EuroBasket 2007
The 2007 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2007, was the 35th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics], giving a berth to the champion and runner-up teams. It was held in Spain between 3 September and 16 September 2007. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Alicante, Granada, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, and Seville hosted the tournament. Russia men's national [basketball team|Russia] won its first EuroBasket title since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, by defeating hosts Spain, with a 60–59 score in the final. Russia's Andrei Kirilenko was voted the tournament's MVP.
Venues
Qualification
Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2005, hosts Spain plus the eight European teams that participated in the 2006 [FIBA World Championship] 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.| Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | – | 1 | |
| Participant of 2006 FIBA World Championship | 19 August – 3 September 2006 | 8 | |
| Qualified through Qualifying Round | 31 August – 16 September 2006 | 6 | |
| Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round | 8 August – 31 August 2007 | 1 |
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
Format
- The top three teams from each group advance to the qualifying round, in which they are separated into two groups.
- 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.
- 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 FIBA World Olympic [Qualifying Tournament 2008].
- *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 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.
Tie-breaking criteria
- Head to head results
- Goal average in the games between the tied teams
- Goal average in all games in its group
Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second round
Group E
Group F
Knockout stage
Championship bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place
Final
Game Statistics'
| # | Player | Min played | Pts | FT | 2-FG | 3-FG | Rebs | Assists |
| 4 | Pau Gasol | 33 | 14 | 5/12 | 3/12 | 1/1 | 14 | 3 |
| 5 | Rudy Fernández | 24 | 5 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Carlos Cabezas | 10 | 2 | - | 1/2 | 0/1 | – | 1 |
| 7 | Juan [Carlos Navarro |Juan Carlos Navarro] | 17 | – | - | 0/3 | 0/2 | – | 1 |
| 8 | José Calderón | 28 | 15 | - | 0/2 | 5/7 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | Felipe Reyes | 21 | 5 | 1/2 | 2/9 | – | 8 | – |
| 10 | Carlos Jiménez | 28 | 5 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 1/4 | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | Sergio Rodríguez | 2 | – | - | – | 0/1 | – | – |
| 12 | Berni Rodríguez | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Marc Gasol | 6 | 5 | 5/6 | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| 14 | Álex Mumbrú | 12 | – | - | 0/1 | – | 1 | – |
| 15 | Jorge Garbajosa | 18 | 8 | - | 1/1 | 2/5 | – | – |
| TOTALS | 200 | 59 | 15/26 | 7/35 | 10/24 | 43 | 11 |
Head Coach: Pepu Hernández
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| # | Player | Min played | Pts | FT | 2-FG | 3-FG | Rebs | Assists |
| 4 | Nikita Shabalkin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Jon Robert Holden | 39 | 8 | - | 4/9 | 0/4 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Sergei Bykov | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Andrei Kirilenko | 30 | 17 | 6/7 | 4/6 | 1/4 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | Nikita Morgunov | 9 | 4 | - | 2/5 | 0/1 | 2 | – |
| 9 | Petr Samoylenko | 16 | – | - | 0/2 | – | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Victor Khryapa | 35 | 7 | - | 2/2 | 1/6 | 12 | 4 |
| 11 | Zakhar Pashutin | 18 | 3 | - | 0/2 | 1/2 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | Sergei Monia | 9 | 3 | - | – | 1/2 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Anton Ponkrashov | 18 | 8 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | Aleksey Savrasenko | 24 | 10 | 2/4 | 4/8 | – | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Nikolay Padius | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| TOTALS | 200 | 60 | 11/15 | 17/35 | 5/20 | 38 | 13 |
Head Coach: David Blatt
Legend: PTS = points, FT = free-throws, 2-FG = 2-point field goals, 3-PG = 3-point field goals, Rebs = Rebounds
