Basketball at the 1977 Summer Universiade

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The Basketball competitions in the 1977 Summer Universiade were held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The United States beat the Soviet Union in the final in the men's tournament, but was beaten in the women's competition.

Format

In the men's tournament, 31 participants were divided into 7 groups of four teams and one group of three. They played a single round-robin match and the winners advanced to the second round and the others to the classification round. In the second round, two groups of four teams played round-robin matches and the top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-final. In the classification round, five groups of four teams and one group of three played round-robin matches and then advanced to the placement semi-finals and finals.

Men's competition

First round

  • Group A
18 August
Soviet Union  111–62  Mexico

[1][2]

  • Group B
  • Group C
  • Group D
18 August
Canada  71–43  Greece

[3]

21 August
Canada  79–59  Hungary

[4]

  • Group E
18 August
United States  136–57  Belgium

[3][1]

18 August
Poland  136–20  Kuwait

[3]

19 August
United States  131–45  Kuwait

[3][2]

19 August
Canada  102–33  Syria

[5][6]

20 August
United States  91–63  Poland

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Second round

  • Group A (1st - 8th)
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 Semifinals
2  Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3  Cuba 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 5th-8th classification round
4  Brazil 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 Semifinals
2  Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3  Spain 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 5th-8th classification round
4  Bulgaria 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
  • Group B (9th - 16th)
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 9th-12th classification round
2  Mexico 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3  West Germany 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 13th-16th classification round
4  France 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 9th-12th classification round
2  Hungary 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3  Italy 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 13th-16th classification round
4  Netherlands 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
  • Group C (17th - 24th)
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 17th-20th classification round
2  Greece 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3  Great Britain 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 21st-24th classification round
4  Congo 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 17th-20th classification round
2  Israel 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3  Japan 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 21st-24th classification round
4  Belgium 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
  • Group D (25th - 31st)
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Central African Republic 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 25th-28th classification round
2  Denmark 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3  Kuwait 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 29th-31st classification round
4  [[men's national basketball team|]] 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 25th-28th classification round
2  Sudan 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3  Syria 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 29th-31st classification round
4  Iraq 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

[8]

Group 1 (1st - 8th)
22 August
Cuba  88–44  Brazil
22 August
United States  129–95  Soviet Union
Group 2 (9th - 16th)
22 August
Poland  94–79  Mexico
22 August
Yugoslavia  87–71  Netherlands
Group 3 (17th - 24th)
22 August
Greece  105–89  Congo
Group 1 (1st - 8th)
23 August
United States  94–78  Cuba

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Group 2 (9th - 16th)
23 August
Poland  116–73  France
Group 3 (17th - 24th)
23 August
Greece  76–60  Great Britain

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Group 1 (1st - 8th)

24 August
United States  103–81  Brazil
24 August
Canada  70–61  Spain
Group 2 (9th - 16th)
24 August
Poland  78–69  West Germany
24 August
Mexico  86–84 (OT)  France
Group 3 (17th - 24th)
24 August
Israel  105–70  Belgium

Classification round

Semi-finals

[12]

Group A

  • 1st - 4th
26 August
United States  85–69  Czechoslovakia
26 August
Soviet Union  73–68  Canada
  • 5th - 8th
26 August
Spain  83–80  Brazil
26 August
Cuba  67–58  Bulgaria

Group B

  • 9th - 12th
26 August
Poland  71–47  Hungary
26 August
Mexico  64–62  Yugoslavia
  • 13th - 16th
26 August
Italy  94–76  France
26? August
Netherlands  ?–?  West Germany

Group C

  • 17th - 20th
26 August
Israel  82–61  Senegal
26 August
Turkey  87–77  Greece
  • 21st - 24th
26 August
Japan  89–77  Congo
26 August
Belgium  69–61  Great Britain

Group D

  • 25th - 28th
26 August
Egypt  70–52  Denmark
26 August
Central African Republic  69–52  Sudan
  • 29th -
26 August
Iraq  68–32  Kuwait

