# EuroBasket 2005

The 2005 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2005, was the 34th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. It also served as Europe qualifier for the 2006 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top six teams in the final standings. It was held in Serbia and Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Belgrade, Novi Sad, Podgorica and Vršac hosted the tournament. It was the third time that the championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade (previous times were in 1961 and 1975). Greece won its second FIBA European title by defeating Germany with a 78–62 score in the final. Germany's Dirk Nowitzki was voted the tournament's MVP.

## Venues
### Belgrade

Awarded hosting rights in March 2002, Belgrade (the capital of Serbia and Montenegro) was the main stage of the EuroBasket 2005 action. The Pionir Hall hosted Group C's six preliminary round games, while the Belgrade Arena hosted the competition following the preliminary round.
This was the third time that championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade. Belgrade previously hosted the European basketball championships in 1961 and 1975.

### Podgorica

Podgorica's Morača Sports Center hosted Group B, where six games were played. Being in Montenegro, it is the farthest locale from the central venue.

### Novi Sad

Novi Sad, nicknamed "The City of Sports", is the capital of province of Vojvodina and home to the Spens Sports Center. The six Group D games were played there.

### Vršac

Vršac was home to Group A during the tournament, and also had a total of six games played in the 5,000-person capacity Millennium Center.
| Belgrade | Belgrade | Podgorica | Novi Sad | Vršac |
| Belgrade Arena Capacity: 18,386 | Pionir Hall Capacity: 8,178 | Morača Sports Center Capacity: 4,570 | Spens Sports Center Capacity: 11,000 | Millennium Center Capacity: 5,000 |

## Qualification

| Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | – | 1 | Serbia and Montenegro |
| Participant of 2004 Summer Olympics | 15 – 28 August 2004 | 4 | Greece Italy Lithuania Spain |
| Qualified through Qualifying Round | 8 – 25 September 2004 | 10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia France Germany Latvia Russia Slovenia Turkey Ukraine |
| Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round | 19 August – 13 September 2005 | 1 | Israel |
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Germany  Italy  Russia  Ukraine | Bulgaria  Croatia  Lithuania  Turkey | Bosnia and Herzegovina  France  Greece  Slovenia | Israel  Latvia  Serbia and Montenegro  Spain |

## 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 quarterfinals.
* 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 play-off games
    Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 223 | 186 | +37 | 5 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 217 | 192 | +25 | 5 |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 244 | 231 | +13 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 194 | 269 | −75 | 3 |
* 16 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Germany | 82–84 (OT) | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 20–21, 26–12, 14–24, Overtime: 8–10 |||
| Pts: Nowitzki 27 Rebs: Nowitzki 15 Asts: Nowitzki, Roller 3 | | Pts: Basile 25 Rebs: Galanda 10 Asts: 5 Players 2 |
* Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE)
* 16 September 21:00
* Boxscore
| Russia | 86–74 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 24–14, 18–18, 27–20 |||
| Pts: Kirilenko 22 Rebs: Kirilenko 14 Asts: Holden, Samoylenko 4 | | Pts: Lishouk 18 Rebs: Lishouk 12 Asts: Kobzystyy 3 |
* Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Chantal Julien (FRA)
* 17 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 61–87 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–31, 9–21, 21–18, 20–17 |||
| Pts: Galanda 13 Rebs: Mancinelli 6 Asts: Pozzecco 4 | | Pts: Kirilenko 16 Rebs: Khryapa, Kirilenko 10 Asts: Holden 4 |
* Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR)
* 17 September 21:00
* Boxscore
| Ukraine | 58–84 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 13–19, 13–20, 13–17 |||
| Pts: Medvedenko 15 Rebs: Pecherov 8 Asts: Butskyy, Koval 3 | | Pts: Nowitzki 27 Rebs: Femerling, Roller 6 Asts: Roller, Wucherer 4 |
* Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE), Chantal Julien (FRA)
* 18 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 99–62 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 17–23, 22–10, 31–11 |||
| Pts: Calabria 20 Rebs: Marconato 9 Asts: Soragna 6 | | Pts: Lishouk 13 Rebs: I. Kryvych 8 Asts: 3 Players 2 |
* Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR)
* 18 September 21:00
* Boxscore
| Russia | 50–51 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–8, 16–8, 12–18, 12–17 |||
| Pts: Holden 13 Rebs: Khryapa 12 Asts: Kirilenko 3 | | Pts: Nowitzki 24 Rebs: Nowitzki 19 Asts: Femerling 3 |
* Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH)

