EuroBasket 1977

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The 1977 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1977, was the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

EuroBasket 1977
Tournament details
Host countryBelgium
Dates14–24 September
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (3rd title)
Runners-up Soviet Union
Third place Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Dalipagić
Top scorerNetherlands Kees Akerboom
(27.0 points per game)
1975
1979

Venues

OstendLiège
Sportcentrum
Capacity 2 000
Country Hall du Sart Tilman
Capacity 5 000

Group stage

Group A – Liège

 Soviet Union  Austria101–61
 Bulgaria  Israel88–86
 Italy  France70–59
 Bulgaria  Soviet Union96–117
 France  Austria86–81
 Italy  Israel78–73
 France  Bulgaria76–87
 Italy  Austria85–70
 Israel  Soviet Union69–103
 Austria  Israel87–103
 Italy  Bulgaria100–81
 Soviet Union  France115–74
 Austria  Bulgaria85–92
 Israel  France96–82
 Italy  Soviet Union95–87
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Italy550428370+5810
 Soviet Union541523395+1289
 Bulgaria532444464−208
 Israel523427438−117
 France514377449−726
 Austria505384467−835

Group B – Ostend

 Netherlands  Czechoslovakia73–90
 Belgium  Finland81–81 aet. 107–98
 Spain  Yugoslavia76–79
 Finland  Yugoslavia80–88
 Netherlands  Spain114–95
 Belgium  Czechoslovakia61–67
 Finland  Netherlands67–87
 Czechoslovakia  Spain73–70
 Belgium  Yugoslavia83–111
 Czechoslovakia  Finland100–85
 Yugoslavia  Netherlands111–75
 Belgium  Spain93–94
 Spain  Finland85–78
 Yugoslavia  Czechoslovakia103–111
 Belgium  Netherlands107–86
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Czechoslovakia550441392+4910
 Yugoslavia541492425+679
 Belgium523451456−57
 Netherlands523435470−357
 Spain523420437−177
 Finland505408467−595

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Italy 69
 
 
 
 Yugoslavia 88
 
 Yugoslavia 74
 
 
 
 Soviet Union 61
 
 Czechoslovakia 76
 
 
 Soviet Union 91
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Italy 81
 
 
 Czechoslovakia 91

5th to 8th place

 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Bulgaria 108
 
 
 
 Netherlands 85
 
 Bulgaria 78
 
 
 
 Israel 88
 
 Belgium 74
 
 
 Israel 81
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands 104
 
 
 Belgium 89

9th to 12th place

 
Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 France 72
 
 
 
 Finland 73
 
 Finland 89
 
 
 
 Spain 106
 
 Spain 88
 
 
 Austria 84
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 France 89
 
 
 Austria 71


 1977 FIBA EuroBasket champions 

Yugoslavia
3rd title

Final standings

  1.  Yugoslavia
  2.  Soviet Union
  3.  Czechoslovakia
  4.  Italy
  5.  Israel
  6.  Bulgaria
  7.  Netherlands
  8.  Belgium
  9.  Spain
  10.  Finland
  11.  France
  12.  Austria

Awards

1977 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dražen Dalipagić ( Yugoslavia)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Zoran Slavnić
Miki Berkovich
Dražen Dalipagić (MVP)
Kees Akerboom
Atanas Golomeev

Team rosters

1. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Žarko Varajić, Željko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Ratko Radovanović, Duje Krstulović, Ante Đogić, Joško Papič (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)

2. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Anatoly Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko, Aleksander Belostenny, Stanislav Eremin, Mikheil Korkia, Valeri Miloserdov, Vladimir Zhigili, Aleksander Salnikov, Viktor Petrakov, Vladimir Arzamaskov, Aleksander Kharchenkov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)

3. Czechoslovakia: Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilak, Zdenek Kos, Jiri Pospisil, Vojtech Petr, Jiri Konopasek, Vlastibor Klimeš, Zdenek Dousa, Gustav Hraska, Josef Necas, Vladimir Ptacek, Pavol Bojanovsky (Coach: Pavel Petera)

4. Italy: Dino Meneghin, Pierluigi Marzorati, Marco Bonamico, Renzo Bariviera, Carlo Caglieris, Lorenzo Carraro, Fabrizio della Fiori, Gianni Bertolotti, Giulio Iellini, Renzo Vecchiato, Vittorio Ferracini, Luigi Serafini (Coach: Giancarlo Primo)

References