EuroBasket

European basketball tournament for national teams

This article is about the men's basketball tournament. For the basketball news website, see Eurobasket.com. For the women's tournament, see EuroBasket Women.

EuroBasket

Current season, competition or edition: EuroBasket 2021
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1935; 84 years ago (1935)
Inaugural season	1935
No. of teams	24
Countries	FIBA Europe member associations
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Slovenia (1st title)
Most titles	Soviet Union (14 titles)
Related competitions	FIBA European Championship for Small Countries EuroBasket Women
Official website	FIBAEurope.com

EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested biannually, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the European zone within the International Basketball Federation.

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 Beginning
    
  
  
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    1.2 Soviet dominance
    
  
  
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    1.3 Rise of Yugoslavia
    
  
  
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    1.4 New winners emerge
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Qualification
  


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  3 Competition format
  


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  4 Results
  


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  5 Medal table
  


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  6 Statistics
  
  
  
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    6.1 Participation details
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 Individuals
  
  
  
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    7.1 MVP and Top scorer by country
    
  
  
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    7.2 Most times MVP and Top scorer by Players
    
  
  
  
  


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  8 EuroBasket Records
  
  
  
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    8.1 All-time leading scorers in total points scored
    
  
  
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    8.2 All-time leading scorers in points per game average
    
  
  
  
  


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  9 See also
  


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  10 References
  


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  11 External links
  

History

Beginning

The first championships was held three years after the establishment of FIBA, in 1935. Switzerland was chosen as the host country, and ten countries joined. Only one qualifying match was played between Portugal and Spain. With a complicated formula, the final would see Latvia as champions. According to the rule at the time, the winner had to hold the following games. The following two tournaments would be won by Lithuania and would see the introduction of Egypt which would compete in EuroBasket until 1953 winning one championship at home in 1949 along the way.^[1]

Soviet dominance

After the 1946 edition saw the first jump shot performed by Italian player Giuseppe Stefanini, the following edition would see the Soviet Union compete in their first edition in the 1947 edition and would see the Soviets win the first of eleven out of the next thirteen European championships.^[2] During the 50s, the Soviet Union won four of the five competitions held during the decade with the only tournament that they did not win being the 1955 edition. This was won by Hungary as they finished top while the Soviets finished in third place. It was also during that edition that the thirty-second shot clock was introduced, which changed the style of basketball.^[3]

The Soviets would take out all of the championships during the 60s with them having a fifty-five game winning streak which would be broken by Yugoslavia in 1969. For Yugoslavia, they were starting to come to challenge the Soviets with the main player in Radivoj Korac aiding the team to two silvers and a bronze medal, in his career which stopped in 1967. The 1960s would see also a change in how the competition was viewed and run with FIBA putting a limit on the number of countries that entered to 16 with qualifiers being the way to bring them down to that number as it first appeared in 1963. The following edition would see the competition not be held in one city with Tbilisi joining Moscow in hosting games and in 1967 the first modern games were held, because the games were televised and international media were present.^[4]

Rise of Yugoslavia

The 1970s were the competition between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. During the decade Yugoslavia won three gold medals and the Soviet Union taking out the remaining two. After the Soviets took out 1971, the 1973 edition would finally see Yugoslavia take out their first championship after Spain defeated the Soviets in the semi-finals to qualify for their first final since the first edition way back in 1935. Yugoslavia would finally have a chance to defeat the Soviets as at home, they would get the chance to defeat them and they did as they won by six points to take home 1975 edition. After following that up in 1977, the Soviets would get their revenge in the final round at EuroBasket 1979 when they defeated them 96-77 to qualify through to the final where they would defeat Israel who shocked the basketball world as they defeated Yugoslavia in the opening round by a point.^[5]

Brewing under the Soviets and Yugoslavs, the west was starting to appear with the 1980s seeing the change happen. In 1983, the western side of Europe tasted success with Italy defeating Spain in the final to record their first of two titles. Two things happened in the following edition which was held in Germany. The first was that the NBA scouts had appeared in masses to see the best players. Dražen Petrović, Arvydas Sabonis, Nikos Galis, Detlef Schrempf and Fernando Martin all would head over to the United States to play in the NBA. That same edition also saw the first three-point arc being used. Greece would win the next edition in 1987 at home and followed that with a silver medal at the 1989 edition in Yugoslavia.^[6]

