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:
(Prague) (Tallinn) (Tbilisi) (Cologne, group stage, and Berlin, final) (Budapest) (Milan) (Ljubljana)
Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany and Italy were selected as host countries on 15 July 2019 at the Central Board in Munich, Germany.
Venues Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena Capacity: 14,500 Cologne Lanxess Arena Capacity: 19,500 Milan Prague Tbilisi Forum di Milano 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 Team Qualification method Date of qualification Best placement in tournament Host nation 15 July 2019 6th 2017 5th (2011) 25th (1993) 38th (1983, 1999) Group D top three 29 November 2020 14th (1993, 1995) Group H top three 28th (1987, 2005) 10th 2015 (1993) Group A top three 30 November 2020 30th 2017 (1979) 32nd (2009, 2011, 2015) Group F top three 14th (2017) 9th (2013) Group B top three 19 February 2021 14th (2007) Group E top three 7th (2009, 2017) 17th (1967) Group A top three 29th (1963) Group F top three 16th (1955) Group C top three 20 February 2021 18th (1947) Group D top three 16th 2015 (1983) 25th 2017 (2001) Group H top three 25th 2011 (1957) Group G top two 39th 2017 (2013) 5th (2009, 2011, 2013) Group B top three 22 February 2021 6th 2015 (1937, 1939) Group C top three 15th 2017 (1937, 1939, 2003) Replacement 20 May 2022 4th (2017)
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.
Host team Chosen team Date 19 March 2021 7 April 2021
Seedings The 24 qualified teams were seeded according to the FIBA Men's World Ranking.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6 (2) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (28) (32) (36) (37) (38) (39) (41) (43) (44) (47) (49) Russia was replaced by Montenegro.
Referees The following 44 referees were selected for the tournament.
Geert Jacobs Ademir Zurapović Martin Horozov Ventsislav Velikov Martin Vulić Ilias Kounelles Ivor Matějek Mihkel Männiste Alexandre Deman Nicolas Maestre Yohan Rosso Carsten Straube Georgios Poursanidis Péter Praksch Erez Gurion Beniamino Attard Lorenzo Baldini Saverio Lanzarini Manuel Mazzoni (suspended after Lithuania-Germany match)FIBA pripažino arbitrų klaidą Lietuvos ir Vokietijos mačeFIBA reportedly suspends 3 Lithuania-Germany game referees from EuroBasket Andris Aunkrogers Mārtiņš Kozlovskis Oskars Lūcis Gatis Saliņš Gvidas Gedvilas Gintaras Mačiulis Zdravko Rutešić Radomir Vojinović Igor Mitrovski Viola Györgyi Wojciech Liszka (suspended after Lithuania-Germany match) Michał Proc (suspended after Lithuania-Germany match) Dariusz Zapolski Paulo Marques Marius Ciulin Aleksandar Glišić Zdenko Tomašovič Boris Krejić Fernando Calatrava Luis Castillo Antonio Conde Kerem Baki Yener Yılmaz Zafer Yılmaz Serhiy Zashchuk
The following 8 commissioners were selected for the tournament: Bruno Casinha Antonis Demetriou Martin Ford Thomas Frydendal Andreas Papadopoulos Eleonora Rangelova Jovan Skundric Alain Steffes
Squads
Preliminary round Group A
1 September 2022 114–87 72–68 OT 3 September 2022 76–70 87–101 64–90 4 September 2022 81–91 73–83 2OT 6 September 2022 63–78 65–82 80–92 7 September 2022 69–72 80–89 73–81
