2014 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships

2014 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships

Match during the championships
Tournament information
Location	University Square, Bucharest
Dates	5–7 September 2014
Host(s)	Romania
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The 2014 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships , hosted at the University Square in Bucharest, Romania, was the inaugural European 3x3 basketball event that featured separate competitions for men's and women's national teams. ^[1] The tournament was held from 5 to 7 September 2014. ^[2]

In the final of the men's tournament, host Romania beat Slovenia to win their first European championship title. In the final of the women's tournament, Russia also beat Slovenia to win their first European championship title. Slovenia finished in second place in both the men's and women's tournaments.

Qualification

The qualification events took place in the summer of 2014. A total of 15 teams of each gender (excluding the hosts Romania) qualified for the final tournament. ^[3]

Men

Qualifier 1

Was held in Zánka, Hungary, 12–13 July 2014. Top five will qualify. ^[4]

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	4	3	1	75	42	+33	7
Belgium	4	3	1	72	63	+9	7
Ukraine	4	2	2	53	61	−8	6
Poland	4	2	2	63	59	+4	6
Hungary	4	0	4	34	72	−38	4

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lithuania	5	5	0	100	53	+47	10
Israel	5	3	2	79	76	+3	8
Switzerland	5	3	2	80	84	−4	8
Armenia	5	2	3	67	73	−6	7
Slovakia	5	1	4	60	84	−24	6
Germany	5	1	4	74	90	−16	6

Knock-out stage

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Spain		21
	Armenia		11
						Spain		21
						Israel		16
	Israel		20
	Ukraine		17
											Spain		14
											Lithuania		15
	Lithuania		19
	Poland		13
						Lithuania		21			Third place
						Belgium		13
	Belgium		15								Israel		21
	Switzerland		7								Belgium		18

• Switzerland qualified to the Final Tournament as fifth qualified.

Qualifier 2

Was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19–20 July 2014. Top four, excluding hosts Romania, will qualify. ^[5]

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Azerbaijan	3	2	1	49	35	+14	5
Romania	3	2	1	54	42	+12	5
Andorra	3	1	2	41	61	−20	4
Netherlands	3	1	2	47	53	−6	4

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	61	29	+32	6
Turkey	3	2	1	44	46	−2	5
Georgia	3	1	2	41	38	+3	4
Sweden	3	0	3	23	56	−33	3

Knock-out stage

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Russia		12
	Netherlands		9
						Russia		11
						Romania		15
	Romania		21
	Georgia		17
											Romania		8
											Azerbaijan		21
	Azerbaijan		21
	Sweden		8
						Azerbaijan		20			Third place
						Turkey		11
	Turkey		21								Russia		21
	Andorra		18								Turkey		16

• Andorra qualified to the Final Tournament as fifth qualified.

Qualifier 3

Was held in Riga, Latvia, 2–3 August 2014. Top six will qualify. ^[6]

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Slovenia	5	4	1	80	55	+25	9
Czech Republic	5	4	1	84	60	+24	9
Italy	5	3	2	77	61	+16	8
Denmark	5	3	2	71	54	+17	8
Croatia	5	1	4	62	83	−21	6
Wales	5	0	5	38	99	−61	5

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Serbia	5	5	0	99	73	+26	10
Greece	5	4	1	95	71	+24	9
Estonia	5	3	2	73	58	+15	8
Latvia	5	2	3	68	73	−5	7
North Macedonia	5	1	4	51	85	−34	6
Ireland	5	0	5	58	84	−26	5

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Slovenia		16
	Latvia		15
						Slovenia		17
						Greece		18
	Greece		21
	Italy		11
											Greece		15
											Serbia		21
	Serbia		16
	Denmark		12
						Serbia		21			Third place
						Czech Republic		15
	Czech Republic		19								Slovenia		20
	Estonia		13								Czech Republic		21

• Italy and Estonia also qualified to the Final Tournament as fifth and sixth qualified teams.

