The 2009 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2009, was the 36th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Poland, began on 7 September and concluded with the final on 20 September 2009. The competition served as a qualification tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.
Spain claimed their first EuroBasket title by routing Serbia 85–63 in the final. Greece captured the bronze medal with a 57–56 victory over Slovenia. The four teams to make the semi-finals, plus France and Croatia claimed the six European qualifying places for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Spain's Pau Gasol was named the tournament MVP.
Venues
The tournament was played at seven venues in seven cities throughout Poland. Each one of the total six groups in the preliminary and the qualifying round was hosted by a single arena, while the entire knockout stage was played at Spodek Arena, Katowice.
Gdańsk Poznań Warsaw Wrocław Hala OliviaCapacity: 5,500 Hala ArenaCapacity: 5,000 Hala TorwarCapacity: 5,000 Hala StuleciaCapacity: 7,000 Bydgoszcz Łódź Katowice ŁuczniczkaCapacity: 8,000 Atlas ArenaCapacity: 13,400 SpodekCapacity: 11,500
Qualification
The draw for the qualifying round took place on 16 February 2008 in Venice, Italy. Poland, as host nation, and the seven top-placed nations in EuroBasket 2007 automatically qualified for the tournament finals. From the qualifying round, the winners of the four groups and the three best second-place teams also advanced to the final round of the event. The ten teams who participated in the qualifying round and did not succeed in going through to the final round had been ranked according to their win–loss records, their win–loss percentages and their goal average coefficients. The first six teams took part in an additional qualifying round, held from 5 to 30 August 2009, the winner of which secured the last ticket for the final tournament.
Qualified teams CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedHost nation28 November 20041st in EuroBasket 200713 September 20072nd in EuroBasket 200713 September 20073rd in EuroBasket 200714 September 20074th in EuroBasket 200714 September 20075th in EuroBasket 200715 September 20076th in EuroBasket 200715 September 20077th in EuroBasket 200716 September 2007Group A winner in qualifying round17 September 2008Group B winner in qualifying round20 September 2008Group C winner in qualifying round17 September 2008Group D winner in qualifying round17 September 2008Best group runner-up in qualifying round20 September 2008second-best group runner-up in qualifying round20 September 2008third-best group runner-up in qualifying round20 September 2008Additional qualifying round winner30 August 2009
Seeding The draw for the groups of the final tournament took place on 8 November 2008 in Warsaw, Poland. The finalists were divided into four seeding pots, based on the results of the teams in the most recent FIBA Europe official competitions, with the last competition being the most important. Teams from the same group of seeds cannot be drawn against each other.
Pot ATeam Last FIBA result 1st EuroBasket 2007 2nd EuroBasket 2007 3rd EuroBasket 2007 4th EuroBasket 2007Pot BTeam Last FIBA result 5th EuroBasket 2007 6th EuroBasket 2007 7th EuroBasket 2007 qualifying, record 6–0Pot CTeam Last FIBA result qualifying, record 7–1 h., 13–16th EuroBasket 2007 qualifying, r. 4–2, a. 1.1173 qualifying, r. 4–2, a. 1.1031Pot DTeam Last FIBA result qualifying, r. 4–2, a. 1.0456 qualifying, record 3–3 qualifying, record 4–4 additional qualifying
h Host
r Record, win–loss
a Goal average coefficient, points for/points against
Squads
Each nation fielded a roster of twelve players for the tournament. FIBA rules allow one naturalized player per team.Eurobasket of Absentees at talkbasket.netPlayers who are citizens by birth of the country they represent, even if they were born outside of that country and have not previously lived there, are not considered "naturalized" under FIBA rules. Two players on the Greece squad, Nick Calathes and Kosta Koufos, were born and raised in the United States, but were also Greek citizens by birth because each had at least one parent who emigrated from Greece. Nineteen players currently on NBA rosters participated in the tournament. France (Tony Parker, Ronny Turiaf, Boris Diaw, Ian Mahinmi, and Nicolas Batum) led the way with five NBA players participating on the team.Eurobasket preview at thepaintedarea.blogspot.com
Mascot
The Polish Basketball Federation and the Local Organising Committee of EuroBasket 2009 announced at a press conference in Warsaw that they have chosen the European Bison as the official mascot of EuroBasket 2009. The European bison () is the largest wild animal to be found in Poland's forests. It is estimated that almost one fifth of the world's population of bisons is actually living in Poland. The animal is known for its calm attitude, while its posture and horns are associated with strength and dignity. The name chosen for the event's official mascot is Mieszko. The name has historical significance as it is the name of the first documented Polish ruler who united Poland in the 10th century. Mieszko is wearing a white jersey that shows the logo of the tournament and white shorts with a number 9. There is red on the sides of the jersey and shorts. His footwear is white with red laces. He is also holding a basketball that says "EuroBasket 2009".
