FIBA EuroBasket 2003 qualification

Qualification for the 2003 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2003 took place between 17 May 2000^[1] and 25 January 2003.^[2] A total of fourteen teams qualified for the tournament. Sweden and Serbia and Montenegro qualified directly as hosts and EuroBasket 2001 Champions respectively.

Format

Competition consisted of three stages:

A Preliminary Round that consisted of six teams that competed in a round robin tournament that took place in Vejle, Denmark between 17 May and 25 May 2000. The top two teams advanced to the Semi-Final Round.
A Qualifying Round where the third through sixth teams from the Preliminary Round joined another ten teams. The sixteen teams were divided into four round robin groups of four teams each. Each group competition consisted of home and away legs, taking place in each of the participating countries. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Semi-Final Round.
A Semi-Final Round where the teams that advanced through the Preliminary and Qualifying Rounds joined another twenty teams. All thirty teams where then divided in five round robin groups of six teams each. This stage took place between 21 November 2001 and 25 January 2003 and competition consisted of home and away legs, taking place in each of the participating countries. The top two teams from each group plus the four best third-placed teams qualified for EuroBasket 2003.

Preliminary Round

	Qualified for the Semi-Final Round
	Qualified for the Qualifying Round


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Denmark	5	4	1	320	296	+24	9
Cyprus	5	4	1	347	317	+30	9
Georgia	5	2	3	377	385	−8	7
Romania	5	2	3	315	317	−2	7
Ireland	5	2	3	336	344	−8	7
Luxembourg	5	1	4	350	386	−36	6

17 May 2000
16:00

Ireland	57–51	Romania
Scoring by half: 24–19, 33–52

Velje

17 May 2000
18:30

Denmark	58–57	Cyprus
Scoring by half: 32–39, 26–18

Velje

17 May 2000
20:30

Georgia	71–92	Luxembourg
Scoring by half: 30–42, 41–50

Velje

18 May 2000
16:00

Ireland	65–68	Cyprus
Scoring by half: 34–36, 31–32

Velje

18 May 2000
18:00

Romania	71–69	Georgia
Scoring by half: 37–36, 34–33

Velje

18 May 2000
20:00

Denmark	74–60	Luxembourg
Scoring by half: 44–34, 30–26

Velje

19 May 2000
16:00

Romania	51–65	Cyprus
Scoring by half: 26–28, 25–37

Velje

19 May 2000
18:00

Ireland	76–68	Luxembourg
Scoring by half: 27–33, 49–35

Velje

19 May 2000
20:00

Denmark	62–67	Georgia
Scoring by half: 38–40, 24–27

Velje

20 May 2000
14:00

Romania	88–62	Luxembourg
Scoring by half: 48–29, 40–33

Velje

20 May 2000

Denmark	62–58	Ireland
Scoring by half: 24–25, 38–33

Velje

20 May 2000

Georgia	75–80 (OT)	Cyprus
Scoring by half: 35–36, 29–28 Overtime: 11–16

Velje

21 May 2000

Ireland	80–95	Georgia
Scoring by half: 44–49, 36–46

Velje

21 May 2000

Denmark	64–54	Romania
Scoring by half: 35–29, 29–25

Velje

21 May 2000

Luxembourg	68–77	Cyprus
Scoring by half: 33–38, 35–39

Velje

Qualifying Round

	Qualified for the Semi-Final Round

Group 1


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Romania	6	5	1	486	396	+90	11
Hungary	6	4	2	568	370	+198	10
Austria	6	3	3	464	465	−1	9
Malta	6	0	6	362	649	−287	6


Austria	–	87–81	90–53	68–73
Hungary	100–58	–	108–54	88–72
Malta	84–102	43–138	–	81–101
Romania	74–59	56–53	110–47	–

Group 2


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czech Republic	6	5	1	532	422	+110	11
Portugal	6	4	2	465	392	+73	10
Slovakia	6	3	3	525	469	+56	9
Luxembourg	6	0	6	397	636	−239	6


Czech Republic	–	135–65	68–55	93–71
Luxembourg	85–95	–	59–61	64–111
Portugal	61–46	98–67	–	77–64
Slovakia	85–95	106–57	88–83	–

Group 3


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Bulgaria	6	4	2	531	427	+104	10
Belarus	6	4	2	542	410	+132	10
Georgia	6	4	2	509	437	+72	10
Azerbaijan	6	0	6	341	649	−308	6


Azerbaijan	–	59–106	62–101	61–101
Belarus	121–50	–	78–63	95–65
Bulgaria	117–66	90–64	–	85–66
Georgia	103–43	83–78	91–75	–

Group 4


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Ireland	6	5	1	435	415	+20	11
Switzerland	6	4	2	425	392	+33	10
Finland	6	3	3	465	433	+32	9
Iceland	6	0	6	406	491	−85	6


Finland	–	97–66	81–84	60–73
Iceland	73–84	–	78–84	62–79
Ireland	70–68	70–59	–	69–62
Switzerland	67–75	77–68	67–58	–

