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FIBA EuroBasket 2011
37th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryLithuania
Dates31 August – 18 September
Teams24
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Official website
Eurobasket 2011
2009 2013
Postage stamp issued to commemorate the European Basketball Championship 2011

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
EuroBasket 2011 is located in LithuaniaKaunasKaunas File:Žalgiris Arena exterior 18 Aug 2011.jpg Kaunas Žalgiris Arena 15,442 Opened in 2011 Knockout stage
EuroBasket 2011 is located in LithuaniaVilniusVilnius Vilnius Siemens Arena 11,000 Opened in 2004 Group E, Group F
EuroBasket 2011 is located in LithuaniaŠiauliaiŠiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena 5,700 Opened in 2007 Group B
EuroBasket 2011 is located in LithuaniaPanevėžysPanevėžys Panevėžys Cido Arena 7,556 Opened in 2008 Group A
EuroBasket 2011 is located in LithuaniaAlytusAlytus Alytus Alytus Arena 5,500 Opened in 1981, reopened after reconstruction in 2011 Group C
EuroBasket 2011 is located in LithuaniaKlaipėdaKlaipėda File:Neptuno-lkl-sezono-startas---svyturio-arenoje2.jpg Klaipėda Švyturio Arena 5,486 Opened in 2011 Group D

Teams

Eurobasket 2011 participants.

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 qualification

Qualified teams

Competition Date Vacancies Qualified
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 squads

Group 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.

Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6

 Spain
 Serbia
 Greece
 Slovenia

 France
 Croatia
 Russia
 Turkey

 Lithuania
 Germany
 Montenegro
 Belgium

 Great Britain
 North Macedonia
 Israel
 Georgia

 Italy
 Bulgaria
 Poland
 Bosnia and Herzegovina

 Ukraine
 Latvia
 Portugal
 Finland

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 A
Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts. Tie
 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 B
Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts.
 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 C
Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts. Tie
 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 D
Team Pld W L PF PA GA Pts. Tie
 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 E

The 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
 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 F

The 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.
 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
 Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
           
 September 14
 
 E1
 September 16
 F4
  
 September 14
  
 F2
 September 18
 E3
  
 September 15
  
 F1
 September 16
 E4
  
 September 15
  Third place
 E2
 September 18
 F3
  
 
  
 
5th place bracket
 Semi-finalsFifth place
       
 September 15
 
 Loser QF1
 September 17
 Loser QF2
  
 September 16
  
 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 Final
September 18
21:00
Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas

Statistics

Points

Rank Name G Pts PPG
1 United Kingdom Luol Deng 4 95 23.8
2 France Tony Parker 4 92 23.0
3 Germany Dirk Nowitzki 4 91 22.8
4 Italy Andrea Bargnani 4 88 22.0
5 Spain Pau Gasol 4 87 21.8
6 North Macedonia Bo McCalebb 4 81 20.3
7 Latvia Jānis Blūms 4 78 19.5
8 Russia Andrei Kirilenko 4 74 18.5
9 Croatia Ante Tomić 4 73 18.3
10 Israel Lior Eliyahu 4 66 16.5
Serbia Duško Savanović 4 66 16.5


Rebounds

Rank Name G Rbs RPG
1 Germany Chris Kaman 4 43 10.8
2 Montenegro Vladimir Dašić 4 38 9.5
3 Spain Marc Gasol 4 35 8.8
4 Georgia (country) Viktor Sanikidze 4 34 8.5
5 North Macedonia Pero Antić 4 33 8.3
United Kingdom Luol Deng 4 33 8.3
7 France Joakim Noah 4 30 7.5
8 Turkey Ömer Aşık 4 28 7.0
Portugal Elvis Évora 4 28 7.0
Bulgaria Deyan Ivanov 4 28 7.0


Assists

Rank Name G Ast APG
1 Serbia Miloš Teodosić 4 31 7.8
2 Croatia Dontaye Draper 4 30 7.5
3 France Tony Parker 4 25 6.3
4 Finland Teemu Rannikko 4 23 5.8
5 Russia Viktor Khryapa 4 22 5.5
6 Ukraine Stiven Bertt 4 20 5.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Vasiljević 4 20 5.0
8 Montenegro Omar Cook 4 19 4.8
9 Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius 4 18 4.5
Slovenia Jaka Lakovič 4 18 4.5

