1976 in basketball

The following are the basketball events of the year 1976 throughout the world.

Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.

1976 Olympics

The United States men's team won its eighth Gold medal in nine competitions. This was the first time that Women's basketball was played at the Summer Olympics.[1]

International tournaments

Men's tournaments

1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup
1976 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Team Pld W L PF PA Points
1. Real Madrid 55046238110
2. Mobilgirgi Varèse 5414063359
3. Obras Sanitarias 5324283738
4. EC Amazonas Franca 5233823557
5. Missouri Tigers 5143804016
6. ASFA 5052414545

Women's tournaments

1975–76 FIBA Women's European Champions Cup

College tournaments

Men
  National Semifinals     National Championship Game
                 
  E Rutgers 70  
  MW Michigan 86    
      MW Michigan 68
      ME Indiana 86
  ME Indiana 65    
  W UCLA 51   National Third Place Game
 
W UCLA 106
  E Rutgers 92
Women

NBA

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Deaths

References

  1. Official Olympic Report Archived 2006-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 Oct 2014.
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