Tournament details | |
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Host country | Sweden |
Dates | 5–14 September |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Lithuania (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Spain |
Third place | Italy |
Fourth place | France |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 40 |
MVP | Šarūnas Jasikevičius |
Top scorer | Pau Gasol (25.8 points per game) |
The 2003 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2003, was the 33rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as the Europe qualifier for the 2004 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to the top three teams in the final standings. It was held in Sweden between 5 September and 14 September 2003. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Borås, Luleå, Norrköping, Södertälje and Stockholm hosted the tournament. Lithuania won its third FIBA European title by defeating Spain with a 93–84 score in the final. Lithuania's Šarūnas Jasikevičius was voted the tournament's MVP.
Location | Picture | City | Arena | Capacity | Status | Round |
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Borås | Boråshallen | 3,000 | Opened in 1957 | Group D | ||
Luleå | Coop Norrbotten Arena | 6,500 | Opened in 1970 | Group A | ||
Norrköping | Himmelstalundshallen | 4,280 | Opened in 1977 | Group B | ||
Södertälje | Scaniarinken | 7,250 | Opened in 1970 | Group C | ||
Stockholm | Stockholm Globe Arena | 7,250 | Opened in 1989 | Knockout stages |
Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation | – | 1 | Sweden |
Champions of 2002 FIBA World Championship | 29 August – 8 September 2002 | 1 | Serbia and Montenegro |
Qualified through Qualifying Round | 21 November 2001 – 25 January 2003 | 14 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia France Germany Greece Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Russia Slovenia Spain Turkey 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 |
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France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 271 | 210 | +61 | 6 |
Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 232 | 217 | +15 | 5 |
Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 199 | 234 | −35 | 4 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | 3 | 210 | 251 | −41 | 3 |
September 5 21:00 |
France | 98–76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Scoring by quarter:29–22, 18–22, 27–15, 24–17 |
Coop Arena, Luleå Attendance: 1,541 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE) |
September 6 16:00 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62–73 | Slovenia |
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 12–13, 19–11, 8–25 |
Coop Arena, Luleå Attendance: 2,083 Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE) |
September 6 18:30 |
Italy | 52–85 | France |
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 9–18, 14–22, 11–24 |
Coop Arena, Luleå Attendance: 2,504 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Fedor Dmitriev (BLR) |
September 7 15:15 |
Slovenia | 82–88 | France |
Scoring by quarter:24–19, 18–21, 22–20, 18–28 |
Coop Arena, Luleå Attendance: 1,552 Referees: Memduh Öget (TUR), Fedor Dmitriev (BLR) |
September 7 18:15 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 72–80 | Italy |
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 20–18, 12–20, 17–19 |
Coop Arena, Luleå Attendance: 1,652 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR) |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 279 | 224 | +55 | 6 |
Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 251 | 260 | −9 | 5 |
Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 234 | 255 | −21 | 4 |
Latvia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 252 | 277 | −25 | 3 |
5 September 18:00 |
Lithuania | 92–91 (OT) | Latvia |
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 20–17, 24–18, 23–23, Overtime:11–10 | ||
Pts: Macijauskas 22 Rebs: E. Žukauskas 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 8 | Pts: Štelmahers 22 Rebs: Kambala 8 Asts: Štelmahers 4 |
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 2,940 Referees: Miguel Betancor (ESP), Tonči Anzulović (CRO) |
September 5 15:15 |
Germany | 86–81 | Israel |
Scoring by quarter:23–15, 22–23, 19–13, 22–30 | ||
Pts: Nowitzki, Okulaja 17 Rebs: Okulaja 10 Asts: Demirel 4 | Pts: Tapiro 21 Rebs: Tapiro 6 Asts: Burstein, Halperin 2 |
