EuroBasket 1983

FIBA EuroBasket 1983
23rd FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation France
Dates 25 May – 4 June
Teams 12 (from 33 federations)
Venues 3 Limoges, Cannes, Nantes (in 3 host cities)
Champions  Italy (1st title)
MVP Spain Juan Antonio Corbalán
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Greece Nikos Galis (33.0)  Soviet Union (97.3)
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EuroBasket 1983
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The 1983 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1983, was the 23rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 26 May to 4 June 1983 in France. Italy defeated Spain in the final to win its first title.

Venues

Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round
Caen Palais de Sports 2,590 Group B
Limoges Palais des Sports de Beaublanc 6,500 Opened in 1981 Group A
Nantes Palais des Sports de Beaulieu 5,500 Opened in 1973 Knockout rounds and qualification rounds

Qualification

A total of twelve teams qualified for the tournament. To the top eight teams from the previous tournament, four more teams were granted berths via a qualifying tournament.

Squads

Format

Preliminary round

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Italy 5 5 0 468 387+81 10
 Spain 5 4 1 421 393+28 9
 Yugoslavia 5 3 2 426 418+8 8
 France 5 2 3 399 4089 7
 Greece 5 1 4 384 43046 6
 Sweden 5 0 5 371 43362 5
26 May
14:30
 Sweden 6669  Greece
Scoring by half: 26–32, 40–37
Pts: Magarity 23 Pts: Galis 20
26 May
17:30
 Italy 7574  Spain
Scoring by half: 28–37, 47–37
Pts: Riva 18 Pts: San Epifanio 24
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Georgi Avalishvili (URS), Marek Paszucha (POL)
26 May
20:45
 France 7680  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–46, 34–34
Pts: Dacoury 17 Pts: Radovanović 24
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
27 May
14:30
 Sweden 7489  Italy
Scoring by half: 42–40, 32–49
Pts: Feldreich 18 Pts: Riva 22
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
Referees: Hank Nichols (USA), David Dagan (ISR)
27 May
18:00
 France 7977  Greece
Scoring by half: 39–45, 40–32
Pts: Szanyiel 29 Pts: Galis 38
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
27 May
20:30
 Yugoslavia 9091  Spain
Scoring by half: 54–48, 36–43
Pts: Radovanović 23 Pts: San Epifanio 21
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Milan Jahoda (TCH), Klaus Metzger (FRG)
28 May
14:30
 Greece 83108  Italy
Scoring by half: 42–56, 41–52
Pts: Galis 32 Pts: Meneghin 29
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
Referees: Milan Jahoda (TCH), Géza Horváth (HUN)
28 May
18:00
 Yugoslavia 10384  Sweden
Scoring by half: 53–40, 50–44
Pts: Dalipagić 21 Pts: Feldreich 23
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
28 May
20:30
 France 7375  Spain
Scoring by half: 34–37, 39–38
Pts: Szanyiel 16 Pts: Sibilio 24
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
Referees: Hank Nichols (USA), Georgi Avalishvili (URS)
29 May
14:30
 Yugoslavia 7776  Greece
Scoring by half: 46–37, 31–39
Pts: Dalipagić, Kićanović 19 Pts: Galis 25
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
29 May
17:00
 France 80105  Italy
Scoring by half: 33–54, 47–51
Pts: Cachemire, Vestris 15 Pts: Riva 28
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
Referees: Hank Nichols (USA), Milan Jahoda (TCH)
29 May
19:30
 Spain 8176  Sweden
Scoring by half: 43–43, 38–33
Pts: Sibilio 21 Pts: Karlsson 18
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Géza Horváth (HUN), Klaus Metzger (FRG)
30 May
14:30
 France 9171  Sweden
Scoring by half: 41–28, 50–43
Pts: Szanyiel 30 Pts: Rahm 18
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
30 May
18:00
 Italy 9176  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 36–42, 55–34
Pts: Gilardi 26 Pts: Dalipagić 21
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
Referees: Hank Nichols (USA), Milan Jahoda (TCH)
30 May
20:30
 Spain 10079  Greece
Scoring by half: 52–41, 48–38
Pts: San Epifanio 20 Pts: Galis 34
Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Géza Horváth (HUN), Klaus Metzger (FRG)

