EuroBasket 2003

FIBA EuroBasket 2003
33rd FIBA European Basketball Championship
Official website
EuroBasket 2003 (FIBA Europe)
Tournament details
Host nation	Sweden
Dates	September 5 – September 14
Teams	16
Venues	5 (in 5 host cities)
Champions	Lithuania (3rd title)
MVP	Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Tournament statistics
Players Teams Points Gasol (25.8) Lithuania (90.6) Rebounds Türkcan (9.3) Croatia (36) Assists Jasikevičius (8.2) Lithuania (17.3)
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The EuroBasket 2003 (common name for the 33rd FIBA European Basketball Championship), was held in Sweden between 5 September and 14 September 2003. Lithuania won the gold medal, Spain won the silver while Italy won the bronze. Lithuania's Šarūnas Jasikevičius was named the tournament MVP.

The EuroBasket is a biennial basketball competition between national teams organised by FIBA Europe, the sport's governing body in Europe.

Venues

City	Arena	Capacity
Borås	Boråshallen	3,000
Luleå	Coop Arena	6,500
Norrköping	Himmelstalundshallen	4,280
Södertälje	Scaniarinken	7,250
Stockholm	Stockholm Globe Arena	13,850

First round

Group A – Coop Arena, Luleå

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	271	210	+61	6
Slovenia	3	2	1	232	217	+15	5
Italy	3	1	2	199	234	−35	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	210	251	−41	3

September 5, 2003
Slovenia	77 – 67	Italy	18:00
France	98 – 76	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21:00
September 6, 2003
Bosnia and Herzegovina	62 – 73	Slovenia	16:00
Italy	52 – 85	France	18:30
September 7, 2003
Slovenia	82 – 88	France	15:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina	72 – 80	Italy	18:15

Group B – Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	279	224	+55	6
Germany	3	2	1	251	260	−9	5
Israel	3	1	2	234	255	−21	4
Latvia	3	0	3	252	277	−25	3

September 5, 2003
Germany	86 – 81	Israel	15:15
Lithuania	92 – 91	Latvia	18:00
September 6, 2003
Latvia	86 – 94	Germany	14:00
Israel	62 – 94	Lithuania	17:00
September 7, 2003
Lithuania	93 – 71	Germany	15:15
Israel	91 – 75	Latvia	18:15

Group C – Scaniarinken, Södertälje

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	263	196	+67	6
Russia	3	2	1	264	240	+24	5
Serbia and Montenegro	3	1	2	225	238	−13	4
Sweden	3	0	3	191	269	−78	3

September 5, 2003
Serbia and Montenegro	80 – 95	Russia	18:00
Spain	99 – 52	Sweden	21:00
September 6, 2003
Russia	77 – 89	Spain	18:00
Sweden	68 – 78	Serbia and Montenegro	21:00
September 7, 2003
Serbia and Montenegro	67 – 75	Spain	15:45
Sweden	71 – 92	Russia	18:15

Group D – Boråshallen, Borås

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Greece	3	3	0	231	219	+12	6
Turkey	3	2	1	222	216	+6	5
Croatia	3	1	2	241	223	+18	4
Ukraine	3	0	3	213	249	−36	3

September 5, 2003
Ukraine	69 – 77	Turkey	18:00
Greece	77 – 76	Croatia	21:00
September 6, 2003
Croatia	93 – 71	Ukraine	18:00
Turkey	70 – 75	Greece	21:00
September 7, 2003
Greece	79 – 73	Ukraine	15:15
Turkey	75 -72	Croatia	18:15

Second round

September 8, 2003
Russia	81 – 77	Croatia	Södertälje	20:00
Turkey	76 – 80	Serbia and Montenegro	Borås	20:00
Slovenia	76 – 78	Israel	Luleå	20:30
Germany	84 – 86	Italy	Norrköping	20:30

Knockout stage – Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	September 10, 2003 – 18:00
	France	76
					September 13, 2003 – 14:00
	Russia	69
					France	70
	September 10, 2003 – 21:00
					Lithuania	74
	Lithuania	98
									September 14, 2003 – 20:00
	Serbia and Montenegro	82
									Lithuania	93
	September 11, 2003 – 18:00
									Spain	84
	Spain	78
					September 13, 2003 – 17:00
	Israel	64
					Spain	81			Third place
	September 11, 2003 – 21:00
					Italy	78
	Greece	59							France	67
	Italy	62							Italy	69
									September 14, 2003 – 17:00

5th to 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	September 12, 2003 – 18:00
	Russia	77
	Serbia and Montenegro	86
					September 14, 2003 – 13:30
					Serbia and Montenegro	64
					Greece	72
					Seventh place
	September 12, 2003 – 21:00			September 14, 2003 – 11:00
	Israel	56		Russia	82
	Greece	63			Israel	89

Awards

Eurobasket 2003 Champions
Lithuania Third title

Eurobasket 2003 MVP: Šarūnas Jasikevičius ( Lithuania)

All-Tournament Team

• Tony Parker
• Šarūnas Jasikevičius
• Saulius Štombergas
• Andrei Kirilenko
• Pau Gasol

Top scorers (ppg)

1. Pau Gasol 25.8
2. Andrei Kirilenko 23.1
3. Dirk Nowitzki 22.5
4. Mehmet Okur 18.7
5. Predrag Stojaković 18.7
6. Tony Parker 18
7. İbrahim Kutluay 17
8. Damir Mulaomerović 16.5
9. Juan Carlos Navarro 16.1
10. Arvydas Macijauskas15.8

Conclusion

Final standings

Place	Team
1	Lithuania
2	Spain
3	Italy
4	France
5	Greece
6	Serbia and Montenegro
7	Israel
8	Russia
9	Germany
10	Slovenia
11	Croatia
12	Turkey
13	Latvia
14	Ukraine
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina
16	Sweden

The top three teams are qualified for the Olympic Games of Athens 2004.

Team Rosters

1. Lithuania: Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Arvydas Macijauskas, Saulius Štombergas, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Darius Songaila, Eurelijus Žukauskas, Mindaugas Žukauskas, Donatas Slanina, Dainius Šalenga, Virginijus Praškevičius, Kšyštof Lavrinovič, Giedrius Gustas (Coach: Antanas Sireika)

2. Spain: Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, José Manuel Calderón, Jorge Garbajosa, Carlos Jiménez, Felipe Reyes, Alberto Herreros, Rodrigo De la Fuente, Carles Marco, Alfonso Reyes, Roger Grimau, Antonio Bueno (Coach: Moncho López)

3. Italy: Massimo Bulleri, Gianluca Basile, Roberto Chiacig, Denis Marconato, Giacomo Galanda, Nikola Radulović, Alessandro De Pol, Matteo Soragna, Michele Mian, Alex Righetti, Alessandro Cittadini, Davide Lamma (Coach: Carlo Recalcati)

4. France: Tony Parker, Boris Diaw, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Jérôme Moïso, Ronny Turiaf, Florent Piétrus, Moustapha Sonko, Cyril Julian, Thierry Rupert, Alain Digbeu, Laurent Foirest, Makan Dioumassi (Coach: Alain Weisz)

References

• Fiba Europa
• Venues Info and Data