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EuroBasket 2011
Tournament details
Host country	Lithuania
Dates	31 August – 18 September
Teams	24
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	North Macedonia
Tournament statistics
Games played	90
MVP	Juan Carlos Navarro
Top scorer	Tony Parker; (22.1 points per game)
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EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the 1939 championship. FIBA Europe asserted that Lithuania managed to organize the best European championship in its history.^[2] The top two teams are guaranteed spots at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

EuroBasket 2011 was the largest sporting event in the history of the Baltic states, both in terms of the number of national teams (24), games (90), and that of spectators (158,000 tickets sold, with most tickets valid for three separate games.)^[3]

Spain won the title for the second consecutive tournament, after defeating France, by a score of 98–85 in the final.^[4] Spain's Juan Carlos Navarro was the tournament's MVP.

Venues and attendances

The group matches were played in four arenas, namely Alytus Arena, Šiauliai Arena, Cido Arena in Panevėžys and an arena in Klaipėda. The second stage matches were 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 in which Lithuania played in a matter of several hours after the start of sale. Other tickets were also sold out in advance for all venues except for Alytus (75% of available tickets sold in total). However the Organizing Committee's policy of selling tickets as a 3-game package meant that in some cases the sold-out arenas were not full as some fans would choose to go to only some of the games their ticket entitled them to. This policy was altered in Panevėžys where there were separate tickets for the games Lithuania played.

20,000 foreign visitors went to Lithuania for the championship. 135,000 local fans visited the arenas. 120,000 people (both local and foreign) watched EuroBasket 2011 matches in special fan zones that were constructed beside every arena with a large screen and outdoor seating available.^[3]

Among the foreign teams the Georgian, Slovenian, Russian and Latvian national teams had the most fans traveling from their home countries. Georgians had certain city squares decorated in their flags in both Klaipėda and Vilnius.

Several famous people and heads of states went to championship. This included the president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and prince of Spain Felipe.

Location	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Kaunas	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	5,656	Opened in 2008	Group A
Alytus	Alytus	Alytus Arena	5,500	Opened in 1981, reopened after reconstruction in 2011	Group C
Klaipėda	Klaipėda	Švyturio Arena	5,486	Opened in 2011	Group D

Postage stamp issued to commemorate the EuroBasket 2011
Slovenian national team bus in Vilnius
Huge ball for EuroBasket 2011 in Vilnius
Baskets and balls in Vilnius center
One Litas coin for EuroBasket 2011

Teams

It was first decided that 16 teams would participate in EuroBasket 2011, however FIBA Europe decided on 5 September 2010, in a meeting in Istanbul, that there would be 24 teams in the tournament, after the Qualifying Round was concluded.^[5]

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 in August 2010 (five had initially qualified, and seven were added after the decision to expand the tournament to 24 teams),^[6] and two more qualifiers were 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 qualified for the final tournament.

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 Macedonia Montenegro
Qualified through FIBA Europe decision	5 September 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

Each team consisted of 12 players. Only 1 among the 12 could be a naturalised foreign player, who could not have been in the national team of another nation. Some of the teams had players that traced their ancestry to the teams they represent and were allowed to play for that team, such as Germany (US-born Chris Kaman) and Israel (US-born David Blu, who as Jewish was entitled to Israeli citizenship from birth). Other teams naturalised players participating in their country's league system, among them Spain (Congolese-born Serge Ibaka), Croatia (US-born Dontaye Draper), Bulgaria (US-born E. J. Rowland), Belgium (US-born Marcus Faison), and Poland (US-born Thomas Kelati, who qualified for Polish citizenship through marriage to a Pole). Montenegro and Macedonia each naturalised US-born players who had never played in their league system, but had played in neighbouring Serbia, respectively Omar Cook and Bo McCalebb. Other naturalised players moved to their current countries in their youth, with a notable example being Great Britain's Luol Deng, who fled the Sudanese Civil War with his family as a child.

