EuroBasket 1979

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EuroBasket 1979
21st FIBA European Basketball Championship
Official website
EuroBasket 1979 - FIBA Europe.com
Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	June 9 - June 19
Teams	12 (from ? federations)
Venues	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (11th title)
MVP	Miki Berkovich
Tournament statistics
	Players	Teams
PPG	Miki Berkovich
Rebounds
Assists

Soviet Union and Israel teams on the Podium at the EuroBasket 1979

The 1979 European Basketball Championship, and is short Eurobasket 1979, was the 21st regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Twelve national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Italy. Mestre, Siena, Gorizia and Turin were the venues of the event.

1 Final standings
2 Results
3 Awards
4 Team Rosters

[edit] Final standings

Place	Team
1	Soviet Union
2	Israel
3	Yugoslavia
4	Czechoslovakia
5	Italy
6	Spain
7	Poland
8	France
9	Greece
10	Netherlands
11	Bulgaria
12	Belgium

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the 12 teams were split up into three groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Final Round, while the bottom two were sent to the classification round to play for 7th to 12th Places

[edit] Group A - Mestre

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	Diff
1	Czechoslovakia	6	3	0	+34
2	Italy	5	2	1	+33
3	Greece	4	1	2	-12
4	Belgium	3	0	3	-55


Czechoslovakia	90 - 69	Belgium
Czechoslovakia	74 - 67	Greece
Belgium	68 - 92	Greece
Belgium	76 - 86	Italy
Czechoslovakia	74 - 68	Italy
Greece	52 - 81	Italy

[edit] Group B - Siena

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	Diff
1	Spain	6	3	0	+37
2	Soviet Union	5	2	1	+30
3	Netherlands	4	1	2	-25
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	-42


Netherlands	87 - 82	Bulgaria
Spain	85 - 81	Bulgaria
Soviet Union	104 - 71	Bulgaria
Netherlands	83 - 105	Spain
Netherlands	84 - 92	Soviet Union
Spain	101 - 90	Soviet Union

[edit] Group C - Gorica

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	Diff
1	Israel	5	2	1	0
2	Yugoslavia	5	2	1	+21
3	Poland	4	1	2	-6
4	France	4	1	2	-15


Poland	85 - 73	France
France	92 - 83	Israel
Israel	86 - 78	Poland
Yugoslavia	76 - 77	Israel	June 11, 1979
Poland	95 - 102	Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia	80 - 65	France

[edit] Classification Round - Turin

In the Classification Round played the teams that finish 3rd and 4th in their Preliminary round Groups. Those teams played for the 7th to 12th Places.

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	Diff
1 (7th)	Poland	9	4	1	+30
2 (8th)	France	9	4	1	+22
3 (9th)	Greece	8	3	2	+37
4 (10th)	Netherlands	8	3	2	+34
5 (11th)	Bulgaria	6	1	4	-14
6 (12th)	Belgium	5	0	5	-109


Bulgaria	114 - 98	Belgium
France	111 - 98	Belgium
Netherlands	115 - 85	Belgium
Belgium	84 - 110	Poland
Bulgaria	77 - 80	France
Poland	85 - 78	Bulgaria
Bulgaria	85 - 100	Greece
Greece	74 - 76	France
Netherlands	75 - 79	Greece
Poland	77 - 73	Greece
Netherlands	67 - 80	France
Poland	78 - 94	Netherlands
Belgium	81 - 105	Greece
Netherlands	78 - 72	Bulgaria
Poland	89 - 82	France

[edit] Final Round - Turin

The Teams that finish their Preliminary round Groups in the 1st and 2nd places advanced to the Final Round. The first and second in this group will go to the final while the third and fourth places will go to a 3rd place match.

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	Diff
1	Soviet Union	9	4	1	+40
2	Israel	8	3	2	-27
3	Yugoslavia	8	3	2	+21
4	Czechoslovakia	7	2	3	-11
5	Italy	7	2	3	-14
6	Spain	6	1	4	-7


Israel	94 - 93	Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia	107 - 100	Spain
Yugoslavia	97 - 79	Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia	66 - 71	Soviet Union
Israel	78 - 90	Italy
Italy	81 - 80	Spain
Italy	80 - 95	Yugoslavia
Italy	84 - 90	Soviet Union
Spain	84 - 88	Israel
Yugoslavia	108 - 100	Spain
Israel	71 - 92	Soviet Union
Yugoslavia	77 - 96	Soviet Union
Israel	89 - 88	Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia	96 - 90	Italy
Spain	92 - 81	Soviet Union

[edit] Finals

[edit] 3rd Place Match

Yugoslavia 99
Czechoslovakia 92

[edit] Final

19 June 1979
Soviet Union 98
Israel 76

[edit] Awards

1979 European Champions
Soviet Union Twelfth title

[edit] Team Rosters

1.Soviet Union: Sergei Belov (c), Anatoly Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko, Ivan Edeshko, Aleksander Belostenny, Stanislav Eremin, Valdemaras Chomicius, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Sergei Tarakanov, Vladimir Zhigili, Aleksander Salnikov, Andrei Lopatov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)

2.Israel: Mickey Berkowitz, Lou Silver, Motti Aroesti, Yehoshua "Shuki" Schwartz, Eric Menkin, Steve Kaplan, Boaz Yanai, Avigdor Moskowitz, Barry Leibowitz (c), Pinhas Hozez, Uri Ben-Ari, Shai Sharf (Coach: Ralph Klein)

3.Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Mirza Delibašić, Dražen Dalipagić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Žarko Varajić, Željko Jerkov, Rajko Žižić, Peter Vilfan, Mihovil Nakić, Ratko Radovanović, Duje Krstulović (Coach: Petar Skansi)

4.Czechoslovakia: Kamil Brabenec, Zdenek Kos, Stanislav Kropilak, Jiri Pospisil, Vojtech Petr, Vlastimil Klimes, Vlastimil Havlik, Jaroslav Skala, Zdenek Dousa, Peter Rajniak, Gustav Hraska, Zdenek Bohm (Coach: Pavel Petera)

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