EuroBasket 1989

EuroBasket 1989
Tournament details

Host country	Yugoslavia
City	Zagreb
Dates	20–25 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (5th title)
Runners-up	Greece
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
MVP	Dražen Petrović
Top scorer	Nikos Galis (35.6 points per game)

The 1989 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1989, was the 26th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Yugoslavia between 20 and 25 June 1989. Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The Dom Sportova in Zagreb was the hosting venue of the tournament. The host, Yugoslavia, won its fourth FIBA European title by defeating the defending champions Greece, with a 98–77 score in the final. Yugoslavia's Dražen Petrović was voted the tournament's MVP. The five best teams in the final standings were given berths to the 1990 FIBA World Championship.

Venues

All games were played at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb.

Zagreb	Dom Sportova Opened in 1972

Qualification

Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Qualified through Qualifying Round	3 September 1987 – 1 December 1988	8	Bulgaria France Greece Italy Netherlands Soviet Union Spain Yugoslavia

Squads

Format

The teams were split in two groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
The third and fourth teams from each group competed in another bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	304	236	+68	6
Italy	3	2	1	270	229	+41	5
Spain	3	1	2	250	281	−31	4
Netherlands	3	0	3	198	276	−78	3

20 June
16:30

Netherlands	76–78	Spain
Scoring by half: 49–29, 27–49
Pts: Kuipers 19		Pts: Jiménez 19

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Philippe Mailhabiau (FRA)

20 June
19:30

Italy	84–87	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 34–54, 50–33
Pts: Riva 31		Pts: Marčiulionis 23

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Peter George (FRG)

21 June
14:00

Soviet Union	109–56	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 46–32, 63–24
Pts: Berežnyj, Sokk, Vētra 14		Pts: van Poelgeest 15

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Danko Radić (YUG), Kamen Toshev (BUL)

21 June
21:00

Spain	76–97	Italy
Scoring by half: 39–41, 37–56
Pts: Martínez 20		Pts: Riva 33

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: David Dodge (USA), Costas Rigas (GRE)

22 June
16:00

Netherlands	66–89	Italy
Scoring by half: 23–36, 43–53
Pts: te Velde 25		Pts: Riva 21

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mickey Crowley (USA), Danko Radić (YUG)

22 June
21:00

Soviet Union	108–96	Spain
Scoring by half: 47–55, 61–41
Pts: Sabonis 27		Pts: San Epifanio 26

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Philippe Mailhabiau (FRA)

Group B


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	307	235	+72	6
Greece	3	2	1	251	250	+1	5
France	3	1	2	272	264	+8	4
Bulgaria	3	0	3	229	310	−81	3

20 June
14:20

France	109–78	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 59–30, 50–48
Pts: Dacoury 32		Pts: Antov 19

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (URS), Vittorio Fiorito (ITA)

20 June
21:30

Yugoslavia	103–68	Greece
Scoring by half: 49–35, 54–33
Pts: Petrović 35		Pts: Galis 30

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: David Dodge (USA), Vicente Sanchís (ESP)

21 June
16:00

Greece	80–74	France
Scoring by half: 42–33, 38–41
Pts: Galis 30		Pts: Ostrowski 29

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mickey Crowley (USA), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

21 June
19:00

Bulgaria	78–98	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–54, 36–44
Pts: Mladenov 23		Pts: Petrović 33

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Henk Kleersnyder (NED)

22 June
14:00

Greece	103–73	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 58–35, 45–38
Pts: Galis 43		Pts: Mladenov 29

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Vicente Sanchís (ESP), Vittorio Fiorito (ITA)

22 June
19:00

France	89–106	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 48–41, 41–65
Pts: Dacoury 28		Pts: Petrović 30

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (URS), Henk Kleersnyder (NED)

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final

	24 June – 19:00

	Yugoslavia	97
					25 June – 21:00
	Italy	80
					Yugoslavia	98
	24 June – 21:00
					Greece	77
	Greece	81

