Qualified teams
| Group | Winner | Second place | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A |  France |  Israel |  Poland |  Finland |
| B |  Serbia |  Spain |  Italy |  Turkey |
| C |  Greece |  Croatia |  Slovenia |  Georgia |
| D |  Lithuania |  Latvia |  Czech Republic |  Belgium |
The knockout stage of the EuroBasket 2015 took place between 12 September and 20 September 2015. All games were played at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, France.
The top four teams of each preliminary group advanced.
While the Eurobasket champion and the runner-up automatically qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the two losers of the semifinals advanced to the Olympic qualification tournament. The four losers of the quarterfinals played two extra playoff rounds in order to determine the three remaining OQT participants: 5–8 semifinals (the winners advancing to the OQT) and a 7–8 final (the winner advanced to the OQT and the loser was eliminated).
| Group | Winner | Second place | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | France | Israel | Poland | Finland |
| B | Serbia | Spain | Italy | Turkey |
| C | Greece | Croatia | Slovenia | Georgia |
| D | Lithuania | Latvia | Czech Republic | Belgium |
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 12 September | ||||||||||||||
| France | 76 | |||||||||||||
| 15 September | ||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 53 | |||||||||||||
| France | 84 | |||||||||||||
| 12 September | ||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 70 | |||||||||||||
| Latvia | 73 | |||||||||||||
| 17 September | ||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 66 | |||||||||||||
| France | 75 | |||||||||||||
| 12 September | ||||||||||||||
| Spain (OT) | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 80 | |||||||||||||
| 15 September | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | 66 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 73 | |||||||||||||
| 12 September | ||||||||||||||
| Greece | 71 | |||||||||||||
| Greece | 75 | |||||||||||||
| 20 September | ||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 54 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 80 | |||||||||||||
| 13 September | ||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 63 | |||||||||||||
| Serbia | 94 | |||||||||||||
| 16 September | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | 81 | |||||||||||||
| Serbia | 89 | |||||||||||||
| 13 September | ||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 75 | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 59 | |||||||||||||
| 18 September | ||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Serbia | 64 | |||||||||||||
| 13 September | ||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 67 | Third place game | ||||||||||||
| Israel | 52 | |||||||||||||
| 16 September | 20 September | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 82 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 85 | France | 81 | |||||||||||
| 13 September | ||||||||||||||
| Lithuania (OT) | 95 | Serbia | 68 | |||||||||||
| Lithuania | 85 | |||||||||||||
| Georgia | 81 | |||||||||||||
The winners of the 5–8th place semifinals advanced to the qualification tournament. The 5–8th place semifinals losers played in the seventh place game to determine the last participant.
| 5–8th place semifinals | Seventh place game | |||||
| 17 September | ||||||
| Greece | 97 | |||||
| 18 September | ||||||
| Latvia | 90 | |||||
| Latvia | 70 | |||||
| 17 September | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 97 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 70 | |||||
| Italy | 85 | |||||
12 September 2015 12:00 |
| Latvia | 73–66 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 22–20, 13–12, 18–14 | ||
| Pts: Strēlnieks 17 Rebs: Strēlnieks, Bērziņš 6 Asts: Strēlnieks 8 | Pts: Dragić 17 Rebs: Prepelič 7 Asts: Prepelič 5 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 10,023 Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR) |
12 September 2015 14:30 |
| Greece | 75–54 | Belgium |
| Scoring by quarter:16–15, 18–16, 23–11, 18–12 | ||
| Pts: Bourousis 14 Rebs: Antetokounmpo 10 Asts: Spanoulis 6 | Pts: Gillet 14 Rebs: Hervelle 6 Asts: Van Rossom 3 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 13,672 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Benjamín Jiménez (ESP), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR) |
12 September 2015 21:00 |
| France | 76–53 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 19–8, 23–14, 17–13 | ||
| Pts: De Colo 15 Rebs: Lauvergne 9 Asts: De Colo 7 | Pts: Ilyasova 14 Rebs: Ilyasova 10 Asts: Muhammed 5 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 26,135 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT) |
13 September 2015 12:00 |
| Croatia | 59–80 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 18–28, 12–17, 16–15 | ||
| Pts: Bogdanović 12 Rebs: Hezonja 9 Asts: Ukić 5 | Pts: Veselý 20 Rebs: Veselý 13 Asts: Satoranský 11 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 12,070 Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Eddie Viator (FRA), Benjamín Jiménez (ESP) |
13 September 2015 14:30 |
