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
Group B Group C Group D
Group E
Second round
Group A (1st - 8th)
Group B (9th - 16th)
Group C (17th - 24th)
Group D (25th - 31st)
Group 1 (1st - 8th)
Group 2 (9th - 16th)
Group 3 (17th - 24th)
Group 1 (1st - 8th)
Group 2 (9th - 16th)
Group 3 (17th - 24th)
Group 1 (1st - 8th)
Group 2 (9th - 16th)
Group 3 (17th - 24th)
Classification round
Semi-finals
Group A 1st - 4th
5th - 8th
Group B 9th - 12th
13th - 16th
Group C 17th - 20th
21st - 24th
Group D 25th - 28th
29th -
Finals
Gold medal match
Third-place match
Fifth-place match
7th place match
9th place match
11th place match
13th place match
15th place match
17th place match
19th place match
21st place match
23rd place match
25th place match
27th place match
Final standings Rank Team Record 1 8–0 2 6–2 3 6–2 4 6–2 5 5–2 6 5–3 7 4-4 8 3–5 9 6–210 6–211 5–212 4-413 5–314 3–515 3-316 1–6 17 5–318 5–319 4-420 4-4 21 3–422 2–623 2–624 2–6255-3265-3273-4282-5291-5302-6311-632
Women's competition
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B Group C
Group D
Second round
semifinals
Semifinals
Group A
1st - 4th
5th - 8th
Group B
9th - 12th
13th - 16th
Finals
Gold medal match
Bronze medal match
5th place match
7th place match
9th place match
11th place match
13th place match
15th place match
Final standings
Rank Team Record 1 7–0 2 6–2 3 5–2 4 4–3 5 5–3 6 3–4 7 3–4 8 3–4 9 4–310 4–311 6–112 3–513 4-414 3–515 3-316 1–6
References
New York Times (Scores for the final and 3rd place matches) Men's results (todor66.com) Women's results (todor66.com) Men's results (sports123.com) Women's results (sports123.com)