EuroBasket 1989
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Yugoslavia |
City | Zagreb |
Dates | 20–25 June |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Yugoslavia (4th title) |
Runners-up | Greece |
Third place | Soviet Union |
Fourth place | Italy |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 20 |
MVP | Dražen Petrović |
Top scorer | Nikos Galis (35.6 points per game) |
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 five best teams in the final standings were given berths to the 1990 FIBA World Championship.
Venues
[edit]All games were played at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb.
Dom Sportova Opened in 1972 |
Qualification
[edit]Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Qualified through Qualifying Round | 3 September 1987 – 1 December 1988 | 8 | Bulgaria France Greece Italy Netherlands Soviet Union Spain Yugoslavia |
Squads
[edit]Format
[edit]- The teams were split in two groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
- The third and fourth teams from each group competed in another bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.
Preliminary round
[edit]Qualified for the semifinals |
Group A
[edit]- Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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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
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
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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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
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
[edit]Championship bracket
[edit]Semifinals | Final | |||||
24 June – 19:00 | ||||||
Yugoslavia | 97 | |||||
25 June – 21:00 | ||||||
Italy | 80 | |||||
Yugoslavia | 98 | |||||
24 June – 21:00 | ||||||
Greece | 77 | |||||
Greece | 81 | |||||
Soviet Union | 80 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
25 June – 19:00 | ||||||
Italy | 76 | |||||
Soviet Union | 104 |
Semifinals
[edit]24 June
19:00 |
Yugoslavia | 97–80 | Italy |
Scoring by half: 52–43, 45–37 | ||
Pts: Petrović 24 | Pts: Dell'Agnello 13 |
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
[edit]25 June
19:00 |
Italy | 76–104 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 31–47, 45–57 | ||
Pts: Magnifico 27 | Pts: Marčiulionis 23 |
Final
[edit]5th to 8th place
[edit]Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
24 June – 14:00 | ||||||
France | 107 | |||||
25 June – 16:00 | ||||||
Netherlands | 100 | |||||
France | 87 | |||||
24 June – 16:00 | ||||||
Spain | 95 | |||||
Bulgaria | 85 | |||||
Spain | 108 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
25 June – 14:00 | ||||||
Netherlands | 86 | |||||
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 |
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
[edit]1989 FIBA EuroBasket champions |
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Yugoslavia 4th title |
1989 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dražen Petrović ( Yugoslavia) |
All-Tournament Team[1] |
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Nikos Galis |
Dražen Petrović (MVP) |
Žarko Paspalj |
Stéphane Ostrowski |
Dino Rađa |
Final standings
[edit]Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship |
Rank | Team | Record |
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Yugoslavia | 5–0 | |
Greece | 3–2 | |
Soviet Union | 4–1 | |
4 | Italy | 2–3 |
5 | Spain | 3–2 |
6 | France | 2–3 |
7 | Bulgaria | 1–4 |
8 | Netherlands | 0–5 |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- 1989 European Championship for Men archive.FIBA.com