EuroBasket 2005

FIBA EuroBasket 2005
34th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Serbia and Montenegro
Dates	16–25 September
Teams	16 (from 48 federations)
Venues	5 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Greece (2nd title)
MVP	Dirk Nowitzki
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Nowitzki (26.1)  Spain (87.0) Rebounds Kirilenko (11.8)  Russia (41.2) Assists Diamantidis (5.0)  Israel (14.3)
Official website
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The 2005 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2005, was the 34th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2006 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top six teams in the final standings. It was held in Serbia and Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Belgrade, Novi Sad, Podgorica and Vršac hosted the tournament. It was the third time that the championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade (previous times were in 1961 and 1975). Greece won its second FIBA European title by defeating Germany with a 78–62 score in the final. Germany's Dirk Nowitzki was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues

Belgrade

Belgrade, the capital of Serbia and Montenegro, was the main stage of the EuroBasket 2005 action. The Pionir Hall hosted Group C's six preliminary round games, while the Belgrade Arena hosted the competition following the preliminary round.

This was the third time that championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade. Belgrade previously hosted the European basketball championships in 1961 and 1975.

Podgorica

Podgorica's Morača Sports Center hosted Group B, where six games were played. Being in Montenegro, it is the farthest locale from the central venue.

Novi Sad

Novi Sad, nicknamed "The City of Sports", is the capital of province of Vojvodina and home to the Spens Sports Center. The six Group D games were played there.

Vršac

Vršac was home to Group A during the tournament, and also had a total of six games played in the 5,000-person capacity Millennium Center.

Belgrade		Podgorica	Novi Sad	Vršac
Belgrade Arena Capacity: 18,386[1]	Pionir Hall Capacity: 8,178[2]	Morača Sports Center Capacity: 4,570	Spens Sports Center Capacity: 11,000	Millennium Center Capacity: 5,000

Qualification

Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2005, hosts Serbia and Montenegro the top four teams from EuroBasket 2003, Lithuania, Spain, Italy and Greece qualified directly. Greece took the place of the French team, which was the fourth-placed team in EuroBasket 2003. The other eleven teams earned their berths via a qualifying tournament.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Germany  Italy  Russia  Ukraine	Bulgaria  Croatia  Lithuania  Turkey	Bosnia and Herzegovina  France  Greece  Slovenia	Israel  Latvia  Serbia and Montenegro  Spain

Format

• The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The first team from each group qualified directly to the knockout stage. To define the other four teams that advanced to the knockout stage, second and third-placed teams from each group where cross-paired (2A vs. 3B, 3A vs. 2B, 2C vs. 3D, 3C vs. 2D) and the winner from each match advanced to the quarterfinals.
• In the knockout quarterfinals, the winners advanced to the semifinals. The winners from the semifinals competed for the championship in the final, while the losing teams play a consolation game for the third place.
• The losing teams from the quarterfinals play in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Qualified for the play-off games

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	223	186	+37	5
Germany	3	2	1	217	192	+25	5
Italy	3	2	1	244	231	+13	5
Ukraine	3	0	3	194	269	−75	3

16 September 18:00

Boxscore

Germany	82–84 (OT)	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 20–21, 26–12, 14–24, Overtime: 8–10
Pts: Nowitzki 27 Rebs: Nowitzki 15 Asts: Nowitzki, Roller 3		Pts: Basile 25 Rebs: Galanda 10 Asts: 5 Players 2

Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE)

16 September 21:00

Boxscore

Russia	86–74	Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 24–14, 18–18, 27–20
Pts: Kirilenko 22 Rebs: Kirilenko 14 Asts: Holden, Samoylenko 4		Pts: Lishouk 18 Rebs: Lishouk 12 Asts: Kobzystyy 3

Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Chantal Julien (FRA)

17 September 18:00

Boxscore

Italy	61–87	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 11–31, 9–21, 21–18, 20–17
Pts: Galanda 13 Rebs: Mancinelli 6 Asts: Pozzecco 4		Pts: Kirilenko 16 Rebs: Khryapa, Kirilenko 10 Asts: Holden 4

Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR)

17 September 21:00

Boxscore

Ukraine	58–84	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 13–19, 13–20, 13–17
Pts: Medvedenko 15 Rebs: Pecherov 8 Asts: Butskyy, Koval 3		Pts: Nowitzki 27 Rebs: Femerling, Roller 6 Asts: Roller, Wucherer 4

Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE), Chantal Julien (FRA)

18 September 18:00

Boxscore

Italy	99–62	Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 17–23, 22–10, 31–11
Pts: Calabria 20 Rebs: Marconato 9 Asts: Soragna 6		Pts: Lishouk 13 Rebs: I. Kryvych 8 Asts: 3 Players 2

Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR)

18 September 21:00

Boxscore

Russia	50–51	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 10–8, 16–8, 12–18, 12–17
Pts: Holden 13 Rebs: Khryapa 12 Asts: Kirilenko 3		Pts: Nowitzki 24 Rebs: Nowitzki 19 Asts: Femerling 3

Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	264	221	+43	6
Croatia	3	2	1	235	234	+1	5
Turkey	3	1	2	236	256	−20	4
Bulgaria	3	0	3	250	274	−24	3

16 September 18:00

Boxscore

Croatia	88–84	Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 19–20, 27–24, 21–16
Pts: Giriček 22 Rebs: Giriček, Kasun 8 Asts: Planinić 3		Pts: Stoykov 27 Rebs: 3 Players 4 Asts: Angelov, Videnov 4

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Arnis Ozols (LAT)

19 September 21:00

Boxscore

Turkey	75–87	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 15–24, 18–19, 29–22
Pts: Türkoğlu 14 Rebs: Peker 5 Asts: Tunçeri 2		Pts: Šiškauskas 20 Rebs: Lavrinovič 9 Asts: Javtokas, Šiškauskas 3

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Anibal Castaño (FRA), Sasa Punkl (SLO)

17 September 18:00

Boxscore

Lithuania	85–67	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 19–11, 23–18, 28–15
Pts: Šiškauskas 18 Rebs: Jankūnas 7 Asts: Ginevičius 4		Pts: Giriček 19 Rebs: Giriček 6 Asts: Vujčić 3

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Anibal Castaño (FRA)

17 September 21:00

Boxscore

Bulgaria	89–94	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 24–21, 20–17, 10–15
Pts: Videnov 23 Rebs: Mladenov 11 Asts: 3 Players 3		Pts: Türkcan 19 Rebs: Okur, Türkcan 6 Asts: Tunçeri 3

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Zoran Sutulovic (MNE), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Shmuel Bachar (ISR)

18 September 18:00

Boxscore

Lithuania	92–79	Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 30–19, 19–23, 20–12, 23–25
Pts: Jasaitis 17 Rebs: Javtokas 7 Asts: Ginevičius 7		Pts: Videnov 34 Rebs: Georgiev 5 Asts: Stoykov 3

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Arnis Ozols (LAT)

18 September 21:00

Boxscore

Croatia	80–67	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 21–18, 29–5, 13–21
Pts: Vujčić 20 Rebs: Kasun 7 Asts: Planinić, Popović 5		Pts: Peker 23 Rebs: Erdoğan, Peker 4 Asts: Tunçeri 4

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Zoran Sutulovic (MNE), Anibal Castaño (FRA)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Slovenia	3	3	0	210	179	+31	6
Greece	3	2	1	187	168	+19	5
France	3	1	2	187	194	−7	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	177	220	−43	3

16 September 17:30

Boxscore

Slovenia	74–65	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 18–19, 20–16, 20–15
Pts: Nachbar 16 Rebs: Brezec 9 Asts: Bečirovič 4		Pts: Domercant, Ovčina 11 Rebs: Ovčina 8 Asts: Mršić 3

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Ivo Dolinek (CZE), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)

16 September 20:30

Boxscore

France	50–64	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 7–21, 7–11, 20–21, 16–11
Pts: Parker 10 Rebs: F. Piétrus 7 Asts: Diaw 3		Pts: Diamantidis 13 Rebs: Diamantidis 9 Asts: Diamantidis 6

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Stelian Banica (ROU), Luigi Lamonica (ITA)

17 September 17:30

Boxscore

Bosnia and Herzegovina	62–79	France
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 14–15, 11–22, 15–26
Pts: Mršić 24 Rebs: Mršić 8 Asts: Kovačević 4		Pts: Diaw 23 Rebs: Diaw, M. Piétrus 7 Asts: Rigaudeau 7

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Ivo Dolinek (CZE)

