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1999 FIBA EuroBasket
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 Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 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, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau and Toulouse hosted the tournament. Italy men's national basketball team, Italy won its second FIBA European title by defeating Spain men's national basketball team, Spain with a 64–56 score in the final. Italy's Gregor Fučka was voted the tournament's FIBA EuroBasket MVP, MVP. Venues Qualification Of the ...
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Gregor Fučka
Gregor Fučka (; born 7 August 1971) is a Slovenian-Italian former professional basketball player and coach. A 215 cm (7' ") forward- center, he was a both a Mister Europa and Euroscar laureate in 2000. Professional career Fučka played with Smelt Olimpija, in Yugoslavia, from 1988 to 1990. Subsequently, he moved to Italy, playing with Stefanel Trieste (1990–1994), Stefanel Milano (1994–1997), and Teamsystem Bologna a.k.a. Paf Wennington Bologna a.k.a. Skipper Bologna (1997–2002). Afterwards, he played in Spain, with FC Barcelona (2002–2006), and with Akasvayu Girona (2006–07). He then came back to Italy, in the 2007–08 season, playing with Lottomatica Roma. National team career Fučka was eligible to play for Italy as his father Žarko was born in Trieste and was a part of the Slovene community of Trieste before moving to Kranj. His father was a member of the Italian biathlon national team. Fučka played with Italy's junior national team at the 19 ...
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Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Paris. It is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, fourth-largest city in France after Paris, Marseille and Lyon, with 511,684 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries (2022); its Functional area (France), metropolitan area has a population of 1,513,396 inhabitants (2022). Toulouse is the central city of one of the 22 Métropole, metropolitan councils of France. Between the 2014 and 2020 censuses, its metropolitan area was the third fastest growing among metropolitan areas larger than 500,000 inhabitants in France. Toulouse is the centre of the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus, the SPOT (satellites), SPOT satellite system, ATR ( ...
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Bercy Arena
Accor Arena (originally known as the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy), also known as Bercy Arena, is an indoor sports arena and concert hall in the neighbourhood of Bercy, on the Boulevard de Bercy, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The closest Métro station is Bercy, which also serves the Finance Ministry. Designed by the architectural firm Andrault-Parat, Jean Prouvé and Aydin Guvan, the pyramidal arena's sloping walls are covered with a lawn. It can seat 7,000 to 20,300 people, depending on the event. The arena was renamed Bercy Arena after renovations on 1 January 2015, AccorHotels Arena in October 2015, and its current name in June 2020. Since 1985, the arena hosts the annual Festival des Arts Martiaux. The 38th Festival des Arts Martiaux was held in March 2025. Events Sports The Accor Arena was until 2024 the main venue for the Paris Masters ATP Tour tennis tournament, and hosts the annual LNB All-Star Game basketball event and the Grand Slam Paris judo ...
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AccorHotels Arena @ Bercy @ Paris (27157316713)
Accor S.A. is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties. It is the largest hospitality company in Europe, and the sixth largest hospitality company worldwide. Accor operates 5,584 locations in over 110 countries. Its total capacity is approximately 821,518 rooms (end 2023). It owns and operates brands in many segments of hospitality: Luxury ( Raffles, Fairmont, Sofitel), premium (MGallery, Pullman, Swissôtel), midscale (Novotel, Mercure, Adagio), and economy (ibis, hotelF1). Accor also owns companies specialized in digital hospitality and event organization, such as onefinestay, D-Edge, ResDiary, John Paul, Potel & Chabot and Wojo. The company is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, and is a constituent of the CAC Next 20 index on the Paris stock exchange. History From Novotel to Accor In 1967, Paul Dubrule and Gérard Pélisson founded the hospitality group Société d'investissem ...
