Eurobasket 2007
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Group B
| Team | | Pts. | | W | | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | | PF | | PA | | Diff | | First Tiebreaker Record in Games Against Tied Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 252 | 237 | +15 | 1-0 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 259 | 218 | +41 | 0-1 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 201 | 239 | −38 | 1-0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 229 | 247 | −18 | 0-1 |
Group C
| Team | | Pts. | | W | | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | | PF | | PA | | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 265 | 224 | +41 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 242 | 211 | +31 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 198 | 237 | −39 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 225 | 258 | −33 |
Group D
| Team | | Pts. | | W | | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | | PF | | PA | | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 206 | 186 | +20 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 209 | 195 | +14 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 209 | 208 | +1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 188 | 223 | −35 |
Second round
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Group E
| Team | | Pts. | | W | | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | | PF | | PA | | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 422 | 341 | +81 | |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 381 | 325 | +56 | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 353 | 348 | +5 | |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 398 | 396 | +2 | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 350 | 420 | −70 | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 360 | 434 | −74 |
Group F
| Team | | Pts. | | W | | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | | PF | | PA | | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 417 | 357 | +60 | |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 340 | 312 | +28 | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 371 | 347 | +24 | |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 339 | 346 | −7 | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 346 | 359 | −13 | |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 308 | 400 | −92 |
Championship bracket
Quarterfinals
Classification rounds
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
The EuroBasket 2007 final was held in Spain, in Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de MadridPalacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid is an indoor sporting arena located in the City of Madrid, Spain. Its capacity is 15,000 people for basketball matches, 14,000 for handball matches and 18,000 for concerts .The former building, which was built in 1960, was destroyed by a fire in 2001...
, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, on September 16.
Game Statistics
| # | Player | Min played | Pts | FT | 2-FG | 3-FG | Rebs | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Pau Gasol Pau Gasol Pau Gasol Sáez is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . He was born to Marisa Sáez and Agustí Gasol, and he spent his childhood in Spain... |
33 | 14 | 5/12 | 3/12 | 1/1 | 14 | 3 |
| 5 | Rudy Fernández Rudy Fernández (basketball) Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández y Farrés is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is a 6'6" tall shooting guard/small forward who is currently signed to the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, though he will play for Real Madrid until the current NBA lockout ends... |
24 | 5 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Carlos Cabezas Carlos Cabezas Carlos Eduardo Cabezas Jurado is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is the nephew of the former Uruguayan professional footballer Hugo Cabezas, who played in Spain in the late 70s. His father and his grandfather are also former Uruguayan professional basketball players. He is 1.87 m tall... |
10 | 2 | - | 1/2 | 0/1 | - | 1 |
| 7 | Juan Carlos Navarro Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball) Juan Carlos Navarro Feijoo , nicknamed "La Bomba" , is a Spanish professional basketball player... |
17 | - | - | 0/3 | 0/2 | - | 1 |
| 8 | José Manuel Calderón José Calderón (basketball) José Manuel Calderón Borrallo is a Spanish professional basketball player who plays for the National Basketball Association's Toronto Raptors and the Spanish national team.-European career:... |
28 | 15 | - | 0/2 | 5/7 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | Felipe Reyes Felipe Reyes Felipe Reyes Cabanas is a 2.06 m tall Spanish professional basketball player. His older brother Alfonso is also a former professional basketball player... |
21 | 5 | 1/2 | 2/9 | - | 8 | - |
| 10 | Carlos Jiménez | 28 | 5 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 1/4 | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | Sergio Rodríguez Sergio Rodríguez Sergio Rodriguez Gomez is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is currently playing for Real Madrid... |
2 | - | - | - | 0/1 | - | - |
| 12 | Berni Rodríguez Berni Rodríguez Bernardo Rodríguez Arias, nicknamed Berni Rodríguez is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is 1.97 m tall. He is currently playing with the pro club Unicaja Málaga.-Pro career:... |
1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Marc Gasol Marc Gasol Marc Gasol i Sàez is a Spanish professional basketball player for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. He was drafted in the second round, 48th overall, by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2007 NBA Draft... |
6 | 5 | 5/6 | 0/1 | - | - | - |
| 14 | Álex Mumbrú Álex Mumbrú Álex Mumbrú Murcia , is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is 2.02 m tall.-Pro career:... |
12 | - | - | 0/1 | - | 1 | - |
| 15 | Jorge Garbajosa Jorge Garbajosa Jorge Garbajosa Chaparro, Jr., nicknamed "Garbo" , is a Spanish professional basketball player. At 2.07 m , he plays both power forward and small forward.-Pro career:*1994-97 Taugres*1997-00 TAU Cerámica... |
18 | 8 | - | 1/1 | 2/5 | - | - |
| TOTALS (Team) | 200 | 59 | 15/26 | 7/35 | 10/24 | 43 | 11 |
Head Coach:
Pepu HernándezPepu Hernández
José Vicente Hernández Fernández , usually known as Pepu Hernández, is a basketball coach. Between 2006 and June 2008, he was the head coach of the Spain national basketball team, winning the gold medal in 2006 FIBA World Championship and the silver medal in EuroBasket 2007.-Career:CB Estudiantes:...