Lithuania, Serbia, Portugal (Cape Verde was a Portuguese colony) and Finland are notable exceptions, with all of their players having been born in Lithuania, Portugal, Serbia and Finland respectively. Another exception was Latvia playing without foreign players. Turkey had Enes Kanter, who was born to Turkish parents in Switzerland as well as Emir Preldzic, who was born in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina and had already played on the national team of Slovenia in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in 2008 and Slovenian youth national teams.

Some of the Eastern European national teams, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, were composed mainly or entirely from players playing abroad. This was primarily true for countries that have good basketball players but no powerful clubs or leagues to match that.

On the other hand, for countries with strong leagues, such as Italy, the National teams were primarily composed of players playing in the local league. The same was true for countries weak in basketball (i.e. with both weak national team and local league) as their players are unable to get into strong foreign leagues. Portugal could be an example here.

Many NBA players represented their national teams, with the Spanish team having 6 NBA stars, the French team having 5, the Turkish team having 4, and so on. It was one of the strongest European basketball competition ever organized as a lot of European stars helped their nations.

Notable players and coaches

Spain:
- Pau Gasol
- Marc Gasol
- Rudy Fernández
- Ricky Rubio
- Juan Carlos Navarro
- José Calderón
- Serge Ibaka
- Sergio Scariolo (coach)
France:
Russia:
- Andrei Kirilenko
- Victor Khryapa
- Timofey Mozgov
- Andrey Vorontsevich
- Vitaly Fridzon
- Alexey Shved
- Sergei Monia
- David Blatt (coach)
Macedonia:

Lithuania:
Greece:
Slovenia:
- Jaka Lakovič
- Goran Dragić
- Erazem Lorbek
- Mirza Begić
- Božidar Maljković (coach)
Serbia:
- Miloš Teodosić
- Nemanja Bjelica
- Nenad Krstić
- Duško Savanović
- Dušan Ivković (coach)
Germany:
- Dirk Nowitzki
- Chris Kaman
Turkey:

Georgia:
Croatia:
Great Britain:
- Luol Deng
- Joel Freeland
Israeli:
- Omri Casspi
Poland:
- Thomas Kelati
- Dardan Berisha
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Mirza Teletović
Italy:
- Andrea Bargnani
- Marco Belinelli
- Danilo Gallinari
- Simone Pianigiani (coach)
Montenegro:
Latvia:
- Dāvis Bertāns
- Dairis Bertāns
Belgium:
- Tomas Van Den Spiegel
- D. J. Mbenga
Portugal:
- Mário Palma (coach)

Group draw and championship system

The draw ceremony held on 30 January 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, Sergejus 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 would 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 Macedonia Israel Georgia	Italy Bulgaria Poland Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ukraine Latvia Portugal Finland

In the first stage every team had to play against every other team of their group (round robin). This meant five matches per team.

From every group the 3 best teams advanced to the second stage and the 3 worst teams were eliminated. In the second stage 2 new groups were formed. The 3 best teams from groups A and B were united to form group E whereas the 3 best teams from groups C and D were united to form group F.

In these two new groups of the second stage only matches by teams that had not yet played each other had to be played. As for the matches that had already happened in the first stage their results would also count in the second stage. Therefore, every team played 3 matches and there were 12 teams in the second stage.

Out of the second stage the 4 best teams from each of the two groups advanced to the quarterfinals (8 teams in total) whereas the 2 worst teams were eliminated from championship (4 teams in total).

Logo, official song and mascot of the championship

"Celebrate Basketball" (2011)

Official EuroBasket 2011 song

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A public contest was introduced to create the logo for the competition. 49 designs were presented initially to the organizers and the best three were sent to FIBA Europe, which selected the winning design. The author of it was designer Kęstutis Koira. The EuroBasket 2011 logo was unveiled on 24 January 2009 in Cido Arena, Panevėžys, during the final game of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation Cup. It displays the Columns of Gediminas overlaid on a backboard.

