EuroBasket 2013

EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that is organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24.[1][2]

EuroBasket 2013
Tournament details
Host countrySlovenia
Dates4–22 September
Teams24
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Lithuania
Third place Spain
Fourth place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Games played90
Attendance377,536 (4,195 per match)
MVP Tony Parker
Top scorer Tony Parker
(19.0 points per game)

France defeated Lithuania in the final to win its first title.[3] Tony Parker was named the tournament's MVP.

Host selection

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Slovenia brought forward a potential candidature for the FIBA EuroBasket. Countries which were interested in submitting a formal candidature had to do so by 31 August 2010.[4] On 5 September 2010, it was announced that only two countries, Slovenia and Italy had submitted formal bids.[5] On 15 October 2010, Italy announced its withdrawal from the run.[6] The Basketball Federation of Slovenia (BFS) thus remained the only candidate organizer.

The decision on the candidacy was officially reported after FIBA Europe's meeting in Munich, Germany on 5 December 2010. In March 2011, the BFS appointed the economist Aleš Križnar as the director of the event.[7]

Format

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 three best teams advanced to the second stage and the three worst teams were eliminated. In the second stage, two new groups were formed. The three best teams from groups A and B were united to form group E and the three 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 have to be played. As for the matches that had already happened in the first stage, their results also counted in the second stage. Therefore, every team played three matches and there are 12 teams in the second stage.

Out of the second stage, the four best teams from each of the two groups advanced to the quarterfinals (8 teams in total) whereas the two worst teams will be eliminated from the championship (four teams in total).

Financing

The fee that Slovenia had to pay to FIBA Europe amounted to 6 million euros. According to the agreement, half of the money was paid by the Slovenian state.[8][9]

Logo, official song and mascot of the championship
Official mascot

The official mascot was Lipko,[10] whose name came from combining the Slovenian word for linden tree and the diminutive "ko". The word lipa is of Slavic origin. Lipko is spelt the same in every language and in every market where he is present.

Attendance
Serbian fans in Arena Stožice
Slovenian fans in Arena Zlatorog

Preliminary round
City Arena Visitors
(avg. per game)		 Total visitors
(all 15 events)		 Total capacity
(all 15 events)		 % visitors
(avg. p/g & total)
LjubljanaTivoli Hall1,53623,04082,50027.9
JesenicePodmežakla Hall3,38950,84682,50061.6
CeljeZlatorog Arena2,88843,32082,50052.5
KoperArena Bonifika2,54238,13075,00046.2
–Total (all 60 events)2,588155,336322,50048.2
  • Slovenia already beat record attendance of 155,336 after preliminary round for almost 20,000 more people from previous FIBA Eurobasket. The average attendance per game was 2,588 visitors.

Second round
City Arena Visitors
(avg. per game)		 Total visitors
(all 18 events)		 Total capacity
(all 18 events)		 % visitors
(avg. p/g & total)
LjubljanaArena Stožice5,08691,560225,00040.7

Venues

On 24 March 2011, it was officially announced that the preliminary round would be played in Novo Mesto, Jesenice, Koper and Ptuj. Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, will host the final round at the Arena Stožice. On 18 June 2012, it was announced that the city council of Ptuj cancelled their bid for the tournament.[11] Novo Mesto cancelled their bid on 2 July 2012.[12] On 28 August 2012, it was confirmed that the preliminary round would be played in Celje and Ljubljana (Tivoli Hall) instead of Ptuj and Novo Mesto, which cancelled their bids.[13]

Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round
 Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,500[14] Opened in 2010 Second and knockout stages
 Jesenice Podmežakla Hall 5,500 Reconstruction completed in 2013 Preliminary stage
 Koper Arena Bonifika 5,000 Reconstruction completed in 2013 Preliminary stage
 Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 5,600[15] Opened in 1965 Preliminary stage
 Celje Zlatorog Arena 5,500[16] Opened in 2003 Preliminary stage

Qualification
Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 qualification

Olympic Games or Olympic Qualifying Tournament participants Spain, France, Russia, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Greece, Slovenia and Great Britain all qualified directly to the EuroBasket 2013 Final Round.

