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EuroBasket 1995
International basketball event
International basketball event
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | EuroBasket 1995 |
| other_titles | Ευρωμπάσκετ 1995 |
| image | EuroBasket 1995 logo.jpg |
| size | 150 |
| city | Athens |
| country | Greece |
| dates | 21 June – 2 July |
| num_teams | 14 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion | FR Yugoslavia |
| count | 1 |
| second | Lithuania |
| second-flagvar | 1988 |
| third | Croatia |
| fourth | Greece |
| mvp | LTU Šarūnas Marčiulionis |
| top_scorer | LTU Šarūnas Marčiulionis |
| (22.5 points per game) | |
| prevseason | 1993 |
| nextseason | 1997 |
| second-flagvar = 1988 (22.5 points per game) The 1995 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1995, was the 29th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to each of the top four teams in the final standings. It was held in Greece between 21 June and 2 July 1995. Fourteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The city of Athens hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro (then under the name of FR Yugoslavia) won its first FIBA European title, by defeating Lithuania by the score of 96–90 in the final. Lithuania's Šarūnas Marčiulionis was voted the tournament's MVP. This edition of the FIBA EuroBasket tournament saw the successful return of the Lithuania national team to the competition, since its last triumph in 1939.
The tournament's official anthem was "Wings of Tomorrow" by Finnish band Stratovarius.
Venues
All games were played at the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens.
| {{Location map+ | Greece | border = | caption = | float = center | width = 300 | Greece | lat_deg=37 | lat_min=56 | lon_deg=23 | lon_min=40 | position = top | label=Athens}} | O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity: 18,500 | |||||||||||||
| Opened in 1995 | [[File:Interior of OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens.jpg | 300px]] |
Qualification
Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 1995 qualification
| Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | – | 1 | |
| Champions from EuroBasket 1993 | 22 June – 4 July 1993 | 1 | |
| Qualified through Qualifying Round | 21 June 1993 – 16 November 1994 | 10 | |
| Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round | 31 May – 4 June 1995 | 2 | |
Format
- The teams were split in two groups of seven teams each. The top four teams from each group advance to the knockout quarterfinals.
- The winners in the semifinals compete for the European Championship, while the losers from the semifinals play a consolation game for the third place.
- The losers in the quarterfinals compete in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.
Squads
Main article: EuroBasket 1995 squads
Preliminary round
:Times given below are in Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
|---|
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Championship bracket
|30 June – 22:00||86||104 |30 June – 20:00||66||64 |30 June – 18:00||61||71 |30 June – 16:00||71||82
|1 July – 20:00||60||52 |1 July – 22:00||80||90
|2 July – 22:00||96||90 |2 July – 20:00||68||73
Quarterfinals
Winners qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Semifinals
Third place
Final
From the start, the two teams matched up evenly, as Lithuania's Šarūnas Marčiulionis and Arvydas Sabonis and Yugoslavia's Aleksandar Đorđević and Predrag Danilović exchanged points. At halftime, the Lithuanians were ahead by a point, 49–48. Vlade Divac got a technical foul early in first half. In second half, an American referee George Toliver signaled Lithuanian center Arvydas Sabonis for a technical foul, which led to Lithuanian protestations.
After a few more fouls signaled by the referee, one offensive and one technical against Lithuania, the Lithuanian team refused to return to the court after timeout. After a few minutes, Aleksandar Đorđević, who was the leading scorer with 41 points (made 9 three-pointers out of 12 attempted), tried to convince Marčiulionis to continue playing.
The persuasions were successful, and five Lithuanians returned to the court. Yugoslavia was leading 93–89 with 2 minutes remaining in the game. Players Arvydas Sabonis and Rimas Kurtinaitis could not return to the court, as they fouled out before the Lithuanian refusal to play. And although the Lithuanian team tried their hardest to catch up with the Yugoslavian team, they eventually lost 96–90.
After the Yugoslavs' victory, the Greek crowd that cheered against Yugoslavia throughout the final further showed their displeasure during the winners ceremony by chanting "Lithuania is the champion!". Furthermore, there was controversy during the medal ceremony as right before the winning Yugoslav team were about to receive their gold medals, the third-placed Croatian team, in an unprecedented move, stepped down from the medal podium and walked off the court in an unprecedented display of bad sportsmanship, due to the civil war in former Yugoslavia.
