The 2007 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2007, was the 35th

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regional

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championship held by

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, which also served as Europe qualifier for the

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, giving a berth to the champion and runner-up teams (or to the third-placed team in case

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should reach the final). It was held in

between 3 September and 16 September 2007. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of

, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of

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, and

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hosted the tournament.

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won its first EuroBasket title since the dissolution of the

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, by defeating hosts

, with a 60–59 score in the final. Russia's

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was voted the tournament's

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Venues

Qualification

Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2005, hosts

plus the eight European teams that participated in the

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qualified directly. The other seven teams earned their berths via a qualifying tournament. The draw for the FIBA EuroBasket 2007 was held in Madrid on 19 October 2006.

Format

*The top three teams from each group advance to the qualifying round, in which they are separated into two groups (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3 on Group E; C1, C2, C3, D1, D2, D3 on Group F). *Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over. *The top four teams at the qualifying round advance to the knockout quarterfinals (E1 vs. F4, E2 vs. F3, and so on). *The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, where both are guaranteed of berths in the 2008 Olympics. The losers figure in a third-place playoff. Before the tournament, the semifinal losers and the teams participating in the 5th-place playoff were assured of berths to the

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. **Spain, which lost in the final to Russia, had already qualified for the Olympics as reigning world champions. Since they occupied what would otherwise be a qualifying place, third-place Lithuania received a direct Olympic berth, and seventh-place Slovenia advanced to the

Tie-breaking criteria

Ties are broken via the following criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option: # Head to head results #

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(not the goal difference) in the games between the tied teams # Goal average in all games in its group

Squads

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

Preliminary round

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).''

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

Group E

Group F

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

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5th to 8th place

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Minutes

Individual Game Highs

Team Tournament Highs

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Team Game highs

Awards

Final standings

FIBA broadcasting rights

*: BHRT *: BNT *: HRT *: RIK 2 *:

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*: Sport+ / Canal+ *: DSF *: ERT *: Sport 5/ Channel 10 *: RAI *:

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*: TV3 Lithuania *: Basketball TV *:

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*: RTP *: RTR Sport *: Sport.ro *: RTS *:

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*: NTV *: Megasport / Sport 1 Ukraine

References

External links

Eurobasket 2007 Official Site
archive.FIBA.com
Information on tickets and venues
{{DEFAULTSORT:EuroBasket 2007

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