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 264 | 221 | +43 | 6 |
| Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 235 | 234 | +1 | 5 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 236 | 256 | −20 | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 250 | 274 | −24 | 3 |
* 16 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 88–84 | Bulgaria |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 19–20, 27–24, 21–16 |||
| Pts: Giriček 22 Rebs: Giriček, Kasun 8 Asts: Planinić 3 | | Pts: Stoykov 27 Rebs: 3 Players 4 Asts: Angelov, Videnov 4 |
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Arnis Ozols (LAT)
* 16 September 21:00
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 75–87 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 15–24, 18–19, 29–22 |||
| Pts: Türkoğlu 14 Rebs: Peker 5 Asts: Tunçeri 2 | | Pts: Šiškauskas 20 Rebs: Lavrinovič 9 Asts: Javtokas, Šiškauskas 3 |
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Anibal Castaño (FRA), Sasa Punkl (SLO)
* 17 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 85–67 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 19–11, 23–18, 28–15 |||
| Pts: Šiškauskas 18 Rebs: Jankūnas 7 Asts: Ginevičius 4 | | Pts: Giriček 19 Rebs: Giriček 6 Asts: Vujčić 3 |
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Anibal Castaño (FRA)
* 17 September 21:00
* Boxscore
| Bulgaria | 89–94 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 24–21, 20–17, 10–15 |||
| Pts: Videnov 23 Rebs: Mladenov 11 Asts: 3 Players 3 | | Pts: Türkcan 19 Rebs: Okur, Türkcan 6 Asts: Tunçeri 3 |
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Zoran Sutulovic (MNE), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Shmuel Bachar (ISR)
* 18 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 92–79 | Bulgaria |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–19, 19–23, 20–12, 23–25 |||
| Pts: Jasaitis 17 Rebs: Javtokas 7 Asts: Ginevičius 7 | | Pts: Videnov 34 Rebs: Georgiev 5 Asts: Stoykov 3 |
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Arnis Ozols (LAT)
* 18 September 21:00
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 80–67 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 21–18, 29–5, 13–21 |||
| Pts: Vujčić 20 Rebs: Kasun 7 Asts: Planinić, Popović 5 | | Pts: Peker 23 Rebs: Erdoğan, Peker 4 Asts: Tunçeri 4 |
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Zoran Sutulovic (MNE), Anibal Castaño (FRA)

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Slovenia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 210 | 179 | +31 | 6 |
| Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 187 | 168 | +19 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 194 | −7 | 4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | 3 | 177 | 220 | −43 | 3 |
* 16 September 17:30
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 74–65 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 18–19, 20–16, 20–15 |||
| Pts: Nachbar 16 Rebs: Brezec 9 Asts: Bečirovič 4 | | Pts: Domercant, Ovčina 11 Rebs: Ovčina 8 Asts: Mršić 3 |
* Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Ivo Dolinek (CZE), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)
* 16 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| France | 50–64 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–21, 7–11, 20–21, 16–11 |||
| Pts: Parker 10 Rebs: F. Piétrus 7 Asts: Diaw 3 | | Pts: Diamantidis 13 Rebs: Diamantidis 9 Asts: Diamantidis 6 |
* Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,800 Referees: Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Stelian Banica (ROU), Luigi Lamonica (ITA)
* 17 September 17:30
* Boxscore
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62–79 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 14–15, 11–22, 15–26 |||
| Pts: Mršić 24 Rebs: Mršić 8 Asts: Kovačević 4 | | Pts: Diaw 23 Rebs: Diaw, M. Piétrus 7 Asts: Rigaudeau 7 |
* Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Ivo Dolinek (CZE)
* 17 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 56–68 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 13–17, 12–17, 17–14 |||
| Pts: Papadopoulos 15 Rebs: Kakiouzis 5 Asts: Diamantidis 6 | | Pts: Bečirovič 18 Rebs: Nesterović 9 Asts: Lakovič 3 |
* Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Stelian Banica (ROU), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)
* 18 September 17:30
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 68–58 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 18–17, 23–12, 15–14 |||
| Pts: Lakovič 18 Rebs: Nesterović 10 Asts: Lakovič, Nachbar 3 | | Pts: Diaw 16 Rebs: F. Piétrus 9 Asts: Diaw 3 |
* Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,900 Referees: Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Ivo Dolinek (CZE)
* 18 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 67–50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 18–13, 10–12, 24–9 |||
| Pts: Fotsis 15 Rebs: Diamantidis 6 Asts: Diamantidis 10 | | Pts: Hukić 13 Rebs: Domercant, Hukić 6 Asts: Kovačević, Mršić 2 |
* Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,900 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Borys Rhyzhyk (UKR)

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 280 | 264 | +16 | 5 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 245 | 233 | +12 | 5 |
| Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 236 | 235 | +1 | 5 |
| Latvia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 241 | 270 | −29 | 3 |
* 16 September 17:30
* Boxscore
| Latvia | 65–74 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 23–15, 8–18, 16–18 |||
| Pts: Štelmahers 19 Rebs: Helmanis 6 Asts: Šķēle, Štelmahers 2 | | Pts: Hajaj 18 Rebs: Tapiro 10 Asts: Shelef, Tapiro 4 |
* Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 7,200 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Mehmet Keseratar (TUR), Oliver Krause (GER)
* 16 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia and Montenegro | 70–89 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 17–22, 26–27, 14–19 |||
| Pts: Rakočević 20 Rebs: Bodiroga 7 Asts: Rakočević 3 | | Pts: Navarro 27 Rebs: Garbajosa 6 Asts: Calderón, Garbajosa 3 |
* Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 7,200 Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Petr Sudek (SVK), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS)
* 17 September 17:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 114–109 (OT) | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 19–30, 25–20, 24–32, Overtime: 16–11 |||
| Pts: Navarro 35 Rebs: Reyes 15 Asts: 3 Players 3 | | Pts: S. Valters 28 Rebs: Cipruss 6 Asts: K. Valters 5 |
* Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Mehmet Keresatar (TUR), Oliver Krause (GER)
* 17 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Israel | 77–93 | Serbia and Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 17–22, 27–20, 12–26 |||
| Pts: Burstein 20 Rebs: Green 10 Asts: Burstein 6 | | Pts: Jarić 19 Rebs: Krstić 10 Asts: Rakočević 6 |
* Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)
* 18 September 17:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 77–85 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 12–16, 31–32, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Garbajosa 21 Rebs: Garbajosa, Reyes 9 Asts: Navarro 4 | | Pts: Burstein 19 Rebs: 4 Players 4 Asts: Burstein, Tapiro 5 |
* Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)
* 18 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Latvia | 67–82 | Serbia and Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–31, 12–16, 19–20, 17–15 |||
| Pts: K. Valters 12 Rebs: Helmanis 8 Asts: Štelmahers, K. Valters 2 | | Pts: Rakočević 19 Rebs: Bodiroga 7 Asts: Jarić 7 |
* Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Petr Sudek (SVK), Mehmet Keseratar (TUR)

