EuroBasket 2003

The 2003 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2003, was the 33rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as the Europe qualifier for the 2004 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to the top three teams in the final standings. It was held in Sweden between 5 September and 14 September 2003. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Borås, Luleå, Norrköping, Södertälje and Stockholm hosted the tournament. Lithuania won its third FIBA European title by defeating Spain with a 93–84 score in the final. Lithuania's Šarūnas Jasikevičius was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues

Qualification

Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	–	1
Champions of 2002 FIBA World Championship	29 August – 8 September 2002	1
Qualified through Qualifying Round	21 November 2001 – 25 January 2003	14

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D

Format

The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The first team from each group qualified directly to the knockout stage. To define the other four teams that advanced to the knockout stage, second and third-placed teams from each group where cross-paired and the winner from each match advanced to the knockout stage.
In the knockout quarterfinals, the winners advanced to the semifinals. The winners from the semifinals competed for the championship in the final, while the losing teams play a consolation game for the third place.
The losing teams from the quarterfinals play in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.
Squads

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

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Play-off

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points

Pos.

Name

PPG

Individual Game Highs

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	'	90.7
2		84.3
3		84.0
4		83.8
5		81.9

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	'	39.0
2		36.0
3		33.7
4		33.0
5		32.7
5		32.7

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1	'	17.3
2		16.3
3		14.0
4		12.0
4		12.0
4		12.0

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	'	9.7
2		8.6
3		7.7
4		7.3
5		7.0
5		7.0

Blocks

Pos.	Name	BPG
1		4.5
2		4.4
3		3.7
3		3.7
5		3.2

Team Game highs

Awards

All-Tournament Team

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Final standings

	Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics as host
	Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics as current World Champion

'	'		4th
Giedrius Gustas Mindaugas Žukauskas Arvydas Macijauskas Saulius Štombergas Ramūnas Šiškauskas Darius Songaila Donatas Slanina Eurelijus Žukauskas Kšyštof Lavrinovič Šarūnas Jasikevičius Dainius Šalenga Virginijus Praškevičius	Pau Gasol Roger Grimau Carles Marco Juan Carlos Navarro José Calderon Felipe Reyes Carlos Jiménez Alberto Herreros Rodrigo de la Fuente Antonio Bueno Alfonso Reyes Jorge Garbajosa	Nikola Radulović Gianluca Basile Giacomo Galanda Matteo Soragna Denis Marconato Alessandro De Pol Alex Righetti Davide Lamma Massimo Bulleri Michele Mian Roberto Chiacig Alessandro Cittadini	Moustapha Sonko Tariq Abdul-Wahad Jérôme Moïso Laurent Foirest Alain Digbeu Tony Parker Makan Dioumassi Florent Piétrus Cyril Julian Boris Diaw Thierry Rupert Ronny Turiaf