EuroBasket

This article is about the men's basketball tournament. For the basketball news website, see Eurobasket.com. For the women's tournament, see EuroBasket Women.

EuroBasket

Current season, competition or edition: EuroBasket 2025 qualification
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1935;89 years ago (1935)
First season	1935
No. of teams	24
Countries	FIBA Europe member associations
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Spain (4th title)
Most titles	Soviet Union (14 titles)
Related competitions	FIBA European Championship for Small Countries EuroBasket Women
Official website	EuroBasket FIBA Europe

EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the European zone within the International Basketball Federation.

The competition was first held in 1935. The former Soviet Union holds the record for most gold medals with a total of 14. The tournament is generally held in August or September, in the offseason of major club competitions. The current defending champion is Spain, who won the 2022 title.

History

Beginning

Lithuania celebrating winning the EuroBasket 1937

The first championships was held three years after the establishment of FIBA, in 1935. Switzerland was chosen as the host country, and ten countries joined. Only one qualifying match was played between Portugal and Spain. With a complicated formula, the final would see Latvia as champions. According to the rule at the time, the winner had to hold the following games. The following two tournaments would be won by Lithuania and would see the introduction of Egypt who would compete in EuroBasket until 1953 winning one championship at home in 1949 along the way. ^[1] The 1941 edition of the tournament was scheduled be held in Lithuania as well, but was cancelled due to WWII. ^[2]

Soviet dominance

After the 1946 edition saw the first jump shot performed by Italian player Giuseppe Stefanini, the following edition would see the Soviet Union compete in their first edition in the 1947 edition and would see the Soviets win the first of eleven out of the next thirteen European championships. ^[3] During the 50s, the Soviet Union won four of the five competitions held during the decade with the only tournament that they did not win being the 1955 edition. This was won by Hungary as they finished top while the Soviets finished in third place. It was also during that edition that the thirty-second shot clock was introduced, which changed the style of basketball. ^[4]

The Soviets would win all championships of the 60s. They had a fifty-five game winning streak which would be broken by Yugoslavia in 1969. The 1960s would see also a change in how the competition was viewed and run with FIBA putting a limit on the number of countries that entered to 16 with qualifiers being the way to bring them down to that number as it first appeared in 1963. The following edition would see the competition not be held in one city with Tbilisi joining Moscow in hosting games and in 1967 the first modern games were held, because the games were televised and international media were present. ^[5]

Rise of Yugoslavia

The 1970s were the competition between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. During the decade Yugoslavia won three gold medals and the Soviet Union taking out the remaining two. After the Soviets won 1971, the 1973 edition would finally see Yugoslavia win their first championship after Spain defeated the Soviets in the semi-finals to qualify for their first final since the first edition way back in 1935. Yugoslavia would finally have a chance to defeat the Soviets as at home, they would get the chance to defeat them and they did as they won by six points to take home 1975 edition. After following that up in 1977, the Soviets would get their revenge in the final round at EuroBasket 1979 when they defeated them 96–77 to qualify through to the final where they would defeat Israel who shocked the basketball world as they defeated Yugoslavia in the opening round by a point. ^[6]

Brewing under the Soviets and Yugoslavs, Western Europe was starting to appear with the 1980s seeing the change happen. In 1983, the Western side of Europe tasted success with Italy defeating Spain in the final to record their first of two titles. An important development happened in the following edition which was held in Germany. That edition saw the first three-point arc being used.

New winners emerge and Spanish dominance

Greece would win the next edition in 1987 at home after remarkable victory over heavily favored Soviet Union, with a 103–101 score in a gripping final decided in overtime. At the 1989 edition, Greece beat the Soviet team again in the semifinals with a one-point margin but then lost to hosts Yugoslavia in the final. ^[7] EuroBasket 1991 was the first EuroBasket tournament in which currently active NBA players, that had also already played in an official NBA regular season game were allowed to participate. It would also be the first edition where the Soviets weren't entered into the competition, as the USSR didn't qualify for the main tournament and afterwards collapsed. Yugoslavia would take the title, but afterwards war would split the country up with Jure Zdovc being a "casualty" after Slovenia declared independence, two days into the tournament. 1993 saw a shock winner, with Germany taking the championship at home with a one-point victory over Russia. After being suspended in 1993, FR Yugoslavia came back and took the trophy after defeating Lithuania who was making its first appearance, since it had been a Soviet Republic. But politics came into play with the crowd protesting "Lithuania is the champions", while the Croatian team who had defeated Greece for bronze step down from the podium in protest of the war that was happening at the time. ^{[8] [9]} Nevertheless, FR Yugoslavia managed to repeat their success in 1997 after victory over Italy in the final match.

