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 Location Picture 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 1960Re-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

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 Qualified Host nation – 1 Participant of 2006 FIBA World Championship 19 August – 3 September 2006 8 Qualified through Qualifying Round 31 August – 16 September 2006 6 Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round 8 August – 31 August 2007 1

Group A Group BGroup CGroup 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

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Preliminary round 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 Advanced to the knockout round

Group E

Group F

Knockout stage Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

Game Statistics

#PlayerMin playedPtsFT2-FG3-FGRebsAssists 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

#PlayerMin playedPtsFT2-FG3-FGRebsAssists 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 Blatt

Legend: 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

PointsPPG Leaders at FIBA.com 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

ReboundsRPG Leaders at FIBA.com 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

AssistsAPG Leaders at FIBA.com 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

StealsSPG Leaders at FIBA.com 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

BlocksBPG Leaders at FIBA.com 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

MinutesMPG Leaders at FIBA.com 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 OpponentPoints Tony Parker 36 Rebounds Andris Biedriņš 18 Assists Łukasz Koszarek 11 Steals Andrei Kirilenko Zoran Planinić 7 Blocks Radoslav Nesterović 5 Turnovers Šarūnas Jasikevičius Rimantas Kaukėnas 7

Team Tournament Highs

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

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

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

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

BlocksTeam Leaders – SPG 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 OpponentPoints 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)

All-Tournament Team José Calderón Ramūnas Šiškauskas Andrei Kirilenko (MVP) Dirk Nowitzki Pau Gasol

Final standings

Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics as World Champion 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 9 2–4 2–4 11 2–4 1–5 13 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3

Nikita Shabalkin Jon Robert Holden Sergei Bykov Andrei Kirilenko Nikita Morgunov Petr Samoylenko Victor Khryapa Zakhar Pashutin Sergei Monia Anton Ponkrashov Aleksey Savrasenko Nikolay Padius Pau Gasol Rudy Fernández Carlos Cabezas Juan Carlos Navarro José Calderón Felipe Reyes Carlos Jiménez Sergio Rodríguez Berni Rodríguez Marc Gasol Álex Mumbrú Jorge Garbajosa Rimantas Kaukėnas Giedrius Gustas Jonas Mačiulis Darjuš Lavrinovič Ramūnas Šiškauskas Darius Songaila Simas Jasaitis Linas Kleiza Kšyštof Lavrinovič Šarūnas Jasikevičius Paulius Jankūnas Robertas Javtokas Theo Papaloukas Ioannis Bourousis Nikos Zisis Vassilis Spanoulis Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Michalis Pelekanos Nikos Chatzivrettas Dimos Dikoudis Kostas Tsartsaris Dimitris Diamantidis Lazaros Papadopoulos Michalis Kakiouzis

FIBA broadcasting rights : BHRT : BNT : HRT : RIK 2 : Czech Television : Sport+ / Canal+ : DSF : ERT : Sport 5/Channel 10 : RAI : TV3 Latvia : TV3 Lithuania : Basketball TV : Polsat : RTP : RTR Sport : Sport.ro : RTS : LaSexta : RTV Slovenija : NTV : Megasport / Sport 1 Ukraine

References

External links

Eurobasket 2007 Official Site 2007 EuroBasket archive.FIBA.com Information on tickets and venues