New winners emerge

EuroBasket 1991 was the first EuroBasket tournament in which currently active NBA players, that had also already played in an official NBA regular season game were allowed to participate. It would also be the first edition where the Soviets weren't entered into the competition, as the USSR collapsed and it didn't qualify for the main tournament. Yugoslavia would take the title, but afterwards war would split the country up with Jure Zdovc being a "casualty" after Slovenia declared independence, two days into the tournament. 1993 saw a shock winner, with Germany taking the championship at home with a one-point victory over Russia. After being suspended in 1993, FR Yugoslavia came back and took the trophy after defeating Lithuania, which was making its first appearance, since it had been a country of the Soviet Union. But politics came into play with the crowd protesting “Lithuania is the champions”, while the Croatian team who had defeated Greece for bronze step down from the podium in protest of the war that was happening at the time.^[7][8]

Qualification

24 European teams take part in the final competition. The qualification format that existed until the 2011 EuroBasket permitted 16 teams to compete. Eight spots were determined by the host nation and the top seven finishers of the previous EuroBasket. The remaining Division A teams compete in a qualification tournament. There, they were divided into four groups. Each group played a double round-robin. The top team in each group qualified for EuroBasket. The best three of the four runners-up also qualified.

Of the ten teams that did not qualify in the qualification tournament, the six best got another chance in the additional qualification round. The remaining four competed in a relegation round, with two being sent to Division B for the next qualification cycle (and replaced by the two best teams from Division B).

The final spot was determined by the additional qualifying round. The six teams were divided into two groups of three, with each group playing a double round-robin. The top team in each group played in the final against the other group's top team; the winner of that game received the final EuroBasket qualification spot.

In 2015, the national team of Iceland became the smallest nation to ever qualify for a EuroBasket final stage at the population of around 330.000 people. The team was led by the former Dallas Maverick, Jón Arnór Stefánsson followed by a great performance which drove them through the qualifiers. In 2017, Iceland made back to back qualification to a EuroBasket final stage, then led by the young Martin Hermansson.

Competition format

EuroBasket has used a number of different formats, ranging from the simple round-robin used in 1939, to a three-stage tournament, and now a two-stage tournament that is currently in use.

The current format begins with a preliminary round. The twenty-four qualified teams are placed into four groups of six, and each group plays a round-robin tournament. The top four teams in each group (16 overall) advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage is a 16-team single-elimination tournament, with a bronze medal game for semifinal losers and classification games for the quarterfinal losers to determine fifth to eighth places.

