EuroBasket 1987
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 district of Piraeus,[1] near Athens, 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 103–101 score in a gripping final decided in overtime. Greece's Nikos Galis was voted the tournament's MVP.[2]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Greece |
| City | Piraeus (venue located in Neon Faliron, Piraeus) |
| Dates | 3–14 June |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Greece (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Soviet Union |
| Third place | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
| Fourth place |  Spain |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 46 |
| MVP | Nikos Galis |
| Top scorer | Nikos Galis (37.0 points per game) |
Venues
All games were played at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus.
| Peace and Friendship Stadium Capacity: 17,000 Opened in 1983 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Romania |
5 | 0 | 5 | 410 | 561 | −151 | 5 |
3 June 14:30 |
| Spain |
111–70 | France |
| Scoring by half: 48–34, 63–36 | ||
| Pts: San Epifanio 34 | Pts: Dubuisson 17 | |
3 June 20:00 |
 Romania |
77–109 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 46–60, 28–49 | ||
| Pts: Brănișteanu 14 | Pts: Galis 44 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Peter George (FRG) |
3 June 22:00 |
| Yugoslavia |
93–100 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 41–44, 52–56 | ||
| Pts: D. Petrović 26 | Pts: Marčiulionis 18 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Todd Warnick (ISR) |
4 June 12:00 |
| Romania |
98–116 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 51–70, 47–46 | ||
| Pts: Niculescu 19 | Pts: Jiménez 24 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Alan Richardson (ENG), Richard Steeves (CAN) |
4 June 17:00 |
| Soviet Union |
107–78 | France |
| Scoring by half: 55–37, 52–41 | ||
| Pts: Valters 22 | Pts: Hufnagel, Ostrowski 18 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Maurizio Martolini (ITA), Jan Van Rennen (NED) |
4 June 22:00 |
| Yugoslavia |
78–84 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 49–42, 29–42 | ||
| Pts: Paspalj 24 | Pts: Galis 44 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 17,000 Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Paul Housman (USA) |
5 June 10:00 |
| Soviet Union |
121–74 | Romania |
| Scoring by half: 66–29, 55–45 | ||
| Pts: Valters 23 | Pts: Brănișteanu 20 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Jan Van Rennen (NED), Peter George (FRG) |
5 June 20:00 |
| Greece |
89–106 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 38–55, 51–51 | ||
| Pts: Galis 35 | Pts: Jiménez 28 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 16,000 Referees: Richard Steeves (CAN), Todd Warnick (ISR) |
5 June 22:00 |
| Yugoslavia |
88–83 | France |
| Scoring by half: 50–46, 38–37 | ||
| Pts: D. Petrović 34 | Pts: Ostrowski 20 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Alan Richardson (ENG) |
6 June 15:00 |
| France |
95–83 | Romania |
| Scoring by half: 46–47, 49–36 | ||
| Pts: Ostrowski 25 | Pts: Ermurache 30 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Todd Warnick (ISR) |
6 June 17:00 |
| Yugoslavia |
94–76 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 54–36, 40–40 | ||
| Pts: D. Petrović 26 | Pts: San Epifanio, Solozábal 20 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Maurizio Martolini (ITA), Paul Housman (USA) |
6 June 22:00 |
| Greece |
66–69 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 37–30, 29–39 | ||
| Pts: Galis 31 | Pts: Marčiulionis 22 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Alan Richardson (ENG) |
7 June 10:00 |
| Yugoslavia |
120–78 | Romania |
| Scoring by half: 69–43, 51–35 | ||
| Pts: Divac 25 | Pts: Cernat 19 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Peter George (FRG), Jan Van Rennen (NED) |
7 June 17:00 |
| Spain |
88–104 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 51–45, 37–59 | ||
| Pts: Jiménez 20 | Pts: Marčiulionis, Tikhonenko 22 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Richard Steeves (CAN) |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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: 44–40, 55–43 | ||
| Pts: Jamchi 37 | Pts: Kropilák 20 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Yvan Mainini (FRA), Philippe Leemann (SUI) |