The 31 remaining teams were divided into 5 groups of 5 teams and 1 group of 6 teams. The first and second placed teams in each group plus the 4 best third placed teams were qualified for the Final Round.

The Qualifiers were played between 15 August and 11 September 2012.

The EuroBasket 2013 draw took place on 18 November 2012;[17] first time in the history the draw took place underground – in the Concert Hall of Postojna Cave.[18]

Qualified teams
Participating countries of EuroBasket 2013
CompetitionDateVacanciesQualified
Host Nation5 December 20101 Slovenia
Participants of 2012 Olympics and
of the 2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament		28 July – 12 August 2012
2–8 July 2012		7 France
 Great Britain
 Greece
 Lithuania
 Macedonia
 Russia
 Spain
Qualified through FIBA Eurobasket
2013 qualification		14 August – 11 September 201216 Belgium
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Finland
 Georgia
 Germany
 Israel
 Italy
 Latvia
 Montenegro
 Poland
 Serbia
 Sweden
 Turkey
 Ukraine

Squads
Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 squads

Draw

The EuroBasket 2013 draw took place on 18 November 2012, first time in history the draw took place underground – in the Postojna Cave Concert Hall, divided the qualified teams into four groups of six, groups A, B, C, and D. It was decided that games would take place in Celje, Jesenice, Koper and Ljubljana.[19][20] Included are the latest published FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

 Spain (2)
 France (8)
 Russia (6)
 Macedonia (34)

 Lithuania (5)
 Greece (4)
 Slovenia (14)
 Great Britain (23)

 Italy (21)
 Croatia (16)
 Germany (13)
 Montenegro (77)

 Finland (48)
 Poland (40)
 Ukraine (50)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (50)

 Georgia (50)
 Belgium (77)
 Latvia (39)
 Turkey (7)

 Czech Republic (61)
 Serbia (12)
 Israel (31)
 Sweden (83)

Preliminary round

Group A

Venue: Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 France 5 4 1 403 344+59 9 1–0
 Ukraine 5 4 1 378 352+26 9 0–1
 Belgium 5 2 3 344 371−27 7 2–0
 Great Britain 5 2 3 360 396−36 7 1–1
 Germany 5 2 3 390 396−6 7 0–2
 Israel 5 1 4 364 380−16 6  
4 September 2013
Israel 71–75OT Great Britain
Belgium 57–58 Ukraine
France 74–80 Germany
5 September 2013
Ukraine 74–67 Israel
Germany 73–77OT Belgium
Great Britain 65–88 France
6 September 2013
Germany 83–88 Ukraine
Belgium 76–71 Great Britain
France 82–63 Israel
8 September 2013
Great Britain 81–74 Germany
Ukraine 71–77 France
Israel 87–69 Belgium
9 September 2013
Great Britain 68–87 Ukraine
Germany 80–76 Israel
Belgium  65–82 France

Group B

Venue: Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Serbia 5 3 2 371 366+5 8 3–0
 Latvia 5 3 2 365 360+5 8 1–2, 1–1, 1.021
 Lithuania 5 3 2 347 337+10 8 1–2, 1–1, 1.015
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 3 2 358 359−1 8 1–2, 1–1, 0.968
 Montenegro 5 2 3 376 382−6 7  
 Macedonia 5 1 4 356 369−13 6  
4 September 2013
Latvia 86–75 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Macedonia 80–81 Montenegro
Serbia 63–56 Lithuania
5 September 2013
Montenegro 72–73 Latvia
Bosnia and Herzegovina 67–77 Serbia
Lithuania 75–67 Macedonia
6 September 2013
Montenegro 70–76 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Latvia 59–67 Lithuania
Macedonia 89–75 Serbia
8 September 2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina 62–54 Macedonia
Serbia 80–71 Latvia
Lithuania 77–70OT Montenegro
9 September 2013
Latvia  76–66 Macedonia
Lithuania 72–78 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro 83–76 Serbia