| # | Player | Min played | Pts | FT | 2-FG | 3-FG | Rebs | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Nikita Shabalkin Nikita Shabalkin Nikita Shabalkin is a Russian professional basketball player with Dynamo Moscow. The 6 ft 9 in tall 230 pound small forward-power forward also plays with the Russian national basketball team.... |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Jon Robert Holden Jon Robert Holden Jon Robert "J.R." Holden is a retired American Russian professional basketball player. The Russian spelling of his name in Latin form is Dzhon-Robert Kholdin. He played NCAA Division I college basketball at Bucknell University from 1994-98... |
39 | 8 | - | 4/9 | 0/4 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Sergei Bykov Sergei Bykov Sergey Vladimirovich Bykov is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 1.90 m tall and 95 kg in weight... |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Andrei Kirilenko Andrei Kirilenko (basketball) Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko is a Russian-American professional basketball player who plays at the small forward position for the CSKA Moscow in the Russian Professional Basketball League. He also plays for the Russia national basketball team... |
30 | 17 | 6/7 | 4/6 | 1/4 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | Nikita Morgunov Nikita Morgunov Nikita Leonidovich Morgunov is a Russian professional basketball player. He plays both the power forward and center positions. He is 2.11 m in height and he weighs 125 kg... |
9 | 4 | - | 2/5 | 0/1 | 2 | - |
| 9 | Petr Samoylenko Petr Samoylenko Petr Samoylenko is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 1 in tall and 190 pounds in weight. He specializes in defense and plays the point guard position... |
16 | - | - | 0/2 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Viktor Khryapa Viktor Khryapa Viktor Vladimirovich Khryapa is a Russian professional basketball player.-Pro career:Khryapa played for Khimik Engels in 1999-00, and for Avtodor Saratov in 2000-02... |
35 | 7 | - | 2/2 | 1/6 | 12 | 4 |
| 11 | Zakhar Pashutin Zakhar Pashutin Zakhar Yuryevich Pashutin is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 1.96 m in height and he weighs 95 kg . He plays at the shooting guard position. He is currently with UNICS Kazan. He was also a member of the Russian national team in the period of 1996-2008.-Pro Teams:... |
18 | 3 | - | 0/2 | 1/2 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | Sergei Monia Sergei Monia Sergei Alexandrovich Monia is a Russian professional basketball player. He was selected by the NBA club the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 2004 NBA Draft. He is in height and he weighs... |
9 | 3 | - | - | 1/2 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Anton Ponkrashov Anton Ponkrashov Anton Ponkrashov is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 2.00 m in height and weighs 220 pounds. He can play as a swingman and as a point guard.-Pro career:... |
18 | 8 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | Aleksey Savrasenko Aleksey Savrasenko Alexey Savrasenko Alexey Savrasenko Alexey Savrasenko (in ' (born February 28, 1979 in Krasnodar, Russia) is a Russian professional basketball player. He plays at the center position. In June 2011 he signed 1-year contract with UNICS Kazan.... |
24 | 10 | 2/4 | 4/8 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Nikolay Padius Nikolay Padius Nikolay Padius is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 1.97 m in height and he weighs 91 kg . He plays at the shooting guard position... |
4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS (Team) | 200 | 60 | 11/15 | 17/35 | 5/20 | 38 | 13 |
Head Coach:
David BlattDavid Blatt
David Blatt is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach, and a former professional basketball player. Today, Blatt is one of the most successful American coaches in European basketball, and is currently the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv and Russia national basketball team.-Playing...
