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 Tie  Croatia 4 3 1 312 268 +44 7 1–1 +13  Russia 4 3 1 327 296 +31 7 1–1 -13  Sweden 4 0 4 275 350 −75 4   Rules=1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored. 8 Sep 2004 17:45 Boxscore  Croatia 86–63  Russia Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 21–20, 18–11, 23–15 Pts: Zizic 20 Rebs: Vujcic 10 Asts: Vujcic 3 Pts: Karasev 16 Rebs: Panov 8 Asts: E. Pashutin 2 Zadar Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Peter Bodnar (HUN) 11 Sep 2004 19:00 Boxscore  Russia 97–64  Sweden Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 29–14, 30–17, 17–21 Pts: Kirilenko 24 Rebs: Likholitov 9 Asts: Karasev, Domani 6 Pts: Jönzén 15 Rebs: Pettersson Rosendahl 9 Asts: Levin 4 CSKA Sport Hall, Moscow Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Memduh Öget (TUR), Ilkka Weijo (FIN), Juris Kokainis (LAT) 15 Sep 2004 19:00 Boxscore  Sweden 69–86  Croatia Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 21–20, 9–23, 19–22 Pts: Jönzén 16 Rebs: Nnamaka, Jönzén 7 Asts: L. Larsson 6 Pts: Popovic 17 Rebs: Vujcic 14 Asts: Popovic 6 Stockholm Attendance: 2,043 Referees: Ivo Dolinek (CZE), Jaroslav Janac (SVK), Olegs Latisevs (LAT) 18 Sep 2004 19:00 Boxscore  Russia 75–65  Croatia Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 22–18, 14–12, 17–21 Pts: Kirilenko 14 Rebs: Mikhailov 10 Asts: Karasev 5 Pts: Popovic 16 Rebs: Zizic 6 Asts: Ukic 5 Arena of Ural Great, Perm Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Serge De Coster (BEL), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Aare Halliko (EST) 22 Sep 2004 19:00 Boxscore  Sweden 81–92  Russia Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 24–22, 19–16, 23–26 Pts: L. Larsson 17 Rebs: Nnamaka 11 Asts: L. Larsson, Ringström, Pettersson Rosendahl 3 Pts: Petrenko 21 Rebs: Panov 11 Asts: Karasev 7 Uppsala Attendance: 1,342 Referees: Agnis Perkons (LAT), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Mikko Toivonen (FIN) 25 Sep 2004 16:30 Boxscore  Croatia 75–61  Sweden Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 15–13, 20–15, 20–13 Pts: Vujcic 19 Rebs: Vujcic 10 Asts: Vujcic 4 Pts: Myrthil 12 Rebs: Jönzén 7 Asts: L. Larsson 5 Šibenik Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Christoph Holzner (AUT), Damir Kunisic (BIH) Group 2 Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie  Latvia 6 4 2 517 451 +66 10 1–1, +12  Bulgaria 6 4 2 487 495 −8 10 1–1, -12  Israel 6 3 3 471 467 +4 9    Portugal 6 1 5 473 535 −62 7   Rules=1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored. 8 Sep 2004 18:00 Boxscore  Latvia 80–57  Israel Scoring by quarter: 25–11, 12–14, 25–17, 18–15 Pts: Skirmants 12 Rebs: Helmanis 9 Asts: Stelmahers 5 Pts: Green 14 Rebs: Tamir, Green 10 Asts: Halperin 4 Arena of LBT, Ventspils Attendance: 1,850 Referees: Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS), Nikolaos Mpotitsis (SWE), Aare Halliko (EST) 8 Sep 2004 20:30 Boxscore  Bulgaria 89–87  Portugal Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 21–15, 28–25, 19–21 Pts: Stoykov 25 Rebs: Banev 10 Asts: Videnov, Angelov, H. Dimitrov, Stoykov 2 Pts: Coragem Jordão, Gouveia Simão 19 Rebs: Coragem Jordão 9 Asts: J. Costa 5 Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Branislav Mrdak (SRB), Emin Mogulkoc (TUR) 11 Sep 2004 17:00 Boxscore  Portugal 76–81  Latvia Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 16–16, 16–23, 28–22 Pts: Gouveia Simão 16 Rebs: Cunha 8 Asts: J. Costa 7 Pts: Stelmahers 25 Rebs: Helmanis, Skirmants 5 Asts: Stelmahers 6 São João da Madeira Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Raul Chaves (ARG), Eric Bertrand (SUI), Anibal Castano (FRA) 11 Sep 2004 20:00 Boxscore  Israel 84–64  Bulgaria Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 24–20, 26–9, 20–16 Pts: Shason 19 Rebs: Green 12 Asts: Lubin, Tapiro 4 Pts: Angelov 13 Rebs: Angelov 8 Asts: Angelov 3 Metrowest Sport Palace, Ra'anana Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Mehmet