EuroBasket 2011 final
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Date | 18 September 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | 2013 → |
The EuroBasket 2011 final was the championship game of
The defending European champions Spain qualified to the final after topping their preliminary round group, winning their second round group, and beating
The Spanish team retained their European championship with a 98–85 win. Shooting guard Juan Carlos Navarro was named the tournament MVP.[1][2][3]
He joined his teammate Pau Gasol and opponent Tony Parker as members of the all-tournament team who played in the final. Macedonia's Bo McCalebb and Russia's Andrei Kirilenko were also named to the team.
Match details
Joakim Noah started the game with two dunks to give the French team an 8–7 lead. José Calderón scored five points to give the Spaniards a 17–12 lead, forcing French coach Vincent Collet to call a timeout. The teams scored on several three-point shots but Spain held a 25–20 lead at the end of the first quarter. Spain stretched the lead to nine in the second quarter but two three-pointers from Mickaël Gelabale and Tony Parker kept the game close. However, Serge Ibaka's third block of the night led to a Pau Gasol basket to pad the Spanish lead to ten. Coming off another timeout, Ibaka blocked two more French shots. Later, Rudy Fernández was called for an unsportsmanlike foul against Tony Parker, whom he pulled down to the floor. This led to a French 7–0 run, capped off by a Nicolas Batum three-pointer and a dunk to cut the lead to five. Spain increased their lead to nine, 50–41, at the end of the first half.[4]
While the French were able to score at the start of the third quarter, Spain managed to maintain the lead within the 10-point margin. France scored five points in a row but Juan Carlos Navarro scored to prevent the lead from decreasing. The Spanish team started the fourth quarter with another run, and they retained the title they had won two years ago in Poland.[4]
Navarro, who scored 27 points in the final and 35 points in the semifinal against
After the game, Prime Minister of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero congratulated the team, remarking that "discounting the national football team which has just started its brilliant run, I think there is no other team in Spanish sport history that has shone as long as you have."[6]
18 September
21:00 |
Spain | 98–85 | France |
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 25–21, 25–21, 23–23 | ||
5 | Pts: Parker 26 Rebs: Noah 8 Asts: Diaw 7 |
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Sreten Radovic (CRO) |
Road to the final
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Defeated Poland 83–78Defeated Portugal 87–73Defeated Great Britain 86–69Defeated Lithuania 91–79 Defeated by Turkey 57–65
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Preliminary round |
Defeated Latvia 89–78Defeated Israel 85–68Defeated Germany 76–65Defeated Italy 91–84Defeated Serbia 97–96 (OT)
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Defeated Germany 77–68Defeated Serbia 84–59Defeated France 96–69
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Second round |
Defeated Turkey 68–64Defeated Lithuania 73–67 Defeated by Spain 96–69
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Defeated Slovenia 86–64
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Quarterfinals | Defeated Greece 64–56
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Defeated Macedonia 92–80
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Semifinals | Defeated Russia 79–71
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Spain
The Spanish started their EuroBasket 2011 campaign with a close win against
In their first game in the second round, Spain led by nine against
France
The French opened EuroBasket 2011 trailing 41–40 at halftime against
The
Facing the
The French next faced an undefeated
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