FIBA EuroBasket 2007 Division B

FIBA EuroBasket Division B was the lower tier of the EuroBasket Tournament. At the same time that Division A had the European Championship, division B had a championship to determine which teams would get promoted into division A for the following year.

Group Phase

Group A

Team Pts W L PF PA Diff   Switzerland 11 5 1 409 347 +62  Romania 11 5 1 411 369 +42  Ireland 7 1 5 380 438 −58  Cyprus 7 1 5 390 436 −46

CYP  IRE  ROM   SUI  Cyprus – 78-73 65–68 46–64  Ireland 76-70 – 62–81 58–86  Romania 79-64 64-54 – 68-59   Switzerland 76-67 59-57 65-51 –

Group B

Team Pts W L PF PA Diff  Great Britain 14 6 2 618 495 +123  Netherlands 13 5 3 590 540 +50  Belarus 12 5 3 575 547 +28  Slovakia 12 4 4 589 593 −4  Albania 8 0 8 534 731 −197

ALB  BLR  GBR  NED  SVK  Albania – 73–78 69–72 63–96 63–93  Belarus 87-45 – 51–83 61–74 82-59  Great Britain 110-73 68–69 – 63-39 77-52  Netherlands 94-55 77-72 64–83 – 71-63  Slovakia 101-88 68–75 73-62 80-75 –

Group C

Team Pts W L PF PA Diff  Finland 15 7 1 730 535 +195  Georgia 14 6 2 640 549 +91  Iceland 12 4 4 635 644 −9  Austria 11 3 5 555 590 −35  Luxembourg 8 0 8 473 715 −242

AUT  FIN  GEO  ISL  LUX  Austria – 63–87 63–68 85-64 79-64  Finland 87-50 – 91-81 85-66 100-59  Georgia 85-74 77-76 – 80-65 86-44  Iceland 91-77 86–93 76-75 – 98-76  Luxembourg 62–64 53–111 60–88 73–89 –

Best Runner-Up

Team	PCT.	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Group
Romania	0.833	5	1	411	369	+42	A
Georgia	0.750	6	2	640	549	+91	C
Netherlands	0.625	5	3	590	540	+50	B

Promotional Phase

11 September 2007 18:30

Game 1

Romania	83–76	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 23–22, 23–17, 16–22
Pts: Helcioiu 18 Rebs: Popescu 9 Asts: Helcioiu, Stanescu, Kalala 4		Pts: Rannikko 29 Rebs: Matinen 8 Asts: Rannikko 4

Targu Mureş, Romania

11 September 2007 19:30

Game 1

Great Britain	74–41	Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 11–7, 23–8, 19–15
Pts: Deng 31 Rebs: Deng 12 Asts: Midgley, Deng 4		Pts: Sefolosha 21 Rebs: Sefolosha 9 Asts: Sefolosha, Vogt, Stockalper 1

Sheffield, Great Britain

15 September 2007 18:00

Game 2

Finland	111–61	Romania
Scoring by quarter: 30–12, 27–13, 33–11, 21–25
Pts: Virtanen 23 Rebs: Muurinen 8 Asts: Muurinen, Rannikko, Koponen 3		Pts: Stanescu 20 Rebs: Burlacu 10 Asts: Burlacu, Helcioiu 3

Vantaa, Finland

Finland won 187–144, and advanced to Eurobasket 2009 Division A

15 September 2007 15:15

Game 2

Switzerland	78–89	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 20–23, 21-21, 19–22
Pts: Sefolosha 17 Rebs: Stockalper 4 Asts: Sefolosha 9		Pts: Archibald 23 Rebs: Archibald, Betts 6 Asts: Midgley 4

Genèva, Switzerland

Great Britain won 163–119, and advanced to Eurobasket 2009 Division A

Statistical Leaders

Points Rank Name G Pts PPG 1 Luol Deng 6 147 24.5 2 Thabo Sefolosha 5 107 21.4 3 Zaza Pachulia 8 159 19.9 4 Benjamin Ortner 7 128 18.3 5 Sokol Kasmi 7 121 17.3

Rebounds Rank Name G Rbs RPG 1 Virgil Stanescu 8 77 9.6 2 Benjamin Ortner 7 66 9.4 3 Zaza Pachulia 8 71 8.9 4 Alvin Jones 8 71 8.9 5 Peter van Paassen 8 63 7.9

Assists Rank Name G Asts APG 1 Thabo Sefolosha 5 27 5.4 2 Luol Deng 6 26 4.3 3 Jakob Sigurðarson 8 34 4.3 4 Teemu Rannikko 9 36 4.0 5 Armin Woschank 8 26 3.3

External links

• Full Results