1985 European basketball championship

Eurobasket 1985
24th European Basketball Championship of Men
Number of nations	12
European champion	USSR (14th title)
venue	Karlsruhe, Leverkusen and Stuttgart, Germany
Opening game	05th June 1985
Endgame	June 16, 1985
Games	46
Basket points	8488   (∅: 184.52 per game)
Most basket points	Doron Jamchy Israel
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The 24th European Basketball Championships the men ( officially: Euro Basket 1985 ) took place from 5 to 16 June 1985 for the second time in the Federal Republic of Germany instead. The record winner from the Soviet Union secured the gold medal for the 14th time . Czechoslovakia won silver , the bronze medal went to defending champion Italy .

Berliner Sporthilfe - surcharge stamp on the occasion of the European basketball championship

Venues

The group A preliminary round matches were played in the Karlsruhe Europahalle . The group B games took place in the Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle in Leverkusen . All games from the quarterfinals onwards were played in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart .

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 first four teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals and already had 8th place in the European Championship, the remaining teams played in the final round for 9th place in the European Championship.

Group A

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
A 1	Poland	Romania	070: 083	34:42	36:41	-
A 2	USSR	France	118: 103	65:46	53:57	-
A 3	Spain	Yugoslavia	083: 099	44:39	39:60	-
A 4	USSR	Romania	100: 085	43:37	57:48	-
A 5	Spain	Poland	099: 097	52:58	47:39	-
A 6	France	Yugoslavia	089: 110	40:65	49:45	-
A 7	Romania	Spain	094: 106	49:51	45:55	-
A 8	France	Poland	094: 097	34:46	60:51	-
A 9	USSR	Yugoslavia	105: 097	57:53	48:44	-
A10	France	Romania	110: 097	55:59	55:38	-
A11	Yugoslavia	Poland	106: 94	51:44	55:50	-
A12	USSR	Spain	092: 099	52:57	40:42	-
A13	Yugoslavia	Romania	102: 093	62:49	40:44	-
A14	Spain	France	109: 083	62:34	47:49	-
A15	USSR	Poland	122: 099	64:44	58:55	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Yugoslavia	5	4th	1	9	514: 464	+50	Quarter finals
2	USSR	5	4th	1	9	537: 483	+54
3	Spain	5	4th	1	6th	496: 465	+31
4th	France	5	1	4th	6th	479: 531	−52
5	Romania	5	1	4th	6th	452: 488	−36	Final round places 9 - 12
6th	Poland	5	1	4th	6th	457: 504	−47

Group B

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
B 1	Italy	Czechoslovakia	082: 080	39:42	43:38	-
B 2	BR Germany	Netherlands	104: 079	51:34	53:45	-
B 3	Israel	Bulgaria	072: 078	44:37	28:41	-
B 4	Italy	BR Germany	094: 079	49:43	45:36	-
B 5	Israel	Czechoslovakia	092: 093	54:42	38:51	-
B 6	Netherlands	Bulgaria	090: 103	32:52	58:51	-
B 7	BR Germany	Czechoslovakia	101: 083	45:44	56:39	-
B 8	Italy	Bulgaria	082: 061	41:29	41:32	-
B 9	Israel	Netherlands	080: 086	49:45	31:41	-
B10	Czechoslovakia	Bulgaria	068: 084	35:40	33:44	-
B11	Israel	BR Germany	094: 088	46:52	48:36	-
B12	Netherlands	Italy	079: 112	32:56	47:56	-
B13	Netherlands	Czechoslovakia	066: 104	29:57	37:47	-
B14	BR Germany	Bulgaria	073: 070	32:35	41:35	-
B15	Israel	Italy	92:89 a.d.	46:38	33:41	13:10

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Italy	5	4th	1	9	459: 391	+ 068	Quarter finals
2	BR Germany	5	3	2	8th	445: 420	+ 025
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8th	396: 385	+ 011
4th	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	7th	428: 425	+ 3 00
5	Israel	5	2	3	7th	430: 434	- 4th00	Final round places 9 - 12
6th	Netherlands	5	1	4th	6th	400: 503	−103

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
	Poland	86
	Israel	91
					34
					Israel	90
					Romania	89
					Game for 11th place
	32				33
	Romania	90			Poland	102
	Netherlands	87			Netherlands	100

Placement games

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
31	Poland	Israel	86:91	45:40	41:51	-
32	Romania	Netherlands	90:87	46:46	44:41	-

Game for 11th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
33	Poland	Netherlands	102: 100	53:40	49:60	-

Play for 9th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
34	Israel	Romania	90:89	47:47	43:42	-

Place 1 to 8

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Yugoslavia

91

B4

Czechoslovakia

102

38

B4

Czechoslovakia

98

A3

Spain

95

A3

Spain

98

41

B2

BR Germany

83

Endgame

35

B4

Czechoslovakia

89

A2

USSR

120

A2

USSR

104

46

B3

Bulgaria

86

37

A2

USSR

112

B1

Italy

96

3rd place match

A4

France

71

42

A3

Spain

90

B1

Italy

97

B1

Italy

102

36

44

Quarter finals

The first four teams in each preliminary group played for a place in the round of the last four. The game was played in a KO system against an opponent from the other group.

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
35	Spain	BR Germany	098: 083	60:44	38:39	-
36	France	Italy	071: 097	39:38	32:59	-
37	USSR	Bulgaria	104: 086	52:45	52:41	-
38	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	091: 102	43:51	48:51	-

5th to 8th place

The teams eliminated in the quarter-finals played for EM place 5.

	Small semifinals				Play for 5th place
	39
	BR Germany	98
	Yugoslavia	84
					43
					BR Germany	100
					France	81
					Game for 7th place
	40				45
	France	107			Yugoslavia	105
	Bulgaria	105			Bulgaria	86

Small semifinals

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
39	BR Germany	Yugoslavia	98: 084	49:37	49:47	-
40	France	Bulgaria	107: 105 a.d.	39:51	51:39	17:15

Game for 7th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
45	Yugoslavia	Bulgaria	105: 86	56:44	49:42	-

Play for 5th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
43	BR Germany	France	100: 81	49:42	51:39	-

1st to 4th place

The teams that were victorious in the quarterfinals played for the European championship title.

Semifinals

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
41	Spain	Czechoslovakia	95: 098	56:49	39:49	-
42	Italy	USSR	96: 112	40:73	56:39	-

3rd place match

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
44	Spain	Italy	90: 102 a.d.	46:49	38:35	6:18

final

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
46	Czechoslovakia	USSR	89: 120	47:54	42:66	-

Final score

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
1	USSR	7: 1	1.1578
2	Czechoslovakia	4: 4	0.9808
3	Italy	6: 2	1.1355
4th	Spain	5: 3	1.0414
5	BR Germany	5: 3	1.0629
6th	France	2: 6	0.8860
7th	Yugoslavia	5: 3	1.0587
8th	Bulgaria	3: 5	0.9601
9	Israel	4: 3	1.0033
10	Romania	2: 5	0.9489
11	Poland	2: 5	0.9281
12	Netherlands	1: 6	0.8446

Honors

Arvydas Sabonis was voted the best player of the tournament ( MVP ) by the Soviet European champions.

See also

• basketball
• European basketball championship

Web links

• FIBA Europe Infos (Engl.)