Results

Summaries

Year	Hosts	Gold Medal Game			Bronze Medal Game			Number of Teams
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
1935	Switzerland (Geneva)	Latvia	24–18	Spain	Czechoslovakia	25–23	Switzerland	10
1937	Latvia (Riga)	Lithuania	24–23	Italy	France	27–24	Poland	8
1939	Lithuania (Kaunas)	Lithuania	No playoffs	Latvia	Poland	No playoffs	France	8
1941	Lithuania (Kaunas)	Cancelled due to World War II
1946	Switzerland (Geneva)	Czechoslovakia	34–32	Italy	Hungary	38–32	France	10
1947	Czechoslovakia (Prague)	Soviet Union	56–37	Czechoslovakia	Egypt	50–48	Belgium	14
1949	Egypt (Cairo)	Egypt	No playoffs	France	Greece	No playoffs	Turkey	7
1951	France (Paris)	Soviet Union	45–44	Czechoslovakia	France	55–52	Bulgaria	18
1953	Soviet Union (Moscow)	Soviet Union	No playoffs	Hungary	France	No playoffs	Czechoslovakia	17
1955	Hungary (Budapest)	Hungary	No playoffs	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	No playoffs	Bulgaria	18
1957	Bulgaria (Sofia)	Soviet Union	No playoffs	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia	No playoffs	Hungary	16
1959	Turkey (Istanbul)	Soviet Union	No playoffs	Czechoslovakia	France	No playoffs	Hungary	17
1961	Yugoslavia (Belgrade)	Soviet Union	60–53	Yugoslavia	Bulgaria	55–46	France	19
1963	Poland (Wrocław)	Soviet Union	61–45	Poland	Yugoslavia	89–61	Hungary	16
1965	Soviet Union (two cities)	Soviet Union	58–49	Yugoslavia	Poland	86–70	Italy	16
1967	Finland (two cities)	Soviet Union	89–77	Czechoslovakia	Poland	80–76	Bulgaria	16
1969	Italy (two cities)	Soviet Union	81–72	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	77–75	Poland	12
1971	West Germany (two cities)	Soviet Union	69–64	Yugoslavia	Italy	85–67	Poland	12
1973	Spain (two cities)	Yugoslavia	78–67	Spain	Soviet Union	90–58	Czechoslovakia	12
1975	Yugoslavia (four cities)	Yugoslavia	No playoffs	Soviet Union	Italy	No playoffs	Spain	12
1977	Belgium (two cities)	Yugoslavia	74–61	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	91–81	Italy	12
1979	Italy (four cities)	Soviet Union	98–76	Israel	Yugoslavia	99–92	Czechoslovakia	12
1981	Czechoslovakia (three cities)	Soviet Union	84–76	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	101–90	Spain	12
1983	France (three cities)	Italy	105–96	Spain	Soviet Union	105–70	Netherlands	12
1985	West Germany (three cities)	Soviet Union	120–89	Czechoslovakia	Italy	102–90	Spain	12
1987	Greece (Piraeus)	Greece	103–101 overtime	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	98–87	Spain	12
1989	Yugoslavia (Zagreb)	Yugoslavia	98–77	Greece	Soviet Union	104–76	Italy	8
1991	Italy (Rome)	Yugoslavia	88–73	Italy	Spain	101–83	France	8
1993	Germany (three cities)	Germany	71–70	Russia	Croatia	99–59	Greece	16
1995	Greece (Athens)	Yugoslavia	96–90	Lithuania	Croatia	73–68	Greece	14
1997	Spain (three cities)	Yugoslavia	61–49	Italy	Russia	97–77	Greece	16
1999	France (seven cities)	Italy	64–56	Spain	Yugoslavia	74–62	France	16
2001	Turkey (three cities)	Yugoslavia	78–69	Turkey	Spain	99–90	Germany	16
2003	Sweden (five cities)	Lithuania	93–84	Spain	Italy	69–67	France	16
2005	Serbia and Montenegro (four cities)	Greece	78–62	Germany	France	98–68	Spain	16
2007	Spain (four cities)	Russia	60–59	Spain	Lithuania	78–69	Greece	16
2009	Poland (seven cities)	Spain	85–63	Serbia	Greece	57–56	Slovenia	16
2011	Lithuania (six cities)	Spain	98–85	France	Russia	72–68	Macedonia	24
2013	Slovenia (four cities)	France	80–66	Lithuania	Spain	92–66	Croatia	24
2015	Croatia (Zagreb)  France (Lille, Montpellier)  Germany (Berlin)  Latvia (Riga)	Spain	80–63	Lithuania	France	81–68	Serbia	24
2017	Finland (Helsinki)  Israel (Tel Aviv)  Romania (Cluj-Napoca)  Turkey (Istanbul)	Slovenia	93–85	Serbia	Spain	93–85	Russia	24

Medal table

Map of best finishes per country.

The medal table below lists the national teams according to the respective table published by FIBA.^[9]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	14	3	4	21
2	Yugoslavia	8	5	4	17
3	Spain	3	6	4	13
4	Lithuania	3	3	1	7
5	Italy	2	4	4	10
6	Greece	2	1	2	5
7	Czechoslovakia	1	6	5	12
8	France	1	2	6	9
9	Russia	1	1	2	4
10	Hungary	1	1	1	3
11	Germany	1	1	0	2
	Latvia	1	1	0	2
13	Egypt	1	0	1	2
14	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
15	Serbia	0	2	0	2
16	Poland	0	1	3	4
17	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
18	Israel	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
20	Croatia	0	0	2	2
Totals (20 nations)		40	40	40	120

Notes

• According to FIBA, Yugoslavia competed until 2001.^[10]
  

