Tournament details | |
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Host country | Greece |
City | Piraeus |
Dates | 3â14 June |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Greece (1st title) |
Runners-up | Soviet Union |
Third place | Yugoslavia |
Fourth place | Spain |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 46 |
MVP | Nikos Galis |
Top scorer | Nikos Galis (37.0 points per game) |
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The 1987 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1987, was the 25th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Greece between 3 and 14 June 1987. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The Peace and Friendship Stadium, located in the Neo Faliron in Piraeus, Attica, was the hosting venue of the tournament. The host, Greece, won its first FIBA European title by defeating the defending champions and heavily favored Soviet Union, with a 103â101 score in a gripping final decided in overtime. Greece's Nikos Galis was voted the tournament's MVP.
Venues
All games were played at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Attica.
Peace and Friendship Stadium Capacity: 17,000 Opened in 1983 |
Qualification
A total of twelve teams qualified for the tournament. To the top seven teams from the previous tournament, four more teams were granted berths via a qualifying tournament. Greece qualified as hosts of the tournament.
- Hosts:
- Top seven teams from Eurobasket 1985:
- Top four teams from the qualifying stage:
Squads
Format
- The teams were split in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
- The losers from the quarterfinals stage compete in a separate bracket to define places 5th through 8th in the final standings.
- The fifth and sixth teams from each group competed in another bracket to define places 9th through 12th in the final standings.
Preliminary round
Qualified for the semifinals |
Group A
- Times given below are in Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 501 | 399 | +102 | 10 |
Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 473 | 421 | +52 | 8 |
Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 497 | 455 | +42 | 8 |
Greece | 5 | 3 | 2 | 430 | 399 | +31 | 8 |
France | 5 | 1 | 4 | 395 | 471 | −76 | 6 |
Romania | 5 | 0 | 5 | 410 | 561 | −151 | 5 |
3 June
14:30 |
Spain | 111–70 | France |
Scoring by half: 48â34, 63â36 | ||
Pts: San Epifanio 34 | Pts: Dubuisson 17 |
3 June
20:00 |
Romania | 77–109 | Greece |
Scoring by half: 46â60, 28â49 | ||
Pts: BrÄniÈteanu 14 | Pts: Galis 44 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Peter George (FRG) |
3 June
22:00 |
Yugoslavia | 93–100 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 41â44, 52â56 | ||
Pts: D. PetroviÄ 26 | Pts: MarÄiulionis 18 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Todd Warnick (ISR) |
4 June
12:00 |
Romania | 98–116 | Spain |
Scoring by half: 51â70, 47â46 | ||
Pts: Niculescu 19 | Pts: Jiménez 24 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Alan Richardson (ENG), Richard Steeves (CAN) |
4 June
17:00 |
Soviet Union | 107–78 | France |
Scoring by half: 55â37, 52â41 | ||
Pts: Valters 22 | Pts: Hufnagel, Ostrowski 18 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Maurizio Martolini (ITA), Jan Van Rennen (NED) |
4 June
22:00 |
Yugoslavia | 78–84 | Greece |
Scoring by half: 49â42, 29â42 | ||
Pts: Paspalj 24 | Pts: Galis 44 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Attendance: 17,000 Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Paul Housman (USA) |
5 June
10:00 |
Soviet Union | 121–74 | Romania |
Scoring by half: 66â29, 55â45 | ||