Lithuania is the first host country of EuroBasket to have an official EuroBasket song. The song "Celebrate basketball", written by Marijonas Mikutavičius and performed by Mia, Mantas Jankavičius and Marijonas Mikutavičius, was chosen by a televoting in Lithuania. There are two versions of the song – in Lithuanian^[7] and English.^[8] Later, another version was added – "Nebetyli sirgaliai" (lit. The Fans are no Longer Quiet).

The mascot of the championship was Amberis. Its head was in the form and color of a piece of amber. The name "Amberis" is a portmanteau of the English word amber and the Lithuanian nominative case masculine gender ending "is". The real word for amber in Lithuanian is Gintaras. There was an Amberis in every arena and quite frequently there were more than a single Amberis at a time interacting with each other as well as spectators. On the screens in the arenas a "legend" was shown where a piece of amber was given by a coach to a young basketball player to bring him luck and this piece turned into Amberis.

Special events

Basketball enjoys extraordinary popularity in Lithuania. As such, many events were organized to mark the championship, including:

In summer 2011 a dribble marathon around the whole of Lithuania was organized. Groups of people would dribble from one town to the next one, where they would give the balls to another set of people who would then dribble 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 29 August 2011.
On 29 August 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.
The Vilnius TV Tower observation deck was turned into a large basketball basket. It was made of lights that shone in the dark. The "basket" was 160 meters tall, higher than any other building in Lithuania.
Composer Vidmantas Bartulis and poet Gintaras Patackas wrote an oratorio for basketball called "That Space-like Feeling of Basketball" ("Tas kosminis krepšinio jausmas"). This oratorio, praising basketball and Kauno Žalgiris team, was performed during the opening of Kaunas Arena on 16 August 2011.

Additionally, from Spring 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 were repainted to look like basketballs, an abandoned building in Vilnius had its windows covered by flags of the participant nations while balls were drawn on the pavement in some places.

Many ordinary Lithuanians decorated their cars with small Lithuanian flags flying above side windows (like during every other basketball championship). Flags covering the opposite side of the car mirrors are also popular. Some foreign fans who visited Lithuania during the championship adopted this practice as well.

A major Lithuanian news company adopted the practice of predicting each Lithuania national basketball team match in the EuroBasket. Lazdeika the Crab served as the oracle. The crab selected one of the two coconut shells to hide in when light was shone on it. Each of the two coconut shells has a country's flag – Lithuania's flag and opponent flag. At the beginning the crab's guesses would prove to be correct yet in the end they went wrong. Some people believe that the predictions were fixed - that is, the crab would be filmed many times and only when its "prediction" would match that of bookmakers would the "prediction" be aired on TV.

FIBA broadcasting rights

At least some matches were broadcast in 150 countries and territories all over the world.^[3]

Country	Broadcaster
Albania	SuperSport Albania
Argentina	DirecTV
Belgium	Be TV
Belgium	TELENET
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BHRT
Brazil	SporTV
	ESPN Brasil
	Band Sports
	TV Esporte Interativo
Bulgaria	BNT
Croatia	HRT
Czech Republic	Czech Television
Czech Republic	Sport 1
Cyprus	Lumiere TV
Denmark	Viasat Sport
Great Britain	ESPN
Great Britain	BBC Red Button
Estonia	Viasat Sport
Finland	Viasat Sport
Finland	Nelonen Pro
France	Sport+
Macedonia	Sitel
Macedonia	Sitel 3
Georgia	1TV
Germany	Sport1
Greece	ERT
Hungary	Sport 1
Israel	IBA
Israel	Charlton