Statistics

Participation details

Team	1935	1937	1939	1946	1947	1949	1951	1953	1955	1957	1959	1961	1963	1965	1967	1969	1971	1973	1975	1977
Albania	-	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austria	-	-	-	-	12th	-	11th	-	13th	14th	16th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th
Belgium	6th	-	-	7th	4th	-	7th	10th	-	12th	7th	8th	8th	-	15th	-	-	-	-	8th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Part of  Yugoslavia
Bulgaria	8th	-	-	-	8th	-	4th	9th	4th	2nd	5th	3rd	5th	5th	4th	7th	6th	6th	5th	6th
Croatia	Part of  Yugoslavia
Czech Republic	Part of  Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia	3rd	7th	-	1st	2nd	-	2nd	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	10th	7th	2nd	3rd	5th	4th	6th	3rd
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	16th	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
East Germany	X	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	14th	12th	6th	10th	14th	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt	-	8th	-	-	3rd	1st	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
England	-	-	-	10th	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	19th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Estonia	-	5th	5th	Part of  Soviet Union
Finland	-	-	8th	-	-	-	9th	12th	10th	11th	13th	14th	14th	12th	6th	-	-	-	-	10th
Macedonia[11]	Part of  Yugoslavia
France	5th	3rd	4th	4th	5th	2nd	3rd	3rd	9th	8th	3rd	4th	13th	9th	11th	-	10th	10th	-	11th
Georgia	Part of  Soviet Union
Germany/  West Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	14th	17th	13th	-	16th	-	14th	-	-	9th	-	-	-
Great Britain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	8th	-	-	-	-	17th	-	8th	12th	10th	-	11th	12th	-
Hungary	9th	-	7th	3rd	7th	-	-	2nd	1st	4th	4th	6th	4th	15th	13th	8th	-	-	-	-
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iran	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Israel	X	X	X	X	X	-	-	5th	-	-	11th	11th	9th	6th	8th	11th	11th	7th	7th	5th
Italy	7th	2nd	6th	2nd	9th	-	5th	7th	6th	10th	10th	-	12th	4th	7th	6th	3rd	5th	3rd	4th
Latvia	1st	6th	2nd	Part of  Soviet Union
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	-	1st	1st	Part of  Soviet Union
Luxembourg	-	-	-	8th	-	-	17th	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Montenegro	Part of  Yugoslavia
Netherlands	-	-	-	6th	11th	5th	10th	-	-	-	-	15th	16th	-	16th	-	-	-	10th	7th
Poland	-	4th	3rd	9th	6th	-	-	-	5th	7th	6th	9th	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	12th	8th	-
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Romania	10th	-	-	-	10th	-	18th	13th	7th	5th	8th	7th	11th	13th	5th	9th	8th	9th	11th	-
Russia	Part of  Soviet Union
Scotland	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serbia	Part of  Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro	Part of  Yugoslavia
Slovenia	Part of  Yugoslavia
Soviet Union	-	-	-	-	1st	-	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd
Spain	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	13th	7th	11th	10th	5th	7th	2nd	4th	9th
Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	16th	-	-	18th	-	16th	-	12th	-	-	-	-
Switzerland	4th	-	-	5th	-	-	13th	11th	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syria	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	4th	6th	-	11th	9th	12th	10th	15th	-	-	-	12th	8th	9th	-
Ukraine	Part of  Soviet Union
Yugoslavia	-	-	-	-	13th	-	-	6th	8th	6th	9th	2nd	3rd	2nd	9th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st

