EuroBasket 1973

EuroBasket 1973
18th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Spain
Dates September 27 - October 6
Teams 12 (from 34 federations)
Venues 2 Barcelona,Badalona (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Yugoslavia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Sergei Belov (24.4)  Israel (90.6)
Rebounds
Assists

Contents

Venues

Barcelona Badalona
Palau dels Esports
Capacity 8 000		 Pabellón de Ausiàs March
Capacity 5 000

Group stage

Group A - Badalona

 Poland  Soviet Union 83-104
 Czechoslovakia  Israel 92-89
 Turkey  Romania 69-84
 Czechoslovakia  Soviet Union 55-57
 Israel  Romania 85-80
 Poland  Turkey 64-65
 Soviet Union  Turkey 79-53
 Czechoslovakia  Romania 70-61
 Israel  Poland 98-84
 Czechoslovakia  Turkey 66-64
 Soviet Union  Israel 101-78
 Romania  Poland 60-66
 Romania  Soviet Union 84-98
 Czechoslovakia  Poland 81-79
 Turkey  Israel 94-93
Pos. Team Matches Wins Loses Results Points Diff.
1.  Soviet Union 5 5 0 439:353 10 +86
2.  Czechoslovakia 5 4 1 364:350 8 +14
3.  Turkey 5 2 3 345:386 4 -41
4.  Israel 5 2 3 443:451 4 -8
5.  Poland 5 1 4 376:408 2 -32
6.  Romania 5 1 4 369:388 2 -19

Group B - Barcelona

 Bulgaria  France 89-70
 Spain  Yugoslavia 59-65
 Greece  Italy 54-59
 Greece  Yugoslavia 68-84
 Spain  Bulgaria 85-69
 Italy  France 71-63
 Greece  France 67-62
 Yugoslavia  Bulgaria 76-65
 Italy  Spain 65-77
 Greece  Bulgaria 72-86
 France  Spain 80-85
 Yugoslavia  Italy 73-71
 Bulgaria  Italy 58-69
 Greece  Spain 74-86
 France  Yugoslavia 70-80
Pos. Team Matches Wins Loses Results Points Diff.
1.  Yugoslavia 5 5 0 378:333 10 +45
2.  Spain 5 4 1 392:353 8 +29
3.  Italy 5 3 2 335:325 6 +10
4.  Bulgaria 5 2 3 367:372 4 -5
5.  Greece 5 1 4 335:377 2 -42
6.  France 5 0 5 345:392 0 -47

Places 9 - 12

Team 1 Team 2 Res.
 Greece  Romania 78-89
 Poland  France 62-67

Places 5 - 8

Team 1 Team 2 Res.
 Turkey  Bulgaria 67-76
 Italy  Israel 94-73

Places 1 - 4

Team 1 Team 2 Res.
 Yugoslavia  Czechoslovakia 96-71
 Soviet Union  Spain 76-80

Finals

Placement Team 1 Team 2 Res.
11th place  Greece  Poland 65-64
9th place  Romania  France 72-69
7th place  Turkey  Israel 78-96
5th place  Bulgaria  Italy 71-80
3rd place  Soviet Union  Czechoslovakia 90-58
Final  Spain  Yugoslavia 67-78
 Eurobasket 1973 Champions 

Yugoslavia

Final rankings

  1.  Yugoslavia
  2.  Spain
  3.  Soviet Union
  4.  Czechoslovakia
  5.  Italy
  6.  Bulgaria
  7.  Israel
  8.  Turkey
  9.  Romania
  10.  France
  11.  Greece
  12.  Poland

Team rosters

1.Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Nikola Plećaš, Zeljko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Damir Solman, Rato Tvrdić, Milun Marović, Zarko Knezevic, Dušan Ivković (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

2.Spain: Clifford Luyk, Wayne Brabender, Francisco "Nino" Buscato, Vicente Ramos, Rafael Rullan, Manuel Flores, Luis Miguel Santillana, Carmelo Cabrera, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Jose Luis Sagi-Vela, Miguel Angel Estrada, Enrique Margall (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

3.Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Modestas Paulauskas, Anatoly Myshkin, Ivan Edeshko, Zurab Sakandelidze, Sergei Kovalenko, Valeri Miloserdov, Evgeni Kovalenko, Aleksander Boloshev, Yuri Pavlov, Jaak Salumets, Nikolai Djachenko (Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin)

4.Czechoslovakia: Jiří Zídek Sr., Kamil Brabenec, Zdenek Kos, Jiří Zedníček, Jan Bobrovsky, Jiri Pospisil, Petr Novicky, Jan Blažek, Josef Klima, Vojtech Petr, Jiri Balastik, Gustav Hraska (Coach: Vladimir Heger)

References

Tournaments
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