European Championship 2009 (Qualifying Stage)

XXXVI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (KATOWICE 2009)

QUALIFYING STAGE

(From 20-08-2008 to 9-09-2009)

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· All the participating national squads are grouped in two divisions: Division A (with teams playing different rounds in order to qualify for the Final Stage of the European Championship) and Division B (including teams that compete in order to be promoted to Division A for the next edition of the tournament).

· In Division A, the group winners and the three best runners-up after the Qualifying Round, together with 8 bye teams, advance to the Final Stage in Poland (held in Katowice and sub-venues), whereas the rest of teams enter an Additional Qualifying Round (AQR) in order to earn one more berth or a Relegation Round (RR) to avoid demotion to Division B.

· In Division B, the group winners and the best runner-up after the Qualifying Round advance to the Promotion Games (played as a match-up) in order to earn the two promotion berths into Division A.

DIVISION A

QUALIFYING ROUND

(The group winners and the three best runners-up qualify for the Final Stage, the last qualified teams play a Relegation Round to remain in Division A, and the rest of teams enter an Additional Qualifying Round)

GROUP A

GROUP B

Day 1 (20-08-2008) / Day 6 (6-09-2008)

Day 1 (3-09-2008) / Day 4 (13-09-2008)

Bulgaria - Hungary

89-71 (47-40)

87-86 (47-43)

Latvia - Macedonia

83-82 (31-30;74-74)

80-78 (44-42)

Italy - Serbia

64-78 (34-38)

72-52 (38-27)

Portugal - Estonia

70-79 (37-40)

54-60 (24-32)

Day 2 (23-08-2008) / Day 7 (10-09-2008)

Day 2 (6-09-2008) / Day 5 (17-09-2008)

Hungary - Italy

68-64 (42-33)

75-68 (37-27)

Estonia - Latvia

81-88 (38-39)

72-67 (38-29)

Finland - Bulgaria

68-90 (34-39)

102-90 (46-47)

Macedonia - Portugal

85-48 (44-24)

81-71 (44-38)

Day 3 (27-08-2008) / Day 8 (13-09-2008)

Day 3 (10-09-2008) / Day 6 (20-09-2008)

Serbia - Hungary

94-60 (44-32)

61-89 (35-56)

Estonia - Macedonia

78-90 (37-46)

87-75 (51-27)

Italy - Finland

88-80 (41-36)

62-69 (33-41)

Latvia - Portugal

79-43 (38-25)

93-92 (51-45)

Day 4 (30-08-2008) / Day 9 (17-09-2008)

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	PTS.
1. Macedonia	6	4	2	10
2. Latvia	6	4	2	10
3. Portugal (AQR)	6	3	3	9
4. Estonia (RR)	6	1	5	7

Bulgaria - Italy

81-80 (41-42)

82-81 (42-44)

Finland - Serbia

80-77 (40-39)

92-66 (46-28)

Day 5 (3-09-2008) / Day 10 (20-09-2008)

Hungary - Finland

64-79 (37-35)

88-73 (42-42)

Serbia - Bulgaria

74-64 (38-26)

77-87 (30-49)

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	PTS.
1. Serbia	8	7	1	15
2. Bulgaria	8	4	4	12
3. Italy (AQR)	8	4	4	12
4. Finland (AQR)	8	3	5	11
5. Hungary (RR)	8	2	6	10

GROUP C

GROUP D

Day 1 (3-09-2008) / Day 4 (13-09-2008)

France - Belgium

82-63 (34-33)

65-71 (29-35)

Czech Republic - Bosnia-H.

70-56 (30-29)

95-79 (54-45)

Turkey - Ukraine

86-73 (51-37)

64-86 (34-40)

Israel - Great Britain

102-92 (42-47;85-85)

96-86 (53-40)

Day 2 (6-09-2008) / Day 5 (17-09-2008)

Ukraine - France

78-77 (39-40)

87-83 (43-41)

Great Britain - Czech Rep.

87-68 (37-23)

63-67 (34-36)

Belgium - Turkey

63-78 (28-36)

80-64 (42-38)

Bosnia-Herzegovina - Israel

77-71 (41-33)

88-74 (40-45)

Day 3 (10-09-2008) / Day 6 (20-09-2008)

Turkey - France

77-65 (38-35)

78-80 (35-30)

Czech Republic - Israel

91-70 (36-28)

98-61 (49-35)

Belgium - Ukraine

72-61 (37-30)

58-76 (29-38)

Great Britain - Bosnia-H.

82-74 (41-41)

89-80 (41-37)

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	PTS.
1. Turkey	6	6	0	12
2. France (AQR)	6	3	3	9
3. Belgium (AQR)	6	2	4	8
4. Ukraine (RR)	6	1	5	7

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	PTS.
1. Great Britain	6	4	2	10
2. Israel	6	3	3	9
3. Bosnia-Herzeg. (AQR)	6	3	3	9
4. Czech Republic (RR)	6	2	4	8

Byes: Host (Poland) and top 7 qualified teams in last championship (Russia, Spain, Lithuania, Greece, Germany, Croatia, Slovenia).

