EuroBasket 2005

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EuroBasket 2005
Eurobasket05 logo.jpg
Tournament details
Host countrySerbia and Montenegro
Dates16–25 September
Teams16
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Greece.svg  Greece (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Third placeFlag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Fourth placeFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Tournament statistics
Games played40
MVP Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Nowitzki
Top scorer Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Nowitzki
(26.1 points per game)
2003
2007

The 2005 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2005, was the 34th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. It also served as Europe qualifier for the 2006 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top six teams in the final standings. It was held in Serbia and Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Belgrade, Novi Sad, Podgorica and Vršac hosted the tournament. It was the third time that the championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade (previous times were in 1961 and 1975). Greece won its second FIBA European title by defeating Germany with a 78–62 score in the final. Germany's Dirk Nowitzki was voted the tournament's MVP.

Contents

Venues

Belgrade

Awarded hosting rights in March 2002, Belgrade (the capital of Serbia and Montenegro) was the main stage of the EuroBasket 2005 action. [1] The Pionir Hall hosted Group C's six preliminary round games, while the Belgrade Arena hosted the competition following the preliminary round.

This was the third time that championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade. Belgrade previously hosted the European basketball championships in 1961 and 1975.

Podgorica

Podgorica's Morača Sports Center hosted Group B, where six games were played. Being in Montenegro, it is the farthest locale from the central venue.

Novi Sad

Novi Sad, nicknamed "The City of Sports", is the capital of province of Vojvodina and home to the Spens Sports Center. The six Group D games were played there.

Vršac

Vršac was home to Group A during the tournament, and also had a total of six games played in the 5,000-person capacity Millennium Center.

Belgrade Podgorica Novi Sad Vršac
Belgrade Arena
Capacity: 18,386 [2]
Pionir Hall
Capacity: 8,178 [3]
Morača Sports Center
Capacity: 4,570
Spens Sports Center
Capacity: 11,000
Millennium Center
Capacity: 5,000
Beogradska Arena - panoramio.jpg Hala Pionir Beograd.jpg Sports Center Moraca.jpg NLB-Vojvodina-Partizan-2009-02-28.JPG Vrsac, Centar Milenjum.jpg

Qualification

CompetitionDateVacanciesQualified
Host nation1Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
Participant of 2004 Summer Olympics 15 – 28 August 20044Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Qualified through Qualifying Round 8 – 25 September 200410Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Ukraine (1992-2006).svg  Ukraine
Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round 19 August – 13 September 20051Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Ukraine (1992-2006).svg  Ukraine

Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia

Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Format

Squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Qualified for the play-off games
Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 321223186+375
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 321217192+255
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 321244231+135
Flag of Ukraine (1992-2006).svg  Ukraine 303194269753
16 September
18:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg8284 (OT)Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 20–21, 26–12, 14–24,  Overtime: 8–10
Pts: Nowitzki 27
Rebs: Nowitzki 15
Asts: Nowitzki, Roller 3
Pts: Basile 25
Rebs: Galanda 10
Asts: 5 Players 2
Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE)
16 September
21:00
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg8674Flag of Ukraine (1992-2006).svg  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 24–14, 18–18, 27–20
Pts: Kirilenko 22
Rebs: Kirilenko 14
Asts: Holden, Samoylenko 4
Pts: Lishouk 18
Rebs: Lishouk 12
Asts: Kobzystyy 3
Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Chantal Julien (FRA)
17 September
18:00
Italy  Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg6187Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 11–31, 9–21, 21–18, 20–17
Pts: Galanda 13
Rebs: Mancinelli 6
Asts: Pozzecco 4
Pts: Kirilenko 16
Rebs: Khryapa, Kirilenko 10
Asts: Holden 4
Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 4,100
Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR)
17 September
21:00
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine (1992-2006).svg5884Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 13–19, 13–20, 13–17
Pts: Medvedenko 15
Rebs: Pecherov 8
Asts: Butskyy, Koval 3
Pts: Nowitzki 27
Rebs: Femerling, Roller 6
Asts: Roller, Wucherer 4
Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 4,100
Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE), Chantal Julien (FRA)
18 September
18:00
Italy  Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg9962Flag of Ukraine (1992-2006).svg  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter:29–18, 17–23, 22–10, 31–11
Pts: Calabria 20
Rebs: Marconato 9
Asts: Soragna 6
Pts: Lishouk 13
Rebs: I. Kryvych 8
Asts: 3 Players 2
Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR)
18 September
21:00
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg5051Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter:10–8, 16–8, 12–18, 12–17
Pts: Holden 13
Rebs: Khryapa 12
Asts: Kirilenko 3
Pts: Nowitzki 24
Rebs: Nowitzki 19
Asts: Femerling 3
Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH)

