EuroBasket 2005

The 2005 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2005, was the 34th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. Italso served as Europe qualifier for the 2006 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top six teams in the final standings. It was held in Serbia and Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Belgrade, Novi Sad, Podgorica and Vršac hosted the tournament. It was the third time that the championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade. Greece won its second FIBA European title by defeating Germany with a 78–62 score in the final. Germany's Dirk Nowitzki was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues

Belgrade

, the capital of Serbia and Montenegro, was the main stage of the EuroBasket 2005 action. The Pionir Hall hosted Group C's six preliminary round games, while the Belgrade Arena hosted the competition following the preliminary round.
This was the third time that championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade. Belgrade previously hosted the European basketball championships in 1961 and 1975.

Podgorica

's Morača Sports Center hosted Group B, where six games were played. Being in Montenegro, it is the farthest locale from the central venue.

Novi Sad

, nicknamed "The City of Sports", is the capital of province of Vojvodina and home to the Spens Sports Center. The six Group D games were played there.

Vršac

was home to Group A during the tournament, and also had a total of six games played in the 5,000-person capacity Millennium Center.

Qualification

Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2005, hosts Serbia and Montenegro the top four teams from EuroBasket 2003, Lithuania, Spain, Italy and Greece qualified directly. Greece took the place of the French team, which was the fourth-placed team in EuroBasket 2003. The other eleven 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 quarterfinals.
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-offs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Dirk Nowitzki	26.1
2	Juan Carlos Navarro	25.2
3	Andrei Kirilenko	17.5
4	Igor Rakočević	16.3
5	Gordan Giriček	15.7
6	Jorge Garbajosa	14.5
7	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	14.0
8	Boris Diaw	13.7
9	Jaka Lakovič	12.8
10	Jon Robert Holden	12.5

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Andrei Kirilenko	11.8
2	Dirk Nowitzki	10.6
2	Victor Khryapa	8.7
4	Felipe Reyes	7.7
5	Florent Piétrus	7.1
6	Gordan Giriček	6.5
7	Jorge Garbajosa	6.2
7	Radoslav Nesterović	6.2
9	Mario Kasun	6.0
10	Frédéric Weis	5.9

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Dimitris Diamantidis	5.0
2	Marko Jarić	4.3
3	Tal Burstein	4.0
3	Igor Rakočević	4.0
3	Meir Tapiro	4.0
6	Marko Popović	3.5
7	Boris Diaw	3.4
8	Kerem Tunçeri	3.0
9	Tony Parker	2.4
10	Jaka Lakovič	2.3
10	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	2.3

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Andrei Kirilenko	3.3
2	Dror Hajaj	3.0
2	Meir Tapiro	3.0
4	Dimitris Diamantidis	2.9
5	Sani Bečirovič	2.3
5	Ender Arslan	2.3
7	Vidas Ginevičius	2.2
7	Zoran Planinić	2.2
9	Marko Jarić	2.0
9	Kerem Tunçeri	2.0

Blocks

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Andrei Kirilenko	2.8
2	Dirk Nowitzki	1.9
3	Boris Diaw	1.3
4	Darko Miličić	1.2
4	Darjuš Lavrinovič	1.2
4	Fran Vázquez	1.2
7	Radoslav Nesterović	1.0
7	Mario Kasun	1.0
7	Yaniv Green	1.0
7	Denis Marconato	1.0
7	Mehmet Okur	1.0

Minutes

Pos.	Name	MPG
1	Dirk Nowitzki	36.9
2	Jorge Garbajosa	35.3
3	Gordan Giriček	34.7
4	Tal Burstein	34.5
5	Juan Carlos Navarro	33.5
5	Andrei Kirilenko	33.5
7	José Calderón	31.7
8	Jaka Lakovič	31.5
9	Dimitris Diamantidis	31.4
10	Boris Diaw	31.3
10	Meir Tapiro	31.3

Individual Game Highs

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	'	87.0
2		84.0
3		80.9
4		80.3
5		79.8