EuroBasket 2007 explained

Tourney Name:	EuroBasket 2007
Size:	160
Country:	Spain
Dates:	3–16 September
Num Teams:	16
Venues:	6
Cities:	4
Champion:	Russia
Count:	1
Second:	Spain
Third:	Lithuania
Fourth:	Greece
Mvp:	Andrei Kirilenko
Top Scorer:	Dirk Nowitzki (24.0 per game)
Prevseason:	2005
Nextseason:	2009

The 2007 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2007, was the 35th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to the champion and runner-up teams (or to the third-placed team in case Spain should reach the final). It was held in Spain between 3 September and 16 September 2007. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Alicante, Granada, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, and Seville hosted the tournament. Russia won its first EuroBasket title since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, by defeating hosts Spain, with a 60–59 score in the final. Russia's Andrei Kirilenko was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues

City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Alicante	Centro de Tecnificación de Alicante	5,425	Opened in 1993	Group D
Granada	Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada	7,500	Opened in 1991	Group A
Madrid	Madrid Arena	10,500	Opened in 2002	Second round
Madrid	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid	15,500	Opened in 1960 Re-opened in 2005	Knockout stages and final
Palma de Mallorca	Palma Arena	6,000	Opened in 2007	Group C
Seville	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo	10,000	Opened in 1988	Group B

Qualification

See main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2007 qualification. Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2005, hosts Spain plus the eight European teams that participated in the 2006 FIBA World Championship qualified directly. The other seven teams earned their berths via a qualifying tournament. The draw for the FIBA EuroBasket 2007 was held in Madrid on 19 October 2006.

Competition	Date	Vacancies
Host nation	–	1
	19 August – 3 September 2006	8
	31 August – 16 September 2006	6
	8 August – 31 August 2007	1

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B	width=25%	Group C	width=25%	Group D

Format

The top three teams from each group advance to the qualifying round, in which they are separated into two groups (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3 on Group E; C1, C2, C3, D1, D2, D3 on Group F).
Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over.
The top four teams at the qualifying round advance to the knockout quarterfinals (E1 vs. F4, E2 vs. F3, and so on).
The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, where both are guaranteed of berths in the 2008 Olympics. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. Before the tournament, the semifinal losers and the teams participating in the 5th-place playoff were assured of berths to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.
- Spain, which lost in the final to Russia, had already qualified for the Olympics as reigning world champions. Since they occupied what would otherwise be a qualifying place, third-place Lithuania received a direct Olympic berth, and seventh-place Slovenia advanced to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.

Tie-breaking criteria

Ties are broken via the following criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:

Head to head results
Goal average (not the goal difference) in the games between the tied teams
Goal average in all games in its group

Squads

See main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2007 squads. At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Preliminary round

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the second round

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Advanced to the knockout round

Group E

Group F

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Final

Game Statistics

width=15		width=220	Player	width=20	Min played	width=20	Pts	width=20	FT	width=50	2-FG	width=50	3-FG	width=20	Rebs	width=20	Assists
4	Pau Gasol	33	14	5/12	3/12	1/1	14	3
5	Rudy Fernández	24	5	2/2	0/2	1/3	2	1
6	Carlos Cabezas	10	2	-	1/2	0/1	–	1
7	Juan Carlos Navarro	17	–	-	0/3	0/2	–	1
8	José Calderón	28	15	-	0/2	5/7	4	2
9	Felipe Reyes	21	5	1/2	2/9	–	8	–
10	Carlos Jiménez	28	5	2/4	0/2	1/4	5	2
11	Sergio Rodríguez	2	–	-	–	0/1	–	–
12	Berni Rodríguez	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	Marc Gasol	6	5	5/6	0/1	–	–	–
14	Álex Mumbrú	12	–	-	0/1	–	1	–
15	Jorge Garbajosa	18	8	-	1/1	2/5	–	–
	TOTALS (Team)	200	59	15/26	7/35	10/24	43	11

Head Coach:

Pepu Hernández

width=15		width=220	Player	width=20	Min played	width=20	Pts	width=20	FT	width=50	2-FG	width=50	3-FG	width=20	Rebs	width=20	Assists
4	Nikita Shabalkin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	Jon Robert Holden	39	8	-	4/9	0/4	1	1
6	Sergei Bykov	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	Andrei Kirilenko	30	17	6/7	4/6	1/4	5	2
8	Nikita Morgunov	9	4	-	2/5	0/1	2	–
9	Petr Samoylenko	16	–	-	0/2	–	2	1
10	Victor Khryapa	35	7	-	2/2	1/6	12	4
11	Zakhar Pashutin	18	3	-	0/2	1/2	3	1
12	Sergei Monia	9	3	-	–	1/2	1	1
13	Anton Ponkrashov	18	8	3/4	1/1	1/1	3	2
14	Aleksey Savrasenko	24	10	2/4	4/8	–	1	1
15	Nikolay Padius	4	–	–	–	–	–	–
	TOTALS (Team)	200	60	11/15	17/35	5/20	38	13