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 330264221+436
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 321235234+15
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 312236256204
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 303250274243
16 September
18:00
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg8884Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 19–20, 27–24, 21–16
Pts: Giriček 22
Rebs: Giriček, Kasun 8
Asts: Planinić 3
Pts: Stoykov 27
Rebs: 3 Players 4
Asts: Angelov, Videnov 4
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 3,700
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Arnis Ozols (LAT)
16 September
21:00
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg7587Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 15–24, 18–19, 29–22
Pts: Türkoğlu 14
Rebs: Peker 5
Asts: Tunçeri 2
Pts: Šiškauskas 20
Rebs: Lavrinovič 9
Asts: Javtokas, Šiškauskas 3
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 3,700
Referees: Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Anibal Castaño (FRA), Sasa Punkl (SLO)
17 September
18:00
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg8567Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 19–11, 23–18, 28–15
Pts: Šiškauskas 18
Rebs: Jankūnas 7
Asts: Ginevičius 4
Pts: Giriček 19
Rebs: Giriček 6
Asts: Vujčić 3
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Anibal Castaño (FRA)
17 September
21:00
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg8994Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by quarter:23–19, 24–21, 20–17, 10–15
Pts: Videnov 23
Rebs: Mladenov 11
Asts: 3 Players 3
Pts: Türkcan 19
Rebs: Okur, Türkcan 6
Asts: Tunçeri 3
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Zoran Sutulovic (MNE), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Shmuel Bachar (ISR)
18 September
18:00
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg9279Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter:30–19, 19–23, 20–12, 23–25
Pts: Jasaitis 17
Rebs: Javtokas 7
Asts: Ginevičius 7
Pts: Videnov 34
Rebs: Georgiev 5
Asts: Stoykov 3
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 3,700
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Arnis Ozols (LAT)
18 September
21:00
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg8067Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 21–18, 29–5, 13–21
Pts: Vujčić 20
Rebs: Kasun 7
Asts: Planinić, Popović 5
Pts: Peker 23
Rebs: Erdoğan, Peker 4
Asts: Tunçeri 4
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 3,700
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Zoran Sutulovic (MNE), Anibal Castaño (FRA)

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 330210179+316
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 321187168+195
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 31218719474
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 303177220433
16 September
17:30
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg7465Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter:16–15, 18–19, 20–16, 20–15
Pts: Nachbar 16
Rebs: Brezec 9
Asts: Bečirovič 4
Pts: Domercant, Ovčina 11
Rebs: Ovčina 8
Asts: Mršić 3
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Ivo Dolinek (CZE), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)
16 September
20:30
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg5064Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 7–21, 7–11, 20–21, 16–11
Pts: Parker 10
Rebs: F. Piétrus 7
Asts: Diaw 3
Pts: Diamantidis 13
Rebs: Diamantidis 9
Asts: Diamantidis 6
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Stelian Banica (ROU), Luigi Lamonica (ITA)
17 September
17:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg6279Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Scoring by quarter:22–16, 14–15, 11–22, 15–26
Pts: Mršić 24
Rebs: Mršić 8
Asts: Kovačević 4
Pts: Diaw 23
Rebs: Diaw, M. Piétrus 7
Asts: Rigaudeau 7
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Ivo Dolinek (CZE)
17 September
20:30
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg5668Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 13–17, 12–17, 17–14
Pts: Papadopoulos 15
Rebs: Kakiouzis 5
Asts: Diamantidis 6
Pts: Bečirovič 18
Rebs: Nesterović 9
Asts: Lakovič 3
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Stelian Banica (ROU), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)
18 September
17:30
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg6858Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 18–17, 23–12, 15–14
Pts: Lakovič 18
Rebs: Nesterović 10
Asts: Lakovič, Nachbar 3
Pts: Diaw 16
Rebs: F. Piétrus 9
Asts: Diaw 3
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,900
Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Ivo Dolinek (CZE)
18 September
20:30
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg6750Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 18–13, 10–12, 24–9
Pts: Fotsis 15
Rebs: Diamantidis 6
Asts: Diamantidis 10
Pts: Hukić 13
Rebs: Domercant, Hukić 6
Asts: Kovačević, Mršić 2
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,900
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Borys Rhyzhyk (UKR)

