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EuroBasket 2015

EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It was co-hosted by Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia, making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country. It started on 5 September and ended on 20 September 2015.

Host selection
On 18 December 2011, FIBA Europe decided to let Ukraine host EuroBasket 2015, after France, Croatia, Germany and Italy withdrew their joint bid. On 19 March 2014, tournament director Markiyan Lubkivsky announced that EuroBasket 2015 would not take place in Ukraine because of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the championship would be relocated. But later, FIBA Europe was forced to deny reports that Ukraine had given up the hosting rights for EuroBasket 2015 due to the continuous political situation and security issues in Ukraine. On 13 June 2014, FIBA Europe officially announced that Ukraine would not be hosting the championships. Sixteen countries expressed an initial interest to bid for the relocated event. National Federations were called by FIBA Europe to officially bid for hosting the tournament or parts of the tournament until 31 July 2014. The next day FIBA Europe announced eight official bids from potential organizers: • • • • • • • • All interested federations were provided the option to bid to stage either one of the four groups in the Group Phase of the tournament, one of the groups and the Final Phase, only the finals, or the entire tournament. FIBA Europe was scheduled to officially announce the details of the bids after 27 August 2014. ==Venues==
Qualification
Qualification for the tournament took place in two phases; the first featured 13 teams who failed to qualify for FIBA EuroBasket 2013, the winner of which qualifying directly for the finals. The remaining teams then went into qualification with the remaining FIBA Europe sides. Qualified teams ==Draw==
Draw
Seedings FIBA Europe released the seedings for the EuroBasket 2015 draw on 27 November 2014. According to the FIBA Europe regulations the participating nations, the 10 participants of the 2014 World Cup would be seeded first, based on their respective records in FIBA EuroBasket 2013, with the remaining teams seeded based on their qualification records. Criteria for the draw was as follows: • The four hosts were drawn together, but as Latvia were amongst the third seeded teams and Germany the fifth, only three teams would be in fourth and sixth pot containing the remaining seeds and these teams could not be drawn into groups with Latvia and Germany respectively. • France and Croatia, as hosts, were drawn first and the two remaining first seeds, Spain and Lithuania, were drawn separately into the remaining two groups not already with a top-seeded team. • In addition to this, following on from the exceptional circumstances leading to the relocation of EuroBasket 2015, each of the four hosts was granted the right to select a partner federation for commercial and marketing criteria. These teams would automatically be placed into the same group as their chosen partner country. The selections were; • France and Finland • Germany and Turkey • Croatia and Slovenia • Latvia and Estonia : Assigned to Group A, for its partnership with France. : Assigned to Group B, for its partnership with Germany. : Assigned to Group C, for its partnership with Croatia. : Assigned to Group D, for its partnership with Latvia. ==Squads==
Preliminary round
The best four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. Group A Venue: Montpellier, France Group B Venue: Berlin, Germany Group C Venue: Zagreb, Croatia Group D Venue: Riga, Latvia ==Knockout stage==
Knockout stage
Venue: Lille, France Final ==Final standings==
Final standings
Official final ranking by FIBA Europe. ==All-Tournament Team==
All-Tournament Team
PGSergio RodríguezSGNando de ColoSFJonas MačiulisPFPau Gasol (MVP) • CJonas Valančiūnas ==Statistical leaders==
Statistical leaders
;Points ;Rebounds ;Assists ;Blocks ;Steals ==FIBA broadcasting rights==
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