40th FIBA ​​European Basketball Championship

EuroBasket 2017

Finland/Israel/Romania/Turkey

2017 European Men's Basketball Championship

EuroBasket 2017

Finland/Israel/Romania/Türkiye

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All results of the men's EuroBasket 2017. Final position of the teams:

Group stage

Group A (Helsinki, Finland)

· 31.08. Slovenia - Poland 90:81

· 31.08. Iceland - Greece 61:90

· 31.08. France - Finland 84:86

· 02.09. Poland - Iceland 91:61

· 02.09. Greece - France 87:95

· 02.09. Finland - Slovenia 78:81

· 03.09. France - Iceland 115:79

· 03.09. Slovenia - Greece 78:72

· 03.09. Finland - Poland 90:87

· 05.09. Iceland - Slovenia 75:102

· 05.09. Poland - France 78:75

· 05.09. Greece - Finland 77:89

· 06.09. Slovenia - France 95:78

· 06.09. Greece - Poland 95:77

· 06.09. Finland - Iceland 83:79

Group B (Tel Aviv, Israel)

· 31.08. Germany - Ukraine 75:63

· 31.08. Lithuania - Georgia 77:79

· 31.08. Italy - Israel 69:48

· 02.09. Georgia - Germany 57:67

· 02.09. Ukraine - Italy 66:78

· 02.09. Israel - Lithuania 73:88

· 03.09. Georgia - Ukraine 81:88

· 03.09. Lithuania - Italy 78:73

· 03.09. Germany - Israel 80:82

· 05.09. Ukraine - Lithuania 62:94

· 05.09. Italy - Germany 55:61

· 05.09. Israel - Georgia 91:104

· 06.09. Germany - Lithuania 72:89

· 06.09. Georgia - Italy 69:71

· 06.09. Israel - Ukraine 64:88

Group C (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

· 01.09. Hungary - Croatia 58:67

· 01.09. Spain - Montenegro 99:60

· 01.09. Romania - Czech Republic 68:83

· 02.09. Montenegro - Hungary 72:48

· 02.09. Czech Republic - Spain 56:93

· 02.09. Croatia - Romania 74:58

· 04.09. Hungary - Czech Republic 85:73

· 04.09. Montenegro - Croatia 72:76

· 04.09. Spain - Romania 91:50

· 05.09. Czech Republic - Montenegro 75:88

· 05.09. Croatia - Spain 73:79

· 05.09. Romania - Hungary 71:80

· 07.09. Czech Republic - Croatia 69:107

· 07.09. Hungary - Spain 64:87

· 07.09. Montenegro - Romania 86:69

GroupD(Istanbul, Türkiye)

· 01.09. Belgium - UK 103:90

· 01.09. Serbia - Latvia 92:82

· 01.09. Türkiye - Russia 73:76

· 02.09. Latvia - Belgium 92:64

· 02.09. Russia- Serbia 75:72

· 02.09. UK - Türkiye 70:84

· 04.09. Latvia-UK 97:92

· 04.09. Belgium - Russia 67:76

· 04.09. Serbia - Türkiye 80:74

· 05.09. Russia- Latvia 69:84

· 05.09. UK - Serbia 82:68

· 05.09. Türkiye - Belgium 78:65

· 07.09. Russia- UK 82:70

· 07.09. Belgium - Serbia 54:74

· 07.09. Latvia - Türkiye 89:79

Tournament tables can be seen in the presented photos.

The 4 best teams from each group advanced to the 1/8 finals.

1/8 finals

· 09.. Slovenia - Ukraine 79:55

· 09.09. Germany - France 84:81

· 09.09. Finland - Italy 57:70

· 09.09. Lithuania - Greece 64:77

· 10.09. Latvia - Montenegro 100:68

· 10.09. Serbia - Hungary 86:78

· 10.09. Spain - Türkiye 73:56

· 10.09. Croatia - Russia 78:101

1/4 finals

· 12.09. Germany - Spain 72:84

· 12.09. Slovenia - Latvia 103:97

· 13.09. Greece - Russia 69:74

· 13.09. Italy - Serbia 67:83

Semi-finals

· 14.09. Spain - Slovenia 72:92

· 15.09. Russia- Serbia 79:87

Match for 3rd place

· 17.09. Spain - Russia 93:85

The final

· 17.09. Slovenia - Serbia 93:85

Final position of places:

1st place - Slovenia

2nd place - Serbia

3rd place - Spain

4th place - Russia

Most Valuable Player: Goran Dragic (Slovenia)

Top scorer: Alexey Shved - 219 points

Symbolic five of EuroBasket 2017:

Goran Dragic, Luka Doncic (both Slovenia), Alexey Shved (Russia), Bogdan Bogdanovic (Serbia), Pau Gasol (Spain)

At the start of EuroBasket, the Russian team beat one of the four hosts of the tournament - the Turks (76:73). On Saturday, Sergei Bazarevich's team will face an even more serious test - a match against the Serbs, silver medalists of the 2016 Olympics.

