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The 2005 European Basketball Championship, commonly called '''Eurobasket 2005''', was held in Serbia And Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005 . Greece won the gold medal, Germany won the silver while France won the bronze. Germany's Dirk Nowitzki was named the tournament MVP. The FIBA European Basketball Championship is a Bi-annual Basketball competition between national teams organised by FIBA Europe , the sport's governing body in Europe . This was the third time that the championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade (previously in 1961 and 1975). VENUES Belgrade , Podgorica , Novi Sad , and Vršac . Belgrade Belgrade , the capital of Serbia And Montenegro , was the main stage of the Eurobasket 2005 action. The Pionir Hall hosted Group C's six preliminary round games, while the Belgrade Arena hosted the competition following the preliminary round. This was the third time that championship was hosted by the city of Belgrade. Belgrade has previously hosted the European basketball championships in 1961 and 1975. Podgorica Podgorica 's Morača Sports Center hosted Group B, where six games were played. Being in Montenegro , it is the farthest locale from the central venue. Novi Sad Novi Sad , nicknamed "The City of Sports", is the capital of province of Vojvodina and home to the Spens Sports Center . The six Group D games were played there. Vršac Vršac was home to Group A during the tournament, and also had a total of six games played in the 4,058 person capacity Millennium Hall . QUALIFICATION For details on qualification, see Eurobasket 2005 (qualification) . FINAL ROUND Preliminaries Group A – Millennium Hall , Vršac Group B – Moraca Sports Center , Podgorica Group C – Pionir Hall , Belgrade Group D – Spens Sports Center , Novi Sad Elimination games Quarter-finals Classification 5-8 Semi-finals Finals CONCLUSION Final standings World championship qualification
Statistics The top ten scorers were: # Dirk Nowitzki (GER) - 26.1 ppg # Juan Carlos Navarro (ESP) - 25.2 ppg # Andrei Kirilenko (RUS) - 17.5 ppg # Igor Rakočević (SCG) - 16.3 ppg # Gordan Giriček (CRO) - 15.7 ppg # Jorge Garbajosa (ESP) - 14.5 ppg # Ramūnas Šiškauskas (LTU) - 14.0 ppg # Boris Diaw (FRA) - 13.7 ppg # Jaka Lakovič (SLO) - 12.8 ppg
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