Team	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Total
Albania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
Belgium	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st	9th	13th	19th	17
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Part of  Yugoslavia							8th	-	15th	15th	13th	15th	13th	-	-	17th	13th	23rd	-	9
Bulgaria	11th	-	-	8th	-	7th	8th	14th	-	-	-	-	-	13th	-	13th	13th	-	-	-	24
Croatia	Part of  Yugoslavia							3rd	3rd	11th	11th	7th	11th	7th	6th	6th	13th	4th	9th	10th	13
Czech Republic	Part of  Czechoslovakia							-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	13th	-	-	13th	7th	20th	5
Czechoslovakia	4th	3rd	10th	2nd	8th	-	6th	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	24
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
East Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	5
Egypt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
England	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Estonia	Part of  Soviet Union							6th	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th	-	5
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th	9th	16th	11th	16
Macedonia[11]	Part of  Yugoslavia							-	-	-	13th	-	-	-	-	9th	4th	21st	19th	-	5
France	8th	8th	5th	6th	9th	6th	4th	7th	8th	10th	4th	6th	4th	3rd	8th	5th	2nd	1st	3rd	12th	38
Georgia	Part of  Soviet Union							-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th	17th	15th	17th	4
Germany/  West Germany	-	10th	8th	5th	6th	-	-	1st	10th	12th	7th	4th	9th	2nd	5th	11th	9th	17th	18th	7th	24
Great Britain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	13th	13th	-	22nd	4
Greece	9th	9th	11th	-	1st	2nd	5th	4th	4th	4th	16th	9th	5th	1st	4th	3rd	6th	11th	5th	8th	27
Hungary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	15
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24th	24th	2
Iran	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Israel	2nd	6th	6th	9th	11th	-	-	15th	9th	9th	9th	10th	7th	9th	11th	13th	13th	21st	10th	21st	29
Italy	5th	5th	1st	3rd	5th	4th	2nd	9th	5th	2nd	1st	11th	3rd	9th	9th	-	17th	8th	6th	6th	37
Latvia	Part of  Soviet Union							10th	-	16th	-	8th	13th	13th	13th	13th	21st	10th	8th	5th	14
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Lithuania	Part of  Soviet Union							-	2nd	6th	5th	12th	1st	5th	3rd	11th	5th	2nd	2nd	9th	14
Luxembourg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Montenegro	Part of  Yugoslavia							Part of  Yugoslavia					Part of		-	-	21st	17th	-	13th	3
Netherlands	10th	-	4th	12th	10th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st	-	15
Poland	7th	7th	9th	11th	7th	-	7th	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	13th	9th	17th	21st	11th	18th	28
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th	-	21st	-	-	-	3
Romania	-	-	-	10th	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23rd	18
Russia	Part of  Soviet Union							2nd	7th	3rd	6th	5th	8th	8th	1st	7th	3rd	21st	17th	4th	13
Scotland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Serbia	Part of  Yugoslavia							Part of  Yugoslavia					Part of		13th	2nd	8th	7th	4th	2nd	8
Serbia and Montenegro	Part of  Yugoslavia							Part of  Yugoslavia					6th	9th	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Slovenia	Part of  Yugoslavia							14th	12th	14th	10th	15th	10th	6th	7th	4th	7th	5th	12th	1st	13
Soviet Union	1st	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	21
Spain	6th	4th	2nd	4th	4th	5th	3rd	5th	6th	5th	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	31
Sweden	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	13th	11th	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	13th	-	-	10
Switzerland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Syria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Turkey	-	11th	-	-	-	-	-	11th	13th	8th	8th	2nd	12th	9th	11th	8th	11th	17th	14th	14th	24
Ukraine	Part of  Soviet Union							-	-	13th	-	16th	14th	13th	-	-	17th	6th	22nd	16th	8
Yugoslavia	3rd	2nd	7th	7th	3rd	1st	1st	X	1st	1st	3rd	1st	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	25

Notes

• According to FIBA, Yugoslavia competed until 2001.^[10]
  

Individuals

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket MVP

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team

Below are the lists of all players voted as the MVPs^[12][13] and the Top Scorers of each EuroBasket edition. Krešimir Ćosić and Pau Gasol are the only players to win the MVP award twice. Nikos Galis and Radivoj Korać were the Top Scorers 4 times each.^[14]

Bronze	Member of the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Silver	Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Gold	Member of both the FIBA Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player was selected the MVP or was the Top Scorer.

