EuroBasket 2015 Final

EuroBasket 2015 Final

The Stade Pierre-Mauroy was the venue of the Final
Event	EuroBasket 2015
Spain Lithuania 80 63
1 2 3 4 Total Lithuania 8 25 10 20 63 Spain 19 22 19 20 80
Date	20 September 2015
Venue	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Referees	Luigi Lamonica Ilija Belošević Borys Ryzhyk
Attendance	27,372

The EuroBasket 2015 Final was the championship game of the EuroBasket 2015 tournament. The game was played on 20 September 2015 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, France.

Spain won their third title by defeating Lithuania 80–63.^[1] The attendance of 27,372 was an all-time record.^[1] Both teams qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Road to the Final

Spain

The team of Spain for EuroBasket 2015 missed Serge Ibaka, Marc Gasol and José Calderón, compared to the squad that participated at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Pau Gasol did play for the team, as well as Nikola Mirotić, who made his debut with the Spanish national team.

Spain started slow at the tournament, during the group stage in Berlin. Spain lost to Serbia and Italy, and had to battle on the last day with Germany to eventually advance to the Round of 16. In the quarterfinals Greece, who were considered major tournament contenders, was defeated 73–71. In the semi-final Spain faced host country France, who knocked Spain out of the tournament at the 2010 World Cup. Behind 40 points from Pau Gasol, the Spanish put the French away after overtime.

Lithuania

Top players Linas Kleiza and Donatas Motiejūnas missed from the squad that participated 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Lithuania played the group stage in Riga, Latvia. Their only loss came against Belgium, who won 74–76 on a buzzer-beater. In the Round of 16 Lithuania had its hands full with Georgia, but won 85–81 behind 34 points of Jonas Mačiulis. In the quarterfinals, they beat Italy after overtime. In the semifinals, they surprised favourite Serbia 67–64.

All results

Spain		Round	Lithuania
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Serbia	70–80	Game 1	Ukraine	69–68
Turkey	104–77	Game 2	Latvia	68–49
Italy	98–105	Game 3	Belgium	74–76
Iceland	99–73	Game 4	Estonia	64–62
Germany	77–76	Game 5	Czech Republic	85–81 (OT)
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1  Serbia 5 5 0 433 354 +79 10 Advanced to Knockout stage 2  Spain 5 3 2 448 411 +37 8[lower-alpha 1] 3  Italy 5 3 2 434 434 0 8[lower-alpha 1] 4  Turkey 5 3 2 429 459 −30 8[lower-alpha 1] 5  Germany 5 1 4 370 379 −9 6 6  Iceland 5 0 5 368 445 −77 5 Source: eurobasket2015.org Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored. Notes: Spain 1–1, +20; Italy 1–1, +5; Turkey 1–1 −25		Preliminary Round	Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1  Lithuania 5 4 1 360 336 +24 9 Advanced to Knockout stage 2  Latvia 5 3 2 348 339 +9 8[lower-alpha 1] 3  Czech Republic 5 3 2 370 342 +28 8[lower-alpha 1] 4  Belgium 5 3 2 370 344 +26 8[lower-alpha 1] 5  Estonia 5 1 4 316 374 −58 6[lower-alpha 2] 6  Ukraine 5 1 4 349 378 −29 6[lower-alpha 2] Source: eurobasket2015.org Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored. Notes: Latvia 2–0; Czech Republic 1–1; Belgium 0–2 Ukraine–Estonia 71–78
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Poland	80–66	Round of 16	Georgia	85–81
Greece	73–71	Quarterfinals	Italy	95–85 (OT)
France	80–75 (OT)	Semifinals	Serbia	67–64

Match

The game was a re-match of the EuroBasket 2003 final, in which Lithuania beat Spain 93–84.

Spain pulled away early, by taking a 19–8 lead after the first quarter. Lithuania won the second quarter, behind a buzzer-beating three pointer by Jonas Mačiulis. After the third quarter, Spain led by 17 points.^[2]

After the game, Spain's Pau Gasol was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Lithuanians Jonas Valančiūnas and Mačiulis were named to the All-Tournament Team along with Gasol and Sergio Rodríguez.^[1]

20 September 2015 19:00

Boxscore

Spain	80–63	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 22–25, 19–10, 20–20
Pts: Gasol 25 Rebs: Gasol 12 Asts: Rodríguez 6		Pts: Kalnietis, Seibutis 13 Rebs: Valančiūnas 9 Asts: Kalnietis 5

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 27,372 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)

Statistics

Spain

Lithuania

Starters Pts Reb Ast PG 12 Sergio Llull 12 6 5 SG 8 Pau Ribas 5 1 0 SF 5 Rudy Fernández 11 1 1 PF 14 Nikola Mirotić 8 2 2 C 4 Pau Gasol 25 12 4 Reserves: PG 6 Sergio Rodríguez 4 2 6 C 7 Guillermo Hernangómez 0 0 0 PF 9 Felipe Reyes 8 1 1 F 10 Víctor Claver 7 6 0 SF 11 Fernando San Emeterio 0 1 0 PF 13 Pablo Aguilar 0 0 0 PG 15 Guillem Vives 0 1 0 Head coach: Sergio Scariolo

2015 European champions Spain 3rd title

Starters Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Mantas Kalnietis 13 1 6 SG 10 Renaldas Seibutis 13 4 0 SF 8 Jonas Mačiulis 8 4 2 PF 13 Paulius Jankūnas 3 4 0 C 17 Jonas Valančiūnas 10 9 2 Reserves: G/F 6 Deividas Gailius 1 0 0 F/C 11 Domantas Sabonis 0 0 0 C 12 Antanas Kavaliauskas 4 5 0 C 15 Robertas Javtokas 0 0 0 SF 19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 8 6 2 SG 21 Artūras Milaknis 3 0 0 PG 43 Lukas Lekavičius 0 0 2 Head coach: Jonas Kazlauskas

Note: For full information about the squads, see EuroBasket 2015 squads.

References

1. "Spain Claim Gold In Front Of Record Audience". eurobasket2015.org. 20 September 2015.
2. Spain, European champions for the third time