Steals

Rank Name G Stl SPG
1 Russia Andrei Kirilenko 4 12 3.0
2 France Nicolas Batum 4 10 2.5
North Macedonia Bo McCalebb 4 10 2.5
4 Poland Thomas Kelati 3 7 2.3
Slovenia Sašo Ožbolt 4 9 2.3
6 Portugal Carlos Andrade 4 8 2.0
Slovenia Goran Dragić 4 8 2.0
Spain Rudy Fernández 4 8 2.0
United Kingdom Andrew Lawrence 3 6 2.0
North Macedonia Vojdan Stojanovski 4 8 2.0


Blocks

Rank Name G Blk BPG
1 Turkey Ömer Aşık 4 9 2.3
2 Italy Andrea Bargnani 4 8 2.0
3 Ukraine Viacheslav Kravtsov 4 7 1.8
4 Spain Pau Gasol 4 6 1.5
Belgium D. J. Mbenga 4 6 1.5
Greece Kosta Koufos 4 6 1.5
7 North Macedonia Todor Gečevski 3 4 1.3
8 seven players 4 4 1.0


Minutes

Rank Name G Min MPG
1 North Macedonia Vlado Ilievski 4 155 38.8
2 United Kingdom Luol Deng 4 143 35.8
Italy Marco Belinelli 4 143 35.8
4 North Macedonia Pero Antić 4 138 34.5
5 North Macedonia Bo McCalebb 4 134 33.5
6 Italy Andrea Bargnani 4 133 33.3
Montenegro Omar Cook 4 133 33.3
Montenegro Vladimir Dašić 4 133 33.3
9 Poland Thomas Kelati 4 132 33.0
Bulgaria E. J. Rowland 4 132 33.0

FIBA broadcasting rights

Country Broadcaster
 Albania Top Channel
 Argentina DirecTV
 Belgium Be TV
TELENET
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT
 Brazil SporTV
ESPN Brasil
TV Esporte Interativo
 Bulgaria BNT
 Croatia HRT
 Czech Republic ČTV
Sport 1
 Cyprus Lumiere TV
 Denmark Viasat Sport
 Great Britain ESPN
 Estonia Viasat Sport
 Finland Viasat Sport
Nelonen Pro
 France Sport+
 Macedonia Sitel
 Georgia 1TV
 Germany Sport1
 Greece ERT
 Hungary Sport 1
 Israel IBA
Charlton


Country Broadcaster
 Italy RAI
 Latvia TV6
 Lithuania TV3
Viasat Sport
 Japan J Sports
 Montenegro RTCG
 Norway Viasat Sport
 Philippines Basketball TV
 Poland TVP
 Portugal Sport TV
 Qatar Al Jazeera Sports
 Russia NTV Plus
Russia 2
 Romania Sport 1
 Serbia RTS
 Slovakia Sport 1
 Slovenia RTVSLO
ASPN
 South Africa SuperSport
 Spain La Sexta
Marca TV
 Sweden TV10
 Taiwan Videoland
 Turkey NTV Spor
 Ukraine 2+2
 USA ESPN3

References

  1. Official EuroBasket 2011 athem (Lithuanian version)
  2. Official EuroBasket 2011 athem (English version)
  3. Eurobasket 2011 will be played with 24 teams
  4. Seven More Teams Get Direct EuroBasket Berth
  5. "FIBA Europe Regulations" (PDF). FIBA. 17 August 2011. p. 18. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  6. "Official Basketball Rules" (PDF). FIBA. 11.01.2011. p. 69. Retrieved 1 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. Knockout stage
  8. Keisels, Guntis (19.08.2011.). "Latvijas valstsvienības spēlēs Eiropas čempionāta finālturnīrā translēs TV6" (in Latvian). Basket.lv. Retrieved 1 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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