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80
  
66

16
  
16

19
  
31

Date
  
22 September 2013

Attendance
  
10,000

12
  
16

16
  
66

31
  
18

Venue
  
Arena Stožice

Event
  
EuroBasket 2013

FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Final

Champion
  
France national basketball team

Similar
  
EuroBasket 2013, EuroBasket 2015, 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2006 FIBA World Championship

The EuroBasket 2013 Final was the championship game of FIBA EuroBasket 2013. The game was played at the Arena Stožice in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 22 September between France and Lithuania. France won their first ever European title by winning the match 80 points to 66.

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France

France ended in first place in Group A, after it only lost to Germany in its first game. In the Top 16, France finished third in Group E behind Serbia and Lithuania.

In the quarterfinals, France beat Slovenia 72–62. In the semi-finals, the French upset title favorite Spain by winning 72–75 after overtime.

Lithuania

France ended in third place in Group B, just making it to the second round due to an adventage in a tie-breaker with Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the Top 16, the team went 4–1 and finished second.

In the quarterfinals, Lithuania beat Italy 81–77. In the semi-finals, the Lithuanians beat Croatia 62–77.

References

FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Final Wikipedia