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 2,444 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS) |
September 6 17:00 |
Israel | 62–94 | Lithuania |
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 6–17, 18–28, 19–26 | ||
Pts: Green 12 Rebs: Kozikaro, Saffar 4 Asts: Tapiro 2 | Pts: Štombergas 16 Rebs: Praškevičius, Slanina 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 5 |
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 3,666 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Tonči Anzulović(CRO) |
September 6 14:00 |
Latvia | 86–94 | Germany |
Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 27–21, 21–22, 24–24 | ||
Pts: Bagatskis 18 Rebs: Kambala, Valters 6 Asts: Valters 4 | Pts: Nowitzki 32 Rebs: Nowitzki 9 Asts: Demirel 4 |
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 3,387 Referees: Miguel Betancor (ESP), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL) |
September 7 15:15 |
Lithuania | 93–71 | Germany |
Scoring by quarter:22–19, 24–14, 30–20, 17–18 | ||
Pts: Štombergas 28 Rebs: E. Žukauskas 5 Asts: Jasikevičius 9 | Pts: Nowitzki 19 Rebs: Nowitzki 9 Asts: Pesic 3 |
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 3,569 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS) |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 263 | 196 | +67 | 6 |
Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 264 | 240 | +24 | 5 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 2 | 225 | 238 | −13 | 4 |
Sweden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 191 | 269 | −78 | 3 |
September 5 18:00 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 80–95 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 20–22, 17–22, 18–26 | ||
Pts: Drobnjak 18 Rebs: Drobnjak, Gurović 8 Asts: Jarić 5 | Pts: Kirilenko 29 Rebs: Kirilenko 10 Asts: 6 Players 2 |
September 5 21:00 |
Spain | 99–52 | Sweden |
Scoring by quarter:19–14, 25–10, 17–12, 38–16 | ||
Pts: Gasol 25 Rebs: F. Reyes 10 Asts: Marco 5 | Pts: J. Larsson 15 Rebs: Nnamaka 8 Asts: Burke, J. Larsson 3 |
Scaniarinken, Södertälje Attendance: 6,346 Referees: Bruno Gasperin (FRA), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH) |
September 6 21:00 |
Sweden | 68–78 | Serbia and Montenegro |
Scoring by quarter: 17–29, 19–11, 13–13, 19–25 | ||
Pts: Jonzen 18 Rebs: Jonzen 11 Asts: Burke 5 | Pts: Stojaković 23 Rebs: Drobnjak 13 Asts: Jarić 7 |
Scaniarinken, Södertälje Attendance: 6,956 Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Stelian Banica (ROU) |
September 6 18:00 |
Russia | 77–89 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 23–20, 11–17, 25–21 | ||
Pts: Kirilenko 26 Rebs: Khryapa 6 Asts: Khryapa 3 | Pts: Gasol 35 Rebs: Gasol, Jiménez, F. Reyes 6 Asts: Marco 3 |
Scaniarinken, Södertälje Referees: Bruno Gasperin (FRA), Roman Kolar (SLO) |
September 7 15:45 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 67–75 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter:23–14, 15–18, 14–19, 15–24 | ||
Pts: Stojaković 25 Rebs: Drobnjak 6 Asts: Stojaković 3 | Pts: Navarro 22 Rebs: Jiménez 8 Asts: Jiménez 4 |
Scaniarinken, Södertälje Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Roman Kolar (SLO) |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 231 | 219 | +12 | 6 |
Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 222 | 216 | +6 | 5 |
Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 241 | 223 | +18 | 4 |
Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 249 | −36 | 3 |
September 5 21:00 |
Greece | 77–76 | Croatia |
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 16–21, 16–14, 23–15 | ||
Pts: Chatzivrettas 14 Rebs: Tsakalidis 8 Asts: Diamantidis 3 | Pts: Prkačin 18 Rebs: Giriček 8 Asts: Giriček 3 |
September 5 18:00 |
Ukraine | 69–77 | Turkey |
Scoring by quarter:23–18, 19–14, 10–22, 17–23 | ||
Pts: Drozdov 13 Rebs: Khryapa 7 Asts: Ievstratenko 4 | Pts: Okur 19 Rebs: Türkcan, Türkoğlu 8 Asts: Arslan 5 |
Boråshallen, Borås Attendance: 1,735 Referees: Richard Stokes (ENG), Jens Staudenmayer (GER) |
September 6 21:00 |
Turkey | 70–75 | Greece |
Scoring by quarter:26–16, 10–25, 23–13, 11–21 | ||
Pts: Okur 23 Rebs: Türkcan 13 Asts: Tunçeri 2 | Pts: Rentzias 15 Rebs: Diamantidis, Rentzias 6 Asts: Diamantidis 4 |
Boråshallen, Borås Attendance: 3,007 Referees: Virginijus Dovidavičius (LTU), Shmuel Bachar (ISR) |
September 6 18:00 |
Croatia | 93–71 | Ukraine |
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 27–18, 26–14, 25–24 | ||