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Antarès
Antarès is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Le Mans, France. The arena is located inside the Circuit de la Sarthe, home of the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, and adjacent to the first right kink on the Mulsanne Straight. The seating capacity of the arena, which was inaugurated in 1995, is 6,023 people when configured for basketball games.Capacité d'Amphitéa : de à History Antarès has been used as the home arena of the Le Mans Sarthe Basket professional basketball team of the French LNB Pro A league. It served as one of the host arenas for the FIBA EuroBasket 1999. See also * List of indoor arenas in France The following is a list of Arena, indoor arenas in France with a capacity of at least 2,500 spectators, most of the arenas in this list are for multi use proposes and are used for popular sports such as individual sports like karate, judo, boxing ... References External linksOfficial Site Indoor arenas in France Basketball venues in France Sports ...
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Palais Des Sports De Dijon
Palais des Sports de Dijon (also known as Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy) is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Dijon, France. The arena has a seating capacity of 5,000 for basketball games. History The arena was one of the venues of the 1999 FIBA EuroBasket. It has also been used as the home venue of the Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Bourgogne professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ... team. Basketball venues in France Buildings and structures in Dijon Handball venues in France Indoor arenas in France Sports venues in Côte-d'Or {{France-sports-venue-stub ...
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Dijon Palais Des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy 01
Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic period. Dijon later became a Roman settlement named ''Divio'', located on the road between Lyon and Paris. The province was home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th centuries, and Dijon became a place of tremendous wealth and power, one of the great European centres of art, learning, and science. The city has retained varied architectural styles from many of the main periods of the past millennium, including Capetian, Gothic, and Renaissance. Many still-inhabited townhouses in the city's central district date from the 18th century and earlier. Dijon's architecture is distinguished by, among other things, '' toits bourguignons'' (Burgundian polychrome roofs ...
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Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall
Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall is an indoor arena located in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It has a seating capacity of 5,000 spectators. It is used primarily for basketball, and is the home venue of Stade Clermontois BA from the Pro A. Besides that, its also used for concerts. Iron Maiden performed here in 1982. It served as one of the playgrounds for the FIBA EuroBasket 1999. The facility was also used by another Pro A side, Chorale Roanne, for its Euroleague The EuroLeague is a European men's professional basketball club competition. The league is widely recognised as the top-tier and the most prestigious men's basketball league in Europe. The league consists of 20 teams, of which 16 are given lon ... fixtures. References Indoor arenas in France Basketball venues in France Sports venues in Clermont-Ferrand {{France-sports-venue-stub ...
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Jean Bunoz Sports Hall
The Jean Bunoz Sports Hall was an indoor arena that was located in Antibes, France. The arena was primarily used to host basketball games, however it could also be used to host numerous other events, such as: acrobatic gymnastics, boxing, circus performances, competitive dance, concerts, ice skating, martial arts, trampolining, and World Squash. For basketball games, it had a seating capacity of 5,051 people. History The Jean Bunoz Sports Hall opened in 1991. It was used as the home venue of the French professional basketball club Olympique Antibes. The arena also serves as one of the venues of the 1999 FIBA EuroBasket 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 Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics � .... The arena was demolished in 2009. 1991 establishments in France 2009 disestablishments in France Boxing ven ...
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Salle Jean Bunoz
Salle is the French word for 'hall', 'room' or 'auditorium', as in: *Salle des Concerts Herz, a former Paris concert hall *Salle Favart, theatre of the Paris Opéra-Comique *Salle Le Peletier, former home of the Paris Opéra *Salle Pleyel, a Paris concert hall * Salle Ventadour, a former Paris theatre * Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, a multipurpose venue in Montréal It may also refer to: Places: * Salle, Norfolk, a village and civil parish in England, pronounced "Saul" * Salle, Abruzzo, Italy *Salle, Nepal People: *Abraham Salle (1670–1719), Huguenot ancestor, immigrant, and colonist *Alexander Östlund, Swedish football player, nicknamed "Salle" *Auguste Sallé French traveller and entomologist *David Salle, American painter *Fred Salle, English long jumper *Jérôme Salle, French film director *Johan Sälle, Swedish ice hockey player *Mary Lou Sallee, American politician from Missouri See also * La Salle (other) (including LaSalle) * Sal (other) * Sall (disambi ...
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