Italy managed to win the last title of the 20th century, defeating Spain in the 1999 final. In 2001, FR Yugoslavia regained European title but it was their last victory at the EuroBasket. In 2003, Lithuania defeated Spain in the final match and won their first European trophy since 1939. In 2005, Greece repeated success of 1987 after beating Germany in the final match.

2007 saw a shock winner, with Russia taking their first EuroBasket title since the dissolution of the Soviet Union with a one-point victory over heavily favored Spanish hosts in Madrid. However, the next tournaments were dominated by Spain who finally gained their maiden European title in 2009 and then won 3 of 5 next editions. In 2013, France won their first European title. In 2017, Slovenia won the trophy, becoming the 14th country to win the EuroBasket. But in general, the first decades of the 21st century have been characterized by the dominance of Spanish team who has reached at least the semifinals of the 11 last tournaments, obtaining at these editions a total of four gold, three silver and three bronze medals, including the current title of 2022.

Qualification

24 European teams take part in the final competition. The qualification format that existed until the 2011 EuroBasket permitted 16 teams to compete. Eight spots were determined by the host nation and the top seven finishers of the previous EuroBasket. The remaining Division A teams compete in a qualification tournament. There, they were divided into four groups. Each group played a double round-robin. The top team in each group qualified for EuroBasket. The best three of the four runners-up also qualified.

Of the ten teams that did not qualify in the qualification tournament, the six best got another chance in the additional qualification round. The remaining four competed in a relegation round, with two being sent to Division B for the next qualification cycle (and replaced by the two best teams from Division B).

The final spot was determined by the additional qualifying round. The six teams were divided into two groups of three, with each group playing a double round-robin. The top team in each group played in the final against the other group's top team; the winner of that game received the final EuroBasket qualification spot.

In 2015, the national team of Iceland became the smallest nation to ever qualify for a EuroBasket final stage at the population of around 330.000 people. The team was led by the former Dallas Maverick, Jón Arnór Stefánsson followed by a great performance which drove them through the qualifiers. In 2017, Iceland made back to back qualification to a EuroBasket final stage, then led by the young Martin Hermannsson.

Competition format

EuroBasket has used a number of different formats, ranging from the simple round-robin used in 1939, to a three-stage tournament, and now a two-stage tournament that is currently in use.

The current format begins with a preliminary round. The twenty-four qualified teams are placed into four groups of six, and each group plays a round-robin tournament. The top four teams in each group (16 overall) advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage is a 16-team single-elimination tournament, with a bronze medal game for semi-final losers and classification games for the quarterfinal losers to determine fifth to eighth places.

