Eurobasket 2007

Septebmer 3-16, 2007

Host: Spain
Champions: Greece
Homepage: www.eurobasket2007.org

Venues


Name: Telefónica Arena Madrid
Construction Year: 2005
Capacity: 10,500


Name: Palacio de Deportes Felipe II
Construction Year: 2004
Capacity: 15,500


Name: Centro de Tecnificación de Alicante
Construction year: 1992
Capacity: 5,425


Name: Palacio Municipal de Deportes
Construction Year: 1991
Capacity: 7,500


Name: Pabellón Municipal San Pablo
Construction Year: 1988
Capacity: 10,000 spectators

Name: Velódromo de Palma
Construction Year: 2006
Capacity: 6.000 spectators

GROUP A (Granada)
Qualifier*
Greece
Serbia
Russia

GROUP B (Sevilla)
Portugal
Spain
Latvia
Croatia

GROUP C (Palma de Mallorca)
Czech Republic
Germany
Lithuania
Turkey

GROUP D (Alicante)
Poland
France
Italy
Slovenia

*Additional qualification (starts 2007-08-08)

Group A
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Hungary

Group B
Sweden
Estonia
F.Y.R. of Macedonia

Group C
Ukraine
Denmark
Israel
Belgium

Year - Gold - Silver - Bronze - Venue

2005 Greece - Germany - France Vrsac, Podgorica, Novi Sad, Belgrade (SCG)
2003 Lithuania - Spain - Italy Boras, Lulea, Norrk?pping, S?dertelje, Stockholm (SWE)
2001 Yugoslavia - Turkey - Spain Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul (TUR)
1999 Italy - Spain - Yugoslavia Antibes, Clermond-Ferrand, Dijon, Toulouse, Le Mans, Pau, Paris (FRA)
1997 Yugoslavia - Italy - Russia Gerona, Badalona, Barcelona (ESP)
1995 Yugoslavia - Lithuania - Croatia Athens (GRE)
1993 Germany - Russia - Croatia Berlin, Karlsruhe, Munich (GER)
1991 Yugoslavia - Italy - Spain Rome (ITA)
1989 Yugoslavia - Greece - Soviet Union Zagreb (YUG)
1987 Greece - Soviet Union - Yugoslavia Athens (GRE)
1985 Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Italy Karlsruhe, Leverkusen, Stuttgart (GER)
1983 Italy - Spain - Soviet Union Limoges, Caen, Nantes (FRA)
1981 Soviet Union - Yugoslavia - Czechoslovakia Bratislava, Havirov, Prague (TCH)
1979 Soviet Union - Israel - Yugoslavia Mestre, Siena, Gorizia, Turin (ITA)
1977 Yugoslavia - Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia Li?ge, Ostend (BEL)
1975 Yugoslavia - Soviet Union - Italy Belgade, Split, Karlovac, Rijeka (YUG)
1973 Yugoslavia - Spain - Soviet Union Badalona, Barcelona (ESP)
1971 Soviet Union - Yugoslavia - Italy Essen, B?blingen (GER)
1969 Soviet Union - Yugoslavia - Czechoslovakia Naples, Caserta (ITA)
1967 Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Poland Helsinki, Tampere (FIN)
1965 Soviet Union - Yugoslavia - Poland Moscow, Tbilisi (URS)
1963 Soviet Union - Poland - Yugoslavia Wroclaw (POL)
1961 Soviet Union - Yugoslavia - Bulgaria Belgrade (YUG)
1959 Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - France Istanbul (TUR)
1957 Soviet Union - Bulgaria - Czechoslovakia Sofia (BUL)
1955 Hungary - Czechoslovakia - Soviet Union Budapest (HUN)
1953 Soviet Union - Hungary - France Moscow (URS)
1951 Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - France Paris (FRA)
1949 Egypt - France - Greece Cairo (EGY)
1947 Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia - Egypt Prague (TCH)
1946 Czechoslovakia - Italy - Hungary Geneva (SUI)
1939 Lithuania - Latvia - Poland Kaunas (LTU)
1937 Lithuania - Italy - France Riga (LAT)
1935 Latvia - Spain - Czechoslovakia Geneva (SUI)

cool, tho it is a little bit early..

I really hope you copied and pasted that from somewhere. But aye, looks like a good laugh.

Yehs, Baltic States ftw

EDIT: 1939

Holy tit-fu*k the Pinkos and the Yugos sure have won a lot of championships.

