41st edition of the FIBA EuroBasket
International basketball competition
The
EuroBasket 2022
was the 41st edition of the
EuroBasket
championship organized by
FIBA Europe
. It was the first since it was agreed it would take place every four years, with a similar system of qualification as for the
FIBA Basketball World Cup
.
[1]
It was originally scheduled to take place between 2 and 19 September 2021, but due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
and the subsequent postponement of the
2020 Summer Olympics
to 2021, it was postponed to September 2022.
[2]
Like the previous two editions, the tournament was co-hosted by four countries. Games in the group stage were held in the Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, and Italy. The knock-out phase was played in
Berlin
, Germany.
The tournament featured three
All-NBA First Team
members,
Nikola Joki?
(Serbia),
Giannis Antetokounmpo
(Greece) and
Luka Don?i?
(Slovenia), making it one of the most anticipated tournaments in EuroBasket history.
[3]
Spain won the final against France, achieving its fourth EuroBasket title in the last six tournaments.
[4]
Germany secured the bronze medal on home soil after defeating Poland.
[5]
Host selection
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Bounce is the official mascot of the EuroBasket 2022.
For
EuroBasket 2015
and 2017, FIBA Europe opened three bidding options for hosting: to host a preliminary group, to host the final round, or to host the entire tournament. In the end, each of these two tournaments was hosted in four cities in four countries. It was hosted by four nations for the third time.
Seven countries submitted separate candidacies to host Eurobasket 2022:
[6]
[7]
Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany and Italy were selected as host countries on 15 July 2019 at the Central Board in
Munich
,
Germany
.
Venues
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Qualification
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The qualification started in November 2017, with nine teams participating in the pre-qualifiers, including the five eliminated teams from the
2019 World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers
. The co-hosts (Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany and Italy) participated in qualifiers, despite having already qualified to the EuroBasket 2022. After the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
, Russia was expelled from the tournament and replaced by Montenegro.
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Qualified teams
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| Team
|
Qualification method
|
Date of qualification
|
App
|
Last
|
Best placement in tournament
|
Czech Republic
|
Host nation
|
15 July 2019
|
6th
|
2017
|
7th place (
2015
)
|
Georgia
|
5th
|
11th place
(
2011
)
|
Germany
|
25th
|
Champions
(
1993
)
|
Italy
|
38th
|
Champions
(
1983
,
1999
)
|
Croatia
|
Group D
top three
|
29 November 2020
|
14th
|
Third place
(
1993
,
1995
)
|
Greece
|
Group H
top three
|
28th
|
Champions
(
1987
,
2005
)
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
10th
|
2015
|
8th place
(
1993
)
|
Israel
|
Group A
top three
|
30 November 2020
|
30th
|
2017
|
Runners-up
(
1979
)
|
Spain
|
32nd
|
Champions
(
2009
,
2011
,
2015
)
|
Slovenia
|
Group F
top three
|
14th
|
Champions
(
2017
)
|
Ukraine
|
9th
|
6th place
(
2013
)
|
Russia
|
Group B
top three
|
19 February 2021
|
14th
|
Champions
(
2007
)
|
Serbia
|
Group E
top three
|
7th
|
Runners-up
(
2009
,
2017
)
|
Finland
|
17th
|
6th place
(
1967
)
|
Poland
|
Group A top three
|
29th
|
Runners-up
(
1963
)
|
Hungary
|
Group F top three
|
16th
|
Champions
(
1955
)
|
Belgium
|
Group C
top three
|
20 February 2021
|
18th
|
Fourth place
(
1947
)
|
Netherlands
|
Group D top three
|
16th
|
2015
|
Fourth place
(
1983
)
|
Turkey
|
25th
|
2017
|
Runners-up
(
2001
)
|
Bulgaria
|
Group H top three
|
25th
|
2011
|
Runners-up
(
1957
)
|
France
|
Group G
top two
|
39th
|
2017
|
Champions
(
2013
)
|
Great Britain
|
5th
|
13th place
(
2009
,
2011
,
2013
)
|
Estonia
|
Group B top three
|
22 February 2021
|
6th
|
2015
|
5th place
(
1937
,
1939
)
|
Lithuania
|
Group C top three
|
15th
|
2017
|
Champions
(
1937
,
1939
,
2003
)
|
Montenegro
|
Replacement
|
20 May 2022
|
4th
|
13th place
(
2017
)
|
Marketing
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Logo
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The official logo was unveiled on 16 December 2019.
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Draw
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The draw took place on 29 April 2021 in
Berlin
, Germany.
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Each of the four hosts was granted the right to select a partner federation for commercial and marketing criteria. These teams would automatically be placed into the same group as their chosen partner country.
Seedings
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The 24 qualified teams were seeded according to the
FIBA Men's World Ranking
.
Russia was replaced by Montenegro.
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Referees
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The following 44 referees were selected for the tournament.
[17]
- Geert Jacobs
- Ademir Zurapovi?
- Martin Horozov
- Ventsislav Velikov
- Martin Vuli?
Ilias Kounelles
- Ivor Mat?jek
- Mihkel Manniste
- Alexandre Deman
- Nicolas Maestre
- Yohan Rosso
- Carsten Straube
- Georgios Poursanidis
- Peter Praksch
- Erez Gurion
- Beniamino Attard
- Lorenzo Baldini
- Saverio Lanzarini
- Manuel Mazzoni (suspended after Lithuania-Germany match)
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Andris Aunkrogers
- M?rti?? Kozlovskis
- Oskars Lucis
- Gatis Sali??
- Gvidas Gedvilas
- Gintaras Ma?iulis
- Zdravko Rute?i?
