EuroBasket 1967

FIBA EuroBasket 1967
15th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Finland
Dates September 28 – October 8
Teams 16 (from 31 federations)
Venues 2 Helsinki, Tampere (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Soviet Union (9th title)
MVP Czechoslovakia Jiří Zedníček
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Greece Giorgos Kolokithas (26.7)  Soviet Union (93.0)
Official website
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The 1967 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1967, was the fifteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

Venues

Helsinki Tampere
Helsingin jäähalli
Capacity 8 200		 Tampereen jäähalli
Capacity 10 200

First round

Group A – Helsinki

 Spain  Romania 85–88
 Belgium  Yugoslavia 66–73
 Finland  Netherlands 83–70
 Poland  Czechoslovakia 75–90
 Belgium  Netherlands 82–70
 Spain  Poland 71–88
 Yugoslavia  Czechoslovakia 66–74
 Finland  Romania 57–51
 Netherlands  Yugoslavia 46–96
 Belgium  Romania 74–77
 Spain  Czechoslovakia 65–98
 Finland  Poland 68–80
 Netherlands  Romania 64–83
 Belgium  Poland 68–98
 Spain  Yugoslavia 68–82
 Finland  Czechoslovakia 54–49
 Netherlands  Poland 65–69
 Belgium  Czechoslovakia 72–92
 Finland  Spain 76–69
 Yugoslavia  Romania 73–75
 Netherlands  Czechoslovakia 68–78
 Belgium  Spain 76–89
 Poland  Romania 75–58
 Finland  Yugoslavia 59–68
 Romania  Czechoslovakia 61–69
 Spain  Netherlands 79–71
 Finland  Belgium 82–62
 Yugoslavia  Poland 65–69
Pos. Team Matches Wins Loses Results Points Diff.
1.  Czechoslovakia 7 6 1 550:461 12 +89
2.  Poland 7 6 1 554:485 12 +69
3.  Finland 7 5 2 479:449 10 +30
4.  Romania 7 4 3 493:497 8 −4
5.  Yugoslavia 7 4 3 523:507 8 +16
6.  Spain 7 2 5 526:579 4 −53
7.  Belgium 7 1 6 500:581 2 −81
8.  Netherlands 7 0 7 454:570 0 −116

Group B – Tampere

 Bulgaria  Hungary 66–58
 Israel  Soviet Union 65–93
 Italy  East Germany 65–55
 Greece  France 78–69
 Bulgaria  Greece 64–66
 Israel  Hungary 60–56
 East Germany  Soviet Union 67–83
 Italy  France 47–42
 East Germany  France 56–68
 Soviet Union  Hungary 85–54
 Israel  Greece 75–75 aet. 91–81
 Bulgaria  Italy 73–71
 Greece  Hungary 69–60
 Soviet Union  France 108–52
 Israel  Italy 67–70
 Bulgaria  East Germany 68–66
 Bulgaria  France 65–67
 Italy  Hungary 73–80
 Israel  East Germany 74–67
 Greece  Soviet Union 41–82
 Israel  France 75–68
 East Germany  Hungary 55–59
 Bulgaria  Soviet Union 61–84
 Italy  Greece 74–58
 France  Hungary 56–51
 Bulgaria  Israel 78–61
 East Germany  Greece 69–56
 Italy  Soviet Union 91–105
Pos. Team Matches Wins Loses Results Points Diff.
1.  Soviet Union 7 7 0 640:431 14 +209
2.  Bulgaria 7 4 3 475:475 8 +2
3.  Italy 7 4 3 490:480 8 +10
4.  Israel 7 4 3 493:513 8 −20
5.  Greece 7 3 4 449:509 6 −60
6.  France 7 3 4 422:480 6 −58
7.  Hungary 7 2 5 418:464 4 −46
8.  East Germany 7 1 6 435:472 2 −37

Knockout stage

Places 13 – 16 in Tampere

Team 1 Team 2 Res.
 Hungary  Netherlands 76–71
 Belgium  East Germany 63–78

Places 9 – 12 in Helsinki

Team 1 Team 2 Res.
 Yugoslavia  France 75–69
 Greece  Spain 85–85 aet. 95–99

Places 5 – 8 in Tampere

Team 1 Team 2 Res.
 Italy  Romania 57–63
 Finland  Israel 73–60

Places 1 – 4 in Helsinki

Team 1 Team 2 Res.
 Czechoslovakia  Bulgaria 82–79
 Soviet Union  Poland 108–68

Finals

Placement Team 1 Team 2 Res.
15th place  Netherlands  Belgium 77–92
13th place  Hungary  East Germany 78–62
11th place  France  Greece 74–69
9th place  Yugoslavia  Spain 101–73
7th place  Italy  Israel 74–72
5th place  Romania  Finland 71–64
3rd place  Bulgaria  Poland 76–80
Final  Czechoslovakia  Soviet Union 77–89
 1967 FIBA European Champions  

Soviet Union
Ninth title

Final rankings

  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Czechoslovakia
  3.  Poland
  4.  Bulgaria
  5.  Romania
  6.  Finland
  7.  Italy
  8.  Israel
  9.  Yugoslavia
  10.  Spain
  11.  France
  12.  Greece
  13.  Hungary
  14.  East Germany
  15.  Belgium
  16.  Netherlands

Awards

1967 FIBA European Championship MVP: Jiří Zedníček (Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Soviet Union Sergei Belov
Soviet Union Modestas Paulauskas
Czechoslovakia Jiří Zedníček (MVP)
Czechoslovakia Jiří Zídek
Finland Veikko Vainio

Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Modestas Paulauskas, Gennadi Volnov, Jaak Lipso, Anatoly Polivoda, Priit Tomson, Tõnno Lepmets, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Vladimir Andreev, Zurab Sakandelidze, Yuri Selikhov, Anatoli Krikun (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)

2. Czechoslovakia: Jiří Zídek Sr., Jiří Zedníček, Jiri Ammer, Vladimir Pistelak, Frantisek Konvicka, Bohumil Tomasek, Robert Mifka, Jiri Ruzicka, Jan Bobrovsky, Karel Baroch, Jiří Marek, Celestyn Mrazek (Coach: Vladimir Heger)

3. Poland: Mieczysław Łopatka, Bohdan Likszo, Włodzimierz Trams, Grzegorz Korcz, Bolesław Kwiatkowski, Mirosław Kuczyński, Czesław Malec, Henryk Cegielski, Maciej Chojnacki, Waldemar Kozak, Kazimierz Frelkiewicz, Zbigniew Dregier (Coach: Witold Zagórski)

4. Bulgaria: Mincho Dimov, Ivan Vodenicharski, Cvjatko Barchovski, Georgi Khristov, Emil Mikhajlov, Slavejko Rajchev, Pando Pandov, Khristo Dojchinov, Georgi Genev, Boris Krastev, Temelaki Dimitrov, Bojcho Branzov (Coach: Kiril Khajtov)

References

  1. ↑ Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

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