Legend: PTS = points, FT = free-throws (made/attempts), 2-FG = 2-point field goals (made/attempts), 3-PG = 3-point field goals (made/attempts), Rebs = Rebounds
All-EuroBasket 2007 Team
- José Manuel CalderónJosé Calderón (basketball)José Manuel Calderón Borrallo is a Spanish professional basketball player who plays for the National Basketball Association's Toronto Raptors and the Spanish national team.-European career:...
- Ramūnas ŠiškauskasRamunas ŠiškauskasRamūnas Šiškauskas in height and he weighs 220 lbs. . He is currently with CSKA Moscow.-Player profile:Šiškauskas is a physical forward who can easily play, both on offense and defense, at the guard positions, on the wing, and also in the paint...
(
LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
) - Andrei KirilenkoAndrei Kirilenko (basketball)Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko is a Russian-American professional basketball player who plays at the small forward position for the CSKA Moscow in the Russian Professional Basketball League. He also plays for the Russia national basketball team...
MVP - Dirk NowitzkiDirk NowitzkiDirk Werner Nowitzki is a German professional basketball player who plays for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association...
(
Germany) - Pau GasolPau GasolPau Gasol Sáez is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . He was born to Marisa Sáez and Agustí Gasol, and he spent his childhood in Spain...
Top scorers (ppg)
- Dirk NowitzkiDirk NowitzkiDirk Werner Nowitzki is a German professional basketball player who plays for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association...
(Germany) 24 - Tony ParkerTony ParkerWilliam Anthony "Tony" Parker is a French professional basketball player who currently plays for the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA....
(France) 20.1 - Hidayet TürkoğluHidayet TürkogluHidayet "Hedo" Türkoğlu is a Turkish professional basketball player in the NBA currently playing for the Orlando Magic. He plays the small forward position, although he has played four positions in his career...
(Turkey) 19.1 - Milan GurovićMilan GurovicMilan Gurović is a retired controversial Serbian professional basketball player.Gurović, a regular member of the FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro national team, turned out for many clubs all over Europe during his career....
(Serbia) 19.0 - Pau GasolPau GasolPau Gasol Sáez is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . He was born to Marisa Sáez and Agustí Gasol, and he spent his childhood in Spain...
(Spain) 18.7 - Andrei KirilenkoAndrei Kirilenko (basketball)Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko is a Russian-American professional basketball player who plays at the small forward position for the CSKA Moscow in the Russian Professional Basketball League. He also plays for the Russia national basketball team...
(Russia) 18 - Marco BelinelliMarco BelinelliMarco Stefano Belinelli is an Italian professional basketball player currently with the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA. He is tall and plays as a shooting guard...
(Italy) 15.5 - Darko MiličićDarko MilicicDarko Miličić is a Serbian professional basketball center for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . He was selected by the Detroit Pistons as the second overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft after LeBron James, and ahead of players such as Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh,...
(Serbia) 14.7 - Yotam HalperinYotam HalperinYotam Halperin is an Israeli professional basketball player. He is a 1.96 m tall combo guard.Halperin, who is Jewish, was born and raised in Tel Aviv and was the basketball star of Metrowest High School in Ra'anana...
(Israel) 14 - Ramūnas ŠiškauskasRamunas ŠiškauskasRamūnas Šiškauskas in height and he weighs 220 lbs. . He is currently with CSKA Moscow.-Player profile:Šiškauskas is a physical forward who can easily play, both on offense and defense, at the guard positions, on the wing, and also in the paint...
(Lithuania) 13.7 - Matjaž SmodišMatjaž SmodišMatjaž Smodiš is a Slovenian professional basketball player. He is currently playing for KK Cedevita in Croatia.-Pro career:...
(Slovenia) 13.4 - Marko PopovićMarko PopovicMarko Popović may refer to:* Marko Popović , Croatian basketball player* Marko Popović , Montenegrin basketball player* Marko Popović , Serbian soccer player...
(Croatia) 13.1
Final standings
| Place | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8–1 | |
| 2 | 7–2 | |
| 3 | 8–1 | |
| 4 | 5–4 | |
| 5 | 5–4 | |
| 6 | 3–6 | |
| 7 | 6–3 | |
| 8 | 4–5 | |
| 9-10 | 2-4 | |
| 2-4 | ||
| 11-12 | 2-4 | |
| 1-5 | ||
| 13-16 | 1-2 | |
| 0-3 | ||
| 0-3 | ||
| 0-3 |
Team rosters (Top Four)
- 1.