5th to 8th place
|1 July – 16:00||80||70 |1 July – 18:00||74||75 |2 July – 16:00||82||75 |2 July – 18:00||108||89
Statistical leaders
Individual Tournament Highs
Points
| Pos. | Name | PPG |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LTU Šarūnas Marčiulionis | 23.7 |
| 2 | LTU Arvydas Sabonis | 22.0 |
| 3 | FRA Yann Bonato | 21.7 |
| 4 | GER Michael Koch | 21.6 |
| 4 | CRO Arijan Komazec | 20.3 |
| 6 | SLO Teoman Alibegović | 20.2 |
| 7 | RUS Sergei Bazarevich | 18.4 |
| 8 | ESP Alberto Herreros | 18.3 |
| 9 | LTU Artūras Karnišovas | 17.9 |
| 10 | FR Yugoslavia Predrag Danilović | 17.4 |
Rebounds
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LTU Arvydas Sabonis | 15.3 |
| 2 | RUS Andrei Fetisov | 9.7 |
| 3 | CRO Stojko Vranković | 9.1 |
| 4 | GRE Panagiotis Fasoulas | 8.6 |
| 4 | ESP Mike Smith | 8.6 |
| 6 | GER Hansi Gnad | 8.0 |
| 7 | FRA Jim Bilba | 7.7 |
| 8 | CRO Toni Kukoč | 7.6 |
| 9 | TUR Mirsad Türkcan | 7.5 |
| 10 | SLO Slavko Kotnik | 7.3 |
Assists
| Pos. | Name | APG |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRO Toni Kukoč | 5.3 |
| 2 | GER Henrik Rödl | 5.0 |
| 3 | LTU Šarūnas Marčiulionis | 4.1 |
| 4 | ESP Pablo Laso | 3.7 |
| 4 | ISR Guy Goodes | 3.7 |
| 6 | FRA Frédéric Forte | 3.4 |
| 7 | FR Yugoslavia Aleksandar Đorđević | 3.3 |
| 7 | GRE Panagiotis Giannakis | 3.3 |
| 7 | ISR Doron Sheffer | 3.3 |
| 7 | SLO Jure Zdovc | 3.3 |
Steals
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ISR Nadav Henefeld | 2.7 |
| 2 | GRE Giorgos Sigalas | 2.2 |
| 2 | ISR Doron Sheffer | 2.2 |
| 3 | FRA Jim Bilba | 1.9 |
| 3 | CRO Arijan Komazec | 1.9 |
| 5 | ISR Mordechai Daniel | 1.8 |
| 5 | SLO Jure Zdovc | 1.8 |
| 7 | GRE Fanis Christodoulou | 1.7 |
| 7 | ITA Riccardo Pittis | 1.7 |
| 10 | FRA Frédéric Forte | 1.6 |
Minutes
| Pos. | Name | MPG |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GER Michael Koch | 34.8 |
| 2 | LTU Šarūnas Marčiulionis | 34.3 |
| 3 | ISR Nadav Henefeld | 34.2 |
| 4 | LTU Artūras Karnišovas | 34.0 |
| 4 | LTU Arvydas Sabonis | 34.0 |
| 6 | GER Henrik Rödl | 33.4 |
| 7 | CRO Toni Kukoč | 33.3 |
| 7 | SLO Slavko Kotnik | 33.3 |
| 9 | SLO Jure Zdovc | 32.8 |
| 10 | CRO Arijan Komazec | 32.6 |
Individual Game Highs
| Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | FR Yugoslavia Aleksandar Đorđević | 41 | |
| Rebounds | LTU Arvydas Sabonis | 23 | |
| Assists | CRO Toni Kukoč | 11 | |
| Steals | GRE Panagiotis Fasoulas | 6 | |
| Turnovers | LTU Šarūnas Marčiulionis | ||
| FRA Stéphane Ostrowski | |||
| CRO Stojko Vranković | 7 | ||
Team Tournament Highs
Offensive PPG
| Pos. | Name | PPG |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | **** | 91.8 |
| 2 | 86.1 | |
| 3 | 84.2 | |
| 3 | 84.2 | |
| 5 | 83.3 |
Rebounds
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | **** | 34.8 |
| 2 | 34.6 | |
| 2 | 34.4 | |
| 4 | 33.4 | |
| 5 | 31.9 |
Assists
| Pos. | Name | APG |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | **** | 15.4 |
| 2 | 15.0 | |
| 3 | 14.9 | |
| 4 | 14.3 | |
| 5 | 14.0 |
Steals
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | **** | 11.5 |
| 2 | 9.0 | |
| 3 | 8.9 | |
| 4 | 8.6 | |
| 5 | 7.3 |
Team Game highs
| Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 126 | ||
| Rebounds | 54 | ||
| Assists | |||
