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EuroBasket 1977

Europees kampioenschap basketbal mannen 1977 Championnat d'Europe masculin de basket-ball 1977 Basketball-Europameisterschaft 1977
Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
Cities	Ostend and Liège
Dates	14–24 September
Teams	12
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
MVP	Dražen Dalipagić
Top scorer	Kees Akerboom (26.4 points per game)

The 1977 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1977, was the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

Venues

Ostend	Liège
Sportcentrum Capacity 2 000	Country Hall du Sart Tilman Capacity 5 000

Group stage

Group A – Liège

Soviet Union	Austria	101–61
Bulgaria	Israel	88–86
Italy	France	70–59
Bulgaria	Soviet Union	96–117
France	Austria	86–81
Italy	Israel	78–73
France	Bulgaria	76–87
Italy	Austria	85–70
Israel	Soviet Union	69–103
Austria	Israel	87–103
Italy	Bulgaria	100–81
Soviet Union	France	115–74
Austria	Bulgaria	85–92
Israel	France	96–82
Italy	Soviet Union	95–87

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	428	370	+58	10
Soviet Union	5	4	1	523	395	+128	9
Bulgaria	5	3	2	444	464	−20	8
Israel	5	2	3	427	438	−11	7
France	5	1	4	377	449	−72	6
Austria	5	0	5	384	467	−83	5

Group B – Ostend

Netherlands	Czechoslovakia	73–90
Belgium	Finland	81–81 aet. 107–98
Spain	Yugoslavia	76–79
Finland	Yugoslavia	80–88
Netherlands	Spain	114–95
Belgium	Czechoslovakia	61–67
Finland	Netherlands	67–87
Czechoslovakia	Spain	73–70
Belgium	Yugoslavia	83–111
Czechoslovakia	Finland	100–85
Yugoslavia	Netherlands	111–75
Belgium	Spain	93–94
Spain	Finland	85–78
Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	103–111
Belgium	Netherlands	107–86

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	441	392	+49	10
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	492	425	+67	9
Belgium	5	2	3	451	456	−5	7
Netherlands	5	2	3	435	470	−35	7
Spain	5	2	3	420	437	−17	7
Finland	5	0	5	408	467	−59	5

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	Italy	69
	Yugoslavia	88
					Yugoslavia	74
					Soviet Union	61
	Czechoslovakia	76
	Soviet Union	91
					Third place
					Italy	81
					Czechoslovakia	91

5th to 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	Bulgaria	108
	Netherlands	85
					Bulgaria	78
					Israel	88
	Belgium	74
	Israel	81
					Seventh place
					Netherlands	104
					Belgium	89

9th to 12th place

	Classification round				Ninth place
	France	72
	Finland	73
					Finland	89
					Spain	106
	Spain	88
	Austria	84
					Eleventh place
					France	89
					Austria	71

1977 FIBA EuroBasket champions
Yugoslavia 3rd title

Final standings

1. Yugoslavia
2. Soviet Union
3. Czechoslovakia
4. Italy
5. Israel
6. Bulgaria
7. Netherlands
8. Belgium
9. Spain
10. Finland
11. France
12. Austria

Awards

1977 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dražen Dalipagić ( Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team
Zoran Slavnić
Miki Berkovich
Dražen Dalipagić (MVP)
Kees Akerboom
Atanas Golomeev

Team rosters

1. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Žarko Varajić, Željko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Ratko Radovanović, Duje Krstulović, Ante Đogić, Joško Papič (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)

2. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Anatoly Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko, Aleksander Belostenny, Stanislav Eremin, Mikheil Korkia, Valeri Miloserdov, Vladimir Zhigili, Aleksander Salnikov, Viktor Petrakov, Vladimir Arzamaskov, Aleksander Kharchenkov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)

3. Czechoslovakia: Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilak, Zdenek Kos, Jiri Pospisil, Vojtech Petr, Jiri Konopasek, Vlastibor Klimeš, Zdenek Dousa, Gustav Hraska, Josef Necas, Vladimir Ptacek, Pavol Bojanovsky (Coach: Pavel Petera)

4. Italy: Dino Meneghin, Pierluigi Marzorati, Marco Bonamico, Renzo Bariviera, Carlo Caglieris, Lorenzo Carraro, Fabrizio della Fiori, Gianni Bertolotti, Giulio Iellini, Renzo Vecchiato, Vittorio Ferracini, Luigi Serafini (Coach: Giancarlo Primo)