Basketball at the Friendship Games

Basketball at the Friendship Games was contested between 22 and 30 August 1984. Two events (one men's, with eleven teams and one women's, with eight teams) took place at two venues in Moscow, Soviet Union – the CSKA Sports Palace and the Dynamo Sports Palace.

Men's event

Eleven teams were drawn into two groups.

Group A
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 50646347+22910
 Cuba 41491398+939
 Bulgaria 32426404+228
 Hungary 23393432-397
 Finland 14388421-336
 Colombia 05229571-3425

Results
Results
Soviet Union 123:90136:82115:64129:70143:41
Cuba 90:12385:7797:7593:76126:47
Bulgaria 82:13677:8597:7173:7197:41
Hungary 64:11575:9771:9776:73107:50
Finland 70:12976:9371:7373:7698:50
Colombia 41:14347:12641:9750:10750:98

Group B
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 Czechoslovakia 40381228+1538
 Poland 31381272+1097
 Sweden 22393272+1216
 Algeria 13227369-1425
 Morocco 04188429-2414

Results
Results
Czechoslovakia 87:7582:72100:45112:36
Poland 75:87102:8885:55119:42
Sweden 72:8288:102114:48119:40
Algeria 45:10055:8548:11479:70
Morocco 36:11242:11940:11970:79

Final round
  Semifinals     Final
                 
  A1  Soviet Union 139  
  B2  Poland 81    
       Soviet Union 105
       Czechoslovakia 70
  B1  Czechoslovakia 110    
  A2  Cuba 79   Third place
 
 Poland 91
   Cuba 93

Classification 5th–8th
  5th-8th place     5th place match
                 
  A3  Bulgaria 101  
  B4  Algeria 85    
       Bulgaria 76
       Hungary 68
  B3  Sweden 71    
  A4  Hungary 72   7th place match
 
 Algeria 48
   Sweden 90

Classification 9th–12th

Because of the odd number of teams, 5th team of Group A (i. e. Finland) was seeded in the ninth place match without playing any second round match.

  9th-11th place     9th place match
                 
    A5  Finland 78
  A6  Colombia 90     -  Colombia 59
  B5  Morocco 82  

Final ranking
 Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia
 Cuba
4 Poland
5 Bulgaria
6 Hungary
7 Sweden
8 Algeria
9 Finland
10 Colombia
11 Morocco

Women's event

Eight teams competed in a round-robin tournament.

Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 70687398+23914
 Bulgaria 52574531+4312
 Cuba 52558536+2212
4 Poland 34440499-5910
5 Czechoslovakia 34519512+710
6 Hungary 34529528+110
7 North Korea 16522691-1698
8 Finland 16441575-1348

Results
Results
Soviet Union 99:56102:7581:2484:7291:62135:6095:49
Bulgaria 56:9986:7377:6797:6569:82110:8379:62
Cuba 75:10273:8669:6869:6482:7398:6892:75
Poland 24:8167:7768:6963:6277:7581:7360:62
Czechoslovakia 72:8465:9764:6962:6367:52101:8988:58
Hungary 62:9182:6973:8275:7752:6796:7789:65
North Korea 60:13583:11068:9873:8189:10177:9672:70
Finland 49:9562:7975:9262:6058:8865:8970:72

Winning teams' squads
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
 Soviet Union
Alexander Belostenny
Valdemaras Chomičius
Sergėjus Jovaiša
Stanislav Yeryomin
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Andrei Lopatov
Anatoli Myshkin
Arvydas Sabonis
Sergei Tarakanov
Valery Tikhonenko
Vladimir Tkachenko
Valdis Valters
 Czechoslovakia
Zdeněk Böhm
Kamil Brabenec
Gerald Dietl
Vlastimil Havlík
Ľudovít Kristiník
Stanislav Kropilák
Oto Matický
Jiří Okáč
Peter Rajniak
Jaroslav Skála
Igor Vraniak
Juraj Žuffa
 Cuba
Pascal Abreo
Calsado Bise
Rosel Cabrera
Matenso Campos
Raul Dubois
Brais Daniel Esco
Martines Herrera
Indigas Laferte
Alberto Maturel
Alfonso Morales
Almentere Perez
Salomon Simon
Women's
 Soviet Union
Olesya Barel
Tatiana Belochapko
Olga Buyakina
Yelena Chausova
Olga Yakovleva
Larisa Kuriksha
Liudmila Muravyeva
Nadezhda Olkhova
Galina Savitskaya
Uljana Semjonova
Olga Sukharnova
Ramunė Šidlauskaitė
 Bulgaria
Lubka Alipyeieva
Krassimira Banova
Vania Dermendjieva
Radostina Dimitrova
Nadka Goltcheva
Mariana Ivanova
Nenka Ivanova
Petkana Makaveeva
Evladia Slavtcheva-Stefanova
Madlena Staneva
Nina Todorova
Radmila Vasilyeva
 Cuba
Hernandes Albares
Vilinueva Arias
Rivero Beccer
Hernandes Borrell
Dias Cala
Cinmana Cos
Maria Leon Molinet
Hernandes More
Munjagon Osoria
Cinbones Scite

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Soviet Union)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)*2002
2 Bulgaria (BUL)0101
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0101
4 Cuba (CUB)0022
Totals (4 nations)2226

See also

References
  • Chmielewski, Zbigniew; et al. (1987). Na olimpijskim szlaku 1984. Sarajewo, Los Angeles (in Polish). Warsaw: Sport i Turystyka. pp. 203–204, 225–226. ISBN 83-217-2610-0.
  • Trzciński, Tomasz; et al. (1985). Gwiazdy sportu '84 (in Polish). Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. p. 87. ISBN 83-03-01177-4.
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