Results
First round
Group A Venue: Hala Arena, Poznań
Group B Venue: Hala Olivia, Gdańsk
Group C Venue: Hala Torwar, Warsaw
Group D Venue: Hala Stulecia, Wrocław
Second round
Group E Venue: Łuczniczka, Bydgoszcz
Group F Venue: Atlas Arena, Łódź
Knockout stage
5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
Classification 5–8
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
The final was a rematch of each team's opening game, with the Spaniards attempting to avenge their 66–57 upset loss to the Serbs. Spain raced to a double-digit lead early in the first quarter, en route to an unassailable 52–29 lead at halftime. Serbia didn't catch up to hand Spain their first European Championship. Pau Gasol had a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Teammate Rudy Fernandez added 13 points and five rebounds. Uroš Tripković and Novica Veličković had 15 points each in a losing effort for the Serbs.
Final standings
Automatic Qualifier for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Wild card for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. RankTeamRecord 7–2 6–3 6–3 46–3 58–1 64–5 75–4 85–4 9–102–42–4 11–121–51–5 13–161–20–30–30–3 Spain, Serbia, Greece, Slovenia, France, and Croatia qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Turkey previously qualified as hosts of the competition. Russia, Germany, and Lithuania were later awarded wild card berths to the tournament.
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:EuroBasket2009.org Gasol Named EuroBasket 2009 MVP Presented By Tissot.
Vassilis Spanoulis Miloš Teodosić Rudy Fernandez Erazem Lorbek Pau Gasol (MVP)
Statistics Note: Only players who participated in at least five games are eligible for statistic charts.
Individual tournament highs
PointsPPG Leaders Pos. Name G Pts 1 Pau Gasol 9 168 18.7 2 Tony Parker 8 142 17.8 3 Erazem Lorbek 9 148 16.4 4 Ersan İlyasova 7 113 16.1 5 David Logan 6 93 15.5 6 Marcin Gortat 6 86 14.3 7 Vassilis Spanoulis 9 127 14.1 Miloš Teodosić 9 127 14.1 9 Jaka Lakovič 9 126 14.0 10 Roko Ukić 8 109 13.6 Rudy Fernández 8 109 13.6
ReboundsRPG Leaders Pos. Name G Reb. 1 Marcin Gortat 6 65 10.8 2 Pau Gasol 9 75 8.33 Erazem Lorbek 9 67 7.44 Ersan İlyasova 7 51 7.35 Ioannis Bourousis 8 58 7.36 Pero Antić 6 40 6.77 Ömer Aşık 9 57 6.38 Jan-Hendrik Jagla 6 38 6.39 Antonis Fotsis 9 55 6.110 Maciej Lampe 6 36 6.0
AssistsAPG Leaders Pos. Name G Ass. 1 Miloš Teodosić 9 47 5.2 2 Anton Ponkrashov 9 44 4.9 3 David Logan 6 27 4.54 Tony Parker 8 35 4.45 Łukasz Koszarek 6 26 4.36 Vassilis Spanoulis 9 38 4.27 Ricky Rubio 9 35 3.98 Steffen Hamann 6 23 3.8 Heiko Schaffartzik 6 23 3.810 Jaka Lakovič 9 34 3.8
StealsSPG Leaders Pos. Name G Stls 1 Rudy Fernandez 8 17 2.1 2 Tony Parker 8 14 1.8 3 Kšyštof Lavrinovič 6 10 1.74 Nick Calathes 8 13 1.6 Kelly McCarty 8 13 1.6 6 Sergey Monya 9 14 1.6 7 Roko Ukić 8 12 1.5 8 Vrbica Stefanov 6 9 1.5 9 Erazem Lorbek 9 13 1.4 Vassilis Spanoulis 9 13 1.4 Novica Veličković 9 13 1.4 Ricky Rubio 9 13 1.4
BlocksBPG Leaders Pos. Name G Blocks 1 Pau Gasol 9 20 2.22 Marcin Gortat 6 12 2.0 3 Timofey Mozgov 9 12 1.3 Marc Gasol 9 12 1.35 Ersan İlyasova 7 9 1.36 Maciej Lampe 6 7 1.27 Ronny Turiaf 9 10 1.18 Nicolas Batum 9 9 1.0 Sergey Monya 9 9 1.0 Patrick Femerling 6 6 1.0