Head Coach:

David BlattLegend: PTS = points, FT = free-throws (made/attempts), 2-FG = 2-point field goals (made/attempts), 3-PG = 3-point field goals (made/attempts), Rebs = Rebounds

5th to 8th place

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points^[1]

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Dirk Nowitzki	24.0
2	Tony Parker	20.1
3	Hedo Türkoğlu	19.2
4	Pau Gasol	18.8
5	Andrei Kirilenko	18.0
6	Marco Belinelli	15.5
7	Yotam Halperin	14.0
8	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	13.8
9	Matjaž Smodiš	13.4
10	Marko Popović	13.1

Rebounds^[2]

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Yaniv Green	9.3
2	Dirk Nowitzki	8.7
3	Andrei Kirilenko	8.6
4	Victor Khryapa	7.8
5	Mehmet Okur	7.7
6	Radoslav Nesterović	7.6
7	Pau Gasol	7.0
8	Ademola Okulaja	6.9
9	Angelo Gigli	6.0
10	Felipe Reyes	5.9

Assists^[3]

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	5.6
2	Meir Tapiro	5.0
3	Jaka Lakovič	4.3
3	Massimo Bulleri	4.0
4	Victor Khryapa	3.2
4	Filipe da Silva	3.2
7	Tony Parker	2.8
7	Zoran Planinić	2.8
7	Yotam Halperin	2.8
10	José Calderón	2.6
10	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	2.6

Steals^[4]

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Andrei Kirilenko	2.2
2	Victor Khryapa	2.1
2	Zoran Planinić	1.6
4	Angelo Gigli	1.5
4	Meir Tapiro	1.5
6	Tariq Kirksay	1.4
6	Jaka Lakovič	1.4
6	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	1.4
9	Dimitris Diamantidis	1.3
9	Rudy Fernández	1.3
9	Matteo Soragna	1.3

Blocks^[5]

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Radoslav Nesterović	1.9
2	Pau Gasol	1.8
2	Andrei Kirilenko	1.8
4	Yaniv Green	1.5
5	Angelo Gigli	1.2
6	Ronny Turiaf	1.1
6	Dimitris Diamantidis	1.0
8	Dirk Nowitzki	0.9
9	Darjuš Lavrinovič	0.8
9	Kaya Peker	0.8

Minutes^[6]

Pos.	Name	MPG
1	Jon Robert Holden	35.3
2	Jaka Lakovič	34.3
3	Dirk Nowitzki	33.9
4	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	33.0
5	Dimitris Diamantidis	32.8
6	Andrei Kirilenko	32.4
7	Yotam Halperin	31.5
8	Tony Parker	30.9
9	Victor Khryapa	30.6
10	Hedo Türkoğlu	30.2

Individual Game Highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points		36
Rebounds		18
Assists		11
Steals		7
Blocks		5
Turnovers		7

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG^[7]

Pos.	Name	PPG
1		82.1
2		82.0
3		78.2
4		76.3
5		75.0
5		75.0

Rebounds^[8]

Pos.	Name	RPG
1		39.8
2		39.7
3		37.9
4		37.0
5		35.2

Assists^[9]

Pos.	Name	APG
1		14.3
2		14.1
3		13.7
4		13.4
5		13.2
5		13.2

Steals^[10]

Pos.	Name	SPG
1		8.4
2		8.0
3		7.9
4		7.8
5		7.7

Blocks^[11]

Pos.	Name	BPG
1		4.3
2		3.8
3		3.3
3		3.1
5		2.9
5		2.9

Team Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points		99
Rebounds		52
Assists		23
Steals		13
Blocks		8
Field goal percentage		62.5% (35/56)
3-point field goal percentage		61.9% (13/21)
Free throw percentage		100% (3/3)
Turnovers		24

Awards

2007 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Andrei Kirilenko (

Russia)

Final standings

width=10px bgcolor="#aaffaa"		Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
width=10px bgcolor="#ffffd0"		Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics as World Champion
width=10px bgcolor="skyblue"		Qualified for the 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Rank	Team	Record
		8–1
		7–2
		8–1
4		5–4
5		5–4
6		3–6
7		6–3
8		4–5
align=center rowspan=2	9		2–4
	2–4
align=center rowspan=2	11		2–4
	1–5
align=center rowspan=4	13		0–3
	1–2
	0–3
	0–3