FIBA EuroBasket 2005 qualification

Qualification for the 2005 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2005 took place between 8 September and 25 September 2004.^[1] A total of eleven teams qualified for the tournament. Hosts Serbia and Montenegro plus the top four teams from EuroBasket 2003, Lithuania, Spain, Italy and Greece qualified directly. Greece took the place of the French team, which was the fourth-placed team in EuroBasket 2003.

Format

For this edition of the FIBA EuroBasket tournament, a new qualification format was created. National squads were divided in a two-tier system. Teams in Division A competed for direct qualification to FIBA EuroBasket 2005, while teams in Division B competed for two spots on the next tournament's Division A. Those two spots would correspond to the two teams from Division A that were relegated.

Division A

• Teams were split into four groups of four teams each, and one group of three teams. The competition system was that of a double round-robin with home and away games where the top two teams from each group qualified to EuroBasket 2005.
• The remaining teams where split into three double round-robin groups of three teams and competed in an additional qualifying round. The best three teams from each group formed an additional round-robin group where the best team earned the last berth for EuroBasket 2005. The three bottom teams from the additional qualifying round competed in another round-robin group where the bottom-two teams where relegated to Division B for the following tournament.

Division B

• Teams were split into three groups of four teams each, and one group of three teams. The competition system was that of a double round-robin with home and away games where the top teams from each group where paired in two series of home-and-away games. The winner of each series (by overall point differential if the two-game series is a split) is promoted to Division A for the next tournament.

Division A

Qualifying Round

Qualified for FIBA EuroBasket 2005

Group 1

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Croatia 4 3 1 312 268 +44 7  Russia 4 3 1 327 296 +31 7  Sweden 4 0 4 275 350 −75 4

Croatia – 86–63 75–61  Russia 75–65 – 97–64  Sweden 69–86 81–92 –

Group 2

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Latvia 6 4 2 517 451 +66 10  Bulgaria 6 4 2 487 495 −8 10  Israel 6 3 3 471 467 +4 9  Portugal 6 1 5 473 535 −62 7

Bulgaria – 72–65 96–85 89–87  Israel 64–84 – 79–77 96–101  Latvia 102–79 80–57 – 92–64  Portugal 72–87 73–90 76–81 –

Group 3

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Germany 6 6 0 501 405 +96 12  Ukraine 6 3 3 448 495 −47 9  Hungary 6 2 4 495 475 +20 8  Belgium 6 1 5 463 532 −69 7

Belgium – 72–84 101–97 81–85  Germany 81–61 – 82–72 95–69  Hungary 96–70 70–78 – 90–67  Ukraine 89–78 61–81 77–70 –

Group 4

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  France 6 5 1 510 445 +65 11  Slovenia 6 5 1 474 415 +59 11  Czech Republic 6 1 5 447 502 −55 7  Poland 6 1 5 424 493 −69 7

Czech Republic – 95–104 82–57 70–71  France 89–56 – 85–65 85–69  Poland 86–78 83–66 – 71–80  Slovenia 95–66 77–61 82–62 –

Group 5

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Turkey 6 6 0 465 363 +102 12  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 4 2 454 420 +34 10  Netherlands 6 1 5 406 481 −75 7  Estonia 6 1 5 428 489 −61 7

Bosnia and Herzegovina – 92–71 86–59 65–75  Estonia 61–70 – 91–88 76–78  Netherlands 77–82 76–72 – 47–67  Turkey 77–59 85–57 83–59 –

Additional qualifying round

	Advanced to final qualifying stage
	Competed for relegation

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Czech Republic 4 4 0 313 271 +42 8  Estonia 4 1 3 293 298 −5 5  Poland 4 1 3 255 292 −37 5

Czech Republic – 96–86 73–64  Estonia 57–75 – 74–45  Poland 64–69 82–76 –

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Israel 4 4 0 319 280 +39 8  Belgium 4 2 2 280 262 +18 6  Netherlands 4 0 4 252 309 −57 4

