FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Final

EuroBasket 2013 Final

Event	FIBA EuroBasket 2013
France Lithuania 80 66
1 2 3 4 Total Lithuania 22 12 16 16 66 France 19 31 18 12 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		Round	Lithuania
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Germany	74–80	Game 1	Serbia	56–63
Great Britain	88–65	Game 2	Macedonia	75–67
Israel	82–63	Game 3	Latvia	67–59
Ukraine	77–71	Game 4	Montenegro	77–70 (OT)
Belgium	82–65	Game 5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	72–78
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie  France 5 4 1 403 344 +59 9 1–0  Ukraine 5 4 1 378 352 +26 9 0–1  Belgium 5 2 3 344 371 −27 7 2–0  Great Britain 5 2 3 360 396 −36 7 1–1  Germany 5 2 3 390 396 −6 7 0–2  Israel 5 1 4 364 380 −16 6		First Round	Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie  Serbia 5 3 2 371 366 +5 8 3–0  Latvia 5 3 2 365 360 +5 8 1–2, 1–1, 1.021  Lithuania 5 3 2 347 337 +10 8 1–2, 1–1, 1.015  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 3 2 358 359 −1 8 1–2, 1–1, 0.968  Montenegro 5 2 3 376 382 −6 7    Macedonia 5 1 4 356 369 −13 6
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Lithuania	62–76	Game 1	France	76–62
Latvia	102–91	Game 2	Belgium	86–67
Serbia	65–77	Game 3	Ukraine	70–63
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie  Serbia 5 4 1 371 343 +28 9 1–0  Lithuania 5 4 1 355 314 +41 9 0–1  France 5 3 2 388 380 +8 8    Ukraine 5 2 3 325 364 −39 7    Belgium 5 1 4 318 358 −40 6 1–0  Latvia 5 1 4 362 360 +2 6 0–1		Second Round	Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie  Serbia 5 4 1 371 343 +28 9 1–0  Lithuania 5 4 1 355 314 +41 9 0–1  France 5 3 2 388 380 +8 8    Ukraine 5 2 3 325 364 −39 7    Belgium 5 1 4 318 358 −40 6 1–0  Latvia 5 1 4 362 360 +2 6 0–1
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Slovenia	72–62	Quarterfinals	Italy	81–77
Spain	75–72 (OT)	Semifinals	Croatia	77–62

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

Boxscore

France	80–66	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: Vincent Collet

Game rules Game was played under FIBA rules. Stožice Arena 2013 European Champions 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: Jonas Kazlauskas

References

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