The promised sold-out crowd at the Fenerbahçe Arena did not happen. The upper tier was filled almost to capacity, and the most expensive tickets were still not sold out. In the sports palace, which can accommodate 10.5 thousand spectators, three small islands with Russian fans were formed. The group of six people stood out with their earflaps, very popular in Istanbul “+30”. The second was decorated with a girl in a kokoshnik, who attracted the attention of photographers. The third not only hung out the Russian tricolor, but also indicated its registration - Irkutsk.

The President of the RBF came to the game in a white T-shirt without identification marks. If someone didn’t know the Russian NBA star by sight, they would hardly classify Andrei Kirilenko as a VIP. It's different - the Turkish star of the overseas league Hido Turkoglu! In a formal suit, with a badge of the Turkish Basketball Federation on his lapel, the long-time leader of the national team, who had retired, did not even need any additional introduction.

The Russian team was the first to warm up. The appearance of the owners was greeted with a roar. Just to call it powerful would be a gross exaggeration. In the final of EuroBasket 2001, the Turks were greeted in such a way that seismic stations on both banks of the Bosphorus were supposed to record vibrations. In the opening, fears that the hosts’ “sixth player” would influence our five did not materialize. Yes, they greeted every attack by Sergei Bazarevich’s team with a whistle, and escorted their own team to storm the ring with the sounds of a small orchestra taking its place on the podium. But overall, no big deal. It even provoked ours.

Before the start of the meeting, Erdogan came to greet the judges. No, not the President of Turkey, but the assistant head coach of the national team named Ertugrul. The captain of the Turkish national team, Cedi Osman, did not consider it unnecessary to greet the three referees. The politeness of the owners did not in any way affect the work of the referees.

Bazarevich surprised everyone

The starting five of the Russian team surprised everyone. The match was started by three “kids”, each of whom could take on the functions of both a playmaker and an attacking defender. Actually, Alexey Shved, Dmitry Khvostov and Dmitry Kulagin did just that. Together with this trio, Andrei Vorontsevich and Vladimir Ivlev entered the starting five. The home team initially led, but their maximum lead was only four points. Then the Swede adjusted his aim, scoring two three-pointers in the first quarter, and with the appearance of Timofey Mozgov on the court, the Russian team began to dominate on both boards. Most often the offense would simply deliver the ball to Brooklyn's center, and he would either put it in the basket or force the opponents to foul.

In the middle of the second quarter, for the first time in the match, the Russian team achieved a double-digit difference in the score - 25:15. Either our guys calmed down, or Mikhail Kulagin did not enter the game in the best way, but the Turks reduced the gap to “-6”. Bazarevich took a time-out in a timely manner, but Shved blundered in two attacks. Only on the third attempt did he put down his three. It’s just in time, because the hosts have already reduced the gap to “-3”.

However, it was felt that a turning point had come in the game. The Turks, who had caught the courage, increased the pressure, and with the score 31:27, Bazarevich returned Mozgov to the court. True, Shved was left to rest. The main sniper of the Russian team returned to the game with the score 36:30. In this segment, Nikita Kurbanov became the anti-hero. He first made an extremely offensive loss, and then fouled on a three-point shot. By the big break, the Russian team won only three points. In fact, the game started all over again.

How to stop Mozgov?

At the beginning of the third quarter, the teams seemed to be competing in the number of inaccurate passes and turnovers. The hosts grabbed Shved very tightly, but to do the same with Mozgov, they needed a couple of other Mozgovs. The Serbian national team has such guys, but the Turks have a huge problem with centers. Due to maximum concentration and dedication, the hosts did not let the Russian team get ahead. In the 26th minute, what Fenerbahçe Arena dreamed of happened: the home team equalized the score. Bazarevich immediately took a time out and replaced Shved, who was too carried away by individual actions.