Keseratar (TUR), Christos Mastraftsis (GRE), Christakis Papadamou (CYP) 14 Sep 2004 20:45 Boxscore  Israel 96–101 (OT)  Portugal Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 25–20, 17–29, 20–16, Overtime: 9–14 Pts: Lubin 22 Rebs: Green 8 Asts: Tapiro 7 Pts: Gouveia Simão 25 Rebs: Coragem Jordão 9 Asts: J. Costa 5 Metrowest Sport Palace, Ra'anana Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Chrysanthos Christodoulou (CYP), Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Fatih Söylemezoglu (TUR) 15 Sep 2004 17:30 Boxscore  Bulgaria 96–85  Latvia Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 16–16, 29–16, 26–26 Pts: Bozov 22 Rebs: Georgiev 11 Asts: Stoykov 6 Pts: Skele 20 Rebs: Skele 9 Asts: Skele 4 Arena of BC CSKA, Sofia Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Konstantinos Koromilas (GRE), Marian Oprea (ROU), Marjan Stojovski(MKD) 18 Sep 2004 17:00 Boxscore  Portugal 72–87  Bulgaria Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 22–30, 14–16, 13–25 Pts: Coragem Jordão 16 Rebs: Coragem Jordão 8 Asts: J. Costa 11 Pts: Stoykov 24 Rebs: Stoykov 6 Asts: H. Dimitrov 9 Santiago do Cacém Attendance: 1,150 Referees: Antonio Gallo (ESP), Marcel Cimpan (ENG), Joel Danielou (FRA) 18 Sep 2004 20:00 Boxscore  Israel 79–77  Latvia Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 20–14, 26–18, 24–23 Pts: Tapiro 24 Rebs: Tapiro 6 Asts: Tapiro 4 Pts: Stelmahers 22 Rebs: Grafs 7 Asts: Buskevics 4 Metrowest Sport Palace, Ra'anana Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Memduh Öget (TUR), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Grzegorz Bachanski (POL) 22 Sep 2004 17:30 Boxscore  Bulgaria 72–65  Israel Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 16–14, 22–16, 15–16 Pts: Stoykov 21 Rebs: Stoykov 11 Asts: Stoykov 5 Pts: Tapiro 19 Rebs: Green 9 Asts: Tapiro 8 Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Doru Vinasi (ROU), Branislav Mrdak (SRB), Christos Christodoulou (GRE) 22 Sep 2004 19:00 Boxscore  Latvia 92–64  Portugal Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 24–12, 22–13, 23–21 Pts: Vitols 14 Rebs: Grafs 9 Asts: Skele, Stelmahers 4 Pts: Santos 18 Rebs: Coragem Jordão 7 Asts: Reis Veiga Perdigão 4 Arena of LBT, Ventspils Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Aliaksandr Yarotski (BLR), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS), Peter Bodnar (HUN) 25 Sep 2004 19:00 Boxscore  Latvia 102–79  Bulgaria Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 27–10, 19–30, 39–18 Pts: Helmanis 22 Rebs: Skirmants 9 Asts: Buskevics 11 Pts: Videnov 22 Rebs: Angelov 9 Asts: Bozov, Angelov, Stoykov 3 Arena of LBT, Ventspils Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Henrykh Bekish (BLR), Nikolaos Mpotitsis (SWE), Aare Halliko (EST) 25 Sep 2004 21:00 Boxscore  Portugal 73–90  Israel Scoring by quarter: 16–29, 10–20, 27–24, 20–17 Pts: Coragem Jordão 22 Rebs: Santos 8 Asts: Dias da Silva, Coragem Jordão, Reis Veiga Perdigão, Santos 3 Pts: Burstein 23 Rebs: Kozikaro, Green 8 Asts: Tapiro 7 Municipal Hall Tondela, Tondela Referees: Raul Chaves (ARG), Richard Stokes (ENG), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA) 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 8 Sep 2004 17:00 Boxscore  Hungary 96–70  Belgium Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 18–15, 25–14, 26–21 Pts: Németh 18 Rebs: Czigler 7 Asts: Németh 6 Pts: Beghin 16 Rebs: Beghin, Van Den Spiegel 6 Asts: Moors, Stas 3 Paks Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Ivo Dolinek (CZE), Jaroslav Janac (SVK), Tomasz Kudlicki (POL) 8 Sep 2004 19:00 Boxscore  Ukraine 61–81  Germany Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 13–15, 13–26, 19–20 Pts: Drozdov 19 Rebs: Drozdov 6 Asts: Khryapa 3 Pts: Nowitzki 29 Rebs: Nowitzki 10 Asts: Wucherer 5 FSK Olymp, Yuzhne Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Stelian Banica (ROU), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Gennadi Ponomarev (RUS) 11 Sep 2004 19:00 Boxscore  Germany 82–72  Hungary Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 11–16, 22–10, 30–24 Pts: Nowitzki 32 Rebs: Nowitzki 10 Asts: Wucherer, Nowitzki 3 Pts: Kálmán, Báder 14 Rebs: Németh 5 Asts: Simon 4 Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig Attendance: 5,940 Referees: Chantal Julien (FRA), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE), Karel Kraaijeveld (NED) 11 Sep 2004 20:15 Boxscore  Belgium 81–85  Ukraine Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 13–26, 20–19, 20–24 Pts: Stas 23 Rebs: Hervelle 10 Asts: Moors 5 Pts: Lishchuk 20 Rebs: Balashov, Lishchuk 8 Asts: Drozdov 4 Spiroudome, Charleroi Attendance: 2,500 Referees: José Araujo (POR), Antonio Gallo (ESP), Keith Williams (ENG) 15 Sep 2004 18:00 Boxscore  Hungary 90–67 (OT)  Ukraine Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 25–14, 24–14, 22–20, Overtime: 9–14 Pts: Bencze 20 Rebs: Bencze, Czigler 8 Asts: Simon 4 Pts: Lishchuk 16 Rebs: Lishchuk 5 Asts: Drozdov, Lishchuk 2 Kaposvár Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Vaclav Lukes (CZE), Zoran Sutulovic (MNE), Marius Ciulin (ROU) 15 Sep 2004 19:15 Boxscore  Germany 81–61  Belgium Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 17–15, 22–9, 20–22 Pts: Okulaja 22 Rebs: Nowitzki 14 Asts: Hamann 4 Pts: Mutumbo Kabongo 13 Rebs: Hervelle 10 Asts: Hervelle, Moors 3 Dortmund Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Richard Stokes (ENG), Nicolaas Zwiep (NED), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE) 18 Sep 2004 15:30 Boxscore  Germany 95–69  Ukraine Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 17–18, 28–13, 25–24 Pts: Okulaja 21 Rebs: Okulaja, Arigbabu 10 Asts: Herber, Okulaja, Garrett, Hamann 3 Pts: Lishchuk 14 Rebs: Kobzystyy 7 Asts: Lebediev 4 Nürnberg Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Lahdo Sharro (SWE), Regis Bardera (FRA) 18 Sep 2004 20:15 Boxscore  Belgium 101–97 (OT)  Hungary Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 23–15, 13–21, 13–9, Overtime: 8–8, 11–11, 12–8, Pts: Moors 24 Rebs: Hervelle 16 Asts: Moors 6 Pts: Németh 28 Rebs: Czigler 14 Asts: Kálmán 4 Spiroudome, Charleroi Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Nikolaos Mpotitsis (SWE), Kristinn Oskarsson (ISL) 22 Sep 2004 19:00 Boxscore  Hungary 70–78  Germany Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 15–22, 15–14, 13–24 Pts: Németh 18 Rebs: Báder 12 Asts: Németh 5 Pts: Nowitzki 27 Rebs: Nowitzki 17 Asts: Wucherer 4 Budapest Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Tomasz Kudlicki (POL), Marko Vuckovic (SLO), Gianluca Mattioli (ITA) 22 Sep 2004 19:00 Boxscore  Ukraine 89–78  Belgium Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 20–18, 22–25, 19–20 Pts: Kobzystyy 25 Rebs: Lishchuk 9 Asts: Drozdov 5 Pts: Moors 20 Rebs: Hervelle 13 Asts: Stas 4 FSK Olymp, Yuzhnyi Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Henrykh Bekish (BLR), Stelian Banica (ROU), Marcin Kowalski (POL) 25 Sep 2004 17:00 Boxscore  Ukraine 77–70  Hungary Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 25–15, 16–22, 17–17 Pts: Lishchuk 20 Rebs: Lebediev 9 Asts: Kobzystyy 4 Pts: Czigler, Németh 16 Rebs: Czigler 12 Asts: Simon, Németh 3 FSK Olymp, Yuzhnyi Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Memduh Öget (TUR), Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Fedor Dmitriev (BLR) 25 Sep 2004 20:15 Boxscore  Belgium 72–84  Germany Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 13–18, 22–17, 13–26 Pts: Hervelle 24 Rebs: Hervelle 11 Asts: Moors 3 Pts: Wucherer 20 Rebs: Arigbabu 9 Asts: Nikagbatse, Femerling 5 Spiroudome, Charleroi Attendance: 2,000 Referees: José Araujo (POR), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Chris Dodds (GBR) 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 Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2005 Division B 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 ↑ 2005 EuroBasket: Division A, FIBA.com.