EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24.FIBA Europe Board Expands EuroBasket Field FIBA Europe, 31 May 2010.EuroBasket 2013 seeding unveiled FIBA Europe. 22 November 2011
France defeated Lithuania in the final to win their first title. Tony Parker was named the tournament's MVP.
Host selection Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Slovenia brought forward a potential candidature for the FIBA EuroBasket. Countries which were interested in submitting a formal candidature had to do so by .Ten countries express interest in hosting EuroBasket FIBA Europe, 18 May 2010. On , it was announced that only two countries, Slovenia and Italy had submitted formal bids. On , Italy announced its withdrawal from the run. The Basketball Federation of Slovenia (BFS) thus remained the only candidate organizer.
The decision on the candidacy was officially reported after FIBA Europe's meeting in Munich, Germany on . In March 2011, the BFS appointed the economist Aleš Križnar as the director of the event.
Format In the first stage, every team had to play against every other team of their group (round-robin). This meant five matches per team.
From every group, the three best teams advanced to the second stage and the three worst teams were eliminated. In the second stage, two new groups were formed. The three best teams from groups A and B were united to form group E and the three best teams from groups C and D were united to form group F.
In these two new groups of the second stage only matches by teams that had not yet played each other have to be played. As for the matches that had already happened in the first stage, their results also counted in the second stage. Therefore, every team played three matches and there are 12 teams in the second stage.
Out of the second stage, the four best teams from each of the two groups advanced to the quarterfinals (8 teams in total) whereas the two worst teams will be eliminated from the championship (four teams in total).
Financing The fee that Slovenia had to pay to FIBA Europe amounted to 6 million euros. According to the agreement, half of the money was paid by the Slovenian state.
Logo, official song and mascot of the championship
The official mascot was Lipko,Lipko in www.eurobasket2013.org whose name came from combining the Slovenian word for linden tree and the diminutive "ko". The word lipa is of Slavic origin. Lipko is spelt the same in every language and in every market where he is present.
Attendance
Preliminary round City Arena Visitors(avg. per game) Total visitors(all 15 events) Total capacity(all 15 events) % visitors(avg. p/g & total) Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 1,536 23,040 82,500 27.9 Jesenice Podmežakla Hall 3,389 50,846 82,500 61.6 Celje Zlatorog Arena 2,888 43,320 82,500 52.5 Koper Arena Bonifika 2,542 38,130 75,000 46.2 – Total (all 60 events) 2,588 155,336 322,500 48.2 Slovenia already beat record attendance of 155,336 after preliminary round for almost 20,000 more people from previous FIBA Eurobasket. The average attendance per game was 2,588 visitors.
Second round City Arena Visitors(avg. per game) Total visitors(all 18 events) Total capacity(all 18 events) % visitors(avg. p/g & total) Ljubljana Arena Stožice 5,086 91,560 225,000 40.7
Venues On 24 March 2011, it was officially announced that the preliminary round would be played in Novo Mesto, Jesenice, Koper and Ptuj. Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, will host the final round at the Arena Stožice. On 18 June 2012, it was announced that the city council of Ptuj cancelled their bid for the tournament. Novo Mesto cancelled their bid on 2 July 2012. On 28 August 2012, it was confirmed that the preliminary round would be played in Celje and Ljubljana (Tivoli Hall) instead of Ptuj and Novo Mesto, which cancelled their bids.
Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,500 Opened in 2010 Second and knockout stages Jesenice Podmežakla Hall 5,500 Reconstruction completed in 2013 Preliminary stage Koper Arena Bonifika 5,000 Reconstruction completed in 2013 Preliminary stage Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 5,600EuroBasket2013.org Tivoli Hall Capacity: 5,600. Opened in 1965 Preliminary stage Celje Zlatorog Arena 5,500 Opened in 2003 Preliminary stage
Qualification
Olympic Games or Olympic Qualifying Tournament participants Spain, France, Russia, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Greece, Slovenia and Great Britain all qualified directly to the EuroBasket 2013 Final Round.
The 31 remaining teams were divided into 5 groups of 5 teams and 1 group of 6 teams. The first and second placed teams in each group plus the 4 best third placed teams were qualified for the Final Round.
The Qualifiers were played between 15 August and 11 September 2012.
The EuroBasket 2013 draw took place on 18 November 2012; first time in the history the draw took place underground – in the Concert Hall of Postojna Cave.
Qualified teams
Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation 5 December 2010 1 Participants of 2012 Olympics and of the 2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament 28 July – 12 August 2012 2–8 July 20127 Qualified through FIBA Eurobasket 2013 qualification 14 August – 11 September 201216
Squads
Draw The EuroBasket 2013 draw took place on 18 November 2012, first time in history the draw took place underground – in the Postojna Cave Concert Hall, divided the qualified teams into four groups of six, groups A, B, C, and D. It was decided that games would take place in Celje, Jesenice, Koper and Ljubljana. Included are the latest published FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.