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 321280264+165
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 321245233+125
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 321236235+15
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 303241270293
16 September
17:30
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg6574Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 23–15, 8–18, 16–18
Pts: Štelmahers 19
Rebs: Helmanis 6
Asts: Šķēle, Štelmahers 2
Pts: Hajaj 18
Rebs: Tapiro 10
Asts: Shelef, Tapiro 4
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 7,200
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Mehmet Keseratar (TUR), Oliver Krause (GER)
16 September
20:30
Serbia and Montenegro  Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg7089Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 17–22, 26–27, 14–19
Pts: Rakočević 20
Rebs: Bodiroga 7
Asts: Rakočević 3
Pts: Navarro 27
Rebs: Garbajosa 6
Asts: Calderón, Garbajosa 3
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 7,200
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Petr Sudek (SVK), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS)
17 September
17:30
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg114109 (OT)Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Scoring by quarter:30–16, 19–30, 25–20, 24–32,  Overtime:16–11
Pts: Navarro 35
Rebs: Reyes 15
Asts: 3 Players 3
Pts: S. Valters 28
Rebs: Cipruss 6
Asts: K. Valters 5
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Mehmet Keresatar (TUR), Oliver Krause (GER)
17 September
20:30
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg7793Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 17–22, 27–20, 12–26
Pts: Burstein 20
Rebs: Green 10
Asts: Burstein 6
Pts: Jarić 19
Rebs: Krstić 10
Asts: Rakočević 6
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)
18 September
17:30
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg7785Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 12–16, 31–32, 18–20
Pts: Garbajosa 21
Rebs: Garbajosa, Reyes 9
Asts: Navarro 4
Pts: Burstein 19
Rebs: 4 Players 4
Asts: Burstein, Tapiro 5
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)
18 September
20:30
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg6782Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 19–31, 12–16, 19–20, 17–15
Pts: K. Valters 12
Rebs: Helmanis 8
Asts: Štelmahers, K. Valters 2
Pts: Rakočević 19
Rebs: Bodiroga 7
Asts: Jarić 7
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Petr Sudek (SVK), Mehmet Keseratar (TUR)

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Play-off
20 September 2005
Quarterfinals
22–23 September 2005
Semifinals
24 September 2005
Final
25 September 2005
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 62
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 66Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 76
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 57 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 74
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 73
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (OT) 101
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 74Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 85
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 66 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 62
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 78
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 61
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 67Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 66
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 61 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 67Third place
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 66
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 47 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 68
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 71 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 63Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 98
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 74

Play-offs

20 September
18:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg6657Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 13–19, 21–12, 18–11
Pts: Nowitzki 33
Rebs: Nowitzki 10
Asts: Pesic 5
Pts: Peker 16
Rebs: Türkoğlu 9
Asts: Erdoğan, Tunçeri 3
Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 4,100
Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE)
20 September
18:00
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg7466Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 24–12, 15–21, 19–14
Pts: Kasun 20
Rebs: Kasun 7
Asts: Popović, Vujčić 4
Pts: Calabria, Chiacig, Pozzecco 14
Rebs: Chiacig 7
Asts: Pozzecco 4
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 4,100
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Anibal Castaño (FRA)
20 September
20:30
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg6761Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Scoring by quarter:14–6, 11–8, 24–27, 18–20
Pts: Zisis 23
Rebs: Papadopoulos 10
Asts: Zisis 6
Pts: Green 11
Rebs: Burstein 6
Asts: Burstein 6
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU)
20 September
20:30
Serbia and Montenegro  Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg7174Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Scoring by quarter:23–18, 21–17, 13–19, 14–20
Pts: Jarić, Radmanović 14
Rebs: Krstić 6
Asts: Jarić 5
Pts: Rigaudeau 14
Rebs: Julian, Rigaudeau 5
Asts: Diaw, Parker 3
Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Attendance: 7,300
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Petr Sudek (SVK)