Russia: Andrei KirilenkoAndrei Kirilenko (basketball)Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenko is a Russian-American professional basketball player who plays at the small forward position for the CSKA Moscow in the Russian Professional Basketball League. He also plays for the Russia national basketball team...
, J.R. Holden, Viktor KhryapaViktor KhryapaViktor Vladimirovich Khryapa is a Russian professional basketball player.-Pro career:Khryapa played for Khimik Engels in 1999-00, and for Avtodor Saratov in 2000-02...
, Nikita MorgunovNikita MorgunovNikita Leonidovich Morgunov is a Russian professional basketball player. He plays both the power forward and center positions. He is 2.11 m in height and he weighs 125 kg...
, Alexei Savrasenko, Zakhar PashutinZakhar PashutinZakhar Yuryevich Pashutin is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 1.96 m in height and he weighs 95 kg . He plays at the shooting guard position. He is currently with UNICS Kazan. He was also a member of the Russian national team in the period of 1996-2008.-Pro Teams:...
, Petr SamoylenkoPetr SamoylenkoPetr Samoylenko is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 1 in tall and 190 pounds in weight. He specializes in defense and plays the point guard position...
, Sergei Monya, Anton PonkrashovAnton PonkrashovAnton Ponkrashov is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 2.00 m in height and weighs 220 pounds. He can play as a swingman and as a point guard.-Pro career:...
, Nikolay PadiusNikolay PadiusNikolay Padius is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 1.97 m in height and he weighs 91 kg . He plays at the shooting guard position...
, Nikita ShabalkinNikita ShabalkinNikita Shabalkin is a Russian professional basketball player with Dynamo Moscow. The 6 ft 9 in tall 230 pound small forward-power forward also plays with the Russian national basketball team....
, Sergei BykovSergei BykovSergey Vladimirovich Bykov is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 1.90 m tall and 95 kg in weight...
(Coach:
David BlattDavid BlattDavid Blatt is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach, and a former professional basketball player. Today, Blatt is one of the most successful American coaches in European basketball, and is currently the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv and Russia national basketball team.-Playing...
)
- 2. Spain: Pau GasolPau GasolPau Gasol Sáez is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . He was born to Marisa Sáez and Agustí Gasol, and he spent his childhood in Spain...
, Juan Carlos NavarroJuan Carlos Navarro (basketball)Juan Carlos Navarro Feijoo , nicknamed "La Bomba" , is a Spanish professional basketball player...
, José CalderónJosé Calderón (basketball)José Manuel Calderón Borrallo is a Spanish professional basketball player who plays for the National Basketball Association's Toronto Raptors and the Spanish national team.-European career:...
, Rudy FernándezRudy Fernández (basketball)Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández y Farrés is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is a 6'6" tall shooting guard/small forward who is currently signed to the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, though he will play for Real Madrid until the current NBA lockout ends...
, Jorge GarbajosaJorge GarbajosaJorge Garbajosa Chaparro, Jr., nicknamed "Garbo" , is a Spanish professional basketball player. At 2.07 m , he plays both power forward and small forward.-Pro career:*1994-97 Taugres*1997-00 TAU Cerámica...
, Carlos Jiménez, Carlos CabezasCarlos CabezasCarlos Eduardo Cabezas Jurado is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is the nephew of the former Uruguayan professional footballer Hugo Cabezas, who played in Spain in the late 70s. His father and his grandfather are also former Uruguayan professional basketball players. He is 1.87 m tall...
, Berni RodríguezBerni RodríguezBernardo Rodríguez Arias, nicknamed Berni Rodríguez is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is 1.97 m tall. He is currently playing with the pro club Unicaja Málaga.-Pro career:...
, Felipe ReyesFelipe ReyesFelipe Reyes Cabanas is a 2.06 m tall Spanish professional basketball player. His older brother Alfonso is also a former professional basketball player...
, Marc GasolMarc GasolMarc Gasol i Sàez is a Spanish professional basketball player for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. He was drafted in the second round, 48th overall, by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2007 NBA Draft...
, Sergio RodríguezSergio RodríguezSergio Rodriguez Gomez is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is currently playing for Real Madrid...
, Álex MumbrúÁlex MumbrúÁlex Mumbrú Murcia , is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is 2.02 m tall.-Pro career:...
