en EuroBasket 1977

EuroBasket 1977
Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
Dates	14–24 September
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
MVP	Dražen Dalipagić
Top scorer	Kees Akerboom ; (27.0 points per game)
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The 1977 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1977, was the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

Venues

Ostend	Liège
Sportcentrum Capacity 2 000	Country Hall du Sart Tilman Capacity 5 000

Group stage

Group A – Liège

Soviet Union	Austria	101–61
Bulgaria	Israel	88–86
Italy	France	70–59
Bulgaria	Soviet Union	96–117
France	Austria	86–81
Italy	Israel	78–73
France	Bulgaria	76–87
Italy	Austria	85–70
Israel	Soviet Union	69–103
Austria	Israel	87–103
Italy	Bulgaria	100–81
Soviet Union	France	115–74
Austria	Bulgaria	85–92
Israel	France	96–82
Italy	Soviet Union	95–87


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	428	370	+58	10
Soviet Union	5	4	1	523	395	+128	9
Bulgaria	5	3	2	444	464	−20	8
Israel	5	2	3	427	438	−11	7
France	5	1	4	377	449	−72	6
Austria	5	0	5	384	467	−83	5

Group B – Ostend

Netherlands	Czechoslovakia	73–90
Belgium	Finland	81–81 aet. 107–98
Spain	Yugoslavia	76–79
Finland	Yugoslavia	80–88
Netherlands	Spain	114–95
Belgium	Czechoslovakia	61–67
Finland	Netherlands	67–87
Czechoslovakia	Spain	73–70
Belgium	Yugoslavia	83–111
Czechoslovakia	Finland	100–85
Yugoslavia	Netherlands	111–75
Belgium	Spain	93–94
Spain	Finland	85–78
Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	103–111
Belgium	Netherlands	107–86


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	441	392	+49	10
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	492	425	+67	9
Belgium	5	2	3	451	456	−5	7
Netherlands	5	2	3	435	470	−35	7
Spain	5	2	3	420	437	−17	7
Finland	5	0	5	408	467	−59	5

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Italy	69

Yugoslavia	88
		Yugoslavia	74

		Soviet Union	61
Czechoslovakia	76

Soviet Union	91
		Third place



		Italy	81

		Czechoslovakia	91

5th to 8th place

Classification round		Fifth place



Bulgaria	108

Netherlands	85
		Bulgaria	78

		Israel	88
Belgium	74

Israel	81
		Seventh place



		Netherlands	104

		Belgium	89

9th to 12th place

Classification round		Ninth place



France	72

Finland	73
		Finland	89

		Spain	106
Spain	88

Austria	84
		Eleventh place



		France	89

		Austria	71

1977 FIBA EuroBasket champions
Yugoslavia 3rd title

Final standings

Awards

1977 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dražen Dalipagić (

Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team^[1]
Zoran Slavnić
Miki Berkovich
Dražen Dalipagić (MVP)
Kees Akerboom
Atanas Golomeev

Team rosters

1. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Žarko Varajić, Željko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Ratko Radovanović, Duje Krstulović, Ante Đogić, Joško Papič (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)

2. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Anatoly Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko, Aleksander Belostenny, Stanislav Eremin, Mikheil Korkia, Valeri Miloserdov, Vladimir Zhigili, Aleksander Salnikov, Viktor Petrakov, Vladimir Arzamaskov, Aleksander Kharchenkov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)

3. Czechoslovakia: Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilak, Zdenek Kos, Jiri Pospisil, Vojtech Petr, Jiri Konopasek, Vlastibor Klimeš, Zdenek Dousa, Gustav Hraska, Josef Necas, Vladimir Ptacek, Pavol Bojanovsky (Coach: Pavel Petera)

4. Italy: Dino Meneghin, Pierluigi Marzorati, Marco Bonamico, Renzo Bariviera, Carlo Caglieris, Lorenzo Carraro, Fabrizio della Fiori, Gianni Bertolotti, Giulio Iellini, Renzo Vecchiato, Vittorio Ferracini, Luigi Serafini (Coach: Giancarlo Primo)

References

^ Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

[1] Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

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