Pts: Giriček 21 Rebs: Bagarić 11 Asts: Popović 5 | Pts: Lebediev, Okunskyy 15 Rebs: 3 Players 4 Asts: Rayevskyy 4 |
Boråshallen, Borås Attendance: 1,855 Referees: Richard Stokes (ENG), Arnis Ozols (LAT) |
Play-off 8 September 2003 | Quarterfinals 10–11 September 2003 | Semifinals 13 September 2003 | Final 14 September 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
France | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
Russia | 81 | Russia | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
Croatia | 77 | France | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
Lithuania | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
Lithuania | 98 | ||||||||||||||||||
Turkey | 76 | Serbia and Montenegro | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
Serbia and Montenegro | 80 | Lithuania | 93 | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
Slovenia | 76 | Israel | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
Israel | 78 | Spain | 81 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
Italy | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
Greece | 59 | France | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | 84 | Italy | 62 | Italy | 69 | ||||||||||||||
Italy | 86 |
September 8 20:30 |
Slovenia | 76–78 | Israel |
Scoring by quarter:28–16, 15–21, 10–23, 23–18 | ||
Pts: Gorenc 21 Rebs: Nachbar 6 Asts: Lakovič 3 | Pts: Green 14 Rebs: Green 10 Asts: Tapiro 9 |
September 8 20:30 |
Germany | 84–86 | Italy |
Scoring by quarter:28–19, 23–25, 13–22, 20–20 | ||
Pts: Demirel 23 Rebs: Okulaja 10 Asts: Femerling 4 | Pts: Bulleri 17 Rebs: Galanda 8 Asts: Bulleri 8 |
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 3,240 Referees: Miguel Betancor (ESP), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL) |
September 8 20:00 |
Russia | 81–77 | Croatia |
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 19–20, 24–20, 23–16 | ||
Pts: Kirilenko 29 Rebs: Kirilenko 8 Asts: Karasev 3 | Pts: Mulaomerović 26 Rebs: Bagarić 8 Asts: Mulaomerović, Prkačin 3 |
September 10 18:00 |
France | 76–69 | Russia |
Scoring by quarter:21–18, 21–21, 21–14, 13–16 | ||
Pts: Parker 18 Rebs: Moïso 11 Asts: Parker 3 | Pts: Kirilenko 22 Rebs: Khryapa 8 Asts: Karasev 4 |
September 10 21:15 |
Lithuania | 98–82 | Serbia and Montenegro |
Scoring by quarter:30–19, 27–24, 23–23, 18–16 | ||
Pts: Šiškauskas 27 Rebs: Macijauskas 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 11 | Pts: Ostojić 17 Rebs: Drobnjak 9 Asts: Jarić, Vujanić 3 |
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 8,252 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Roman Kolar (SLO) |
September 11 18:00 |
Spain | 78–64 | Israel |
Scoring by quarter:28–22, 16–14, 14–15, 20–13 | ||
Pts: Gasol 25 Rebs: Gasol 7 Asts: Calderón 4 | Pts: Sharp 16 Rebs: Tapiro 6 Asts: Tapiro 5 |
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 8,466 Referees: Memduh Öget (TUR), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL) |
September 11 21:00 |
Greece | 59–62 | Italy |
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 20–15, 11–17, 12–13 | ||
Pts: Dikoudis 18 Rebs: Dikoudis, Tsakalidis 8 Asts: Dikoudis, Papaloukas 2 | Pts: Galanda 14 Rebs: Galanda 6 Asts: Bulleri 3 |
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 8,578 Referees: Bruno Gasperin (FRA), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS) |
September 13 14:00 |
France | 70–74 | Lithuania |
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 21–25, 23–13, 10–16 | ||
Pts: Parker 24 Rebs: Abdul-Wahad 8 Asts: 4 Players 2 | Pts: Štombergas 22 Rebs: Jasikevičius 10 Asts: Jasikevičius 7 |
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 11,023 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Shmuel Bachar (ISR) |
September 14 20:00 |
Lithuania | 93–84 | Spain |
Scoring by quarter:20–19, 20–12, 22–17, 31–36 | ||
Pts: Macijauskas 21 Rebs: E. Žukauskas 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 9 | Pts: Gasol 36 Rebs: Gasol 12 Asts: Calderón, Navarro 3 |
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 13,274 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SCG) |
Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
September 12 – 18:00 | ||||||
Russia | 77 | |||||
September 14 – 13:30 | ||||||
Serbia and Montenegro | 86 | |||||
Serbia and Montenegro | 64 | |||||
September 12 – 21:00 | ||||||
Greece | 72 | |||||
Israel | 56 | |||||
Greece | 63 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
September 14 – 11:00 | ||||||
Russia | 82 | |||||
