EuroBasket 1977

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)

Venues

Ostend Liège
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
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Italy 5 5 0 428 370+58 10
 Soviet Union 5 4 1 523 395+128 9
 Bulgaria 5 3 2 444 46420 8
 Israel 5 2 3 427 43811 7
 France 5 1 4 377 44972 6
 Austria 5 0 5 384 46783 5

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
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Czechoslovakia 5 5 0 441 392+49 10
 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 492 425+67 9
 Belgium 5 2 3 451 4565 7
 Netherlands 5 2 3 435 47035 7
 Spain 5 2 3 420 43717 7
 Finland 5 0 5 408 46759 5

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 (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Slavnić
Israel Miki Berkovich
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Dalipagić (MVP)
Netherlands Kees Akerboom
Bulgaria 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

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