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 September 5 and September 14 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
Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2003, hosts Sweden and World Champions Serbia and Montenegro qualified directly. The other fourteen teams earned their berths via a qualifying tournament.| 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
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second round
Knockout stage
Championship bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place
Final
5th to 8th place
Statistical Leaders
Individual Tournament Highs
Points| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 |  Pau Gasol | 25.8 |
| 2 |  Andrei Kirilenko | 23.2 |
| 3 |  Dirk Nowitzki | 22.5 |
| 4 |  Damir Mulaomerović | 16.5 |
| 5 | Juan Carlos Navarro | 16.2 |
| 6 |  Arvydas Macijauskas | 15.8 |
| 7 | Ramūnas Šiškauskas | 14.8 |
| 8 |  Massimo Bulleri | 14.2 |
| 9 | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 14.0 |
| 10 | Saulius Štombergas | 13.7 |
Rebounds
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | Ademola Okulaja | 8.2 |
| 2 |  Predrag Drobnjak | 7.5 |
| 2 | Pau Gasol | 7.5 |
| 4 | Andrei Kirilenko | 6.8 |
| 4 | Nikola Prkačin | 6.8 |
| 6 | Matej Mamić | 6.5 |
| 7 | Dirk Nowitzki | 6.2 |
| 7 | Giacomo Galanda | 6.2 |
| 9 | Victor Khryapa | 6.0 |
| 9 | Dalibor Bagarić | 6.0 |
Assists
| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 8.2 |
| 2 | Marko Jarić | 4.0 |
| 2 | Damir Mulaomerović | 4.0 |
| 4 |  Meir Tapiro | 3.4 |
| 5 | Massimo Bulleri | 3.2 |
| 6 | Mithat Demirel | 3.0 |
| 7 | Carles Marco | 2.5 |
| 7 | Marko Popović | 2.5 |
| 9 | Tal Burstein | 2.4 |
| 10 |  Dimitris Diamantidis | 2.3 |
| 10 | Patrick Femerling | 2.3 |
Steals
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | Andrei Kirilenko | 3.5 |
| 2 | Arvydas Macijauskas | 2.3 |
| 3 | Meir Tapiro | 1.9 |
| 4 | Marko Jarić | 1.5 |
| 4 | Ademola Okulaja | 1.5 |
| 6 | Zakhar Pashutin | 1.4 |
| 7 | Tal Burstein | 1.3 |
| 7 | Victor Khryapa | 1.3 |
| 7 | Giorgos Sigalas | 1.3 |
| 7 | Dirk Nowitzki | 1.3 |
Blocks
| Pos. | Name | BPG |
| 1 | Andrei Kirilenko | 2.2 |
| 1 | Eurelijus Žukauskas | 2.2 |
| 3 | Dirk Nowitzki | 1.8 |
| 4 | Pau Gasol | 1.7 |
| 5 | Kšyštof Lavrinovič | 1.5 |
| 6 | Patrick Femerling | 1.2 |
| 7 | Jake Tsakalidis | 1.0 |
| 7 | Dalibor Bagarić | 1.0 |
| 7 | Matej Mamić | 1.0 |
| 9 | Victor Khryapa | 0.9 |
| 9 | Fedor Likholitov | 0.9 |
Minutes
| Pos. | Name | MPG |
| 1 | Andrei Kirilenko | 35.3 |
| 2 | Dirk Nowitzki | 34.8 |
| 3 | Matej Mamić | 32.5 |
| 4 | Milan Gurović | 32.3 |
| 5 | Tal Burstein | 31.6 |
| 6 | Pau Gasol | 31.3 |
| 7 | Marko Jarić | 30.8 |
| 8 | Gordan Giriček | 30.0 |
| 9 | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 29.8 |
| 10 | Jorge Garbajosa | 29.7 |
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 |
 Tony Parker |
| Šarūnas Jasikevičius |
| Saulius Štombergas |
| Andrei Kirilenko |
| Pau Gasol |
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 |
| 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 |