EuroBasket

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EuroBasket
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1935
No. of teams	16
Continent	Europe (FIBA Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Russia

EuroBasket is the name commonly used to refer to the men's basketball championship contested biennially by the national teams of the European continent under the auspices of FIBA Europe, a zone of the International Basketball Federation (generally known by its French initialism FIBA). Tournaments alternate between serving as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship and Olympics. The defending champion is Russia.

[edit] Results

[edit] Summaries

Year	Host (Final phase/game)	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1935 Details	Switzerland (Geneva)	Latvia	24–18	Spain	Czechoslovakia	25–23	Switzerland
1937 Details	Latvia (Riga)	Lithuania	24–23	Italy	France	27–24	Poland
1939 Details	Lithuania (Kaunas)	Lithuania	[1]	Latvia	Poland	[1]	France
1946 Details	Switzerland (Geneva)	Czechoslovakia	34–32	Italy	Hungary	38–32	France
1947 Details	Czechoslovakia (Prague)	Soviet Union	56–37	Czechoslovakia	Egypt	50–48	Belgium
1949 Details	Egypt (Cairo)	Egypt	[1]	France	Greece	[1]	Turkey
1951 Details	France (Paris)	Soviet Union	45–44	Czechoslovakia	France	55–52	Bulgaria
1953 Details	USSR (Moscow)	Soviet Union	[1]	Hungary	France	[1]	Czechoslovakia
1955 Details	Hungary (Budapest)	Hungary	[1]	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	[1]	Bulgaria
1957 Details	Bulgaria (Sofia)	Soviet Union	[1]	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia	[1]	Hungary
1959 Details	Turkey (Istanbul)	Soviet Union	83–72	Czechoslovakia	France	62–60	Hungary
1961 Details	Yugoslavia (Belgrade)	Soviet Union	60–53	Yugoslavia	Bulgaria	55–46	France
1963 Details	Poland (Wrocław)	Soviet Union	60–53	Poland	Yugoslavia	89–61	Hungary
1965 Details	Soviet Union (Moscow)	Soviet Union	58–49	Yugoslavia	Poland	86–70	Italy
1967 Details	Finland (Helsinki)	Soviet Union	89–77	Czechoslovakia	Poland	80–76	Bulgaria
1969 Details	Italy (Naples)	Soviet Union	81–72	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	77–75	Poland
1971 Details	West Germany (Essen)	Soviet Union	69–64	Yugoslavia	Italy	85–67	Poland
1973 Details	Spain (Barcelona)	Yugoslavia	78–67	Spain	Soviet Union	90–58	Czechoslovakia
1975 Details	Yugoslavia (Belgrade)	Yugoslavia	[1]	Soviet Union	Italy	[1]	Spain
1977 Details	Belgium (Liège)	Yugoslavia	74–61	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	91–81	Italy
1979 Details	Italy (Turin)	Soviet Union	98–76	Israel	Yugoslavia	99–92	Czechoslovakia
1981 Details	Czechoslovakia (Prague)	Soviet Union	84–76	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	101–90	Spain
1983 Details	France (Nantes)	Italy	105–96	Spain	Soviet Union	105–70	Netherlands
1985 Details	West Germany (Stuttgart)	Soviet Union	120–89	Czechoslovakia	Italy	102–90	Spain
1987 Details	Greece (Pireaus)	Greece	103–101 overtime	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	98–87	Spain
1989 Details	Yugoslavia (Zagreb)	Yugoslavia	98–77	Greece	Soviet Union	104–76	Italy
1991 Details	Italy (Rome)	Yugoslavia	88–73	Italy	Spain	101–83	France
1993 Details	Germany (Munich)	Germany	71–70	Russia	Croatia	99–59	Greece
1995 Details	Greece (Athens)	Yugoslavia	96–90	Lithuania	Croatia	73–68	Greece
1997 Details	Spain (Barcelona)	Yugoslavia	61–49	Italy	Russia	97–77	Greece
1999 Details	France (Paris)	Italy	64–56	Spain	Yugoslavia	74–62	France
2001 Details	Turkey (Istanbul)	Yugoslavia	78–69	Turkey	Spain	99–90	Germany
2003 Details	Sweden (Stockholm)	Lithuania	93–84	Spain	Italy	69–67	France
2005 Details	Serbia & Montenegro (Belgrade)	Greece	78–62	Germany	France	98–68	Spain
2007 Details	Spain (Madrid)	Russia	60-59	Spain	Lithuania	78–69	Greece
2009 Details	Poland (Katowice)
2011 Details	Lithuania

[edit] Performances by nation

Note that FIBA considers the records of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union distinct from FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro and Russia, respectively.