Tournament	MVP	Top Scorer	PPG
EuroBasket 1935	Rafael Martín	Livio Franceschini	16.5
EuroBasket 1937	Pranas Talzūnas	Rūdolfs Jurciņš	12.5
EuroBasket 1939	Mykolas Ruzgys (de facto: Pranas Lubinas)‡	Heino Veskila	16.7
EuroBasket 1946	Ferenc Németh	Paweł Stok	12.6
EuroBasket 1947	Joann Lõssov	Jacques Perrier	13.7
EuroBasket 1949	Hüseyin Öztürk	Hüseyin Öztürk	19.3
EuroBasket 1951	Ivan Mrázek	Ivan Mrázek	17.1
EuroBasket 1953	Anatoly Konev	Ahmed Idlibi	15.9
EuroBasket 1955	János Greminger	Miroslav Skerik	19.1
EuroBasket 1957	Jiří Baumruk	Eddy Terrace	24.4
EuroBasket 1959	Viktor Zubkov	Radivoj Korać	28.1
EuroBasket 1961	Radivoj Korać	Radivoj Korać (2)	24.0
EuroBasket 1963	Emiliano Rodríguez	Radivoj Korać (3)	26.6
EuroBasket 1965	Modestas Paulauskas	Radivoj Korać (4)	21.9
EuroBasket 1967	Jiří Zedníček	Georgios Kolokithas	26.7
EuroBasket 1969	Sergei Belov	Georgios Kolokithas (2)	23.5
EuroBasket 1971	Krešimir Ćosić	Edward Jurkiewicz	22.6
EuroBasket 1973	Wayne Brabender	Atanas Golomeev	22.3
EuroBasket 1975	Krešimir Ćosić (2)	Atanas Golomeev (2)	22.9
EuroBasket 1977	Dražen Dalipagić	Kees Akerboom	27.0
EuroBasket 1979	Miki Berkovich	Mieczysław Młynarski	26.6
EuroBasket 1981	Valdis Valters[15]	Mieczysław Młynarski (2)	23.1
EuroBasket 1983	Juan Antonio Corbalán	Nikos Galis	33.0
EuroBasket 1985	Arvydas Sabonis	Doron Jamchi	28.1
EuroBasket 1987	Nikos Galis	Nikos Galis (2)	37.0
EuroBasket 1989	Dražen Petrović	Nikos Galis (3)	35.6
EuroBasket 1991	Toni Kukoč	Nikos Galis (4)	32.4
EuroBasket 1993	Chris Welp	Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović	24.6
EuroBasket 1995	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	22.5
EuroBasket 1997	Saša Đorđević	Oded Katash	22.0
EuroBasket 1999	Gregor Fučka	Alberto Herreros	19.2
EuroBasket 2001	Peja Stojaković	Dirk Nowitzki	28.7
EuroBasket 2003	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Pau Gasol	25.8
EuroBasket 2005	Dirk Nowitzki	Dirk Nowitzki (2)	26.1
EuroBasket 2007	Andrei Kirilenko	Dirk Nowitzki (3)	24.0
EuroBasket 2009	Pau Gasol	Pau Gasol (2)	18.7
EuroBasket 2011	Juan Carlos Navarro	Tony Parker	22.1
EuroBasket 2013	Tony Parker	Tony Parker (2)[16]	19.0
EuroBasket 2015	Pau Gasol (2)	Pau Gasol (3)	25.6
EuroBasket 2017	Goran Dragić	Alexey Shved	24.3

MVP and Top scorer by country

Country	Times MVP	Years		Country	Times Top Scorer	Years
Soviet Union	7	1947, 1953, 1959, 1965, 1969, 1981, 1985		Greece	6	1967, 1969, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991
Spain	7	1935, 1963, 1973, 1983, 2009, 2011, 2015		Spain	4	1999, 2003, 2009, 2015
Yugoslavia	6	1961, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991		Poland	4	1946, 1971, 1979, 1981
Lithuania	4	1937, 1939, 1995, 2003		Yugoslavia	4	1959, 1961, 1963, 1965
Czechoslovakia	3	1951, 1957, 1967		France	3	1947, 2011, 2013
Serbia/  Yugoslavia	2	1997, 2001		Germany	3	2001, 2005, 2007
Hungary	2	1946, 1955		Czechoslovakia	2	1951, 1955
Germany	2	1993, 2005		Bulgaria	2	1973, 1975
Turkey	1	1949		Israel	2	1985, 1997
Israel	1	1979		Italy	1	1935
Greece	1	1987		Latvia	1	1937
Italy	1	1999		Estonia	1	1939
Russia	1	2007		Turkey	1	1949
France	1	2013		Lebanon	1	1953
Slovenia	1	2017		Belgium	1	1957
				Netherlands	1	1977
				Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1993
				Lithuania	1	1995
				Russia	1	2017