Pts: Valters 23 | Pts: BrÄniÈteanu 20 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Jan Van Rennen (NED), Peter George (FRG) |
5 June
20:00 |
Greece | 89–106 | Spain |
Scoring by half: 38â55, 51â51 | ||
Pts: Galis 35 | Pts: Jiménez 28 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Attendance: 16,000 Referees: Richard Steeves (CAN), Todd Warnick (ISR) |
5 June
22:00 |
Yugoslavia | 88–83 | France |
Scoring by half: 50â46, 38â37 | ||
Pts: D. PetroviÄ 34 | Pts: Ostrowski 20 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Alan Richardson (ENG) |
6 June
15:00 |
France | 95–83 | Romania |
Scoring by half: 46â47, 49â36 | ||
Pts: Ostrowski 25 | Pts: Ermurache 30 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Todd Warnick (ISR) |
6 June
17:00 |
Yugoslavia | 94–76 | Spain |
Scoring by half: 54â36, 40â40 | ||
Pts: D. PetroviÄ 26 | Pts: San Epifanio, SolozĂĄbal 20 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Maurizio Martolini (ITA), Paul Housman (USA) |
6 June
22:00 |
Greece | 66–69 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 37â30, 29â39 | ||
Pts: Galis 31 | Pts: MarÄiulionis 22 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Alan Richardson (ENG) |
7 June
10:00 |
Yugoslavia | 120–78 | Romania |
Scoring by half: 69â43, 51â35 | ||
Pts: Divac 25 | Pts: Cernat 19 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Peter George (FRG), Jan Van Rennen (NED) |
7 June
17:00 |
Spain | 88–104 | Soviet Union |
Scoring by half: 51â45, 37â59 | ||
Pts: JimĂ©nez 20 | Pts: MarÄiulionis, Tikhonenko 22 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Richard Steeves (CAN) |
7 June
22:00 |
France | 69–82 | Greece |
Scoring by half: 38â38, 31â44 | ||
Pts: Dacoury 15 | Pts: Galis 34 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Paul Housman (USA), Georgy Avalishvili (URS) |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Italy | 5 | 5 | 0 | 467 | 379 | +88 | 10 |
West Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 428 | 447 | −19 | 8 |
Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 432 | 434 | −2 | 8 |
Czechoslovakia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 436 | 437 | −1 | 7 |
Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 4 | 380 | 430 | −50 | 6 |
Israel | 5 | 1 | 4 | 422 | 438 | −16 | 6 |
3 June
10:00 |
Israel | 99–83 | Czechoslovakia |
Scoring by half: 44â40, 55â43 | ||
Pts: Jamchi 37 | Pts: KropilĂĄk 20 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Yvan Mainini (FRA), Philippe Leemann (SUI) |
3 June
12:00 |
Poland | 91–84 | Netherlands |
Scoring by half: 41â45, 50â39 | ||
Pts: Zelig 29 | Pts: Smits 31 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Richard Steeves (CAN), Vicente SanchĂs (ESP) |
3 June
16:30 |
Italy | 84–78 | West Germany |
Scoring by half: 46â38, 38â40 | ||
Pts: Riva 28 | Pts: Jackel 31 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), Alan Richardson (ENG) |
4 June
10:00 |
Israel | 60–61 | Netherlands |
Scoring by half: 24â43, 36â18 | ||
Pts: Jamchi 36 | Pts: Smits 20 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), George Chiraleu (ROU) |
4 June
15:00 |
Poland | 85–99 | Italy |
Scoring by half: 44â54, 41â48 | ||
Pts: Zelig 26 | Pts: Riva 29 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Radoslav PetroviÄ (YUG), Philippe Leemann (SUI) |
4 June
20:00 |
Czechoslovakia | 95–72 | West Germany |
Scoring by half: 48â31, 47â41 | ||
Pts: KropilĂĄk 24 | Pts: Jackel, Welp 14 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Yvan Mainini (FRA), Georgy Avalishvili (URS) |
5 June
12:00 |
Netherlands | 71–95 | Italy |
Scoring by half: 33â43, 38â52 | ||
Pts: te Velde 16 | Pts: Riva 18 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Yvan Mainini (FRA), Georgy Avalishvili (URS) |