Country	Broadcaster
Italy	RAI
Latvia	TV6^[9]
Lithuania	TV3
Lithuania	Viasat Sport
Japan	J Sports
Montenegro	RTCG
Norway	Viasat Sport
Philippines	Basketball TV/AKTV
Poland	TVP
Portugal	Sport TV
Qatar	Al Jazeera Sports
Russia	NTV Plus
Russia	Russia 2
Romania	Sport 1
Serbia	RTS 1
Slovakia	Sport 1
Slovenia	RTVSLO
Slovenia	Šport TV
South Africa	SuperSport
Spain	La Sexta
Spain	Marca TV
Sweden	TV10
Taiwan	Videoland
Turkey	NTV Spor
Ukraine	2+2
USA	ESPN3

Financial details

According to the Lithuanian Basketball Association the championship expenses were 32 million Litas and the income was 34.8 million Litas, which means the profit of the event was 2.8 million Litas.^[3]

Out of the 32 million Litas expenses some 9.8 million were funded by the Lithuanian state institutions whereas the remaining 22.2 million were amassed from sponsors or other sources. It is assumed that the state earned 11.9 million Litas due to VAT taxes paid by 20 000 foreign visitors therefore earning a 2.1 million Litas profit.^[3]

Out of the 34.8 million litas income 24.7 million Litas were amassed by selling tickets (TV rights and certain other rights are owned by FIBA rather than the local basketball association and therefore are not included in the revenues).^[3]

During the championship there were 3,984 people responsible for safety and 1,500 volunteers responsible for various duties such as helping spectators or giving the balls for play. The 1,500 volunteers were chosen out of 6,000 persons who wanted to volunteer.

1,300 journalists worked in the championships, out of them 200 were TV and radio commentators. 1,300 media accreditation licenses were issued.^[3]

Preliminary round

Teams played each other once. The top three placed teams move on to the next round. In the event of a tie on points, direct matches between (points and goal average, i.e. points for/points against) were taken into account, if still tied, goal average in all matches was used as tiebreaker and not points difference.^[10]^[11]

All times are local (UTC+3)

Group A

Venue: Cido Arena, Panevėžys

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
Turkey	79–56	Portugal
Lithuania	80–69	Great Britain
1 September 2011
Portugal	73–87	Spain
Great Britain	61–90	Turkey
Poland	77–97	Lithuania
2 September 2011
Spain	86–69	Great Britain
Portugal	73–81	Poland
Turkey	68–75	Lithuania
4 September 2011
Great Britain	85–73	Portugal
Poland	84–83	Turkey
Lithuania	79–91	Spain
5 September 2011
Great Britain	88–81	Poland
Spain	57–65	Turkey
Portugal	69–98	Lithuania

Group B

Venue: Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai

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
France	89–78	Latvia
Germany	91–64	Israel
1 September 2011
Latvia	77–92	Serbia
Israel	68–85	France
Italy	62–76	Germany
2 September 2011
Serbia	89–80	Israel
Latvia	62–71	Italy
France	76–65	Germany
4 September 2011
Israel	91–88	Latvia
Italy	84–91	France
Germany	64–75	Serbia
5 September 2011
Israel	96–95 (OT)	Italy
Latvia	80–81	Germany
Serbia	96–97 (OT)	France

Group C

Venue: Alytus Arena, Alytus

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 (OT)	Macedonia
Greece	76–67	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia	84–79	Finland
1 September 2011
Bosnia and Herzegovina	94–86	Montenegro
Finland	61–81	Greece
Macedonia	78–76	Croatia
3 September 2011
Finland	92–64	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Greece	58–72	Macedonia
Croatia	97–81	Montenegro
4 September 2011
Macedonia	72–70	Finland
Montenegro	55–71	Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina	92–80	Croatia
5 September 2011
Finland	71–65	Montenegro
Greece	74–69	Croatia
Macedonia	75–63	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group D

