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Host country | Lithuania |
Dates | 31 August – 18 September |
Teams | 24 |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
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The European Basketball Championship of 2011, universally referred to as EuroBasket 2011, is the 37 continental championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition is hosted by Lithuania. This is the second time Lithuania has hosted Eurobasket, and the first since the restoration of its independence in 1990. Lithuania originally hosted the 1939 European Basketball Championship. The top two teams are guaranteed spots at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Special events
In Lithuania basketball is immensely popular. As such, many events were organized to mark the championship, including:
- In the summer of 2011 a drible marathon around whole Lithuania was organized. Groups of people would drible from one town to the next one, where they would give the balls to another set of people who would then drible to the next town and so on. Every town of Lithuania was visited with TV documenting the events every day. Among the people who took part in the event were the president of Lithuania, several ministers, mayors, sportsmen, opera and ballet stars and so on. In the end the 13 balls were given to the Lithuanian National Basketball team on August 29th of 2011.
- On August 29, 2011, Lithuania set a new record for simultaneous dribbling, previously held by Poland. 60,000 Lithuanians from Vilnius, Kaunas, Panevėžys, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Alytus dribbled Molten balls simultaneously, beating Poland's record of 30,000 people.
- Vilnius TV Tower observation deck was turned into a large basketball basket. It is made of lights that shine in the dark. The "basket" is 160 meters tall, higher than any other building in Lithuania.
Additionally, starting with the Spring of 2011, many of the TV and newspaper advertisements became basketball-oriented. Each of the cities where Eurobasket 2011 would take place received many minor details marking the championship: for example, the trash bins in Panevėžys became coloured like basketball balls, an abandoned building in Vilnius had its windows covered by flags of the participant nations while balls were dran on streets in some places.
Logo
Public contest was introduced to create the logo for the competition. 49 designs were presented initially to the organizers and the best 3 were sent to FIBA Europe, which selected the winning design. The author of it is Kęstutis Koira. The EuroBasket 2011 logo was unveiled on the 24th of January, 2009 in Cido Arena, Panevėžys, during the final game of Lithuanian Basketball Federation Cup. It displays the Columns of Gediminas overlaid on a backboard.
Song
Lithuania is the first host country of EuroBasket to have an official EuroBasket song. A song Celebrate basketball by Mia, Marijonas Mikutavičius and Mantas Jankavičius was chosen by a televoting in Lithuania. There are two versions of the song - Lithuanian and English. Later, another version was added - "Nebetyli sirgaliai" (lit. The Fans are Quiet no Longer).
Venues
The group matches are set to be played in four arenas, namely Alytus Arena, Šiauliai Arena, Cido Arena in Panevėžys and an arena in Klaipėda. The qualifying matches are to be played at the Siemens Arena in the capital Vilnius and the playoffs at the new Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas.
All tickets were sold for matches where Lithuania plays in a matter of several hours. Other tickets were also sold in advance for all venues except for Alytus. However the FIBA policy of selling tickets for 3 games at once meant that in some cases the sold-out arenas were not full as some fans would choose to go only to a part of the games their ticket entitled them to. This FIBA policy was altered in Panevėžys where there were separate tickets for the games Lithuania played.
Location | Picture | City | Arena | Capacity | Status | Round |
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Kaunas | File:Žalgiris Arena exterior 18 Aug 2011.jpg | Kaunas | Žalgiris Arena | 15,442 | Opened in 2011 | Knockout stage |
Vilnius | Vilnius | Siemens Arena | 11,000 | Opened in 2004 | Group E, Group F | |
Šiauliai | Šiauliai | Šiauliai Arena | 5,700 | Opened in 2007 | Group B | |
Panevėžys | Panevėžys | Cido Arena | 7,556 | Opened in 2008 | Group A | |
Alytus | Alytus | Alytus Arena | 5,500 | Opened in 1981, reopened after reconstruction in 2011 | Group C | |
Klaipėda | File:Neptuno-lkl-sezono-startas---svyturio-arenoje2.jpg | Klaipėda | Švyturio Arena | 5,486 | Opened in 2011 | Group D |
Teams
It was first decided that 16 teams will participate in Eurobasket 2011, however FIBA Europe decided on September 5, 2010, in a meeting in Istanbul, that there would be 24 teams in the tournament, after the Qualifying Round was concluded.
