- EuroBasket 2003
Infobox FIBA tourney
continent = Europe
year = 2003
size =
caption = Official logo of the EuroBasket 2003
host = Sweden
dates =September 5 –September 14
teams = 16
federations =
venues = 5
cities = 5
champions = Lithuania
title_number = 3
mvp = flagicon|LithuaniaŠarūnas Jasikevičius
ppg_p = flagicon|Spain Gasol (25.8)
ppg_t = bk|Lithuania (90.6)
rpg_p = flagicon|Turkey Türkcan (9.3)
rpg_t = bk|Croatia (36)
apg_p = flagicon|Lithuania Jasikevičius (8.2)
apg_t = bk|Lithuania (17.3)
website = [http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_f43ulKJBGLcVnbH-aqLVu2._.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2003.roundID_2221.html EuroBasket 2003 (FIBA Europe)] The EuroBasket 2003 (common name for the 33rdFIBA European Basketball Championship), was held inSweden between5 September and14 September ,2003 . Lithuania won the gold medal, Spain won the silver while Italy won the bronze. Lithuania'sSarunas Jasikevicius was named the tournamentMVP .The
EuroBasket is a biennialbasketball competition between national teams organised byFIBA Europe , the sport's governing body inEurope .Venues
Group B –
Himmelstalundshallen ,Norrköping Elimination games
The top three teams are qualified for the Olympic Games of Athens 2004.
Team Rosters
1. Lithuania:
Šarūnas Jasikevičius ,Arvydas Macijauskas ,Saulius Štombergas ,Ramūnas Šiškauskas ,Darius Songaila ,Eurelijus Žukauskas ,Mindaugas Žukauskas ,Donatas Slanina ,Dainius Šalenga ,Virginijus Praškevičius ,Kšyštof Lavrinovič ,Giedrius Gustas (Coach:Antanas Sireika )2. Spain:
Pau Gasol , Juan Carlos Navarro, José Manuel Calderón,Jorge Garbajosa ,Carlos Jiménez ,Felipe Reyes ,Alberto Herreros ,Rodrigo De la Fuente ,Carles Marco , Alfonso Reyes,Roger Grimau ,Antonio Bueno (Coach:Moncho López )3. Italy:
Massimo Bulleri ,Gianluca Basile ,Roberto Chiacig ,Denis Marconato ,Giacomo Galanda ,Nikola Radulovic ,Alessandro De Pol ,Matteo Soragna ,Michele Mian ,Alex Righetti ,Alessandro Cittadini ,Davide Lamma (Coach:Carlo Recalcati )4. France:
Tony Parker ,Boris Diaw ,Tariq Abdul-Wahad ,Jerome Moiso ,Ronny Turiaf ,Florent Piétrus ,Moustapha Sonko ,Cyril Julian ,Thierry Rupert ,Alain Digbeu ,Laurent Foirest ,Makan Dioumassi (Coach:Alain Weisz )Notes
References
* [http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_f43ulKJBGLcVnbH-aqLVu2._.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2003.roundID_2221.html Fiba Europa]
* [http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/modules/sportable/eurobasket2003/salonlar.asp Venues Info and Data]
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