EuroBasket 1973

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EuroBasket 1973
XVIII Campeonato Europeo de Baloncesto
Tournament details
CitySpain
Dates27 September – 6 October
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Soviet Union
Fourth place Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
MVPSpain Wayne Brabender
Top scorerBulgaria Atanas Golomeev
(22.3 points per game)
1971
1975

The 1973 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1973, was the eighteenth

FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe
.

Venues

Barcelona Badalona
Palacio de los Deportes
Capacity 8 000
Pabellón de Ausias March
Capacity 5 000

Group stage

Group A – Badalona

 Poland  Soviet Union 83–104
 Czechoslovakia  Israel 92–89
 Turkey  Romania 69–84
 Czechoslovakia  Soviet Union 55–77
 Israel  Romania 85–80
 Poland  Turkey 64–65
 Soviet Union  Turkey 79–53
 Czechoslovakia  Romania 70–61
 Israel  Poland 98–84
 Czechoslovakia  Turkey 66–64
 Soviet Union  Israel 101–78
 Romania  Poland 60–66
 Romania  Soviet Union 84–98
 Czechoslovakia  Poland 81–79
 Turkey  Israel 94–93
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1.  Soviet Union 5 5 0 459:353 10 +106
2.  Czechoslovakia 5 4 1 364:370 8 −6
3.  Turkey 5 2 3 345:386 4 −41
4.  Israel 5 2 3 443:451 4 −8
5.  Poland 5 1 4 376:408 2 −32
6.  Romania 5 1 4 369:388 2 −19

Group B – Barcelona

 Bulgaria  France 89–70
 Spain  Yugoslavia 59–65
 Greece  Italy 54–59
 Greece  Yugoslavia 68–84
 Spain  Bulgaria 85–69
 Italy  France 71–63
 Greece  France 67–62
 Yugoslavia  Bulgaria 76–65
 Italy  Spain 65–77
 Greece  Bulgaria 72–86
 France  Spain 80–85
 Yugoslavia  Italy 73–71
 Bulgaria  Italy 58–69
 Greece  Spain 74–86
 France  Yugoslavia 70–80
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1.  Yugoslavia 5 5 0 378:333 10 +45
2.  Spain 5 4 1 392:353 8 +29
3.  Italy 5 3 2 335:325 6 +10
4.  Bulgaria 5 2 3 367:372 4 −5
5.  Greece 5 1 4 335:377 2 −42
6.  France 5 0 5 345:392 0 −47

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Soviet Union 76
 
 
 
 Spain 80
 
 Spain 67
 
 
 
 Yugoslavia 78
 
 Yugoslavia 96
 
 
 Czechoslovakia 71
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Soviet Union 90
 
 
 Czechoslovakia 58

5th to 8th place

 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Turkey 67
 
 
 
 Bulgaria 76
 
 Bulgaria 71
 
 
 
 Italy 80
 
 Italy 94
 
 
 Israel 73
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Turkey 78
 
 
 Israel 96

9th to 12th place

 
Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Poland 62
 
 
 
 France 67
 
 France 69
 
 
 
 Romania 72
 
 Greece 78
 
 
 Romania 89
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Poland 64
 
 
 Greece 65


 1973 FIBA EuroBasket champions 

Yugoslavia
1st title

Final standings

  1.  Yugoslavia
  2.  Spain
  3.  Soviet Union
  4.  Czechoslovakia
  5.  Italy
  6.  Bulgaria
  7.  Israel
  8.  Turkey
  9.  Romania
  10.  France
  11.  Greece
  12.  Poland

Awards

1973 FIBA EuroBasket Championship Spain)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Soviet Union Sergei Belov
Francisco "Nino" Buscato
MVP
)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Krešimir Ćosić
Bulgaria Atanas Golomeev

Team rosters

1. Yugoslavia:

)

2. Spain:

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3. Soviet Union:

)

4. Czechoslovakia:

Vladimir Heger
)

References