Lithuania automatically received a place as the hosts, nine other countries that competed in the 2010 FIBA world championship also received a place, 12 Countries were determined through qualifying matches played on August 2010 (five have initially qualified, and seven were added after the decision to expand the tournament to 24 teams), and two more qualifiers have been decided in an additional qualifying tournament that took place in August 2011. All but one of the 15 countries that participated in the Qualifying Round have qualified for the final tournament.
Qualification
Main article: EuroBasket 2011 qualificationQualified teams
Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host Nation | – | 1 | Lithuania |
Participant of 2010 FIBA World Championship | 28 August – 12 September 2010 | 9 | Croatia France Germany Greece Russia Serbia Slovenia Spain Turkey |
Qualified through Qualifying Round | 2 August 2010 – 29 August 2010 | 5 | Belgium Great Britain Israel North Macedonia Montenegro |
Qualified through FIBA Europe decision | September 5, 2010 | 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Georgia Italy Latvia Poland Ukraine |
Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round | 9 August 2011 – 24 August 2011 | 2 | Finland Portugal |
Squads
Main article: EuroBasket 2011 squadsGroup Draw
The draw ceremony held on January 30, 2011 in the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Vilnius, divided the qualified teams into four groups of six, groups A, B, C, and D. The hosts of the evening were Jurgita Jurkutė and Vytautas Rumšas. The balls were drawn by retired basketball players European champions and Olympic medalists Stasys Stonkus, Modestas Paulauskas, Dino Meneghin, Sergėjus Jovaiša, Alexander Anatolyevich Volkov and Arvydas Sabonis. A special concert followed the draw where a song was dedicated for each of the participating nations.
It was decided that Group A games will take place in Panevėžys, Group B in Šiauliai, Group C in Alytus and Group D in Klaipėda.
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Preliminary round
Teams play each other once. The top three placed teams move on to the next round. In case of tie on points, direct matches between (points and goal average, i.e. points for/points against) are taken into acount, if still tied goal average in all matches will be used as tiebreaker and not point difference.
All times are local (UTC+3)
Group A
Main article: EuroBasket 2011 Group ATeam | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | GA | Pts. | Tie |
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Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 404 | 364 | 1.109 | 9 | 1–0 |
Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 429 | 374 | 1.147 | 9 | 0–1 |
Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 385 | 333 | 1.156 | 8 | |
Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 372 | 410 | 0.907 | 7 | 1–0 |
Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 401 | 424 | 0.945 | 7 | 0–1 |
Portugal | 5 | 0 | 5 | 344 | 430 | 0.800 | 5 |
31 August 2011 | |||
Spain | 83–78 | Poland | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
Turkey | 79–56 | Portugal | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
Lithuania | 80–69 | Great Britain | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
1 September 2011 | |||
Portugal | 73–87 | Spain | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
Great Britain | 61–90 | Turkey | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
Poland | 77–97 | Lithuania | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
2 September 2011 | |||
Spain | 86–69 | Great Britain | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
Portugal | 73–81 | Poland | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
Turkey | 68–75 | Lithuania | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
4 September 2011 | |||
Great Britain | 85–73 | Portugal | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
Poland | 84–83 | Turkey | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
Lithuania | 79–91 | Spain | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
5 September 2011 | |||
Great Britain | v | Poland | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
Spain | v | Turkey | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
Portugal | v | Lithuania | Cido Arena, Panevėžys |
Group B
Main article: EuroBasket 2011 Group BTeam | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | GA | Pts. |
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France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 438 | 391 | 1.120 | 10 |
Serbia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 432 | 386 | 1.119 | 9 |
Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 377 | 357 | 1.056 | 8 |
Israel | 5 | 2 | 3 | 399 | 448 | 0.891 | 7 |
Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 380 | 405 | 0.938 | 6 |
Latvia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 385 | 424 | 0.908 | 5 |
31 August 2011 | |||
Serbia | 80–68 | Italy | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
France | 89–78 | Latvia | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
Germany | 91–64 | Israel | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
1 September 2011 | |||