Results

#	Year	Hosts	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game			Teams
			Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1	1935	Switzerland	Latvia	24–18	Spain	Czechoslovakia	25–23	Switzerland	10
2	1937	Latvia	Lithuania	24–23	Italy	France	27–24	Poland	8
3	1939	Lithuania	Lithuania	No playoffs	Latvia	Poland	No playoffs	France	8
-	1941	Lithuania	Cancelled due to World War II
4	1946	Switzerland	Czechoslovakia	34–32	Italy	Hungary	38–32	France	10
5	1947	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	56–37	Czechoslovakia	Egypt	50–48	Belgium	14
6	1949	Egypt	Egypt	No playoffs	France	Greece	No playoffs	Turkey	7
7	1951	France	Soviet Union	45–44	Czechoslovakia	France	55–52	Bulgaria	18
8	1953	Soviet Union	Soviet Union	No playoffs	Hungary	France	No playoffs	Czechoslovakia	17
9	1955	Hungary	Hungary	No playoffs	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	No playoffs	Bulgaria	18
10	1957	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	No playoffs	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia	No playoffs	Hungary	16
11	1959	Turkey	Soviet Union	No playoffs	Czechoslovakia	France	No playoffs	Hungary	17
12	1961	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	60–53	Yugoslavia	Bulgaria	55–46	France	19
13	1963	Poland	Soviet Union	61–45	Poland	Yugoslavia	89–61	Hungary	16
14	1965	Soviet Union	Soviet Union	58–49	Yugoslavia	Poland	86–70	Italy	16
15	1967	Finland	Soviet Union	89–77	Czechoslovakia	Poland	80–76	Bulgaria	16
16	1969	Italy	Soviet Union	81–72	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	77–75	Poland	12
17	1971	West Germany	Soviet Union	69–64	Yugoslavia	Italy	85–67	Poland	12
18	1973	Spain	Yugoslavia	78–67	Spain	Soviet Union	90–58	Czechoslovakia	12
19	1975	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	No playoffs	Soviet Union	Italy	No playoffs	Spain	12
20	1977	Belgium	Yugoslavia	74–61	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	91–81	Italy	12
21	1979	Italy	Soviet Union	98–76	Israel	Yugoslavia	99–92	Czechoslovakia	12
22	1981	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	84–67	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	101–90	Spain	12
23	1983	France	Italy	105–96	Spain	Soviet Union	105–70	Netherlands	12
24	1985	West Germany	Soviet Union	120–89	Czechoslovakia	Italy	102–90	Spain	12
25	1987	Greece	Greece	103–101 overtime	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	98–87	Spain	12
26	1989	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	98–77	Greece	Soviet Union	104–76	Italy	8
27	1991	Italy	Yugoslavia	88–73	Italy	Spain	101–83	France	8
28	1993	Germany	Germany	71–70	Russia	Croatia	99–59	Greece	16
29	1995	Greece	Yugoslavia	96–90	Lithuania	Croatia	73–68	Greece	14
30	1997	Spain	Yugoslavia	61–49	Italy	Russia	97–77	Greece	16
31	1999	France	Italy	64–56	Spain	Yugoslavia	74–62	France	16
32	2001	Turkey	Yugoslavia	78–69	Turkey	Spain	99–90	Germany	16
33	2003	Sweden	Lithuania	93–84	Spain	Italy	69–67	France	16
34	2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Greece	78–62	Germany	France	98–68	Spain	16
35	2007	Spain	Russia	60–59	Spain	Lithuania	78–69	Greece	16
36	2009	Poland	Spain	85–63	Serbia	Greece	57–56	Slovenia	16
37	2011	Lithuania	Spain	98–85	France	Russia	72–68	North Macedonia	24
38	2013	Slovenia	France	80–66	Lithuania	Spain	92–66	Croatia	24
39	2015	France   Croatia   Germany   Latvia	Spain	80–63	Lithuania	France	81–68	Serbia	24
40	2017	Finland   Israel   Romania   Turkey	Slovenia	93–85	Serbia	Spain	93–85	Russia	24
41	2022	Czech Republic   Georgia   Italy   Germany	Spain	88–76	France	Germany	82–69	Poland	24
42	2025	Latvia   Cyprus   Finland   Poland							24
43	2029	Will be announced in 2025							24

Medal table

The medal table below lists the national teams according to the respective table published by FIBA. ^[10] Countries in italics no longer compete at the EuroBasket.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	14	3	4	21
2	Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro	8	5	4	17
3	Spain	4	6	4	14
4	Lithuania	3	3	1	7
5	Italy	2	4	4	10
6	Greece	2	1	2	5
7	Czechoslovakia	1	6	5	12
8	France	1	3	6	10
9	Russia	1	1	2	4
10	Germany	1	1	1	3
	Hungary	1	1	1	3
12	Latvia	1	1	0	2
13	Egypt	1	0	1	2
14	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
15	Serbia	0	2	0	2
16	Poland	0	1	3	4
17	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
18	Israel	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
20	Croatia	0	0	2	2
Totals (20 entries)		41	41	41	123

Notes

• According to FIBA, Yugoslavia competed until 2001. ^[11]

