Eurobasket 1987
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The EuroBasket 1987 was held in Greece between June 3 and June 14, 1987. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe
, the sport's regional governing body. The Peace and Friendship Stadium
in Pireus, Athens
was the hosting venue of the tournament.
The hosts Greece
conquered its first European title by defeating the holders and heavily favourites Soviet Union
with a 103–101 score in a gripping final decided in overtime. Greece's Nikos Galis was voted the tournament's MVP.
Alexander Volkov
Andrés Jiménez Panagiotis Fasoulas
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which includes all 49 national European basketball federations.-Division A:-Division B: -Division C:...
, the sport's regional governing body. The Peace and Friendship Stadium
Peace and Friendship Stadium
The Stadio Eirinis kai Filias , known as S.E.F., is a multi-use indoor sports arena that is located in Faliro, Piraeus, Athens, Greece. It is the central venue of the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex and is mostly known for being the long-time home court of the famous Euroleague basketball club...
in Pireus, Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
was the hosting venue of the tournament.
The hosts Greece
Greece national basketball team
The Greece national basketball team is the representative for Greece in international men's basketball competitions, organized and run by the Hellenic Basketball Federation. Traditionally, Greece is considered among the world's top basketball powers; they were runners-up in the 2006 FIBA World...
conquered its first European title by defeating the holders and heavily favourites Soviet Union
Soviet Union national basketball team
The Soviet national basketball team was the basketball side that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national teams...
with a 103–101 score in a gripping final decided in overtime. Greece's Nikos Galis was voted the tournament's MVP.
Final standings
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First round
In the preliminary round, the 12 teams were split up into two groups of six teams each. The top four teams in each group advanced to the quarter-final round, while the bottom two were sent to the classification round to play for 9th through 12th.Group A
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 501 | 399 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 473 | 421 | ||
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 497 | 455 | ||
| 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 430 | 399 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 395 | 471 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 410 | 561 | ||
| Spain | 111 | – | 70 | France |
| Romania | 77 | – | 109 | Greece |
| Yugoslavia | 93 | – | 100 | Soviet Union |
| Romania | 98 | – | 116 | Spain |
| Soviet Union | 107 | – | 78 | France |
| Yugoslavia | 78 | – | 84 | Greece |
| Soviet Union | 121 | – | 74 | Romania |
| Greece | 89 | – | 106 | Spain |
| Yugoslavia | 88 | – | 83 | France |
| France | 95 | – | 83 | Romania |
| Yugoslavia | 94 | – | 76 | Spain |
| Greece | 66 | – | 69 | Soviet Union |
| Yugoslavia | 120 | – | 78 | Romania |
| Spain | 88 | – | 104 | Soviet Union |
| France | 69 | – | 82 | Greece |
Group B
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 467 | 379 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 428 | 447 | ||
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 432 | 434 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 436 | 437 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 380 | 430 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 422 | 438 | ||
| Israel | 99 | – | 83 | Czechoslovakia |
| Poland | 91 | – | 84 | Netherlands |
| Italy | 84 | – | 78 | West Germany |
| Israel | 60 | – | 61 | Netherlands |
| Poland | 85 | – | 99 | Italy |
| Czechoslovakia | 95 | – | 72 | West Germany |
| Netherlands | 71 | – | 95 | Italy |
| Israel | 107 | – | 112 (OT) | West Germany |
| Czechoslovakia | 84 | – | 87 | Poland |
| West Germany | 90 | – | 86 | Poland |
| Netherlands | 89 | – | 108 | Czechoslovakia |
| Israel | 79 | – | 99 | Italy |
| West Germany | 76 | – | 75 | Netherlands |
| Israel | 77 | – | 83 | Poland |
| Italy | 90 | – | 66 | Czechoslovakia |
Classification 9-12
Knockout stage
5th to 8th place
Awards
| MVP Most Valuable Player In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests... |
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 Nikos Galis |
All Tournament Team
Nikos Galis Šarūnas MarčiulionisŠarunas Marciulionis
Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the North American National Basketball Association...
Alexander Volkov
Alexander Volkov (basketball)
Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. At 6'10" , he played the forward position.Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team...
Andrés Jiménez Panagiotis Fasoulas
Panagiotis Fasoulas
Panagiotis Fasoulas is a Greek politician and former professional basketball player...
Team rosters
- Greece: Nikos Galis, Panagiotis GiannakisPanagiotis GiannakisPanagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket...
, Panagiotis FasoulasPanagiotis FasoulasPanagiotis Fasoulas is a Greek politician and former professional basketball player...
, Fanis ChristodoulouFanis ChristodoulouTheofanis Christodoulou, or Fanis Christodoulou , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...
, Michalis RomanidisMichalis RomanidisMichail Romanidis is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He played for Aris winning 8 Greek Championships and 6 Greek Cups...
, Nikos FilippouNikos FilippouNikos Filippou is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He played for Aris winning 8 Greek Championships and 5 Greek Cups...