Map of the countries' best finishes.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	14	3	4	21
2	Yugoslavia	5	5	3	13
3	Lithuania	3	1	1	5
4	Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	1	4
5	Italy	2	4	4	10
6	Greece	2	1	1	4
7	Czechoslovakia	1	6	5	12
8	Hungary	1	1	1	3
	Russia	1	1	1	3
10	Latvia	1	1	0	2
	Germany	1	1	0	2
12	Egypt	1	0	1	2
13	Spain	0	6	2	8
14	France	0	1	5	6
15	Poland	0	1	3	4
16	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
17	Israel	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
19	Croatia	0	0	2	2

[edit] Participation Details

Team	1935	1937	1939	1946	1947	1949	1951	1953	1955	1957	1959	1961	1963	1965	1967	1969	1971	1973	1975	1977
Albania	-	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austria	-	-	-	-	12th	-	11th	-	13th	14th	16th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th
Belgium	6th	-	-	7th	4th	-	7th	10th	-	12th	7th	8th	8th	-	15th	-	-	-	-	8th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bulgaria	8th	-	-	-	8th	-	4th	9th	4th	2nd	5th	3rd	5th	5th	4th	7th	6th	6th	5th	6th
Croatia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czechoslovakia	3rd	7th	-	1st	2nd	-	2nd	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	10th	7th	2nd	3rd	5th	4th	6th	3rd
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	16th	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
East Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	12th	6th	10th	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt	-	8th	-	-	3rd	1st	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
England	-	-	-	10th	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	19th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Estonia	-	5th	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
FYR Macedonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Finland	-	-	8th	-	-	-	9th	12th	10th	11th	13th	14th	14th	12th	6th	-	-	-	-	10th
France	5th	3rd	4th	4th	5th	2nd	3rd	3rd	9th	8th	3rd	4th	13th	9th	11th	-	10th	10th	-	11th
Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	14th	17th	13th	-	16th	14th	-	-	9th	-	-	-
Great Britain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	8th	-	-	-	-	17th	-	8th	12th	10th	-	11th	12th	-
Hungary	9th	-	7th	3rd	7th	-	-	2nd	1st	4th	4th	6th	4th	15th	13th	8th	-	-	-	-
Iran	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	-	-	11th	11th	9th	6th	8th	11th	11th	7th	7th	5th
Italy	7th	2nd	6th	2nd	9th	-	5th	7th	6th	10th	10th	-	12th	4th	7th	6th	3rd	5th	3rd	4th
Latvia	1st	6th	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	-	1st	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luxembourg	-	-	-	8th	-	-	17th	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Netherlands	-	-	-	6th	11th	5th	10th	-	-	-	-	15th	16th	-	16th	-	-	-	10th	7th
Poland	-	4th	3rd	9th	6th	-	-	-	5th	7th	6th	9th	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	12th	8th	-
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Romania	10th	-	-	-	10th	-	18th	13th	7th	5th	8th	7th	11th	13th	5th	9th	8th	9th	11th	-
Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serbia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serbia and Montenegro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Soviet Union	-	-	-	-	1st	-	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd
Spain	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	13th	7th	11th	10th	5th	7th	2nd	4th	9th
Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	16th	-	-	18th	-	16th	-	12th	-	-	-	-
Switzerland	4th	-	-	5th	-	-	13th	11th	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syria	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	4th	6th	-	11th	9th	12th	10th	15th	-	-	-	12th	8th	9th	-
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yugoslavia	-	-	-	-	13th	-	-	6th	8th	6th	9th	2nd	3rd	2nd	9th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st

Team	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	Total
Albania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Belgium	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	15th	15th	13th	15th	13th	-	-	-	6
Bulgaria	11th	-	-	8th	-	7th	8th	14th	-	-	-	-	-	13th	-	Q	-	23
Croatia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	3rd	11th	11th	7th	11th	7th	6th	Q	-	9
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	12th	-	-	2
Czechoslovakia	4th	3rd	10th	2nd	8th	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
East Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Egypt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
England	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	4
FYR Macedonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	-	-	-	-	Q	-	2
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
France	8th	8th	5th	6th	9th	6th	4th	7th	8th	10th	4th	6th	4th	3rd	8th	-	-	33
Germany	-	10th	8th	5th	6th	-	-	1st	10th	12th	7th	4th	9th	2nd	5th	Q	-	20
Great Britain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	-	1
Greece	9th	9th	11th	-	1st	2nd	5th	4th	4th	4th	16th	9th	5th	1st	4th	Q	-	23
Hungary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
Iran	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Israel	2nd	6th	6th	9th	11th	-	-	15th	9th	9th	9th	10th	7th	9th	11th	Q	-	25
Italy	5th	5th	1st	3rd	5th	4th	2nd	9th	5th	2nd	1st	11th	3rd	9th	9th	-	-	33
Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10th	-	16th	-	8th	13th	13th	13th	Q	-	10
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2nd	6th	5th	12th	1st	5th	3rd	Q	Q	11(12)
Luxembourg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Netherlands	10th	-	4th	12th	10th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
Poland	7th	7th	9th	11th	7th	-	7th	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	13th	Q	-	24
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th	-	-	2
Romania	-	-	-	10th	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2nd	7th	3rd	6th	5th	8th	8th	1st	Q	-	9
Scotland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Serbia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	Q	-	2
Serbia and Montenegro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1st	1st	3rd	1st	6th	9th	-	-	-	6
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	12th	14th	10th	15th	10th	6th	7th	Q	-	9
Soviet Union	1st	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21
Spain	6th	4th	2nd	4th	4th	5th	3rd	5th	6th	5th	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	2nd	Q	-	27
Sweden	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	13th	11th	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	9
Switzerland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Syria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Turkey	-	11th	-	-	-	-	-	11th	13th	8th	8th	2nd	12th	9th	11th	Q	-	20
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	-	16th	14th	13th	-	-	-	4
Yugoslavia	3rd	2nd	7th	7th	3rd	1st	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21

