Israel at the EuroBasket 2007

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

Israel at the EuroBasket
1935 - 1937 - 1939 - 1946 - 1947 - 1949 - 1951 - 1953 - 1955 - 1957 - 1959 - 1961 - 1963 - 1965 - 1967 - 1969 - 1971 - 1973 - 1975 - 1977 - 1979 2nd, silver medalist(s) - 1981 - 1983 - 1985 - 1987 - 1989 - 1991 - 1993 - 1995 - 1997 - 1999 - 2001 - 2003 - 2005 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011 - 2013 - 2015 - 2017

Israel at the EuroBasket Women
1938 - 1950 - 1952 - 1954 - 1956 - 1958 - 1960 - 1962 - 1964 - 1966 - 1968 - 1970 - 1972 - 1974 - 1981 - 1978 - 1980 - 1993 - 1983 - 1985 - 1987 - 1989 - 1991 - 1993 - 1995 - 1997 - 1999 - 2001 - 2003 - 2005 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011 - 2013 - 2015
Other related appearances
Israel at the FIBA Basketball World Cup (1954, 1986)

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 2007, the 35th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s 24th time competing, and finished eleventh. Games were broadcast in Israel on Sport 5 and Channel 10.

Qualification

Qualifying Round – Group 2

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Portugal 6 4 2 462 447+15 10
 Macedonia 6 3 3 486 493−7 9
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 3 3 482 459+23 9
 Israel 6 2 4 431 462−31 8
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Israel Republic of Macedonia Portugal
 Bosnia and Herzegovina – 85–63 75–72 78–80
 Israel 88–81 – 83–70 61–67
 Macedonia 81–77 90–87 – 83–63
 Portugal 75–86 69–49 108–90 –

Additional qualifying round – Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 6 5 1 485 421+64 11
 Belgium 6 5 1 442 400+42 11
 Ukraine 6 1 5 409 445−36 7
 Denmark 6 1 5 417 487−70 7
  Belgium Denmark Israel Ukraine
 Belgium – 80–66 83–74 72–69
 Denmark 61–71 – 60–72 90–85
 Israel 85–66 105–76 – 81–73
 Ukraine 45–70 74–64 63–68 –

Final qualifying stage

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 2 2 0 159 147+12 4
 Macedonia 2 1 1 160 155+5 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 2 123 140−17 2

Games

30 August 2007
20:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina  60–67  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 27–15, 15–16, 11–13
Minorca, Spain
Attendance: 1,500
31 August 2007
20:30
Israel  92–87  Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 17–23, 29–19, 21–27
Minorca, Spain
Attendance: 1,700

Preliminary round – Group A

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 224 174+50 6
 Greece 3 2 1 197 194+3 5
 Israel 3 1 2 209 249−40 4
 Serbia 3 0 3 215 228−13 3

Games

3 September
20:00
 Israel 66–76  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 15–12, 17–21, 18–24
Pts: Halperin 20
Rebs: Tapiro 8
Asts: Halperin, Tapiro 6		 Pts: Spanoulis 19
Rebs: Dikoudis 6
Asts: Tsartsaris 3
Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Virginijus Dovidavičius (LTU), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)
4 September
18:00
 Russia 90–56  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 23–13, 26–13, 24–15
Pts: Holden 18
Rebs: Kirilenko 13
Asts: Khryapa, Kirilenko5		 Pts: Eliyahu 17
Rebs: Green 8
Asts: Pnini 2
Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada
Attendance: 4,350
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Eddie Viator (FRA)
5 September
18:00
 Israel 87–83  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 20–22, 25–15, 26–23
Pts: Green 26
Rebs: Green 12
Asts: Tapiro 4		 Pts: Gurović 19
Rebs: Miličić 13
Asts: Jarić 6
Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada, Granada
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Eddie Viator (FRA)

Second round – Group E

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain 5 4 1 422 341+81 9
 Russia 5 4 1 381 325+56 9
 Greece 5 3 2 353 348+5 8
 Croatia 5 2 3 398 396+2 7
 Portugal 5 1 4 350 420−70 6
 Israel 5 1 4 360 434−74 6

Games

7 September
19:00
 Israel 80–75  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 19–18, 20–16, 27–24
Pts: Green 17
Rebs: Green 16
Asts: Tapiro 7		 Pts: Kasun 18
Rebs: Kasun, Markota 7
Asts: Kus 4
Madrid Arena, Madrid
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Fabio Facchini (ITA), Zoran Šutulović (MNE), Oliver Lefwerth (SWE)
9 September
16:30
 Portugal 94–85  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 18–20, 19–14, 29–37
Pts: Gomes 23
Rebs: Gomes 11
Asts: da Silva 9		 Pts: Eliyahu 29
Rebs: Eliyahu 9
Asts: Tapiro 6
Madrid Arena, Madrid
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Kestutis Pilipauskas (LTU), Anibal Castaño (FRA), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)
11 September
21:30
 Spain 99–73  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 28–19, 27–20, 25–5
Pts: P. Gasol 26
Rebs: Jiménez 7
Asts: 3 Players 3		 Pts: 3 Players 15
Rebs: Green 10
Asts: Tapiro 7
Madrid Arena, Madrid
Attendance: 9,500
Referees: Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Eddie Viator (FRA)

Tournament highs

Yotam Halperin finished in seventh place in average points per game, with 14.0.[1]

Yaniv Green finished in first place in average rebounds per game, with 9.3.[2]

Two Israelis finished in the top ten average assists per game. Meir Tapiro finished in second place with 5.0, and Yotam Halperin finished in seventh place with 2.8.[3] Additionally Israel finished in third place a team in the tournament with an average of 13.7 assists per game.[4]

Meir Tapiro finished in fourth place in average steals per game, with 1.5.[5]

Yaniv Green finished in fourth place in average blocks per game, with 1.5.[6]

Yotam Halperin finished in seventh place in average minutes per game, with 31.5.[7]

Roster

Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club
G 4 Hajaj, Dror 28 – (1978-12-31)31 December 1978 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
G 5 Roth, Moran 24 – (1982-11-10)10 November 1982 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Hapoel Holon Israel
G 6 Halperin, Yotam 23 – (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
F 7 Eliyahu, Lior 21 – (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
C 8 Markovich, Erez 29 – (1978-07-10)10 July 1978 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
G 9 Roberts, Jeron 30 – (1976-11-10)10 November 1976 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Demon Astronauts Amsterdam Netherlands
F 10 Pnini, Guy 23 – (1983-09-04)4 September 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Hapoel Jerusalem Israel
G 11 Tapiro, Meir 32 – (1975-03-28)28 March 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Bnei HaSharon Israel
G 12 Naor, Matan 26 – (1980-11-03)3 November 1980 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Ironi Nahariya Israel
SF 13 Kozikaro, Ido 29 – (1978-01-08)8 January 1978 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Ironi Nahariya Israel
C 14 Green, Yaniv 27 – (1980-05-16)16 May 1980 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) CSK VVS Samara Russia
C 15 Tamir, Amit 27 – (1979-12-02)2 December 1979 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Cherkaski Monkeys Ukraine
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 3 September 2007

References

  1. ↑ PPG Leaders
  2. ↑ RPG Leaders
  3. ↑ APG Leaders
  4. ↑ Team APG Leaders
  5. ↑ SPG Leaders
  6. ↑ BPG Leaders
  7. ↑ MPG Leaders
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