Women

Qualifier 1

Was held in Zánka, Hungary, 12–13 July 2014. Top five, excluding hosts Romania, will qualify. ^[4]

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lithuania	3	2	1	40	44	−4	5
France	3	2	1	44	43	+1	5
Russia	3	1	2	44	44	0	4
Switzerland	3	1	2	48	45	+3	4

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Slovenia	4	4	0	59	42	+17	8
Azerbaijan	4	3	1	59	52	+7	7
Ukraine	4	2	2	63	65	−2	6
Romania	4	1	3	41	45	−4	5
Hungary	4	0	4	45	63	−18	4

Knock-out stage

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Slovenia		8
	Switzerland		14
						Switzerland		21
						Ukraine		12
	France		17
	Ukraine		18
											Switzerland		14
											Lithuania		20
	Lithuania		16
	Romania		8
						Lithuania		13			Third place
						Russia		11
	Azerbaijan		10								Ukraine		14
	Russia		15								Russia		18

• Slovenia qualified to the Final Tournament as fifth qualified.

Qualifier 2

Was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19–20 July 2014. Top four will qualify. ^[5]

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Belgium	3	3	0	54	21	+33	6
Netherlands	3	2	1	44	33	+11	5
Andorra	3	1	2	18	38	−20	4
Sweden	3	0	3	16	42	−26	3

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Greece	3	2	1	38	33	+5	5
Spain	3	2	1	30	25	+5	5
Italy	3	1	2	26	40	−14	4
Poland	3	1	2	33	29	+4	4

Knock-out stage

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Greece		12
	Sweden		7
						Greece		11
						Netherlands		10
	Netherlands		12
	Italy		11
											Belgium		19
											Greece		8
	Belgium		15
	Poland		9
						Belgium		14			Third place
						Spain		7
	Spain		14								Netherlands		11
	Andorra		10								Spain		12

Qualifier 3

Was held in Riga, Latvia, 2–3 August 2014. Top six will qualify. ^[6]

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Ireland	3	2	1	39	29	+10	5
Estonia	3	2	1	35	24	+11	5
Slovakia	3	2	1	34	25	+9	5
Germany	3	0	3	71	54	+17	3

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czech Republic	4	4	0	77	44	+33	8
Turkey	4	3	1	58	44	+14	7
Latvia	4	2	2	45	41	+4	6
Israel	4	1	3	43	38	+5	5
Wales	4	0	4	26	72	−46	4

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Ireland		8
	Israel		9
						Israel		10
						Turkey		11
	Turkey		15
	Slovakia		13
											Turkey		17
											Czech Republic		13
	Czech Republic		18
	Germany		1
						Czech Republic		11			Third place
						Latvia		8
	Estonia		8								Israel		8
	Latvia		12								Latvia		19

• Ireland and Slovakia also qualified to the Final Tournament as fifth and sixth qualified teams.

Final tournament

Groups were announced on 27 August 2014. ^[7]

Men's tournament

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		SRB	ESP	ISR	CZE
Serbia	3	3	0	64	49	+15	6			22–17	21–16	21–16
Spain	3	2	1	58	59	−1	5		17–22		20–18	21–19
Israel	3	1	2	55	59	−4	4		16–21	18–20		21–18
Czech Republic	3	0	3	53	63	−10	3		16–21	19–21	18–21

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		BEL	EST	RUS	AND
Belgium	3	3	0	50	41	+9	6			13–10	16–15	21–16
Estonia	3	2	1	36	32	+4	5		10–13		15–14	11–5
Russia	3	1	2	44	39	+5	4		15–16	14–15		15–8
Andorra	3	0	3	29	47	−18	3		16–21	5–11	8–15

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		SLO	ROU	AZE	ITA
Slovenia	3	3	0	52	47	+5	6			21–20	16–15	15–12
Romania	3	2	1	51	42	+9	5		20–21		15–8	16–13
Azerbaijan	3	1	2	40	40	0	4		15–16	8–15		17–9
Italy	3	0	3	34	48	−14	3		12–15	13–16	9–17

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		LTU	GRE	TUR	SUI
Lithuania	3	3	0	51	39	+12	6			18–13	15–12	18–14
Greece	3	2	1	55	40	+15	5		13–18		21–8	21–14
Turkey	3	1	2	32	45	−13	4		12–15	8–21		12–9
Switzerland	3	0	3	37	51	−14	3		14–18	14–21	9–12