Group B
1 September 2022 95–85 92–85 63–76 3 September 2022 92–82 73–77 88–103 4 September 2022 2OT 93–97 78–74 6 September 2022 68–81 64–87 80–88 7 September 2022 87–70 82–88 71–106
Group C
2 September 2022 90–61 85–89 83–62 3 September 2022 65–86 73–74 85–81 5 September 2022 73–70 77–93 84–73 6 September 2022 94–62 99–79 81–76 8 September 2022 90–85 69–90 56–90
Group D
2 September 2022 OT 99–84 100–76 3 September 2022 89–59 68–81 67–74 5 September 2022 85–76 88–80 100–70 6 September 2022 69–75 98–88 78–89 8 September 2022 88–67 88–77 96–69
Knockout stage
All games are played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany.Competition system
Bracket
Final
Final standings RankTeam FIBA World RankingsBeforeAfterChange 9 8–1 817 719 +98 17 2 2 0 9 6–3 732 692 +40 15 4 5 −1 9 7–2 828 751 +77 16 11 11 04 9 5–4 694 764 −70 14 13 13 0 Eliminated in Quarterfinals5 7 6–1 646 586 +60 13 9 9 06 7 5–2 639 594 +45 12 5 7 −27 7 4–3 616 589 +27 11 34 25 +98 7 4–3 587 542 +45 11 10 10 0 Eliminated in Round of 169 6 5–1 552 455 +97 11 6 6 010 6 3–3 489 465 +24 9 15 16 −111 6 3–3 496 484 +12 9 31 28 +312 6 3–3 498 490 +8 9 20 23 −313 6 3–3 460 463 −3 9 24 18 +614 6 3–3 456 471 −15 9 36 29 +715 6 2–4 533 514 +19 8 8 8 016 6 2–4 504 529 −25 8 12 12 0 Eliminated in Preliminary round fifth place teams17 5 2–3 394 416 −22 7 41 33 +818 5 2–3 412 438 −26 7 45 37 +819 5 1–4 368 382 −14 6 47 44 +320 5 1–4 427 475 −48 6 51 47 +4 Eliminated in Preliminary round sixth place teams21 5 1–4 381 425 −44 6 35 32 +322 5 0–5 359 425 −66 5 46 46 023 5 0–5 382 469 −87 5 42 40 +224 5 0–5 321 453 −132 5 44 48 −4
Statistics and awards Statistical leaders Players
Points Name PPGPlayer statistics Giannis Antetokounmpo 29.3 Lauri Markkanen 27.9 Sasha Vezenkov 26.8 Luka Dončić 26.0 Dennis Schröder 22.1
Rebounds Name RPG Sasha Vezenkov 12.2 Sandro Mamukelashvili 11.0 Jonas Valančiūnas 10.5 Nikola Jokić 10.0 Rudy Gobert 9.8
Assists Name APG Dee Bost 8.4 Lorenzo Brown 7.6 Vasilije Micić 7.5 Kendrick Perry 7.2 Dennis Schröder 7.1
Blocks Name BPG Jusuf Nurkić 2.0 Giorgi Shermadini 1.4 Ivica Zubac 1.3 Rudy Gobert 1.2 Deni Avdija 1.2 Gabriel Olaseni
Steals Name SPG Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk 2.2 Kendrick Perry Luka Dončić 2.0 Nikola Jokić 1.8 Worthy de Jong 1.8 Tomer Ginat
Efficiency Name EFFPG Giannis Antetokounmpo 32.7 Nikola Jokić 31.7 Sasha Vezenkov 31.2 Lauri Markkanen 30.4 Luka Dončić 27.1
Teams
Points Name PPGTeam statistics 92.3 92.0 91.3 90.8
Rebounds Name RPG 42.0 41.0 40.6 39.6 37.5
Assists Name APG 25.2 22.7 22.4 22.2 21.9
Blocks Name BPG 4.4 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.0
Steals Name SPG 9.1 8.7 8.1 7.6
Efficiency Name EFFPG 112.3 107.6 106.3 102.1 101.7
Awards The awards were announced on 19 September 2022.
Award PlayerAll-Tournament Team Willy Hernangómez Lorenzo Brown Rudy Gobert Dennis Schröder Giannis AntetokounmpoMost Valuable Player Willy Hernangómez
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.
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