Group B – Cannes

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 5 5 0 482 375+107 10
 Netherlands 5 3 2 356 40347 8
 West Germany 5 3 2 384 39511 8
 Israel 5 2 3 386 39812 7
 Poland 5 1 4 357 38225 6
 Czechoslovakia 5 1 4 405 41712 6
26 May
14:30
 Israel 7278  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 31–43, 41–35
Pts: Berkowitz 24 Pts: Cramer 16
Palais de Sports, Caen
Referees: Giancarlo Vitolo (ITA), Zdravko Kurilić (YUG)
26 May
18:00
 Czechoslovakia 7486  West Germany
Scoring by half: 36–44, 38–42
Pts: Hraška 15 Pts: Pappert 29
Palais de Sports, Caen
26 May
20:30
 Soviet Union 8876  Poland
Scoring by half: 46–40, 42–36
Pts: Chomičius, Sabonis 17
Palais de Sports, Caen
27 May
14:30
 West Germany 6779  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 34–36, 33–43
Pts: Blab 22 Pts: Plaat 24
Palais de Sports, Caen
27 May
20:30
 Czechoslovakia 7375 (OT)  Poland
Scoring by half: 31–33, 35–33 Overtime: 6–9
Pts: Hraška, Kropilák 19 Pts: Młynarski 26
Palais de Sports, Caen
Referees: Giancarlo Vitolo (ITA), Ulf Öhrman (SWE)
27 May
20:30
 Soviet Union 9287  Israel
Scoring by half: 43–46, 49–41
Pts: Myškin 18 Pts: Berkowitz 32
Palais de Sports, Caen
28 May
14:30
 Poland 6264  Israel
Scoring by half: 32–38, 30–26
Pts: Binkowski 20 Pts: Jamchi, Berkowitz 16
Palais de Sports, Caen
28 May
16:30
 Soviet Union 9069  West Germany
Scoring by half: 43–33, 47–36
Pts: Myškin, Sabonis 17
Palais de Sports, Caen
28 May
20:30
 Czechoslovakia 9063  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 54–27, 36–36
Pts: Kropilák 32 Pts: Wiel 14
Palais de Sports, Caen
29 May
14:30
 West Germany 8582  Poland
Scoring by half: 46–44, 39–38
Pts: Zander 24 Pts: Młynarski 30
Palais de Sports, Caen
29 May
16:30
 Soviet Union 11263  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 54–37, 58–26
Pts: Tarakanov 24 Pts: Plaat 12
Palais de Sports, Caen
Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), Giancarlo Vitolo (ITA)
29 May
20:30
 Czechoslovakia 8993 (OT)  Israel
Scoring by half: 41–45, 40–36 Overtime: 8–12
Pts: PRajniak 25 Pts: Jamchi 27
Palais de Sports, Caen
30 May
14:30
 Netherlands 7362  Poland
Scoring by half: 37–32, 36–30
Pts: van den Bergh 15 Pts: Mulak 12
Palais de Sports, Caen
30 May
18:00
 Czechoslovakia 80100  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 39–53, 41–47
Pts: Kropilák 25 Pts: Valters 19
Palais de Sports, Caen
30 May
20:30
 West Germany 7770  Israel
Scoring by half: 42–42, 35–28
Pts: Schrempf 16 Pts: Jamchi 20
Palais de Sports, Caen

Knockout stage

Classification rounds

9th to 12th place

Classification round Ninth place
1 June – 14:30
  Greece  85  
  Czechoslovakia  88  
 
