EuroBasket 2013 Final

The EuroBasket 2013 Final was the championship game of EuroBasket 2013. The game was played at the Arena Stožice in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 22 September between France and Lithuania. France won their first ever European title by winning the match 80–66.[1]

EuroBasket 2013 Final
EventEuroBasket 2013
France Lithuania
80 66
1234 Total
France 19311812 80
Lithuania 22121616 66
Date22 September 2013
VenueArena Stožice, Ljubljana
RefereesLuigi Lamonica
Juan Arteaga
Ilija Belošević
Attendance10,000

Road to the Final

All results

France

France ended in first place in Group A, after it only lost to Germany in its first game. In the Top 16, France finished third in Group E behind Serbia and Lithuania.

In the quarterfinals, France beat Slovenia 72–62. In the semi-finals, the French upset title favorite Spain by winning 72–75 in overtime.

Lithuania

Lithuania ended in third place in Group B, just making it to the second round due to an advantage in a tie-breaker with Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the top 16, the team went 4–1 and finished second.

In the quarterfinals, Lithuania beat Italy 81–77. In the semi-finals, the Lithuanians beat Croatia 62–77.

Match details
22 September 2013
21:00
France  80–66  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 31–12, 18–16, 12–16
Pts: Batum 17
Rebs: Ajinça 10
Asts: Diaw 4		 Pts: Kleiza 20
Rebs: Mačiulis 6
Asts: three players 2
Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Juan Arteaga (ESP), Ilija Belošević (SRB)
France
Lithuania
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 9 Tony Parker 12 2 3
SG 15 Mickaël Gelabale 7 3 2
SF 5 Nicolas Batum 17 6 1
PF 13 Boris Diaw 15 6 4
C 14 Alexis Ajinça 4 10 0
Reserves:
F 4 Joffrey Lauvergne 2 1 0
G 6 Antoine Diot 5 0 3
C 7 Johan Petro 8 0 1
G/F 8 Charles Lombahe-Kahudi 0 1 0
G 10 Thomas Heurtel 0 0 0
F 11 Florent Piétrus 6 1 0
G 12 Nando de Colo 4 6 2
Head coach:
Vincent Collet
Game rules
Game was played under FIBA rules.


Stožice Arena

2013 European champions

France
1st title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 5 Mantas Kalnietis 19 4 2
SG 10 Renaldas Seibutis 10 1 2
SF 11 Linas Kleiza 20 5 1
SF 8 Jonas Maciulis 7 6 2
C 7 Darjuš Lavrinovič 7 0 0
Reserves:
F 4 Donatas Motiejūnas 0 0 0
F 5 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 0 0 1
G 9 Tomas Delininkaitis DNP
F/C 12 Ksystof Lavrinovic DNP
G/F 13 Martynas Pocius 3 2 0
C 14 Jonas Valanciunas 0 3 1
C 15 Robertas Javtokas 0 2 0
Head coach:
Jonas Kazlauskas

References
  1. "France win Eurobasket". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
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