FIBA EuroBasket 2015

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Eurobasket 2015 is coming soon

 

 

Running from 5–20 September 2015

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The Nikolai Semashko Trophy was named after Nikolai Semashko (1907 - 1976), former head of the Soviet State Sports Committee who served as the Vice President of FIBA from 1960 until 1976 and President of the Standing Conference of Europe from 1967 until 1976. The author of several technical guides about the strength and condition training of players also was an international referee from 1947 on. In 2007, he was enshrined as a contributor in the FIBA Hall of Fame.

 

The current trophy is the second version which was fabricated by German goldsmith Günter Schoebel in Bad Kreuznach, Germany in 1995. Following Germany's surprise triumph in 1993, former German Basketball Federation President Manfred Ströher convinced his fellow FIBA board members that the original trophy, used until 1993, did not fit the representative standards of a European Championship trophy anymore and a remake was urgently needed.

 

Goldsmith Günter Schoebel was entrusted to create a new version of the storied trophy, using only the finest materials. He created a masterpiece of gold and sterling silver combined with jewels. The upper rim is decorated with 24 jewels. The stones, of which each one was used four times, are garnet, amethyst, agate stone, malachite, yellow quartz and rock crystal.

 

The result was a goblet, 23 cm in height with a calibre of 35 cm at the top, weighing 18 kilos, resting on a solid platter of marble.

 

Since 1995 the trophy is used in its current design and was lifted in the air by basketball greats like Vlade Divac, Aleksander Djordjevic, Gregor ****a, Dejan Bodiroga, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Theodoros Papaloukas, Andrei Kirilenko, Juan Carlos Navarro and Boris Diaw, just to name a few.

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[E.Leclerc 1,887]

I don't know much about Basketball, but I'll vote for Slovenia.   :ph34r:

Edited August 22, 2015 by E.Leclerc

[dilsharox 2,395]

not a fan of basketball but i'll support germany

[drazeruzumaki 5,021]

not a fan of basketball 

i think i will support russia

[BlueDragon_tamki 3,204]

Not a fan of basketball because I don't like it

[Darren4Turbo 4,913]

I'm not interested in basketball.

 

But I vote will go for my country, Poland :D

[EuzLo 491]

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, obviously.

[eminemrapgod 16]

Voted for spain, even though i don't know anything about this tournament xD

[r_K0Z0 166]

Voted for france but idk what is this 

[Phoenix.Raised 5,992]

Voted for france but idk what is this 

You do not know but you vote, strange explanation

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First matches are tommorow, 5 September 2015

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Poland - Bosnia and Herzegovina 15:00h

Germany - Iceland 15:00h

Georgia - Netherlands 15:00h

Czech Republic - Estonia 15:30h

Israel - Russia 17:30h

Spain - Serbia 18:00h

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Greece 18:00h

Belgium - Latvia 18:30h

France - Finland 21:00h

Italy - Turkey 21:00h

Croatia - Slovenia 21:00h

Lithuania - Ukraine 21:30h

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[B.R.A.V.E 734]

I don't know much about Basketball, but I'll vote for ..   :ph34r:

poland..

[Phoenix.Raised 5,992]

Matches for today, 6 September 2015

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Russia - Poland 15:00h

Serbia - Germany 15:00h

Netherlands - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 15:00h

Estonia - Belgium 15:30h

Finland - Israel 17:30h

Iceland - Italy 18:00h

Slovenia - Georgia 18:00h

Latvia - Lithuania 18:30h

Bosnia and Herzegovina - France 21:00h

Turkey - Spain 21:00h

Greece - Croatia 21:00h

Ukraine - Czech Republic 21:30h

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Matches for tommorow, 7 September 2015

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Finland - Russia 15:00h

Lithuania - Belgium 15:30h

Israel - Bosnia and Herzegovina 17:30h

Czech Republic - Latvia 18:30h

France - Poland 21:00h

Ukraine - Estonia 21:30h

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[r_IMT-5390 150]

France most proablly,althoguh Serbia and Greece will proablly have something to say about it (especially Greece,who,together with France have almost 12 equally good players)..Croatia,Lithuania (if they improve transtion and their 3pt stats),Italy,Spain (short rotation will cost them medal in my opinion) are countries which will most likely play for medals..slovenia would be beast of the team if E.Lorbek and G.Dragic would be in national team..those were my 2 cents on the tournament :)

[kostas604 106]

We are gonna win!!!

(Greece :P )

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France most proablly,althoguh Serbia and Greece will proablly have something to say about it (especially Greece,who,together with France have almost 12 equally good players)..Croatia,Lithuania (if they improve transtion and their 3pt stats),Italy,Spain (short rotation will cost them medal in my opinion) are countries which will most likely play for medals..slovenia would be beast of the team if E.Lorbek and G.Dragic would be in national team..those were my 2 cents on the tournament :)

Finaly, a person who is wiling to talk about Eurobasket 2015 :)

 

I always respected Lithuania, more than France, Germany and Spain. But you never know who will make a suprise, in sports everything is possible.

 

I bet on Serbia, but not becouse I am from Serbia and because Serbia is the most titled basketball country in Europe. But also official Worlds number 2 and we have great team and great coach....Also gold in basketball is kinda national priority here :)

[MetallicMaster 39]

GOOO SLOVENIA  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D 

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Matches for tomorrow, 8 September 2015

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Serbia - Iceland 14:30h

Slovenia - Netherlands 15:00h

Germany - Turkey 17:45h

Georgia - Greece 18:00h

Spain - Italy 21:00h

Croatia - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 21:00h

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[xTremeAluminium 1,379]

SLOVENIA

Edited September 8, 2015 by xTremeAluminium

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Knockout stage

 

France - Turkey 12 September

Latvia - Slovenia 12 September

Spain - Poland 12 September

Greece - Belgium 12 September

Serbia - Finland 13 September

Croatia - Czech Republic 13 September

Israel - Italy 13 September

Lithuania - Georgia 13 September

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Most successful teams in the group stage:

 

France 10 points (5 matches - 5 wins)

Serbia 10 points (5 matches - 5 wins)

Greece 10 points (5 matches - 5 wins)

Lithuania 9 points (5 matches - 4 wins)

[Phoenix.Raised 5,992]

I don't know much about Basketball, but I'll vote for Slovenia.   :ph34r:

 

SLOVENIA

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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, obviously.

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i think i will support russia

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not a fan of basketball but i'll support germany

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[ChrisDry 1]

Sorry Belgium we crushed you today: :P

[r_TIGER_BOY_20140 78]

im not interested in basket

but i play basket

[kostas604 106]

^ O_o