EuroBasket 2022

EuroBasket 2022

Tournament details
Host countries	Czech Republic Georgia Italy Germany
Dates	1–18 September
Teams	24
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (4th title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Games played	76
Attendance	651,000 (8,566 per match)
MVP	Willy Hernangómez
Top scorer	Giannis Antetokounmpo (29.3 points per game)

The EuroBasket 2022 was the 41st edition of the EuroBasket championship organized by FIBA Europe. It was the first since it was agreed it would take place every four years, with a similar system of qualification as for the FIBA Basketball World Cup. It was originally scheduled to take place between 2 and 19 September 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021, it was postponed to September 2022.

Like the previous two editions, the tournament was co-hosted by four countries. Games in the group stage were held in the Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, and Italy. The knock-out phase was played in Berlin, Germany.

The tournament featured three All-NBA First Team members, Nikola Jokić (Serbia), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greece) and Luka Dončić (Slovenia), making it one of the most anticipated tournaments in EuroBasket history.

Spain won the final against France, achieving its fourth EuroBasket title in the last six tournaments. Germany secured the bronze medal on home soil after defeating Poland.

Host selection

For EuroBasket 2015 and 2017, FIBA Europe opened three bidding options for hosting: to host a preliminary group, to host the final round, or to host the entire tournament. In the end, each of these two tournaments was hosted in four cities in four countries. It was hosted by four nations for the third time.

Seven countries submitted separate candidacies to host Eurobasket 2022:

Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany and Italy were selected as host countries on 15 July 2019 at the Central Board in Munich, Germany.

Venues

Berlin	Berlin Cologne Milan Prague Tbilisi EuroBasket 2022 (Europe)
Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 14,500
Cologne
Lanxess Arena
Capacity: 19,500
Milan	Prague	Tbilisi
Mediolanum Forum	O2 Arena	Tbilisi Arena
Capacity: 12,700	Capacity: 16,805	Capacity: 10,000

Qualification

The qualification started in November 2017, with nine teams participating in the pre-qualifiers, including the five eliminated teams from the 2019 World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers. The co-hosts (Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany and Italy) participated in qualifiers, despite having already qualified to the EuroBasket 2022. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia was expelled from the tournament and replaced by Montenegro.

Qualified teams

Marketing

Logo

The official logo was unveiled on 16 December 2019.

Draw

The draw took place on 29 April 2021 in Berlin, Germany.

Each of the four hosts was granted the right to select a partner federation for commercial and marketing criteria. These teams would automatically be placed into the same group as their chosen partner country.

Seedings

The 24 qualified teams were seeded according to the FIBA Men's World Ranking.

Russia was replaced by Montenegro.

Referees

The following 44 referees were selected for the tournament.

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

All games are played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany.

Bracket

Final

Final standings

Rank	Team	GP	W/L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	FIBA World Rankings
								Before	After	Change
	Spain	9	8–1	817	719	+98	17	2	2	0
	France	9	6–3	732	692	+40	15	4	5	−1
	Germany	9	7–2	828	751	+77	16	11	11	0
4	Poland	9	5–4	694	764	−70	14	13	13	0
Eliminated in Quarterfinals
5	Greece	7	6–1	646	586	+60	13	9	9	0
6	Slovenia	7	5–2	639	594	+45	12	5	7	−2
7	Finland	7	4–3	616	589	+27	11	34	25	+9
8	Italy	7	4–3	587	542	+45	11	10	10	0
Eliminated in Round of 16
9	Serbia	6	5–1	552	455	+97	11	6	6	0
10	Turkey	6	3–3	489	465	+24	9	15	16	−1
11	Ukraine	6	3–3	496	484	+8	9	31	28	+3
12	Croatia	6	3–3	498	490	+12	9	20	23	−3
13	Montenegro	6	3–3	460	463	−3	9	24	18	+6
14	Belgium	6	3–3	456	471	−15	9	36	29	+7
15	Lithuania	6	2–4	533	514	+19	8	8	8	0
16	Czech Republic	6	2–4	504	529	−25	8	12	12	0
Eliminated in Preliminary round fifth place teams
17	Israel	5	2–3	394	416	−22	7	41	33	+8
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	2–3	412	438	−26	7	45	37	+8
19	Estonia	5	1–4	368	382	−14	6	47	44	+3
20	Bulgaria	5	1–4	427	475	−48	6	51	47	+4
Eliminated in Preliminary round sixth place teams
21	Georgia	5	1–4	381	425	−44	6	35	32	+3
22	Netherlands	5	0–5	359	425	−66	5	46	46	0
23	Hungary	5	0–5	382	469	−87	5	42	40	+2
24	Great Britain	5	0–5	321	453	−132	5	44	48	−4

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Teams

Awards

The awards were announced on 19 September 2022.

Turkey–Georgia brawl

During the game between Turkey and Georgia in Group A, Furkan Korkmaz and Duda Sanadze were ejected after a scuffle. Korkmaz was reportedly attacked when leaving the arena by Georgian players. The following day, the Turkish federation threatened to leave the tournament. After the game, the Turkish federation also submitted a complaint because the game clock ran for 22 seconds while the game was paused; this complaint was initially dismissed by FIBA.

On 5 September, FIBA opened an investigation and ten days later, on 15 September, announced to have opened "disciplinary proceedings for engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct" against four players.