ADDITIONAL QUALIFYING ROUND

(The group winners enter a Qualifying Playoff)

GROUP A

GROUP B

Day 1 (5-08-2009) / Day 4 (14-08-2009)

Portugal - Bosnia-Herzegovina

56-62 (22-36)

73-61 (39-28)

Italy - France

77-80 (29-35;66-66)

81-61 (41-27)

Day 2 (8-08-2009) / Day 5 (17-08-2009)

Bosnia-Herzegovina - Belgium

82-77 (39-40)

102-79 (46-47)

France - Finland

82-72 (46-35)

77-73 (33-36)

Day 3 (11-08-2009) / Day 6 (20-08-2009)

Belgium - Portugal

64-58 (26-32)

58-60 (20-27)

Finland - Italy

75-77 (34-38)

89-95 (48-51)

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	PTS.
1. Belgium	4	3	1	7
2. Bosnia-Herzegovina	4	3	1	7
3. Portugal	4	0	4	4

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	PTS.
1. France	4	3	1	7
2. Finland	4	2	2	6
3. Italy	4	1	3	5

QUALIFYING PLAYOFF

(27-08-2009 / 30-08-2009)

A1-B1: Belgium - France

70-66 (37-39)

92-54 (48-25)

RELEGATION ROUND

(The winner and runner-up will remain in Division A, whereas the last two teams will be relegated to Division B)

GROUP A

Day 1 (5-08-2009) / Day 4 (14-08-2009)

Hungary - Ukraine

91-67 (40-37)

77-69 (27-39)

Estonia - Czech Republic

69-65 (28-39)

80-54 (41-27)

Day 2 (8-08-2009) / Day 5 (17-08-2009)

Czech Republic - Hungary

71-65 (35-36)

70-55 (37-20)

Ukraine - Estonia

71-64 (36-35)

72-75 (35-37;67-67)

Day 3 (11-08-2009) / Day 6 (20-08-2009)

Hungary - Estonia

75-64 (36-32)

60-65 (25-29)

Czech Republic - Ukraine

71-64 (40-34)

82-70 (36-30)

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	PTS.
1. Hungary	6	4	2	10
2. Ukraine	6	4	2	10
3. Czech Republic	6	3	3	9
4. Estonia	6	1	5	7

DIVISION B

QUALIFYING ROUND

(The group winners and the best runner-up qualify for the Promotion Games)

GROUP A

GROUP B

Day 1 (6-09-2008) / Day 6 (15-08-2009)

Denmark - Austria

64-73 (34-33)

92-61 (52-28)

Switzerland - Albania

91-79 (44-48)

76-73 (30-36)

Netherlands - Montenegro

63-70 (32-39)

93-68 (48-41)

Romania - Cyprus

70-71 (39-35)

78-69 (38-32;62-62)

Day 2 (10-09-2008) / Day 7 (19-08-2009)

Austria - Netherlands

54-58 (14-30)

83-60 (39-33)

Belarus - Romania

70-59 (37-26)

70-78 (37-46)

Iceland - Denmark

77-71 (40-37)

54-66 (28-35)

Cyprus - Switzerland

59-61 (22-27)

55-54 (24-25)

Day 3 (13-09-2008) / Day 8 (22-08-2009)

Netherlands - Iceland

84-68 (37-32)

87-75 (59-31)

Switzerland - Belarus

77-81 (38-42)

66-70 (31-36)

Montenegro - Austria

96-73 (50-32)

63-86 (34-50)

Albania - Cyprus

69-63 (32-28)

91-56 (41-24)

Day 4 (17-09-2008) / Day 9 (26-08-2009)

Denmark - Netherlands

64-79 (39-34)

82-54 (38-28)

Belarus - Albania

92-46 (48-20)

75-76 (40-31)

Iceland - Montenegro

66-80 (24-47)

102-58 (47-34)

Romania - Switzerland

83-53 (44-29)

81-69 (45-23)

Day 5 (20-09-2008) / Day 10 (29-08-2009)

Austria - Iceland

81-74 (39-39)

65-76 (34-45)

Cyprus - Belarus

80-81 (41-37)

77-70 (39-33)

Montenegro - Denmark

96-60 (51-30)

65-82 (36-52)

Albania - Romania

66-80 (35-43)

100-69 (58-35)

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	PTS.
1. Montenegro	8	8	0	16
2. Netherlands	8	5	3	13
3. Austria	8	4	4	12
4. Iceland	8	3	5	11
5. Denmark	8	0	8	8

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	PTS.
1. Belarus	8	7	1	15
2. Switzerland	8	5	3	13
3. Cyprus	8	3	5	11
4. Romania	8	3	5	11
5. Albania	8	2	6	10

GROUP C

Day 1 (6-09-2008) / Day 6 (15-08-2009)

Sweden - Ireland

82-63 (29-28)

50-66 (20-40)

Luxembourg - Georgia

65-98 (33-52)

115-73 (60-28)

Day 2 (10-09-2008) / Day 7 (19-08-2009)

Ireland - Georgia

77-94 (33-37)

98-73 (48-38)

Slovakia - Sweden

88-89 (40-46)

64-58 (33-21)

Day 3 (13-09-2008) / Day 8 (22-08-2009)

Slovakia - Georgia

78-101 (30-57)

91-50 (46-20)

Luxembourg - Ireland

70-97 (34-57)

100-83 (61-36)

Day 4 (17-09-2008) / Day 9 (26-08-2009)

Slovakia - Luxembourg

110-67 (55-33)

63-76 (33-36)

Sweden - Georgia

61-59 (42-31)

82-72 (41-35)

Day 5 (20-09-2008) / Day 10 (29-08-2009)

Ireland - Slovakia

88-95 (46-50;80-80)

75-68 (42-33)

Luxembourg - Sweden

51-96 (30-41)

97-40 (34-18)

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	PTS.
1. Georgia	8	7	1	15
2. Sweden	8	7	1	15
3. Slovakia	8	4	4	12
4. Ireland	8	2	6	10
5. Luxembourg	8	0	8	8

PROMOTION GAMES

(The winners will be promoted to Division A)

(5-09-2009 / 9-09-2009)
Sweden - Montenegro	50-70 (27-34)	88-71 (43-40)
Belarus - Georgia	75-89 (32-45)	86-84 (52-46)

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