Quarterfinals

22 September
17:30
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg6166Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by quarter:13–6, 20–20, 7–18, 21–22
Pts: Kirilenko 20
Rebs: Kirilenko 16
Asts: 3 Players 2
Pts: Papaloukas 23
Rebs: Kakiouzis 11
Asts: Diamantidis 3
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,900
Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Stelian Banica (ROU), Zoran Sutulovic (MNE)
22 September
20:30
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg4763Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Scoring by quarter: 6–14, 10–18, 20–12, 11–19
Pts: D. Lavrinovič 11
Rebs: Javtokas 8
Asts: Šiškauskas 3
Pts: Diaw 18
Rebs: Diaw, Weis 11
Asts: Parker 5
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,900
Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE)
23 September
18:00
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg6276Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 22–13, 13–18, 15–24
Pts: Bečirovič 13
Rebs: Nachbar 8
Asts: Bečirovič 4
Pts: Nowitzki 22
Rebs: Femerling 10
Asts: Demirel 3
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 17,500
Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Anibal Castaño (FRA)
23 September
21:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg10185 (OT)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 14–15, 30–20, 18–20,  Overtime:28–12
Pts: Navarro 36
Rebs: Vázquez 9
Asts: 3 Players 3
Pts: Giriček 17
Rebs: Giriček 8
Asts: Popović 5
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 17,500
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Virginijus Dovidavicius(LTU)

Semifinals

24 September
18:00
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg6766Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Scoring by quarter:16–14, 13–16, 15–15, 23–21
Pts: Papadopoulos 15
Rebs: Dikoudis 11
Asts: Diamantidis 3
Pts: Parker 20
Rebs: F. Piétrus, Weis 9
Asts: Diaw, Parker 3
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 17,900
Referees: Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO)
24 September
21:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg7473Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 18–12, 20–22, 20–16
Pts: Nowitzki 27
Rebs: Nowitzki 7
Asts: Demirel 6
Pts: Navarro 27
Rebs: Jiménez 9
Asts: Navarro, Jiménez 2
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 17,900
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE), Petr Sudek (SVK)

Third place

25 September
18:00
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg9868Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–15, 31–18, 23–14
Pts: Parker 25
Rebs: F. Piétrus 8
Asts: Parker 5
Pts: Navarro 17
Rebs: Garbajosa, Reyes 6
Asts: Calderón, Navarro 2
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 18,900
Referees: Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Zoran Sutulovic (MNE), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

Final

25 September
21:00
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg7862Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter:19–12, 20–20, 25–16, 14–14
Pts: Papaloukas 22
Rebs: Diamantidis 5
Asts: Papaloukas 6
Pts: Nowitzki 23
Rebs: Nowitzki 9
Asts: Demirel 3
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 18,900
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Raúl Chaves (ARG)

5th to 8th place

View of Belgrade Arena from the upper bowl before the start of the Greece vs. Germany final. Greece-Germanypicture1291pw.jpg
View of Belgrade Arena from the upper bowl before the start of the Greece vs. Germany final.
 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
23 September – 15:30
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 78
 
25 September – 14:15
 
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 89
 
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 79
 
24 September – 15:30
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 70
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 89
 
