EuroBasket 1997

EuroBasket 1997
30th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Spain
Dates June 24 - July 6
Teams 16 (from 50 federations)
Venues 3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions  Yugoslavia (7th title)
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Oded Kattash (22.0)  Latvia (82.6)
Rebounds Radoslav Nesterović (8.6)  Spain (27.4)
Assists Damir Mulaomerović (6.4)  Lithuania (18.0)

Contents

Venues

Host cities of the EuroBasket 1997

The tournament was played at three venues in Spain. Girona and Badalona hosted the first and the second round, while the entire knockout stage was played at Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona.

Barcelona Badalona Girona
Palau Sant Jordi
Capacity: 17,000		 Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona
Capacity: 12,500		 Palau Girona-Fontajau
Capacity: 5,500

First round

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 Turkey
 Greece
 Russia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina

 France
 Israel
 Lithuania
 Slovenia

 Yugoslavia
 Italy
 Poland
 Latvia

 Spain
 Croatia
 Germany
 Ukraine

Group A

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Greece 6 3 0 1.000 226 200 +26
 Russia 5 2 1 0.667 224 185 +39
 Turkey 4 1 2 0.333 178 223 −45
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 3 0.000 193 213 −20
June 25 Greece  74–52  Turkey   
June 25 Russia  65–55  Bosnia and Herzegovina   
June 26 Greece  74–72  Russia   
June 26 Turkey  70–62  Bosnia and Herzegovina   
June 27 Greece  78–76  Bosnia and Herzegovina   
June 27 Russia  87–56  Turkey   

Group B

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Lithuania 6 3 0 1.000 245 215 +30
 Israel 5 2 1 0.667 217 225 −8
 France 4 1 2 0.333 250 257 −7
 Slovenia 3 0 3 0.000 210 225 −15
June 25 Lithuania  75–60  Israel   
June 25 France  80–75  Slovenia   
June 26 Lithuania  94–88  France   
June 26 Israel  69–68  Slovenia   
June 27 Lithuania  76–67  Slovenia   
June 27 Israel  88–82  France   

Group C

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Italy 6 3 0 1.000 239 209 +30
 Yugoslavia 5 2 1 0.667 281 239 +42
 Poland 4 1 2 0.333 227 263 −36
 Latvia 3 0 3 0.000 243 279 −36
June 25 Yugoslavia  104–76  Poland   
June 25 Italy  85–75  Latvia   
June 26 Italy  74–69  Yugoslavia   
June 26 Poland  86–79  Latvia   
June 27 Yugoslavia  108–89  Latvia   
June 27 Italy  80–65  Poland   

Group D

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff First Tiebreaker
Record in Games Against Tied Teams		 Second Tiebreaker
Basket difference
between the tied teams
 Spain 6 3 0 1.000 227 184 +43
 Croatia 4 1 2 0.333 234 228 +6 1-1 +13
 Germany 4 1 2 0.333 195 202 −7 1-1 +1
 Ukraine 4 1 2 0.333 194 224 −42 1-1 -14
June 25 Croatia  75–55  Germany   
June 25 Spain  82–54  Ukraine   
June 26 Spain  78–71  Croatia   
June 26 Germany  81–60  Ukraine   
June 27 Ukraine  95–88  Croatia   
June 27 Spain  67–59  Germany   

Second round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Greece 10 5 0 1.000 386 343 +43
 Russia 9 4 1 0.800 432 343 +89
 Lithuania 8 3 2 0.600 392 399 −7
 Turkey 7 2 3 0.400 356 396 −40
 Israel 6 1 4 0.200 370 410 −40
 France 5 0 5 0.000 392 437 −45
June 29 Turkey  81–71  Israel   
June 29 Russia  93–80  France   
June 29 Greece  73–66  Lithuania   
June 30 Russia  87–69  Israel   
June 30 Greece  80–71  France   
June 30 Lithuania  93–85  Turkey   
Jule 1 Turkey  82–71  France   
Jule 1 Greece  85–82  Israel   
Jule 1 Russia  93–64  Lithuania   

Group F

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Italy 10 5 0 1.000 358 324 +34
 Yugoslavia 9 4 1 0.800 404 355 +49
 Spain 8 3 2 0.600 379 333 +46
 Poland 7 2 3 0.400 365 440 −75
 Croatia 6 1 4 0.200 352 348 +4
 Germany 5 0 5 0.000 325 383 −58
June 29 Poland  77–76  Croatia   
June 29 Yugoslavia  88–73  Germany   
June 29 Spain  60–63  Italy   
June 30 Yugoslavia  64–62  Croatia   
June 30 Italy  67–62  Germany   
June 30 Spain  104–61  Poland   
Jule 1 Poland  86–76  Germany   
Jule 1 Italy  74–68  Croatia   
Jule 1 Spain  70–79  Yugoslavia   