3 June 12:00 |
| Poland |
91–84 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 41–45, 50–39 | ||
| Pts: Zelig 29 | Pts: Smits 31 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Richard Steeves (CAN), Vicente Sanchís (ESP) |
3 June 16:30 |
| Italy |
84–78 | West Germany |
| Scoring by half: 46–38, 38–40 | ||
| Pts: Riva 28 | Pts: Jackel 31 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), Alan Richardson (ENG) |
4 June 10:00 |
| Israel |
60–61 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 24–43, 36–18 | ||
| Pts: Jamchi 36 | Pts: Smits 20 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), George Chiraleu (ROU) |
4 June 15:00 |
| Poland |
85–99 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 44–54, 41–48 | ||
| Pts: Zelig 26 | Pts: Riva 29 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Radoslav Petrović (YUG), Philippe Leemann (SUI) |
4 June 20:00 |
| Czechoslovakia |
95–72 | West Germany |
| Scoring by half: 48–31, 47–41 | ||
| Pts: Kropilák 24 | Pts: Jackel, Welp 14 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Yvan Mainini (FRA), Georgy Avalishvili (URS) |
5 June 12:00 |
| Netherlands |
71–95 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 33–43, 38–52 | ||
| Pts: te Velde 16 | Pts: Riva 18 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Yvan Mainini (FRA), Georgy Avalishvili (URS) |
5 June 14:00 |
| Israel |
107–112 (OT) | West Germany |
| Scoring by half: 40–49, 58–49 Overtime: 9–14 | ||
| Pts: Byrd-Curtis 28 | Pts: Jackel 40 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Radoslav Petrović (YUG), Vicente Sanchís (ESP) |
5 June 17:00 |
| Czechoslovakia |
84–87 | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 46–49, 38–38 | ||
| Pts: Kropilák 20 | Pts: Zelig 30 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Paul Housman (USA) |
6 June 10:00 |
| West Germany |
90–86 | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 43–48, 47–38 | ||
| Pts: Jackel, Welp 25 | Pts: Zelig 27 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), Richard Steeves (CAN) |
6 June 12:00 |
| Netherlands |
89–108 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 40–48, 49–60 | ||
| Pts: Smits 30 | Pts: Jelínek 26 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Radoslav Petrović (YUG), Vicente Sanchís (ESP) |
6 June 20:00 |
| Israel |
79–99 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 41–56, 38–43 | ||
| Pts: Jamchi 34 | Pts: Riva 20 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Philippe Leemann (SUI) |
7 June 12:00 |
| West Germany |
76–75 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 36–45, 40–30 | ||
| Pts: Jackel 27 | Pts: Smits 23 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Philippe Leemann (SUI) |
7 June 15:00 |
| Israel |
77–83 | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 45–43, 32–40 | ||
| Pts: Jamchi 24 | Pts: Zelig 31 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Alan Richardson (ENG), Vicente Sanchís (ESP) |
7 June 20:00 |
| Italy |
90–66 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 48–40, 42–26 | ||
| Pts: Riva 32 | Pts: Okáč 14 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), Yvan Mainini (FRA) |
Knockout stage
Championship bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 9 June – 19:30 | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 110 | |||||||||
| 12 June – 19:30 | ||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 91 | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | 113 | |||||||||
| 9 June – 21:30 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 96 | |||||||||
| Spain | 107 | |||||||||
| 14 June – 20:00 | ||||||||||
| West Germany | 77 | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | 101 | |||||||||
| 10 June – 19:30 | ||||||||||
| Greece | 103 | |||||||||
| Italy | 78 | |||||||||
| 12 June – 21:30 | ||||||||||
| Greece | 90 | |||||||||
| Greece | 81 | |||||||||
| 10 June – 21:30 | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 77 | Third place | ||||||||
| Poland | 81 | |||||||||
| 13 June – 21:30 | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 128 | |||||||||
| Spain | 87 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 98 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
9 June 19:30 |
| Soviet Union |
110–91 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 55–51, 55–40 | ||
