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.PR N°20 - Central Board gives green light to new format and calendar of competition
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. Spain won the bronze medal by beating Russia with the same result.
Host selection
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. Countries expressed interest in hosting were Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland (possible joint bid),Baltic states consider co-hosting EuroBasket 2017Lietuva su trimis partnerėmis taikosi surengti 2017 metų Europos krepšinio čempionatą Serbia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria (possible joint bid),Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria may submit joint bid to host Eurobasket 2017 United Kingdom,UK lining up bid for 2017 EurobasketBritish Basketball ponders bid to host 2015 and 2017 men's European Championship Finals Israel, Poland, Slovenia, Belgium.title= België voorlopig kandidaat-gastland voor EK basket in 2017
On 5 November 2015, FIBA Europe announced that five national federations had applied to organise EuroBasket 2017: Finland, Israel, Poland, Romania and Turkey.Five Countries Bid To Host EuroBasket 2017
On 11 December 2015, FIBA Europe announced that the tournament would be hosted by four countries: Israel, Romania, Finland and Turkey with the knockout stage hosted at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul.
Venues Istanbul Sinan Erdem DomeCapacity: 16,000 Istanbul Ülker Sports ArenaCapacity: 13,000Helsinki Tel Aviv Cluj-Napoca Hartwall Arena Menora Mivtachim Arena BTarena Capacity: 14,000 Capacity: 10,383 Capacity: 10,000
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.
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.
Team Qualification method Date of qualification Best placement in tournament Host nation 11 December 2015 16th 2015 6th Place (1967) Host nation 11 December 2015 29th 2015 Runners-up (1979) Host nation 11 December 2015 18th 1987 5th Place (1957) Host nation 11 December 2015 24th 2015 Runners-up (2001) 1st in EuroBasket 2015 20 September 2015 31st 2015 Champions (2009, 2011, 2015) 2nd in EuroBasket 2015 20 September 2015 14th 2015 Champions (1937, 1939, 2003) 3rd in EuroBasket 2015 20 September 2015 38th 2015 Champions (2013) 4th in EuroBasket 2015 20 September 2015 6th 2015 Runners-up (2009) 5th in EuroBasket 2015 20 September 2015 27th 2015 Champions (1987, 2005) 6th in EuroBasket 2015 20 September 2015 37th 2015 Champions (1983, 1999) 7th in EuroBasket 2015 20 September 2015 5th 2015 7th Place (2015) 8th in EuroBasket 2015 20 September 2015 14th 2015 Champions (1935) 9th in EuroBasket 2015 20 September 2015 13th 2015 3rd Place (1993, 1995) 1st in Qualification Group A 14 September 2016 17th 2015 4th Place (1947) 1st in Qualification Group B 17 September 2016 24th 2015 Champions (1993) 1st in Qualification Group C 10 September 2016 13th 2015 Champions (2007) 1st in Qualification Group D 17 September 2016 28th 2015 Runners-up (1963) 1st in Qualification Group E 14 September 2016 13th 2015 4th Place (2009) 1st in Qualification Group F 17 September 2016 4th 2015 11th Place (2011) 1st in Qualification Group G 14 September 2016 15th 1999 Champions (1955) 2nd in Qualification Group A (top 4 ranked of 2nd-placed teams) 17 September 2016 2nd 2015 24th Place (2015) 2nd in Qualification Group E (top 4 ranked of 2nd-placed teams) 17 September 2016 8th 2015 6th Place (2013) 2nd in Qualification Group F (top 4 ranked of 2nd-placed teams) 14 September 2016 3rd 2013 17th Place (2013) 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.
Seedings FIBA Europe released the seedings for the EuroBasket 2017 draw on 20 November 2016. 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.