Semi-Final Round

	Qualified for EuroBasket 2003

Group A


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lithuania	10	10	0	1001	765	+236	20
Turkey	10	7	3	810	733	+77	17
Ukraine	10	7	3	834	794	+40	17
Bulgaria	10	5	5	857	877	−20	15
Switzerland	10	2	8	658	812	−154	12
Netherlands	10	0	10	712	891	−179	10


Bulgaria	–	87–105	91–80	87–77	78–82	109–86
Lithuania	117–72	–	95–73	93–47	100–62	109–98
Netherlands	77–86	74–88	–	74–82	73–89	68–84
Switzerland	83–88	64–110	81–64	–	53–70	69–93
Turkey	84–79	99–102	107–67	64–40	–	80–67
Ukraine	86–80	99–102	88–62	69–62	74–73	–

Group B


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Greece	10	9	1	889	637	+252	19
Spain	10	9	1	866	685	+181	19
Israel	10	5	5	738	707	+31	15
Romania	10	4	6	657	804	−147	14
Belgium	10	3	7	663	751	−88	13
Denmark	10	0	10	603	832	−229	10


Belgium	–	79–60	59–92	69–75	69–73	63–78
Denmark	60–73	–	60–75	48–66	75–76	66–96
Greece	88–49	103–63	–	85–61	103–45	86–73
Israel	66–67	89–78	73–74	–	91–63	71–79
Romania	74–69	88–47	60–92	56–72	–	70–96
Spain	85–66	87–46	94–91	88–74	90–52	–

Group C


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Germany	10	9	1	833	709	+124	19
Croatia	10	8	2	834	724	+110	18
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	6	4	827	748	+79	16
Macedonia	10	4	6	816	810	+6	14
Ireland	10	3	7	754	815	−61	13
Cyprus	10	0	10	645	902	−257	10


Bosnia and Herzegovina	–	65–95	92–53	76–83	94–77	93–79
Croatia	69–61	–	90–61	71–78	87–69	91–72
Cyprus	56–95	76–87	–	63–90	67–74	63–93
Germany	76–84	81–73	94–42	–	85–77	86–78
Ireland	59–74	76–78	104–99	71–80	–	75–68
Macedonia	101–92	85–93	83–65	74–80	83–72	–

Group D


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	10	8	2	843	734	+109	18
Latvia	10	6	4	878	858	+20	16
Hungary	10	5	5	829	804	+25	15
Estonia	10	5	5	815	810	+5	15
Belarus	10	3	7	673	798	−125	13
Poland	10	3	7	805	843	−38	13


Belarus	–	81–79	61–85	64–69	63–65	78–67
Estonia	84–56	–	63–59	88–75	79–86	78–63
France	83–56	93–73	–	81–73	96–78	101–85
Hungary	83–53	94–71	94–80	–	87–96	101–86
Latvia	115–91	93–95	81–87	97–88	–	81–92
Poland	68–70	110–105	70–78	88–65	76–86	–

Group E


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	10	8	2	874	699	+175	18
Slovenia	10	7	3	826	771	+55	17
Russia	10	6	4	852	742	+110	16
Czech Republic	10	4	6	821	879	−58	14
England	10	3	7	662	850	−188	13
Portugal	10	2	8	804	922	−118	12


Czech Republic	–	74–87	75–81	124–116	89–103	71–70
England	68–74	–	39–97	92–84	51–80	73–70
Italy	88–68	99–63	–	89–65	86–66	70–78
Portugal	65–88	74–70	68–103	–	91–83	99–106
Russia	109–78	94–42	63–83	90–77	–	88–63
Slovenia	92–80	104–71	84–78	77–65	82–76	–

References

↑ 2003 European Championship for Men: Preliminary Round, FIBA.com.
↑ 2003 European Championship for Men: Semi-Final Round, FIBA.com

EuroBasket

Tournaments	Switzerland 1935 Latvia 1937 Lithuania 1939 ~~Lithuania 1941~~ (cancelled due to WWII) Switzerland 1946 Czechoslovakia 1947 Egypt 1949 France 1951 USSR 1953 Hungary 1955 Bulgaria 1957 Turkey 1959 Yugoslavia 1961 Poland 1963 USSR 1965 Finland 1967 Italy 1969 West Germany 1971 Spain 1973 Yugoslavia 1975 Belgium 1977 Italy 1979 Czechoslovakia 1981 France 1983 West Germany 1985 Greece 1987 Yugoslavia 1989 Italy 1991 Germany 1993 Greece 1995 Spain 1997 France 1999 Turkey 2001 Sweden 2003 Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Spain 2007 Poland 2009 Lithuania 2011 Slovenia 2013 Croatia/France/Germany/Latvia 2015 Finland/Israel/Romania/Turkey 2017

Qualification	1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Finals	2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Division B (defunct)	2005 2007 2009 2011

Small Countries	1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Honors Records

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