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EuroBasket 2013

EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24.[1][2]

EuroBasket 2013
Tournament details
Host countrySlovenia
Dates4–22 September
Teams24
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Lithuania
Third place Spain
Fourth place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Games played90
Attendance377,536 (4,195 per game)
MVPFrance Tony Parker
Top scorerFrance Tony Parker
(19.0 points per game)
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France defeated Lithuania in the final to win their first title.[3] Tony Parker was named the tournament's MVP.

Host selection

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Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Slovenia brought forward a potential candidature for the FIBA EuroBasket. Countries which were interested in submitting a formal candidature had to do so by 31 August 2010.[4] On 5 September 2010, it was announced that only two countries, Slovenia and Italy had submitted formal bids.[5] On 15 October 2010, Italy announced its withdrawal from the run.[6] The Basketball Federation of Slovenia (BFS) thus remained the only candidate organizer.

The decision on the candidacy was officially reported after FIBA Europe's meeting in Munich, Germany on 5 December 2010. In March 2011, the BFS appointed the economist Aleš Križnar as the director of the event.[7]

Format

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In the first stage, every team had to play against every other team of their group (round-robin). This meant five matches per team.

From every group, the three best teams advanced to the second stage and the three worst teams were eliminated. In the second stage, two new groups were formed. The three best teams from groups A and B were united to form group E and the three best teams from groups C and D were united to form group F.

In these two new groups of the second stage only matches by teams that had not yet played each other have to be played. As for the matches that had already happened in the first stage, their results also counted in the second stage. Therefore, every team played three matches and there are 12 teams in the second stage.

Out of the second stage, the four best teams from each of the two groups advanced to the quarterfinals (8 teams in total) whereas the two worst teams will be eliminated from the championship (four teams in total).

Financing

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The fee that Slovenia had to pay to FIBA Europe amounted to 6 million euros. According to the agreement, half of the money was paid by the Slovenian state.[8][9]

Logo, official song and mascot of the championship

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Official mascot

The official mascot was Lipko,[10] whose name came from combining the Slovenian word for linden tree and the diminutive "ko". The word lipa is of Slavic origin. Lipko is spelt the same in every language and in every market where he is present.

Attendance

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Serbian fans in Arena Stožice
 
Slovenian fans in Arena Zlatorog

Preliminary round

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City Arena Visitors
(avg. per game) 		Total visitors
(all 15 events) 		Total capacity
(all 15 events) 		% visitors
(avg. p/g & total)
Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 1,536 23,040 82,500 27.9
Jesenice Podmežakla Hall 3,389 50,846 82,500 61.6
Celje Zlatorog Arena 2,888 43,320 82,500 52.5
Koper Arena Bonifika 2,542 38,130 75,000 46.2
– Total (all 60 events) 2,588 155,336 322,500 48.2
  • Slovenia already beat record attendance of 155,336 after preliminary round for almost 20,000 more people from previous FIBA Eurobasket. The average attendance per game was 2,588 visitors.

Second round

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City Arena Visitors
(avg. per game) 		Total visitors
(all 18 events) 		Total capacity
(all 18 events) 		% visitors
(avg. p/g & total)
Ljubljana Arena Stožice 5,086 91,560 225,000 40.7

Venues

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On 24 March 2011, it was officially announced that the preliminary round would be played in Novo Mesto, Jesenice, Koper and Ptuj. Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, will host the final round at the Arena Stožice. On 18 June 2012, it was announced that the city council of Ptuj cancelled their bid for the tournament.[11] Novo Mesto cancelled their bid on 2 July 2012.[12] On 28 August 2012, it was confirmed that the preliminary round would be played in Celje and Ljubljana (Tivoli Hall) instead of Ptuj and Novo Mesto, which cancelled their bids.[13]

Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round
  Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,500[14] Opened in 2010 Second and knockout stages
Jesenice Podmežakla Hall 5,500 Reconstruction completed in 2013 Preliminary stage
  Koper Arena Bonifika 5,000 Reconstruction completed in 2013 Preliminary stage
  Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 5,600[15] Opened in 1965 Preliminary stage
  Celje Zlatorog Arena 5,500[16] Opened in 2003 Preliminary stage

Qualification

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Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 qualification

Olympic Games or Olympic Qualifying Tournament participants Spain, France, Russia, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Greece, Slovenia and Great Britain all qualified directly to the EuroBasket 2013 Final Round.

The 31 remaining teams were divided into 5 groups of 5 teams and 1 group of 6 teams. The first and second placed teams in each group plus the 4 best third placed teams were qualified for the Final Round.

The Qualifiers were played between 15 August and 11 September 2012.

