EuroBasket 2013

EuroBasket 2013

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Dates	4–22 September
Teams	24
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 played	90
Attendance	377,536 (4,195 per match)
MVP	Tony Parker
Top scorer	Tony Parker (19.0 points per game)

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

France defeated Lithuania in the final to win their first title. 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. On 5 September 2010, it was announced that only two countries, Slovenia and Italy had submitted formal bids. On 15 October 2010, Italy announced its withdrawal from the run. 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.

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.

Logo, official song and mascot of the championship

The official mascot was Lipko, 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

Preliminary round

City	Arena	Visitors (avg. per game)	Total visitors (all 15 events)	Total capacity (all 15 events)	% visitors (avg. p/g & total)
Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	1,536	23,040	82,500	27.9
Jesenice	Podmežakla Hall	3,389	50,846	82,500	61.6
Celje	Zlatorog Arena	2,888	43,320	82,500	52.5
Koper	Arena Bonifika	2,542	38,130	75,000	46.2
–	Total (all 60 events)	2,588	155,336	322,500	48.2

• 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)
Ljubljana	Arena Stožice	5,086	91,560	225,000	40.7

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. Novo Mesto cancelled their bid on 2 July 2012. 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.

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

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; first time in the history the draw took place underground – in the Concert Hall of Postojna Cave.

Qualified teams

Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	5 December 2010	1	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 2012	16	Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Czech Republic Finland Georgia Germany Israel Italy Latvia Montenegro Poland Serbia Sweden Turkey Ukraine

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. Included are the latest published FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.

Seeding

Team	Qualifying PCT	Qualifying PD	Pot
Spain France Russia Macedonia	Top 4 in 2011		1
Lithuania Greece Slovenia	Next 3 in 2011		2
Great Britain	2012 Olympics host
Germany	1.000	+148	3
Croatia	1.000	+146
Italy	1.000	+142
Montenegro	1.000	+117
Finland	.750	+145	4
Poland	.750	+136
Bosnia and Herzegovina	.750	+64
Ukraine	.750	+57
Georgia	.750	+41	5
Belgium	.625	+73
Latvia	.625	+71
Turkey	.625	+49
Czech Republic	.625	+14	6
Serbia	.600	+125
Israel	.600	+90
Sweden	.600	+54

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

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		71–75	OT	Great Britain
Belgium		57–58		Ukraine
France		74–80		Germany
5 September 2013
Ukraine		74–67		Israel
Germany		73–77	OT	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

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		77–70	OT	Montenegro
9 September 2013
Latvia		76–66		Macedonia
Lithuania		72–78		Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro		83–76		Serbia

Group C

Venue: Zlatorog Arena, Celje

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		74–76	OT	Croatia
9 September 2013
Georgia		59–83		Spain
Croatia		70–53		Czech Republic
Slovenia		61–71		Poland

Group D

Venue: Arena Bonifika, Koper

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		86–83	2OT	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

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

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		Ukraine	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Belgium		69–76		Serbia	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Lithuania		76–62		France	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
13 September 2013
Lithuania		86–67		Belgium	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Ukraine		82–75		Serbia	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
France		102–91		Latvia	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
15 September 2013
Latvia		56–60		Belgium	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Ukraine		63–70		Lithuania	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Serbia		77–65		France	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

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		Croatia	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Greece		79–75		Spain	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Slovenia		84–77		Italy	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
14 September 2013
Croatia		76–68		Italy	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Spain		82–56		Finland	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Greece		65–73		Slovenia	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
16 September 2013
Croatia		92–88	2OT	Greece	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Italy		86–81	OT	Spain	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Finland		92–76		Slovenia	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Knockout stage

• All games were held at Arena Stožice in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	18 September
	Serbia	60
					20 September
	Spain	90
					Spain	72
	18 September
					France (OT)	75
	Slovenia	62
									22 September
	France	72
									France	80
	19 September
									Lithuania	66
	Croatia	84
					20 September
	Ukraine	72
					Croatia	62
	19 September
					Lithuania	77			Third place
	Lithuania	81
									22 September
	Italy	77
									Spain	92
									Croatia	66

5th place bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	19 September
	Serbia	74
					21 September
	Slovenia	92
					Slovenia	69
	20 September
					Ukraine	63
	Ukraine	66
	Italy	58
					Seventh place
					21 September
					Serbia	76
					Italy	64

Quarterfinals

Classification 5–8

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

EuroBasket 2013 champions
France First title

Most Valuable Player
Tony Parker

Final standings

Key

	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

• PG – Tony Parker (MVP)
• SG – Goran Dragić
• SF – Bojan Bogdanović
• PF – Linas Kleiza
• C – Marc Gasol

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).