MinutesMPG Leaders Pos. Name G Min. 1 Jaka Lakovič 9 335 37.22 Marcin Gortat 6 207 34.5 David Logan 6 207 34.54 Kelly McCarty 8 268 33.5 5 Vassilis Spanoulis 9 282 33.1 6 Erazem Lorbek 9 279 31.0 7 Tony Parker 8 247 30.9 8 Vrbica Stefanov 6 183 30.5 9 Ersan İlyasova 7 209 29.9 10 Boris Diaw 8 236 29.5
Individual game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Miloš Teodosić 32 (9/19)Rebounds Andris Biedriņš 20 (9/8)Assists Miloš Teodosić 12 (9/16)Steals Goran Dragić Rudy Fernández 6 (9/9) (9/17) Blocks Timofey Mozgov Marcin Gortat 6 (9/9) (9/7)Field goal percentage Heiko Schaffartzik Erazem Lorbek 100% (8/8) (9/11) (9/7)3-point field goal percentage Heiko Schaffartzik 100% (5/5) (9/11) (9/15)Free throw percentage Erazem Lorbek 100% (10/10) (9/19)Turnovers David Logan 8 (9/8)
Team tournament highs
Offensive PPGTeam Leaders – PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 79.8 2 75.9 3 75.6 4 75.2 5 74.7
Defensive PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 66.8 2 68.4 3 68.9 4 69.0 5 69.9
ReboundsTeam Leaders – RPG Pos. Name RPG 1 37.2 2 37.0 3 36.4 4 34.8 5 34.3
AssistsTeam Leaders – APG Pos. Name APG 1 17.3 2 17.2 3 16.1 4 15.8 5 15.3
StealsTeam Leaders – SPG Pos. Name SPG 1 8.1 2 7.7 3 7.6 4 7.4 5 7.3
BlocksTeam Leaders – BPG Pos. Name BPG 1 4.4 2 3.8 3 3.4 4 3.3 5 2.7
Team game highs Department Team Total OpponentPoints 106 (9/9)Rebounds 47 (9/19) (9/18)Assists 25 (9/7) (9/16) (9/14)Steals 14 (9/13) Blocks 10 (9/7)Field goal percentage 61.7% (37/60) (9/9)3-point field goal percentage 66.7% (16/24) (9/20)Free throw percentage 91.7% (22/24) Turnovers 4 tied with 20
Team rosters (Final Four)
1. Spain: Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, Víctor Claver, Rudy Fernández, Jorge Garbajosa, Sergio Llull, Carlos Cabezas, Ricky Rubio, Felipe Reyes, Marc Gasol, Raúl López, Álex Mumbrú (Coach: Sergio Scariolo) 2. Serbia: Miloš Teodosić, Stefan Marković, Bojan Popović, Uroš Tripković, Ivan Paunić, Milenko Tepić, Nemanja Bjelica, Novica Veličković, Milan Mačvan, Nenad Krstić, Kosta Perović, Miroslav Raduljica (Coach: Dušan Ivković) 3. Greece: Nick Calathes, Giannis Kalampokis, Vassilis Spanoulis, Stratos Perperoglou, Nikos Zisis, Georgios Printezis, Kostas Kaimakoglou, Antonis Fotsis, Kosta Koufos, Ioannis Bourousis, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Andreas Glyniadakis (Coach: Jonas Kazlauskas) 4. Slovenia: Jaka Lakovič, Goran Dragić, Domen Lorbek, Samo Udrih, Jaka Klobučar, Boštjan Nachbar, Goran Jagodnik, Uroš Slokar, Jurica Golemac, Matjaž Smodiš, Erazem Lorbek, Primož Brezec (Coach: Jure Zdovc)
FIBA broadcasting rights
Country Broadcaster Top Channel Be TV BHRT TV Esporte Interativo BNT HRT Czech Television Sport 1 Lumiere TV Viasat Sport La Sexta Gol Televisión ETV Viasat Sport Canal+ Sport+ DSF
Country Broadcaster ESPN BBC ERT Sport 1 TEN Sports Rai Sport Più Channel 1 Sport 5 J Sports TV3 TV6 TV3 TV6 Sitel RTCG Viasat Sport
Country Broadcaster C/S9 Basketball TV TVP Al Jazeera Sports Videoland Sport 1 NTV Plus RTS STV Sport 1 RTVSLO Šport TV Viasat Sport NTV NTV Spor ESPN360
See also Eurobasket 2009 Division B EuroBasket Women 2009
References
External links
2009 EuroBasket archive.FIBA.com