17 September 20:30

Boxscore

Greece	56–68	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 13–17, 12–17, 17–14
Pts: Papadopoulos 15 Rebs: Kakiouzis 5 Asts: Diamantidis 6		Pts: Bečirovič 18 Rebs: Nesterović 9 Asts: Lakovič 3

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Stelian Banica (ROU), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)

18 September 17:30

Boxscore

Slovenia	68–58	France
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 18–17, 23–12, 15–14
Pts: Lakovič 18 Rebs: Nesterović 10 Asts: Lakovič, Nachbar 3		Pts: Diaw 16 Rebs: F. Piétrus 9 Asts: Diaw 3

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,900 Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Ivo Dolinek (CZE)

18 September 20:30

Boxscore

Greece	67–50	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 18–13, 10–12, 24–9
Pts: Fotsis 15 Rebs: Diamantidis 6 Asts: Diamantidis 10		Pts: Hukić 13 Rebs: Domercant, Hukić 6 Asts: Kovačević, Mršić 2

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,900 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Borys Rhyzhyk (UKR)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	280	264	+16	5
Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	1	245	233	+12	5
Israel	3	2	1	236	235	+1	5
Latvia	3	0	3	241	270	−29	3

16 September 17:30

Boxscore

Latvia	65–74	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 23–15, 8–18, 16–18
Pts: Štelmahers 19 Rebs: Helmanis 6 Asts: Šķēle, Štelmahers 2		Pts: Hajaj 18 Rebs: Tapiro 10 Asts: Shelef, Tapiro 4

Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 7,200 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Mehmet Keseratar (TUR), Oliver Krause (GER)

16 September 20:30

Boxscore

Serbia and Montenegro	70–89	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 17–22, 26–27, 14–19
Pts: Rakočević 20 Rebs: Bodiroga 7 Asts: Rakočević 3		Pts: Navarro 27 Rebs: Garbajosa 6 Asts: Calderón, Garbajosa 3

Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 7,200 Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Petr Sudek (SVK), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS)

17 September 17:30

Boxscore

Spain	114–109 (OT)	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 19–30, 25–20, 24–32, Overtime: 16–11
Pts: Navarro 35 Rebs: Reyes 15 Asts: 3 Players 3		Pts: S. Valters 28 Rebs: Cipruss 6 Asts: K. Valters 5

Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Mehmet Keresatar (TUR), Oliver Krause (GER)

17 September 20:30

Boxscore

Israel	77–93	Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 17–22, 27–20, 12–26
Pts: Burstein 20 Rebs: Green 10 Asts: Burstein 6		Pts: Jarić 19 Rebs: Krstić 10 Asts: Rakočević 6

Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)

18 September 17:30

Boxscore

Spain	77–85	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 12–16, 31–32, 18–20
Pts: Garbajosa 21 Rebs: Garbajosa, Reyes 9 Asts: Navarro 4		Pts: Burstein 19 Rebs: 4 Players 4 Asts: Burstein, Tapiro 5

Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)

18 September 20:30

Boxscore

Latvia	67–82	Serbia and Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 19–31, 12–16, 19–20, 17–15
Pts: K. Valters 12 Rebs: Helmanis 8 Asts: Štelmahers, K. Valters 2		Pts: Rakočević 19 Rebs: Bodiroga 7 Asts: Jarić 7

Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Petr Sudek (SVK), Mehmet Keseratar (TUR)

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Play-off

Quarter Final

Semi Final

Final

23 September 2005 – 18:00

20 September 2005 – 18:00

Slovenia

62

Germany

66

24 September 2005 – 21:00

Germany

76

Turkey

57

Germany

74

23 September 2005 – 21:00

20 September 2005 – 18:00

Spain

73

Spain

101

Croatia

74

25 September 2005 – 21:00

Croatia

85

Italy

66

Germany

62

22 September 2005 – 17:30

20 September 2005 – 20:30

Greece

78

Russia

61

Greece

67

24 September 2005 – 18:00

Greece

66

Israel

61

Greece

67

3rd/4th Place

22 September 2005 – 20:30

20 September 2005 – 20:30

France

66

25 September 2005 – 18:00

Lithuania

47

Serbia and Montenegro

71

Spain

68

France

63

France

74

France

98

Play-offs

20 September 18:00

Boxscore

Germany	66–57	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 13–19, 21–12, 18–11
Pts: Nowitzki 33 Rebs: Nowitzki 10 Asts: Pesic 5		Pts: Peker 16 Rebs: Türkoğlu 9 Asts: Erdoğan, Tunçeri 3

Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE)

20 September 18:00

Boxscore

Croatia	74–66	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 24–12, 15–21, 19–14
Pts: Kasun 20 Rebs: Kasun 7 Asts: Popović, Vujčić 4		Pts: Calabria, Chiacig, Pozzecco 14 Rebs: Chiacig 7 Asts: Pozzecco 4

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Anibal Castaño (FRA)

20 September 20:30

Boxscore

Greece	67–61	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 14–6, 11–8, 24–27, 18–20
Pts: Zisis 23 Rebs: Papadopoulos 10 Asts: Zisis 6		Pts: Green 11 Rebs: Burstein 6 Asts: Burstein 6

Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU)

20 September 20:30

Boxscore

Serbia and Montenegro	71–74	France
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–17, 13–19, 14–20
Pts: Jarić, Radmanović 14 Rebs: Krstić 6 Asts: Jarić 5		Pts: Rigaudeau 14 Rebs: Julian, Rigaudeau 5 Asts: Diaw, Parker 3

Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 7,300 Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Petr Sudek (SVK)

Quarterfinals

22 September 17:30

Boxscore

Russia	61–66	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 13–6, 20–20, 7–18, 21–22
Pts: Kirilenko 20 Rebs: Kirilenko 16 Asts: 3 Players 2		Pts: Papaloukas 23 Rebs: Kakiouzis 11 Asts: Diamantidis 3

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 15,900 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Stelian Banica (ROU), Zoran Sutulovic (MNE)

22 September 20:30

Boxscore

Lithuania	47–63	France
Scoring by quarter: 6–14, 10–18, 20–12, 11–19
Pts: D. Lavrinovič 11 Rebs: Javtokas 8 Asts: Šiškauskas 3		Pts: Diaw 18 Rebs: Diaw, Weis 11 Asts: Parker 5

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 15,900 Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE)

23 September 18:00

Boxscore

Slovenia	62–76	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 22–13, 13–18, 15–24
Pts: Bečirovič 13 Rebs: Nachbar 8 Asts: Bečirovič 4		Pts: Nowitzki 22 Rebs: Femerling 10 Asts: Demirel 3

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 17,500 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Anibal Castaño (FRA)

23 September 21:00

Boxscore

Spain	101–85 (OT)	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 14–15, 30–20, 18–20, Overtime: 28–12
Pts: Navarro 36 Rebs: Vázquez 9 Asts: 3 Players 3		Pts: Giriček 17 Rebs: Giriček 8 Asts: Popović 5

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 17,500 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Virginijus Dovidavicius(LTU)

Semifinals

24 September 18:00

Boxscore

Greece	67–66	France
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 13–16, 15–15, 23–21
Pts: Papadopoulos 15 Rebs: Dikoudis 11 Asts: Diamantidis 3		Pts: Parker 20 Rebs: F. Piétrus, Weis 9 Asts: Diaw, Parker 3

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 17,900 Referees: Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO)

24 September 21:00

Boxscore

Germany	74–73	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 18–12, 20–22, 20–16
Pts: Nowitzki 27 Rebs: Nowitzki 7 Asts: Demirel 6		Pts: Navarro 27 Rebs: Jiménez 9 Asts: Navarro, Jiménez 2

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 17,900 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE), Petr Sudek (SVK)

Third place

25 September 18:00

Boxscore

France	98–68	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–15, 31–18, 23–14
Pts: Parker 25 Rebs: F. Piétrus 8 Asts: Parker 5		Pts: Navarro 17 Rebs: Garbajosa, Reyes 6 Asts: Calderón, Navarro 2

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 18,900 Referees: Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Zoran Sutulovic (MNE), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

Final

25 September 21:00

Boxscore

Greece	78–62	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 20–20, 25–16, 14–14
Pts: Papaloukas 22 Rebs: Diamantidis 5 Asts: Papaloukas 6		Pts: Nowitzki 23 Rebs: Nowitzki 9 Asts: Demirel 3

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 18,900 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Raúl Chaves (ARG)

5th to 8th place

View of Belgrade Arena from the upper bowl before the start of the Greece vs. Germany final.

