The 1979 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1979, was the 21st FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.FIBA EuroBasket 1979 Twelve national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Italy. Mestre, Siena, Gorizia and Turin were the venues of the event.
Venues Mestre Siena Gorizia Turin PalaTaliercioCapacity 4 000 PalaSclavoCapacity 5 000 PalaGrappateCapacity 5 500 PalaRuffiniCapacity 10 000
Results
First round In the preliminary round, the 12 teams were split up into three groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round (with the score between them counting in the final round as well) while the bottom two were sent to the classification round to play for 7th to 12th Places (with the score between them counting in the classification round as well)
Group A – Mestre
Czechoslovakia90 – 69BelgiumCzechoslovakia 74 – 67GreeceBelgium68 – 92GreeceBelgium76 – 86ItalyCzechoslovakia74 – 68ItalyGreece52 – 81Italy
Group B – Siena
Netherlands87 – 82BulgariaSpain85 – 81BulgariaSoviet Union104 – 71BulgariaNetherlands83 – 105SpainNetherlands84 – 92Soviet UnionSpain101 – 90Soviet Union
Group C – Gorizia
Poland85 – 76FranceFrance92 – 83IsraelIsrael86 – 78PolandYugoslavia76 – 77IsraelPoland95 – 102YugoslaviaYugoslavia80 – 65France
Classification round – Turin In the classification round played the teams that finish 3rd and 4th in their preliminary-round groups. Those teams played for the 7th to 12th Places.
Bulgaria114 – 98BelgiumFrance111 – 98BelgiumNetherlands115 – 85BelgiumBelgium84 – 110PolandBulgaria77 – 80FrancePoland85 – 78BulgariaBulgaria85 – 100GreeceGreece74 – 76FranceNetherlands75 – 79GreecePoland77 – 73GreeceNetherlands67 – 80FrancePoland78 – 94NetherlandsBelgium81 – 105GreeceNetherlands78 – 72BulgariaPoland89 – 82France
Final round – Turin The Teams that finish their preliminary-round groups in the 1st and 2nd places advanced to the final round. The first and second in this group will go to the final while the third and fourth places will go to a 3rd-place match.
Israel94 – 93CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia107–100SpainYugoslavia97 – 79CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 66 – 71Soviet UnionIsrael78 – 90ItalyItaly81 – 80SpainItaly80 – 95YugoslaviaItaly84 – 90Soviet UnionSpain84 – 88IsraelYugoslavia108–100SpainIsrael71 – 92Soviet UnionYugoslavia77 – 96Soviet UnionIsrael77 – 76YugoslaviaCzechoslovakia96 – 90ItalySpain92 – 81Soviet Union
Finals
3rd-place match 99
92
Final 19 June 1979 98
76
Final standings Place Team 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Awards 1979 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Miki Berkovich ( Israel)
All-Tournament Team Sergei Belov Dragan Kićanović Miki Berkovich (MVP) Krešimir Ćosić Vladimir Tkachenko
Team rosters 1. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov (c), Anatoly Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko, Ivan Edeshko, Aleksander Belostenny, Stanislav Eremin, Valdemaras Chomičius, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Sergei Tarakanov, Vladimir Zhigili, Aleksander Salnikov, Andrei Lopatov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)
2. Israel: Mickey Berkowitz, Lou Silver, Motti Aroesti, Yehoshua "Shuki" Schwartz, Eric Menkin, Steve Kaplan, Boaz Yanai, Avigdor Moskowitz, Barry Leibowitz (c), Pinhas Hozez, , Shai Sharf (Coach: Ralph Klein)
3. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Mirza Delibašić, Dražen Dalipagić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Žarko Varajić, Željko Jerkov, Rajko Žižić, Peter Vilfan, Mihovil Nakić, Ratko Radovanović, Duje Krstulović (Coach: Petar Skansi)
4. Czechoslovakia: Kamil Brabenec, Zdenek Kos, Stanislav Kropilak, Jiri Pospisil, Vojtech Petr, Vlastimil Klimes, Vlastimil Havlik, Jaroslav Skála, Zdenek Dousa, Peter Rajniak, Gustav Hraska, Zdenek Bohm (Coach: Pavel Petera)
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