EuroBasket 2015 final

The EuroBasket 2015 Final was the championship game of the EuroBasket 2015 tournament. The game was played on 20 September 2015 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, France.

EuroBasket 2015 Final
The Stade Pierre-Mauroy was the venue of the Final
EventEuroBasket 2015
Spain Lithuania
Spain Lithuania
80 63
1234 Total
Spain 19221920 80
Lithuania 8251020 63
Date20 September 2015
VenueStade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
RefereesLuigi Lamonica
Ilija Belošević
Borys Ryzhyk
Attendance27,372

Spain won their third title by defeating Lithuania 80–63.[1] The attendance of 27,372 was an all-time record.[1] Both teams qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Road to the Final

Spain

The team of Spain for EuroBasket 2015 missed Serge Ibaka, Marc Gasol and José Calderón, compared to the squad that participated at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Pau Gasol did play for the team, as well as Nikola Mirotić, who made his debut with the Spanish national team.

Spain started slow at the tournament, during the group stage in Berlin. Spain lost to Serbia and Italy, and had to battle on the last day with Germany to eventually advance to the Round of 16. In the quarterfinals Greece, who were considered major tournament contenders, was defeated 73–71. In the semi-final Spain faced host country France, who knocked Spain out of the tournament at the 2010 World Cup. Behind 40 points from Pau Gasol, the Spanish put the French away after overtime.

Lithuania

Top players Linas Kleiza and Donatas Motiejūnas missed from the squad that participated 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Lithuania played the group stage in Riga, Latvia. Their only loss came against Belgium, who won 74–76 on a buzzer-beater. In the Round of 16 Lithuania had its hands full with Georgia, but won 85–81 behind 34 points of Jonas Mačiulis. In the quarterfinals, they beat Italy after overtime. In the semifinals, they surprised favourite Serbia 67–64.

All results

Match

The game was a re-match of the EuroBasket 2003 final, in which Lithuania beat Spain 93–84.

Spain pulled away early, by taking a 19–8 lead after the first quarter. Lithuania won the second quarter, behind a buzzer-beating three pointer by Jonas Mačiulis. After the third quarter, Spain led by 17 points.[2]

After the game, Spain's Pau Gasol was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Lithuanians Jonas Valančiūnas and Mačiulis were named to the All-Tournament Team along with Gasol and Sergio Rodríguez.[1]

20 September 2015
19:00
Spain  80–63  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 22–25, 19–10, 20–20
Pts: Gasol 25
Rebs: Gasol 12
Asts: Rodríguez 6		 Pts: Kalnietis, Seibutis 13
Rebs: Valančiūnas 9
Asts: Kalnietis 5
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,372
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (Italy), Ilija Belošević (Serbia), Borys Ryzhyk (Ukraine)
Spain jersey
Team colours
Team colours
Spain
Lithuania jersey
Team colours
Lithuania
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 12 Sergio Llull 12 6 5
SG 8 Pau Ribas 5 1 0
SF 5 Rudy Fernández 11 1 1
PF 14 Nikola Mirotić 8 2 2
C 4 Pau Gasol 25 12 4
Reserves:
PG 6 Sergio Rodríguez 4 2 6
C 7 Willy Hernangómez 0 0 0
PF 9 Felipe Reyes 8 1 1
F 10 Víctor Claver 7 6 0
SF 11 Fernando San Emeterio 0 1 0
PF 13 Pablo Aguilar 0 0 0
PG 15 Guillem Vives 0 1 0
Head coach:
Italy Sergio Scariolo
2015 European champions
Spain
Spain
3rd title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 5 Mantas Kalnietis 13 1 6
SG 10 Renaldas Seibutis 13 4 0
SF 8 Jonas Mačiulis 8 4 2
PF 13 Paulius Jankūnas 3 4 0
C 17 Jonas Valančiūnas 10 9 2
Reserves:
G/F 6 Deividas Gailius 1 0 0
F/C 11 Domantas Sabonis 0 0 0
C 12 Antanas Kavaliauskas 4 5 0
C 15 Robertas Javtokas 0 0 0
SF 19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 8 6 2
SG 21 Artūras Milaknis 3 0 0
PG 43 Lukas Lekavičius 0 0 2
Head coach:
Lithuania Jonas Kazlauskas

Note: For full information about the squads, see EuroBasket 2015 squads.

References
  1. "Spain Claim Gold In Front Of Record Audience". eurobasket2015.org. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. Spain, European champions for the third time
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