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  Eurobasket 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2005 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 2005, was held in Serbia and Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005.
Belgrade, the capital of Serbia and Montenegro, was the main stage of the Eurobasket 2005 action.
Vršac was home to Group A during the tournament, and also had a total of six games played in the 4,058 person capacity Millennium Center.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eurobasket_2005   (640 words)

  
 Eurobasket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eurobasket is the name commonly used to refer to the European basketball championships that take every two years between national teams of the continent.
Every second Eurobasket is a qualifying tournament for the Basketball World Championships.
This page was last modified 07:16, 3 July 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eurobasket   (84 words)

  
 Eurobasket 2003, September 5-14, Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Eurobasket 2003 in Sweden is one of the biggest sports events in Europe this year.
During the ten days in September when Eurobasket 2003 was played at five different cities in Sweden, the 110 000 visitors spent about 8,9M euro.
Eurobasket 2003, is an arrangement between FIBA and The Swedish Basketball Federation.
www.eurobasket2003.com   (259 words)

  
 Eurowomen2005.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Les Bleues finished fifth at the EuroBasket 2005 in Turkey to confirm their place but the president of the French basketball federation, Yvan Mainini, has hinted the side could be going to South America without their charismatic coach.
Spain ended the EuroBasket Women on a high by beating Lithuania in Ankara on Sunday to snatch bronze for the third time in a row.
France salvaged their EuroBasket Women experience with an 85-62 demolition of Latvia on Sunday to finish fifth in the tournament and qualify for the FIBA World Championship for Women 2006.
www.eurobasketwomen2005.com   (563 words)

  
 DraftExpress - NBA Draft, NCAA/International Basketball Website.
This Eurobasket tournament is great for his learning curve, but also is ideal for him to prepare for a crucial season of confirmation with Real Madrid that his break out season was not a fluke.
In the Eurobasket, having only played in two games for the Senior National Team so far, he will be the youngest and least experienced player of this squad, but he doesn't lack motivation.
Meanwhile, the Eurobasket could be the perfect place to draw some respect even if he’s not one of the main pieces in Slovenia, a team that already features important names in the paint such as Nesterovic, Brezec or Lorbek.
www.draftexpress.com /viewarticle.php?a=1083   (4954 words)

  
 InsideHoops.com - EuroBasket Preview
There are 16 countries in the 2005 Eurobasket touranment and 40 games played over a period of 10 days.
The previous EuroBasket competition, EuroBasket 2003, was won by Lithuania.
Defending EuroBasket champion Lithuania will be without their star, Sarunas Jasikevicius, who recently just left his Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel team to join the NBA, signing with the Indiana Pacers and reportedly isn't playing.
www.insidehoops.com /eurobasket-preview.shtml   (412 words)

  
 Sportsterminal.com - News
Earlier Friday, Israel carried the momentum from winning the round-robin for the final Eurobasket berth to a 74-65 victory over Latvia that gave it the inside track for Group D's final spot in the elimination round.
In Group B in Podgorica, the Turks suffered an 87-75 loss to Lithuania, which appears intent on defending its Eurobasket title despite a roster overhaul.
However, the tournament's most important games may be classification contests September 23 and 24, which determine fifth through eighth place and the winners receiving the last two automatic berths to the World Championships.
www.sportsterminal.com /sports/news.asp?news_id=148776&back_url=   (1175 words)

  
 Eurobasket 2003, September 5-14, Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Use the dropdowns to the right to show news about a specific team, group or venue.
Most of the spending was made for hotels, restaurants, shopping and tickets for Eurobasket 2003.
The study also revealed that almost 8000 foreign visitors came to Sweden to follow Eurobasket 2003.
www.eurobasket2003.com /uk/nyheter.asp   (232 words)