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 80
 
Seventh place
 
 
25 September – 12:00
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 74
 
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 92
23 September
15:30
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg7889Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 23–15, 16–21, 18–30
Pts: Pashutin 27
Rebs: Savrasenko 10
Asts: Holden 3
Pts: Jankūnas 19
Rebs: Javtokas, Žukauskas 5
Asts: Šiškauskas, Žukauskas 4
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Mehmet Keseratar (TUR)
24 September
15:30
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg8980Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 21–16, 18–8, 31–29
Pts: Lakovič 20
Rebs: Nesterović 10
Asts: Lakovič 5
Pts: Bagarić, Giriček 13
Rebs: Bagarić, Giriček 8
Asts: Popović 4
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
25 September
12:00
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg7492Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 22–17, 12–33, 21–17
Pts: Fridzon, Likholitov 14
Rebs: Khryapa 10
Asts: Ponkrashov 9
Pts: Rančić, Tomas 22
Rebs: Bagarić, Žižić 10
Asts: Ukić 7
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 4,800
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Stelian Banica (ROU), Sasa Pukl (SLO)
25 September
14:15
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg7970Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter:27–19, 18–17, 15–26, 19–18
Pts: Javtokas 22
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 9
Asts: Lukauskis 7
Pts: Nachbar, Slokar 12
Rebs: Brezec 7
Asts: Bečirovič, Lakovič 3
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 4,800
Referees: Ivo Dolinek (CZE), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Lazaros Voreadis (GRE)

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Individual Game Highs

DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
Points Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Navarro 36Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Rebounds Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Nowitzki 19Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Assists Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Diamantidis 10Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Steals Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Kirilenko 5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Blocks Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Kirilenko 5Flag of Ukraine (1992-2006).svg  Ukraine
Turnovers Flag of Israel.svg Tal Burstein 8Flag of Greece.svg  Greece

Team Tournament Highs

Team Game highs

DepartmentNameTotalOpponent
PointsFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 114Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
ReboundsFlag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 48Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
AssistsFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 23Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
StealsFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 19Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
BlocksFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 8Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Field goal percentageFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 62.7% (37/59)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
3-point field goal percentageFlag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 51.7% (15/29)Flag of Ukraine (1992-2006).svg  Ukraine
Free throw percentageFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 95% (19/20)Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
TurnoversFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
27Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

Awards

 2005 FIBA EuroBasket champions 
Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
2nd title
2005 FIBA EuroBasket MVP : Dirk Nowitzki ( Flag of Germany.svg Germany)
All-Tournament Team [15]
Flag of Greece.svg Theodoros Papaloukas
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Navarro
Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Diamantidis
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Nowitzki ( MVP )
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Boris Diaw

Final standings

Results EB2005Results.png
Results
Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship
Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship as wild cards
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 6–1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 5–2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 4–3
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3–3
5Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 5–1
6Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4–2
7Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 4–3
8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2–4
9Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2–2
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 2–2
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 2–2
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1–3
13Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–3
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 0–3
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 0–3
Flag of Ukraine (1992-2006).svg  Ukraine 0–3
Gold medal icon.svg
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
4th
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Theodoros Papaloukas
Vassilis Spanoulis
Nikolaos Zisis
Ioannis Bourousis
Panagiotis Vasilopoulos
Antonis Fotsis
Nikos Chatzivrettas
Dimos Dikoudis
Kostas Tsartsaris
Dimitris Diamantidis
Lazaros Papadopoulos
Michalis Kakiouzis
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Mithat Demirel
Robert Garrett
Demond Greene
Marko Pešić
Denis Wucherer
Pascal Roller
Misan Haldin
Sven Schultze
Stephen Arigbabu
Patrick Femerling
Dirk Nowitzki
Robert Maras
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Frédéric Fauthoux
Mickaël Gelabale
Antoine Rigaudeau
Cyril Julian
Mickaël Piétrus
Tony Parker
Mamoutou Diarra
Florent Piétrus
Jérôme Schmitt
Boris Diaw
Frédéric Weis
Sacha Giffa
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Rudy Fernández
Iker Iturbe
Carlos Cabezas
Juan Carlos Navarro
José Calderón
Felipe Reyes
Carlos Jiménez
Sergi Vidal
Sergio Rodríguez
Iñaki de Miguel
Fran Vázquez
Jorge Garbajosa

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