5 June
14:00 |
Israel | 107–112 (OT) | West Germany |
Scoring by half: 40â49, 58â49 Overtime: 9â14 | ||
Pts: LaVon Mercer 28 | Pts: Jackel 40 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Referees: Radoslav PetroviÄ (YUG), Vicente SanchĂs (ESP) |
5 June
17:00 |
Czechoslovakia | 84–87 | Poland |
Scoring by half: 46â49, 38â38 | ||
Pts: KropilĂĄk 20 | Pts: Zelig 30 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Paul Housman (USA) |
6 June
10:00 |
West Germany | 90–86 | Poland |
Scoring by half: 43â48, 47â38 | ||
Pts: Jackel, Welp 25 | Pts: Zelig 27 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), Richard Steeves (CAN) |
6 June
12:00 |
Netherlands | 89–108 | Czechoslovakia |
Scoring by half: 40â48, 49â60 | ||
Pts: Smits 30 | Pts: JelĂnek 26 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Radoslav PetroviÄ (YUG), Vicente SanchĂs (ESP) |
6 June
20:00 |
Israel | 79–99 | Italy |
Scoring by half: 41â56, 38â43 | ||
Pts: Jamchi 34 | Pts: Riva 20 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Philippe Leemann (SUI) |
7 June
12:00 |
West Germany | 76–75 | Netherlands |
Scoring by half: 36â45, 40â30 | ||
Pts: Jackel 27 | Pts: Smits 23 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Philippe Leemann (SUI) |
7 June
15:00 |
Israel | 77–83 | Poland |
Scoring by half: 45â43, 32â40 | ||
Pts: Jamchi 24 | Pts: Zelig 31 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Alan Richardson (ENG), Vicente SanchĂs (ESP) |
7 June
20:00 |
Italy | 90–66 | Czechoslovakia |
Scoring by half: 48â40, 42â26 | ||
Pts: Riva 32 | Pts: OkĂĄÄ 14 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), Yvan Mainini (FRA) |
Knockout stage
Championship bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
9 June â 19:30 | ||||||||||
Soviet Union | 110 | |||||||||
12 June â 19:30 | ||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 91 | |||||||||
Soviet Union | 113 | |||||||||
9 June â 21:30 | ||||||||||
Spain | 96 | |||||||||
Spain | 107 | |||||||||
14 June â 20:00 | ||||||||||
West Germany | 77 | |||||||||
Soviet Union | 101 | |||||||||
10 June â 19:30 | ||||||||||
Greece | 103 | |||||||||
Italy | 78 | |||||||||
12 June â 21:30 | ||||||||||
Greece | 90 | |||||||||
Greece | 81 | |||||||||
10 June â 21:30 | ||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 77 | Third place | ||||||||
Poland | 81 | |||||||||
13 June â 21:30 | ||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 128 | |||||||||
Spain | 87 | |||||||||
Yugoslavia | 98 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
9 June
19:30 |
Soviet Union | 110–91 | Czechoslovakia |
Scoring by half: 55â51, 55â40 | ||
Pts: Volkov 25 | Pts: HavlĂk 26 |
9 June
21:30 |
Spain | 107–77 | West Germany |
Scoring by half: 56â34, 51â43 | ||
Pts: San Epifanio 33 | Pts: Jackel 14 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Alan Richardson (ENG) |
10 June
19:30 |
Italy | 78–90 | Greece |
Scoring by half: 35â49, 43â41 | ||
Pts: Riva 23 | Pts: Galis 38 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Attendance: 16,000 Referees: Richard Steeves (CAN), Yvan Mainini (FRA) |
10 June
21:30 |
Poland | 81–128 | Yugoslavia |
Scoring by half: 33â58, 48â70 | ||
Pts: Zelig 15 | Pts: GrboviÄ 24 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Paul Housman (USA) |
Semifinals
12 June
19:30 |
Soviet Union | 113–96 | Spain |
Scoring by half: 55â47, 58â49 | ||
Pts: MarÄiulionis 26 | Pts: JimĂ©nez 30 |
12 June
21:30 |
Greece | 81–77 | Yugoslavia |
Scoring by half: 35â45, 46â32 | ||
Pts: Galis 30 | Pts: D. PetroviÄ 22 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Attendance: 18,000 Referees: Yvan Mainini (FRA), Todd Warnick (ISR) |