Venue: Klaipėda Arena, Klaipėda

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
Slovenia	67–59	Bulgaria
Russia	73–64	Ukraine
1 September 2011
Bulgaria	68–65	Belgium
Georgia	58–65	Russia
Ukraine	64–68	Slovenia
3 September 2011
Ukraine	67–56	Bulgaria
Slovenia	87–75	Georgia
Russia	79–58	Belgium
4 September 2011
Georgia	69–53	Ukraine
Bulgaria	77–89	Russia
Belgium	61–70	Slovenia
5 September 2011
Georgia	69–79	Bulgaria
Slovenia	64–65	Russia
Ukraine	74–61	Belgium

Second round

Group E

The group composed of the three best ranked teams from Groups A and B. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

Four teams with the best records advanced 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	68–77	Spain	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Turkey	64–68	France	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Serbia	90–100	Lithuania	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
9 September 2011
Spain	84–59	Serbia	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Germany	73–67	Turkey	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Lithuania	67–73	France	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
11 September 2011
Serbia	68–67	Turkey	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
France	69–96	Spain	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Lithuania	84–75	Germany	Siemens Arena, Vilnius

Group F

The group composed of the three best ranked teams from groups C and D. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.

The four teams with the best records advanced 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
Georgia	63–65	Macedonia	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Finland	60–79	Russia	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Slovenia	60–69	Greece	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
10 September 2011
Georgia	73–87	Finland	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Macedonia	68–59	Slovenia	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Greece	67–83	Russia	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
12 September 2011
Slovenia	67–60	Finland	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Greece	73–60	Georgia	Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Russia	63–61	Macedonia	Siemens Arena, Vilnius

Knockout stage

All matches were played in: Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas^[12]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

14 September

Spain	86
		16 September
Slovenia	64
		Spain	92
14 September
		Macedonia	80
Macedonia	67
				18 September
Lithuania	65
				Spain	98
15 September
				France	85
France	64
		16 September
Greece	56
		France	79
15 September
		Russia	71	Third place
Russia	77
				18 September
Serbia	67
				Macedonia	68

				Russia	72

5th place bracket

Semi-finals		Fifth place

15 September

Slovenia	77
		17 September
Lithuania	80
		Lithuania	73
16 September
		Greece	69
Greece	87

Serbia	77
		Seventh place

		17 September

		Slovenia	72

		Serbia	68

Quarterfinals

14 September
18:00

Report

Spain	86–64	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 19–8, 36–14, 15–19

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,000

14 September
21:00

Report

Macedonia	67–65	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 12–14, 19–18, 18–13

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 15,000

15 September
18:00

Report

France	64–56	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 13–14, 13–12, 24–13

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 9,000

15 September
21:00

Report

Russia	77–67	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 18–15, 20–21, 23–19

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,500

Classification 5–8

15 September
15:30

Report

Slovenia	77–80	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 13–25, 24–19, 20–17

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,000

16 September
15:00

Report

Greece	87–77	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 34–8, 14–18, 16–22, 23–29

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,500

Semifinals

16 September
17:30

Report

Spain	92–80	Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 18–27, 27–17, 21–18

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,000

16 September
21:00

Report

France	79–71	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 22–18, 16–13, 24–24

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 14,000

Seventh place game

17 September
18:00

Report

Slovenia	72–68	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 17–19, 20–12, 8–17

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 5,000

Fifth place game

17 September
21:00

Report

Lithuania	73–69	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 18–17, 24–11, 17–21

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 14,000

Third place game

18 September
17:30

Report

Macedonia	68–72	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 17–19, 20–16, 18–20

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,000

Final

18 September
21:00

Report

Spain	98–85	France
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 25–21, 25–21, 23–23

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 14,500
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Sreten Radovic (CRO)

EuroBasket 2011 champions
Spain Second title

Final standings

The results of the championship included some surprises. Finland and Georgia, the latter supported by some 1,500 fans who had traveled to Lithuania, managed to reach the second stage despite being allowed to take part in the championship only after FIBA Europe decision. In fact Finland had the possibility of advancing to the quarterfinals until the very last game against Slovenia.

