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EuroBasket 2017

EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and held between 31 August and 17 September 2017. Beginning from 2017, the continental championships take place every four years with a similar system of qualification as for the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Host selection
sign outside Istanbul's Abdi İpekçi Arena Following the decision to relocate the 2015 tournament, original hosts Ukraine were offered the chance to host the 2017 edition, but they declined, citing the ongoing unrest in the country. Countries expressed interest in hosting were Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland (possible joint bid), Serbia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria (possible joint bid), United Kingdom, Israel, Poland, Slovenia, Belgium. On 5 November 2015, FIBA Europe announced that five national federations had applied to organise EuroBasket 2017: Finland, Israel, Poland, Romania and Turkey. On 11 December 2015, FIBA Europe announced that the tournament would be hosted by four countries: Israel, Romania, Finland and Turkey with the knockout stage hosted at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul. ==Venues==
Format
A total of 24 qualified teams played in groups of six; the four best teams in these groups advanced to a single-elimination knockout stage. ==Qualification==
Qualification
The hosts (4 teams) and 2016 Summer Olympics or 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament participants (9 other teams) all qualified directly to the EuroBasket 2017. The remaining 27 teams joined through qualification from 31 August 2016 to 17 September 2016 for 11 places. ==Draw==
Draw
The draw took place in Turkey on 22 November 2016. Seedings FIBA Europe released the seedings for the EuroBasket 2017 draw on 20 November 2016. According to the FIBA Europe regulations the participating nations, the 9 participants of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Olympic Qualifying Tournaments would be seeded first, based on their respective records in EuroBasket 2015, with the remaining teams seeded based on their qualification records. As in the 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. Final draw : Finland was paired with Iceland before the draw. : Israel was paired with Lithuania before the draw. : Romania was paired with Hungary before the draw. : Turkey was paired with Russia before the draw. : Before the draw it was already certain that Croatia would end up in the group with Hungary and Romania, due to the assignments of Finland, Israel and Turkey in their pot. ==Squads==
Preliminary round
Similar to EuroBasket 2015 the preliminary round was played in four venues in different countries. Each of the four groups consisted of six teams, the best four teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage. The first matches were played on 31 August and the last were scheduled for 7 September. Group A Venue: Helsinki, Finland Group B Venue: Tel Aviv, Israel Group C Venue: Cluj-Napoca, Romania Group D Venue: Istanbul, Turkey ==Knockout stage==
Knockout stage
Venue: Istanbul, Turkey Final ==Final standings==
Final standings
The final standings per FIBA official website: ==Statistics and awards==
Statistics and awards
Statistical leaders ;Points ;Rebounds ;Assists ;Blocks ;Steals Awards ;All Tournament Team • Goran DragićAlexey ShvedBogdan BogdanovićLuka DončićPau Gasol ==FIBA broadcasting rights==
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