Finals

[13][14]

Gold medal match
27 August
United States  87–68  Soviet Union
Third-place match
27 August
Czechoslovakia  74–67  Canada
Fifth-place match
27 August
Cuba  100–87  Spain
  • 7th place match
27 August
Brazil  87–85  Bulgaria
  • 9th place match
27 August
Mexico  59–57  Poland
  • 11th place match
27 August
Yugoslavia  94–58  Hungary
  • 13th place match
27 August
Italy  82–63  Netherlands
  • 15th place match
27 August
West Germany  74–67  France
  • 17th place match
27 August
Israel  70–61  Turkey
  • 19th place match
27 August
Greece  63–56  Senegal
  • 21st place match
27 August
Japan  51–43  Belgium
  • 23rd place match
27 August
Congo  54–50  Great Britain
  • 25th place match
27 August
Egypt  79–70  Central African Republic
  • 27th place match
27 August
Sudan  66–63  Denmark

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1  United States 8–0
2  Soviet Union 6–2
3  Czechoslovakia 6–2
4  Canada 6–2
5  Cuba 5–2
6  Spain 5–3
7  Brazil 4-4
8  Bulgaria 3–5
9  Mexico 6–2
10  Poland 6–2
11  Yugoslavia 5–2
12  Hungary 4-4
13  Italy 5–3
14  Netherlands 3–5
15  West Germany 3-3
16  France 1–6
17  Israel 5–3
18  Turkey 5–3
19  Greece 4-4
20  Senegal 4-4
21  Japan 3–4
22  Belgium 2–6
23  Congo 2–6
24  Great Britain 2–6
25  Egypt 5-3
26  Zambia 3-4
27  Sudan 2-5
28  Denmark 1-5
29  Iraq 2-6
30  Syria 1-6
31

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Women's competition

Preliminary round

  • Group A
18 August
United States  76–66  Hungary

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18 August
China  67–62  West Germany

[16]

19 August
China  75–57  Mexico

[17]

  • Group B
  • Group C
19 August
Bulgaria  76–64  Canada

[3]

19 August
Canada  65–58  France

[6]

19 August
Yugoslavia  66–37  Denmark

[18]

21 August
Canada  80–52  Poland

[4]

  • Group D

Second round

[10]

  • semifinals
23 August
Soviet Union  104–67  China
23 August
Poland  86–48  Denmark

[12] [11]

24 August
Soviet Union  104–78  United States

Semifinals

[12]

Group A

  • 1st - 4th
26 August
United States  87–84  Bulgaria
26 August
Soviet Union  93–45  Cuba
  • 5th - 8th
26 August
China  85–74  Yugoslavia
26? August
Canada  Win–Loss  Romania

Group B

  • 9th - 12th
26 August
Poland  64–51  Hungary
26 August
Italy  Win–Loss  Czechoslovakia
  • 13th - 16th

Finals

[13][14]

  • Gold medal match
27 August
Soviet Union  107–90  United States
  • Bronze medal match
27 August
Bulgaria  60–49  Cuba
  • 5th place match
27 August
China  56–54  Canada
  • 7th place match
27 August
Romania  63–44  Yugoslavia
  • 9th place match
27 August
Poland  71–69  Italy
  • 11th place match
27 August
Czechoslovakia  70–57  Hungary
  • 13th place match
27 August
West Germany  51–49  Japan
  • 15th place match
27 August
France  43–42  Denmark

Final standings

[19]

Rank Team Record
1  Soviet Union 7–0
2  United States 6–2
3  Bulgaria 5–2
4  Cuba 4–3
5  China 5–3
6  Canada 3–4
7  Romania 3–4
8  Yugoslavia 3–4
9  Poland 4–3
10  Italy 4–3
11  Czechoslovakia 6–1
12  Hungary 3–5
13  West Germany 4-4
14  Japan 3–5
15  France 3-3
16  Denmark 1–6

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