	Classification round				Fifth place
	23 September – 15:30
	Russia	78
	Lithuania	89
					25 September – 14:15
					Lithuania	79
					Slovenia	70
					Seventh place
	24 September – 15:30			25 September – 12:00
	Slovenia	89		Russia	74
	Croatia	80			Croatia	92

23 September 15:30

Boxscore

Russia	78–89	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 23–15, 16–21, 18–30
Pts: Pashutin 27 Rebs: Savrasenko 10 Asts: Holden 3		Pts: Jankūnas 19 Rebs: Javtokas, Žukauskas 5 Asts: Šiškauskas, Žukauskas 4

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Mehmet Keseratar (TUR)

24 September 15:30

Boxscore

Slovenia	89–80	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 21–16, 18–8, 31–29
Pts: Lakovič 20 Rebs: Nesterović 10 Asts: Lakovič 5		Pts: Bagarić, Giriček 13 Rebs: Bagarić, Giriček 8 Asts: Popović 4

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

25 September 12:00

Boxscore

Russia	74–92	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 22–17, 12–33, 21–17
Pts: Fridzon, Likholitov 14 Rebs: Khryapa 10 Asts: Ponkrashov 9		Pts: Rančić, Tomas 22 Rebs: Bagarić, Žižić 10 Asts: Ukić 7

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Stelian Banica (ROU), Sasa Pukl (SLO)

25 September 14:15

Boxscore

Lithuania	79–70	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 18–17, 15–26, 19–18
Pts: Javtokas 22 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 9 Asts: Lukauskis 7		Pts: Nachbar, Slokar 12 Rebs: Brezec 7 Asts: Bečirovič, Lakovič 3

Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Ivo Dolinek (CZE), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Lazaros Voreadis (GRE)

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points[3] Pos. Name PPG 1 Dirk Nowitzki 26.1 2 Juan Carlos Navarro 25.2 3 Andrei Kirilenko 17.5 4 Igor Rakočević 16.3 5 Gordan Giriček 15.7 6 Jorge Garbajosa 14.5 7 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 14.0 8 Boris Diaw 13.7 9 Jaka Lakovič 12.8 10 Jon Robert Holden 12.5

Rebounds[4] Pos. Name RPG 1 Andrei Kirilenko 11.8 2 Dirk Nowitzki 10.6 2 Victor Khryapa 8.7 4 Felipe Reyes 7.7 5 Florent Piétrus 7.1 6 Gordan Giriček 6.5 7 Jorge Garbajosa 6.2 7 Radoslav Nesterović 6.2 9 Mario Kasun 6.0 10 Frédéric Weis 5.9

Assists[5] Pos. Name APG 1 Dimitris Diamantidis 5.0 2 Marko Jarić 4.3 3 Tal Burstein 4.0 3 Igor Rakočević 4.0 3 Meir Tapiro 4.0 6 Marko Popović 3.5 7 Boris Diaw 3.4 8 Kerem Tunçeri 3.0 9 Tony Parker 2.4 10 Jaka Lakovič 2.3 10 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 2.3

Steals[6] Pos. Name SPG 1 Andrei Kirilenko 3.3 2 Dror Hajaj 3.0 2 Meir Tapiro 3.0 4 Dimitris Diamantidis 2.9 5 Sani Bečirovič 2.3 5 Ender Arslan 2.3 7 Vidas Ginevičius 2.2 7 Zoran Planinić 2.2 9 Marko Jarić 2.0 9 Kerem Tunçeri 2.0

Blocks[7] Pos. Name BPG 1 Andrei Kirilenko 2.8 2 Dirk Nowitzki 1.9 3 Boris Diaw 1.3 4 Darko Miličić 1.2 4 Darjuš Lavrinovič 1.2 4 Fran Vázquez 1.2 7 Radoslav Nesterović 1.0 7 Mario Kasun 1.0 7 Yaniv Green 1.0 7 Denis Marconato 1.0 7 Mehmet Okur 1.0

Minutes[8] Pos. Name MPG 1 Dirk Nowitzki 36.9 2 Jorge Garbajosa 35.3 3 Gordan Giriček 34.7 4 Tal Burstein 34.5 5 Juan Carlos Navarro 33.5 5 Andrei Kirilenko 33.5 7 José Calderón 31.7 8 Jaka Lakovič 31.5 9 Dimitris Diamantidis 31.4 10 Boris Diaw 31.3 10 Meir Tapiro 31.3

