EuroBasket 1989

FIBA EuroBasket 1989
26th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Yugoslavia
Dates 20–25 June
Teams 8 (from 36 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Yugoslavia (4th title)
MVP Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Greece Nikos Galis (35.6)  Yugoslavia (100.4)
Official website
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The 1989 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1989, was the 26th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Yugoslavia between 20 and 25 June 1989. Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The Dom Sportova in Zagreb was the hosting venue of the tournament. The host, Yugoslavia, won its fourth FIBA European title by defeating the defending champions Greece, with a 98–77 score in the final. Yugoslavia's Dražen Petrović was voted the tournament's MVP. The best five teams in the final standings were given berths in the 1990 FIBA World Championship.

Venues

All games were played at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb.

Dom Sportova
Opened in 1972

Qualification

A total of eight teams qualified for the tournament via a qualifying stage:

Squads

Format

Preliminary round

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 304 236+68 6
 Italy 3 2 1 270 229+41 5
 Spain 3 1 2 250 281−31 4
 Netherlands 3 0 3 198 276−78 3
20 June
16:30
 Netherlands 76–78  Spain
Scoring by half: 49–29, 27–49
Pts: Kuipers 19 Pts: Jiménez 19
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Philippe Mailhabiau (FRA)
20 June
19:30
 Italy 84–87  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 34–54, 50–33
Pts: Riva 31 Pts: Marčiulionis 23
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Peter George (FRG)
21 June
14:00
 Soviet Union 109–56  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 46–32, 63–24
Pts: Berežnyj, Sokk, Vētra 14 Pts: van Poelgeest 15
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Danko Radić (YUG), Kamen Toshev (BUL)
21 June
21:00
 Spain 76–97  Italy
Scoring by half: 39–41, 37–56
Pts: Martínez 20 Pts: Riva 33
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: David Dodge (USA), Costas Rigas (GRE)
22 June
16:00
 Netherlands 66–89  Italy
Scoring by half: 23–36, 43–53
Pts: te Velde 25 Pts: Riva 21
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mickey Crowley (USA), Danko Radić (YUG)
22 June
21:00
 Soviet Union 108–96  Spain
Scoring by half: 47–55, 61–41
Pts: Sabonis 27 Pts: San Epifanio 26
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Philippe Mailhabiau (FRA)

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Yugoslavia 3 3 0 307 235+72 6
 Greece 3 2 1 251 250+1 5
 France 3 1 2 272 264+8 4
 Bulgaria 3 0 3 229 310−81 3
20 June
14:20
 France 109–78  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 59–30, 50–48
Pts: Dacoury 32 Pts: Antov 19
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (URS), Vittorio Fiorito (ITA)
20 June
21:30
 Yugoslavia 103–68  Greece
Scoring by half: 49–35, 54–33
Pts: Petrović 35 Pts: Galis 30
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: David Dodge (USA), Vicente Sanchís (ESP)
21 June
16:00
 Greece 80–74  France
Scoring by half: 42–33, 38–41
Pts: Galis 30 Pts: Ostrowski 29
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mickey Crowley (USA), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
21 June
19:00
 Bulgaria 78–98  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–54, 36–44
Pts: Mladenov 23 Pts: Petrović 33
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Henk Kleersnyder (NED)
22 June
14:00
 Greece 103–73  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 58–35, 45–38
Pts: Galis 43 Pts: Mladenov 29
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Vicente Sanchís (ESP), Vittorio Fiorito (ITA)
22 June
19:00
 France 89–106  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 48–41, 41–65
Pts: Dacoury 28 Pts: Petrović 30
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (URS), Henk Kleersnyder (NED)

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Semifinals Final
24 June – 19:00
  Yugoslavia  97  
  Italy  80  
 
25 June – 21:00
      Yugoslavia  98
    Greece  77
Third place
24 June – 21:00 25 June – 19:00
  Greece  81   Italy  76
  Soviet Union  80     Soviet Union  104