  
 Case Ace Poker :: View topic - Eurobasket 2005
Eurobasket 2005, an international team basketball tournament, is being played in Belgrade right now.
The Serbs have five current NBA players on their roster (biggest NBA rep in Eurobasket), plus a sixth than played a little in the NBA a few years ago.
Yes, Tony Parker is playing for France (as are NBAers Boris Diaw and Mickael Pietrus), but Parker is playing like garbage and FRA was just 1-2 in pool play.
forums.caseacepoker.com /viewtopic.php?t=1671   (395 words)

  
 Tourbox Antalya - Hotels in Turkey - EUROBASKET 2005 WOMEN
This is Eurobasket 2005 Women and Izmir is one of the host cities for opening round groups.
Between now and the final on Sept. 11, the cream of European women's basketball will be on display as the teams vie not only for medals but for a place in the top five which earns World Championshipentry.
Turkey is hoping for a repeat of Eurobasket 2001 when the unfancied national men's team rode an ever-growing wave of support to take the runner-up spot in Istanbul.
www.tourboxantalya.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=100   (1000 words)

  
 Eurowomen2005.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Poland secured their stay at EuroBasket Women in Turkey on Tuesday night, defeating Ukraine in the additional qualifying tournament to become the 12th and final qualifer for the event.
Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia will all have the chance to grab the final EuroBasket Women spot after after securing wins in their respective groups of the Additional Qualifying Round on Sunday night.
The draw for the 2005 EuroBasket Women Additional Qualifying Tournament was set today in Athens, Greece under the auspices of FIBA Europe Secretary General Nar Zanolin and Sports Director Kosta Iliev.
www.eurobasketwomen2005.com /en/cid_b1RaemHSHvQWSOacg8odg1.html   (329 words)

  
 InsideHoops.com - EuroBasket
With no NBA players and a total team effort Greece beat Germany 78-62 to win the 2005 EuroBasket championship.
The EuroBasket Final Four matchups were Greece vs France and Germany vs Spain.
France gave the ball to Rigaudeau who dribbled to midcourt and attempted to launch a desperation shot but guarded by Greece players, he was called for traveling as time expired setting off a joyous celebration from Greek players and thousands of their fans in attendance."
www.insidehoops.com /eurobasket.shtml   (628 words)

  
 news - EuroBasket Broadcast Live Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Basketball fans will be able to watch the premiere European basketball teams representing 16 countries compete for this year’s championship title.
EuroBasket 2005 is the highlight of our calendar and promises to be a great event.
“EuroBasket 2005 is an exciting addition to our library of live sports programming.
www.noticias.info /asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=98523&src=0   (521 words)

  
 SkyscraperCity - Eurobasket 2005
Pau Gasol, who led Spain to an unbeaten mark in group play in the Olympics before a loss to the United States in the quarter-finals, is recovering from a foot injury and will not play.
Turkey were second in EuroBasket 2001 as hosts but 12th two years ago and also will have four players with NBA experience - Hedo Turkoglu of Orlando, Mehmet Okur of Utah, Ibrahim Kutluay and Mirsad Turkcan.
Group C in Beograd should be a two-team race between Slovenia, which may have enough to win their first EuroBasket title, and France, who were a disappointing fourth two years ago and have not finished in the top three since 1959.
www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=256922   (1536 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Dirk and Germans face Greece in EuroBasket Finals
Both semifinals at the Eurobasket 2005 were decided on winning baskets in the closing moments of the game and to the surprise of many, the final will feature Greece and Germany, as France and Spain faltered.
He finished the night shooting 10 of 20 from the field (5 of 10 from three-point range) and added 7 rebounds and 3 assists.
Germany will face Greece in tonight's final and go for their second Eurobasket title.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2172001&type=story   (1642 words)

