FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Final

EuroBasket 2013 Final
Event FIBA EuroBasket 2013
1234 Total
Lithuania 22121616 66
France 19311812 80
Date September 22, 2013
Venue Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Referees
  • Luigi Lamonica
  • Juan Arteaga
  • Ilija Belošević
Attendance 10,000

The EuroBasket 2013 Final was the championship game of FIBA EuroBasket 2013. The game was played at the Arena Stožice in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 22 September between France and Lithuania. France won their first ever European title by winning the match 80 points to 66.[1]

Road to the Final

All results

France

France ended in first place in Group A, after it only lost to Germany in its first game. In the Top 16, France finished third in Group E behind Serbia and Lithuania.

In the quarterfinals, France beat Slovenia 72–62. In the semi-finals, the French upset title favorite Spain by winning 72–75 after overtime.

Lithuania

France ended in third place in Group B, just making it to the second round due to a adventage in a tie-breaker with Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the Top 16, the team went 4–1 and finished second.

In the quarterfinals, Lithuania beat Italy 81–77. In the semi-finals, the Lithuanians beat Croatia 62–77.

Match details

22 September 2013
21:00
France  8066  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 31–12, 18–16, 12–16
Pts: Batum 17
Rebs: Ajinça 10
Asts: Diaw 4
Pts: Kleiza 20
Rebs: Mačiulis 6
Asts: three players 2
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Juan Arteaga (ESP), Ilija Belošević (SRB)
France
Lithuania
Starters Pts Reb Ast
PG 9 Tony Parker 12 2 3
SG 15 Mickaël Gelabale 7 3 2
SF 5 Nicolas Batum 17 6 1
PF 13 Boris Diaw 15 6 4
C 14 Alexis Ajinça 4 10 0
Reserves:
F 4 Joffrey Lauvergne 2 1 0
G 6 Antoine Diot 5 0 3
C 7 Johan Petro 8 0 1
G/F 8 Charles Lombahe-Kahudi 0 1 0
G 10 Thomas Heurtel 0 0 0
F 11 Florent Piétrus 6 1 0
G 12 Nando de Colo 4 6 2
Head coach:
France Vincent Collet
Game rules
Game was played under FIBA rules.


Stožice Arena

2013 European Champions
France
France
1st title
Starters Pts Reb Ast
PG 5 Mantas Kalnietis 19 4 2
SG 10 Renaldas Seibutis 10 1 2
SF 11 Linas Kleiza 20 5 1
SF 8 Jonas Maciulis 7 6 2
C 7 Darjuš Lavrinovič 7 0 0
Reserves:
F 4 Donatas Motiejūnas 0 0 0
F 5 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 0 0 1
G 9 Tomas Delininkaitis DNP
F/C 12 Ksystof Lavrinovic DNP
G/F 13 Martynas Pocius 3 2 0
C 14 Jonas Valanciunas 0 3 1
C 15 Robertas Javtokas 0 2 0
Head coach:
Lithuania Jonas Kazlauskas

References

  1. "France win Eurobasket". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
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