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Play-off 20 September 2005 | Play-off 20 September 2005 | Play-off 20 September 2005 | Quarterfinals 22–23 September 2005 | Quarterfinals 22–23 September 2005 | Quarterfinals 22–23 September 2005 | Semifinals 24 September 2005 | Semifinals 24 September 2005 | Semifinals 24 September 2005 | Final 25 September 2005 | Final 25 September 2005 | Final 25 September 2005 |
| | | | Slovenia | Slovenia | 62 | | | | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 66 | Germany | Germany | 76 | | | | | | |
| Turkey | Turkey | 57 | | | | Germany | Germany | 74 | | | |
| | | | | | | Spain | Spain | 73 | | | |
| | | | Spain (OT) | Spain (OT) | 101 | | | | | | |
| Croatia | Croatia | 74 | Croatia | Croatia | 85 | | | | | | |
| Italy | Italy | 66 | | | | | | | Germany | Germany | 62 |
| | | | | | | | | | Greece | Greece | 78 |
| | | | Russia | Russia | 61 | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 67 | Greece | Greece | 66 | | | |
| Israel | Israel | 61 | | | | Greece | Greece | 67 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | France | France | 66 |
| | | | Lithuania | Lithuania | 47 | | | | Spain | Spain | 68 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Serbia and Montenegro | 71 | France | France | 63 | | | | France | France | 98 |
| France | France | 74 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Play-offs

* 20 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Germany | 66–57 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 13–19, 21–12, 18–11 |||
| Pts: Nowitzki 33 Rebs: Nowitzki 10 Asts: Pesic 5 | | Pts: Peker 16 Rebs: Türkoğlu 9 Asts: Erdoğan, Tunçeri 3 |
* Millennium Center, Vršac Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE)
* 20 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 74–66 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 24–12, 15–21, 19–14 |||
| Pts: Kasun 20 Rebs: Kasun 7 Asts: Popović, Vujčić 4 | | Pts: Calabria, Chiacig, Pozzecco 14 Rebs: Chiacig 7 Asts: Pozzecco 4 |
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Anibal Castaño (FRA)
* 20 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 67–61 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–6, 11–8, 24–27, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Zisis 23 Rebs: Papadopoulos 10 Asts: Zisis 6 | | Pts: Green 11 Rebs: Burstein 6 Asts: Burstein 6 |
* Pionir Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Virginijus Dovidavicius (LTU)
* 20 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia and Montenegro | 71–74 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–17, 13–19, 14–20 |||
| Pts: Jarić, Radmanović 14 Rebs: Krstić 6 Asts: Jarić 5 | | Pts: Rigaudeau 14 Rebs: Julian, Rigaudeau 5 Asts: Diaw, Parker 3 |
* Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad Attendance: 7,300 Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Petr Sudek (SVK)

#### Quarterfinals

* 22 September 17:30
* Boxscore
| Russia | 61–66 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–6, 20–20, 7–18, 21–22 |||
| Pts: Kirilenko 20 Rebs: Kirilenko 16 Asts: 3 Players 2 | | Pts: Papaloukas 23 Rebs: Kakiouzis 11 Asts: Diamantidis 3 |
* Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 15,900 Referees: Eduardo Sancha (ESP), Stelian Banica (ROU), Zoran Sutulovic (MNE)
* 22 September 20:30
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 47–63 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–14, 10–18, 20–12, 11–19 |||
| Pts: D. Lavrinovič 11 Rebs: Javtokas 8 Asts: Šiškauskas 3 | | Pts: Diaw 18 Rebs: Diaw, Weis 11 Asts: Parker 5 |
* Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 15,900 Referees: Raúl Chaves (ARG), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE)
* 23 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 62–76 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 22–13, 13–18, 15–24 |||
| Pts: Bečirovič 13 Rebs: Nachbar 8 Asts: Bečirovič 4 | | Pts: Nowitzki 22 Rebs: Femerling 10 Asts: Demirel 3 |
* Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 17,500 Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Anibal Castaño (FRA)
* 23 September 21:00
* Boxscore
| Spain | 101–85 (OT) | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 14–15, 30–20, 18–20, Overtime: 28–12 |||
| Pts: Navarro 36 Rebs: Vázquez 9 Asts: 3 Players 3 | | Pts: Giriček 17 Rebs: Giriček 8 Asts: Popović 5 |
* Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 17,500 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Virginijus Dovidavicius(LTU)

