Warsaw names EuroBasket 2009 groups - Nov 9, 2008 (by Eurobasket News)
Last night the capital of Poland hosted the draw of EuroBasket 2009. Fifteen teams already qualified for EuroBasket 2009 and the one to be determined team to come from the Additional Qualifying Round were drawn into four groups of four.
Poznan will host Group A with FYR of Macedonia, Croatia, Israel and Greece. Russia, Germany, Latvia and the winner of the Additional Qualifying Round will play in Group B in Gdansk. [read more]
Last night the capital of Poland hosted the draw of EuroBasket 2009. Fifteen teams already qualified for EuroBasket 2009 and the one to be determined team to come from the Additional Qualifying Round were drawn into four groups of four. Poznan will host Group A with FYR of Macedonia, Croatia, Israel and Greece. Russia, Germany, Latvia and the winner of the Additional Qualifying Round will play in Group B in Gdansk. The capital of the country will see Great Britain, Serbia, Spain and Slovenia in Group C. Group D in Wroclaw will consist of Poland, Turkey, Lithuania and Bulgaria. The Additional Qualifying Round will give only one ticket to Group B as six teams were divided into two groups. The final spot at EuroBasket 2009 will be earned by the winner of the Additional Qualifying Round. Group A will have Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Belgium, while Group B will consist of Italy, France and Finland.
In 2007 final of Eurobasket 2007 Russia beat Spain 60:59. The hero of the game was definitely J.R. Holden, who's 2-pointer jump just 2.1 second before the end of the game save the game for Russians. Pau Gasol still could switch the victory towards host team, but his buzzer shot went in ...and out. That way Spain got their 6th silver medal at Eurobasket.The MVP of the tournament went to Russian Andrei Kirilenko, who was the leader of his team thru all competition games including the final one, where he got 17 points and 5 rebounds.
Group A FYR of Macedonia Croatia Israel Greece
Group B Russia Qualifier Germany Latvia
Group C Great Britain Serbia Spain Slovenia
Group D Poland Turkey LithuaniaBulgaria
A very hard job for team Italy.. - Nov 9, 2008 (by Eurobasket)
The Additional Qualification Round draw held yesterday at the Capitol Theatre of Warsaw was the... worse as possible for the Azzurri, who fould in their Group B one of the teams defeating them in August, Finland, and the other top team forced to play in the Additional Round, France. And the game schedule is not good too, with the first game vs. France at home, otherwise than hoped by coach Carlo Recalcati , who admitted that his Team Italy will face a very hard job next summer. [read more]
The Additional Qualification Round draw held yesterday at the Capitol Theatre of Warsaw was the... worse as possible for the Azzurri, who fould in their Group B one of the teams defeating them in August, Finland, and the other top team forced to play in the Additional Round, France. And the game schedule is not good too, with the first game vs. France at home, otherwise than hoped by coach Carlo Recalcati , who admitted that his Team Italy will face a very hard job next summer. . In the other group of the Additional Qualification Round will compete Bosnia Herzegovina, Portugal and Belgium. The one down is the complete schedule of Group B August 5 Italy-France August 8 France-Finland August 11 Finland-Italy August 14 France-Italy August 17 Finland-France August 20 Italy-Finland Final Games: Group A winner vs. Group B winner on August 27 and 30 The 2009 edition of European Championship will be played in Poland, from September 7 to 20, and the Additional Qualification Round winner team will play in the Group B, in Gdanz, together with Russia, Germany and Latvia
FIBA Europe announced yesterday the seedings for the upcoming draw of the EuroBasket 2009 Final Round. The EuroBasket 2009 draw is scheduled for Saturday, November 8, in Warsaw, Poland.
The draw for the Additional Qualifying Round, which will decide the last qualifier for the event, will also take place on the same date. [read more]
FIBA Europe announced yesterday the seedings for the upcoming draw of the EuroBasket 2009 Final Round. The EuroBasket 2009 draw is scheduled for Saturday, November 8, in Warsaw, Poland. The draw for the Additional Qualifying Round, which will decide the last qualifier for the event, will also take place on the same date. The seedings for all draws are based on the results of the teams in the most recent FIBA Europe Official Competitions, with the last competition being the most important The exact elements of the draw and the tournament are: EuroBasket 2009 Organisers: Poland Dates: September 7-20, 2009 Preliminary Round venues: Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw Qualifying Round venues: Bydgoszcz and Lodz Final Round venue: Katowice Draw : November 8, 2008 Draw venue : Capital Theatre, Marszałkowska 115, Warsaw, at 13.00 hrs.
Draw seedings: Group A: Russia, Spain, Lithuania, Greece Group B: Germany, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey Group C: Serbia, Poland, FYROM, Latvia Group D: Great Britain, Israel, Bulgaria, Qualifier (Additional Qualifying Tournament - August 2009)
No team can face a team from its group, as referred above
EuroBasket 2009 Additional Qualifying Round Venues: Two groups of three teams each, to meet in home and away games. The winners of the two groups meet in home and away games with the overall winner qualifying for EuroBasket 2009. Dates: August 2009 Group A: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina Group B: Italy, Portugal Group C: Finland, Belgium
No team can face a team from its group, as referred above