[edit] MVP awards Here is a list of all players voted the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of each EuroBasket edition.[2][3] Year MVP 1935 Rafael Martín 1937 Pranas Lubinas 1939 Mykolas Ruzgys 1946 Ferenc Nemeth 1947 Joann Lõssov 1949 Hüseyin Öztürk 1951 Ivan Mrázek 1953 Anatoly Konev 1955 János Greminger 1957 Jiří Baumruk 1959 Viktor Zubkov 1961 Radivoj Korać 1963 Emiliano Rodríguez 1965 Modestas Paulauskas 1967 Jiří Zedníček 1969 Sergei Belov 1971 Krešimir Ćosić 1973 Wayne Brabender 1975 Krešimir Ćosić 1977 Dražen Dalipagić 1979 Mickey Berkowitz 1981 Valdis Valters[4] 1983 Juan Antonio Corbalan 1985 Arvydas Sabonis 1987 Nikos Galis 1989 Dražen Petrović 1991 Toni Kukoč 1993 Christian Welp 1995 Šarūnas Marčiulionis 1997 Aleksandar Đorđević 1999 Gregor Fučka 2001 Predrag Stojaković 2003 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 2005 Dirk Nowitzki 2007 Andrei Kirilenko

[edit] Top scorers (points per game) Here is a list of all Top Scorers of each EuroBasket edition. Year Top Scorer PPG 1935 Livio Franceschini 16 1937 Pranas Lubinas 13.8 1939 Heino Veskila 16.5 1946 Pawel Stok 12.6 1947 Otar Korkia 14.7 1949 Hüseyin Öztürk 19.3 1951 Ivan Mrázek 17.1 1953 Ahmed Idlibi 15.8 1955 Miroslav Skerik 19.1 1957 Eddy Terrace 22 1959 Radivoj Korać 27.5 1961 Radivoj Korać 24.3 1963 Radivoj Korać 26.5 1965 Radivoj Korać 21.6 1967 Georgios Kolokithas 26.2 1969 Georgios Kolokithas 22.6 1971 Edward Jurkiewicz 22.5 1973 Atanas Golomeev 21.7 1975 Atanas Golomeev 23.1 1977 Kees Akerboom, sr. 26.4 1979 Mieczyslaw Mlynarski 26.4 1981 Mieczyslaw Mlynarski 23.1 1983 Nikos Galis 33 1985 Dražen Petrović 25.2 1987 Nikos Galis 37 1989 Nikos Galis 35.6 1991 Nikos Galis 32.4 1993 Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović 25 1995 Šarūnas Marčiulionis 22.5 1997 Oded Katash 22 1999 Alberto Herreros 19.2 2001 Dirk Nowitzki 28.7 2003 Pau Gasol 25.8 2005 Dirk Nowitzki 26.1 2007 Dirk Nowitzki 24

[edit] See also

• FIBA World Championship
• EuroBasket Women
• EuroBasket Division B
• EuroBasket Division C

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• EuroBasket history at fibaeurope.com
• TalkBasket - EuroBasket news and discussions
• Face Team Acrobatic Basketball Team presents Halftime Show

EuroBasket v • d • e
Switzerland 1935 | Latvia 1937 | Lithuania 1939 | Switzerland 1946 | Czechoslovakia 1947 | Egypt 1949 | France 1951 | USSR 1953 | Hungary 1955 | Bulgaria 1957 | Turkey 1959 | Yugoslavia 1961 | Poland 1963 | USSR 1965 | Finland 1967 | Italy 1969 | West Germany 1971 | Spain 1973 | Yugoslavia 1975 | Belgium 1977 | Italy 1979 | Czechoslovakia 1981 | France 1983 | West Germany 1985 | Greece 1987 | Yugoslavia 1989 | Italy 1991 | Germany 1993 | Greece 1995 | Spain 1997 | France 1999 | Turkey 2001 | Sweden 2003 | Serbia & Montenegro 2005 (qualification)| Spain 2007 (qualification)| Poland 2009 (qualification)| Lithuania 2011
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