#### Semifinals

* 24 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Greece | 67–66 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 13–16, 15–15, 23–21 |||
| Pts: Papadopoulos 15 Rebs: Dikoudis 11 Asts: Diamantidis 3 | | Pts: Parker 20 Rebs: F. Piétrus, Weis 9 Asts: Diaw, Parker 3 |
* Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 17,900 Referees: Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO)
* 24 September 21:00
* Boxscore
| Germany | 74–73 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 18–12, 20–22, 20–16 |||
| Pts: Nowitzki 27 Rebs: Nowitzki 7 Asts: Demirel 6 | | Pts: Navarro 27 Rebs: Jiménez 9 Asts: Navarro, Jiménez 2 |
* Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 17,900 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Oscar Lefwerth (SWE), Petr Sudek (SVK)

#### Third place

* 25 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| France | 98–68 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–15, 31–18, 23–14 |||
| Pts: Parker 25 Rebs: F. Piétrus 8 Asts: Parker 5 | | Pts: Navarro 17 Rebs: Garbajosa, Reyes 6 Asts: Calderón, Navarro 2 |
* Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 18,900 Referees: Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Zoran Sutulovic (MNE), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

#### Final

* 25 September 21:00
* Boxscore
| Greece | 78–62 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 20–20, 25–16, 14–14 |||
| Pts: Papaloukas 22 Rebs: Diamantidis 5 Asts: Papaloukas 6 | | Pts: Nowitzki 23 Rebs: Nowitzki 9 Asts: Demirel 3 |
* Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 18,900 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO), Raúl Chaves (ARG)

### 5th to 8th place

| Classification round | Classification round | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 23 September – 15:30 | 23 September – 15:30 |
| Russia | 78 |
| Russia | 78 | 25 September – 14:15 | 25 September – 14:15 |
| Lithuania | 89 | 25 September – 14:15 | 25 September – 14:15 |
| Lithuania | 89 | Lithuania | 79 |
| 24 September – 15:30 | 24 September – 15:30 | | Lithuania | 79 |
| 24 September – 15:30 | 24 September – 15:30 | Slovenia | 70 |
| Slovenia | 89 | Slovenia | 70 |
| Croatia | 80 | | |
| Croatia | 80 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 25 September – 12:00 | 25 September – 12:00 |
| | | Russia | 74 |
| | | Croatia | 92 |
* 23 September 15:30
* Boxscore
| Russia | 78–89 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 23–15, 16–21, 18–30 |||
| Pts: Pashutin 27 Rebs: Savrasenko 10 Asts: Holden 3 | | Pts: Jankūnas 19 Rebs: Javtokas, Žukauskas 5 Asts: Šiškauskas, Žukauskas 4 |
* Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK), Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Mehmet Keseratar (TUR)
* 24 September 15:30
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 89–80 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 21–16, 18–8, 31–29 |||
| Pts: Lakovič 20 Rebs: Nesterović 10 Asts: Lakovič 5 | | Pts: Bagarić, Giriček 13 Rebs: Bagarić, Giriček 8 Asts: Popović 4 |
* Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Shmuel Bachar (ISR), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
* 25 September 12:00
* Boxscore
| Russia | 74–92 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 22–17, 12–33, 21–17 |||
| Pts: Fridzon, Likholitov 14 Rebs: Khryapa 10 Asts: Ponkrashov 9 | | Pts: Rančić, Tomas 22 Rebs: Bagarić, Žižić 10 Asts: Ukić 7 |
* Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Stelian Banica (ROU), Sasa Pukl (SLO)
* 25 September 14:15
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 79–70 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 18–17, 15–26, 19–18 |||
| Pts: Javtokas 22 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 9 Asts: Lukauskis 7 | | Pts: Nachbar, Slokar 12 Rebs: Brezec 7 Asts: Bečirovič, Lakovič 3 |
* Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Ivo Dolinek (CZE), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR), Lazaros Voreadis (GRE)