Croatia on the other hand was a powerful team that failed to reach even the second stage. Turkey with 5 NBA players failed to reach the quarterfinals.

The biggest surprise was probably Macedonia, a country that had had no major basketball victories prior to this championship. Having lost only two games in the first and second stages and these two by just a single point each (one of them after overtime) Macedonia easily advanced to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the Macedonians defeated the hosts Lithuanians, and went to the semifinals.

A match between Georgia and Russia in Klaipėda was regarded to have political significance due to these countries having recently fought a war (the South Ossetia War). There were more than 1,000 Georgians and under 1,000 Russians in the arena during the game and large police forces were amassed to prevent possible riots. Despite the tight battle the Russians defeated the Georgians and prevented any surprise result. No riots happened.

These are the final standings. Two countries, Spain and France, qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics basketball tournament outright. Four more qualified for the 2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, with Russia and Lithuania obtaining qualification through the tournament. In addition, Great Britain qualified as host.

	Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
	Qualified as host nation for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
	Qualified for the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Rank	Team	Record
	Spain	10–1
	France	9–2
	Russia	10–1
4	Macedonia	7–4
5	Lithuania	8–3
6	Greece	7–4
7	Slovenia	6–5
8	Serbia	5–6
9-10	Germany	4–4
9-10	Finland	3–5
11-12	Turkey	3–5
11-12	Georgia	2–6
13-16	Croatia	2–3
	Bulgaria	2–3
	Great Britain	2–3
	Israel	2–3
17-20	Ukraine	2–3
	Poland	2–3
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–3
	Italy	1–4
21-24	Montenegro	1–4
	Latvia	0–5
	Belgium	0–5
	Portugal	0–5

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points

Rank	Name	G	Pts	PPG
1	Tony Parker	10	221	22.1
2	Bo McCalebb	11	235	21.4
3	Pau Gasol	10	201	20.1
4	Dirk Nowitzki	8	156	19.5
5	Juan Carlos Navarro	11	206	18.7
6	Nenad Krstić	10	155	15.5
7	Chris Kaman	8	124	15.5
8	Andrei Kirilenko	10	146	14.6
9	Nicolas Batum	10	142	14.2
10	Marc Gasol	10	135	13.5

Rebounds

Rank	Name	G	Rbs	RPG
1	Chris Kaman	8	80	10.0
2	Pero Antić	10	88	8.8
3	Ömer Aşık	8	68	8.5
4	Pau Gasol	9	73	8.1
5	Joakim Noah	9	72	8.0
5	Viktor Sanikidze	8	64	8.0
7	Marc Gasol	10	74	7.4
8	Dirk Nowitzki	8	53	6.6
9	Ersan İlyasova	8	52	6.5
10	Mirza Begić	11	71	6.5

Assists

Rank	Name	G	Ast	APG
1	Miloš Teodosić	11	63	5.7
2	Victor Khryapa	10	51	5.1
3	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	11	51	4.6
4	Teemu Rannikko	8	36	4.5
5	Tony Parker	9	39	4.3
6	Heiko Schaffartzik	8	31	3.9
7	Mantas Kalnietis	11	42	3.8
7	Nick Calathes	11	42	3.8
9	Bo McCalebb	11	41^[13]	3.7
10	Giorgi Tsintsadze	6	20	3.3

Steals

Rank	Name	G	Stl	SPG
1	Andrei Kirilenko	10	29	2.9
2	Nicolas Batum	10	21	2.1
3	Bo McCalebb	11	23^[13]	2.1
4	Tuukka Kotti	8	15	1.9
5	Vojdan Stojanovski	10	18	1.8
6	Tony Parker	9	15	1.7
7	Goran Dragić	11	18	1.6
7	Nick Calathes	11	18	1.6
9	Rudy Fernández	10	16	1.6
10	Manuchar Markoishvili	8	12	1.5