, Nikos StavropoulosNikos StavropoulosNikos "Magic" Stavropoulos , aka Professor Nicholas "Magic" Stavropoulos, is a former professional Greek professional basketball player that played for Gymnastikos S. Larissas, PAOK BC, and Iraklis BC at the pro club level in Greece's A1 Ethniki basketball league. He began his career with his local...
, Memos IoannouMemos IoannouMemos Ioannou or Agamemnon Ioannou , is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He had a successful career with Panathinaikos BC as he won 6 Greek Championships and 3 Greek Cups with the club.In 1991 he won the European Cup Winners' Cup championship while playing for PAOK...
, Argiris KambourisArgiris KambourisArgiris Kambouris is a retired Greek professional basketball player.-Career:Kambouris played for Olympiakos BC from 1978 to 1995 winning three Greek Championships . He was a Greek Cup finalist in 1986...
, Panagiotis KaratzasPanagiotis KaratzasPanagiotis Karatzas was a Greek revolutionary leader. During his childhood years, he show his and battled against the Turks and disrupt with the other Turks. He fled for the Ionian Islands which was than under English rule and moved to Zakynthos and enrolled into the British Army at the 3rd...
, Liveris AndritsosLiveris AndritsosLiveris Andritsos is a retired Greek professional basketball player.-Career:Andritsos started his career with Esperos. In 1982, he moved to Panathinaikos BC and he won the Greek Championship in 1984 and the Greek Cup in 1983 and 1986...
, Nikos Linardos (Coach: Kostas PolitisKostas PolitisKonstantinos Politis is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach.- Career as a Player :Politis played for Panathinaikos and he won 3 Greek Championships with them . In 1969, he was a Cup Winners' Cup semifinalist...
) - Soviet Union: Alexander VolkovAlexander Volkov (basketball)Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. At 6'10" , he played the forward position.Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team...
, Valdis ValtersValdis ValtersValdis Valters is a retired Latvian basketball player.A point guard for the USSR, he is regarded as one of the greatest to have played the game in Europe in the 1980s....
, Šarūnas MarčiulionisŠarunas MarciulionisRaimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the North American National Basketball Association...
, Valeri Tikhonenko, Vladimir TkachenkoVladimir TkachenkoVladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...
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, Valdemaras ChomičiusValdemaras ChomiciusValdemaras Chomičius is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team. Assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team...
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, Sergei Babenko, Sergei TarakanovSergei TarakanovSergey Nikolayevich Tarakanov is a Russian retired basketball player. He played for Spartak Leningrad , CSKA Moscow , German team Ludwisburg Stuttgart BC , and Belgian team St. Louis Liège .Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990...
, Viktor Pankrashkin, Valeri Goborov (Coach: Alexander GomelskyAlexander GomelskyAlexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...
) - Yugoslavia: Dražen PetrovićDražen PetrovicDražen Petrović was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the American NBA in 1989...
, Aleksandar PetrovićAleksandar Petrovic (basketball)Aleksandar "Aco" Petrović is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player. Petrović is also the older brother of the late Dražen Petrović.-Playing career:...
, Toni KukočToni KukocToni Kukoč is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. He was renowned for his versatility and passing ability; although his natural position was small forward, he played all five positions on the court with prowess and demonstrated court vision and an outside shooting touch that were...
, Vlade DivacVlade DivacVlade Divac is a retired Yugoslav and Serbian professional basketball player who spent most of his career in the NBA. At , he played center and was known for his passing skills...
, Dino Rađa, Žarko PaspaljŽarko PaspaljŽarko Paspalj is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and current sports administrator...
, Stojan Vranković, Aleksandar Đorđević, Danko CvjetičaninDanko CvjeticaninDanko Cvjetičanin is a retired Yugoslavian and Croatian basketball player who won two silver medals at Olympic Games, one with Yugoslavia and the other with Croatia, and two European Club titles with Cibona...
, Ratko Radovanović, Zoran RadovićZoran RadovicZoran Radović is a retired Serbian basketball player and current FIBA administrator....
, Goran GrbovićGoran GrbovićGoran Grbović is a former Serbian professional basketball player.-Biography:Born in Kruševac, after finishing high school, he moved to Čačak. He started his career with KK Borac Čačak, where he was trained by the legendary Aleksandar Nikolić...
(Coach: Krešimir ĆosićKrešimir CosicKrešimir Ćosić was a Croatian professional basketball player who represented Yugoslavia internationally, a member of FIBA Hall of Fame and Basketball Hall of Fame...
) - Spain: Juan Antonio San EpifanioJuan Antonio San EpifanioJuan Antonio San Epifanio Ruiz is a retired Spanish basketball player, considered one of the greatest small forwards ever to play in Europe...
, Jordi VillacampaJordi VillacampaJordi Villacampa Amorós is a retired basketball player of Joventut Badalona and the present chairman of the club....
, Candido "Chicho" Sibilio, Ignacio "Nacho" Solozabal, Andrés Jiménez, Ferran MartínezFerran MartínezFerran Martínez Garriga is a retired basketball player. He played 156 times with the Spanish national basketball team.-Clubs:* 1985-88: FC Barcelona* 1988-89: Grupo IFA* 1989-90: FC Barcelona* 1990-94: Joventut Badalona...
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