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The EuroBasket 2011 final was the championship game of EuroBasket 2011 played at the Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania on 18 September between Spain and France. By virtue of FIBA Europe's two outright berths in the 2012 Summer Olympic basketball tournament, both finalists qualified for the 2012 London Games. The defending European champions Spain qualified to the final after topping their preliminary round group, winning their second round group, and beating Slovenia and Macedonia in the final round. France, in their first EuroBasket final, also topped their preliminary round group, finished second in their second round group behind Spain, and defeated Greece and Russia in the final round. The Spanish team retained their European championship with a 98–85 win. Guard Juan Carlos Navarro was named tournament MVP. He joined his teammate Pau Gasol and opponent Tony Parker as members of the all-tournament team who played in the final. Macedonia's Bo McCalebb and Russia's Andrei Kirilenko were also named to the team. == Match details == Joakim Noah started the game with two dunks to give the French team an 8–7 lead. José Calderón scored five points to give the Spaniards a 17–12 lead, forcing French coach Vincent Collet to call a timeout. The teams scored on several three-point shots but Spain held a 25–20 lead at the end of the first quarter. Spain stretched the lead to nine in the second quarter but two three-pointers from Mickaël Gelabale and Tony Parker kept the game close. However, Serge Ibaka's third block of the night led to a Pau Gasol basket to pad the Spanish lead to ten. Coming off another timeout, Ibaka blocked two more French shots. Later, Rudy Fernández was called for an unsportsmanlike foul against Tony Parker, whom he pulled down to the floor. This led to a French 7–0 run, capped off by a Nicolas Batum three-pointer and a dunk to cut the lead to five. Spain increased their lead to nine, 50–41, at the end of the first half. While the French were able to score at the start of the third quarter, Spain managed to maintain the lead within the 10-point margin. France scored five points in a row but Juan Carlos Navarro scored to prevent the lead from decreasing. The Spanish team started the fourth quarter with another run, and they retained the title they had won two years ago in Poland.〔 Navarro, who scored 27 points in the final and 35 points in the semifinal against Macedonia, was named tournament MVP. Pau Gasol achieved a double-double in the final, scoring 17 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, while Calderón scored 17 points, Fernández had 14, and Gasol's younger brother Marc had 11. Spain's successful title defense was the first since Yugoslavia's 1997 title. After the game, Prime Minister of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero congratulated the team, remarking that "discounting the national football team which has just started its brilliant run, I think there is no other team in Spanish sport history that has shone as long as you have." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FIBA EuroBasket 2011 Final」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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