Eurobasket 2011
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| 37th FIBA European Basketball Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Host nation | Lithuania | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 31 August – 18 September | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 24 (from 51 federations) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 6 (in 6 host cities) | ||||||||||||
| Champions |
 Spain (2nd title)
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| MVP |
Juan Carlos Navarro
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| Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. | |
| Qualified as host nation for the 2012 Summer Olympics. | |
| Qualified for the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. |
EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the 1939 championship. FIBA Europe asserted that Lithuania managed to organize the best European championship in its history. The top two teams are guaranteed spots at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
EuroBasket 2011 was the largest sporting event in the history of the Baltic states both in terms of the number of national teams (24), matches (90) and that of spectators (158 000 tickets sold with most tickets valid for 3 separate matches.)
Spain won the title for the second consecutive tournament after defeating France 98–85 in the final.
The group matches were played in four arenas, namely Alytus Arena, Šiauliai Arena, Cido Arena in Panevėžys and an arena in Klaipėda. The second stage matches were played at the Siemens Arena in the capital Vilnius and the playoffs at the new Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas.
All tickets were sold for matches in which Lithuania played in a matter of several hours after the start of sale. Other tickets were also sold out in advance for all venues except for Alytus (75% of available tickets sold in total). However the Organizing Committee's policy of selling tickets as a 3-game package meant that in some cases the sold-out arenas were not full as some fans would choose to go to only some of the games their ticket entitled them to. This policy was altered in Panevėžys where there were separate tickets for the games Lithuania played.
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