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EuroBasket 2015 Final
	The Stade Pierre-Mauroy was the venue of the Final
Event	EuroBasket 2015
80	63
Date	20 September 2015
Venue	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Referees	Luigi Lamonica; Ilija Belošević; Borys Ryzhyk
Attendance	27,372
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The EuroBasket 2015 Final was the championship game of the EuroBasket 2015 tournament. The game was played on 20 September 2015 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, France.

Spain won their third title by defeating Lithuania 80–63.^[1] The attendance of 27,372 was an all-time record.^[1] Both teams qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Road to the Final

Spain

The team of Spain for EuroBasket 2015 missed Serge Ibaka, Marc Gasol and José Calderón, compared to the squad that participated at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Pau Gasol did play for the team, as well as Nikola Mirotić, who made his debut with the Spanish national team.

Spain started slow at the tournament, during the group stage in Berlin. Spain lost to Serbia and Italy, and had to battle on the last day with Germany to eventually advance to the Round of 16. In the quarterfinals Greece, who were considered major tournament contenders, was defeated 73–71. In the semi-final Spain faced host country France, who knocked Spain out of the tournament at the 2010 World Cup. Behind 40 points from Pau Gasol, the Spanish put the French away after overtime.

Lithuania

Top players Linas Kleiza and Donatas Motiejūnas missed from the squad that participated 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Lithuania played the group stage in Riga, Latvia. Their only loss came against Belgium, who won 74–76 on a buzzer-beater. In the Round of 16 Lithuania had its hands full with Georgia, but won 85–81 behind 34 points of Jonas Mačiulis. In the quarterfinals, they beat Italy after overtime. In the semifinals, they surprised favourite Serbia 67–64.

All results

Spain

Round

Lithuania

Opponent

Result

Opponent

Result

Serbia

70–80

Game 1

Ukraine

69–68

Turkey

104–77

Game 2

Latvia

68–49

Italy

98–105

Game 3

Belgium

74–76

Iceland

99–73

Game 4

Estonia

64–62

Germany

77–76

Game 5

Czech Republic

85–81 (OT)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	5	5	0	433	354	+79	10	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	Spain	5	3	2	448	411	+37	8^[a]
3	Italy	5	3	2	434	434	0	8^[a]
4	Turkey	5	3	2	429	459	−30	8^[a]
5	Germany	5	1	4	370	379	−9	6
6	Iceland	5	0	5	368	445	−77	5

Source: eurobasket2015.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Spain 1–1, +20; Italy 1–1, +5; Turkey 1–1 −25

Preliminary Round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	360	336	+24	9	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	Latvia	5	3	2	348	339	+9	8^[a]
3	Czech Republic	5	3	2	370	342	+28	8^[a]
4	Belgium	5	3	2	370	344	+26	8^[a]
5	Estonia	5	1	4	316	374	−58	6^[b]
6	Ukraine	5	1	4	349	378	−29	6^[b]

Source: eurobasket2015.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Latvia 2–0; Czech Republic 1–1; Belgium 0–2
^ ^a ^b Ukraine–Estonia 71–78

Opponent

Result

Knockout stage

Opponent

Result

Poland

80–66

Round of 16

Georgia

85–81

Greece

73–71

Quarterfinals

Italy

95–85 (OT)

France

80–75 (OT)

Semifinals

Serbia

67–64

Match

The game was a re-match of the EuroBasket 2003 final, in which Lithuania beat Spain 93–84.

Spain pulled away early, by taking a 19–8 lead after the first quarter. Lithuania won the second quarter, behind a buzzer-beating three pointer by Jonas Mačiulis. After the third quarter, Spain led by 17 points.^[2]

After the game, Spain's Pau Gasol was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Lithuanians Jonas Valančiūnas and Mačiulis were named to the All-Tournament Team along with Gasol and Sergio Rodríguez.^[1]

20 September 2015
19:00

Boxscore

Spain	80–63	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 22–25, 19–10, 20–20
Pts: Gasol 25 Rebs: Gasol 12 Asts: Rodríguez 6		Pts: Kalnietis, Seibutis 13 Rebs: Valančiūnas 9 Asts: Kalnietis 5

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,372
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (Italy), Ilija Belošević (Serbia), Borys Ryzhyk (Ukraine)

Spain

Lithuania

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	12	Sergio Llull	12	6	5
SG	8	Pau Ribas	5	1	0
SF	5	Rudy Fernández	11	1	1
PF	14	Nikola Mirotić	8	2	2
C	4	Pau Gasol	25	12	4
Reserves:
PG	6	Sergio Rodríguez	4	2	6
C	7	Willy Hernangómez	0	0	0
PF	9	Felipe Reyes	8	1	1
F	10	Víctor Claver	7	6	0
SF	11	Fernando San Emeterio	0	1	0
PF	13	Pablo Aguilar	0	0	0
PG	15	Guillem Vives	0	1	0
Head coach:
Sergio Scariolo

2015 European champions
Spain 3rd title

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	5	Mantas Kalnietis	13	1	6
SG	10	Renaldas Seibutis	13	4	0
SF	8	Jonas Mačiulis	8	4	2
PF	13	Paulius Jankūnas	3	4	0
C	17	Jonas Valančiūnas	10	9	2
Reserves:
G/F	6	Deividas Gailius	1	0	0
F/C	11	Domantas Sabonis	0	0	0
C	12	Antanas Kavaliauskas	4	5	0
C	15	Robertas Javtokas	0	0	0
SF	19	Mindaugas Kuzminskas	8	6	2
SG	21	Artūras Milaknis	3	0	0
PG	43	Lukas Lekavičius	0	0	2
Head coach:
Jonas Kazlauskas