(Coach: Pepu HernándezPepu HernándezJosé Vicente Hernández Fernández , usually known as Pepu Hernández, is a basketball coach. Between 2006 and June 2008, he was the head coach of the Spain national basketball team, winning the gold medal in 2006 FIBA World Championship and the silver medal in EuroBasket 2007.-Career:CB Estudiantes:...
)
- 3.
Lithuania: Šarūnas JasikevičiusŠarunas JasikeviciusŠarūnas Jasikevičius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for Panathinaikos BC. He is a member of the Lithuanian national team, and plays the point guard position.-Early years:...
, Ramūnas ŠiškauskasRamunas ŠiškauskasRamūnas Šiškauskas in height and he weighs 220 lbs. . He is currently with CSKA Moscow.-Player profile:Šiškauskas is a physical forward who can easily play, both on offense and defense, at the guard positions, on the wing, and also in the paint...
, Rimantas KaukėnasRimantas KaukenasRimantas "Rimas" Kaukėnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team...
, Simas JasaitisSimas JasaitisSimas Jasaitis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He is a small forward and currently plays for Türk Telekom B.K.. He also represents the Lithuanian national basketball team.-Pro career:...
, Darius SongailaDarius SongailaDarius Songaila is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He can play power forward and center positions. He currently plays for Galatasaray Medical Park in Turkey....
, Kšyštof LavrinovičKšyštof LavrinovicKšyštof Lavrinovič Kšyštof Lavrinovič Kšyštof Lavrinovič (born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a Polish-Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays at the power forward and center positions. He is 2.10 m (6' 10¾") in height...
, Darjuš LavrinovičDarjuš LavrinovicDarjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič (alternate spelling: Darius Lavrinovič; ; Russian Cyrillic: Дарюс Лавринович ; born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a Polish-Lithuanian professional basketball player. His twin brother Kšyštof is also a professional basketball...
, Linas KleizaLinas KleizaLinas Kleiza is a Lithuanian professional basketball player with the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team. He can play either forward position. Kleiza signed a four year, $18.8 million contract prior to the 2010–11 NBA...
, Robertas JavtokasRobertas JavtokasRobertas Javtokas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. Javtokas is 2.11 m in height and weighs 122 kg . He plays the center position. He has been a member of the Lithuanian national team since 2000...
, Jonas MačiulisJonas MaciulisJonas Mačiulis , nicknamed "the bull", is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Italian League with the Armani Jeans Milano. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He plays the small forward position.-Early years:Mačiulis spent two years competing in the...
, Paulius JankūnasPaulius JankunasPaulius Jankūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague, the Lithuanian basketball league and VTB United League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team...
, Giedrius GustasGiedrius GustasGiedrius Gustas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays mainly at the point guard position, but he can also play at the shooting guard position...
(Coach: Ramūnas ButautasRamunas ButautasRamūnas Butautas is a Lithuanian basketball coach and head coach of VEF Rīga. He is a son of Stepas Butautas....
)
- 4.
Greece: Dimitris DiamantidisDimitris DiamantidisDimitris Diamantidis is a Greek professional basketball player. Standing at 1.98 m , Diamantidis mainly plays at the point guard position, but he also has the ability to play as a shooting guard, as well as to assume the small forward position, being utilized as a point forward...
, Theodoros PapaloukasTheodoros PapaloukasTheódoros "Teó" Papaloukás is a Greek professional basketball player. He currently plays as a point guard for the Israeli League, Adriatic League and Euroleague club Maccabi Tel Aviv....
, Vassilis Spanoulis, Lazaros PapadopoulosLazaros PapadopoulosLazaros Papadopoulos , is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 7 ft 280 lbs. and he plays at the center position.-Personal:...
, Nikos ZisisNikos ZisisNikolaos "Nikos" Zisis is a Greek professional basketball player. He is currently with the pro club Montepaschi Siena.-Player profile:...
, Michalis KakiouzisMichalis KakiouzisMichalis Kakiouzis is a Greek professional basketball player.-Pro career:...
, Dimos Dikoudis, Nikos HatzivrettasNikos HatzivrettasNikolaos "Nikos" Hatzivrettas is a Greek professional basketball player. Hatzivrettas is 1.97 m tall. He plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions...
, Kostas TsartsarisKostas TsartsarisKonstantinos "Kostas" Tsartsaris , is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 10 ¾ in tall 115.4 kg power forward, who can also play at the center position if needed...
, Ioannis Bourousis, Panagiotis VasilopoulosPanagiotis VasilopoulosPanagiotis "Panos" Vasilopoulos is a Greek professional basketball player. He measures 203 cm tall...
