The 2003 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2003, was the 33rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as the Europe qualifier for the 2004 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to the top three teams in the final standings. It was held in Sweden between 5 September and 14 September 2003. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Borås, Luleå, Norrköping, Södertälje and Stockholm hosted the tournament. Lithuania won its third FIBA European title by defeating Spain with a 93–84 score in the final. Lithuania's Šarūnas Jasikevičius was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round Borås Boråshallen 3,000 Opened in 1957 Group D Luleå Coop Norrbotten Arena 6,500 Opened in 1970 Group A Norrköping Himmelstalundshallen 4,280 Opened in 1977 Group B Södertälje Scaniarinken 7,250 Opened in 1970 Group C Stockholm Stockholm Globe Arena 7,250 Opened in 1989 Knockout stages

Qualification

Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation – 1 Champions of 2002 FIBA World Championship 29 August – 8 September 2002 1 Qualified through Qualifying Round 21 November 2001 – 25 January 2003 14

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Format The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The first team from each group qualified directly to the knockout stage. To define the other four teams that advanced to the knockout stage, second and third-placed teams from each group where cross-paired (2A vs. 3B, 3A vs. 2B, 2C vs. 3D, 3C vs. 2D) and the winner from each match advanced to the knockout stage. In the knockout quarterfinals, the winners advanced to the semifinals. The winners from the semifinals competed for the championship in the final, while the losing teams play a consolation game for the third place. The losing teams from the quarterfinals play in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Squads

At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries had 12 players on their roster.

Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Qualified for the second round

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage Championship bracket

Play-off

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

Statistical leaders Individual Tournament Highs

PointsPPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name PPG 1 Pau Gasol 25.8 2 Andrei Kirilenko 23.2 3 Dirk Nowitzki 22.5 4 Damir Mulaomerović 16.5 5 Juan Carlos Navarro 16.2 6 Arvydas Macijauskas 15.8 7 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 14.8 8 Massimo Bulleri 14.2 9 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 14.0 10 Saulius Štombergas 13.7

ReboundsRPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name RPG 1 Ademola Okulaja 8.2 2 Predrag Drobnjak 7.5 2 Pau Gasol 7.5 4 Andrei Kirilenko 6.8 4 Nikola Prkačin 6.8 6 Matej Mamić 6.5 7 Dirk Nowitzki 6.2 7 Giacomo Galanda 6.2 9 Victor Khryapa 6.0 9 Dalibor Bagarić 6.0

AssistsAPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name APG 1 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 8.2 2 Marko Jarić 4.0 2 Damir Mulaomerović 4.0 4 Meir Tapiro 3.4 5 Massimo Bulleri 3.2 6 Mithat Demirel 3.0 7 Carles Marco 2.5 7 Marko Popović 2.5 9 Tal Burstein 2.4 10 Dimitris Diamantidis 2.3 10 Patrick Femerling 2.3

StealsSPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name SPG 1 Andrei Kirilenko 3.5 2 Arvydas Macijauskas 2.3 3 Meir Tapiro 1.9 4 Marko Jarić 1.5 4 Ademola Okulaja 1.5 6 Zakhar Pashutin 1.4 7 Tal Burstein 1.3 7 Victor Khryapa 1.3 7 Giorgos Sigalas 1.3 7 Dirk Nowitzki 1.3

BlocksBPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name BPG 1 Andrei Kirilenko 2.2 1 Eurelijus Žukauskas 2.2 3 Dirk Nowitzki 1.8 4 Pau Gasol 1.7 5 Kšyštof Lavrinovič 1.5 6 Patrick Femerling 1.2 7 Jake Tsakalidis 1.0 7 Dalibor Bagarić 1.0 7 Matej Mamić 1.0 9 Victor Khryapa 0.9 9 Fedor Likholitov 0.9

Minutes at FIBA.com Pos. Name MPG 1 Andrei Kirilenko 35.3 2 Dirk Nowitzki 34.8 3 Matej Mamić 32.5 4 Milan Gurović 32.3 5 Tal Burstein 31.6 6 Pau Gasol 31.3 7 Marko Jarić 30.8 8 Gordan Giriček 30.0 9 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 29.8 10 Jorge Garbajosa 29.7

Individual Game Highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Pau Gasol 36 Rebounds Nikola Prkačin 14 Assists Šarūnas Jasikevičius 11 Steals Ainars Bagatskis Andrei Kirilenko (twice) Meir Tapiro 5 Blocks Andrei Kirilenko 6 Turnovers Marko Jarić 9

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 90.7 2 84.3 3 84.0 4 83.8 5 81.9

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG 1 39.0 2 36.0 3 33.7 4 33.0 5 32.7 5 32.7

Assists Pos. Name APG 1 17.3 2 16.3 3 14.0 4 12.0 4 12.0 4 12.0

StealsTeam Leaders – SPG Pos. Name SPG 1 9.7 2 8.6 3 7.7 4 7.3 5 7.0 5 7.0

BlocksTeam Leaders – SPG Pos. Name BPG 1 4.5 2 4.4 3 3.7 3 3.7 5 3.2

Team Game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints 99 Rebounds 47 Assists 23 Steals 15 Blocks 8 Field goal percentage 60.8% (31/51) 3-point field goal percentage 55.6% (10/18) Free throw percentage 100% (6/6) Turnovers 25

Awards

2003 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Šarūnas Jasikevičius ( Lithuania)

All-Tournament Team Tony Parker Šarūnas Jasikevičius (MVP) Saulius Štombergas Andrei Kirilenko Pau Gasol

Final standings

Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics as host Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics as current World Champion Rank Team Record 6–0 5–1 4–3 4 4–2 5 5–1 6 3–4 7 3–4 8 3–4 9 2–2 10 2–2 11 1–3 12 2–2 13 0–3 14 0–3 15 0–3 16 0–3

Giedrius Gustas Mindaugas Žukauskas Arvydas Macijauskas Saulius Štombergas Ramūnas Šiškauskas Darius Songaila Donatas Slanina Eurelijus Žukauskas Kšyštof Lavrinovič Šarūnas Jasikevičius Dainius Šalenga Virginijus Praškevičius Pau Gasol Roger Grimau Carles Marco Juan Carlos Navarro José Calderon Felipe Reyes Carlos Jiménez Alberto Herreros Rodrigo de la Fuente Antonio Bueno Alfonso Reyes Jorge Garbajosa Nikola Radulović Gianluca Basile Giacomo Galanda Matteo Soragna Denis Marconato Alessandro De Pol Alex Righetti Davide Lamma Massimo Bulleri Michele Mian Roberto Chiacig Alessandro Cittadini Moustapha Sonko Tariq Abdul-Wahad Jérôme Moïso Laurent Foirest Alain Digbeu Tony Parker Makan Dioumassi Florent Piétrus Cyril Julian Boris Diaw Thierry Rupert Ronny Turiaf

References

External links 2003 European Championship for Men archive.FIBA.com