Only the Turks had already caught the courage, and the audience began to scream so loudly that the stands rocked. An attempt to put pressure on the judges ended in a technical foul on the Turkish bench and four points gained by the Russian team in one attack. And in the last seconds of the quarter, the referees were not afraid to punish the hosts with a foul on Shved during a three-point shot. Before the final quarter our lead was 55:51.

The Turks continued to press on the verge of a foul, Shved missed from awkward positions, and they failed to get the ball to Mozgov. A valid ending loomed ahead. Bazarevich again tried to play with a light five, releasing Vorontsevich and Antonov in the “big” positions, but there was no turning point. Moreover, the Turkish team took the lead - 58:57. After that, both teams took turns taking the lead until the very end.

It began two minutes before the end of the fourth quarter, with the score tied, with an unprepared long-range throw from Shved. Mozgov then scored one of two free throws. At -1, the Turkish coach took his first time out. Nothing went well for the Russian team in attack. It’s good that the hosts didn’t succeed either. At just the right moment, Shved scored a three. Moreover, ours managed to defend ourselves. The Turks were forced to foul Vitaly Fridzon 12 seconds before the siren. An experienced sniper does not miss in such situations. With a fairly comfortable six-point lead, all that was left was to avoid making mistakes.

Fridzon committed this by fouling Cedi Osman's three-point shot. It's good that the guy playing in the NBA made one miss from the free throw line. But Vitaly redeemed himself, scoring two out of two. Osman's "three" no longer saved the hosts. The Russian national team started EuroBasket with a victory!

European Basketball Championship 2017: results

Belgium - Great Britain - 103:90 (24:26, 30:27, 19:14, 30:23)

Serbia - Latvia - 92:82 (21:24, 24:23, 20:13, 27:22)

2nd round. September 2. Russia - Serbia (17.00), Latvia - Belgium, Türkiye - Great Britain

There is such a common phrase: “There is a first time for everything.” I really wouldn’t like to see that said about the Russian national team in a couple of weeks. At the European Championships she can achieve any result. From gold in 2007 to a humiliating 21st place at the tournament three years ago. - a completely different matter. Here we have already been taught that there will certainly be a result. Participated six times - six times reached the final round. And each time with a new coach. Now the seventh helmsman is taking over - 51-year-old Sergei Bazarevich, who has long dreamed of leading the national team. They finally met him halfway. Now it's time to show off the product. “Sport Day by Day” highlighted two key moments of the short-lived qualifying tournament for the 2017 European Championship.

Kirilenko's order

St. Petersburg is a special city for Andrei Kirilenko. It was here that he was molded into a Russian basketball star. A week ago, on the banks of the Neva, Kirilenko was re-elected president of the RFB. It's time to share plans for the future. “We have one desire: for both teams to qualify for the 2020 Olympics,” Kirilenko said. Let's leave the girls alone. They have their own European Championship and their own selection, where Evgenia Belyakova and the company confidently deal with all their rivals. Four matches - four victories. Alexander Vasin's team is unlikely to miss out on a spot in the finals. And he will be in good standing there.

You can’t say the same about Bazarevich’s team yet. There are four matches ahead that will decide whether she will play at the European Championships. If not, then you won’t have to hang around idle either. In late autumn 2017, selection for the 2019 World Championships will begin (this tournament has now been shifted to odd-numbered years), where the winners of the first Olympic berths will be determined.

But first we need to get to the World Championship itself. 12 trips have been offered to 32 European teams. Anyone who does not play at EuroBasket 2017 will probably be put in a difficult group. Like a weak team. If the Russian team does not want to create unnecessary problems for itself, it needs to pass the European Championship qualification with a bang and finally make some noise at the tournament itself. Our latest results, 21st and 17th places, are not at all conducive to a trip to Tokyo.

Will Bazarevich succeed?