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Serbia		16
	Greece		20
						Greece		13
						Slovenia		16
	Slovenia		14
	Estonia		13
											Slovenia		16
											Romania		19
	Belgium		15
	Romania		21
						Romania		18			Third place
						Lithuania		13
	Lithuania		15								Greece		18
	Spain		13								Lithuania		21

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF
1	Romania	6	5	1	109
2	Slovenia	6	5	1	98
3	Lithuania	6	5	1	100
4	Greece	6	3	3	106
5	Serbia	4	3	1	80
6	Belgium	4	3	1	65
7	Spain	4	2	2	71
8	Estonia	4	2	2	49
9	Israel	3	1	2	55
10	Russia	3	1	2	44
11	Azerbaijan	3	1	2	40
12	Turkey	3	1	2	32
13	Czech Republic	3	0	3	53
14	Switzerland	3	0	3	37
15	Italy	3	0	3	34
16	Andorra	3	0	3	29

Women's tournament

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		LTU	TUR	CZE	GRE
Lithuania	3	3	0	39	32	+7	6			18–17	11–6	10–9
Turkey	3	2	1	42	40	+2	5		17–18		8–7	17–15
Czech Republic	3	1	2	30	35	−5	4		6–11	7–8		17–16
Greece	3	0	3	40	44	−4	3		9–10	15–17	16–17

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		RUS	SLO	ESP	LAT
Russia	3	3	0	54	38	+16	6			15–10	19–16	20–12
Slovenia	3	2	1	38	31	+7	5		10–15		11–10	17–6
Spain	3	1	2	40	37	+3	4		16–19	10–11		14–7
Latvia	3	0	3	25	51	−26	3		12–20	6–17	7–14

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		SUI	ROU	IRL	UKR
Switzerland	3	2	1	45	38	+7	5			20–15	17–11	8–12
Romania	3	2	1	52	49	+3	5		15–20		17–12	20–17
Ireland	3	1	2	39	48	−9	4		11–17	12–17		16–14
Ukraine	3	1	2	43	51	−8	4		12–8	17–20	14–16

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		BEL	NED	ISR	SVK
Belgium	3	3	0	46	31	+15	6			17–11	17–10	12–10
Netherlands	3	2	1	38	23	+15	5		11–17		12–1	15–5
Israel	3	1	2	27	42	−15	4		10–17	1–12		16–13
Slovakia	3	0	3	28	43	−15	3		10–12	5–15	13–16

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Lithuania		13
	Netherlands		14
						Netherlands		8
						Slovenia		13
	Switzerland		10
	Slovenia		11
											Slovenia		13
											Russia		16
	Russia		21
	Romania		15
						Russia		15			Third place
						Belgium		9
	Belgium		21								Netherlands		10
	Turkey		17								Belgium		16

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF
1	Russia	6	6	0	106
2	Slovenia	6	4	2	75
3	Belgium	6	5	1	92
4	Netherlands	6	3	3	70
5	Lithuania	4	3	1	52
6	Romania	4	2	2	67
7	Turkey	4	2	2	59
8	Switzerland	4	2	2	55
9	Ukraine	3	1	2	43
10	Spain	3	1	2	40
11	Ireland	3	1	2	39
12	Czech Republic	3	1	2	30
13	Israel	3	1	2	27
14	Greece	3	0	3	40
15	Slovakia	3	0	3	28
16	Latvia	3	0	3	25

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Romania Adrian Vasile Stefan Angel Santana Bogdan Popescu Catalin Vlaicu	Slovenia Ales Kunc Blaz Cresnar Jasmin Hercegovac Rok Smaka	Lithuania Darius Tarvydas Giedrius Marčiukaitis Ovidijus Varanauskas Vitalij Lukša
Women	Russia Aleksandra Stolyar Anastasia Logunova Anna Leshkovtseva Maria Cherepanova	Slovenia Ana Ljubenović Maša Piršič Urša Žibert Živa Zdolšek	Belgium An-katrien Nauwelaers Anne-sophie Strubbe Hind Ben Abdelkader Sara Leemans

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References

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External links

• Official website ^{[ dead link ‍]}
• Results, rosters and information of the FIBA Europe Championships Archived 2016-10-07 at the Wayback Machine