| 23 | |||
| Steals | 15 | ||
| Field goal percentage | 66.7% (34/51) | ||
| 3-point field goal percentage | 68.8% (11/16) | ||
| Free throw percentage | 100% (7/7) | ||
| Turnovers | 26 |
Awards
| 1995 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Šarūnas Marčiulionis (LTU Lithuania) |
|---|
| All-Tournament Team |
|---|
| LTU Šarūnas Marčiulionis (MVP) |
| CRO Toni Kukoč |
| GRE Fanis Christodoulou |
| FR Yugoslavia Vlade Divac |
| LTU Arvydas Sabonis |
Final standings
| Qualified for the 1996 Olympic Tournament |
|---|
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 9–0 | ||
| 7–2 | ||
| 8–1 | ||
| 4 | 5–4 | |
| 5 | 5–4 | |
| 6 | 5–4 | |
| 7 | 5–4 | |
| 8 | 4–5 | |
| 9 | 2–4 | |
| 10 | 2–4 | |
| 11 | 1–5 | |
| 12 | 1–5 | |
| 13 | 0–6 | |
| 14 | 0–6 |
| 4th | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Gold medal icon.svg | 20px | center | 1st]] |
| ** Dejan Bodiroga | |||
| Predrag Danilović | |||
| Saša Obradović | |||
| Zoran Sretenović | |||
| Žarko Paspalj | |||
| Miroslav Berić | |||
| Aleksandar Đorđević | |||
| Željko Rebrača | |||
| Vlade Divac | |||
| Zoran Savić | |||
| Dejan Tomašević | |||
| Dejan Koturović** |
References
References
- "BASKETBALL; Politics Take Center Court as Yugoslavs Win Title (Published 1995)".
- [https://archive.today/20141202133604/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/sid/2265/_/1995_European_Championship_for_Men/player-game_highs.html PPG Leaders] at FIBA.com
- [https://archive.today/20141202133322/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/rpp//tid/0/sid/2265/sp/ALL/ss/RB/srid/ALL/_/1995_European_Championship_for_Men/player-leaders.html RPG Leaders] at FIBA.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160506195514/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/rpp//tid/0/sid/2265/sp/ALL/ss/AS/srid/ALL/_/1995_European_Championship_for_Men/player-leaders.html APG Leaders] at FIBA.com
- [https://archive.today/20141202133448/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/rpp//tid/0/sid/2265/sp/ALL/ss/STE/srid/ALL/_/1995_European_Championship_for_Men/player-leaders.html SPG Leaders] at FIBA.com
- [https://archive.today/20141202133206/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/rpp//tid/0/sid/2265/sp/ALL/ss/MI/srid/ALL/_/1995_European_Championship_for_Men/player-leaders.html MPG Leaders] at FIBA.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160507013015/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/rpp//tid/0/sid/2265/ss/PPG/srid/ALL/_/1995_European_Championship_for_Men/teams-leaders.html Team Leaders – PPG]
- [https://archive.today/20141202133142/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/rpp//tid/0/sid/2265/ss/RB/srid/ALL/_/1995_European_Championship_for_Men/teams-leaders.html Team Leaders – RPG]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160506213401/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/rpp//tid/0/sid/2265/ss/AS/srid/ALL/_/1995_European_Championship_for_Men/teams-leaders.html Team Leaders – APG]
- [https://archive.today/20141202133131/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/rpp//tid/0/sid/2265/ss/STE/srid/ALL/_/1995_European_Championship_for_Men/teams-leaders.html Team Leaders – SPG]
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