Knockout stages

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
Jule 4, 1997        
  Greece  72
Jule 5, 1997
  Poland  62  
  Yugoslavia  88
Jule 4, 1997
    Greece  80  
  Yugoslavia  75
Jule 6, 1997
  Lithuania  60  
  Yugoslavia  61
Jule 4, 1997
    Italy  49
  Italy  66
Jule 5, 1997
  Turkey  43  
  Italy  64 Third place
Jule 4, 1997
    Russia  61  
  Spain  67   Russia  97
  Russia  70     Greece  77
Jule 6, 1997

Fifth-to-eighth-place playoffs

  5th-8th place 5th place
Jule 5, 1997
  Lithuania  76  
  Poland  55  
 
Jule 6, 1997
      Spain  94
    Lithuania  93
7th place
Jule 5, 1997 Jule 6, 1997
  Spain  86   Poland  89
  Turkey  81     Turkey  87(OT)

Ninth-to-twelfth-place playoffs

  Semi-finals Final
Jule 4, 1997
  Israel  84  
  Germany  75  
 
Jule 5, 1997
      Israel  91
    France  84
Third place
Jule 4, 1997 Jule 5, 1997
  France  84   Croatia  100
  Croatia  79     Germany  93

Thirteenth-to-sixteenth-place playoffs

  Semi-finals Final
June 29, 1997
  Slovenia  73  
  Bosnia and Herzegovina  61  
 
June 30, 1997
      Ukraine  555
    Slovenia  75
Third place
June 29, 1997 June 30, 1997
  Ukraine  84   Bosnia and Herzegovina  96
  Latvia  76     Latvia  94

Team rosters

1.Yugoslavia: Dejan Bodiroga, Predrag Danilović, Zoran Savić, Aleksandar Đorđević, Željko Rebrača, Dejan Tomašević, Saša Obradović, Nikola Loncar, Miroslav Beric, Milenko Topic, Nikola Bulatovic, Miroslav Radosevic (Coach: Željko Obradović)

2.Italy: Gregor Fučka, Carlton Myers, Claudio Coldebella, Riccardo Pittis, Denis Marconato, Dan Gay, Alessandro Frosini, Alessandro Abbio, Davide Bonora, Giacomo Galanda, Paolo Moretti, Flavio Carera (Coach: Ettore Messina)

3.Russia: Vasili Karasev, Sergei Babkov, Mikhail Mikhailov, Andrei Fetisov, Evgeni Kisurin, Vitali Nosov, Sergei Panov, Igor Kudelin, Evgeni Pashutin, Zakhar Pashutin, Dimitri Chakulin, Igor Kurashov (Coach: Sergei Belov)

4.Greece: Nikos Ekonomou, Fanis Christodoulou, Giorgos Sigalas, Aggelos Koronios, Fragiskos Alvertis, Nikos Boudouris, Efthimis Rentzias, Giorgos Kalaitzis, Kostas Patavoukas, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Christos Myriounis, Ioannis Giannoulis (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis)

5.Spain: Rafael Jofresa, Tomás Jofresa, Nacho Rodríguez, Roger Esteller, Alberto Angulo, Alberto Herreros, Mike Smith, José Antonio Paraíso, Alfonso Reyes, Roberto Dueñas, Juan Antonio Orenga, Ferrán Martínez (Coach: Lolo Sainz)

Top scorers (ppg)

  1. Oded Kattash (Israel) 22
  2. Ainars Bagatskis (Latvia) 21.8
  3. Nenad Marković (BIH) 21.4
  4. Artūras Karnišovas (Lithuania) 20.6
  5. Tomer Steinhauer (Israel) 17.1
  6. Gintaras Einikis (Lithuania) 16.8
  7. İbrahim Kutluay (Turkey) 16.7
  8. Roberts Štelmahers (Latvia) 15.8
  9. Carlton Myers (Italy) 15.7
  10. Yann Bonato (France) 15.6
  11. Damir Mulaomerović (Croatia) 15.3
  12. Vasili Karasev (Russia) 15.2

Awards

All-Tournament Team

PG — Oded Kattash
SG — Predrag Danilović
SF — Artūras Karnišovas
PF — Gregor Fučka
C — Michail Michajlov

Final rankings

  1.  Yugoslavia
  2.  Italy
  3.  Russia
  4.  Greece
  5.  Spain
  6.  Lithuania
  7.  Poland
  8.  Turkey
  9.  Israel
  10.  France
  11.  Croatia
  12.  Germany
  13.  Ukraine
  14.  Slovenia
  15.  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  16.  Latvia
 Eurobasket 1997 Champions 

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