EuroBasket 1987

FIBA EuroBasket 1987
25th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Official website
EuroBasket 1987 (archive)
Tournament details
Host nation	Greece
Dates	3 – 14 June
Teams	12 (from 35 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Greece (1st title)
MVP	Nikos Galis
Tournament statistics
Players Teams Points Nikos Galis (37.0)  Soviet Union (103.1)

The 1987 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1987, was the 25th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Greece between 3 and 14 June 1987. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The Peace and Friendship Stadium in Pireus, Athens, was the hosting venue of the tournament.

The host, Greece, won its first FIBA European title by defeating the defending champions and heavily favored Soviet Union, with a 103–101 score in a gripping final decided in overtime. Greece's Nikos Galis was voted the tournament's MVP.

First round

In the preliminary round, the 12 teams were split up into two groups of six teams each. The top four teams in each group advanced to the quarter-final round, while the bottom two were sent to the classification round to play for 9th through 12th.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	501	399	+102	10
Yugoslavia	5	3	2	473	421	+52	8
Spain	5	3	2	497	455	+42	8
Greece	5	3	2	430	399	+31	8
France	5	1	4	395	471	−76	6
Romania	5	0	5	410	561	−151	5

Spain	111–70	France
Romania	77–109	Greece
Yugoslavia	93–100	Soviet Union
Romania	98–116	Spain
Soviet Union	107–78	France
Yugoslavia	78–84	Greece
Soviet Union	121–74	Romania
Greece	89–106	Spain
Yugoslavia	88–83	France
France	95–83	Romania
Yugoslavia	94–76	Spain
Greece	66–69	Soviet Union
Yugoslavia	120–78	Romania
Spain	88–104	Soviet Union
France	69–82	Greece

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	467	379	+88	10
West Germany	5	3	2	428	447	−19	8
Poland	5	3	2	432	434	−2	8
Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	436	437	−1	7
Netherlands	5	1	4	380	430	−50	6
Israel	5	1	4	422	438	−16	6

Israel	99–83	Czechoslovakia
Poland	91–84	Netherlands
Italy	84–78	West Germany
Israel	60–61	Netherlands
Poland	85–99	Italy
Czechoslovakia	95–72	West Germany
Netherlands	71–95	Italy
Israel	107–112 (OT)	West Germany
Czechoslovakia	84–87	Poland
West Germany	90–86	Poland
Netherlands	89–108	Czechoslovakia
Israel	79–99	Italy
West Germany	76–75	Netherlands
Israel	77–83	Poland
Italy	90–66	Czechoslovakia

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Soviet Union	110
	Czechoslovakia	91
					Soviet Union	113
					Spain	96
	Spain	107
	West Germany	77
									Soviet Union (OT)	101
									Greece	103
	Italy	78
	Greece	90
					Greece	81			Third place
					Yugoslavia	77
	Poland	81							Spain	87
	Yugoslavia	128							Yugoslavia	98

5th to 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	Czechoslovakia	91
	West Germany	93
					West Germany	85
					Italy	87
					Seventh place
	Italy	93		Czechoslovakia	92
	Poland	75			Poland	96

Classification round

	Classification round				Ninth place
	France	96
	Israel	93
					France	94
					Netherlands	80
					Eleventh place
	Romania	87		Israel	97
	Netherlands	88			Romania	87

1987 FIBA European Champions
Greece 1st title

Final standings

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

Awards

1987 FIBA European Championship MVP: Nikos Galis ( Greece)

All-Tournament Team[1]
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Nikos Galis (MVP)
Alexander Volkov
Andrés Jiménez
Panagiotis Fasoulas

Team rosters

1. Greece: Nikos Galis, Panagiotis Giannakis, Panagiotis Fasoulas, Fanis Christodoulou, Michalis Romanidis, Nikos Filippou, Nikos Stavropoulos, Memos Ioannou, Argiris Kambouris, Panagiotis Karatzas, Liveris Andritsos, Nikos Linardos (Coach: Kostas Politis)
2. Soviet Union: Alexander Volkov, Valdis Valters, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Valeri Tikhonenko, Vladimir Tkachenko, Sergėjus Jovaiša, Valdemaras Chomičius, Heino Enden, Sergei Babenko, Sergei Tarakanov, Viktor Pankrashkin, Valeri Goborov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)
3. Yugoslavia: Dražen Petrović, Aleksandar Petrović, Toni Kukoč, Vlade Divac, Dino Rađa, Žarko Paspalj, Stojan Vranković, Aleksandar Đorđević, Danko Cvjetičanin, Ratko Radovanović, Zoran Radović, Goran Grbović (Coach: Krešimir Ćosić)
4. Spain: Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Jordi Villacampa, Candido "Chicho" Sibilio, Ignacio "Nacho" Solozabal, Andrés Jiménez, Ferran Martínez, Fernando Romay, Jose Antonio Montero, José María Margall, Fernando Arcega, Francisco Javier Zapata, Jose Angel Arcega (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

References

External links

• FIBA Europe EuroBasket 1987
• Eurobasket.com 1987 EChampionship
• EuroBasket 1987 in Greece
• Greece vs. Yugoslavia -Semi Final
• Greece vs. USSR -Final