great Britain 2.2

2-point field goal percentage

Pos. Name %
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.3
2 Poland 56.3
3 Lithuania 55.4
4 Croatia 54.7
5 Russia 54.6
6 Georgia 52.9
7 Spain 52.8
8 Turkey 52.0
9 Serbia 51.6
10 France 51.5

3-point field goal percentage

Pos. Name %
1 Lithuania 41.1
2 Germany 39.2
3 Finland 39.1
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 36.6
5 Ukraine 36.3
6 Serbia 36.1
7 France 35.7
8 Russia 35.6
9 Belgium 35.6
10 Latvia 35.5

Free throw percentage

Pos. Name %
1 Italy 84.6
2 France 81.3
3 Germany 80.1
4 Spain 79.7
5 Greece 79.5
6 Serbia 79.4
7 Croatia 78.9
8 Portugal 78.4
9 Macedonia 77.7
10 Poland 75.8


Team Game highs

Department Name Total Opponent
Points Lithuania 100 Serbia
Rebounds Montenegro 50 Macedonia
Assists Croatia 26 Montenegro
Steals France
Russia
14 Serbia
Finland
Blocks Spain 10 France
2-point field goal percentage Lithuania 78.4% (29/37) Poland
3-point field goal percentage Lithuania 63.3% (7/11) Portugal
Free throw percentage Spain 100% (16/16) Great Britain
Turnovers Montenegro
Ukraine
23 Macedonia
Georgia


All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:[19]

Juan Carlos Navarro was named MVP

PGFrance Tony Parker
SG
Republic of Macedonia Bo McCalebb
SF
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro (MVP)
PF
Russia Andrei Kirilenko
C
Spain Pau Gasol