European basketball championship 1987

Eurobasket 1987
25th European Basketball Championship of Men
Number of nations	12
European champion	Greece (1st title)
venue	Piraeus, Greece
Opening game	03rd June 1987
Endgame	June 14, 1987
Games	46
Basket points	8222   (∅: 178.74 per game)
Most basket points	Nikos Galis Greece
Most valuable player	Nikos Galis Greece
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The 25th European Basketball Championships the men ( officially: Euro Basket 1987 ) was from 3 to 14 June 1987 Piraeus instead. European champions became host Greece , which with two defeats in the obviously stronger preliminary group A had been able to prevent the early elimination with great difficulty. With their final win in extra time, the Greeks managed at least a revenge against the defending champions USSR , who narrowly missed another overall victory. Yugoslavia won the bronze medal .

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two groups of six teams each in the Stadium of Peace and Friendship . 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	Spain	France	111: 070	48:34	63:36	-
A 2	Romania	Greece	077: 109	49:60	28:49	-
A 3	Yugoslavia	USSR	093: 100	41:44	52:56	-
A 4	Romania	Spain	098: 116	51:70	47:46	-
A 5	USSR	France	107: 078	55:37	52:41	-
A 6	Yugoslavia	Greece	078: 084	49:42	29:42	-
A 7	USSR	Romania	121: 074	66:29	55:45	-
A 8	Greece	Spain	089: 106	38:55	51:51	-
A 9	Yugoslavia	France	088: 083	50:46	38:37	-
A10	France	Romania	095: 083	46:47	49:36	-
A11	Yugoslavia	Spain	094: 076	54:36	40:40	-
A12	Greece	USSR	066: 069	37:30	29:39	-
A13	Yugoslavia	Romania	120: 078	69:43	51:35	-
A14	Spain	USSR	088: 104	51:45	37:59	-
A15	France	Greece	069: 082	38:38	31:44	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	USSR	5	5	0	10	501: 399	+102	Quarter finals
2	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	08th	473: 421	+ 052
3	Spain	5	3	2	08th	497: 455	+ 042
4th	Greece	5	3	2	08th	430: 399	+ 031
5	France	5	1	4th	06th	395: 471	- 079	Final round places 9 - 12
6th	Romania	5	0	5	05	410: 561	−151

Group B

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
B 1	Israel	Czechoslovakia	99: 083	44:40	55:43	-
B 2	Poland	Netherlands	91: 084	41:45	50:39	-
B 3	Italy	BR Germany	84: 078	46:38	38:40	-
B 4	Israel	Netherlands	60: 061	24:43	36:18	-
B 5	Poland	Italy	85: 099	44:51	41:48	-
B 6	Czechoslovakia	BR Germany	95: 072	48:31	47:41	-
B 7	Netherlands	Italy	71: 095	33:43	38:52	-
B 8	Israel	BR Germany	107: 112 a.d.	40:49	58:49	9:14
B 9	Czechoslovakia	Poland	84: 087	46:49	38:38	-
B10	BR Germany	Poland	90: 086	43:48	47:38	-
B11	Netherlands	Czechoslovakia	89: 108	40:48	49:60	-
B12	Israel	Italy	79: 099	41:56	38:43	-
B13	BR Germany	Netherlands	76: 075	36:45	40:30	-
B14	Israel	Poland	77: 083	45:43	32:40	-
B15	Italy	Czechoslovakia	90: 066	48:40	42:26	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Italy	5	5	0	10	467: 379	+88	Quarter finals
2	BR Germany	5	3	2	08th	428: 447	−19
3	Poland	5	3	2	08th	432: 434	- 02nd
4th	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	07th	436: 437	- 01
5	Netherlands	5	1	4th	06th	380: 430	−50	Final round places 9 - 12
6th	Israel	5	1	4th	06th	422: 438	−16

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
	35
	France	96
	Israel	93
					42
					France	94
					Netherlands	80
					Game for 11th place
	36				41
	Romania	87			Israel	97
	Netherlands	88			Romania	87

Placement games

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
35	France	Israel	96:93	44:50	52:43	-
36	Romania	Netherlands	87:88	35:55	52:33	-

Game for 11th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
41	Israel	Romania	97:87	49:43	48:44	-

Play for 9th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
42	France	Netherlands	94:80	43:53	51:27	-

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.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

USSR

110

B4

Czechoslovakia

91

31

A1

USSR

113

A3

Spain

96

A3

Spain

107

39

B2

BR Germany

77

Endgame

32

A1

USSR

101

A4

Greece

103

A2

Yugoslavia

128

46

B3

Poland

81

34

A2

Yugoslavia

77

A4

Greece

81

3rd place match

A4

Greece

90

40

A3

Spain

87

B1

Italy

78

B1

Yugoslavia

98

33

44

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
31	USSR	Czechoslovakia	110: 091	55:51	55:40	-
32	Spain	BR Germany	107: 077	56:34	51:43	-
33	Italy	Greece	078: 090	35:49	43:41	-
34	Poland	Yugoslavia	081: 128	33:58	48:70	-

5th to 8th place

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

	Small semifinals				Play for 5th place
	37
	Czechoslovakia	91
	BR Germany	93
					45
					BR Germany	84
					Italy	87
					Game for 7th place
	38				43
	Italy	93			Czechoslovakia	92
	Poland	75			Poland	96

Small semifinals

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
37	Czechoslovakia	BR Germany	91:93	44:50	47:43	-
38	Italy	Poland	93:75	44:32	49:43	-

Game for 7th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
43	Czechoslovakia	Poland	92:96	52:45	40:51	-

Play for 5th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
45	BR Germany	Italy	84:87	44:51	40:36	-

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
39	USSR	Spain	113: 96	55:47	58:49	-
40	Greece	Yugoslavia	081:77	35:45	46:32	-

3rd place match

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
44	Spain	Yugoslavia	87:98	51:42	36:56	-

final

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
46	USSR	Greece	101: 103 a.d.	41:42	48:47	12:14

Final score

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
1	Greece	6: 2	1.0748
2	USSR	7: 1	1.1974
3	Yugoslavia	5: 3	1.1582
4th	Spain	4: 4	1.0592
5	Italy	7: 1	1.1545
6th	BR Germany	4: 4	0.9317
7th	Poland	4: 4	0.9157
8th	Czechoslovakia	2: 6	0.9647
9	France	3: 4	0.9084
10	Netherlands	2: 5	0.8969
11	Israel	2: 5	0.9855
12	Romania	0: 7	0.7828

Honors

The Greek Nikos Galis was chosen as the best player of the tournament ( MVP ) .

See also

• basketball
• European basketball championship

Web links

• FIBA Europe Infos (English)