  
 FIBA Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Spaniards were silver medalists when the tournament was staged in Sweden in 2003 and semi-finalists last year in Belgrade, and Rodriguez, one of his country's emerging stars who turned 20 less than a month ago, is expected to be a big factor in their bid for glory.
Not only will the injury keep him out of Israel’s 2007 EuroBasket qualifying round games, it is threatening to hamper his ambitions of furthering his career, possibly outside of Israel.
David Blatt is on a new high with Italian champions Benetton Treviso after the Toronto Raptors' selection of Andrea Bargnani with the number one pick in the NBA draft.
www.fibaeurope.com /?cid={A440F8BD-44CB-4159-9FC6-547E93455FE2}&compID={D166E39E-2323-4863-B229-76357A926FA2}   (525 words)

  
 news - EUROBASKET: No Shame for Italy
As a result, the Italians failed to qualify for the quarter-finals for the first time since 2001 and will not come close to duplicating their bronze medal performance in EuroBasket 2003 or silver medal finish at last year’s Olympics.
Prior to this EuroBasket, Italian coach Carlo Recalcati said: “Our basic goal is to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Recalcati also pointed to the higher level of play in the 2005 EuroBasket as a contributing factor to his team’s early exit.
www.noticias.info /asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=101280&src=0   (514 words)

  
 Eurobasket 2005 set to begin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In every of A, B, C and D group we have at least one derby match that is going to be very interesting to watch.
They all are capable of scoring like crazy, so our favorite is Greece, cause if they perform as they did in their homeland they are one of the biggest favorite for the first three places.
Although Israel has just qualified for the Eurobasket 2005 by beating Hungary 83:69 on September 13th they certainly aren’t to be written off and underestimated.
www.jadransport.org /articles/1893.html   (1496 words)

  
 news - EUROBASKET: Pesquera - Tiredness Cost Us
EUROBASKET: Pesquera - Tiredness Cost Us /noticias.info/ Spain coach Mario Pesquera has blamed tiredness for his side's surprise 85-77 defeat to qualifiers Israel in the EuroBasket on Sunday.
Pesquera's side will now be able to enjoy a short rest before resuming action in the EuroBasket.
Despite the defeat to Israel, Spain finished top of a tightly-contested Group D and will now face the winner of Tuesday's elimination game between Croatia and Italy in the last eight.
www.noticias.info /asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=100512   (364 words)

  
 Eurobasket 2005, Game 2: four teams still unbeaten!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Many Euroleague and ULEB Cup players carried on leading their respective national teams in Eurobasket 2005, which will enter its first crucial day tomorrow, when the group stage will come to an end.
Spain, Russia, Slovenia and Lithuania won this Saturday are still unbeaten in their respective groups and will make it directly to the Eurobasket quarterfinals if they win their respectuve games tomorrow.
Spain had to battle harder than expected to outlast Latvia 114-109 in overtime in Group D. Winterthur FCB Barcelona guard Juan Carlos Navarro led the way for Spain with a competition-high 35 points, while Unicaja power forward Jorge Garbajosa had 31 points.
www.euroleague.net /noticia.jsp?temporada=E04&jornada=33&id=153   (2188 words)

  
 Serbia Info News / Djordjevic to miss Eurobasket 2001
Belgrade, March 7 (telebasket.com/agencies) - Svetislav Pesic, coach of the Yugoslav men's national basketbal team, announced at the press conference that Alexandar Djordjevic would not play at the European championship in Turkey.
I would like to have Djordjevic in the team but it is too hard for him to play for his club and after that for the national team", said Pesic.
Before the Sydney Olympics he said that he would like to stay out of the team at Eurobasket 2001.
www.serbia-info.com /news/2001-03/08/22705.html   (197 words)

  
 news - EUROBASKET: New Look Lithuania Down Turkey
With just four players remaining from their 2003 EuroBasket championship team, Lithuania took a first step towards defending their title with an impressive 87-75 victory over Turkey in the teams´ opening preliminary round game in Podgorica.
With questions swirling about Lithuania due to the absence of the core group from the 2004 Olympic silver medal and 2003 EuroBasket championship teams, the Lithuanians provided answers, shooting a blistering 61% for the game.
Okur, who averaged 18.8 points per game in the 2003 EuroBasket, was scoreless in the first half and didn't tally his first points until the end of the third quarter.
www.noticias.info /asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=99648   (453 words)