| Serbia | 94–81 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 25–19, 23–21, 23–17 | ||
| Pts: Raduljica 27 Rebs: Bjelica 14 Asts: Teodosić 9 | Pts: Salin 26 Rebs: Murphy 8 Asts: Koponen, Wilson 4 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 12,128 Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Sérgio Silva (POR) |
13 September 2015 18:30 |
| Israel | 52–82 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 17–18, 9–28, 13–14 | ||
| Pts: Mekel 20 Rebs: Casspi 6 Asts:three players 3 | Pts: Gentile 27 Rebs: Melli 7 Asts: Cinciarini 5 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 14,742 Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Sreten Radović (CRO), Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU) |
13 September 2015 21:00 |
| Lithuania | 85–81 | Georgia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 22–20, 22–22, 24–19 | ||
| Pts: Mačiulis 34 Rebs: Mačiulis 6 Asts: Kalnietis 7 | Pts: Pachulia 23 Rebs: Pachulia, Sanikidze 7 Asts: Tsintsadze 5 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 16,953 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Jakub Zamojski (POL) |
15 September 2015 18:30 |
| Spain | 73–71 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 25–18, 16–25, 18–14 | ||
| Pts: Gasol 27 Rebs: Gasol 9 Asts: Rodríguez 5 | Pts: Calathes 14 Rebs: Antetokounmpo 17 Asts: Calathes 7 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 17,864 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Fernando Rocha (POR) |
15 September 2015 21:00 |
| France | 84–70 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 19–13, 16–7, 28–25 | ||
| Pts: Parker 18 Rebs: Lombahe-Kahudi 8 Asts: Parker 6 | Pts: Janičenoks 16 Rebs: Freimanis 8 Asts: Strēlnieks 7 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 22,076 Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Siniša Herceg (CRO) |
16 September 2015 18:30 |
| Serbia | 89–75 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 24–21, 22–21, 22–12 | ||
| Pts: Erceg 20 Rebs: Bjelica 10 Asts: Teodosić 14 | Pts: Veselý 23 Rebs: Veselý 10 Asts: Pumprla, Satoranský 4 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 8,726 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR) |
16 September 2015 21:00 |
| Italy | 85–95 (OT) | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 16–16, 23–23, 20–19, Overtime: 6–16 | ||
| Pts: Bargnani 21 Rebs: Gallinari 6 Asts: Cinciarini 5 | Pts: Valančiūnas 26 Rebs: Valančiūnas 15 Asts: Kalnietis 11 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 13,173 Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Sreten Radović (CRO), Miloš Koljenšić (MNE) |
17 September 2015 16:00 |
| Greece | 97–90 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 20–20, 23–17, 37–29 | ||
| Pts: Bourousis 20 Rebs: Antetokounmpo, Koufos 7 Asts: Spanoulis 4 | Pts: Janičenoks 22 Rebs: Mejeris 6 Asts: Strēlnieks 7 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Benjamín Jiménez (ESP) |
17 September 2015 18:30 |
| Czech Republic | 70–85 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 16–21, 17–32, 16–11 | ||
| Pts: Veselý 26 Rebs: Veselý 12 Asts: Satoranský 6 | Pts: Bargnani 21 Rebs: Gallinari 8 Asts: Belinelli 4 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 15,004 Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Eddie Viator (FRA) |
18 September 2015 18:30 |
| Latvia | 70–97 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 13–29, 9–23, 25–17 | ||
| Pts: Timma 11 Rebs: Bērziņš 8 Asts: Peiners 3 | Pts: Veselý 24 Rebs: Veselý 6 Asts: Schilb 7 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 11,362 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Miloš Koljenšić (MNE) |
17 September 2015 21:00 |
| Spain | 80–75 (OT) | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 15–13, 16–23, 18–10, Overtime:14–9 | ||
| Pts: Gasol 40 Rebs: Gasol 11 Asts: Llull 5 | Pts: Batum, De Colo 14 Rebs: Gobert 13 Asts: Parker 6 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 26,922 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Fernando Rocha (POR) |
18 September 2015 21:00 |
| Serbia | 64–67 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 17–13, 9–13, 21–19 | ||
| Pts: Teodosić 16 Rebs:three players 4 Asts: Bogdanović, Teodosić 3 | Pts: Valančiūnas 15 Rebs: Kuzminskas 9 Asts: Kalnietis 9 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 20,042 Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR) |
20 September 2015 14:00 |
| France | 81–68 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 21–16, 21–12, 23–24 | ||
| Pts: de Colo 20 Rebs: Gobert 14 Asts: Diaw 6 | Pts: Bogdanović 14 Rebs: Raduljica 8 Asts: Raduljica 4 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 24,092 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Fernando Rocha (POR) |
20 September 2015 19:00 |
| Spain | 80–63 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter:19–8, 22–25, 19–10, 20–20 | ||
| Pts: Gasol 25 Rebs: Gasol 12 Asts: Rodríguez 6 | Pts: Kalnietis, Seibutis 13 Rebs: Valančiūnas 9 Asts: Kalnietis 5 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 27,372 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (Italy), Ilija Belošević (Serbia), Borys Ryzhyk (Ukraine) |
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