The EuroBasket 2013 draw took place on 18 November 2012;[17] first time in the history the draw took place underground – in the Concert Hall of Postojna Cave.[18]

Qualified teams

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Participating countries of EuroBasket 2013
Competition Date Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 5 December 2010 1   Slovenia
Participants of 2012 Olympics and
of the 2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament		 28 July – 12 August 2012
2–8 July 2012		 7   France
  Great Britain
  Greece
  Lithuania
  Macedonia
  Russia
  Spain
Qualified through FIBA Eurobasket
2013 qualification		 14 August – 11 September 2012 16   Belgium
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Croatia
  Czech Republic
  Finland
  Georgia
  Germany
  Israel
  Italy
  Latvia
  Montenegro
  Poland
  Serbia
  Sweden
  Turkey
  Ukraine

Squads

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Main article: EuroBasket 2013 squads

Draw

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The EuroBasket 2013 draw took place on 18 November 2012, first time in history the draw took place underground – in the Postojna Cave Concert Hall, divided the qualified teams into four groups of six, groups A, B, C, and D. It was decided that games would take place in Celje, Jesenice, Koper and Ljubljana.[19][20] Included are the latest published FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

  Spain (2)
  France (8)
  Russia (6)
  Macedonia (34)

  Lithuania (5)
  Greece (4)
  Slovenia (14)
  Great Britain (23)

  Italy (21)
  Croatia (16)
  Germany (13)
  Montenegro (77)

  Finland (48)
  Poland (40)
  Ukraine (50)
  Bosnia and Herzegovina (50)

  Georgia (50)
  Belgium (77)
  Latvia (39)
  Turkey (7)

  Czech Republic (61)
  Serbia (12)
  Israel (31)
  Sweden (83)

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Venue: Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

Main article: EuroBasket 2013 Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
  France 5 4 1 403 344 59 9 1–0
  Ukraine 5 4 1 378 352 26 9 0–1
  Belgium 5 2 3 344 371 −27 7 2–0
  Great Britain 5 2 3 360 396 −36 7 1–1
  Germany 5 2 3 390 396 −6 7 0–2
  Israel 5 1 4 364 380 −16 6  
4 September 2013
Israel   71–75 OT   Great Britain
Belgium   57–58   Ukraine
France   74–80   Germany
5 September 2013
Ukraine   74–67   Israel
Germany   73–77 OT   Belgium
Great Britain   65–88   France
6 September 2013
Germany   83–88   Ukraine
Belgium   76–71   Great Britain
France   82–63   Israel
8 September 2013
Great Britain   81–74   Germany
Ukraine   71–77   France
Israel   87–69   Belgium
9 September 2013
Great Britain   68–87   Ukraine
Germany   80–76   Israel
Belgium   65–82   France

Group B

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Venue: Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice

Main article: EuroBasket 2013 Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
  Serbia 5 3 2 371 366 5 8 3–0
  Latvia 5 3 2 365 360 5 8 1–2, 1–1, 1.021
  Lithuania 5 3 2 347 337 10 8 1–2, 1–1, 1.015
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 3 2 358 359 −1 8 1–2, 1–1, 0.968
  Montenegro 5 2 3 376 382 −6 7  
  Macedonia 5 1 4 356 369 −13 6  
4 September 2013
Latvia   86–75   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Macedonia   80–81   Montenegro
Serbia   63–56   Lithuania
5 September 2013
Montenegro   72–73   Latvia
Bosnia and Herzegovina   67–77   Serbia
Lithuania   75–67   Macedonia
6 September 2013
Montenegro   70–76   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Latvia   59–67   Lithuania
Macedonia   89–75   Serbia
8 September 2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina   62–54   Macedonia
Serbia   80–71   Latvia
Lithuania   77–70 OT   Montenegro
9 September 2013
Latvia   76–66   Macedonia
Lithuania   72–78   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro   83–76   Serbia

Group C

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Venue: Zlatorog Arena, Celje

Main article: EuroBasket 2013 Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
  Spain 5 4 1 369 269 100 9 1–0
  Croatia 5 4 1 337 341 −4 9 0–1
  Slovenia 5 3 2 347 344 3 8  
  Czech Republic 5 2 3 316 339 −23 7  
  Georgia 5 1 4 366 394 −28 6 1–0
  Poland 5 1 4 329 377 −48 6 0–1
4 September 2013
Georgia   84–67   Poland
Spain   68–40   Croatia
Czech Republic   60–62   Slovenia
5 September 2013
Croatia   77–76   Georgia
Poland   68–69   Czech Republic
Slovenia   78–69   Spain
7 September 2013
Spain   60–39   Czech Republic
Croatia   74–70   Poland
Georgia   68–72   Slovenia
8 September 2013
Poland   53–89   Spain
Czech Republic   95–79   Georgia
Slovenia   74–76 OT   Croatia
9 September 2013
Georgia   59–83   Spain
Croatia   70–53   Czech Republic
Slovenia   61–71   Poland

