Spain won the Eurobasket 2011

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The Spanish national basketball team defended their title. In the final they defeated France with the result 98:85 (25:20, 25:21, 25:21, 23:23).

Spanish team coach Sergio Scariolo: "We are very proud of this victory, because there are only few teams which have been able to won the championship few times in a row. This championship was a very high level one, that's why our victory is even more important. I want to congratulate my players, they played with a huge force. Talent has always been the base of our game. I am very lucky to have a chance to train such wonderful people - basketball stars".

French team coach Vincent Colett: "Congratulations to the Spanish team and their coach Scariolo. Spanish team is the strongest team in the whole Europe. We didn't play badly - we put much effort into this game. We had chances, but then our opponents ran far ahead of us. It's only a little disappointment for us, because you can always learn something after losing to a stronger team".

Spain: Juan Carlos Navarro 27 (12/12 F.T.,5 ass.), Jose Manuel Calderon and Pau Gasol 17 (10 reb.), Rudy Fernandez 14, Marc Gasol 11 (6 reb.), Serge Ibaka and Sergio Llull  4, Victor Sada and Felipe Reyes 2, Ricky Rubio 0.

France: Tony Parker 26 (5 ass., 5 trn.) Boris Diaw 12 (7 ass.), Joakim Noah 11 (8 reb.), Nicolas Batum 10, Mickael Gelabale 8, Kevin Serpahin, Ali Traore and Florent Pietrus 4, Nando De Colo and Charles Kahudi 2.