Third place
13 June
21:30 |
Spain | 87–98 | Yugoslavia |
Scoring by half: 51â42, 36â56 | ||
Pts: Romay, San Epifanio 17 | Pts: D. PetroviÄ 31 |
Final
14 June
20:00 |
Soviet Union | 101–103 (OT) | Greece |
Scoring by half: 41â42, 48â47 Overtime: 12â14 | ||
Pts: Valters 21 | Pts: Galis 40 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Attendance: 17,000 Referees: Richard Steeves (CAN), Vicente SanchĂs (ESP) |
5th to 8th place
Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
11 June â 19:30 | ||||||
Czechoslovakia | 91 | |||||
14 June â 18:00 | ||||||
West Germany | 93 | |||||
West Germany | 84 | |||||
11 June â 21:30 | ||||||
Italy | 87 | |||||
Italy | 93 | |||||
Poland | 75 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
13 June â 19:30 | ||||||
Czechoslovakia | 92 | |||||
Poland | 96 |
11 June
19:30 |
Czechoslovakia | 91–93 | West Germany |
Scoring by half: 44â50, 47â43 | ||
Pts: KropilĂĄk 19 | Pts: Jackel 23 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Georgy Avalishvili (URS), Jan Van Renen (NED) |
11 June
21:30 |
Italy | 93–75 | Poland |
Scoring by half: 44â32, 49â43 | ||
Pts: Morandotti 22 | Pts: Zelig 20 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Vicente SanchĂs (ESP) |
13 June
19:30 |
Czechoslovakia | 92–96 | Poland |
Scoring by half: 52â45, 40â51 | ||
Pts: MatickĂœ 18 | Pts: Zelig 33 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Philippe Leemann (SUI) |
14 June
18:00 |
West Germany | 84–87 | Italy |
Scoring by half: 44â51, 40â36 | ||
Pts: Welp 17 | Pts: Riva 26 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Wieslaw Zych (POL) |
9th to 12th place
Classification round | Ninth place | |||||
9 June â 17:30 | ||||||
France | 96 | |||||
13 June â 17:30 | ||||||
Israel | 93 | |||||
France | 94 | |||||
10 June â 17:30 | ||||||
Netherlands | 80 | |||||
Romania | 87 | |||||
Netherlands | 88 | |||||
Eleventh place | ||||||
11 June â 17:30 | ||||||
Israel | 97 | |||||
Romania | 87 |
9 June
17:30 |
France | 96–93 | Israel |
Scoring by half: 44â50, 52â43 | ||
Pts: Dubuisson 36 | Pts: LaVon Mercer 34 |
10 June
17:30 |
Romania | 87–88 | Netherlands |
Scoring by half: 35â55, 52â33 | ||
Pts: Niculescu 29 | Pts: Smits 36 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Alan Richardson (ENG), Radoslav PetroviÄ (YUG) |
11 June
17:30 |
Israel | 97–87 | Romania |
Scoring by half: 49â43, 48â44 | ||
Pts: Jamchi 44 | Pts: Niculescu 20 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Maurizio Martolini (ITA), Peter George (FRG) |
13 June
17:30 |
France | 94–80 | Netherlands |
Scoring by half: 43â53, 51â27 | ||
Pts: Ostrowski 25 | Pts: Kuipers 27 |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Athens
Referees: Paul Housman (USA), Maurizio Martolini (ITA) |
Awards
1987 FIBA EuroBasket champions |
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Greece 1st title |
1987 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Nikos Galis ( Greece) |
All-Tournament Team |
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Ć arĆ«nas MarÄiulionis |
Nikos Galis (MVP) |
Alexander Volkov |
Andrés Jiménez |
Panagiotis Fasoulas |
Final standings
Qualified for the 1988 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
Rank | Team | Record |
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Greece | 6â2 | |
Soviet Union | 7â1 | |
Yugoslavia | 5â3 | |
4 | Spain | 4â4 |
5 | Italy | 7â1 |
6 | West Germany | 4â4 |
7 | Poland | 4â4 |
8 | Czechoslovakia | 2â6 |
9 | France | 3â4 |
10 | Netherlands | 2â5 |
11 | Israel | 2â5 |
12 | Romania | 0â7 |
References
External links
- 1987 European Championship for Men archive.FIBA.com