Tournament details | |
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Host country | Turkey |
Dates | 31 August – 9 September |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Yugoslavia (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Turkey |
Third place | Spain |
Fourth place | Germany |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 40 |
MVP | Peja Stojaković |
Top scorer | Dirk Nowitzki (28.7 ppg) |
Top rebounds | Gasol (9.7 rpg) |
Top assists | Miglinieks (7.3 apg) |
Official website | |
EuroBasket 2001 (archive) | |
The 2001 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2001, was the 32nd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2002 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top four (or five, depending on Serbia reaching one of the top four places) teams in the final standings. It was held in Turkey between 31 August and 9 September 2001. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul hosted the tournament. Serbia won its third FIBA European title (eighth and the last FIBA European title under the name of Yugoslavia) by defeating hosts Turkey with a 78–69 score in the final. Vlado Šćepanović scored 19 points for Serbia, while İbrahim Kutluay scored 19 for Turkey. Serbia's Peja Stojaković was voted the tournament's MVP.
Location | Picture | City | Arena | Capacity | Status | Round |
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Ankara | ASKI Sport Hall | 6,000 | Groups A and B Second round | |||
Antalya | Antalya Expo Center | 3,800 | Opened in 1999 | Groups C and D | ||
Istanbul | Abdi İpekçi Arena | 12,270 | Opened in 1986 | Knockout stages |
Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2001, the top eight teams from the previous tournament qualified directly. The other eight teams earned their berths via a qualifying tournament.
Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation | – | 1 | Turkey |
Qualified through EuroBasket 1999 | 29 August – 8 September 1999 | 7 | France Germany Italy Lithuania Russia Spain Yugoslavia |
Qualified through Qualifying Round | 18 May 1998 – 27 January 2001 | 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Estonia Greece Israel Latvia Slovenia Ukraine |
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.
Qualified for the quarterfinals | |
Qualified for the second round |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 239 | 225 | +14 | 5 | 1–0 |
Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 215 | 195 | +20 | 5 | 0–1 |
Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 218 | 210 | +8 | 4 | 1–0 |
Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 214 | 256 | −42 | 4 | 0–1 |
31 August 14:30 |
Ukraine | 60–82 | Lithuania |
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 13–14, 8–18, 21–29 | ||
Pts: 3 Players 13 Rebs: Okunskyy 15 Asts: Ievstratenko, Khryapa 3 | Pts: Šiškauskas 16 Rebs: Einikis 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 6 |
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Philippe Leemann (SUI), Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS) |
31 August 16:45 |
Israel | 71–77 (OT) | France |
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 16–16, 16–15, 18–13, Overtime: 9–15 | ||
Pts: Tapiro 21 Rebs: Tapiro 12 Asts: Tapiro 7 | Pts: Foirest 18 Rebs: Sciarra 10 Asts: Foirest 5 |
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Danko Radić (CRO) |
1 September 14:30 |
France | 86–89 | Ukraine |
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 26–19, 15–30, 30–25 | ||
Pts: Palmer 18 Rebs: Palmer 10 Asts: Sciarra 1 | Pts: Okunskyy 28 Rebs: Korablov, Okunskyy 6 Asts: Korablov, Rayevskyy 3 |
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Efim Resser (GER), Ademir Zurapović (BIH) |
1 September 16:45 |
Lithuania | 68–59 | Israel |
Scoring by quarter:18–4, 9–22, 23–21, 18–12 | ||
Pts: Timinskas 15 Rebs: Timinskas 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 4 | Pts: Sharp, Turgeman 12 Rebs: Green 11 Asts: Lubin 3 |
