EuroBasket 1995

EuroBasket 1995
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	21 June – 2 July
Teams	14
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runners-up	Lithuania
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Greece
Tournament statistics
MVP	Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Top scorer	Šarūnas Marčiulionis; (22.5 points per game)
	← 1993 1997 →

The 1995 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1995, was the 29th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to each of the top four teams in the final standings. It was held in Greece between 21 June and 2 July 1995. Fourteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The city of Athens hosted the tournament. Serbia (then under the name of FR Yugoslavia) won its first FIBA European title, by defeating Lithuania by the score of 96–90 in the final. Lithuania's Šarūnas Marčiulionis was voted the tournament's MVP. This edition of the FIBA EuroBasket tournament saw the successful return of the Lithuania national team to the competition, since its last triumph in 1939.

The tournament's official anthem was "Wings of Tomorrow" by Finnish band Stratovarius.

Venues

All games were played at the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens.

Athens	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Capacity: 18,500 Opened in 1995

Qualification

Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	–	1	Greece
Champions from EuroBasket 1993	22 June – 4 July 1993	1	Germany
Qualified through Qualifying Round	21 June 1993 – 16 November 1994	10	Croatia Finland France Israel Italy Lithuania Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden
Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round	31 May – 4 June 1995	2	Turkey Yugoslavia

Format

The teams were split in two groups of seven teams each. The top four teams from each group advance to the knockout quarterfinals.
The winners in the semifinals compete for the European Championship, while the losers from the semifinals play a consolation game for the third place.
The losers in the quarterfinals compete in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Squads

Preliminary round

Times given below are in Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	6	6	0	490	411	+79	12
Lithuania	6	5	1	513	442	+71	11
Greece	6	4	2	448	430	+18	10
Italy	6	3	3	438	433	+5	9
Israel	6	2	4	419	417	+2	8
Germany	6	1	5	448	488	−40	7
Sweden	6	0	6	393	528	−135	6

21 June
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Germany	82–96	Lithuania
Scoring by half: 45–54, 37–42
Pts: Koch 21		Pts: Karnišovas 35

Israel	71–73	Italy
Scoring by half: 39–37, 32–36
Pts: Henefeld 16 Rebs: Henefeld 7 Asts: Goodes 4		Pts: Rusconi 17 Rebs: Rusconi 10 Asts: Pittis, Rusconi 3

Greece	80–84 (OT)	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 43–34, 29–38 Overtime: 8–12
Pts: Rentzias 17 Rebs: Christodoulou, Fasoulas 8 Asts: Patavoukas, Giannakis 3		Pts: Bodiroga 22 Rebs: Paspalj 9 Asts: Divac 4

Italy	68–67	Germany
Scoring by half: 36–34, 32–33
Pts: Esposito 23 Rebs: Rusconi 8 Asts: Esposito 3		Pts: Koch 22 Rebs: Gnad 10 Asts: Nürnberger, Rödl 4

Lithuania	89–73	Greece
Scoring by half: 38–33, 51–40
Pts: Marčiulionis 28 Rebs: Sabonis 23 Asts: Marčiulionis 5		Pts: Christodoulou 19 Rebs: Angelidis, Christodoulou, Sigalas 4 Asts: Giannakis 5

Sweden	62–87	Israel
Scoring by half: 34–42, 28–45
Pts: Sahlström 15 Rebs: Sahlström 9 Asts: Evers 4		Pts: Jamchi 22 Rebs: Fleisher, Sheffer 5 Asts: Goodes 6

Yugoslavia	70–61	Lithuania
Scoring by half: 35–29, 35–32
Pts: Đorđević 18 Rebs: Bodiroga 11 Asts: Đorđević 5		Pts: Marčiulionis 22 Rebs: Sabonis 14 Asts: Sabonis 2

Germany	81–71	Sweden
Scoring by half: 39–33, 42–38
Pts: Koch 20 Rebs: Welp 8 Asts: Rödl 5		Pts: Sahlström 23 Rebs: Sahlström 11 Asts: Håkanson 4

Greece	67–61	Italy
Scoring by half: 33–37, 34–24
Pts: Christodoulou 19 Rebs: Fasoulas 11 Asts: Christodoulou 4		Pts: Esposito 15 Rebs: Pittis 10 Asts: Esposito 4

Italy	74–87	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 37–49, 37–38
Pts: Fučka 19 Rebs: Fučka 10 Asts: Gentile 4		Pts: Đorđević 22 Rebs: Divac 6 Asts: Đorđević 5

Israel	78–60	Germany
Scoring by half: 40–20, 38–40
Pts: Jamchi 20 Rebs: Fleisher 10 Asts: Sheffer 6		Pts: Koch 22 Rebs: Welp 7 Asts: Nürnberger 6

Sweden	68–86	Greece
Scoring by half: 30–42, 38–44
Pts: Larsson 17 Rebs: Blom 10 Asts: Larsson 2		Pts: Angelidis 19 Rebs: Rentzias 11 Asts: Kakiousis 4

Yugoslavia	85–58	Sweden
Scoring by half: 42–30, 43–28
Pts: Danilović 16 Rebs: Divac 10 Asts: Divac 5		Pts: Marcus, Sahlström 14 Rebs: Marcus 6 Asts: Andersson 5

Greece	59–49	Israel
Scoring by half: 29–25, 30–24
Pts: Sigalas 20 Rebs: Fasoulas 8 Asts: Sigalas 4		Pts: Jamchi 17 Rebs: Henefeld 13 Asts: Sheffer 3

Lithuania	80–69	Italy
Scoring by half: 42–39, 38–30
Pts: Marčiulionis 32 Rebs: Sabonis 19 Asts: Marčiulionis 8		Pts: Magnifico 18 Rebs: Rusconi 8 Asts: Esposito 5

Israel	59–72	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 25–35, 34–37
Pts: Goodes 13 Rebs: Goodes 5 Asts: Sheffer 3		Pts: Danilović 21 Rebs: Bodiroga 8 Asts: Paspalj 3

Sweden	73–96	Lithuania
Scoring by half: 40–46, 33–50
Pts: Larsson 21 Rebs: Sahlström 5 Asts: Håkanson 3		Pts: Karnišovas 24 Rebs: Sabonis 12 Asts: Kurtinaitis 5

Germany	79–83	Greece
Scoring by half: 43–45, 36–38
Pts: Koch 20 Rebs: Gnad 7 Asts: Rödl 6		Pts: Sigalas 17 Rebs: Christodoulou 11 Asts: Giannakis 8

Italy	93–61	Sweden
Scoring by half: 46–38, 47–33
Pts: Esposito 26 Rebs: Conti 8 Asts: 4 Players 2		Pts: Gaddefors 13 Rebs: Sahlström 7 Asts: Håkanson, Larsson 2