Eurobasket

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Eurobasket is the name commonly used to refer to the men's basketball championship contested biennially by the national teams of the European continent under the auspices of FIBA Europe, a zone of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, every second iteration of which serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship. The defending champion is Greece.

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[edit] List of tournaments and winners

[edit] Men's European Basketball Championship

Year Location Gold Final score Silver Bronze MVP
1935 Switzerland (Geneva) Latvia 24-18 Spain Czechoslovakia
1937 Latvia (Riga) Lithuania 24-23 Italy France
1939 Lithuania (Kaunas) Lithuania No playoffs Latvia Poland
1946 Switzerland (Geneva) Czechoslovakia 34-32 Italy Hungary
1947 Czechoslovakia (Prague) U.S.S.R. 56-37 Czechoslovakia Egypt
1949 Egypt (Cairo) Egypt No playoffs France Greece
1951 France (Paris) U.S.S.R. 45-44 Czechoslovakia France
1953 Soviet Union (Moscow) U.S.S.R. No playoffs Hungary France
1955 Hungary (Budapest) Hungary No playoffs Czechoslovakia U.S.S.R.
1957 Bulgaria (Sofia) U.S.S.R. No playoffs Bulgaria Czechoslovakia
1959 Turkey (Istanbul) U.S.S.R. 83-72 Czechoslovakia France
1961 Yugoslavia (Belgrade) U.S.S.R. 60-53 Yugoslavia Bulgaria
1963 Poland (Wrocław) U.S.S.R. 60-53 Poland Yugoslavia
1965 Soviet Union U.S.S.R. 58-49 Yugoslavia Poland
1967 Finland U.S.S.R. 89-77 Czechoslovakia Poland
1969 Italy (Campania) U.S.S.R. 81-72 Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia
1971 West Germany U.S.S.R. 69-64 Yugoslavia West Germany
1973 Spain (Barcelona) Yugoslavia 78-67 Spain U.S.S.R.
1975 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 90-84 U.S.S.R. Italy
1977 Belgium Yugoslavia 74-61 U.S.S.R. Czechoslovakia
1979 Italy U.S.S.R. 98-76 Israel Yugoslavia
1981 Czechoslovakia U.S.S.R. 84-76 Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia
1983 France Italy 105-96 Spain U.S.S.R.
1985 West Germany U.S.S.R. 120-89 Czechoslovakia Italy Arvydas Sabonis, USSR
1987 Greece (Athens) Greece 103-101 (OT) U.S.S.R. Yugoslavia Nikos Galis, Greece
1989 Yugoslavia (Zagreb) Yugoslavia 98-77 Greece U.S.S.R. Dražen Petrović, Yugoslavia
1991 Italy (Rome) Yugoslavia 88-73 Italy Spain
1993 Germany Germany 71-70 Russia Croatia Christian Welp, Germany
1995 Greece (Athens) Yugoslavia 96-90 Lithuania Croatia Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuania
1997 Spain Yugoslavia 61-49 Italy Russia
1999 France Italy 64-56 Spain Yugoslavia Gregor Fucka, Italy
2001 Turkey Yugoslavia 78-69 Turkey Spain Predrag Stojaković, Yugoslavia
2003 Sweden Lithuania 93-84 Spain Italy Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuania
2005 Serbia and Montenegro Greece 78-62 Germany France Dirk Nowitzki, Germany
2007 Spain
2009 Poland
2011 Lithuania

[edit] Medals per nation

Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
U.S.S.R. 14 3 4 21
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 5 5 3 13
Lithuania 3 1 0 4
FR Yugoslavia / Serbia-Montenegro / Serbia 3 0 1 4
Italy 2 4 4 10
Greece 2 1 1 4
Latvia 1 1 0 2
Egypt 1 0 1 2
Czechoslovakia 1 6 5 12
Hungary 1 1 1 3
Germany 1 1 0 2
Spain 0 5 2 7
France 0 1 5 6
Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
Poland 0 1 3 4
Russia 0 1 1 2
Israel 0 1 0 1
Turkey 0 1 0 1
Croatia 0 0 2 2

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


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     Africa: FIBA AfricaAfrica Championship
     North and South America: FIBA AmericasAmericas Championship
     Asia: FIBA AsiaAsian Championship
     Europe: FIBA EuropeEurobasket
     Oceania: FIBA OceaniaOceania Championship