Most times MVP and Top scorer by Players

Player	Times MVP	Years		Player	Times Top Scorer	Years
Krešimir Ćosić	2	1971, 1975		Nikos Galis	4	1983, 1987, 1989, 1991
Pau Gasol	2	2009, 2015		Radivoj Korać	4	1959, 1961, 1963, 1965
One time MVP, earned by 36 players				Dirk Nowitzki	3	2001, 2005, 2007
				Pau Gasol	3	2003, 2009, 2015
				Georgios Kolokithas	2	1967, 1969
				Atanas Golomeev	2	1973, 1975
				Mieczysław Młynarski	2	1979, 1981
				Tony Parker	2	2011, 2013

EuroBasket Records

Main article: EuroBasket Records

All-time leading scorers in total points scored

• Counting all games played through the end of EuroBasket 2017, and not counting qualification games.

List of All-Time Top 10 Scorers (Overall)

Player	Points Scored	Games Played	Scoring Average
Pau Gasol	1,183	58	20.4
Tony Parker	1,104	68	16.2
Dirk Nowitzki	1,052	49	21.4
Nikos Galis	1,030	33	31.2
Kamil Brabenec	948	62	15.3
Miki Berkovich	917	51	18.0
Epi	889	58	15.3
Emiliano Rodríguez	864	55	15.7
Radivoj Korać	844	34	24.8
Stanislav Kropilák	769	55	14.0
Panagiotis Giannakis	769	58	13.3

All-time leading scorers in points per game average

• Counting all games played through the end of EuroBasket 2017, and not counting qualification games.

List of All-Time Top 10 Scorers (By Average)^[17]

Player	Points Scored	Games Played	Scoring Average
Nikos Galis	1,030	33	31.2
Radivoj Korać	844	34	24.8
Luol Deng	123	5	24.6
Eddy Terrace	220	9	24.4
/ Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović	217	9	24.1
/ Dražen Petrović	604	26	23.2
Dennis Schröder	271	12	22.6
Rik Smits	154	7	22.0
Mieczysław Młynarski	482	22	21.9
Michael Jackel	347	16	21.6

See also

• Basketball at the Summer Olympic Games


• FIBA EuroBasket Records


• FIBA EuroBasket MVP


• FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer


• FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team


• FIBA World Cup


• FIBA World Cup Records


• FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)


• 
  FIBA EuroBasket Division B (defunct)


• FIBA European Championship for Small Countries


• FIBA EuroBasket Women


• List of FIBA EuroBasket winning coaches

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External links

• EuroBasket.com EuroBasket Page


• FIBA Europe official website

v t e EuroBasket
Tournaments	Switzerland 1935 Latvia 1937 Lithuania 1939 Lithuania 1941 (cancelled due to WWII) Switzerland 1946 Czechoslovakia 1947 Egypt 1949 France 1951 USSR 1953 Hungary 1955 Bulgaria 1957 Turkey 1959 Yugoslavia 1961 Poland 1963 USSR 1965 Finland 1967 Italy 1969 West Germany 1971 Spain 1973 Yugoslavia 1975 Belgium 1977 Italy 1979 Czechoslovakia 1981 France 1983 West Germany 1985 Greece 1987 Yugoslavia 1989 Italy 1991 Germany 1993 Greece 1995 Spain 1997 France 1999 Turkey 2001 Sweden 2003 Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Spain 2007 Poland 2009 Lithuania 2011 Slovenia 2013 Croatia / France / Germany / Latvia 2015 Finland / Israel / Romania / Turkey 2017 2021
Qualification	1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2021
Finals	2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Squads	1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Division B (defunct)	2005 2007 2009 2011
Small Countries	Malta 1988 Wales 1990 Cyprus 1992 Ireland 1994 San Marino 1996 Gibraltar 1998 Andorra 2000 Malta 2002 Andorra 2004 Albania 2006 Scotland 2008 Malta 2010 San Marino 2012 Gibraltar 2014 Moldova 2016 San Marino 2018
Awards Records MVP Top Scorer All-Tournament Team Winning Head Coaches Most Games Played Most Points Scored