Individual Game Highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Juan Carlos Navarro	36	Croatia
Rebounds	Dirk Nowitzki	19	Russia
Assists	Dimitris Diamantidis	10	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Steals	Andrei Kirilenko	5	Germany
Blocks	Andrei Kirilenko	5	Ukraine
Turnovers	Tal Burstein	8	Greece

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG[9] Pos. Name PPG 1  Spain 87.0 2  Bulgaria 84.0 3  Croatia 80.9 4  Latvia 80.3 5  Lithuania 79.8

Rebounds[10] Pos. Name RPG 1  Russia 41.3 2  France 40.9 3  Slovenia 40.8 4  Latvia 36.7 5  Spain 35.5

Assists[11] Pos. Name APG 1  Israel 14.3 2  Lithuania 14.0 3  Italy 13.8 4  Croatia 13.4 5  Serbia and Montenegro 12.3

Steals[12] Pos. Name SPG 1  Turkey 13.3 2  Israel 11.8 3  Bulgaria 11.3 4  Lithuania 10.3 4  Latvia 10.3

Blocks[13] Pos. Name BPG 1  Latvia 4.0 2  France 3.9 3  Russia 3.8 3  Lithuania 3.5 5  Germany 2.9

Team Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Spain	114	Latvia
Rebounds	France	48	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Assists	Lithuania	23	Russia
Steals	Lithuania	19	Bulgaria
Blocks	Latvia	8	Israel
Field goal percentage	Lithuania	62.7% (37/59)	Russia
3-point field goal percentage	Italy	51.7% (15/29)	Ukraine
Free throw percentage	Germany	95% (19/20)	Greece
Turnovers	Croatia  Turkey	27	Turkey  Croatia

Awards

2005 FIBA European Champions
Greece 2nd title

2005 FIBA European Championship MVP: Dirk Nowitzki ( Germany)

All-Tournament Team[14]
Theodoros Papaloukas
Juan Carlos Navarro
Dimitris Diamantidis
Dirk Nowitzki (MVP)
Boris Diaw

Final standings

Results

	Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship
	Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship as wild cards

Rank	Team	Record
	Greece	6–1
	Germany	5–2
	France	4–3
4	Spain	3–3
5	Lithuania	5–1
6	Slovenia	4–2
7	Croatia	4–3
8	Russia	2–4
9	Israel	2–2
	Italy	2–2
	Serbia and Montenegro	2–2
	Turkey	1–3
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3
	Bulgaria	0–3
	Latvia	0–3
	Ukraine	0–3

			4th
Greece Theodoros Papaloukas Vassilis Spanoulis Nikolaos Zisis Ioannis Bourousis Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Antonis Fotsis Nikos Chatzivrettas Dimos Dikoudis Kostas Tsartsaris Dimitris Diamantidis Lazaros Papadopoulos Michalis Kakiouzis	Germany Mithat Demirel Robert Garrett Demond Greene Marko Pešić Denis Wucherer Pascal Roller Misan Haldin Sven Schultze Stephen Arigbabu Patrick Femerling Dirk Nowitzki Robert Maras	France Frédéric Fauthoux Mickaël Gelabale Antoine Rigaudeau Cyril Julian Mickaël Piétrus Tony Parker Mamoutou Diarra Florent Piétrus Jérôme Schmitt Boris Diaw Frédéric Weis Sacha Giffa	Spain Rudy Fernández Iker Iturbe Carlos Cabezas Juan Carlos Navarro José Calderón Felipe Reyes Carlos Jiménez Sergi Vidal Sergio Rodríguez Iñaki de Miguel Fran Vázquez Jorge Garbajosa

References

1. KOMBANK ARENA 18,386 seats. 70 luxury boxes with total capacity of 860 seats.
2. ХАЛА АЛЕКСАНДАР НИКОЛИЋ (Serbian).
3. PPG Leaders at FIBA.com
4. RPG Leaders at FIBA.com
5. APG Leaders at FIBA.com
6. SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
7. BPG Leaders at FIBA.com
8. MPG Leaders at FIBA.com
9. Team Leaders – PPG
10. Team Leaders – RPG
11. Team Leaders – APG
12. Team Leaders – SPG
13. Team Leaders – SPG
14. Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

External links

• 2005 EuroBasket, FIBA.com.