Semifinals

24 June
19:00
 Yugoslavia 97–80  Italy
Scoring by half: 52–43, 45–37
Pts: Petrović 24 Pts: Dell'Agnello 13
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Vicente Sanchís (ESP), Mickey Crowley (USA)
24 June
21:00
 Greece 81–80  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–44, 36–36
Pts: Galis 45 Pts: Tikhonenko 22
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Carl Jungenbrand (FIN), David Dodge (USA)

Third place

25 June
19:00
 Italy 76–104  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31–47, 45–57
Pts: Magnifico 27 Pts: Marčiulionis 23
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Costas Rigas (GRE)

Final

25 June
21:00
 Yugoslavia 98–77  Greece
Scoring by half: 54–35, 44–42
Pts: Petrović 28 Pts: Galis 30
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Mickey Crowley (USA), Carl Jungenbrand (FIN)

5th to 8th place

Classification round Fifth place
24 June – 14:00
  France  107  
  Netherlands  100  
 
25 June – 16:00
      France  87
    Spain  95
Seventh place
24 June – 16:00 25 June – 14:00
  Bulgaria  85   Netherlands  86
  Spain  108     Bulgaria  91
24 June
14:00
 France 107–100 (OT)  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 53–41, 38–50 Overtime: 16–9
Pts: Ostrowski 31 Pts: de Waard 20
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Vittorio Fiorito (ITA), Kamen Toshev (BUL)
24 June
16:00
 Bulgaria 85–108  Spain
Scoring by half: 47–60, 38–48
Pts: Antov 30 Pts: Martínez 27
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Costas Rigas (GRE), Danko Radić (YUG)
25 June
14:00
 Netherlands 86–91  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 34–40, 52–51
Pts: de Waard 24 Pts: Antov 22
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Philippe Mailhabiau (FRA), Vicente Sanchís (ESP)
25 June
16:00
 France 87–95  Spain
Scoring by half: 40–45, 47–50
Pts: Dacoury 20 Pts: San Epifanio 22
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (URS), Vittorio Fiorito (ITA)

Awards

 1989 FIBA European Champions 

Yugoslavia
4th title
1989 FIBA European Championship MVP: Dražen Petrović (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović (MVP)
Greece Nikos Galis
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Paspalj
France Stéphane Ostrowski
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dino Rađa

Final standings

Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship
Rank Team Record
1st, gold medalist(s)  Yugoslavia 5–0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Greece 3–2
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union 4–1
4  Italy 2–3
5  Spain 3–2
6  France 2–3
7  Bulgaria 1-4
8  Netherlands 0-5
4th
 Yugoslavia
Dražen Petrović
Zdravko Radulović
Zoran Čutura
Toni Kukoč
Žarko Paspalj
Jure Zdovc
Zoran Radović
Stojko Vranković
Vlade Divac
Predrag Danilović
Dino Rađa
Mario Primorac		  Greece
Nikos Galis
Kostas Patavoukas
Panagiotis Giannakis
Argyris Kambouris
David Stergakos
Dinos Angelidis
John Korfas
Nikos Filippou
Liveris Andritsos
Panagiotis Fasoulas
Dimitris Papadopoulos
Fanis Christodoulou		  Soviet Union
Gundars Vētra
Tiit Sokk
Viktor Berežnyj
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Alexander Volkov
Valeri Tikhonenko
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Arvydas Sabonis
El'šad Gadašev
Valdemaras Chomičius
Alexander Belostenny
Valery Goborov		  Italy
Andrea Gracis
Mike D'Antoni
Walter Magnifico
Sandro Dell'Agnello
Beppe Bosa
Roberto Brunamonti
Massimo Iacopini
Augusto Binelli
Antonello Riva
Riccardo Morandotti
Ario Costa
Flavio Carera

References

  1. ↑ Linguasport.com Tournament Team.
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