Latvia | 77–92 | Serbia | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
Israel | 68–85 | France | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
Italy | 62–76 | Germany | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
2 September 2011 | |||
Serbia | 89–80 | Israel | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
Latvia | 62–71 | Italy | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
France | 76–65 | Germany | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
4 September 2011 | |||
Israel | 91–88 | Latvia | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
Italy | 84–91 | France | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
Germany | 64–75 | Serbia | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
5 September 2011 | |||
Israel | v | Italy | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
Latvia | v | Germany | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
Serbia | v | France | Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai |
Group C
Main article: EuroBasket 2011 Group CTeam | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | GA | Pts. | Tie |
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Macedonia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 362 | 337 | 1.074 | 9 | 1–0 |
Greece | 5 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 324 | 1.129 | 9 | 0–1 |
Finland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 373 | 366 | 1.019 | 7 | 1–1, 1.155 |
Croatia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 396 | 404 | 0.980 | 7 | 1–1, 0.959 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 2 | 3 | 380 | 409 | 0.929 | 7 | 1–1, 0.907 |
Montenegro | 5 | 1 | 4 | 357 | 388 | 0.921 | 6 |
31 August 2011 | |||
Montenegro | 70–65 | North Macedonia | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
Greece | 76–67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
Croatia | 84–79 | Finland | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
1 September 2011 | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 94–86 | Montenegro | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
Finland | 61–81 | Greece | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
North Macedonia | 78–76 | Croatia | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
3 September 2011 | |||
Finland | 92–64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
Greece | 58–72 | North Macedonia | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
Croatia | 87–81 | Montenegro | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
4 September 2011 | |||
North Macedonia | 72–70 | Finland | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
Montenegro | 55–71 | Greece | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 92–80 | Croatia | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
5 September 2011 | |||
Finland | v | Montenegro | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
Greece | v | Croatia | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
North Macedonia | v | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Alytus Arena, Alytus |
Group D
Main article: EuroBasket 2011 Group DTeam | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | GA | Pts. | Tie |
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Russia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 371 | 321 | 1.155 | 10 | |
Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 356 | 324 | 1.098 | 9 | |
Georgia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 352 | 343 | 1.026 | 7 | 1–1, 1.045 |
Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 339 | 357 | 0.949 | 7 | 1–1, 0.993 |
Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 3 | 322 | 327 | 0.984 | 7 | 1–1, 0.960 |
Belgium | 5 | 0 | 5 | 304 | 372 | 0.817 | 5 |
31 August 2011 | |||
Belgium | 59–81 | Georgia | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
Slovenia | 67–59 | Bulgaria | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
Russia | 73–64 | Ukraine | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
1 September 2011 | |||
Bulgaria | 68–65 | Belgium | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
Georgia | 58–65 | Russia | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
Ukraine | 64–68 | Slovenia | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
3 September 2011 | |||
Ukraine | 67–56 | Bulgaria | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
Slovenia | 87–75 | Georgia | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
Russia | 79–58 | Belgium | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
4 September 2011 | |||
Georgia | 69–53 | Ukraine | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
Bulgaria | 77–89 | Russia | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
Belgium | 61–70 | Slovenia | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
5 September 2011 | |||
Georgia | v | Bulgaria | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
Slovenia | v | Russia | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
Ukraine | v | Belgium | Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda |
Second Round
Group E
Main article: EuroBasket 2011 Group EThe group will be composed of three best ranked teams from groups A and B. Four teams with the best records will advance to the quarter finals.