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Ilija Belošević (YUG) |
2 September 14:30 |
Ukraine | 65–88 | Israel |
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 13–22, 17–23, 15–22 | ||
Pts: Ryzhov 16 Rebs: Okunskyy 6 Asts: Rayevskyy 2 | Pts: Saffar 19 Rebs: Green 9 Asts: Tapiro 5 |
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Dubravko Muhvić (CRO), Atso Matsalu (EST) |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 232 | −6 | 5 | 1–0 |
Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 270 | 222 | +48 | 5 | 0–1 |
Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 258 | 284 | −26 | 4 | 1–0 |
Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 225 | 241 | −16 | 4 | 0–1 |
31 August 19:00 |
Latvia | 82–85 | Turkey |
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 28–20, 22–30, 18–18 | ||
Pts: Bagatskis 21 Rebs: Kambala 11 Asts: Miglinieks 7 | Pts: Kutluay 20 Rebs: Türkcan 9 Asts: Türkcan 5 |
31 August 21:15 |
Slovenia | 61–85 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 14–21, 18–25, 14–14 | ||
Pts: Udrih 12 Rebs: Nesterovič, Udrih 4 Asts: McDonald 4 | Pts: Paraíso 17 Rebs: Gasol 9 Asts: Angulo 4 |
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Efim Resser (GER) |
1 September 19:00 |
Turkey | 57–71 | Slovenia |
Scoring by quarter:18–15, 13–13, 13–19, 13–24 | ||
Pts: Kutluay 19 Rebs: Beşok 12 Asts: Türkoğlu 3 | Pts: Nesterovič 20 Rebs: Nesterovič 11 Asts: Bečirovič, Milič 4 |
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Danko Radić (CRO) |
1 September 21:15 |
Spain | 106–77 | Latvia |
Scoring by quarter:23–21, 27–21, 30–15, 26–20 | ||
Pts: Paraíso 16 Rebs: Gasol 9 Asts: Navarro 9 | Pts: Helmanis 20 Rebs: Bagatskis, Kambala 6 Asts: Miglinieks 7 |
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS), Atso Matsalu (EST) |
2 September 16:45 |
Latvia | 99–93 (OT) | Slovenia |
Scoring by quarter: 26–29, 22–14, 17–25, 22–15, Overtime:16–10 | ||
Pts: Kambala 24 Rebs: Bagatskis, Kambala 9 Asts: Miglinieks 12 | Pts: 3 Players 19 Rebs: Nesterovič 12 Asts: Bečirovič 6 |
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Philippe Leemann (SUI), Ademir Zurapović (BIH) |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 279 | 197 | +82 | 6 |
Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 263 | 245 | +18 | 5 |
Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 235 | 247 | −12 | 4 |
Estonia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 198 | 286 | −88 | 3 |
31 August 16:45 |
Estonia | 71–92 | Germany |
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 22–26, 14–25, 17–22 | ||
Pts: Müürsepp 15 Rebs: Müürsepp, Noormets 5 Asts: Pärn, Tein 3 | Pts: Nowitzki 33 Rebs: Nowitzki 12 Asts: Demirel 3 |
31 August 19:00 |
Croatia | 66–80 | Yugoslavia |
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 15–17, 20–18, 11–19 | ||
Pts: Kovačić 19 Rebs: Kovačić 8 Asts: Mulaomerović 5 | Pts: Stojaković 21 Rebs: Tarlać 9 Asts: Jarić 4 |
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Petr Sudek (SVK) |
1 September 14:30 |
Yugoslavia | 113–58 | Estonia |
Scoring by quarter:33–18, 21–15, 34–10, 25–15 | ||
Pts: Stojaković 21 Rebs: Tarlać 9 Asts: Obradović 5 | Pts: Müürsepp 16 Rebs: Metstak 9 Asts: 3 Players 3 |
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya Referees: Kamen Toshev (BUL), Borys Shulga (UKR) |
1 September 16:45 |
Germany | 98–88 | Croatia |
Scoring by quarter:25–19, 23–25, 24–17, 26–27 | ||
Pts: Nowitzki 31 Rebs: Femerling, Okulaja 4 Asts: Demirel, Pesic 3 | Pts: Mulaomerović 23 Rebs: Kovačić 10 Asts: 3 Players 3 |
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Pascal Dorizon (FRA), Murat Biricik (TUR) |
2 September 14:30 |
Estonia | 69–81 | Croatia |
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 23–22, 14–17, 22–21 | ||
Pts: Müürsepp 24 Rebs: Müürsepp 8 Asts: Pehka 4 | Pts: Giriček 21 Rebs: Giriček 8 Asts: Giriček, Mulaomerović 3 |
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Moise Bitton (ISR) |
2 September 19:00 |
Yugoslavia | 86–73 | Germany |