## Statistical Leaders
### Individual Tournament Highs

| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | Dirk Nowitzki | 26.1 |
| 2 | Juan Carlos Navarro | 25.2 |
| 3 | Andrei Kirilenko | 17.5 |
| 4 | Igor Rakočević | 16.3 |
| 5 | Gordan Giriček | 15.7 |
| 6 | Jorge Garbajosa | 14.5 |
| 7 | Ramūnas Šiškauskas | 14.0 |
| 8 | Boris Diaw | 13.7 |
| 9 | Jaka Lakovič | 12.8 |
| 10 | Jon Robert Holden | 12.5 |
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | Andrei Kirilenko | 11.8 |
| 2 | Dirk Nowitzki | 10.6 |
| 2 | Victor Khryapa | 8.7 |
| 4 | Felipe Reyes | 7.7 |
| 5 | Florent Piétrus | 7.1 |
| 6 | Gordan Giriček | 6.5 |
| 7 | Jorge Garbajosa | 6.2 |
| 7 | Radoslav Nesterović | 6.2 |
| 9 | Mario Kasun | 6.0 |
| 10 | Frédéric Weis | 5.9 |
| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | Dimitris Diamantidis | 5.0 |
| 2 | Marko Jarić | 4.3 |
| 3 | Tal Burstein | 4.0 |
| 3 | Igor Rakočević | 4.0 |
| 3 | Meir Tapiro | 4.0 |
| 6 | Marko Popović | 3.5 |
| 7 | Boris Diaw | 3.4 |
| 8 | Kerem Tunçeri | 3.0 |
| 9 | Tony Parker | 2.4 |
| 10 | Jaka Lakovič | 2.3 |
| 10 | Ramūnas Šiškauskas | 2.3 |
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | Andrei Kirilenko | 3.3 |
| 2 | Dror Hajaj | 3.0 |
| 2 | Meir Tapiro | 3.0 |
| 4 | Dimitris Diamantidis | 2.9 |
| 5 | Sani Bečirovič | 2.3 |
| 5 | Ender Arslan | 2.3 |
| 7 | Vidas Ginevičius | 2.2 |
| 7 | Zoran Planinić | 2.2 |
| 9 | Marko Jarić | 2.0 |
| 9 | Kerem Tunçeri | 2.0 |
| Pos. | Name | BPG |
| 1 | Andrei Kirilenko | 2.8 |
| 2 | Dirk Nowitzki | 1.9 |
| 3 | Boris Diaw | 1.3 |
| 4 | Darko Miličić | 1.2 |
| 4 | Darjuš Lavrinovič | 1.2 |
| 4 | Fran Vázquez | 1.2 |
| 7 | Radoslav Nesterović | 1.0 |
| 7 | Mario Kasun | 1.0 |
| 7 | Yaniv Green | 1.0 |
| 7 | Denis Marconato | 1.0 |
| 7 | Mehmet Okur | 1.0 |
| Pos. | Name | MPG |
| 1 | Dirk Nowitzki | 36.9 |
| 2 | Jorge Garbajosa | 35.3 |
| 3 | Gordan Giriček | 34.7 |
| 4 | Tal Burstein | 34.5 |
| 5 | Juan Carlos Navarro | 33.5 |
| 5 | Andrei Kirilenko | 33.5 |
| 7 | José Calderón | 31.7 |
| 8 | Jaka Lakovič | 31.5 |
| 9 | Dimitris Diamantidis | 31.4 |
| 10 | Boris Diaw | 31.3 |
| 10 | Meir Tapiro | 31.3 |

