FIBA EuroBasket 2015
| FIBA EuroBasket 2015 | |||||||||||||
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| 39th FIBA European Basketball Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Host nations |
 Croatia France Germany Latvia
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| Dates | 5–20 September | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 24 (from 37 federations) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 5 (in 5 host cities) | ||||||||||||
| Champions |
 Spain (3rd title)
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| MVP |
 Pau Gasol
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| Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
| Qualified to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as hosts | |
| Qualified to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Turkey qualified as a replacement invitee) |
FIBA EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th annual edition of the EuroBasket championship that is organised by FIBA Europe. It took place in four different countries (Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia), making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country. It started on 5 September and ended on 20 September.
The top two teams (Spain and Lithuania) qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics. The next five teams (France, Serbia, Greece, Italy and the Czech Republic) advanced to the World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. Latvia and Croatia later qualified due to Serbia and Italy hosting two of the Olympic qualifying tournaments while Turkey also qualified as an invitee.
Spain won their third title by defeating Lithuania 80–63 in the final. France won bronze on home soil defeating Serbia (81–68).
On 18 December 2011, FIBA Europe decided to let Ukraine host EuroBasket 2015, after France, Croatia, Germany and Italy withdrew their joint bid. On 19 March 2014, tournament director Markiyan Lubkivsky announced that EuroBasket 2015 would not take place in Ukraine because of the political and financial crisis and the championship would be relocated. But later, FIBA Europe was forced to deny reports that Ukraine had given up the hosting rights for EuroBasket 2015 due to the continuous political situation and security issues in Ukraine. On 13 June 2014, FIBA Europe officially announced that Ukraine would not be hosting the championships.
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