v t e EuroBasket winners

1935:  Latvia 1937:  Lithuania 1939:  Lithuania 1946:  Czechoslovakia 1947:  Soviet Union 1949:  Egypt 1951:  Soviet Union 1953:  Soviet Union 1955:  Hungary 1957:  Soviet Union 1959:  Soviet Union 1961:  Soviet Union 1963:  Soviet Union 1965:  Soviet Union 1967:  Soviet Union 1969:  Soviet Union 1971:  Soviet Union 1973:  Yugoslavia 1975:  Yugoslavia 1977:  Yugoslavia 1979:  Soviet Union 1981:  Soviet Union 1983:  Italy 1985:  Soviet Union 1987:  Greece 1989:  Yugoslavia 1991:  Yugoslavia 1993:  Germany 1995: FR Yugoslavia 1997: FR Yugoslavia 1999:  Italy 2001: FR Yugoslavia 2003:  Lithuania 2005:  Greece 2007:  Russia 2009:  Spain 2011:  Spain 2013:  France 2015:  Spain 2017:  Slovenia

v t e EuroBasket Most Valuable Player award

1935: Martín 1937: Talzūnas 1939: Ruzgys (de facto: Lubinas) 1946: Németh 1947: Lõssov 1949: Öztürk 1951: Mrázek 1953: Konev 1955: Greminger 1957: Baumruk 1959: Zubkov 1961: Korać 1963: Rodríguez 1965: Paulauskas 1967: Zedníček 1969: Belov 1971: Ćosić 1973: Brabender 1975: Ćosić 1977: Dalipagić 1979: Berkovich 1981: Valters 1983: Corbalán 1985: Sabonis 1987: Galis 1989: Petrović 1991: Kukoč 1993: Welp 1995: Marčiulionis 1997: Đorđević 1999: Fučka 2001: Stojaković 2003: Jasikevičius 2005: Nowitzki 2007: Kirilenko 2009: P. Gasol 2011: Navarro 2013: Parker 2015: P. Gasol 2017: Dragić

v t e EuroBasket top scorers

1935: Franceschini 1937: Jurciņš 1939: Veskila 1946: Stok 1947: Perrier 1949: Öztürk 1951: Mrázek 1953: Idlibi 1955: Škeřík 1957: Terrace 1959: Korać 1961: Korać 1963: Korać 1965: Korać 1967: Kolokithas 1969: Kolokithas 1971: Jurkiewicz 1973: Golomeev 1975: Golomeev 1977: Akerboom 1979: Młynarski 1981: Młynarski 1983: Galis 1985: Jamchi 1987: Galis 1989: Galis 1991: Galis 1993: Bilalović 1995: Marčiulionis 1997: Kattash 1999: Herreros 2001: Nowitzki 2003: P. Gasol 2005: Nowitzki 2007: Nowitzki 2009: P. Gasol 2011: Parker 2013: Parker 2015: P. Gasol 2017: Shved

v t e Basketball in Europe
Organizations	FIBA Europe ULEB Euroleague Basketball
Tournaments for nations	Men EuroBasket Small Countries Under-20 Division B Under-18 Division B Division C Under-16 Division B Division C Women EuroBasket Women Small Countries Under-20 Under-18 Under-16
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Defunct club competitions	FIBA EuroChallenge (2003-15) FIBA EuroCup Challenge (2003-07) FIBA Korać Cup (1971–2002) Ronchetti Cup FIBA Saporta Cup European Basketball Club Super Cup FIBA SuproLeague FIBA International Christmas Tournament
Awards	FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year Award FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year Award

v t e European Championships
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Multi-sports events	European Championships (2018) European Games
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v t e International men's basketball
FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-18 World Cup U-17 World Cup U-16 World Cup World Rankings
Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16 African Games
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Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Belgrade Trophy FIBA European Championship for Small Countries Games of the Small States of Europe World Cup (Turkey)
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Other tournaments	Arab Nations Basketball Championship Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan Arab Games
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