EuroBasket 1977

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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

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

Venues

Ostend Liège
Sportcentrum
Capacity 2 000
Country Hall du Sart Tilman
Capacity 5 000

Group stage

Group A – Liège

 Soviet Union  Austria 101–61
 Bulgaria  Israel 88–86
 Italy  France 70–59
 Bulgaria  Soviet Union 96–117
 France  Austria 86–81
 Italy  Israel 78–73
 France  Bulgaria 76–87
 Italy  Austria 85–70
 Israel  Soviet Union 69–103
 Austria  Israel 87–103
 Italy  Bulgaria 100–81
 Soviet Union  France 115–74
 Austria  Bulgaria 85–92
 Israel  France 96–82
 Italy  Soviet Union 95–87
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 2 444 464 −20 8
 Israel 5 2 3 427 438 −11 7
 France 5 1 4 377 449 −72 6
 Austria 5 0 5 384 467 −83 5

Group B – Ostend

 Netherlands  Czechoslovakia 73–90
 Belgium  Finland 81–81 aet. 107–98
 Spain  Yugoslavia 76–79
 Finland  Yugoslavia 80–88
 Netherlands  Spain 114–95
 Belgium  Czechoslovakia 61–67
 Finland  Netherlands 67–87
 Czechoslovakia  Spain 73–70
 Belgium  Yugoslavia 83–111
 Czechoslovakia  Finland 100–85
 Yugoslavia  Netherlands 111–75
 Belgium  Spain 93–94
 Spain  Finland 85–78
 Yugoslavia  Czechoslovakia 103–111
 Belgium  Netherlands 107–86
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 3 451 456 −5 7
 Netherlands 5 2 3 435 470 −35 7
 Spain 5 2 3 420 437 −17 7
 Finland 5 0 5 408 467 −59 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)

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