+SeedingTeam Qualifying PCT Qualifying PD Pot Top 4 in 2011 1Next 3 in 2011 2 2012 Olympics host 1.000 +148 3 1.000 +146 1.000 +142 1.000 +117 .750 +145 4 .750 +136 .750 +64 .750 +57 .750 +41 5 .625 +73 .625 +71 .625 +49 .625 +14 6 .600 +125 .600 +90 .600 +54
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 (2) (8) (6) (34) (5) (4) (14) (23) (21) (16) (13) (77) (48) (40) (50) (50) (50) (77) (39) (7) (61) (12) (31) (83)
Preliminary round Group A Venue: Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
4 September 2013 71–75OT 57–58 74–80 5 September 2013 74–67 73–77OT 65–88 6 September 2013 83–88 76–71 82–63 8 September 2013 81–74 71–77 87–69 9 September 2013 68–87 80–76 65–82
Group B Venue: Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
4 September 2013 86–75 80–81 63–56 5 September 2013 72–73 67–77 75–67 6 September 2013 70–76 59–67 89–75 8 September 2013 62–54 80–71 77–70OT9 September 2013 76–66 72–78 83–76
Group C Venue: Zlatorog Arena, Celje
4 September 2013 84–67 68–40 60–62 5 September 2013 77–76 68–69 78–69 7 September 2013 60–39 74–70 68–72 8 September 2013 53–89 95–79 74–76OT9 September 2013 59–83 70–53 61–71
Group D Venue: Arena Bonifika, Koper
4 September 2013 55–61 51–79 69–76 5 September 2013 81–60 90–75 80–71 7 September 2013 62–81 62–44 61–84 8 September 2013 86–832OT 72–81 74–87 9 September 2013 77–86 82–79 77–89
Second round
The two groups comprised the three best-ranked teams from Groups A, B, C and D. Teams coming from the same initial group did not play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them from the first round.
The best four teams advanced to the quarterfinals.
Group E
11 September 2013 85–51 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana 69–76 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana 76–62 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana13 September 2013 86–67 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana 82–75 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana 102–91 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana15 September 2013 56–60 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana 63–70 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana 77–65 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Group F
12 September 2013 63–88 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana 79–75 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana 84–77 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana14 September 2013 76–68 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana 82–56 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana 65–73 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana16 September 2013 92–88 2OT Arena Stožice, Ljubljana 86–81OT Arena Stožice, Ljubljana 92–76 Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Knockout stage
All games were held at Arena Stožice in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
Classification 5–8
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Most Valuable Player Tony Parker
Final standings
+ Key Qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Qualified as host nation for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Received wild card for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
RankTeamRecord 8–3 8–3 7–4 4 8–3 5 7–4 6 6–5 7 6–5 8 6–5 95–3 3–5 114–4 4–4 13 3–2 2–3 2–3 1–4 17 2–3 2–3 1–4 1–4 21 1–4 1–4 1–4 1–4
All-Tournament Team PG – Tony Parker (MVP) SG – Goran Dragić SF – Bojan Bogdanović PF – Linas Kleiza C – Marc Gasol
Statistical leaders In order for players to qualify as statistical leaders for the tournament, they had to play in at least 6 games during the competition.
PointsSTATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Points Per Game. Name PPG Tony Parker 19.0 Bojan Bogdanović 17.4 Vassillis Spanoulis 16.7 Goran Dragić 15.8 Nenad Krstić 15.4
ReboundsSTATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Rebounds Per Game. Name RPG Axel Hervelle 7.9 Marc Gasol 7.8 Ante Tomić 7.2 Alexis Ajinça 7.0 Nemanja Bjelica
AssistsSTATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Assists Per Game. Name APG Mantas Kalnietis 5.0 Petteri Koponen 4.8 Goran Dragić 4.5 Nikos Zisis 4.3 Eugene "Pooh" Jeter 4.1
BlocksSTATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Blocks Per Game. Name BPG Viacheslav Kravtsov 2.0 Marco Cusin 1.6 Mirza Begić 1.5 Jonas Valančiūnas 1.4 Alexis Ajinça 1.3
StealsSTATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Steals Per Game. Name SPG Petteri Koponen 1.4 Ricky Rubio 1.4 Nando de Colo 1.1 Dontaye Draperseven players 1.0
FIBA broadcasting rights The tournament was broadcast in a record 167 countries around the globe (previous record is 162 countries).
Country Broadcaster TVSH DirecTV Be TV TELENET FTV RTRS SporTV ESPN Brasil TV Esporte Interativo Nova Sport CCTV-5 HRT2 Sportska televizija Sport Klub Czech Television CYTA Viasat Sport Viasat Sport Baltic Viasat SportYle Sport+Canal+ Sport Radio Television of Kosovo Sitel 1TV Das Erste ANT1Cosmote TV Sport 1 NEO Sports BT Sport Sport 5 Rai Sport
Country Broadcaster TV6 Viasat Sport Baltic TV3 Viasat Sport Baltic Fuji TV Astro TV Vijesti Sport1 Viasat Sport Solar TV Basketball TV Polsat Sport Sport TV Al Jazeera Sports Digi TV (TV channel) Rossiya 2 Sport 1 RTS StarHub Slovak Sport.TV RTV Slovenija Šport TV SuperSport Cuatro Energy TV10 Viasat Sport NTV Spor XSPORT BT Sport ESPN3
References
External links
Official website