  
 FIBA.com - FIBA World Championships and international basketball events
BELGRADE (EuroBasket 2005) - Spain proved once and for all they are not a one-man team by destroying hosts Serbia & Montenegro 89-70 in one of several shocking opening night results at EuroBasket 2005.
Much has been made of the EuroBasket being Serbia & Montenegro's to win, especially with a host of NBA players in their side.
The Italians, who won bronze at EuroBasket 2003 in Sweden and then took silver last year at the Olympics, got a team-high 25 points from Gianluca Basile, their star guard who did not enjoy a good build-up to the tournament.
www.fiba.com /pages/en/events/blockbusters/world_champ_men_06/fiba_euro_cham_arti.asp?r_act_news=9163&r_cat=293   (847 words)

  
 'EuroBasket 2005', related links and additional (meta)information [Feeds4All.nl]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Here you are some info about tickets for Eurobasket 2005 games.
Serbia & Montenegro will host Slovenia, Croatia and Lithuania in a tournament from August 23-25 as preparation for the European Championships, the Serbia and Montenegro basketball association announced.
All of the teams will be taking part in Eurobasket 2005, which is being staged in Serbia & Montenegro in September.
www.feeds4all.com /FeedDetails.aspx?FeedID=43498   (258 words)

  
 NBA.com: NBA Stars Shine at Eurobasket 2005
Tony Parker followed up a Spurs NBA championship with a French bronze medal at Eurobasket 2005.
The three stars were among a host of NBA players to hit the hardwood at Eurobasket 2005 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
Nowitzki and Germany reached the championship game, but in a surprise, Greece took home the gold medal with a 78-62 victory.
www.nba.com /europe/eurobasket2005.html   (270 words)

  
 MediaZone Presents FIBA Eurobasket 2005
Played every two years, EuroBasket is FIBA Europe’s top national team competition, combining NBA talent on the court and the passion of the European crowd in the stands.
In 2005, EuroBasket will be hosted in one of international basketball’s spiritual centers, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, home to the 2002 World Basketball Champions.
The live internet broadcast of 12 games, including the Elimination Round, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, bronze medal and gold medal games will be available with English commentary.
www.mediazone.com /channel/basketball/jsp/index.jsp   (210 words)

  
 Armenian Basketball News and Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Owing to the great interest in those basketball reports and for their importance as future reference, we have now archived my personal reports on the Games on this Armenian Basketball site.
It is worthwhile to note that as news get updated on Eurobasket, the earlier news are gradually removed to give place to the newer developments.
Eurobasket is a vast network of sites (eurobasket, asia-basket, aftcabasket, latinbasket, usbasket etc…) covering basketball in more than 200 leagues in 133 countries.
www.internationalbasketball.com /abbarchives.html   (2789 words)

  
 FIBA.com - FIBA World Championships and international basketball events
ATHENS (EuroBasket 2005) - Greece are commemorating the national team's EuroBasket 2005 gold medal triumph in Belgrade by issuing a series of stamps to recognise the achievement.The stamps are being printed to highlight the latest feat more...
BELGRADE (EuroBasket) - There has been fall-out from Serbia & Montenegro's early exit at EuroBasket 2005 with the president of the Basketball Federation of Serbia & Montenegro (KSSCG), Miodrag Babic more...
BELGRADE (EuroBasket 2005) - Patrick FEMERLING believes his Germany team-mate Dirk Nowitzki deserves the recognition he received this month in Serbia & Montenegro after proving yet again he is one of the top players in the more...
www.fiba.com /pages/en/events/blockbusters/world_champ_men_06/fiba_euro_cham_main.asp   (380 words)

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