| Pts: Volkov 25 | Pts: Havlík 26 | |
9 June 21:30 |
| Spain |
107–77 | West Germany |
| Scoring by half: 56–34, 51–43 | ||
| Pts: San Epifanio 33 | Pts: Jackel 14 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Alan Richardson (ENG) |
Semifinals
12 June 19:30 |
| Soviet Union |
113–96 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 55–47, 58–49 | ||
| Pts: Marčiulionis 26 | Pts: Jiménez 30 | |
12 June 21:30 |
| Greece |
81–77 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 35–45, 46–32 | ||
| Pts: Galis 30 | Pts: D. Petrović 22 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 18,000 Referees: Yvan Mainini (FRA), Todd Warnick (ISR) |
Third place
13 June 21:30 |
| Spain |
87–98 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 51–42, 36–56 | ||
| Pts: Romay, San Epifanio 17 | Pts: D. Petrović 31 | |
Final
14 June 20:00 |
| Soviet Union |
101–103 (OT) | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 41–42, 48–47 Overtime: 12–14 | ||
| Pts: Valters 21 | Pts: Galis 40 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 17,000 Referees: Richard Steeves (CAN), Vicente Sanchís (ESP) |
5th to 8th place
| Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
| 11 June – 19:30 | ||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 91 | |||||
| 14 June – 18:00 | ||||||
| West Germany | 93 | |||||
| West Germany | 84 | |||||
| 11 June – 21:30 | ||||||
| Italy | 87 | |||||
| Italy | 93 | |||||
| Poland | 75 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 13 June – 19:30 | ||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 92 | |||||
| Poland | 96 | |||||
11 June 19:30 |
| Czechoslovakia |
91–93 | West Germany |
| Scoring by half: 44–50, 47–43 | ||
| Pts: Kropilák 19 | Pts: Jackel 23 | |
11 June 21:30 |
| Italy |
93–75 | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 44–32, 49–43 | ||
| Pts: Morandotti 22 | Pts: Zelig 20 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Vicente Sanchís (ESP) |
13 June 19:30 |
| Czechoslovakia |
92–96 | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 52–45, 40–51 | ||
| Pts: Matický 18 | Pts: Zelig 33 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Stavros Douvis (GRE), Philippe Leemann (SUI) |
9th to 12th place
| Classification round | Ninth place | |||||
| 9 June – 17:30 | ||||||
| France | 96 | |||||
| 13 June – 17:30 | ||||||
| Israel | 93 | |||||
| France | 94 | |||||
| 10 June – 17:30 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 80 | |||||
| Romania | 87 | |||||
| Netherlands | 88 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| 11 June – 17:30 | ||||||
| Israel | 97 | |||||
| Romania | 87 | |||||
9 June 17:30 |
| France |
96–93 | Israel |
| Scoring by half: 44–50, 52–43 | ||
| Pts: Dubuisson 36 | Pts: Bird Curtis 34 | |
10 June 17:30 |
| Romania |
87–88 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 35–55, 52–33 | ||
| Pts: Niculescu 29 | Pts: Smits 36 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Alan Richardson (ENG), Radoslav Petrović (YUG) |
11 June 17:30 |
| Israel |
97–87 | Romania |
| Scoring by half: 49–43, 48–44 | ||
| Pts: Jamchi 44 | Pts: Niculescu 20 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus Referees: Maurizio Martolini (ITA), Peter George (FRG) |
13 June 17:30 |
| France |
94–80 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 43–53, 51–27 | ||
| Pts: Ostrowski 25 | Pts: Kuipers 27 | |
Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus 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[3] |
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| Šarūnas Marčiulionis |
| 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 |
6–2 |
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Soviet Union |
7–1 |
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Yugoslavia |
5–3 |
| 4 | Spain |
4–4 |
| 5 | Italy |
7–1 |
| 6 | West Germany |
4–4 |
| 7 | Poland |
4–4 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia |
2–6 |
| 9 | France |
3–4 |
| 10 | Netherlands |
2–5 |
| 11 | Israel |
2–5 |
| 12 | Romania |
0–7 |
References
- (in Greek) See its address in the "contact info" page at the official website of the Stadium, www.sef-stadium.gr.
- https://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Nikos-Galis
- Linguasport.com Tournament Team.
External links
- 1987 European Championship for Men, FIBA.com.
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