Sports Festivals in Serbia and Montenegro - Eurobasket 2005 (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The EuroBasket 2005 (common short name for the 34th edition of FIBA's European Basketball Championship) was held in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia and Montenegro) between 16 September and 25 September 2005. Greece won the gold medal by defeating Germany, while France won the bronze medal over Spain. Germany's Dirk Nowitzki was named the tournament MVP. The EuroBasket is a biennial basketball competition between national teams organized 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 (previous times in 1961 and 1975). 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's Moraa Sports Center hosted Group B, where six games were played. Being in Montenegro, it is the farthest locale from the central venue. 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. Vrac was home to Group A during the tournament, and also had a total of six games played in the 4,058 person capacity Millennium Center. For details on qualification, see EuroBasket 2005 qualification. View of Belgrade Arena from the upper bowl before the start of the Greece vs. Germany final 1. Greece: Dimitris Diamantidis, Theodoros Papaloukas, Nikos Zisis, Lazaros Papadopoulos, Michalis Kakiouzis, Dimos Dikoudis, Antonis Fotsis, Nikos Ha... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2496875