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EuroBasket 2011

Spain are back-to-back Euro Champions!

Spain defeated France 98-85.
ESP: Navarro 27, P Gasol & Calderon 17
FRA: Parker 26 & Diaw 12

Russia defeated Macedonia 72-68 for 3rd place.

Overnight classification results:

Playoff for 5th
Lithuania defeated Greece 73-69

Playoff for 7th
Solvenia defeated Serbia 72-68

Tonight:

Championship game: Spain vs France

Playoff for 3rd: Russia vs Macedonia

France beat Russia 79-71 to qualify for London.

France comes back from the basketball doldrums!

Final:

- Spain vs France

Lasty of the quarter final results from overnight:

- France defeated Greece 64-56
FRA: Parker 18, De Colo 16 & Batum 15
GRE: Bourousis 17 & 11, Fotsis 9

- Russia defeated Serbia 77-67
RUS: Kirilenko 14, 11 & 6, Vorontsevich & Khryapa 11, Shved 10
SRB: Teodosic 20 & Krstic 13

The Semi Finals are set for tonight as follows:

- Spain vs FYR Macedonia
- Russia vs France

I didn't catch Hollinger's comments, although by the sounds of it it actually makes sense.

I personally would like to see Australia and the FIBA Oceania region join forces with FIBA Asia for qualification too as I think it would only enhance the standing of basketball within Asia/Pacific. However unlike our soccer counterparts, Ocean gains an auto bid into World Champs and Olympics so I am nto sure it will happen in the short to medium term.

I think if we joined Asia, as it stands right now, both Australia and New Zealand would qualify easily.

Love to gauge Paul's thoughts on this too.

Quarter final games played overnight:

- Spain defeated Slovenia 86-64
ESP: Navarro 26 & P Gasol 19
SLO: G Dragic 14 & Begic 10

- FYR Macedonia defeated Lithuania 67-65
MKD: McCalleb 23, Stojanovski 15 & Ilievski 12
LTU: Javtokas 13 & Songaila 12

Macedonia continue to play well and surprise a few people under the guidance of American born PG Bo McCalleb.

Tonights' remaining quarter final games, and they are both crackers!

- France vs Greece
- Russia vs Serbia

Group F results from overnight:

- Slovenia defeated Finland 67-60
- Greece defeated Georgia 73-60
- Russia defeated FYR Macedonia 63-61

Russia fought back to come from behind to steal the win over Macedonia on the back of a buzzer beating shot by Monya. Bo McCalebb for Macedonia has been huge but couldn't get his team over the line.

Final Group F standings:

1. Russia (5-0)
2. FYR Macedonia (4-1)
3. Greece (3-2)
4. Slovenia (2-3)
5. Finland (1-4)
6. Georgia (0-5)

Quarter final match ups:
Day 1:
- Spain vs Slovenia
- FYR Macedonia vs Lithuania
Day 2:
- France vs Greece
- Russia vs Serbia

Thanks for the updates LC. Spain put one hell of a dent in France's championship aspirations with that flogging! Russia and FYR Macedonia is another top of the table clash. Where has FYR Macedonia come from to have such great form?

Group E results from overnight:

- Serbia defeated Turkey 68-67
- France lost to Spain 69-96
- Lithuania defeated 84-75

Final Group E Standings:

1. Spain (4-1)
2. France (4-1)
3. Lithuania (3-2)
4. Serbia (2-3)
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5. Turkey (1-4)
6. Germany (1-4)

Disappointing tourney for Turkey.

Tonight's Group F games:

- Slovenia vs Finland
- Greece vs Georgia
- Russia vs FYR Macedonia

Group F results from overnight:

- Georgia lost to Finland 73-87
- FYR Macedonia defeated Slovenia 68-59
- Greece lost to Russia 67-83

Russia easily beating Greece is an interesting one, whilst Maceondia continue their great tourney in overcoming the dangerous Slovenians.

Group F Standings with 1 more game:

1. FYR Macedonia (4-0)
2. Russia (4-0)
3. Greece (2-2)
4. Finland (1-3)
5. Slovenia (1-3)
6. Georgia (0-4)

Tonight's final Group E games:

- Serbia vs Turkey
- France vs Spain
- Lithuania vs Germany

Some more great games! Spain vs France is for first place too...

And some stats to date:

Scoring
1. Deng, L. (GBR) 24.6ppg
2. Bargnani, A. (ITA) 22.8ppg
3. Parker, T. (FRA) 22.1ppg
4. Gasol, P. (ESP) 22.0ppg
5. McCalebb, B. (MKD) 21.7ppg

Assists
1. Draper, D. (CRO) 7.0apg
2. Teodosic, M. (SRB) 6.6apg
3. Khryapa, V. (RUS) 6.0apg
4. Vasiljevic, S. (BIH) 5.4apg
5. Jasikevicius, S. (LTU) 4.9apg

Rebounds
1. Kaman, C. (GER) 9.9rpg
2. Deng, L. (GBR) 9.4rpg
3. Antic, P. (MKD) 9.0rpg
4. Sanikidze, V. (GEO) 8.3rpg
5. Asik, Ö. (TUR) 8.3rpg