Israel | 89 |
September 12 18:00 |
Russia | 77–86 | Serbia and Montenegro |
Scoring by quarter: 18–29, 22–19, 18–19, 19–19 | ||
Pts: Monia 14 Rebs: Khryapa 8 Asts: Samoylenko 3 | Pts: Gurović 24 Rebs: Drobnjak 9 Asts: Drobnjak 3 |
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 9,804 Referees: Miguel Betancor (ESP), Virginijus Dovidavičius (LTU) |
September 12 21:00 |
Israel | 56–63 | Greece |
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 12–19, 17–15, 17–12 | ||
Pts: Halperin 12 Rebs: Green 7 Asts: Halperin 3 | Pts: Fotsis 19 Rebs: Fotsis 10 Asts: Papaloukas 5 |
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 9,892 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Stelian Banica (ROU) |
September 14 11:00 |
Russia | 82–89 | Israel |
Scoring by quarter:18–16, 18–20, 21–22, 25–31 | ||
Pts: Monia 26 Rebs: Karasev, Monia 6 Asts: Kirilenko, Monia 4 | Pts: Tapiro 26 Rebs: Green 7 Asts: Burstein 4 |
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 7,723 Referees: Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Fedor Dmitriev (BLR) |
September 14 13:30 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 64–72 | Greece |
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 12–16, 15–20, 24–15 | ||
Pts: Gurović 15 Rebs: Koturović 8 Asts: Avdalović 5 | Pts: Chatzivrettas 21 Rebs: 3 Players 5 Asts: Diamantidis 4 |
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Shmuel Bachar (ISR) |
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 | Pau Gasol | 36 | Lithuania |
Rebounds | Nikola Prkačin | 14 | Turkey |
Assists | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 11 | Serbia and Montenegro |
Steals | Ainars Bagatskis Andrei Kirilenko (twice) Meir Tapiro | 5 | Lithuania France Israel Slovenia |
Blocks | Andrei Kirilenko | 6 | Serbia and Montenegro |
Turnovers | Marko Jarić | 9 | Lithuania |
Offensive PPG [7]
| Rebounds [8]
| Assists [9]
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Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
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Points | Spain | 99 | Sweden |
Rebounds | Croatia France | 47 | Turkey Italy |
Assists | France | 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Steals | France | 15 | Italy |
Blocks | Lithuania Ukraine | 8 | Israel Turkey |
Field goal percentage | Croatia | 60.8% (31/51) | Ukraine |
3-point field goal percentage | Israel | 55.6% (10/18) | Latvia |
Free throw percentage | Israel | 100% (6/6) | Spain |
Turnovers | France | 25 | Russia |
2003 FIBA EuroBasket champions |
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Lithuania 3rd title |
2003 FIBA EuroBasket MVP : Šarūnas Jasikevičius ( Lithuania) |
All-Tournament Team [12] |
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Tony Parker |
Šarūnas Jasikevičius ( MVP ) |
Saulius Štombergas |
Andrei Kirilenko |
Pau Gasol |
Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics | |
Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics as host | |
Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics as current World Champion |
Rank | Team | Record |
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Lithuania | 6–0 | |
Spain | 5–1 | |
Italy | 4–3 | |
4 | France | 4–2 |
5 | Greece | 5–1 |
6 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3–4 |
7 | Israel | 3–4 |
8 | Russia | 3–4 |
9 | Germany | 2–2 |
10 | Slovenia | 2–2 |
11 | Croatia | 1–3 |
12 | Turkey | 2–2 |
13 | Latvia | 0–3 |
14 | Ukraine | 0–3 |
15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0–3 |
16 | Sweden | 0–3 |
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The 2009 FIBA Americas Championship, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the continental championship held by FIBA Americas, for North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. This FIBA AmeriCup championship served as a qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. Each of the top four finishers in the quarterfinal round robin qualified for the World Championship.
Mareks Jurevičus is a Latvian professional basketball player, who plays the Shooting guard, Small forward position. He's currently playing for the France ProA club Elan Chalon.
The men's qualification for the 2004 Olympic men's basketball tournament occurred from 2002–2003; all five FIBA zones sent in teams.
The Israel national basketball team has completed at 29 EuroBasket competitions since their tournament debut at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow.