EuroBasket 1997

FIBA EuroBasket 1997
30th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Spain
Dates	24 June – 6 July
Teams	16 (from 50 federations)
Venues	3 (in 3 host cities)
Champions	Yugoslavia (7th title)
MVP	Aleksandar Đorđević
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Oded Kattash (22.0)  Latvia (82.6) Rebounds Radoslav Nesterović (8.6)  Spain (27.4) Assists Damir Mulaomerović (6.4)  Lithuania (18.0)
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The 1997 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1997, was the 30th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1998 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top four (or five, depending on Greece reaching one of the top four places) teams in the final standings. It was held in Spain between 24 June and 6 July 1997. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Badalona, Barcelona and Girona hosted the tournament. FR Yugoslavia won its seventh FIBA European title by defeating Italy with a 61–49 score in the final. Yugoslavia's Aleksandar Đorđević was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues

Location	Picture	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Badalona		Badalona	Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona	12,760	Opened in 1991	Groups C, D and F Thirteenth-to-sixteenth-place playoffs
Barcelona		Barcelona	Palau Sant Jordi	17,000	Opened in 1990	Knockout stage and Final Fifth-to-eighth-place playoffs Ninth-to-twelfth-place playoffs
Girona		Girona	Palau Girona-Fontajau	5,049	Opened in 1993	Groups A, B and E

Squads

Format

• The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The top three teams from each group advance to the second stage.
• In the second stage, two groups of six teams were formed and played a round robin. The results between teams that faced during the preliminary round are carried over. The top four teams from each group in the second stage advance to the knockout quarterfinals to compete for the Championship. The winners in the semifinals compete for the European Championship, while the losers from the semifinals play a consolation game for the third place.
• The losers in the quarterfinals compete in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.
• The four teams eliminated in the second stage compete in another bracket to define 9th through 12th place in the final standings.
• The four teams eliminated in the preliminary round compete in another bracket to define 13th through 16th place in the final standings.

Preliminary round

Qualified for the second round

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Greece	3	3	0	226	200	+26	6
Russia	3	2	1	224	185	+39	5
Turkey	3	1	2	178	223	−45	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	193	213	−20	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	245	215	+30	6
Israel	3	2	1	217	225	−8	5
France	3	1	2	250	257	−7	4
Slovenia	3	0	3	210	225	−15	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	239	209	+30	6
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	281	239	+42	5
Poland	3	1	2	227	263	−36	4
Latvia	3	0	3	243	279	−36	3

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Spain	3	3	0	227	184	+43	6
Croatia	3	1	2	234	228	+6	4	1–1, +13
Germany	3	1	2	195	202	−7	4	1–1, +1
Ukraine	3	1	2	194	224	−30	4	1–1, −14

Second round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Greece	5	5	0	386	343	+43	10
Russia	5	4	1	432	343	+89	9
Lithuania	5	3	2	392	399	−7	8
Turkey	5	2	3	356	396	−40	7
Israel	5	1	4	370	410	−40	6
France	5	0	5	392	437	−45	5

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	358	324	+34	10
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	404	355	+49	9
Spain	5	3	2	379	333	+46	8
Poland	5	2	3	365	440	−75	7
Croatia	5	1	4	352	348	+4	6
Germany	5	0	5	325	383	−58	5

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	4 July – 16:00
	Greece	72
					5 July – 20:30
	Poland	62
					Greece	80
	4 July – 18:00
					Yugoslavia	88
	Lithuania	60
									6 July – 21:30
	Yugoslavia	75
									Yugoslavia	61
	4 July – 20:30
									Italy	49
	Russia	70
					5 July – 22:30
	Spain	67
					Russia	65			Third place
	4 July – 22:30
					Italy	67
	Turkey	43							Greece	77
	Italy	66							Russia	97
									6 July – 19:15

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	5 July – 16:00
	Poland	55
	Lithuania	76
					6 July – 13:00
					Lithuania	93
					Spain	94
					Seventh place
	5 July – 18:00			6 July – 11:00
	Spain	86		Poland	89
	Turkey	71			Turkey	87

9th to 12th place

	Classification round				Ninth place
	4 July – 10:00
	Israel	84
	Germany	75
					5 July – 12:00
					Israel	91
					France	84
					Eleventh place
	4 July – 12:00			5 July – 10:00
	France	84		Germany	93
	Croatia	79			Croatia	100

13th to 16th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	29 June – 10:00
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	61
	Slovenia	73
					30 June – 12:00
					Slovenia	75
					Ukraine	80
					Seventh place
	29 June – 12:00			30 June – 10:00
	Latvia	76		Bosnia and Herzegovina	96
	Ukraine	84			Latvia	94

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points[1] Pos. Name PPG 1 Oded Kattash 22.0 2 Ainārs Bagatskis 21.8 3 Nenad Marković 21.4 4 Artūras Karnišovas 20.7 4 Tomer Steinhauer 17.1 6 Gintaras Einikis 16.9 7 İbrahim Kutluay 16.8 8 Carlton Myers 15.8 8 Roberts Štelmahers 15.8 10 Yann Bonato 15.6

Rebounds[2] Pos. Name RPG 1 Radoslav Nesterovič 8.6 2 Mirsad Türkcan 7.3 3 Gintaras Einikis 6.4 3 Tomer Steinhauer 6.4 5 Artūras Karnišovas 5.9 6 Mikhail Mikhaylov 5.6 6 Alfonso Reyes 5.6 8 Patrick Femerling 5.4 9 Dimitrios Papanikolaou 5.0 9 Željko Rebrača 5.0 9 Andrejs Bondarenko 5.0

Assists[3] Pos. Name APG 1 Damir Mulaomerović 5.3 2 Raimonds Miglinieks 6.4 3 Darius Lukminas 5.6 4 Aleksandar Đorđević 4.5 5 Henrik Rödl 4.4 6 Laurent Sciarra 4.3 7 Artūras Karnišovas 3.9 8 Maciej Zieliński 3.8 9 Oded Kattash 3.7 10 Adis Bećiragić 3.6

Steals[4] Pos. Name SPG 1 Raimonds Miglinieks 3.8 2 Oded Kattash 3.6 3 Roberts Štelmahers 3.2 4 Evangelos Koronios 3.1 5 Gintaras Einikis 3.0 5 Igor Kudelin 3.0 5 Maciej Zieliński 3.0 5 Vladan Alanović 3.0 5 Jure Zdovc 3.0 10 Riccardo Pittis 2.9

Minutes[5] Pos. Name MPG 1 Oded Kattash 38.4 2 Artūras Karnišovas 36.2 3 Tomer Steinhauer 34.5 4 Maciej Zieliński 33.7 5 Nadav Henefeld 33.6 6 Thierry Gadou 33.3 7 Denis Wucherer 33.1 8 Raimonds Miglinieks 32.6 9 Dmytro Bazelevsky 31.8 10 Henrik Rödl 31.5

Individual Game Highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Nenad Marković	44	Latvia
Rebounds	Mikhail Mikhaylov Mirsad Türkcan	15	Greece  Poland
Assists	Damir Mulaomerović	11	Germany
Steals	5 Players	7
Turnovers	Denis Wucherer	8	Croatia

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG[6] Pos. Name PPG 1  Latvia 82.6 2  Yugoslavia 81.8 3  Russia 81.0 3  France 80.0 5  Spain 78.7

Rebounds[7] Pos. Name RPG 1  Spain 27.4 2  Latvia 25.0 2  Russia 24.9 4  Lithuania 24.8 5  Poland 24.2

Assists[8] Pos. Name APG 1  Lithuania 18.0 2  Croatia 15.5 3  Yugoslavia 13.9 4  France 13.6 5  Russia 13.3

Steals[9] Pos. Name SPG 1  Russia 19.7 2  Latvia 16.8 3  Poland 15.2 4  France 14.8 5  Israel 14.4

Team Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Yugoslavia	108	Latvia
Rebounds	Italy	37	Turkey
Assists	Lithuania	25	Turkey
Steals	Russia	26	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Field goal percentage	Lithuania	63.8% (30/47)	Turkey
3-point field goal percentage	Lithuania	70.0% (7/10)	Turkey
Free throw percentage	Israel	90.3% (10/11)	France
Turnovers	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24	Slovenia

Awards

1997 FIBA European Champions
Yugoslavia 7th title

1997 FIBA European Championship MVP: Aleksandar Đorđević ( Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team[10]
Saša Đorđević
Dominik Tomczyk
Dejan Bodiroga
Željko Rebrača
Mikhail Mikhaylov

Final standings

	Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship
	Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship as host

Rank	Team	Record
01 !	Yugoslavia	8–1
02 !	Italy	8–1
03 !	Russia	7–2
4	Greece	7–2
5	Spain	6–3
6	Lithuania	5–4
7	Poland	4–5
8	Turkey	3–6
9	Israel	4–4
10	France	2–6
11	Croatia	2–6
12	Germany	1–7
13	Ukraine	3–2
14	Slovenia	1–4
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–4
16	Latvia	0–5

			4th
Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga Predrag Danilović Saša Obradović Nikola Lončar Miroslav Radošević Miroslav Berić Aleksandar Đorđević Željko Rebrača Nikola Bulatović Zoran Savić Dejan Tomašević Milenko Topić	Italy Claudio Coldebella Davide Bonora Gregor Fučka Riccardo Pittis Denis Marconato Giacomo Galanda Carlton Myers Paolo Moretti Alessandro Abbio Alessandro Frosini Flavio Carera Dan Gay	Russia Vasily Karasev Igor Kudelin Igor Kurashov Evgeni Kisurin Evgeniy Pashutin Dmitry Shakulin Sergei Babkov Mikhail Mikhaylov Zakhar Pashutin Andrei Fetisov Sergei Panov Vitaliy Nosov	Greece Georgios Kalaitzis Kostas Patavoukas Nikos Boudouris Dimitrios Papanikolaou Giorgos Sigalas Evangelos Koronios Fragiskos Alvertis Nikos Oikonomou Christos Myriounis Giannis Giannoulis Efthimios Rentzias Fanis Christodoulou

References

External links

• 1997 European Championship for Men, FIBA.com.

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