The EuroBasket 2022 was the 41st edition of the

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championship organized by

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. It was the first since it was agreed it would take place every four years, with a similar system of qualification as for the

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. It was originally scheduled to take place between 2 and 19 September 2021, but due to the

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and the subsequent postponement of the

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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

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, Germany. The tournament featured three

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members,

Nikola Jokić Nikola Jokić ( sr-cyr, Никола Јокић, (); born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays the center position. A four-time NBA All-St ...

(Serbia),

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(Greece) and

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(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

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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: * (

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) * (

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) * (

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) * (

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, group stage, and

, final) * (

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) * (

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) * (

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) Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany and Italy were selected as host countries on 15 July 2019 at the Central Board in

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Venues

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

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, Russia was expelled from the tournament and replaced by Montenegro.

Qualified teams

Marketing

Logo

The official logo was unveiled on 16 December 2019.

Draw

The draw took place on 29 April 2021 in

, 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.

Seedings

The 24 qualified teams were seeded according to the

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. 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 mače
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Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

All games are played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in

, Germany.

Bracket

Final

Final standings

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

;Points ;Rebounds ;Assists ;Blocks ;Steals ;Efficiency

Teams

;Points ;Rebounds ;Assists ;Blocks ;Steals ;Efficiency

Awards

The awards were announced on 19 September 2022.

Turkey–Georgia brawl

During the game between

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and

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in Group A,

Furkan Korkmaz Furkan Korkmaz (born 24 July 1997) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born and raised in Istanbul, and was selected 26th in the 2016 NBA draft. Korkmaz is ...

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.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eurobasket 2022

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