The 2005 FIBA European Championship, commonly known as FIBA EuroBasket 2005, was the 34th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. It also served as the European qualifier for the 2006 FIBA World Championship, awarding berths to the top six teams in the final standings. It was held in Serbia and Montenegro from 16 to 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 Belgrade Awarded hosting rights in March 2002, Belgrade (the capital of Serbia and Montenegro) was the main stage of the EuroBasket 2005 action. 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 the championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade. Belgrade previously hosted the European basketball championships in 1961 and 1975.

Podgorica Podgorica's Morača Sports Center hosted Group B, where six games were played. Being in Montenegro, it was the farthest locale from the central venue.

Novi Sad Novi Sad, nicknamed "The City of Sports", is the capital of the province of Vojvodina and home to the Spens Sports Center. The six Group D games were played there.

Vršac 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 Belgrade ArenaCapacity: 18,386 Pionir HallCapacity: 8,178 Morača Sports CenterCapacity: 4,570 Spens Sports CenterCapacity: 11,000 Millennium CenterCapacity: 5,000

Qualification

Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation – 1 Participant of 2004 Summer Olympics 15 – 28 August 2004 4 Qualified through Qualifying Round 8 – 25 September 2004 10 Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round 19 August – 13 September 2005 1

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Format 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

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

Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Qualified for the play-off games

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage Championship bracket

Play-offs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

Statistical leaders Individual Tournament Highs

PointsPPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name PPG 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

ReboundsRPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name RPG 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

AssistsAPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name APG 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

StealsSPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name SPG 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

BlocksBPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name BPG 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

MinutesMPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name MPG 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 Department Name Total OpponentPoints Juan Carlos Navarro 36 Rebounds Dirk Nowitzki 19 Assists Dimitris Diamantidis 10 Steals Andrei Kirilenko 5 Blocks Andrei Kirilenko 5 Turnovers Tal Burstein 8

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPGTeam Leaders – PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 87.0 2 84.0 3 80.9 4 80.3 5 79.8

ReboundsTeam Leaders – RPG Pos. Name RPG 1 41.3 2 40.9 3 40.8 4 36.7 5 35.5

AssistsTeam Leaders – APG Pos. Name APG 1 14.3 2 14.0 3 13.8 4 13.4 5 12.3

StealsTeam Leaders – SPG Pos. Name SPG 1 13.3 2 11.8 3 11.3 4 10.3 4 10.3

BlocksTeam Leaders – SPG Pos. Name BPG 1 4.0 2 3.9 3 3.8 3 3.5 5 2.9

Team Game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints 114 Rebounds 48 Assists 23 Steals 19 Blocks 8 Field goal percentage 62.7% (37/59) 3-point field goal percentage 51.7% (15/29) Free throw percentage 95% (19/20) Turnovers 27

Awards

2005 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dirk Nowitzki ( Germany)

All-Tournament Team Theodoros Papaloukas Juan Carlos Navarro Dimitris Diamantidis Dirk Nowitzki (MVP) Boris Diaw

Final standings

Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship as wild cards Rank Team Record 6–1 5–2 4–3 4 3–3 5 5–1 6 4–2 7 4–3 8 2–4 9 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 13 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3

Theodoros Papaloukas Vassilis Spanoulis Nikolaos Zisis Ioannis Bourousis Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Antonis Fotsis Nikos Chatzivrettas Dimos Dikoudis Kostas Tsartsaris Dimitris Diamantidis Lazaros Papadopoulos Michalis Kakiouzis Mithat Demirel Robert Garrett Demond Greene Marko Pešić Denis Wucherer Pascal Roller Misan Haldin Sven Schultze Stephen Arigbabu Patrick Femerling Dirk Nowitzki Robert Maras Frédéric Fauthoux Mickaël Gelabale Antoine Rigaudeau Cyril Julian Mickaël Piétrus Tony Parker Mamoutou Diarra Florent Piétrus Jérôme Schmitt Boris Diaw Frédéric Weis Sacha Giffa 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

External links 2005 EuroBasket archive.FIBA.com