Steals
1. Kirilenko, A. (RUS) 3.0spg
2. Batum, N. (FRA) 2.7spg
3. McCalebb, B. (MKD) 2.3spg
4. Stojanovski, V. (MKD) 2.2spg
5. Kelati, T. (POL) 2.0spg

Group E results from overnight:

- Spain defeated Serbia 84-59 (P Gasol 26, M Gasol 20, Navarro 14, Krstic 12)
- Germany defeated Turkey 73-67 (Kaman 20, Nowitzki 19, Asik 19, Kanter 11)
- Lithuania lost to France 67-73 (De Colo 21, Parker 19, Jasaitis 13, Valanciunas 12)

Standings with 1 game left:

1. France (4-0)
2. Spain (3-1)
3. Lithuania (2-2)
4. Serbia (1-3)
5. Turkey (1-3)
6. Germany (1-3)

Group F games tonight:

- Georgia vs Finland
- FYR Macedonia vs Slovenia
- Greece vs Russia

Group F results from overnight:

- Georgia lost to FYR Macedonia 63-65
- Finland lost to Russia 60-79
- Slovenia lost to Greece 60-69

Group F Standings with 2 games to go:

Group F
1. FYR Macedonia (3-0)
2. Russia (3-0)
3. Greece (2-1)
4. Slovenia (1-2)
5. Finland (0-3)
6. Georgia (0-3)

Tonight's Group E games:

- Spain vs Serbia
- Germany vs Turkey
- Lithuania vs France

Some cracker games tonight!!!

Slovenia vs Greece could be a good one tonight...

Group E Results from overnight:

- Germany lost to Spain 68-77 (M Gasol 24, P Gasol 19, Nowitzki 19, Kaman 15)
- Turkey lost to France 64-68 (Parker 20, Batum 13, Turkoglu 13)
- Serbia lost to Lithuania 90-100 (Kalnietis 19, Valanciunas 18, Jasikevicius 14, Krstic 21, Teodosic Savanovic 16)

Group E Standings with 2 games left:
1. France (3-0)
2. Spain (2-1)
3. Lithuania (2-1)
4. Serbia (1-2)
5. Turkey (1-2)
6. Germany (0-3)

Group F games tonight are:

- Georgia vs FYR Macedonia
- Finland vs Russia
- Slovenia vs Greece

Finland the big surprise packet getting through to the next round in Group C, at the expense of a disappointing Croatia. Maceondia also topping this group - one that contained Greece - was also a surprise.

Group A was arguably the toughest pool to be in. Poland are a tough team and they missed out progressing, behind an improved Great Britain who also missed out, but as one may have expected.

Overnight results - and there were some great games!:

- United Kingdom def Poland 88-81
- Spain lost to Turkey 57-65 (big upset)
- Portugal lost to Lithuania 69-98

Group B
- Israel defeated Italy 96-95 in OT
- Serbia lost to France 95-97 in OT
- Latvia lost to Germany 80-81

Group C
- FYR Macedonia defeated Bosnia 75-63
- Greece defeated Croatia 74-69
- Finland defeated Montenegro 71-65

Group D
- Georgia lost to Bulgaria 69-79
- Slovenia lost to Russia 64-65
- Ukraine defeated Belgium 74-61

Final Standings after Preliminary Phase

Group A
1. Spain (4-1)
2. Lithuania (4-1)
3. Turkey (3-2)
4. United Kingdom (2-3)
5. Poland (2-3)
6. Portugal (0-5)

Group B
1. France (5-0)
2. Serbia (4-1)
3. Germany (3-2)
4. Israel (2-3)
5. Italy (1-4)
6. Latvia (0-5)

Group C
1. FYR Macedonia (4-1)
2. Greece (4-1)
3. Finland (2-3)
4. Croatia (2-3)
5. Bosnia (2-3)
6. Montenegro (1-4)

Group D
1. Russia (5-0)
2. Slovenia (4-1)
3. Georgia (2-3)
4. Bulgaria (2-3)
5. Ukraine (2-3)
6. Belgium (0-5)

Points Per Game

1. Deng, ENG 24.6
2. Parker, FRA 23.2
3. Bargnani, ITA 22.8
4. Gasol, ESP 21.8
5. McCalebb, MKD 20.6
6. Nowitzki, GER 20.4
7. Rowland, BUL 18.0
8. Krstic, SRB 17.2
9. Tomic, CRO 16.6
10. Eliyahu, ISR 16.4

Next Round

Group E
- Germany vs Spain
- Turkey vs France
- Serbia vs Lithuania

Group F
- Georgia vs FYR Macedonia
- Finland vs Russia
- Slovenia vs Greece

Parker is apparently hurt for France...

Total number of spots for London 2012 = 12 teams in total.

Team who have qualified for London 2012 so far:

1. Great Britain (Host Country)
2. United States ( 2010 World Champion)
3. Tunisia (2011 FIBA Africa Champion)

9 spots left that are broken down as follows:

2 - FIBA Europe (30 Aug - 11 Sep)
2 - FIBA Americas (30 Aug - 11 Sep)
1 - FIBA Oceania (7 - 11 Sep)
1 - FIBA Asia (15 - 25 Sep)

3 - FIBA Olympic Qualification Tournament (2 - 8 Jul 2012)

Fierce Euro competition for just 2 spots!

with the free tickets tonight does anybody know if its FULL uniform or just the singlet?
thanks