Group D

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Venue: Arena Bonifika, Koper

Main article: EuroBasket 2013 Group D
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
  Italy 5 5 0 391 339 52 10  
  Finland 5 4 1 358 337 21 9  
  Greece 5 3 2 392 350 42 8  
  Sweden 5 1 4 345 391 −46 6 1–1, 1.040
  Turkey 5 1 4 355 398 −43 6 1–1, 1.006
  Russia 5 1 4 374 400 −26 6 1–1, 0.956
4 September 2013
Turkey   55–61   Finland
Sweden   51–79   Greece
Russia   69–76   Italy
5 September 2013
Finland   81–60   Sweden
Italy   90–75   Turkey
Greece   80–71   Russia
7 September 2013
Russia   62–81   Sweden
Italy   62–44   Finland
Turkey   61–84   Greece
8 September 2013
Finland   86–83 2OT   Russia
Greece   72–81   Italy
Sweden   74–87   Turkey
9 September 2013
Greece   77–86   Finland
Italy   82–79   Sweden
Turkey   77–89   Russia

Second round

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Eugene "Pooh" Jeter versus Vasilije Micić as Ukraine plays Serbia

The two groups comprised the three best-ranked teams from Groups A, B, C and D. Teams coming from the same initial group did not play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them from the first round.

The best four teams advanced to the quarterfinals.

Group E

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Main article: EuroBasket 2013 Group E
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
  Serbia 5 4 1 371 343 28 9 1–0
  Lithuania 5 4 1 355 314 41 9 0–1
  France 5 3 2 388 380 8 8  
  Ukraine 5 2 3 325 364 −39 7  
  Belgium 5 1 4 318 358 −40 6 1–0
  Latvia 5 1 4 362 360 2 6 0–1
11 September 2013
Latvia   85–51   Ukraine Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Belgium   69–76   Serbia Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Lithuania   76–62   France Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
13 September 2013
Lithuania   86–67   Belgium Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Ukraine   82–75   Serbia Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
France   102–91   Latvia Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
15 September 2013
Latvia   56–60   Belgium Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Ukraine   63–70   Lithuania Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Serbia   77–65   France Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Group F

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Slovenia against Italy
Main article: EuroBasket 2013 Group F
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
  Croatia 5 4 1 372 361 11 9  
  Slovenia 5 3 2 385 379 6 8 1–0
  Italy 5 3 2 374 357 17 8 0–1
  Spain 5 2 3 375 339 36 7 1–0
  Finland 5 2 3 341 385 −44 7 0–1
  Greece 5 1 4 381 407 −26 6  
12 September 2013
Finland   63–88   Croatia Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Greece   79–75   Spain Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Slovenia   84–77   Italy Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
14 September 2013
Croatia   76–68   Italy Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Spain   82–56   Finland Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Greece   65–73   Slovenia Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
16 September 2013
Croatia   92–88 2OT   Greece Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Italy   86–81 OT   Spain Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Finland   92–76   Slovenia Arena Stožice, Ljubljana

Knockout stage

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Main article: EuroBasket 2013 knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 September
 
 
  Serbia60
 
20 September
 
  Spain90
 
  Spain72
 
18 September
 
  France (OT)75
 
  Slovenia62
 
22 September
 
  France72
 
  France80
 
19 September
 
  Lithuania66
 
  Croatia84
 
20 September
 
  Ukraine72
 
  Croatia62
 
19 September
 
  Lithuania77 Third place
 
  Lithuania81
 
22 September
 
  Italy77
 
  Spain92
 
 
  Croatia66
 
5th place bracket
 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
19 September
 
 
  Serbia74
 
21 September
 
  Slovenia92
 
  Slovenia69
 
20 September
 
  Ukraine63
 
  Ukraine66
 
 
  Italy58
 
Seventh place
 
 
21 September
 
 
  Serbia76
 
 
  Italy64

Quarterfinals

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18 September 2013
17:30
Serbia   60–90   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 5–21, 18–27, 16–25, 21–17
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 7,610
18 September 2013
21:00
Slovenia   62–72   France
Scoring by quarter: 12–10, 12–16, 21–24, 17–22
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,000
19 September 2013
17:45
Croatia   84–72   Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 29–13, 19–26, 14–11
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 7,700
19 September 2013
21:00
Lithuania   81–77   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 18–24, 17–19, 24–19
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 8,210

Classification 5–8

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19 September 2013
14:30
Serbia   74–92   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 19–23, 20–18, 19–21
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 5,730
20 September 2013
14:30
Italy   58–66   Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 17–22, 14–16, 10–15
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 3,070

