The 2007 FIBA European Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 2007, was the 35th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Spain and took place from September 3 to September 16, 2007. [edit] Qualification The draw for Eurobasket 2007 was held in Madrid, October 19, 2006. Map of participating countries [edit] Format - The top three teams from each group advance to the qualifying round, in which they'll be 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.
[edit] 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) between the tied teams
- Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group
[edit] Squads At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster. [edit] Venues [edit] Preliminary round | Qualified for the qualifying round | - Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
[edit] Group A [edit] Group B | Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Diff | First Tiebreaker Record in Games Against Tied Teams | Croatia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 252 | 237 | +15 | 1-0 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 259 | 218 | +41 | 0-1 | Portugal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 201 | 239 | −38 | 1-0 | Latvia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 229 | 247 | −18 | 0-1 | [edit] Group C [edit] Group D [edit] Qualifying round | Qualified for the quarterfinals | [edit] Group E [edit] Group F [edit] Knockout stage [edit] Championship bracket
[edit] 5th place bracket [edit] Quarterfinals [edit] Classification rounds [edit] Semifinals [edit] Third place game The EuroBasket 2007 final was held in Spain, in Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, on September 16. | Eurobasket 2007 Champions |  Russia Fifteenth title | [edit] Game Statistics Spain Head Coach: Pepu Hernández Russia 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 [edit] All-EuroBasket 2007 Team[1] [edit] Top scorers (ppg) - Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) 24
- Tony Parker (France) 20.1
- Hidayet Turkoglu (Turkey) 19.1
- Milan Gurovic (Serbia) 19.0
- Pau Gasol (Spain) 18.7
- Andrei Kirilenko (Russia) 18
- Marco Belinelli (Italy) 15.5
- Darko Milicic (Serbia) 14.7
- Yotam Halperin (Israel) 14
- Ramūnas Šiškauskas (Lithuania) 13.7
- Matjaz Smodis (Slovenia) 13.4
- Marko Popovic (Croatia) 13.1
[edit] Final standings [edit] Team rosters (Top Four) - 1.
Russia: Andrei Kirilenko, J.R. Holden, Viktor Khryapa, Nikita Morgunov, Alexei Savrasenko, Zakhar Pashutin, Petr Samoylenko, Sergei Monya, Anton Ponkrashov, Nikolay Padius, Nikita Shabalkin, Sergei Bykov (Coach: David Blatt) - 2.
Spain: Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, Jose Calderon, Rudy Fernandez, Jorge Garbajosa, Carlos Jimenez, Carlos Cabezas, Berni Rodríguez, Felipe Reyes, Marc Gasol, Sergio Rodriguez, Alex Mumbru (Coach: Pepu Hernández) - 3.
Lithuania: Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Rimantas Kaukėnas, Simas Jasaitis, Darius Songaila, Kšyštof Lavrinovič, Darjuš Lavrinovič, Linas Kleiza, Robertas Javtokas, Jonas Mačiulis, Paulius Jankūnas, Giedrius Gustas (Coach: Ramūnas Butautas) - 4.
Greece: Dimitris Diamantidis, Theodoros Papaloukas, Vassilis Spanoulis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Nikos Zisis, Michalis Kakiouzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Nikos Hatzivrettas, Kostas Tsartsaris, Ioannis Bourousis, Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Michalis Pelekanos (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis) [edit] Olympic qualification Apart from Spain (already qualified as the 2006 world champion), the following two teams have qualified directly to Beijing 2008: The following four teams have assured a place in the Olympic qualifying tournament: [edit] FIBA broadcasting rights - ^ Eurobasket 2007 All-Tournament Team
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