### Individual Game Highs

| Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
| Points | Juan Carlos Navarro | 36 | Croatia |
| Rebounds | Dirk Nowitzki | 19 | Russia |
| Assists | Dimitris Diamantidis | 10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Steals | Andrei Kirilenko | 5 | Germany |
| Blocks | Andrei Kirilenko | 5 | Ukraine |
| Turnovers | Tal Burstein | 8 | Greece |

### Team Tournament Highs

| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | Spain | 87.0 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 84.0 |
| 3 | Croatia | 80.9 |
| 4 | Latvia | 80.3 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 79.8 |
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | Russia | 41.3 |
| 2 | France | 40.9 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 40.8 |
| 4 | Latvia | 36.7 |
| 5 | Spain | 35.5 |
| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | Israel | 14.3 |
| 2 | Lithuania | 14.0 |
| 3 | Italy | 13.8 |
| 4 | Croatia | 13.4 |
| 5 | Serbia and Montenegro | 12.3 |
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | Turkey | 13.3 |
| 2 | Israel | 11.8 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 11.3 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 10.3 |
| 4 | Latvia | 10.3 |
| Pos. | Name | BPG |
| 1 | Latvia | 4.0 |
| 2 | France | 3.9 |
| 3 | Russia | 3.8 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 3.5 |
| 5 | Germany | 2.9 |

### Team Game highs

| Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
| Points | Spain | 114 | Latvia |
| Rebounds | France | 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Assists | Lithuania | 23 | Russia |
| Steals | Lithuania | 19 | Bulgaria |
| Blocks | Latvia | 8 | Israel |
| Field goal percentage | Lithuania | 62.7% (37/59) | Russia |
| 3-point field goal percentage | Italy | 51.7% (15/29) | Ukraine |
| Free throw percentage | Germany | 95% (19/20) | Greece |
| Turnovers | Croatia Turkey | 27 | Turkey Croatia |

## Awards

* 2005 FIBA EuroBasket champions
* Greece 2nd title
* 2005 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dirk Nowitzki ( Germany)
* All-Tournament Team
* Theodoros Papaloukas
* Juan Carlos Navarro
* Dimitris Diamantidis
* Dirk Nowitzki (MVP)
* Boris Diaw

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship
* Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship as wild cards
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Greece | 6–1 |
| | Germany | 5–2 |
| | France | 4–3 |
| 4 | Spain | 3–3 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 5–1 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 4–2 |
| 7 | Croatia | 4–3 |
| 8 | Russia | 2–4 |
| 9 | Israel | 2–2 |
| 9 | Italy | 2–2 |
| 9 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2–2 |
| 9 | Turkey | 1–3 |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0–3 |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 0–3 |
| 13 | Latvia | 0–3 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 0–3 |
| | | | 4th |
| Greece Theodoros Papaloukas Vassilis Spanoulis Nikolaos Zisis Ioannis Bourousis Panagiotis Vasilopoulos Antonis Fotsis Nikos Chatzivrettas Dimos Dikoudis Kostas Tsartsaris Dimitris Diamantidis Lazaros Papadopoulos Michalis Kakiouzis | Germany Mithat Demirel Robert Garrett Demond Greene Marko Pešić Denis Wucherer Pascal Roller Misan Haldin Sven Schultze Stephen Arigbabu Patrick Femerling Dirk Nowitzki Robert Maras | France Frédéric Fauthoux Mickaël Gelabale Antoine Rigaudeau Cyril Julian Mickaël Piétrus Tony Parker Mamoutou Diarra Florent Piétrus Jérôme Schmitt Boris Diaw Frédéric Weis Sacha Giffa | Spain Rudy Fernández Iker Iturbe Carlos Cabezas Juan Carlos Navarro José Calderón Felipe Reyes Carlos Jiménez Sergi Vidal Sergio Rodríguez Iñaki de Miguel Fran Vázquez Jorge Garbajosa |