Semifinals

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20 September 2013
17:45
Lithuania   77–62   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 16–18, 21–8, 16–17
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 9,180
20 September 2013
21:00
Spain   72–75 (OT)   France
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 16–6, 15–23, 16–22, Overtime: 7–10
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 9,060

Seventh place game

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21 September 2013
17:30
Serbia   76–64   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 27–11, 14–16, 14–17, 21–20
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 4,030

Fifth place game

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21 September 2013
21:00
Slovenia   69–63   Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 24–13, 14–8, 15–19
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,000

Third place game

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22 September 2013
17:30
Spain   92–66   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 24–18, 16–12, 29–18
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 6,050

Final

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Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Final
22 September 2013
21:00
France   80–66   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 31–12, 18–16, 12–16
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Juan Arteaga (ESP), Ilija Belošević (SRB)


 EuroBasket 2013 champions 
 
France
First title
Most Valuable Player
  Tony Parker

Final standings

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Results
Key
Qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Qualified as host nation for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Received wild card for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
Rank Team Record
    France 8–3
    Lithuania 8–3
    Spain 7–4
4   Croatia 8–3
5   Slovenia 7–4
6   Ukraine 6–5
7   Serbia 6–5
8   Italy 6–5
9   Finland 5–3
  Belgium 3–5
11   Greece 4–4
  Latvia 4–4
13   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2
  Czech Republic 2–3
  Great Britain 2–3
  Sweden 1–4
17   Germany 2–3
  Montenegro 2–3
  Georgia 1–4
  Turkey 1–4
21   Macedonia 1–4
  Israel 1–4
  Russia 1–4
  Poland 1–4

All-Tournament Team

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Statistical leaders

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  • In order for players to qualify as statistical leaders for the tournament, they had to play in at least 6 games during the competition.

FIBA broadcasting rights

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The tournament was broadcast in a record 167 countries around the globe (previous record is 162 countries).

References

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  1. ^ FIBA Europe Board Expands EuroBasket Field FIBA Europe, 31 May 2010.
  2. ^ EuroBasket 2013 seeding unveiled FIBA Europe. 22 November 2011
  3. ^ "Next Steps For France With Parker, Collet". eurobasket2013.org. 24 September 2013.
  4. ^ Ten countries express interest in hosting EuroBasket FIBA Europe, 18 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Italy, Slovenia Bid To Host EuroBasket 2013". Fibaeurope.com. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Sciolto il Comitato Promotore Eurobasket 2013. L'Italia ritira la candidatura al Campionato Europeo - FIP - Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro - official site". Fip.it. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Križnar postal direktor Eurobasketa 2013" [Križnar Becomes the Director of EuroBasket 2013] (in Slovenian). Žurnal24.si. 30 March 2011.
  8. ^ "Temni oblaki nad Eurobasketom; državi je takšen dogodek odveč" [Dark Clouds Over Eurobasket; the Country Sees Such an Event as a Nuisance]. MMC RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenia. 7 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Turk: Nasledni obrok kotizacije ni problem" [Turk: The Next Instalment of the Fee Is not a Problem]. MMC RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian).
  10. ^ Lipko Archived 4 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine in www.eurobasket2013.org
  11. ^ "Ptuj dokončno odpovedal evropsko prvenstvo v košarki" [Ptuj has finally cancelled European Basketball Championships]. MMC RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian).
  12. ^ "Novo mesto ne bo gostilo EP-ja v košarki" [Novo Mesto will not host European Basketball Championships]. MMC RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian).
  13. ^ "Uradno: Eurobasket bodo gostili Ljubljana, Jesenice, Koper in Celje" [Official: Eurobasket will be played in Ljubljana, Jesenice, Koper and Celje]. MMC RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian).
  14. ^ "THE ARENA Stozice Arena Capacity: 12500". Eurobasket2013.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  15. ^ EuroBasket2013.org Tivoli Hall Capacity: 5,600. Archived 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "THE ARENA Celje Arena Capacity: 5500". Eurobasket2013.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  17. ^ "Slovenia – "Small is big in 2013"". eurobasket2011.com. 18 September 2011.
  18. ^ "Srbom uspelo: na Eurobasketu vsa "ex-Yu"". Žurnal24.si. 18 September 2012.
  19. ^ "EuroBasket 2013 Draw Seeds Announced". Eurobasket2013.org. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  20. ^ "EuroBasket 2013 Draw Complete". eurobasket2013.org. 18 November 2012.
  21. ^ STATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Points Per Game.
  22. ^ STATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Rebounds Per Game.
  23. ^ STATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Assists Per Game.
  24. ^ STATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Blocks Per Game.
  25. ^ STATISTICAL LEADERS - PLAYERS Steals Per Game.
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