EuroBasket 2017


EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and held between 31 August and 17 September 2017. Beginning from 2017, the continental championships take place every four years with a similar system of qualification as for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Like the previous edition, the tournament was co-hosted by four countries. Games in the group stage were held in Turkey, Finland, Israel and Romania. The knock-out phase was played in Istanbul, Turkey.
Slovenia won their first-ever tournament after defeating Serbia 93–85 in the final. Spain won the bronze medal by beating Russia with the same result.

Host selection

Following the decision to relocate the 2015 tournament, original hosts Ukraine were offered the chance to host the 2017 edition, but they declined, citing the ongoing unrest in the country. Countries expressed interest in hosting were Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland, Serbia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Israel, Poland, Slovenia, Belgium.
On 5 November 2015, FIBA Europe announced that five national federations have applied to organise the EuroBasket 2017: Finland, Israel, Poland, Romania and Turkey.
On 11 December 2015, FIBA Europe announced that the tournament will be hosted by four countries: Israel, Romania, Finland and Turkey with the [|knockout stage] host at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul.

Venues


Format

A total of 24 qualified teams played in groups of six; the four best teams in these groups advanced to a single-elimination knockout stage.

Qualification

The hosts and 2016 Summer Olympics or 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament participants all qualified directly to the EuroBasket 2017.
The remaining 27 teams joined through qualification from 31 August 2016 to 17 September 2016 for 11 places.
TeamQualification methodDate of qualificationBest placement in tournament
Host nation11 December 201516th20156th Place
Host nation11 December 201529th2015Runners-up
Host nation11 December 201518th19875th Place
Host nation11 December 201524th2015Runners-up
1st in EuroBasket 201520 September 201531st2015Champions
2nd in EuroBasket 201520 September 201514th2015Champions
3rd in EuroBasket 201520 September 201538th2015Champions
4th in EuroBasket 201520 September 20156th2015Runners-up
5th in EuroBasket 201520 September 201527th2015Champions
6th in EuroBasket 201520 September 201537th2015Champions
7th in EuroBasket 201520 September 20155th20157th Place
8th in EuroBasket 201520 September 201514th2015Champions
9th in EuroBasket 201520 September 201513th20153rd Place
1st in Qualification Group A14 September 201617th20154th Place
1st in Qualification Group B17 September 201624th2015Champions
1st in Qualification Group C10 September 201613th2015Champions
1st in Qualification Group D17 September 201628th2015Runners-up
1st in Qualification Group E14 September 201613th20154th Place
1st in Qualification Group F17 September 20164th201511th Place
1st in Qualification Group G14 September 201615th1999Champions
2nd in Qualification Group A 17 September 20162nd201524th Place
2nd in Qualification Group E 17 September 20168th20156th Place
2nd in Qualification Group F 14 September 20163rd201317th Place
2nd in Qualification Group G 17 September 20164th201313th Place

Draw

The draw took place in Turkey on 22 November 2016.

Seedings

FIBA Europe released the seedings for the EuroBasket 2017 draw on 20 November 2016. According to the FIBA Europe regulations the participating nations, the 9 participants of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Olympic Qualifying Tournaments would be seeded first, based on their respective records in EuroBasket 2015, with the remaining teams seeded based on their qualification records.
As in the EuroBasket 2015, 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.
Host teamChosen teamDate
7 October 2016
27 October 2016
3 November 2016
15 November 2016

TeamQualificationPositionRecord
2016 Olympics participant1
2016 Olympics participant2
2016 Olympics participant3
2016 Olympics participant4
Olympic Qualifying Tournament participant5
Olympic Qualifying Tournament participant6
Olympic Qualifying Tournament participant7
Olympic Qualifying Tournament participant8
2016 Olympics participant9
Host country10
Host country14
Host country16
1st in 2017 qualification group CQ14–0, 1.2213
1st in 2017 qualification group EQ24–0, 1.1568
1st in 2017 qualification group GQ34–0, 1.1373
1st in 2017 qualification group FQ43–1, 1.2165
1st in 2017 qualification group BQ53–1, 1.2016
1st in 2017 qualification group AQ63–1, 1.1875
1st in 2017 qualification group DQ73–1, 1.1560
Best runner-up in EuroBasket 2017 qualificationQ83–1, 1.2234
2nd best runner-up in EuroBasket 2017 qualificationQ93–1, 1.0876
3rd best runner-up in EuroBasket 2017 qualificationQ102–2, 1.0523
4th best runner-up in EuroBasket 2017 qualificationQ112–2, 0.9900
Host countryDid not qualify for EuroBasket 2015

Final draw

Squads

Preliminary round

Similar to EuroBasket 2015 the preliminary round is being played in four different venues in different countries. Each of the four groups exists of six teams, the best four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. The first matches were played on August 31 and the last are scheduled for September 7.

Group A

Venue: Helsinki, Finland

Group B

Venue: Tel Aviv, Israel

Group C

Venue: Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Group D

Venue: Istanbul, Turkey

Knockout stage

Venue: Istanbul, Turkey

Final

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

;Points
NamePPG
Alexey Shved24.3
Dennis Schröder23.7
Kristaps Porziņģis23.6
Goran Dragić22.6
Bojan Bogdanović22.5

;Rebounds
NameRPG
Jonas Valančiūnas12.0
Gabriel Olaseni11.2
Zaza Pachulia9.2
Luka Dončić8.1
Nikola Vučević8.0

;Assists
NameAPG
Mantas Kalnietis7.2
Sergio Rodríguez6.8
Tomáš Satoranský6.6
Jānis Strēlnieks6.6
Petteri Koponen6.3

;Blocks
NameBPG
Kristaps Porziņģis1.9
Artem Pustovyi1.7
Pau Gasol1.5
Marc Gasol1.4
Anthony Randolph1.4
Gašper Vidmar1.4

;Steals
NameSPG
Andrei Mandache2.2
Marco Belinelli2.1
Denys Lukashov2.0
Cedi Osman2.0
Tomáš Satoranský1.8
Nando de Colo1.8
Stefan Jović1.8
Ricky Rubio1.8

Awards

;All Tournament Team

Medal team rosters