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 7 October 2016 27 October 2016 3 November 2016 15 November 2016
Team Qualification Position Record (against top 3 in group) 2016 Olympics participant 1 (EuroBasket 2015) 2016 Olympics participant 2 (EuroBasket 2015) 2016 Olympics participant 3 (EuroBasket 2015) 2016 Olympics participant 4 (EuroBasket 2015) Olympic Qualifying Tournament participant 5 (EuroBasket 2015) Olympic Qualifying Tournament participant 6 (EuroBasket 2015) Olympic Qualifying Tournament participant 7 (EuroBasket 2015) Olympic Qualifying Tournament participant 8 (EuroBasket 2015) 2016 Olympics participant 9 (EuroBasket 2015) Host country 10 (EuroBasket 2015) Host country 14 (EuroBasket 2015) Host country 16 (EuroBasket 2015) 1st in 2017 qualification group C Q1 4–0, 1.2213 1st in 2017 qualification group E Q2 4–0, 1.1568 1st in 2017 qualification group G Q3 4–0, 1.1373 1st in 2017 qualification group F Q4 3–1, 1.2165 1st in 2017 qualification group B Q5 3–1, 1.2016 1st in 2017 qualification group A Q6 3–1, 1.1875 1st in 2017 qualification group D Q7 3–1, 1.1560 Best runner-up in EuroBasket 2017 qualification Q8 3–1, 1.2234 2nd best runner-up in EuroBasket 2017 qualification Q9 3–1, 1.0876 3rd best runner-up in EuroBasket 2017 qualification Q10 2–2, 1.0523 4th best runner-up in EuroBasket 2017 qualification Q11 2–2, 0.9900 Host country Did not qualify for EuroBasket 2015
Final draw Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4 Seed 5 Seed 6
Finland was paired with Iceland before the draw. Israel was paired with Lithuania before the draw. Romania was paired with Hungary before the draw. Turkey was paired with Russia before the draw. 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
Preliminary round Similar to EuroBasket 2015 the preliminary round was played in four venues in different countries. Each of the four groups consisted of six teams, the best four teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage. The first matches were played on 31 August and the last were scheduled for 7 September.
Group A
Venue: Helsinki, Finland
31 August 2017 90–81 61–90 84–86 OT 2 September 2017 91–61 87–95 78–81 3 September 2017 115–79 78–72 90–87 2OT 5 September 2017 75–102 75–78 77–89 6 September 2017 95–78 95–77 83–79
Group B Venue: Tel Aviv, Israel
31 August 2017 75–63 77–79 69–48 2 September 2017 57–67 66–78 73–88 3 September 2017 81–88 78–73 80–82 5 September 2017 62–94 55–61 91–104 OT 6 September 2017 72–89 69–71 64–88
Group C Venue: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1 September 2017 58–67 99–60 68–83 2 September 2017 72–48 56–93 74–58 4 September 2017 85–73 72–76 91–50 5 September 2017 75–88 73–79 71–80 7 September 2017 69–107 64–87 86–69
Group D
Venue: Istanbul, Turkey
1 September 2017 103–90 92–82 73–76 2 September 2017 92–64 75–72 70–84 4 September 2017 97–92 67–76 80–74 5 September 2017 69–84 68–82 78–65 7 September 2017 82–70 54–74 89–79
Knockout stage Venue: Istanbul, Turkey
Final
Final standings The final standings per FIBA official website:
Statistics and awards Statistical leaders
PointsStatistics 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
All Tournament Team Goran Dragić Alexey Shved Bogdan Bogdanović Luka Dončić Pau Gasol
FIBA broadcasting rights Country Broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar Sport Klub Esporte Interativo QQLive HRT, Sport Klub YLE, Viasat Finland 1TV Deutsche Telekom ERT M4 Sport Sport 5 Sky Italy RTK, Digitalb TV3 Lithuania, Viasat Sport Baltic, Viaplay TV3 Latvia, TV6, Viasat Sport Baltic, Viaplay Sport Klub RTCG, Sport Klub TVP TVR Match TV RTS, Sport Klub Kanal A, Sport Klub Cuatro, Be Mad TV TV3 NTV Spor XSPORT ESPN
Medal team rosters 123 0 Anthony Randolph1 Matic Rebec3 Goran Dragić6 Aleksej Nikolić7 Klemen Prepelič8 Edo Murić11 Jaka Blažič14 Gašper Vidmar17 Saša Zagorac22 Žiga Dimec31 Vlatko Čančar77 Luka DončićHead coach: 6 Milan Mačvan7 Bogdan Bogdanović11 Vladimir Lučić12 Dragan Milosavljević14 Stefan Birčević15 Vladimir Štimac19 Branko Lazić22 Vasilije Micić23 Marko Gudurić24 Stefan Jović32 Ognjen Kuzmić51 Boban MarjanovićHead coach: 4 Pau Gasol6 Sergio Rodríguez7 Juan Carlos Navarro9 Ricky Rubio13 Marc Gasol14 Willy Hernangómez15 Joan Sastre16 Guillem Vives18 Pierre Oriola19 Fernando San Emeterio21 Álex Abrines41 Juan HernangómezHead coach:
References
External links
Official website