EuroBasket 2003

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EuroBasket 2003
33rd FIBA European Basketball Championship
Official logo of the EuroBasket 2003
Official website
EuroBasket 2003 (FIBA Europe)
Tournament details
Host nation Flag of Sweden Sweden
Dates September 5 – September 14
Teams 16 (from federations)
Venues 5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions Flag of Lithuania Lithuania (3rd title)
MVP Flag of Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Flag of Spain Gasol (25.8) Flag of Lithuania Lithuania (90.6)
Rebounds Flag of Turkey Türkcan (9.3) Flag of Croatia Croatia (36)
Assists Flag of Lithuania Jasikevičius (8.2) Flag of Lithuania Lithuania (17.3)

The EuroBasket 2003 (common name for the 33rd FIBA European Basketball Championship), was held in Sweden between 5 September and 14 September 2003. Lithuania won the gold medal, Spain won the silver while Italy won the bronze. Lithuania's Sarunas Jasikevicius was named the tournament MVP.

The EuroBasket is a biennial basketball competition between national teams organised by FIBA Europe, the sport's governing body in Europe.

Contents

[edit] Venues

City Arena Capacity
Borås Boråshallen 3,000
Luleå Coop Arena 6,500
Norrköping Himmelstalundshallen 4,280
Södertälje Scaniarinken 7,250
Stockholm Stockholm Globe Arena 13,850

[edit] Preliminaries

[edit] Group A – Coop Arena, Luleå

Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1. Flag of France France 6 3 0 271 210 +61
2. Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 5 2 1 232 217 +15
3. Flag of Italy Italy 4 1 2 199 234 -35
4. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 3 210 251 -41
September 5, 2003
Slovenia 77 - 67 Italy 18:00
France 98 - 76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21:00
September 6, 2003
Bosnia and Herzegovina 62 - 73 Slovenia 16:00
Italy 52 - 85 France 18:30
September 7, 2003
Slovenia 82 - 88 France 15:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina 72 - 80 Italy 18:15

[edit] Group B – Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping

Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1. Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 6 3 0 279 224 +55
2. Flag of Germany Germany 5 2 1 251 260 -9
3. Flag of Israel Israel 4 1 2 234 255 -21
4. Flag of Latvia Latvia 3 0 3 252 277 -25
September 5, 2003
Germany 86 - 81 Israel 15:15
Lithuania 92 - 91 Latvia 18:00
September 6, 2003
Latvia 86 - 94 Germany 14:00
Israel 62 - 94 Lithuania 17:00
September 7, 2003
Lithuania 93 - 71 Germany 15:15
Israel 91 - 75 Latvia 18:15

[edit] Group C – Scaniarinken, Södertälje

Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1. Flag of Spain Spain 6 3 0 263 196 +67
2. Flag of Russia Russia 5 2 1 264 240 +24
3. Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 4 1 2 225 238 -13
4. Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 0 3 191 269 -78
September 5, 2003
Serbia and Montenegro 80 - 95 Russia 18:00
Spain 99 - 52 Sweden 21:00
September 6, 2003
Russia 77 - 89 Spain 18:00
Sweden 68 - 78 Serbia and Montenegro 21:00
September 7, 2003
Serbia and Montenegro 67 - 75 Spain 15:45
Sweden 71 - 92 Russia 18:15

[edit] Group D – Borås

Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1. Flag of Greece Greece 6 3 0 231 219 +12
2. Flag of Turkey Turkey 5 2 1 222 216 +6
3. Flag of Croatia Croatia 4 1 2 241 223 +18
4. Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 3 0 3 213 249 -36
September 5, 2003
Ukraine 69 - 77 Turkey 18:00
Greece 77 - 76 Croatia 21:00
September 6, 2003
Croatia 93 - 71 Ukraine 18:00
Turkey 70 - 75 Greece 21:00
September 7, 2003
Greece 79 - 73 Ukraine 15:15
Turkey 75 -72 Croatia 18:15

[edit] Elimination games

September 8, 2003
Russia Flag of Russia 81 - 77 Flag of Croatia Croatia Södertälje 20:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 76 - 80 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Borås 20:00
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 76 - 78 Flag of Israel Israel Luleå 20:30
Germany Flag of Germany 84 - 86 Flag of Italy Italy Norrköping 20:30