Blocks

Rank	Name	G	Blk	BPG
1	Mirza Begić	11	21	1.9
2	Chris Kaman	8	14	1.8
3	Pau Gasol	10	17	1.7
4	Timofey Mozgov	10	15	1.5
4	Ömer Aşık	8	12	1.5
6	Serge Ibaka	11	13	1.2
7	Jonas Valančiūnas	10	11	1.1
8	Kosta Koufos	11	12	1.1
9	Predrag Samardžiski	11	10	0.9
10	Todor Gečevski	6	5	0.8

Minutes

Rank	Name	G	Min	MPG
1	Vlado Ilievski	10	375	37.5
2	Tony Parker	9	311	34.6
3	Pero Antić	10	344	34.4
4	Bo McCalebb	11	376^[13]	34.2
5	Manuchar Markoishvili	8	260	32.5
6	Viktor Sanikidze	8	257	32.1
7	Nicolas Batum	10	314	31.4
8	Petteri Koponen	8	250	31.3
9	Heiko Schaffartzik	8	241	30.1
10	Dirk Nowitzki	8	239	29.9

Individual Game Highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Andrea Bargnani	36	Latvia
Rebounds	Pero Antić	19	Finland
Assists	Dontaye Draper	12	Montenegro
Steals	Nicolas Batum Tony Parker	6	Israel Serbia
Blocks	Serge Ibaka	5	France
2-point field goal percentage	Joel Freeland	100% (11/11)	Poland
3-point field goal percentage	Vojdan Stojanovski	100% (5/5)	Lithuania
Free throw percentage	Tony Parker Miguel Minhava	100% (12/12)	Serbia Great Britain
Turnovers	Miloš Teodosić	9	Russia

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Spain	85.2
2	Lithuania	82.3
3	Serbia	81.1
4	Poland	80.2
5	Israel	79.8
6	Croatia	79.2
7	France	79.1
8	Latvia	77.0
9	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.0
9	Italy	76.0

Defensive PPG

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Russia	63.3
2	Macedonia	65.2
3	Ukraine	65.4
4	Greece	65.7
5	Turkey	67.8
6	Slovenia	68.7
7	Spain	69.3
8	Georgia	71.0
9	Bulgaria	71.4
10	Finland	73.1
10	Germany	73.1

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Lithuania	39
2	Spain	38.7
3	Georgia	37.6
4	Turkey	37.1
5	Slovenia	36.4
6	Macedonia	35.4
7	Russia	34.7
8	Germany	34.5
9	Serbia	34.5
10	France	34.2

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Spain	19.2
2	Russia	19.0
3	Lithuania	17.7
4	Croatia	17.4
5	Serbia	17.3
6	Poland	15.4
7	Israel	14.8
8	Finland	14.6
9	Belgium	14.6
10	Montenegro	13.8

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Spain	8.6
2	Macedonia	8.4
3	France	7.6
4	Great Britain	7.6
5	Slovenia	7.5
6	Russia	7.5
7	Portugal	7.2
8	Greece	7.1
9	Poland	7.0
10	Israel	6.4

Blocks

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Greece	3.7
2	Turkey	3.4
3	Russia	3.3
4	Spain	3.1
5	Ukraine	3.0
6	Germany	2.6
7	Italy	2.6
8	France	2.4
9	Lithuania	2.2
10	Great Britain	2.2

2-point field goal percentage

Pos.	Name	%
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	58.3
2	Poland	56.3
3	Lithuania	55.4
4	Croatia	54.7
5	Russia	54.6
6	Georgia	52.9
7	Spain	52.8
8	Turkey	52.0
9	Serbia	51.6
10	France	51.5

3-point field goal percentage

Pos.	Name	%
1	Lithuania	41.1
2	Germany	39.2
3	Finland	39.1
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.6
5	Ukraine	36.3
6	Serbia	36.1
7	France	35.7
8	Russia	35.6
9	Belgium	35.6
10	Latvia	35.5

