Hotel NH Eurobuilding of Madrid has lived the drawing on the Phase of Classification of Eurobasket 2007 where 16 selections have been divided in four groups that will determine the seven passports that are for the continental championship that will be disputed in our country. Also the groups of Feminine Eurobasket 2007 and Divisions B drew for themselves.

With the European Selections that participate in the World-wide one of Japan (Greece, Germany, France, Spain, Lituania, Slovenia, Serbia & Montenegro, Italy and Turkey) already classified for Eurobasket 2007, the month of September will decide six of the seven remaining seats. Days 31 of August, 3, 6, 9, 13 and 16 of September 16 equipment will play one liguilla that it will classify to first and both better seconds for the Eurobasket Spain 2007.

Silvia Domínguez, bases of USP CEU Adecco Students and runner-up of Europe junior, has been the “innocent hand” in charge to remove the equipment from the feminine competition whereas Alberto Herreros, ex--international and maximum anotador of the European of France 99, has done the own thing with the masculine one. The attending members of FIBA to the drawing have paid a spontaneous tribute to Ernesto Segura of Moon, honorary president of the FEB, that turned years.

Group D, possibly lasts more, has been conformed by the Croatia, Estonia, Denmark and Latvia. Russia de Kirilenko has been fitted in Group C next to the Czech Republic, Belgium and Hungary; whereas Israel will have like rivals to Portugal, Macedonia and Bosnia in Group C. Finally, the most opened it will be the A, with Bulgaria, Sweden, Poland and the Ukraine. The ten equipment that does not obtain the passport in September will be the possibility of the repesca before the beginning of European the 2007.