My basketball coach when I was 10 was yugoslavian, and had allegedly played in the national team. He got fired for giving us presents, though. Although that might be what the parents said to cover another thing.

I thought Israel had won one, though. Unpleasantly surprised.

Dragan T;2378106 said:

Holy tit-fu*k the Pinkos and the Yugos sure have won a lot of championships.

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That's b/c there were Baltic players playing for the Soviet Union.

"Nost Okupācju!"

Tom;2378067 said:

I really hope you copied and pasted that from somewhere. But aye, looks like a good laugh.

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That's my post. If this is not interesting to you then why be an ignorant idiot and post the above. I don't like darts but does it mean I should post in darts thread and say that darts is ****? I really don't understand people like you. It's like "I don't like it and have no clue about it then it's ****".

... Dude, i wasn't having a go. I was just saying that it was a mammoth post.

And like i said, i'm sure it'll be a good laugh. Chill out mate.

Tom;2378151 said:

... Dude, i wasn't having a go. I was just saying that it was a mammoth post.

And like i said, i'm sure it'll be a good laugh. Chill out mate.

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I am sorry for misunderstanding then. The post is that large because I know that many people here are not familiar with this championship so I wanted to give all the main information in one post. I still don't understand why "it will be a good laugh".

i don't mean that in terms of 'comedy', i mean, it'll be enjoyable "a good laugh".

Jesus Christ.

I thinks he means it will be fun to watch, entertaining, competitive, not haha funny, "hey that guy fell on his face!"

thank you Robbie.

Come on, Tom, that was a bit tactless.

zalayeta;2378158 said:

I am sorry for misunderstanding then. The post is that large because I know that many people here are not familiar with this championship so I wanted to give all the main information in one post. I still don't understand why "it will be a good laugh".

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Most people are ignorant about basketball in general. Even if they do know anything its just a few things about the NBA. Mostly player names. Even US americans know absolutely nothing about bball outside their league.
Only fans from certain European countries where basketball is fairly developed know more than that (like spain, italy, Lituania ( its your national sport there afterall) to just name a few).
Dont expect much response here. Your 2006 world championship thread was active only because some where just interested in the US NT.

The fact that basketball and interest in it, currently, is so focused on the NBA just only, is the main reason why it will never reach Football.
Now, thats all the crap I have to add. Have a nice day everyone!

alex13;2378267 said:

Most people are ignorant about basketball in general. Even if they do know anything its just a few things about the NBA. Mostly player names. Even US americans know absolutely nothing about bball outside their league.
Only fans from certain European countries where basketball is fairly developed know more than that (like spain, italy, Lituania ( its your national sport there afterall) to just name a few).
Dont expect much response here. Your 2006 world championship thread was active only because some where just interested in the US NT.

The fact that basketball and interest in it, currently, is so focused on the NBA just only, is the main reason why it will never reach Football.
Now, thats all the crap I have to add. Have a nice day everyone!

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That's true and I know that. I never aimed to make this thread popular. I posted to see if there anyone interested in it. If I get 0 replies fair enough I have no problem with it. But if there are relies they should be on topic. What happened here was a misunderstanding and I appologised. But I think that Tom's post could have provoked this. Anyway that's past.

As for Americans knowing little about basketball outside US, I could say that most of them know little about the world outside US in general (no offense, that's a fact). There are many reasons why basketball is not so popular but that's another topic.

Since this micro-conflict was sorted let's get back on topic.

Israel are only good at basketball, and everyone plays it, but football stills owns down there.

zalayeta;2378146 said:

That's my post. If this is not interesting to you then why be an ignorant idiot and post the above. I don't like darts but does it mean I should post in darts thread and say that darts is ****? I really don't understand people like you. It's like "I don't like it and have no clue about it then it's ****".

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Haha best misunderstanding ever.

zalayeta;2378049 said:

GROUP A (Granada)
Qualifier*
Greece
Serbia
Russia

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Our team has no chances to qualify I'm almost 100% sure they'll finish after both Serbia and Greece. Taking into account Russia's current position it's amazing how the team managed to get medals in 1993 and 1997 and how much things went wrong since then

1957-1971

Bonzi;2379391 said:

1957-1971

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You have no reason to , mate - 90% of all these victories were thanks to players of 2 occupied countries - Lithuania and Latvia. As you see there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurobasket, Russia has never won European Championships as seperate state.