EuroBasket 1989

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EuroBasket 1989
Tournament details
Host countryYugoslavia
CityZagreb
Dates20–25 June
Teams8
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 played20
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović
Top scorerGreece Nikos Galis
(35.6 points per game)
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1991 →

The 1989 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1989, was the 26th

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.

Dom Sportova
Opened in 1972

Qualification

Main article: FIBA EuroBasket 1989 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

Main article: EuroBasket 1989 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
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
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

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
24 June – 19:00
 
 
 Yugoslavia97
 
25 June – 21:00
 
 Italy80
 
 Yugoslavia98
 
24 June – 21:00
 
 Greece77
 
 Greece81
 
 
 Soviet Union80
 
Third place
 
 
25 June – 19:00
 
 
 Italy76
 
 
 Soviet Union104

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 roundFifth place
 
      
 
24 June – 14:00
 
 
 France107
 
25 June – 16:00
 
 Netherlands100
 
 France87
 
24 June – 16:00
 
 Spain95
 
 Bulgaria85
 
 
 Spain108
 
Seventh place
 
 
25 June – 14:00
 
 
 Netherlands86
 
 
 Bulgaria91
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 (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Greece Nikos Galis
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović (MVP)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Paspalj
France Stéphane Ostrowski
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dino Rađa

Final standings

Yugoslavia, champions
Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yugoslavia 5–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Greece 3–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
1st
2nd
2nd
3rd
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 		 
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 		 
Gus Binelli
Antonello Riva
Riccardo Morandotti
Ario Costa
Flavio Carera

References

  1. ^ Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

External links

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