Participating nations

Team	1935	1937	1939	1946	1947	1949	1951	1953	1955	1957	1959	1961	1963	1965	1967	1969	1971	1973	1975	1977	1979
Albania	-	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austria	-	-	-	-	12th	-	11th	-	13th	14th	16th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-
Belgium	6th	-	-	7th	4th	-	7th	10th	-	12th	7th	8th	8th	-	15th	-	-	-	-	8th	12th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Part of   Yugoslavia
Bulgaria	8th	-	-	-	8th	-	4th	9th	4th	2nd	5th	3rd	5th	5th	4th	7th	6th	6th	5th	6th	11th
Croatia	Part of   Yugoslavia
Cyprus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic	Part of   Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia	3rd	7th	-	1st	2nd	-	2nd	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	10th	7th	2nd	3rd	5th	4th	6th	3rd	4th
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	16th	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
East Germany	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	14th	12th	6th	10th	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt	-	8th	-	-	3rd	1st	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
England	-	-	-	10th	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	19th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Estonia	-	5th	5th	Part of   Soviet Union
Finland	-	-	8th	-	-	-	9th	12th	10th	11th	13th	14th	14th	12th	6th	-	-	-	-	10th	-
France	5th	3rd	4th	4th	5th	2nd	3rd	3rd	9th	8th	3rd	4th	13th	9th	11th	-	10th	10th	-	11th	8th
Georgia	Part of   Soviet Union
West Germany/   Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	14th	17th	13th	-	16th	-	14th	-	-	9th	-	-	-	-
Great Britain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	8th	-	-	-	-	17th	-	8th	12th	10th	-	11th	12th	-	9th
Hungary	9th	-	7th	3rd	7th	-	-	2nd	1st	4th	4th	6th	4th	15th	13th	8th	-	-	-	-	-
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iran	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Israel	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	5th	-	-	11th	11th	9th	6th	8th	11th	11th	7th	7th	5th	2nd
Italy	7th	2nd	6th	2nd	9th	-	5th	7th	6th	10th	10th	-	12th	4th	7th	6th	3rd	5th	3rd	4th	5th
Latvia	1st	6th	2nd	Part of   Soviet Union
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	-	1st	1st	Part of   Soviet Union
Luxembourg	-	-	-	8th	-	-	17th	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Montenegro	Part of   Yugoslavia
Netherlands	-	-	-	6th	11th	5th	10th	-	-	-	-	15th	16th	-	16th	-	-	-	10th	7th	10th
North Macedonia [12]	Part of   Yugoslavia
Poland	-	4th	3rd	9th	6th	-	-	-	5th	7th	6th	9th	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	12th	8th	-	7th
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Romania	10th	-	-	-	10th	-	18th	13th	7th	5th	8th	7th	11th	13th	5th	9th	8th	9th	11th	-	-
Russia	Part of   Soviet Union
Scotland	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serbia	Part of   Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro [11]	Part of   Yugoslavia
Slovenia	Part of   Yugoslavia
Soviet Union	-	-	-	-	1st	-	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st
Spain	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	13th	7th	11th	10th	5th	7th	2nd	4th	9th	6th
Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	16th	-	-	18th	-	16th	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-
Switzerland	4th	-	-	5th	-	-	13th	11th	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syria	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	4th	6th	-	11th	9th	12th	10th	15th	-	-	-	12th	8th	9th	-	-
Ukraine	Part of   Soviet Union
Yugoslavia	-	-	-	-	13th	-	-	6th	8th	6th	9th	2nd	3rd	2nd	9th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	3rd
Total	10	8	8	10	14	7	18	17	18	16	17	19	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	12