	Soviet Union	80
					Third place

					25 June – 19:00

					Italy	76

					Soviet Union	104

Semifinals

24 June
19:00

Yugoslavia	97–80	Italy
Scoring by half: 52–43, 45–37
Pts: Petrović 24		Pts: Dell'Agnello 13

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Vicente Sanchís (ESP), Mickey Crowley (USA)

24 June
21:00

Greece	81–80	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–44, 36–36
Pts: Galis 45		Pts: Tikhonenko 22

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Carl Jungenbrand (FIN), David Dodge (USA)

Third place

25 June
19:00

Italy	76–104	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31–47, 45–57
Pts: Magnifico 27		Pts: Marčiulionis 23

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Costas Rigas (GRE)

Final

25 June
21:00

Yugoslavia	98–77	Greece
Scoring by half: 54–35, 44–42
Pts: Petrović 28		Pts: Galis 30

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Mickey Crowley (USA), Carl Jungenbrand (FIN)

5th to 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place

	24 June – 14:00

	France	107
					25 June – 16:00
	Netherlands	100
					France	87
	24 June – 16:00
					Spain	95
	Bulgaria	85

	Spain	108
					Seventh place

					25 June – 14:00

					Netherlands	86

					Bulgaria	91

24 June
14:00

France	107–100 (OT)	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 53–41, 38–50 Overtime: 16–9
Pts: Ostrowski 31		Pts: de Waard 20

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Vittorio Fiorito (ITA), Kamen Toshev (BUL)

24 June
16:00

Bulgaria	85–108	Spain
Scoring by half: 47–60, 38–48
Pts: Antov 30		Pts: Martínez 27

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Costas Rigas (GRE), Danko Radić (YUG)

25 June
14:00

Netherlands	86–91	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 34–40, 52–51
Pts: de Waard 24		Pts: Antov 22

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Philippe Mailhabiau (FRA), Vicente Sanchís (ESP)

25 June
16:00

France	87–95	Spain
Scoring by half: 40–45, 47–50
Pts: Dacoury 20		Pts: San Epifanio 22

Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (URS), Vittorio Fiorito (ITA)

Awards

1989 FIBA EuroBasket champions
Yugoslavia 4th title

1989 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dražen Petrović (

Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team^[1]
Nikos Galis
Dražen Petrović (MVP)
Žarko Paspalj
Stéphane Ostrowski
Dino Rađa

Final standings

Yugoslavia, champions

	Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	Yugoslavia	5–0
	Greece	3–2
	Soviet Union	4–1
4	Italy	2–3
5	Spain	3–2
6	France	2–3
7	Bulgaria	1–4
8	Netherlands	0–5

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović Zdravko Radulović Zoran Čutura Toni Kukoč Žarko Paspalj Jure Zdovc Zoran Radović Stojko Vranković Vlade Divac Predrag Danilović Dino Rađa Mario Primorac	Greece Nikos Galis Kostas Patavoukas Panagiotis Giannakis Argiris Kambouris David Stergakos Dinos Angelidis John Korfas Nikos Filippou Liveris Andritsos Panagiotis Fasoulas Dimitris Papadopoulos Fanis Christodoulou	Soviet Union Gundars Vētra Tiit Sokk Viktor Berežnyj Šarūnas Marčiulionis Alexander Volkov Valeri Tikhonenko Rimas Kurtinaitis Arvydas Sabonis El'šad Gadašev Valdemaras Chomičius Alexander Belostenny Valery Goborov	Italy Andrea Gracis Mike D'Antoni Walter Magnifico Sandro Dell'Agnello Beppe Bosa Roberto Brunamonti Massimo Iacopini Gus Binelli Antonello Riva Riccardo Morandotti Ario Costa Flavio Carera

References

↑ Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

External links

1989 European Championship for Men archive.FIBA.com

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