Belgium – 75–79 76–63  Israel 69–67 – 89–60  Netherlands 51–62 78–82 –

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Hungary 4 3 1 306 293 +13 7  Portugal 4 2 2 303 302 +1 6  Sweden 4 1 3 279 293 −14 5

Hungary – 77–76 75–68  Portugal 76–87 – 74–67  Sweden 73–67 71–77 –

Final qualifying stage

Qualified for FIBA EuroBasket 2005

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	2	2	0	166	147	+19	4
Hungary	2	1	1	153	162	−9	3
Czech Republic	2	0	2	157	167	−10	2

11 September 2005 20:00

Boxscore

Hungary	84–79	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 15–17, 25–20, 18–24

Novi Sad, Serbia

12 September 2005 20:00

Boxscore

Czech Republic	78–83	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 19–21, 15–16, 18–25

Novi Sad, Serbia

13 September 2005 20:00

Boxscore

Israel	83–69	Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 17–17, 18–20, 25–15

Novi Sad, Serbia

Relegation stage

Relegated to Division B

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Sweden	2	2	0	145	120	+25	4
Netherlands	2	1	1	161	154	+7	3
Poland	2	0	2	131	163	−32	2

11 September 2005 17:30

Boxscore

Poland	55–67	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 18–15, 6–14, 15–18

Novi Sad, Serbia

12 September 2005 17:30

Boxscore

Sweden	78–65	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 13–17, 19–17, 19–14

Novi Sad, Serbia

13 September 2005 17:30

Boxscore

Netherlands	86–76	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 29–20, 26–19, 21–21

Novi Sad, Serbia

Division B

Qualifying Round

Advanced to the qualification games

Group A Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Denmark 4 3 1 299 273 +26 7  Iceland 4 2 2 290 303 −13 6  Romania 4 1 3 287 300 −13 5    Denmark – 81–71 67–69  Iceland 60–77 – 79–73  Romania 73–74 72–80 –	Group B Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Ireland 6 4 2 473 382 +91 10  Slovakia 6 4 2 478 363 +115 10   Switzerland 6 4 2 439 363 +76 10  Malta 6 0 6 286 568 −282 6    Ireland – 98–49 82–68 79–68  Malta 51–90 – 53–107 57–90  Slovakia 70–67 100–39 – 60–66   Switzerland 76–57 83–37 56–73 –
Group C Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Austria 6 5 1 480 431 +49 11  Belarus 6 4 2 500 449 +51 10  Cyprus 6 3 3 462 443 +19 9  Albania 6 0 6 420 539 −119 6    Albania – 82–90 72–84 67–76  Austria 83–66 – 91–92 73–66  Belarus 110–58 60–69 – 77–72  Cyprus 96–75 65–74 87–77 –	Group D Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Macedonia 6 5 1 510 433 +77 11  Georgia 6 4 2 488 432 +56 10  Finland 6 3 3 492 460 +32 9  Luxembourg 6 0 6 387 552 −165 6    Finland – 87–79 97–64 78–87  Georgia 85–78 – 87–65 73–60  Luxembourg 62–82 61–87 – 69–94  Macedonia 83–70 81–77 105–66 –

Qualification games

All times are local.

17 September 2005 17:00

Boxscore

Ireland	80–66	Denmark
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 29–19, 20–11, 14–21

National Basketball Arena, Dublin, Ireland Attendance: 1,200

17 September 2005 18:00

Boxscore

Austria	75–101	Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 10–33, 25–22, 13–20

Volksbank-Arena Gmunden, Gmunden, Austria Attendance: 1,100

24 September 2005 15:00

Boxscore

Denmark	86–70 (OT)	Ireland
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 17–9, 15–14, 20–22, Overtime: 12–10
Denmark won series 152–150, qualifies to Division A

Aarhus, Denmark Attendance: 1,225

24 September 2005 15:00

Boxscore

Macedonia	99–62	Austria
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 22–10, 27–16, 24–16
Macedonia won series 2–0, qualifies to Division A

Skopje, Macedonia Attendance: 2,500

References

1. 2005 EuroBasket: Division A, FIBA.com.