European basketball championship 1983

Eurobasket 1983
23 Basketball Championship of Men
Number of nations	12
European champion	Italy (1st title)
venue	Limoges, Caen and Nantes, France
Opening game	May 26, 1983
Endgame	0June 4th 1983
Games	42
Basket points	6966   (∅: 165.86 per game)
Most basket points	Nikos Galis Greece
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The 23 European Basketball Championship of Men ( official: Euro Basket 1983 ) was from May 26 to June 4, 1983 in France instead. For the first time in its history, the European champions - apart from Egypt in 1949 - did not come from Eastern Europe when the Italian selection won the gold coup in their fourth final participation. Silver went to Spain , the defending champion from the Soviet Union won the bronze medal.

Venues

The group A preliminary matches took place in Limoges . Group B games were played in Caen . The games of the final round were played in Nantes .

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two groups of six teams each. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. If a game was tied at the end of regular time, there was extra time. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided against each other.

The two first and second place winners in each group were set for the semifinals and were already fourth in the European Championship, the two third and fourth placed qualified for the small semifinals and played for EM place 5. The fifth and sixth placed in each group had to play the games to 9th place in the European Championship.

Group A

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
A 1	Sweden	Greece	066: 069	26:32	40:37	-
A 2	Italy	Spain	075: 074	28:37	47:37	-
A 3	France	Yugoslavia	076: 080	42:46	34:34	-
A 4	Sweden	Italy	074: 089	42:40	32:49	-
A 5	France	Greece	079: 077	39:45	40:32	-
A 6	Yugoslavia	Spain	090: 091	54:48	36:43	-
A 7	Greece	Italy	083: 108	42:56	41:52	-
A 8	Yugoslavia	Sweden	103: 084	53:40	50:44	-
A 9	France	Spain	073: 075	34:37	39:38	-
A10	Yugoslavia	Greece	077: 076	46:37	31:39	-
A11	France	Italy	080: 105	33:54	47:51	-
A12	Spain	Sweden	081: 076	43:43	38:33	-
A13	France	Sweden	091: 071	41:28	50:43	-
A14	Italy	Yugoslavia	091: 076	36:42	55:34	-
A15	Spain	Greece	100: 079	52:41	48:38	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Italy	5	5	0	10	468: 387	+81	Semifinals
2	Spain	5	4th	1	09	421: 393	+28
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	08th	426: 418	+ 08	Final round places 5 - 8
4th	France	5	2	3	07th	399: 408	- 09
5	Greece	5	1	4th	06th	384: 430	−46	Final round places 9 - 12
6th	Sweden	5	0	5	05	371: 433	−62

Group B

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Verl. | -
B 1	Israel	Netherlands	072: 078	31:43	41:35	-
B 2	Czechoslovakia	BR Germany	074: 086	36:44	38:42	-
B 3	USSR	Poland	088: 076	46:40	42:36	-
B 4	BR Germany	Netherlands	067: 079	34:36	33:43	-
B 5	Czechoslovakia	Poland	72:75 a.d.	31:33	35:33	6: 9
B 6	USSR	Israel	092: 087	43:46	49:41	-
B 7	Poland	Israel	062: 064	32:38	30:26	-
B 8	USSR	BR Germany	090: 069	43:33	47:36	-
B 9	Czechoslovakia	Netherlands	090: 063	54:27	36:36	-
B10	BR Germany	Poland	085: 082	46:44	39:38	-
B11	USSR	Netherlands	112: 063	54:37	58:26	-
B12	Czechoslovakia	Israel	89:93 a.d.	41:45	40:36	8:12
B13	Netherlands	Poland	073: 062	37:32	36:30	-
B14	Czechoslovakia	USSR	080: 100	39:53	41:47	-
B15	BR Germany	Israel	077: 070	42:42	35:28	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	USSR	5	5	0	10	482: 375	+107	Semifinals
2	Netherlands	5	3	2	08th	356: 403	- 047
3	BR Germany	5	3	2	08th	384: 395	- 011	Final round places 5 - 8
4th	Israel	5	2	3	07th	386: 398	- 012
5	Poland	5	1	4th	06th	357: 382	- 025	Final round places 9 - 12
6th	Czechoslovakia	5	1	4th	06th	405: 417	- 012

Final round

9th to 12th place

The fifth and sixth placed of the two preliminary round groups played for EM place 9. The game was played in the knockout system against an opponent from the other group.

	Placement games				Play for 9th place
	31
	Greece	85
	Czechoslovakia	88
					38
					Poland	77
					Czechoslovakia	73
					Game for 11th place
	32				37
	Poland	82			Greece	102
	Sweden	70			Sweden	97

Placement games

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
31	Greece	Czechoslovakia	85:88	42:42	43:46	-
32	Poland	Sweden	82:70	38:33	44:37	-

Game for 11th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
37	Greece	Sweden	102: 97 a.d.	52:46	39:45	11: 6

Play for 9th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
38	Poland	Czechoslovakia	77:73	38:40	39:33	-

5th to 8th place

The third and fourth placed of the two preliminary round groups played for EM place 5. The game was played in the knockout system against an opponent from the other group.

	Small semifinals				Play for 5th place
	33
	Israel	99
	Yugoslavia	88
					40
					France	92
					Israel	88
					Game for 7th place
	34				39
	France	90			Yugoslavia	104
	BR Germany	82			BR Germany	88

Small semifinals

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
33	Israel	Yugoslavia	99:88	48:46	51:42	-
34	France	BR Germany	90:82	46:43	44:39	-

Game for 7th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
39	Yugoslavia	BR Germany	104: 88	56:52	48:36	-

Play for 5th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
40	France	Israel	92:88	42:41	50:47	-

1st to 4th place

The first and second placed in the two preliminary round groups played for the European championship title. The game was played in a KO system against an opponent from the other group.

	Semifinals				final
	35
	Italy	88
	Netherlands	69
					42
					Spain	96
					Italy	105
					Game for third place
	36				41
	USSR	94			USSR	105
	Spain	95			Netherlands	70

Semifinals

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
35	Italy	Netherlands	88:69	46:38	42:31	-
36	USSR	Spain	94:95	50:54	44:41	-

3rd place match

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
41	USSR	Netherlands	105: 70	51:33	54:37	-

final

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
42	Spain	Italy	96: 105	38:45	58:60	-

Final score

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
1	Italy	7-0	1.1975
2	Spain	5: 2	1.0338
3	USSR	6: 1	1.2611
4th	Netherlands	3: 4	0.8305
5	France	4: 3	1.0052
6th	Israel	3: 4	0.9913
7th	Yugoslavia	4: 3	1.0215
8th	BR Germany	3: 4	0.9406
9	Poland	3: 4	0.9829
10	Czechoslovakia	2: 5	0.9775
11	Greece	2: 5	0.9285
12	Sweden	0: 7	0.8720

See also

• basketball
• European basketball championship

Web links

• FIBA Europe Infos (English)