EuroBasket
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| EuroBasket | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 1935 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Continent | Europe (FIBA Europe) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 Russia |
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 International Basketball Federation (generally known by its French initialism FIBA). Tournaments alternate between serving as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship and Olympics. The defending champion is Russia.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Summaries
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[edit] Performances by nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union# |
14 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 |  Yugoslavia# |
5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 |  Lithuania |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Serbia* |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Italy |
2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 |  Greece |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Czechoslovakia# |
1 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 |  Hungary |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Russia** |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 |  Latvia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Germany |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Egypt |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Spain |
0 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 |  France |
0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 15 |  Poland |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 |  Israel |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Turkey |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Croatia |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
- * = Serbia is the successor state to FR Yugoslavia (but not SFR Yugoslavia), also formerly known as Serbia and Montenegro.
- ** = Russia is considered a separate state from the USSR.
- # = Defunct national teams.
[edit] MVP awards
Here is a list of all players voted the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of each EuroBasket edition.[2][3]
| Year | MVP |
|---|---|
| 1935 |  Rafael Martín |
| 1937 |  Pranas Lubinas |
| 1939 | Mykolas Ruzgys |
| 1946 |  Ferenc Nemeth |
| 1947 |  Joann Lõssov |
| 1949 | Hüseyin Öztürk |
| 1951 | Ivan Mrázek |
| 1953 | Anatoly Konev |
| 1955 | János Greminger |
| 1957 | Jiří Baumruk |
| 1959 |  Viktor Zubkov |
| 1961 | Radivoj Korać |
| 1963 |  Emiliano Rodríguez |
| 1965 | Modestas Paulauskas |
| 1967 | Jiří Zedníček |
| 1969 | Sergei Belov |
| 1971 | Krešimir Ćosić |
| 1973 | Wayne Brabender |
| 1975 | Krešimir Ćosić |
| 1977 | Dražen Dalipagić |
| 1979 | Mickey Berkowitz |
| 1981 | Valdis Valters[4] |
| 1983 | Juan Antonio Corbalan |
| 1985 | Arvydas Sabonis |
| 1987 | Nikos Galis |
| 1989 | Dražen Petrović |
| 1991 | Toni Kukoč |
| 1993 | Christian Welp |
| 1995 | Šarūnas Marčiulionis |
| 1997 |  Aleksandar Đorđević |
| 1999 | Gregor Fučka |
| 2001 | Predrag Stojaković |
| 2003 | Šarūnas Jasikevičius |
| 2005 | Dirk Nowitzki |
| 2007 | Andrei Kirilenko |
[edit] Top Scorers (Points Per Game)
1935 Livio Franceschini (Italy) 16
1937 Pranas Lubinas (Lithuania) 13.8
1939 Heino Veskila (Estonia) 16.5
1946 Pawel Stok (Poland) 12.6
1947 Otar Korkia (USSR) 14.7
1949 Huseyin Ozturk (Turkey) 19.3
1951 Ivan Mrazek (Czechoslovakia) 17.1
1953 Ahmed Idlibi (Lebanon) 15.8
1955 Miroslav Skerik (Czechoslovakia) 19.1
1957 Eddy Terrace (Belgium) 22
1959 Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 27.5
1961 Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 24.3
1963 Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 26.5
1965 Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) 21.6
1967 Georgios Kolokithas (Greece) 26.2
1969 Georgios Kolokithas (Greece) 22.6
1971 Edward Jurkiewicz (Poland) 22.5
1973 Atanas Golomeev (Bulgaria) 21.7
1975 Atanas Golomeev (Bulgaria) 23.1
1977 Kees Akerboom (Netherlands) 26.4
1979 Mieczyslaw Mlynarski (Poland) 26.4
1981 Mieczyslaw Mlynarski (Poland) 23.1
1983 Nikos Galis (Greece) 33
1985 Dražen Petrović (Yugoslavia) 25.2
1987 Nikos Galis (Greece) 37
1989 Nikos Galis (Greece) 35.6
1991 Nikos Galis (Greece) 32.4
1993 Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović (BIH) 25
1995 Šarūnas Marčiulionis (Lithuania) 22.5
1997 Oded Katash (Israel) 22
1999 Alberto Herreros (Spain) 19.2
2001 Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) 28.7
2003 Pau Gasol (Spain) 25.8
2005 Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) 26.1
2007 Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) 24
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] External links
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