Scoring by quarter:22–13, 19–13, 17–28, 28–19 | ||
Pts: Stojaković 22 Rebs: Drobnjak 6 Asts: Jarić 4 | Pts: Okulaja 18 Rebs: Okulaja 8 Asts: Okulaja 4 |
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Petr Sudek (SVK) |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tie |
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Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 247 | 208 | +39 | 5 | 0.543 |
Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 242 | 207 | +35 | 5 | 0.539 |
Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 265 | 265 | 0 | 5 | 0.500 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 280 | −74 | 3 |
31 August 14:30 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63–83 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 19–25, 14–18, 13–15 | ||
Pts: Marković 12 Rebs: Mujezinović, Ovčina 6 Asts: 3 Players 3 | Pts: Kirilenko 26 Rebs: Bachminov 9 Asts: E. Pashutin 6 |
31 August 21:15 |
Greece | 83–82 | Italy |
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 18–17, 23–20, 18–20 | ||
Pts: Rentzias 22 Rebs: Kakiouzis 4 Asts: Sigalas 8 | Pts: Fučka 21 Rebs: Fučka 5 Asts: Meneghin 7 |
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Pascal Dorizon (FRA) |
1 September 19:00 |
Italy | 96–66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Scoring by quarter:35–12, 18–24, 26–13, 17–17 | ||
Pts: Chiacig 15 Rebs: Fučka 7 Asts: Basile 6 | Pts: Mujezinović 17 Rebs: Mujezinović 6 Asts: Firić, Mršić 3 |
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Juris Kokainis (LAT) |
1 September 21:15 |
Russia | 106–81 | Greece |
Scoring by quarter:37–26, 19–15, 27–23, 23–17 | ||
Pts: Chikalkin 27 Rebs: Panov 11 Asts: Panov 7 | Pts: Alvertis 20 Rebs: Fotsis 5 Asts: Papaloukas 5 |
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Petr Sudek (SVK) |
2 September 16:45 |
Italy | 64–58 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter:15–13, 16–11, 21–18, 12–16 | ||
Pts: Fučka 18 Rebs: Fučka 10 Asts: Meneghin 6 | Pts: Kirilenko 16 Rebs: Kirilenko 10 Asts: E. Pashutin 6 |
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Murat Biricik (TUR) |
2 September 21:15 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77–101 | Greece |
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–18, 10–29, 23–33 | ||
Pts: Mršić 21 Rebs: Lerić, Mujezinović 6 Asts: Mršić 4 | Pts: Alvertis 23 Rebs: Fotsis 7 Asts: Papaloukas 7 |
Antalya Expo Center, Antalya Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Pascal Dorizon (FRA), Borys Shulga (UKR) |
Play-off 3 September 2001 | Quarterfinals 5–6 September 2001 | Semifinals 8 September 2001 | Final 9 September 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
France | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 80 | Germany | 81 | ||||||||||||||||
Greece | 75 | Germany | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey (OT) | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
Turkey (OT) | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
Italy | 57 | Croatia | 85 | ||||||||||||||||
Croatia | 65 | Turkey | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 114 | ||||||||||||||||||
Lithuania | 76 | Latvia | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
Latvia | 94 | Yugoslavia | 78 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
Spain | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
Russia | 55 | Germany | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | 71 | Spain | 62 | Spain | 99 | ||||||||||||||
Israel | 67 |
3 September 19:00 |
Lithuania | 76–94 | Latvia |
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 15–25, 17–21, 24–28 | ||
Pts: Timinskas 15 Rebs: Timinskas 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 6 | Pts: Bagatskis 25 Rebs: Kambala 11 Asts: Miglinieks, Štelmahers 5 |
3 September 21:15 |
Spain | 71–67 | Israel |
Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 27–19, 16–24, 18–13 | ||
Pts: Reyes 16 Rebs: Reyes 11 Asts: Navarro 5 | Pts: Turgeman 15 Rebs: Green 7 Asts: Turgeman 2 |
ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Philippe Leemann (SUI) |
5 September 19:00 |
Turkey | 87–85 (OT) | Croatia |
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 18–25, 20–13, 25–16, Overtime:14–12 | ||
Pts: Türkcan 20 Rebs: Türkcan 14 Asts: Erdenay, Türkoğlu 4 | Pts: Giriček 28 Rebs: Vujčić 8 Asts: Mulaomerović 6 |
5 September 21:15 |
France | 77–81 | Germany |
Scoring by quarter:17–12, 24–23, 8–25, 28–21 | ||
Pts: Foirest 23 Rebs: Bilba, Sciarra 7 Asts: Sciarra 7 | Pts: Nowitzki 32 Rebs: Okulaja 8 Asts: Garrett 2 |
Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Philippe Leemann (SUI) |
6 September 19:00 |
Yugoslavia | 114–78 | Latvia |
Scoring by quarter:37–13, 29–27, 25–21, 23–17 | ||
Pts: Stojaković 29 Rebs: Tomašević 8 Asts: Drobnjak, Jarić 6 | Pts: Ļaksa 18 Rebs: Kambala 7 Asts: Štelmahers 7 |
Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Murat Biricik (TUR) |
Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
7 September – 19:00 | ||||||
France | 90 | |||||
9 September – 16:45 | ||||||
Croatia | 79 | |||||
France | 73 | |||||
7 September – 21:15 | ||||||
Russia | 78 | |||||
Latvia | 81 | |||||
Russia | 99 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
9 September – 14:30 | ||||||
Croatia | 93 | |||||
Latvia | 91 |
7 September 19:00 |
France | 90–79 | Croatia |
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 22–23, 28–15, 19–18 | ||
Pts: Parker 19 Rebs: Evtimov 8 Asts: Parker 4 | Pts: Mulaomerović 16 Rebs: Mamić 7 Asts: Mulaomerović, Prkačin 4 |
7 September 21:15 |
Latvia | 81–99 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 21–32, 20–17, 22–19 | ||
Pts: Kambala 16 Rebs: Cipruss 9 Asts: Miglinieks, Štelmahers 6 | Pts: Kirilenko 21 Rebs: Kirilenko 13 Asts: E. Pashutin 6 |
Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Philippe Leemann (SUI), Dubravko Muhvić (CRO) |
Points [1]
| Rebounds [2]
| Assists [3]
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Steals [4]
| Blocks [5]
| Minutes [6]
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Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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Points | Dirk Nowitzki | 43 | Spain |
Rebounds | Ademola Okulaja | 17 | Turkey |
Assists | Raimonds Miglinieks | 12 | Slovenia |
Steals | Lior Lubin | 8 | Ukraine |
Blocks | Pau Gasol Andrei Kirilenko | 5 | Turkey Italy |
Turnovers | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 8 | Israel |
Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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Points | Yugoslavia | 114 | Latvia |
Rebounds | Germany | 49 | Turkey |
Assists | Yugoslavia | 33 | Estonia |
Steals | Yugoslavia | 18 | Latvia |
Blocks | Russia | 9 | Italy |
Field goal percentage | Yugoslavia | 67.2% (41/61) | Estonia |
3-point field goal percentage | Latvia | 63.6% (14/22) | Lithuania |
Free throw percentage | Latvia Croatia | 100% (22/22) 100% (19/19) | Croatia Latvia |
Turnovers | Czech Republic | 23 | Italy |
2001 FIBA EuroBasket champions |
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Yugoslavia 3rd title |
2001 FIBA EuroBasket MVP : Peja Stojaković ( Yugoslavia) |
All-Tournament Team [12] |
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Damir Mulaomerović |
Peja Stojaković ( MVP ) |
Ibrahim Kutluay |
Dirk Nowitzki |
Pau Gasol |
Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship | |
Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship as current Olympic Champion |
Rank | Team | Record |
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Yugoslavia | 6–0 | |
Turkey | 4–2 | |
Spain | 5–2 | |
4 | Germany | 4–3 |
5 | Russia | 4–2 |
6 | France | 3–3 |
7 | Croatia | 3–4 |
8 | Latvia | 2–5 |
9 | Greece | 2–2 |
10 | Israel | 1–3 |
11 | Italy | 2–2 |
12 | Lithuania | 2–2 |
13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0–3 |
14 | Estonia | 0–3 |
15 | Slovenia | 1–2 |
16 | Ukraine | 1–2 |
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