Free throw percentage

Pos.	Name	%
1	Italy	84.6
2	France	81.3
3	Germany	80.1
4	Spain	79.7
5	Greece	79.5
6	Serbia	79.4
7	Croatia	78.9
8	Portugal	78.4
9	Macedonia	77.7
10	Poland	75.8

Team Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Lithuania	100	Serbia
Rebounds	Montenegro	50	Macedonia
Assists	Croatia	26	Montenegro
Steals	France Russia	14	Serbia Finland
Blocks	Spain	10	France
2-point field goal percentage	Lithuania	78.4% (29/37)	Poland
3-point field goal percentage	Lithuania	63.3% (7/11)	Portugal
Free throw percentage	Spain	100% (16/16)	Great Britain
Turnovers	Montenegro Ukraine	23	Macedonia Georgia

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:^[14]

PG – Tony Parker

SG – Bo McCalebb

SF – Juan Carlos Navarro (MVP)

PF – Andrei Kirilenko

C – Pau Gasol

References

^ "Another masterpiece for MVP "La Bomba"". Eurobasket2011.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ ""FIBA Europe": lietuviai Europos čempionatą suorganizavo geriausiai per visą istoriją". 15min.lt. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Naujienos - Europos krepĹĄinio Ä?empionatas: kiek uĹždirbome?". Vtv.lt. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
^ Nilsen, Paul (18 September 2011). "Spain Retains European Crown". FIBA. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
^ "Eurobasket 2011 will be played with 24 teams". Fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ "Seven More Teams Get Direct EuroBasket Berth". Fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ "Official EuroBasket 2011 anthem (Lithuanian version)". 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013 – via YouTube.
^ "Official song of EuroBasket 2011 Celebrate Basketball HD (with lyrics) - YouTube". 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2017 – via YouTube.
^ Keisels, Guntis (19 August 2011). "Latvijas valstsvienības spēlēs Eiropas čempionāta finālturnīrā translēs TV6". Basket.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
^ "FIBA Europe Regulations". FIBA. 17 August 2011. p. 18. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
^ "Official Basketball Rules". FIBA. 11 January 2011. p. 69. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
^ "EuroBasket 2011". EuroBasket 2011. 16 April 1985. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "McCalebb statistics in 2011". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
^ "News". EuroBasket 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

External links

Official website on FIBAEurope.com

[1] "Another masterpiece for MVP "La Bomba"". Eurobasket2011.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

[2] ""FIBA Europe": lietuviai Europos čempionatą suorganizavo geriausiai per visą istoriją". 15min.lt. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

[autogenerated1-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Naujienos - Europos krepĹĄinio Ä?empionatas: kiek uĹždirbome?". Vtv.lt. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

[4] Nilsen, Paul (18 September 2011). "Spain Retains European Crown". FIBA. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

[5] "Eurobasket 2011 will be played with 24 teams". Fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

[6] "Seven More Teams Get Direct EuroBasket Berth". Fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

[7] "Official EuroBasket 2011 anthem (Lithuanian version)". 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013 – via YouTube.

[8] "Official song of EuroBasket 2011 Celebrate Basketball HD (with lyrics) - YouTube". 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2017 – via YouTube.

[9] Keisels, Guntis (19 August 2011). "Latvijas valstsvienības spēlēs Eiropas čempionāta finālturnīrā translēs TV6". Basket.lv (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

[10] "FIBA Europe Regulations". FIBA. 17 August 2011. p. 18. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

[11] "Official Basketball Rules". FIBA. 11 January 2011. p. 69. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

[12] "EuroBasket 2011". EuroBasket 2011. 16 April 1985. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.

[stats-13] "McCalebb statistics in 2011". Retrieved 4 September 2013.

[14] "News". EuroBasket 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

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