Israel at the EuroBasket 2003

Israel at the
EuroBasket
IOC code ISR
NOC Israel Basketball Association
EuroBasket appearances

Israel at the EuroBasket
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Israel at the EuroBasket Women
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Other related appearances
Israel at the FIBA Basketball World Cup (1954, 1986)

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2003, the 33rd FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s 22nd time competing, and finished seventh.

Israeli referee Shmuel Bachar also worked several games in the tournament. He was the referee for the Preliminary Round, Group D, Greece vs Croatia,[1] and Turkey vs Greece.[2] He was the referee in the fifth place games Serbia and Montenegro vs Greece.[3] He also worked Quarterfinals game France vs Russia,[4] and Semifinals game France vs Lithuania.[5]

Qualifier round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Greece 10 9 1 889 637+252 19
 Spain 10 9 1 866 685+181 19
 Israel 10 5 5 738 707+31 15
 Romania 10 4 6 657 804−147 14
 Belgium 10 3 7 663 751−88 13
 Denmark 10 0 10 603 832−229 10
  Belgium Denmark Greece Israel Romania Spain
 Belgium – 79–60 59–92 69–75 69–73 63–78
 Denmark 60–73 – 60–75 48–66 75–76 66–96
 Greece 88–49 103–63 – 85–61 103–45 86–73
 Israel 66–67 89–78 73–74 – 91–63 71–79
 Romania 74–69 88–47 60–92 56–72 – 70–96
 Spain 85–66 87–46 94–91 88–74 90–52 –

Preliminary round – Group B

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Lithuania 3 3 0 279 224+55 6
 Germany 3 2 1 251 260−9 5
 Israel 3 1 2 234 255−21 4
 Latvia 3 0 3 252 277−25 3

Games

September 5
15:15
 Germany 86–81  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 22–23, 19–13, 22–30
Pts: Nowitzki, Okulaja 17
Rebs: Okulaja 10
Asts: Demirel 4		 Pts: Tapiro 21
Rebs: Tapiro 6
Asts: Burstein, Halperin 2
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping
Attendance: 2,444
Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Vladimir Okhrimenko (RUS)
September 6
17:00
 Israel 62–94  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 6–17, 18–28, 19–26
Pts: Green 12
Rebs: Kozikaro, Saffar 4
Asts: Tapiro 2		 Pts: Štombergas 16
Rebs: Praškevičius, Slanina 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 5
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping
Attendance: 3,666
Referees: Lazaros Voreadis (GRE), Tonči Anzulović(CRO)
September 7
18:15
 Israel 91–75  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 23–18, 20–21, 19–22
Pts: Burstein 21
Rebs: Burstein 8
Asts: Burstein 6		 Pts: Ostlers 17
Rebs: Ostlers 6
Asts: Štelmahers 5
Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping
Attendance: 3,850
Referees: Miguel Betancor (ESP), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL)

Second round

September 8
20:30
 Slovenia 76–78  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 15–21, 10–23, 23–18
Pts: Gorenc 21
Rebs: Nachbar 6
Asts: Lakovič 3		 Pts: Green 14
Rebs: Green 10
Asts: Tapiro 9
Coop Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 1,843
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Ilija Belošević (SRB)

Quarterfinals

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
September 10 – 18:00        
  France  76
September 13 – 14:00
  Russia  69  
  France  70
September 10 – 21:00
    Lithuania  74  
  Lithuania  98
September 14 – 20:00
  Serbia and Montenegro  82  
  Lithuania  93
September 11 – 18:00
    Spain  84
  Spain  78
September 13 – 17:00
  Israel  64  
  Spain  81 Third place
September 11 – 21:00
    Italy  78  
  Greece  59   France  67
  Italy  62     Italy  69
September 14 – 17:00

Games

September 11
18:00
 Spain 78–64  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 16–14, 14–15, 20–13
Pts: Gasol 25
Rebs: Gasol 7
Asts: Calderón 4		 Pts: Sharp 16
Rebs: Tapiro 6
Asts: Tapiro 5
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 8,466
Referees: Memduh Öget (TUR), Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL)

Knockout Stage – Place 5-8

Bracket

Classification round Fifth place
September 12 – 18:00
  Russia  77  
  Serbia and Montenegro  86  
 
September 14 – 13:30
      Serbia and Montenegro  64
    Greece  72
Seventh place
September 12 – 21:00 September 14 – 11:00
  Israel  56   Russia  82
  Greece  63     Israel  89

Games

September 12
21:00
 Israel 56–63  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 12–19, 17–15, 17–12
Pts: Halperin 12
Rebs: Green 7
Asts: Halperin 3		 Pts: Fotsis 19
Rebs: Fotsis 10
Asts: Papaloukas 5
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,892
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Stelian Banica (ROU)
September 14
11:00
 Russia 82–89  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 18–20, 21–22, 25–31
Pts: Monia 26
Rebs: Karasev, Monia 6
Asts: Kirilenko, Monia 4		 Pts: Tapiro 26
Rebs: Green 7
Asts: Burstein 4
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,723
Referees: Grzegorz Ziemblicki (POL), Fedor Dmitriev (BLR)

Tournament highs

Two Israelis finish in the top ten in average assists per game. Meir Tapiro finished fourth with 3.4 and Tal Burstein finished ninth with 2.4.[6]

Two Israelis finished in the top ten in average steals per game. Meir Tapiro finished third with 1.9 and Tal Burstein finished seventh with 1.3.[7] Meir Tapiro also finished tied with the tournament high of five steals in a game. Israel as a team also finished fifth with average steals per game for a team, with 7.0.[8]

Tal Burstein finished fifth in all players in the tournament in minutes per game with 31.6.[9]

Israel during the game against Latvia had the highest 3-point field goal percentage of the tournament of 55.6% after going ten for eighteen.

Israel during the game against Spain had the highest free throw percentage of the tournament, of 100% after going six for six.

Roster

Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club
G 4 Katz, Erez 23 – (1980-04-09)9 April 1980 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
G 5 Halperin, Yotam 19 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 6 Sharp, Derrick 31 – (1971-10-05)5 October 1971 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
F 7 Mizrahi, Moshe 23 – (1980-04-04)4 April 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
C 8 Sheinfeld, Israel 27 – (1976-07-01)1 July 1976 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel
F 9 Shelef, Gur 29 – (1974-01-10)10 January 1974 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 10 Burstein, Tal 23 – (1980-02-19)19 February 1980 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
G 11 Tapiro, Meir 28 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
F 12 Saffar, Yoav 27 – (1975-09-30)30 September 1975 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
SF 13 Kozikaro, Ido 25 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel
C 14 Green, Yaniv 23 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel
F 15 Gordon, Shahar 23 – (1980-06-07)7 June 1980 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 September 2003

References

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