FIBA EuroBasket 2007 qualification

Qualification for the 2007 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2007 took place between 31 August 2006 and 16 September 2007.^[1] A total of seven teams qualified for the tournament. Hosts Spain plus the eight European teams that participated in the 2006 FIBA World Championship (France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey) qualified directly.

Format

National squads were divided in a two-tier system. Teams in Division A competed for direct qualification to FIBA EuroBasket 2007, while teams in Division B competed for two spots on the next tournament's Division A. Those two spots would correspond to the two teams from Division A that were relegated.

Division A

• Teams were split into four groups of four teams each. The competition system was that of a double round-robin with home and away games where the winner from each group and the two best runners-up qualified to EuroBasket 2007.
• The remaining teams where split into three double round-robin groups, two of three teams and one of four teams, and competed in an additional qualifying round. The winners from each group formed an additional round-robin group where the best team earned the last berth for EuroBasket 2007. The three bottom teams from the additional qualifying round competed in another round-robin group where the bottom-two teams where relegated to Division B for the following tournament.

Division B

• Teams were split into two groups of four teams each, and one group of three teams. The competition system was that of a double round-robin with home and away games where the winner from each group plus the best runner-up where paired in two series of home-and-away games. The winner of each series (by overall point differential if the two-game series is a split) is promoted to Division A for the next tournament.

Division A

Qualifying Round

Group 1

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Poland 6 4 2 457 447 +10 10  Sweden 6 3 3 453 438 +15 9  Ukraine 6 3 3 444 431 +13 9  Bulgaria 6 2 4 440 478 −38 8

Bulgaria – 99–65 82–90 80–77  Poland 75–68 – 88–67 74–58  Sweden 79–50 75–81 – 81–71  Ukraine 92–61 80–74 66–61 –

Group 2

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Portugal 6 4 2 462 447 +15 10  Macedonia 6 3 3 486 493 −7 9  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 3 3 482 459 +23 9  Israel 6 2 4 431 462 −31 8

Bosnia and Herzegovina – 85–63 75–72 78–80  Israel 88–81 – 83–70 61–67  Macedonia 81–77 90–87 – 83–63  Portugal 75–86 69–49 108–90 –

Group 3

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Russia 6 5 1 507 422 +85 11  Czech Republic 6 4 2 458 441 +17 10  Hungary 6 2 4 420 439 −19 8  Belgium 6 1 5 400 483 −83 7

Belgium – 61–74 59–73 91–80  Czech Republic 85–67 – 83–64 55–69  Hungary 75–59 76–80 – 70–76  Russia 96–63 104–81 82–62 –

Group 4

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Croatia 6 5 1 498 397 +101 11  Latvia 6 4 2 454 423 +31 10  Estonia 6 2 4 365 432 −67 8  Denmark 6 1 5 405 470 −65 7

Croatia – 91–79 76–47 84–56  Denmark 67–92 – 69–68 74–90  Estonia 78–77 51–50 – 64–73  Latvia 70–78 78–66 87–57 –

Additional qualifying round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 2 297 283 +14 6  Bulgaria 4 2 2 287 292 −5 6  Hungary 4 2 2 290 299 −9 6

Bosnia and Herzegovina – 75–71 70–74  Bulgaria 70–69 – 79–74  Hungary 68–83 74–67 –

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Macedonia 4 3 1 316 253 +63 7  Estonia 4 3 1 247 265 −18 7  Sweden 4 0 4 235 280 −45 4

Estonia – 72–66 68–54  Macedonia 95–50 – 77–58  Sweden 50–57 73–78 –

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Israel 6 5 1 485 421 +64 11  Belgium 6 5 1 442 400 +42 11  Ukraine 6 1 5 409 445 −36 7  Denmark 6 1 5 417 487 −70 7

Belgium – 80–66 83–74 72–69  Denmark 61–71 – 60–72 90–85  Israel 85–66 105–76 – 81–73  Ukraine 45–70 74–64 63–68 –

Final qualifying stage

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	2	2	0	159	147	+12	4
Macedonia	2	1	1	160	155	+5	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	2	123	140	−17	2

29 August 2007 20:30

Boxscore

Macedonia	73–63	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 31–13, 10–17, 12–21, 20–12

Minorca, Spain Attendance: 1,500

30 August 2007 20:30

Boxscore

Bosnia and Herzegovina	60–67	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 27–15, 15–16, 11–13

Minorca, Spain Attendance: 1,500

31 August 2007 20:30

Boxscore

Israel	92–87	Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 17–23, 29–19, 21–27

Minorca, Spain Attendance: 1,700

Relegation stage

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Hungary	2	2	0	176	134	+42	4
Sweden	2	1	1	130	130	0	3
Denmark	2	0	2	125	167	−42	2

29 August 2007 18:00

Boxscore

Sweden	66–55	Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 11–14, 12–13, 22–17

Minorca, Spain Attendance: 1,000

30 August 2007 18:00

Boxscore

Denmark	70–101	Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 29–15, 15–29, 15–26, 11–21

Minorca, Spain

31 August 2007 18:00

Boxscore

Hungary	75–64	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 10–12, 15–19, 26–16

Minorca, Spain

Division B

Qualifying Round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Switzerland	6	5	1	409	347	+62	11
Romania	6	5	1	411	369	+42	11
Ireland	6	1	5	380	438	−58	7
Cyprus	6	1	5	390	436	−46	7

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Great Britain	8	6	2	618	495	+123	14
Netherlands	8	5	3	590	540	+50	13
Belarus	8	5	3	575	547	+28	13
Slovakia	8	4	4	589	593	−4	12
Albania	8	0	8	534	731	−197	8

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Finland	8	7	1	730	535	+195	15
Georgia	8	6	2	640	549	+91	14
Iceland	8	4	4	635	644	−9	12
Austria	8	3	5	555	590	−35	11
Luxembourg	8	0	8	473	715	−242	8

Qualification games

11 September 2007 18:30

Game 1

Romania	83–76	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 23–22, 23–17, 16–22
Pts: Helcioiu 18 Rebs: Popescu 9 Asts: Helcioiu, Stanescu, Kalala 4		Pts: Rannikko 29 Rebs: Matinen 8 Asts: Rannikko 4

Târgu Mureș, Romania

11 September 2007 19:30

Game 1

Great Britain	74–41	Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 11–7, 23–8, 19–15
Pts: Deng 31 Rebs: Deng 12 Asts: Midgley, Deng 4		Pts: Sefolosha 21 Rebs: Sefolosha 9 Asts: Sefolosha, Vogt, Stockalper 1

Sheffield, Great Britain

15 September 2007 18:00

Game 2

Finland	111–61	Romania
Scoring by quarter: 30–12, 27–13, 33–11, 21–25
Pts: Virtanen 23 Rebs: Muurinen 8 Asts: Muurinen, Rannikko, Koponen 3		Pts: Stanescu 20 Rebs: Burlacu 10 Asts: Burlacu, Helcioiu 3
Finland won 187–144, and advanced to Eurobasket 2009 Division A

Vantaa, Finland

15 September 2007 15:15

Game 2

Switzerland	78–89	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 20–23, 21-21, 19–22
Pts: Sefolosha 17 Rebs: Stockalper 4 Asts: Sefolosha 9		Pts: Archibald 23 Rebs: Archibald, Betts 6 Asts: Midgley 4
Great Britain won 163–119, and advanced to Eurobasket 2009 Division A

Geneva, Switzerland

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