2012 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries

2012 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
Tournament details
Host country San Marino
CitySerravalle
Dates2–7 July 2012
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Andorra (4th title)
Runners-up Moldova
Third place Malta
Official website
www.fibaeurope.com
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The 2012 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries was the 13th edition of the tournament, formerly known as the Promotion Cup or the FIBA EuroBasket Division C. It was played in Serravalle, San Marino, from 2 to 7 July 2012.[1][2]

The draw took place on 4 December 2011, in Freising, Germany.[3] The Andorra national team were the winners of the Championship.[4]

Participating teams

First round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Andorra 2 2 0 196 131 +65 4 Semifinals
2  Moldova 2 1 1 165 162 +3 3
3  Gibraltar 2 0 2 109 177 −68 2 5th–7th place classification
Source: FIBA
2 July 2012
14:15
Moldova  81–62  Gibraltar
Scoring by quarter: 18–9, 20–17, 23–23, 20–13
3 July 2012
15:00
Gibraltar  47–96  Andorra
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 13–19, 8–24, 11–30
4 July 2012
15:00
Andorra  100–84  Moldova
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 21–24, 22–15, 16–19

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  San Marino 3 2 1 197 193 +4 5 Semifinals
2  Malta 3 2 1 225 186 +39 5
3  Wales 3 1 2 180 214 −34 4 5th–7th place classification
4  Scotland 3 1 2 210 219 −9 4
Source: FIBA
2 July 2012
16:30
Malta  75–64  Scotland
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 15–9, 17–23, 19–18
2 July 2012
19:30
San Marino  58–53  Wales
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 11–14, 21–10, 12–14
3 July 2012
17:15
Wales  51–81  Malta
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 7–25, 12–20, 18–11
3 July 2012
19:30
Scotland  71–68  San Marino
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 12–15, 18–17, 21–18
4 July 2012
17:15
Scotland  75–76  Wales
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 23–18, 20–23, 16–16
4 July 2012
19:30
San Marino  71–69  Malta
Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 21–21, 15–22, 23–13

5th–7th place classification

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
5  Wales 2 2 0 171 147 +24 4
6  Scotland 2 1 1 159 136 +23 3
7  Gibraltar 2 0 2 132 179 −47 2
Source: FIBA

The game of the first round between the 3rd and 4th qualified of group B is included in this round.

6 July 2012
15:00
Gibraltar  72–95  Wales
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 18–28, 20–19, 14–30
7 July 2012
10:30
Scotland  84–60  Gibraltar
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 15–13, 20–14, 28–21

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Andorra 75
 
 
 
  Malta 65
 
  Andorra 74
 
 
 
  Moldova 72
 
  San Marino 63
 
 
  Moldova 88
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
 
 
 
  Malta 96
 
 
  San Marino 57

Semifinals

6 July 2012
17:15
Andorra  75–65  Malta
Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 21–18, 19–15, 23–9
Pts: Galera 21
Rebs: four players 5
Asts: Fernández 7		 Pts: Jackson 25
Rebs: Deguara 17
Asts: Schembri 6
6 July 2012
19:30
San Marino  63–88  Moldova
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 14–15, 17–23, 18–26
Pts: A. Raschi 23
Rebs: A. Raschi 13
Asts: Zanotti 2		 Pts: Cropotov 22
Rebs: Coputerco 13
Asts: Coputerco 10

Bronze medal game

7 July 2012
15:00
Malta  96–57  San Marino
Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 15–13, 27–15, 26–16

Final

7 July 2012
17:15
Andorra  74–72  Moldova
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 15–11, 26–18, 16–27
Pts: three players 16
Rebs: Fernández, Olcina 6
Asts: Galera 5		 Pts: Cropotov 18
Rebs: Priscepnii 13
Asts: Coputerco 3

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Andorra
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Moldova
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Malta
4  San Marino
5  Wales
6  Scotland
7  Gibraltar

References

  1. ^ 2012 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries official website, www.fibaeurope.com
  2. ^ 2012 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries, archive.fiba.com
  3. ^ Eurobasket Qualifying seedings unveiled FIBA Europe. 22 November 2011
  4. ^ Andorra win championship over Moldova FIBA Europe. 7 July 2012