Team	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2022	2025	Total
Albania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st	9th	13th	19th	14th		18
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Part of   Yugoslavia						8th	-	15th	15th	13th	15th	13th	-	-	17th	13th	23rd	-	18th		10
Bulgaria	-	-	8th	-	7th	8th	14th	-	-	-	-	-	13th	-	13th	13th	-	-	-	20th		25
Croatia	Part of   Yugoslavia						3rd	3rd	11th	11th	7th	11th	7th	6th	6th	13th	4th	9th	10th	11th		14
Cyprus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	1
Czech Republic	Part of   Czechoslovakia						-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	13th	-	-	13th	7th	20th	16th		6
Czechoslovakia	3rd	10th	2nd	8th	-	6th	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	24
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		3
East Germany	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	5
Egypt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
England	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Estonia	Part of   Soviet Union						6th	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th	-	19th		6
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th	9th	16th	11th	8th	Q	18
France	8th	5th	6th	9th	6th	4th	7th	8th	10th	4th	6th	4th	3rd	8th	5th	2nd	1st	3rd	12th	2nd		39
Georgia	Part of   Soviet Union						-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th	17th	15th	17th	21st		5
West Germany/   Germany	10th	8th	5th	6th	-	-	1st	10th	12th	7th	4th	9th	2nd	5th	11th	9th	17th	18th	7th	3rd		25
Great Britain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	13th	13th	-	22nd	24th		5
Greece	9th	11th	-	1st	2nd	5th	4th	4th	4th	16th	9th	5th	1st	4th	3rd	6th	11th	5th	8th	5th		28
Hungary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	23rd		16
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24th	24th	-		2
Iran	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Israel	6th	6th	9th	11th	-	-	15th	9th	9th	9th	10th	7th	9th	11th	13th	13th	21st	10th	21st	17th	Q	31
Italy	5th	1st	3rd	5th	4th	2nd	9th	5th	2nd	1st	11th	3rd	9th	9th	-	17th	8th	6th	6th	7th	Q	39
Latvia	Part of   Soviet Union						10th	-	16th	-	8th	13th	13th	13th	13th	21st	10th	8th	5th	-	Q	15
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Lithuania	Part of   Soviet Union						-	2nd	6th	5th	12th	1st	5th	3rd	11th	5th	2nd	2nd	9th	15th	Q	16
Luxembourg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Montenegro	Part of   Yugoslavia						Part of   Yugoslavia							-	-	21st	17th	-	13th	13th		4
Netherlands	-	4th	12th	10th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st	-	22nd		16
North Macedonia [12]	Part of   Yugoslavia						-	-	-	13th	-	-	-	-	9th	4th	21st	19th	-	-		5
Poland	7th	9th	11th	7th	-	7th	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	13th	9th	17th	21st	11th	18th	4th	Q	30
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th	-	21st	-	-	-	-		3
Romania	-	-	10th	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23rd	-	-	18
Russia	Part of   Soviet Union						2nd	7th	3rd	6th	5th	8th	8th	1st	7th	3rd	21st	17th	4th	DQ	DQ	13
Scotland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Serbia	Part of   Yugoslavia						Part of   Yugoslavia							13th	2nd	8th	7th	4th	2nd	9th	Q	8
Serbia and Montenegro [11]	Part of   Yugoslavia						DQ	1st	1st	3rd	1st	6th	9th	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	2
Slovenia	Part of   Yugoslavia						14th	12th	14th	10th	15th	10th	6th	7th	4th	7th	5th	12th	1st	6th	Q	15
Soviet Union	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	21
Spain	4th	2nd	4th	4th	5th	3rd	5th	6th	5th	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	Q	33
Sweden	-	12th	-	-	-	-	13th	11th	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	13th	-	-	-		10
Switzerland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Syria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Turkey	11th	-	-	-	-	-	11th	13th	8th	8th	2nd	12th	9th	11th	8th	11th	17th	14th	14th	10th	Q	26
Ukraine	Part of   Soviet Union						-	-	13th	-	16th	14th	13th	-	-	17th	6th	22nd	15th	12th		9
Yugoslavia	2nd	7th	7th	3rd	1st	1st	X	1st	1st	3rd	1st	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	25
Total	12	12	12	12	8	8	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	24	24	24	24	24	24

Notes

• According to FIBA, Yugoslavia competed until 2001. ^[11]

Debut of teams

A total of 46 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA EuroBasket in the history of the tournament through the 2025 competition. Each successive EuroBasket has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Countries competing in their first AmeriCup are listed below by year.

Year	Debutants	Number
1935	Belgium,   Bulgaria,   Czechoslovakia, [13]   France,   Hungary,   Italy,   Latvia,   Romania,   Spain,    Switzerland	10
1937	Egypt, [14]   Estonia,   Lithuania,   Poland	13
1939	Finland	14
1946	England,   Luxembourg,   Netherlands	17
1947	Albania,   Austria,   Soviet Union, [15]   Yugoslavia [16]	21
1949	Greece,   Lebanon, [17]   Syria, [18]   Turkey	25
1951	Denmark,   Germany, [19]   Portugal,   Scotland	29
1953	Israel,   Sweden	31
1955	None	31
1957	None	31
1959	East Germany,   Iran [20]	33
1961	None	33
1963	None	33
1965	None	33
1967	None	33
1969	None	33
1971	None	33
1973	None	33
1975	None	33
1977	None	33
1979	None	33
1981	None	33
1983	None	33
1985	None	33
1987	None	33
1989	None	33
1991	None	33
1993	Bosnia and Herzegovina,   Croatia,   Russia,   Slovenia	37
1995	None	37
1997	Ukraine	38
1999	Czech Republic,   North Macedonia	40
2001	None	40
2003	None	40
2005	None	40
2007	Serbia	41
2009	Great Britain	42
2011	Georgia,   Montenegro	44
2013	None	44
2015	Iceland	45
2017	None	45
2022	None	45
2025	Cyprus	46
Total		46