, Michalis PelekanosMichalis PelekanosMichalis Pelekanos is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 198 cm tall and plays as a swingman.-Pro career:...
(Coach: Panagiotis GiannakisPanagiotis GiannakisPanagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket...
)
Olympic qualification
Apart from Spain (already qualified as the 2006 world champion2006 FIBA World Championship
The 2006 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Japan from August 19 to September 3, 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation , Japan Basketball Association and the 2006 Organizing Committee...
), the following two teams have qualified directly to Beijing 2008
Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Basketball contests at the 2008 Olympic Games were held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China...
:
The following four teams have assured a place in the Olympic qualifying tournament:
FIBA broadcasting rights
: BHRT: BNTBulgarian National Television
The Bulgarian National Television or BNT is the public broadcaster of Bulgaria. The company was founded in 1959 and began broadcasting on December 26 of the same year. It began broadcasting in color in 1970...
: HRT
Croatian Radiotelevision
Croatian Radiotelevision is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite...
: RIK 2
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ) or CyBC is Cyprus's public broadcasting service, transmitting island-wide on four radio and two television channels. CyBC is a non-profit organization that utilises its entire income for the promotion of its main mission, which is the objective provision of...
: Česká televize
Ceská televize
Česká televize is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting four channels.- Czechoslovak Television :Television in Czechoslovakia started to take its first steps before World War II. However, before visible results could be achieved, all activities were interrupted by...
: Sport+
Sport+ (France)
Sport+ is a French television channel on cable and satellite which is owned by Canal+ and which is devoted to live sport....
/ Canal+
Canal+
Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is 80% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted...
: DSF
Deutsches Sportfernsehen
SPORT1 is a privately owned commercial German television channel. Until April 11, 2010, it was called DSF . It was founded on January 1, 1993 out of the television channel Tele 5 which had become the successor of the music video channel musicbox on January 11, 1988...
: ERT
Elliniki Radiofonia Tileorasi
The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation is the Greek state-owned public radio and television broadcasting corporation. It is a member of EBU.Since 70's ERT is part of the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by EBU...
: Sport 5
Sport 5
Sport 5 , also known as the Sports Channel is an Israeli television company. Available on cable and satellite , the company have seven channels which are devoted to sport.-Sport 5:...
: RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
: TV3 Latvia
TV3 Latvia
TV3 Latvia is a television channel targeted at a Latvian language audience owned by Modern Times Group . It was launched in 1998, but did not receive a terrestrial license until 2001...
: TV3 Lithuania
TV3 Lithuania
TV3 is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group and targeted at a Lithuanian-speaking audience. It was founded on May 7, 1992 and launched on April 11, 1993 as "Tele-3" before being renamed "TV3" in 1996....
: Basketball TV
Basketball TV
Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour all-basketball cable channel in the Philippines owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel....
: Polsat
Polsat
Polsat is Poland's second biggest television channel, founded on December 5, 1992 and owned by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak.Polsat belongs to the Polsat Group , which also owns other channels:*Polsat HD*Polsat 2 International*Polsat News*TV Biznes...
: RTP
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A.,commonly known as RTP, is Portugal's public service broadcasting organization. It operates four terrestrial television channels and three national radio channels, as well as several satellite and cable offerings....
: RTR Sport
Russia TV Channel
Rossiya 1 is a state-owned Russian television channel founded in 1991. It belongs to the All-Russia State Television and Radio Company ....
: Sport.ro
Sport.ro
Sport.ro is a private channel in Romania, launched on July 27, 2003 and dedicated entirely to sports. Sport.ro reaches nearly 64% of the population of 21.5 million inhabitants of Romania and its broadcast schedule contains domestic and international sporting events...
: RTS
Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
: LaSexta: RTV Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija – is Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization. Based in the country's capital, Ljubljana, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe and the world...
: NTV
NTV Turkey
NTV is a Turkish nationwide television news channel. NTV was founded in 1996 by Turkish businessman Cavit Çağlar as the first news channel of Turkey and has partnered with MSNBC since May 2000. Aired on this channel is usually the news but also provides football games, especially La Liga matches,...
: Megasport
Megasport
Mega , previously known as Megasport, is a television channel in Ukraine, a member of the "Inter" TV-Family. Until 2010, it was known as "Megasport" and positioned itself as a sport channel.-External links:*...
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