- Radomir Vojinovi?
Igor Mitrovski
- Wojciech Liszka (suspended after Lithuania-Germany match)
[18]
[19]
- Michał Proc (suspended after Lithuania-Germany match)
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[19]
- Dariusz Zapolski
Paulo Marques
Marius Ciulin
- Gizella Gyorgyi
- Aleksandar Gli?i?
Zdenko Toma?ovi?
- Boris Kreji?
- Fernando Calatrava
- Luis Castillo
- Antonio Conde
- Kerem Baki
- Yener Yılmaz
- Zafer Yılmaz
- Serhiy Zashchuk
Squads
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Preliminary round
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Group A
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Source:
FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H)
Hosts
Notes:
- ^
a
b
c
Turkey 4 Pts; Montenegro 3 Pts; Belgium 2 Pts
- ^
a
b
Bulgaria 92?80 Georgia
Group B
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Source:
FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H)
Hosts
Notes:
- ^
a
b
Slovenia 88?80 Germany
- ^
a
b
Lithuania 87?70 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Group C
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Source:
FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H)
Hosts
Notes:
- ^
a
b
c
Ukraine 3 Pts, +6 PD; Croatia 3 Pts, 0 PD; Italy 3 Pts, ?6 PD
Group D
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Source:
FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H)
Hosts
Notes:
- ^
a
b
Finland 89?59 Poland
- ^
a
b
Czech Republic 88?77 Israel
Knockout stage
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All games are played at the
Mercedes-Benz Arena
in
Berlin
, Germany.
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Bracket
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Final
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Final standings
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| Rank
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|
Team
|
|
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|
|
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FIBA World Rankings
|
| Before
|
After
|
Change
|
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Spain
|
9
|
8?1
|
817
|
719
|
+98
|
17
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
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France
|
9
|
6?3
|
732
|
692
|
+40
|
15
|
4
|
5
|
?1
|
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Germany
|
9
|
7?2
|
828
|
751
|
+77
|
16
|
11
|
11
|
0
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| 4
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Poland
|
9
|
5?4
|
694
|
764
|
?70
|
14
|
13
|
13
|
0
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| Eliminated in Quarterfinals
|
| 5
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Greece
|
7
|
6?1
|
646
|
586
|
+60
|
13
|
9
|
9
|
0
|
| 6
|
Slovenia
|
7
|
5?2
|
639
|
594
|
+45
|
12
|
5
|
7
|
?2
|
| 7
|
Finland
|
7
|
4?3
|
616
|
589
|
+27
|
11
|
34
|
25
|
+9
|
| 8
|
Italy
|
7
|
4?3
|
587
|
542
|
+45
|
11
|
10
|
10
|
0
|
| Eliminated in Round of 16
|
| 9
|
Serbia
|
6
|
5?1
|
552
|
455
|
+97
|
11
|
6
|
6
|
0
|
| 10
|
Turkey
|
6
|
3?3
|
489
|
465
|
+24
|
9
|
15
|
16
|
?1
|
| 11
|
Ukraine
|
6
|
3?3
|
496
|
484
|
+8
|
9
|
31
|
28
|
+3
|
| 12
|
Croatia
|
6
|
3?3
|
498
|
490
|
+12
|
9
|
20
|
23
|
?3
|
| 13
|
Montenegro
|
6
|
3?3
|
460
|
463
|
?3
|
9
|
24
|
18
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+6
|
| 14
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Belgium
|
6
|
3?3
|
456
|
471
|
?15
|
9
|
36
|
29
|
+7
|
| 15
|
Lithuania
|
6
|
2?4
|
533
|
514
|
+19
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
0
|
| 16
|
Czech Republic
|
6
|
2?4
|
504
|
529
|
?25
|
8
|
12
|
12
|
0
|
| Eliminated in Preliminary round fifth place teams
|
| 17
|
Israel
|
5
|
2?3
|
394
|
416
|
?22
|
7
|
41
|
33
|
+8
|
| 18
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
5
|
2?3
|
412
|
438
|
?26
|
7
|
45
|
37
|
+8
|
| 19
|
Estonia
|
5
|
1?4
|
368
|
382
|
?14
|
6
|
47
|
44
|
+3
|
| 20
|
Bulgaria
|
5
|
1?4
|
427
|
475
|
?48
|
6
|
51
|
47
|
+4
|
| Eliminated in Preliminary round sixth place teams
|
| 21
|
Georgia
|
5
|
1?4
|
381
|
425
|
?44
|
6
|
35
|
32
|
+3
|
| 22
|
Netherlands
|
5
|
0?5
|
359
|
425
|
?66
|
5
|
46
|
46
|
0
|
| 23
|
Hungary
|
5
|
0?5
|
382
|
469
|
?87
|
5
|
42
|
40
|
+2
|
| 24
|
Great Britain
|
5
|
0?5
|
321
|
453
|
?132
|
5
|
44
|
48
|
?4
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Statistics and awards
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Statistical leaders
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Players
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Teams
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Awards
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The awards were announced on 19 September 2022.
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Turkey?Georgia brawl
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During the game between
Turkey
and
Georgia
in Group A,
Furkan Korkmaz
and
Duda Sanadze
were ejected after a scuffle. Korkmaz was reportedly attacked when leaving the arena by Georgian players.
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The following day, the Turkish federation threatened to leave the tournament.
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After the game, the Turkish federation also submitted a complaint because the game clock ran for 22 seconds while the game was paused; this complaint was initially dismissed by FIBA.
On 5 September, FIBA opened an investigation and ten days later, on 15 September, announced to have opened "disciplinary proceedings for engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct" against four players.
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References
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External links
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