They were shown under the leadership of Vasily Karasev and Evgeny Pashutin - believed to be two of the three promising Russian coaches. The third is Sergei Bazarevich. He has never hidden the fact that he wants to lead the main team in the country, but his turn has only come now. At a meeting of the executive committee of the RFB, Bazarevich was elected unanimously. This means they believe him. They won’t be removed at the first failure. And Bazarevich himself is unlikely to run away from the national team, as his predecessor did. The same one that almost failed the selection for the previous EuroBasket. Pashutin's team even managed to lose to Switzerland, but then corrected itself by pulling out a difficult match in Italy. Bazarevich doesn’t seem to be in for such a roller coaster. His team performed well in friendly matches, and Sweden and Bosnia are unlikely to create serious problems. Especially in Perm and Krasnodar, where our team will play home matches. “This is absolutely inconvenient for us, but good for Russia,” Sergei Bazarevich did not prevaricate. “We have a big country, and there should be basketball everywhere.” Preferably in combination with a decent team.

|Opinion

Former head coach of the Russian national team Stanislav Eremin: Shved's injury helped Karasev

Of course, I expect the Russian team to be the favorite in the debut qualifying match against Bosnia. The opponent is weakened by injuries, and our team will be helped by our native walls. Perm is a holy place for Russian basketball. The first official game of the season is the time to show maximum concentration. The coaching staff of Sergei Bazarevich must eliminate the slightest nervousness in the team’s actions. I like the style of the new team helmsman. I like his aggressive basketball with a quick transition to attack and his tendency to encourage players’ initiative in decision-making.

Unfortunately, the summer friendly matches did not sufficiently show the capabilities of the Russian national team, since its opponents left much to be desired. I would like to see stronger sparring partners. It is clear that Bazarevich prefers to freely rotate the squad, without getting hung up on seven or eight main players. In the summer he tested many young guys. I would like to see how they will reveal themselves in the national team. I noticed how mature Dmitry Kulagin has become. There is still a bit of boyishness in his acting, and yet Dima grows up. Becomes more serious and collected. Although Timofey Mozgov looked a little difficult in the summer games, this powerful center will certainly remain a key figure during the EuroBasket qualifications.

It’s interesting how Sergei Karasev opened up after Alexey Shved’s injury. While the Khimki defender was healthy, Karasev Jr. noticeably faded. As soon as his direct competitor dropped out, Sergei began to act much more successfully. I'm worried about the point guard position. Dmitry Khvostov plays decently, but needs support. Sergei Bykov looked weak in the first summer games, but he showed off in St. Petersburg in the match against Finland. I would like to believe that the position of the “number one” will not sag, and the Russian team will win its group. Of course, Bazarevich’s team needs to fight for first place and not think about the chances of qualifying for EuroBasket from second place. Despite the injuries to Shved and Vitaly Fridzon, the Russian team has a good chance of achieving its goal.

|By the way

The leader of Bosnia did not dare to fly to Perm

The Bosnia and Herzegovina national team arrived in Perm for the first EuroBasket 2017 qualifying match without two leading players. Naturalized American point guard Alex Renfro announced that he will miss the entire qualifying tournament “for personal reasons.” Milwaukee power forward, captain and main trump card of the Bosnians Mirza Teletovic will perform only in home matches. After his illness, doctors do not recommend long-distance flights for him. Thus, the choice of Perm brought good luck to the Russians. If Sergei Bazarevich’s national team had played in Moscow or St. Petersburg, Teletovich might have risked his health and taken a flight ticket.

Russian basketball players made it to the 1/8 of the 2018 European Championship.

The group stage of the 2017 Basketball World Cup is now in full swing. Based on the results of the matches played, the first leaders in their groups have already been determined. And Russia managed to lead Group D. On September 1, our basketball players beat the Turkish team with a score of 76:73, on September 2 they beat the Serbian team with a score of 75:72, and yesterday they beat Belgium with a score of 67:76. Today they will have a match with the Latvian national team. And on September 7, our basketball players will play with the British team.

Tournament table, game schedule, results of matches of the European Basketball Championship 2017:

The Slovenes are in the lead in Group A. Along with them, Finland, France, Poland, Greece and Iceland also fell into this group. Lithuania currently occupies first place in Group B. Next come Italy, Germany, Ukraine, Georgia and Israel. Spain is in first place in Group C. Next come Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, the Czech Republic and Romania.

Playoffs of the European Basketball Championship 2017

It is already known that in the 1/8 Russia will have to play with the team that will take fourth place in Group C. This could be the Czech Republic, Montenegro or Hungary. And, according to experts, Bazarevich’s team can cope with any of these teams. Let's hope that the analysts' forecasts will come true and our team will return home with the winner's cup.

Belgium 67 - 76 Russia European Championship 2017 Belgium 67 - 76 Russia EuroBasket 2017