The 2007 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2007, was the 35th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to the champion and runner-up teams (or to the third-placed team in case Spain should reach the final). It was held in Spain between 3 September and 16 September 2007. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Alicante, Granada, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, and Seville hosted the tournament. Russia won its first EuroBasket title since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, by defeating hosts Spain, with a 60–59 score in the final. Russia's Andrei Kirilenko was voted the tournament's MVP.
Of the sixteen teams that participated in EuroBasket 2005, hosts Spain plus the eight European teams that participated in the 2006 FIBA World Championship qualified directly. The other seven teams earned their berths via a qualifying tournament. The draw for the FIBA EuroBasket 2007 was held in Madrid on 19 October 2006.
Greece Russia Serbia Israel
Spain Croatia Latvia Portugal
Germany Lithuania Turkey Czech Republic
France Slovenia Italy Poland
Ties are broken via the following criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.
Game Statistics
Spain
Head Coach: Pepu Hernández
Russia
Head Coach: David Blatt
Legend: PTS = points, FT = free-throws (made/attempts), 2-FG = 2-point field goals (made/attempts), 3-PG = 3-point field goals (made/attempts), Rebs = Rebounds
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Rebounds[2]
Assists[3]
Steals[4]
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Offensive PPG[7]
Rebounds[8]
Assists[9]
Steals[10]
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