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | GA | Pts. | Tie |
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Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 405 | 340 | 1.191 | 9 | 1–0 |
France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 383 | 388 | 0.987 | 9 | 0–1 |
Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 405 | 397 | 1.020 | 8 | |
Serbia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 388 | 412 | 0.942 | 7 | |
Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 345 | 379 | 0.910 | 6 | 1–0 |
Turkey | 5 | 1 | 4 | 331 | 341 | 0.991 | 6 | 0–1 |
7 September 2011 | |||
Germany | v | Spain | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
B2 | v | Lithuania | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
A3 | v | B1 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
9 September 2011 | |||
Spain | v | B2 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
Germany | v | A3 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
Lithuania | v | B1 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
11 September 2011 | |||
B1 | v | Spain | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
Lithuania | v | Germany | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
B2 | v | A3 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
Group F
Main article: EuroBasket 2011 Group FThe group will be composed of three best ranked teams from groups C and D. Four teams with the best records will advance to the quarter finals.
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | GA | Pts. |
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Russia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 355 | 310 | 1.145 | 10 |
Macedonia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 338 | 313 | 1.079 | 9 |
Greece | 5 | 3 | 2 | 348 | 336 | 1.036 | 8 |
Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 337 | 337 | 1.000 | 7 |
Finland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 338 | 372 | 0.909 | 6 |
Georgia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 329 | 377 | 0.873 | 5 |
8 September 2011 | |||
D3 | v | C1 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
D2 | v | C2 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
C3 | v | D1 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
10 September 2011 | |||
C1 | v | D2 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
D3 | v | C3 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
C2 | v | D1 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
12 September 2011 | |||
D1 | v | C1 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
C2 | v | D3 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
D2 | v | C3 | Siemens Arena, Vilnius |
Knockout stage
Main article: EuroBasket 2011 knockout stage- All matches are schedule to be played in: Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
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E3 | ||||||||||
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Third place | ||||||||||
E2 | ||||||||||
September 18 | ||||||||||
F3 | ||||||||||
- 5th place bracket
Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
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Loser QF1 | ||||||
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Loser QF2 | ||||||
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Loser QF3 | ||||||
Loser QF4 | ||||||
Seventh place | ||||||
September 17 | ||||||
Quarterfinals
September 14 18:00 |
E1 | vs. | F4 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
September 14 21:00 |
F2 | vs. | E3 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
September 15 18:00 |
E2 | vs. | F3 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
September 15 21:00 |
F1 | vs. | E4 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
Classification 5–8
September 15 15:30 |
Loser QF1 | vs. | Loser QF2 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
September 16 15:00 |
Loser QF3 | vs. | Loser QF4 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
Semifinals
September 16 17:30 |
Winner QF1 | vs. | Winner QF2 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
September 16 21:00 |
Winner QF3 | vs. | Winner QF4 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
Seventh place game
September 17 18:00 |
Loser CLS1 | vs. | Loser CLS2 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
Fifth place game
September 17 21:00 |
Winner CLS1 | vs. | Winner CLS2 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
Third place game
September 18 17:30 |
Loser SF1 | vs. | Loser SF2 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
Final
Main article: EuroBasket 2011 FinalSeptember 18 21:00 |
Winner SF1 | vs. | Winner SF2 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas |
Statistics
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References
- Official EuroBasket 2011 athem (Lithuanian version)
- Official EuroBasket 2011 athem (English version)
- Eurobasket 2011 will be played with 24 teams
- Seven More Teams Get Direct EuroBasket Berth
- "FIBA Europe Regulations" (PDF). FIBA. 17 August 2011. p. 18. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- "Official Basketball Rules" (PDF). FIBA. 11.01.2011. p. 69. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
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- Keisels, Guntis (19.08.2011.). "Latvijas valstsvienības spēlēs Eiropas čempionāta finālturnīrā translēs TV6" (in Latvian). Basket.lv. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
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External links
- Official Eurobasket website for Eurobasket 2011
- Official website on FIBAEurope.com
- Latest updates about Eurobasket 2011
- Official EuroBasket 2011 anthem
- Official EuroBasket 2011 website page to help finding accommodations in Lithuania
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