EuroBasket 2011
Bigger and Better than Ever – EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania
Lithuania, which is considered as Europe’s basketball heartland, will once again have a chance to host a EuroBasket competition, feel the excitement and drama of the strongest national teams from around the continent fighting for Europe’s basketball throne.
It has been 72 years since Lithuania hosted the 1939 European Championship in Kaunas for the first and only time so far. This time, the event will be bigger than ever as Lithuania will welcome a record-breaking 24 teams, which will play in a total of six Lithuanian cities – Klaipeda, Siauliai, Panevezys, Alytus with the action moving to Vilnius after the first group stage before the medals are handed out in Kaunas.
Incidentally or not, Kaunas was one of the three places where the Lithuanian National Team won the European gold, with the other two triumphs in Riga, Latvia (1937) and Stockholm, Sweden (2003).
In addition, the small Lithuanian nation can be proud of three Olympic bronze medals, as well as finishing as runners-up in the European Championship in 1995 and bronze medals in EuroBasket 2007 in Spain.
In preparation for hosting the biggest sporting event in the country’s history, Lithuania built a set of new arenas in order to host a top-level tournament and satisfy the needs of top European athletes. Despite working with a limited budget, the organizers believe that EuroBasket 2011 can be be the best-hosted basketball event in Europe.
Host cities and venues:
Lithuania will host EuroBasket 2011
Lithuania, which is considered as Europe’s basketball heartland, will once again have a chance to host a EuroBasket competition, feel the excitement and drama of the strongest national teams from around the continent fighting for Europe’s basketball throne.
It has been 72 years since Lithuania hosted the 1939 European Championship in Kaunas for the first and only time so far. This time, the event will be bigger than ever as Lithuania will welcome a record-breaking 24 teams, which will play in a total of six Lithuanian cities – Klaipeda, Siauliai, Panevezys, Alytus with the action moving to Vilnius after the first group stage before the medals are handed out in Kaunas.
Incidentally or not, Kaunas was one of the three places where the Lithuanian National Team won the European gold, with the other two triumphs in Riga, Latvia (1937) and Stockholm, Sweden (2003).
In addition, the small Lithuanian nation can be proud of three Olympic bronze medals, as well as finishing as runners-up in the European Championship in 1995 and bronze medals in EuroBasket 2007 in Spain.
In preparation for hosting the biggest sporting event in the country’s history, Lithuania built a set of new arenas in order to host a top-level tournament and satisfy the needs of top European athletes. Despite working with a limited budget, the organizers believe that EuroBasket 2011 can be be the best-hosted basketball event in Europe.
Host cities and venues:
Group stage:
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Klaipeda and Klaipeda Arena |
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Siauliai and Siauliai Arena |
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Panevezys and Cido Arena |
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Alytus and Alytus Arena |
Second round:
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Vilnius and Siemens Arena |
Final round:
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Kaunas and Zalgiris Arena |
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