Most successful players

Boldface denotes active basketball players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Multiple gold medalists

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Gennadi Volnov	Soviet Union	1959	1969	6	–	–	6
2	Sergei Belov	Soviet Union	1967	1979	4	2	1	7
3	Rudy Fernández	Spain	2007	2022	4	1	1	6
4	Predrag Danilović	Yugoslavia   Yugoslavia	1989	1999	4	–	1	5
	Modestas Paulauskas	Soviet Union	1965	1973	4	–	1	5
	Zurab Sakandelidze	Soviet Union	1965	1973	4	–	1	5
7	Armenak Alachachian	Soviet Union	1953	1965	4	–	–	4
	Aleksandr Petrov	Soviet Union	1959	1965	4	–	–	4
9	Krešimir Ćosić	Yugoslavia	1969	1981	3	3	1	7
10	Pau Gasol	Spain	2001	2017	3	2	2	7

Multiple medalists

The table shows players who have won at least 6 medals in total at the EuroBasket.

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sergei Belov	Soviet Union	1967	1979	4	2	1	7
2	Krešimir Ćosić	Yugoslavia	1969	1981	3	3	1	7
3	Pau Gasol	Spain	2001	2017	3	2	2	7
4	Gennadi Volnov	Soviet Union	1959	1969	6	–	–	6
5	Rudy Fernández	Spain	2007	2022	4	1	1	6
6	Felipe Reyes	Spain	2001	2015	3	2	1	6
7	Alexander Belostenny	Soviet Union	1977	1989	3	1	2	6
8	Valdemaras Chomičius	Soviet Union   Lithuania	1979	1995	2	2	2	6
	Juan Carlos Navarro	Spain	2001	2017	2	2	2	6

Awards

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket MVP

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team

Below are the lists of all players voted as the MVPs ^{[21] [22]} and the Top Scorers of each EuroBasket edition. Krešimir Ćosić and Pau Gasol are the only players to win the MVP award twice. Nikos Galis and Radivoj Korać were the Top Scorers 4 times each. ^[23]

Bronze	Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Silver	Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Gold	Member of both the FIBA Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player was selected the MVP or was the Top Scorer.