Group C

Venue: Zlatorog Arena, Celje

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Spain 5 4 1 369 269+100 9 1–0
 Croatia 5 4 1 337 341−4 9 0–1
 Slovenia 5 3 2 347 344+3 8  
 Czech Republic 5 2 3 316 339−23 7  
 Georgia 5 1 4 366 394−28 6 1–0
 Poland 5 1 4 329 377−48 6 0–1
4 September 2013
Georgia 84–67 Poland
Spain 68–40 Croatia
Czech Republic 60–62 Slovenia
5 September 2013
Croatia 77–76 Georgia
Poland 68–69 Czech Republic
Slovenia 78–69 Spain
7 September 2013
Spain 60–39 Czech Republic
Croatia  74–70 Poland
Georgia 68–72 Slovenia
8 September 2013
Poland 53–89 Spain
Czech Republic 95–79 Georgia
Slovenia 74–76OT Croatia
9 September 2013
Georgia  59–83 Spain
Croatia 70–53 Czech Republic
Slovenia 61–71 Poland

Group D

Venue: Arena Bonifika, Koper

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Group D
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Italy 5 5 0 391 339+52 10  
 Finland 5 4 1 358 337+21 9  
 Greece 5 3 2 392 350+42 8  
 Sweden 5 1 4 345 391−46 6 1–1, 1.040
 Turkey 5 1 4 355 398−43 6 1–1, 1.006
 Russia 5 1 4 374 400−26 6 1–1, 0.956
4 September 2013
Turkey 55–61 Finland
Sweden 51–79 Greece
Russia 69–76 Italy
5 September 2013
Finland 81–60 Sweden
Italy 90–75 Turkey
Greece 80–71 Russia
7 September 2013
Russia 62–81 Sweden
Italy 62–44 Finland
Turkey 61–84 Greece
8 September 2013
Finland 86–832OT Russia
Greece 72–81 Italy
Sweden 74–87 Turkey
9 September 2013
Greece 77–86 Finland
Italy 82–79 Sweden
Turkey  77–89 Russia

Second round
Eugene "Pooh" Jeter versus Vasilije Micić as Ukraine plays Serbia

The two groups comprised the three best-ranked teams from Groups A, B, C and D. Teams coming from the same initial group did not play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them from the first round.

The best four teams advanced to the quarterfinals.

Group E
Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Group E
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Serbia 5 4 1 371 343+28 9 1–0
 Lithuania 5 4 1 355 314+41 9 0–1
 France 5 3 2 388 380+8 8  
 Ukraine 5 2 3 325 364−39 7  
 Belgium 5 1 4 318 358−40 6 1–0
 Latvia 5 1 4 362 360+2 6 0–1
11 September 2013
Latvia 85–51 UkraineArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Belgium 69–76 SerbiaArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Lithuania 76–62 FranceArena Stožice, Ljubljana
13 September 2013
Lithuania 86–67 BelgiumArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Ukraine 82–75 SerbiaArena Stožice, Ljubljana
France 102–91 LatviaArena Stožice, Ljubljana
15 September 2013
Latvia 56–60 BelgiumArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Ukraine 63–70 LithuaniaArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Serbia 77–65 FranceArena Stožice, Ljubljana

Group F
Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Group F
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Croatia 5 4 1 372 361+11 9  
 Slovenia 5 3 2 385 379+6 8 1–0
 Italy 5 3 2 374 357+17 8 0–1
 Spain 5 2 3 375 339+36 7 1–0
 Finland 5 2 3 341 385−44 7 0–1
 Greece 5 1 4 381 407−26 6  
12 September 2013
Finland 63–88 CroatiaArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Greece 79–75 SpainArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Slovenia 84–77 ItalyArena Stožice, Ljubljana
14 September 2013
Croatia 76–68 ItalyArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Spain 82–56 FinlandArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Greece 65–73 SloveniaArena Stožice, Ljubljana
16 September 2013
Croatia 92–882OT GreeceArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Italy 86–81OT SpainArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Finland 92–76 SloveniaArena Stožice, Ljubljana

