Basketball at the 2007 Games of the Small States of Europe

Last updated March 13, 2019

Basketball at the 2007 Games of the Small States of Europe was held from 5 to 9 June 2007. Games were played at the Salle Gaston Médecin, in Fontvieille, Monaco.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.

The 2007 Games of the Small States of Europe, or the XIIth Games of the Small States of Europe, were held in Monaco from 4 June to 9 June 2007. The Games administration was done jointly by the Monegasque government and Monegasque Olympic Committee. Monaco has previously hosted the games in 1987. Prince Albert II officially opened the Games.

Salle Gaston Médecin, or Salle Omnisports, is an indoor sports arena that is located in Fontvieille, Monaco. It is used to host basketball, volleyball, and handball games, judo and fencing matches, and weightlifting and gymnastics competitions. The arena is a part of the Stade Louis II multi-sports complex, and is owned by the Monaco-based multi-sports club AS Monaco.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Iceland	Luxembourg	San Marino

Men's tournament

Men's tournament was played by a round-robin group composed by six teams.

A round-robin tournament is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants are eliminated after a certain number of losses.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland (C)	5	5	0	366	273	+93	10	Gold medal	—	92–62	92–81			72–78^{[N 1]}
2	Luxembourg	5	4	1	391	374	+17	9	Silver medal		—	81–70	88–60
3	San Marino	5	2	3	393	430	−37	7	Bronze medal			—	107–105	64–57	71–95
4	Andorra	5	1	4	371	455	−84	6		75–94			—	85–69
5	Monaco (H)	5	0	5	337	404	−67	5		69–74	62–87			—	77–95
6	Cyprus ^[1](D)	5	3	2	370	292	+78	8	Disqualified		83–86		97–56		—

Source: Monaco 2007 website
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (H) Host.

Top scorers

1	Andrea Raschi	107
2	Xavi Galera	105
3	Larrie Smith	100

Source:^[2]

Notes

↑ Cyprus was disqualified due to a brawl with two minutes left, and the win was finally given to Iceland.

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References

↑ EuroBasket reports (see Cyprus section)
↑ "Xavier Galera es queda a 2 punts de ser el màxim anotador dels JPEE de Mònaco 2007" (in Catalan). Andorran Basketball Federation. 27 June 2006. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2016.

External links

Monaco 2007 Official Website

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[1] Cyprus was disqualified due to a brawl with two minutes left, and the win was finally given to Iceland.

[2] EuroBasket reports (see Cyprus section)

[3] "Xavier Galera es queda a 2 punts de ser el màxim anotador dels JPEE de Mònaco 2007" (in Catalan). Andorran Basketball Federation. 27 June 2006. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2016.