Tournament	MVP	Top Scorer	PPG
EuroBasket 1935	Rafael Martín	Livio Franceschini	16.5
EuroBasket 1937	Pranas Talzūnas	Rūdolfs Jurciņš	12.5
EuroBasket 1939	Mykolas Ruzgys (de facto: Pranas Lubinas)‡	Heino Veskila	16.7
EuroBasket 1946	Ferenc Németh	Paweł Stok	12.6
EuroBasket 1947	Joann Lõssov	Jacques Perrier	13.7
EuroBasket 1949	Hüseyin Öztürk	Hüseyin Öztürk	19.3
EuroBasket 1951	Ivan Mrázek	Ivan Mrázek	17.1
EuroBasket 1953	Anatoly Konev	Ahmed Idlibi	15.9
EuroBasket 1955	János Greminger	Miroslav Škeřík	19.1
EuroBasket 1957	Jiří Baumruk	Eddy Terrace	24.4
EuroBasket 1959	Viktor Zubkov	Radivoj Korać	28.1
EuroBasket 1961	Radivoj Korać	Radivoj Korać (2)	24.0
EuroBasket 1963	Emiliano Rodríguez	Radivoj Korać (3)	26.6
EuroBasket 1965	Modestas Paulauskas	Radivoj Korać (4)	21.9
EuroBasket 1967	Jiří Zedníček	Giorgos Kolokithas	26.7
EuroBasket 1969	Sergei Belov	Giorgos Kolokithas (2)	23.5
EuroBasket 1971	Krešimir Ćosić	Edward Jurkiewicz	22.6
EuroBasket 1973	Wayne Brabender	Atanas Golomeev	22.3
EuroBasket 1975	Krešimir Ćosić (2)	Atanas Golomeev (2)	22.9
EuroBasket 1977	Dražen Dalipagić	Kees Akerboom	27.0
EuroBasket 1979	Miki Berkovich	Mieczysław Młynarski	26.6
EuroBasket 1981	Valdis Valters	Mieczysław Młynarski (2)	23.1
EuroBasket 1983	Juan Antonio Corbalán	Nikos Galis	33.0
EuroBasket 1985	Arvydas Sabonis	Doron Jamchi	28.1
EuroBasket 1987	Nikos Galis	Nikos Galis (2)	37.0
EuroBasket 1989	Dražen Petrović	Nikos Galis (3)	35.6
EuroBasket 1991	Toni Kukoč	Nikos Galis (4)	32.4
EuroBasket 1993	Chris Welp	Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović	24.6
EuroBasket 1995	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	22.5
EuroBasket 1997	Saša Đorđević	Oded Kattash	22.0
EuroBasket 1999	Gregor Fučka	Alberto Herreros	19.2
EuroBasket 2001	Peja Stojaković	Dirk Nowitzki	28.7
EuroBasket 2003	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Pau Gasol	25.8
EuroBasket 2005	Dirk Nowitzki	Dirk Nowitzki (2)	26.1
EuroBasket 2007	Andrei Kirilenko	Dirk Nowitzki (3)	24.0
EuroBasket 2009	Pau Gasol	Pau Gasol (2)	18.7
EuroBasket 2011	Juan Carlos Navarro	Tony Parker	22.1
EuroBasket 2013	Tony Parker	Tony Parker (2)	19.0
EuroBasket 2015	Pau Gasol (2)	Pau Gasol (3)	25.6
EuroBasket 2017	Goran Dragić	Alexey Shved	24.3
EuroBasket 2022	Willy Hernangómez	Giannis Antetokounmpo	29.3

MVP and Top scorer by country

Country	Times MVP	Years		Country	Times Top Scorer	Years
Spain	8	1935, 1963, 1973, 1983, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2022		Greece	7	1967, 1969, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2022
Soviet Union	7	1947, 1953, 1959, 1965, 1969, 1981, 1985		Spain	4	1999, 2003, 2009, 2015
Yugoslavia	6	1961, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991		Poland	4	1946, 1971, 1979, 1981
Lithuania	4	1937, 1939, 1995, 2003		Yugoslavia	4	1959, 1961, 1963, 1965
Czechoslovakia	3	1951, 1957, 1967		France	3	1947, 2011, 2013
Yugoslavia	2	1997, 2001		Germany	3	2001, 2005, 2007
Hungary	2	1946, 1955		Czechoslovakia	2	1951, 1955
Germany	2	1993, 2005		Bulgaria	2	1973, 1975
Turkey	1	1949		Israel	2	1985, 1997
Israel	1	1979		Italy	1	1935
Greece	1	1987		Latvia	1	1937
Italy	1	1999		Estonia	1	1939
Russia	1	2007		Turkey	1	1949
France	1	2013		Lebanon	1	1953
Slovenia	1	2017		Belgium	1	1957
				Netherlands	1	1977
				Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1993
				Lithuania	1	1995
				Russia	1	2017

Most times MVP and Top scorer by Players

Player	Times MVP	Years		Player	Times Top Scorer	Years
Krešimir Ćosić	2	1971, 1975		Nikos Galis	4	1983, 1987, 1989, 1991
Pau Gasol	2	2009, 2015		Radivoj Korać	4	1959, 1961, 1963, 1965
One time MVP, earned by 36 players				Dirk Nowitzki	3	2001, 2005, 2007
				Pau Gasol	3	2003, 2009, 2015
				Giorgos Kolokithas	2	1967, 1969
				Atanas Golomeev	2	1973, 1975
				Mieczysław Młynarski	2	1979, 1981
				Tony Parker	2	2011, 2013

Player scoring records

Main article: EuroBasket Records

Most career points scored

• Counting all games played through the end of EuroBasket 2017, and not counting qualification games.