Knockout stage
Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 knockout stage
  5th place game
(21 September)		 5th-8th place semifinals
(19-20 September)		 Quarterfinals
(18-19 September)		 Semifinals
(20 September)		 Gold Medal Final
(22 September)
                                               
     E1   Serbia  60  
     F4   Spain  90  
   E1   Serbia  74        F4   Spain  72  
   F2   Slovenia  92        E3   France (OT)  75  
   F2   Slovenia  62
     E3   France  72  
   F2   Slovenia  69        E3   France  80
   E4   Ukraine  63        E2   Lithuania  66
     F1   Croatia  84  
       E4   Ukraine  72  
 E4   Ukraine  66        F1   Croatia  62
  7th place game
(21 September)		      F3   Italy  58        E2   Lithuania  77     Bronze medal game
(22 September)
   E1   Serbia  76    E2   Lithuania  81    F4   Spain  92
   F3   Italy  64      F3   Italy  77      F1   Croatia  66

Quarterfinals
18 September 2013
17:30
Serbia  60–90  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 5–21, 18–27, 16–25, 21–17
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 7,610
18 September 2013
21:00
Slovenia  62–72  France
Scoring by quarter: 12–10, 12–16, 21–24, 17–22
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,000
19 September 2013
17:45
Croatia  84–72  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 29–13, 19–26, 14–11
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 7,700
19 September 2013
21:00
Lithuania  81–77  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 18–24, 17–19, 24–19
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 8,210

Classification 5–8
19 September 2013
14:30
Serbia  74–92  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 19–23, 20–18, 19–21
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 5,730
20 September 2013
14:30
Italy  58–66  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 17–22, 14–16, 10–15
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 3,070

Semifinals
20 September 2013
17:45
Lithuania  77–62  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 16–18, 21–8, 16–17
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 9,180
20 September 2013
21:00
Spain  72–75 (OT)  France
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 16–6, 15–23, 16–22, Overtime: 7–10
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 9,060

Seventh place game
21 September 2013
17:30
Serbia  76–64  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 27–11, 14–16, 14–17, 21–20
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 4,030

Fifth place game
21 September 2013
21:00
Slovenia  69–63  Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 24–13, 14–8, 15–19
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,000

Third place game
22 September 2013
17:30
Spain  92–66  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 24–18, 16–12, 29–18
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 6,050

Final
Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Final
22 September 2013
21:00
France  80–66  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 31–12, 18–16, 12–16
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Juan Arteaga (ESP), Ilija Belošević (SRB)


 EuroBasket 2013 Champions 

France
First title
Most Valuable Player
Tony Parker

Final ranking
Results
Qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Qualified as host nation for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Received wild card for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Rank Team Record
 France 8–3
 Lithuania 8–3
 Spain 7–4
4  Croatia 8–3
5  Slovenia 7–4
6  Ukraine 6–5
7  Serbia 6–5
8  Italy 6–5
9  Finland 5–3
 Belgium 3–5
11  Greece 4–4
 Latvia 4–4
13  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2
 Czech Republic 2–3
 Great Britain 2–3
 Sweden 1–4
17  Germany 2–3
 Montenegro 2–3
 Georgia 1–4
 Turkey 1–4
21  Macedonia 1–4
 Israel 1–4
 Russia 1–4
 Poland 1–4

All-Tournament Team

Statistical leaders
  • In order for players to qualify as statistical leaders for the tournament, they had to play in at least 6 games during the competition.

FIBA broadcasting rights

The tournament was broadcast in a record 167 countries around the globe (previous record is 162 countries).

References
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  21. STATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Points Per Game.
  22. STATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Rebounds Per Game.
  23. STATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Assists Per Game.
  24. STATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Blocks Per Game.
  25. STATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Steals Per Game.
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