[edit] Knockout stage - Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm

Quarter finals Semi finals Final
                   
September 10, 2003 - 18:00        
 Flag of France France  76
September 13, 2003 - 14:00
 Flag of Russia Russia  69  
 Flag of France France  70
September 10, 2003 - 21:00
   Flag of Lithuania Lithuania  74  
 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania  98
September 14, 2003 - 20:00
 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro  82  
 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania  93
September 11, 2003 - 18:00
   Flag of Spain Spain  84
 Flag of Spain Spain  78
September 13, 2003 - 17:00
 Flag of Israel Israel  64  
 Flag of Spain Spain  81 Third place
September 11, 2003 - 21:00
   Flag of Italy Italy  79  
 Flag of Greece Greece  59  Flag of France France  67
 Flag of Italy Italy  62    Flag of Italy Italy  69
September 14, 2003 - 17:00


[edit] 5th to 8th place

  Classification round Fifth place
             
September 12, 2003 - 18:00
 Flag of Russia Russia 77  
 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 86  
 
September 14, 2003 - 13:30
     Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 64
   Flag of Greece Greece 72
Seventh place
September 12, 2003 - 21:00 September 14, 2003 - 11:00
 Flag of Israel Israel 56  Flag of Russia Russia  82
 Flag of Greece Greece 63    Flag of Israel Israel  89

[edit] Awards

 Eurobasket 2003 Champions 
Flag of Lithuania
Lithuania
Third title


Eurobasket 2003 MVP: Šarūnas Jasikevičius (Flag of Lithuania Lithuania)

[edit] All-Tournament Team [1]


[edit] Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Flag of Spain Pau Gasol 25.8
  2. Flag of Russia Andrei Kirilenko 23.1
  3. Flag of Germany Dirk Nowitzki 22.5
  4. Flag of Turkey Mehmet Okur 18.7
  5. Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Predrag Stojakovic 18.7
  6. Flag of France Tony Parker 18
  7. Flag of Turkey Ibrahim Kutluay 17
  8. Flag of Croatia Damir Mulaomerovic 16.5
  9. Flag of Spain Juan Carlos Navarro 16.1
  10. Flag of Lithuania Arvydas Macijauskas15.8

[edit] Conclusion

[edit] Final standings

Place Team
1 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
2 Flag of Spain Spain
3 Flag of Italy Italy
4 Flag of France France
5 Flag of Greece Greece
6 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
7 Flag of Israel Israel
8 Flag of Russia Russia
9 Flag of Germany Germany
10 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia
11 Flag of Croatia Croatia
12 Flag of Turkey Turkey
13 Flag of Latvia Latvia
14 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
15 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
16 Flag of Sweden Sweden

[edit] Team Rosters

1. Lithuania: Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Arvydas Macijauskas, Saulius Štombergas, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Darius Songaila, Eurelijus Žukauskas, Mindaugas Žukauskas, Donatas Slanina, Dainius Šalenga, Virginijus Praškevičius, Kšyštof Lavrinovič, Giedrius Gustas (Coach: Antanas Sireika)

2. Spain: Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, José Manuel Calderón, Jorge Garbajosa, Carlos Jiménez, Felipe Reyes, Alberto Herreros, Rodrigo De la Fuente, Carles Marco, Alfonso Reyes, Roger Grimau, Antonio Bueno (Coach: Ramon "Moncho" Lopez)

3. Italy: Massimo Bulleri, Gianluca Basile, Roberto Chiacig, Denis Marconato, Giacomo Galanda, Nikola Radulovic, Alessandro De Pol, Matteo Soragna, Michele Mian, Alex Righetti, Alessandro Cittadini, Davide Lamma (Coach: Carlo Recalcati)

4. France: Tony Parker, Boris Diaw, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Jerome Moiso, Ronny Turiaf, Florent Piétrus, Moustapha Sonko, Cyril Julian, Thierry Rupert, Alain Digbeu, Laurent Foirest, Makan Dioumassi (Coach: Alain Weisz)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Eurobasket 2003 All-Tournament Team

[edit] References

EuroBasket
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