List of All-Time Top 10 Scorers (Overall)

Player	Points Scored	Games Played	Scoring Average
Pau Gasol	1,183	58	20.4
Tony Parker	1,104	68	16.2
Dirk Nowitzki	1,052	49	21.4
Nikos Galis	1,030	33	31.2
Kamil Brabenec	948	62	15.3
Miki Berkovich	917	51	18.0
Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi"	889	58	15.3
Emiliano Rodríguez	864	55	15.7
Radivoj Korać	844	34	24.8
Stanislav Kropilák	769	55	14.0
Panagiotis Giannakis	769	58	13.3

Highest career points per game average

• Counting all games played through the end of EuroBasket 2017, and not counting qualification games.

List of All-Time Top 10 Scorers (By Average) ^[24]

Player	Points Scored	Games Played	Scoring Average
Nikos Galis	1,030	33	31.2
Radivoj Korać	844	34	24.8
Luol Deng	123	5	24.6
Eddy Terrace	220	9	24.4
Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović	217	9	24.1
Dražen Petrović	604	26	23.2
Dennis Schröder	271	12	22.6
Rik Smits	154	7	22.0
Mieczysław Młynarski	482	22	21.9
Michael Jackel	347	16	21.6

FIBA EuroBasket 2000–2020 Dream Team

Position	FIBA EuroBasket Dream Team [25]	Years
PG	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	2000–2020
SG	Vassilis Spanoulis	2000–2020
SF	Dimitris Diamantidis	2000–2020
PF	Dirk Nowitzki	2000–2020
C	Pau Gasol	2000–2020

See also

• Basketball at the Summer Olympic Games
• FIBA EuroBasket Records
• FIBA EuroBasket MVP
• FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer
• FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team
• FIBA World Cup
• FIBA World Cup Records
• FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
• FIBA EuroBasket Division B (defunct)
• FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
• FIBA EuroBasket Women
• List of FIBA EuroBasket winning head coaches
• European Wheelchair Basketball Championship

References

1. "EuroBasket History – The 30s". FIBA Europe . Retrieved 6 December 2017.
2. "Federation focus: Lithuania". FIBA . Retrieved 28 August 2023.
3. "EuroBasket History – The 40s". FIBA Europe . Retrieved 6 December 2017.
4. "EuroBasket History – The 50s". FIBA Europe . Retrieved 6 December 2017.
5. "EuroBasket History – The 60s". FIBA Europe . Retrieved 6 December 2017.
6. "EuroBasket History – The 70s". FIBA Europe . Retrieved 6 December 2017.
7. "EuroBasket History – The 80s". FIBA Europe . Retrieved 6 December 2017.
8. "BASKETBALL; Politics Take Center Court as Yugoslavs Win Title". The New York Times. 3 July 1995. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
9. "EuroBasket History – The 90s". FIBA Europe . Retrieved 6 December 2007.
10. "FIBA Archive". FIBA . Retrieved 4 July 2020.
11. Yugoslavia participation – FIBA archive
12. The country was previously a FIBA member under the name of the former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia due to the now-resolved Macedonia naming dispute.
13. Czechoslovakia qualified four times prior to being divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. FIBA does not consider any of these nations as the successor team of Czechoslovakia.
14. Egypt took part until they return to Africa for the AfroBasket
15. The Soviet Union qualified nine times prior to being dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIBA does not consider any of these nations as the successor team of the Soviet Union.
16. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1950–1990) qualified ten times under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup by the secession of many of its constituent republics in 1992. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia qualified twice in 1998 and 2002 as Yugoslavia and in 2006 as Serbia and Montenegro after a name change in 2003. FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro are considered the predecessors of the current Serbia team by FIBA; the latter competed for the first time as Serbia in the 2010 FIBA World Championship. These teams along with the other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the original Yugoslavia (Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and North Macedonia) are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro now also compete separately after independence in 2006.
17. Lebanon took part until they return to Asia for the FIBA Asia Cup
18. Syria took part until they return to Asia the FIBA Asia Cup
19. Germany took part as West Germany until 1987
20. Iran took part until they return to Asia for the FIBA Asia Cup
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22. "Basketball / European Championships". Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2007.
23. Top scorer of each EuroBasket (Top 3)
24. All time highest scoring average (Top 10).
25. "Διαμαντίδης και Σπανούλης στην κορυφαία πεντάδα της 20ετιας των EuroBasket". FIBA. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

• EuroBasket.com EuroBasket Page
• FIBA Europe official website