The 1999 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1999, was the 31st FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2000 Olympic Tournament, giving a berth to the top five (or six, depending on Serbia reaching one of the top five places) teams in the final standings. It was held in France between 21 June and 3 July 1999. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Antibes, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Le Mans, Paris, Pau and Toulouse hosted the tournament. Italy won its second FIBA European title by defeating Spain with a 64–56 score in the final. Italy's Gregor Fučka was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round Antibes Jean Bunoz Sports Hall 5,051 Opened in 1991 Group C Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall 7,000 Group B Dijon Palais des Sports de Dijon 4,628 Opened in 1977 Group D Le Mans Antarès 6,003 Opened in 1995 Group F (second round) Paris Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 13,200 Opened in 1984 Championship and classification rounds Pau Palais des Sports de Pau 7,707 Opened in 1991 Group E (second round) Toulouse Palais des Sports de Toulouse 5,000 Opened in 1983 Group A and one match from Group B, FIBA Archive.

Qualification

Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 1999 only two earned direct berths: France as hosts and the champions from EuroBasket 1997, Yugoslavia. The other fourteen teams earned their berths via a qualifying tournament.

Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation – 1 Champions from EuroBasket 1997 24 June – 6 July 1997 1 Qualified through Qualifying Round 22 May 1996 – 28 February 1999 14

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Format The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The top three teams from each group advance to the second stage. In the second stage, two groups of six teams were formed and played a round robin. The results between teams that faced during the preliminary round are carried over. The top four teams from each group in the second stage advance to the knockout quarterfinals to compete for the Championship. The winners in the semifinals compete for the European Championship, while the losers from the semifinals play a consolation game for the third place. The losers in the quarterfinals compete in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Tie-breaking criteria Ties were broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option: Head to head results Basket difference between the tied teams Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

Squads

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

Preliminary round Qualified for the second round

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E

Group F

Knockout stage Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

Statistical leaders Individual Tournament Highs

PointsPPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name PPG 1 Alberto Herreros 19.2 2 Luboš Bartoň 18.7 3 Doron Sheffer 16.7 4 Carlton Myers 16.3 4 Antoine Rigaudeau 15.5 6 Dirk Nowitzki 15.2 7 Toni Kukoč 14.5 8 Artūras Karnišovas 14.2 8 Vasily Karasev 14.2 10 Dejan Bodiroga 14.1

ReboundsRPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name RPG 1 Arvydas Sabonis 8.5 2 Vitaly Nosov 7.9 3 Hüseyin Beşok 7.4 3 Alfonso Reyes 7.2 5 Ivica Jurković 6.5 6 Toni Kukoč 6.3 6 Dejan Bodiroga 6.2 8 Jim Bilba 6.1 9 Dejan Tomašević 6.0 10 Mirsad Türkcan 5.8

Assists at FIBA.com Pos. Name APG 1 Toni Kukoč 6.3 2 Vladimir Bogojević 5.2 3 Damir Mulaomerović 4.8 4 Kerem Tunçeri 4.6 5 Dejan Bodiroga 4.3 6 Darius Maskoliūnas 4.1 7 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 3.5 8 Evgeniy Pashutin 3.4 9 Artūras Karnišovas 3.3 9 Carlton Myers 3.3 9 Jaka Daneu 3.3

Steals at FIBA.com Pos. Name SPG 1 Luboš Bartoň 2.0 2 Evgeniy Pashutin 1.9 3 Vladimir Bogojević 1.8 4 Andrea Meneghin 1.7 4 Sergei Panov 1.7 4 Toni Kukoč 1.7 7 Jim Bilba 1.6 7 Saša Obradović 1.6 9 Igor Kudelin 1.4 9 Kai Nürnberger 1.4 9 Tariq Abdul-Wahad 1.4

Minutes at FIBA.com Pos. Name MPG 1 Jure Zdovc 36.8 2 Kerem Tunçeri 35.7 3 Toni Kukoč 34.3 4 Antoine Rigaudeau 33.9 5 Jim Bilba 33.3 6 Nadav Henefeld 33.2 7 Doron Sheffer 32.7 8 Dejan Bodiroga 31.8 9 Alberto Herreros 31.7 10 Dirk Nowitzki 31.3

Individual Game Highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Dražan Tomić 32 Rebounds Vitaliy Nosov 18 Assists Vladimir Bogojević 12 Steals Sergei Panov 7 Turnovers Dirk Nowitzki 8

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 80.2 2 74.0 2 74.0 4 73.8 5 73.0

ReboundsTeam Leaders – RPG Pos. Name RPG 1 33.9 2 31.4 3 30.6 3 30.6 5 29.6

AssistsTeam Leaders – APG Pos. Name APG 1 22.4 2 19.7 3 17.0 4 16.3 5 15.7 5 15.7

StealsTeam Leaders – SPG Pos. Name SPG 1 8.8 2 7.8 3 7.3 3 7.3 5 7.2 5 7.2

Team Game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints 103 Rebounds 45 Assists 32 Steals 17 Field goal percentage 70.0% (35/50) 3-point field goal percentage 69.2% (9/13) Free throw percentage 100% (12/12)100% (6/6) Turnovers 23

Awards

1999 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Gregor Fučka ( Italy)

All-Tournament Team Carlton Myers Andrea Meneghin Alberto Herreros Dejan Bodiroga Gregor Fučka (MVP)

Final standings

Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics as current World Champion Rank Team Record 7–2 5–4 7–2 4 6–3 5 7–2 6 5–4 7 4–5 8 4–5 9 2–4 10 2–4 11 3–3 12 2–4 13 0–3 14 0–3 15 0–3 16 0–3

Davide Bonora Gianluca Basile Giacomo Galanda Gregor Fučka Denis Marconato Alessandro De Pol Carlton Myers Andrea Meneghin Alessandro Abbio Michele Mian Roberto Chiacig Marcelo Damiao Alberto Angulo Ignacio Rodilla Iván Corrales Ignacio Romero Ignacio Rodríguez Carlos Jiménez Rodrigo de la Fuente Alberto Herreros Roger Esteller Iñaki de Miguel Alfonso Reyes Roberto Dueñas Dejan Bodiroga Predrag Danilović Saša Obradović Nikola Lončar Milan Gurović Vlado Šćepanović Dragan Lukovski Predrag Stojaković Vlade Divac Dragan Tarlać Dejan Tomašević Milenko Topić Moustapha Sonko Alain Digbeu Antoine Rigaudeau Laurent Foirest Laurent Sciarra Tariq Abdul-Wahad Stéphane Risacher Thierry Gadou Cyril Julian Frédéric Weis Jim Bilba Ronnie Smith

References

External links archive.FIBA.com