EuroBasket 2005

2005 edition of the FIBA EuroBasket

EuroBasket 2005

Tournament details
Host country| Serbia and Montenegro
Dates| 16–25 September
Teams| 16
Venue(s)| 5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Greece (2nd title)
Runners-up|  Germany
Third place|  France
Fourth place|  Spain
Tournament statistics
Games played| 40
MVP|  Dirk Nowitzki
Top scorer|  Dirk Nowitzki
(26.1 points per game)

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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. It 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[edit]

### Belgrade[edit]

Awarded hosting rights in March 2002, Belgrade (the capital of Serbia and Montenegro) was the main stage of the EuroBasket 2005 action.[1] 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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Belgrade Arena
Capacity: 18,386[2] | Pionir Hall
Capacity: 8,178[3] | Morača Sports Center
Capacity: 4,570  | Spens Sports Center
Capacity: 11,000  | Millennium Center
Capacity: 5,000
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## Qualification[edit]

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2005 qualification

Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified

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Host nation | – | 1 |  Serbia and Montenegro
Participant of 2004 Summer Olympics | 15 – 28 August 2004 | 4 |  Greece
Italy
Lithuania
Spain
Qualified through Qualifying Round | 8 – 25 September 2004 | 10 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
France
Germany
Latvia
Russia
Slovenia
Turkey
Ukraine
Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round | 19 August – 13 September 2005 | 1 |  Israel
Group A  | Group B  | Group C  | Group D

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Germany
Italy
Russia
Ukraine

Bulgaria
Croatia
Lithuania
Turkey

Bosnia and Herzegovina
France
Greece
Slovenia

Israel
Latvia
Serbia and Montenegro
Spain

## Format[edit]

* 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[edit]

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2005 squads

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

## Preliminary round[edit]

| Qualified for the quarterfinals

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| Qualified for the play-off games

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

### Group A[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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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

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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)

16 September
21:00

Boxscore

Turkey | 75-87 |  Lithuania

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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[edit]

### Championship bracket[edit]

| Play-off
20 September 2005 | | | Quarterfinals
22–23 September 2005 | | | Semifinals
24 September 2005 | | | Final
25 September 2005 |

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| | | |  Slovenia | 62 | | |
|  Germany | 66 | | |  Germany | 76 |
|  Turkey | 57 | | | | | |  Germany | 74 |
| | | | | |  Spain | 73 |
| | | |  Spain (OT) | 101 | | | |
|  Croatia | 74 | | |  Croatia | 85 |
|  Italy | 66 | | | |  Germany | 62 |
| | | | | | |  Greece | 78 |
| | | |  Russia | 61 |
|  Greece | 67 | | |  Greece | 66 |
|  Israel | 61 | | | | | |  Greece | 67 | | | Third place
| | | | | |  France | 66 |
| | | |  Lithuania | 47 | | | |  Spain | 68
|  Serbia and Montenegro | 71 | | |  France | 63 | | |  France | 98
|  France | 74 | |

#### Play-offs[edit]

20 September
18:00

Boxscore

Germany | 66-57 |  Turkey

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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

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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

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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

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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[edit]

22 September
17:30

Boxscore

Russia | 61-66 |  Greece

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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

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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

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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

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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[edit]

24 September
18:00

Boxscore

Greece | 67-66 |  France

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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

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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[edit]

25 September
18:00

Boxscore

France | 98-68 |  Spain

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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[edit]

25 September
21:00

Boxscore

Greece | 78-62 |  Germany

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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[edit]

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

| Classification round| | Fifth place

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| 23 September – 15:30| |

|  Russia| 78

| 25 September – 14:15

|  Lithuania| 89 |

|  Lithuania| 79

| 24 September – 15:30

| |  Slovenia| 70

|  Slovenia| 89

|  Croatia| 80 |

| Seventh place

| 25 September – 12:00

|  Russia| 74

|  Croatia| 92

23 September
15:30

Boxscore

Russia | 78-89 |  Lithuania

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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

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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

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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

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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[edit]

### Individual Tournament Highs[edit]

Points[4]

| Pos. | Name | PPG

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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[5]

| Pos. | Name | RPG

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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[6]

| Pos. | Name | APG

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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[7]

| Pos. | Name | SPG

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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[8]

| Pos. | Name | BPG

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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[9]

| Pos. | Name | MPG

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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[edit]

Department | Name | Total | Opponent

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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[edit]

Offensive PPG[10]

| Pos. | Name | PPG

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1 |  Spain | 87.0
2 |  Bulgaria | 84.0
3 |  Croatia | 80.9
4 |  Latvia | 80.3
5 |  Lithuania | 79.8

Rebounds[11]

| Pos. | Name | RPG

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1 |  Russia | 41.3
2 |  France | 40.9
3 |  Slovenia | 40.8
4 |  Latvia | 36.7
5 |  Spain | 35.5

Assists[12]

| Pos. | Name | APG

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1 |  Israel | 14.3
2 |  Lithuania | 14.0
3 |  Italy | 13.8
4 |  Croatia | 13.4
5 |  Serbia and Montenegro | 12.3

Steals[13]

| Pos. | Name | SPG

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1 |  Turkey | 13.3
2 |  Israel | 11.8
3 |  Bulgaria | 11.3
4 |  Lithuania | 10.3
4 |  Latvia | 10.3

Blocks[14]

| Pos. | Name | BPG

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1 |  Latvia | 4.0
2 |  France | 3.9
3 |  Russia | 3.8
3 |  Lithuania | 3.5
5 |  Germany | 2.9

### Team Game highs[edit]

Department | Name | Total | Opponent

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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[edit]

2005 FIBA EuroBasket champions

Greece
2nd title
2005 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dirk Nowitzki ( Germany)

All-Tournament Team[15]

Theodoros Papaloukas
Juan Carlos Navarro
Dimitris Diamantidis
Dirk Nowitzki (MVP)
Boris Diaw

## Final standings[edit]

Results | Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship

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| Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship as wild cards
Rank  | Team  | Record

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|  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

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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[edit]

1. ^ "Beograd domaćin EP u košarci 2005" (in Serbian). Vlada Republike Srbije. 9 March 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. ^ "KOMBANK ARENA 18,386 seats. 70 luxury boxes with total capacity of 860 seats". Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
3. ^ "ХАЛА АЛЕКСАНДАР НИКОЛИЋ" (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
4. ^ PPG Leaders at FIBA.com
5. ^ RPG Leaders at FIBA.com
6. ^ APG Leaders at FIBA.com
7. ^ SPG Leaders at FIBA.com
8. ^ BPG Leaders at FIBA.com
9. ^ MPG Leaders at FIBA.com
10. ^ Team Leaders – PPG
11. ^ Team Leaders – RPG
12. ^ Team Leaders – APG
13. ^ Team Leaders – SPG
14. ^ Team Leaders – SPG
15. ^ Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

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