4 June – 18:00
      Czechoslovakia  73
    Poland  77
Eleventh place
2 June – 15:30 3 June – 15:30
  Poland  82   Greece  102
  Sweden  70     Sweden  97
1 June
14:30
 Greece 8688  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 42–42, 43–46
Pts: Galis 38 Pts: Kropilák 35
2 June
15:30
 Poland 8270  Sweden
Scoring by half: 38–33, 44–37
Pts: Młynarski 14 Pts: Magarity 20
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Referees: Giancarlo Vitolo (ITA), Zdravko Kurilić (YUG)
3 June
15:30
 Greece 10297 (OT)  Sweden
Scoring by half: 52–46, 39–45 Overtime: 11–6
Pts: Gallis 44 Pts: Magarity 24
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
4 June
18:00
 Poland 7773  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 38–40, 39–33
Pts: Zelig 18 Pts: Kropilák 20
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes

5th to 8th place

Classification round Fifth place
1 June – 18:00
  Yugoslavia  88  
  Israel  99  
 
4 June – 15:30
      Israel  88
    France  92
Seventh place
2 June – 18:00 3 June – 18:00
  West Germany  82   Yugoslavia  104
  France  90     West Germany  88
1 June
18:00
 Israel 9988  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 48–46, 51–42
Pts: Silver 27 Pts: Radovanović 26
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Referees: Pedro Hernández Cabrera (ESP)
2 June
18:00
 France 9082  West Germany
Scoring by half: 46–43, 44–39
Pts: Dacoury 24 Pts: Schrempf 21
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
3 June
18:00
 Yugoslavia 10488  West Germany
Scoring by half: 56–52, 48–36
Pts: Radovanović 26 Pts: Schrempf 20
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
4 June
18:00
 France 9288  Israel
Scoring by half: 42–41, 50–47
Pts: Szanyiel 23 Pts: Jamchi 22
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Referees: Giancarlo Vitolo (ITA), Pedro Hernández Cabrera (ESP)

Championship bracket

Semi-finals Final
1 June – 20:30
  Soviet Union  94  
  Spain  95  
 
4 June – 20:30
      Spain  96
    Italy  105
Third place
2 June – 20:30 3 June – 20:30
  Italy  88   Soviet Union  105
  Netherlands  69     Netherlands  70
1 June
20:30
 Soviet Union 9495  Spain
Scoring by half: 50–54, 44–41
Pts: Sabonis 24 Pts: Sibilio 26
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Hank Nichols (USA), Simon Mottart (BEL)
2 June
20:30
 Italy 8869  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 46–38, 42–31
Pts: Villalta 20 Pts: Kuipers 14
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Referees: Don Cline (CAN), David Dagan (ISR)
3 June
20:30
 Soviet Union 10570  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 51–33, 54–37
Pts: Sabonis 28 Pts: Cramer, Plaat 14
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), Zdravko Kurilić (YUG)
4 June
20:30
 Spain 96105  Italy
Scoring by half: 38–45, 58–60
Pts: San Epifanio 21 Pts: Villalta 20
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: Don Cline (CAN), Hank Nichols (USA)

Awards

 1983 FIBA European Champions 

Italy
1st title
1983 FIBA European Championship MVP: Juan Antonio Corbalán (Spain Spain)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Spain Juan Antonio Corbalán (MVP)
Greece Nikos Galis
Spain Juan Antonio San Epifanio
Czechoslovakia Stanislav Kropilák
Soviet Union Arvydas Sabonis

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1st  Italy 7–0
2nd  Spain 5–2
3rd  Soviet Union 6–1
4  Netherlands 3–4
5  France 4–3
6  Israel 3–4
7  Yugoslavia 4–3
8  West Germany 3–4
9  Poland 3–4
10  Czechoslovakia 2–5
11  Greece 2–5
12  Sweden 0–7
4th
 Italy
Carlo Caglieris
Alberto Tonut
Marco Bonamico
Enrico Gilardi
Ario Costa
Roberto Brunamonti
Renato Villalta
Dino Meneghin
Antonello Riva
Renzo Vecchiato
Pierluigi Marzorati
Romeo Sacchetti
 Spain
Fernando Arcega
Joan Creus
Chicho Sibilio
Josep Maria Margall
Andrés Jiménez
Fernando Romay
Fernando Martín
Juan Antonio Corbalán
Ignacio Solozábal
Juan Domingo de la Cruz
Juan Manuel López Iturriaga
Juan Antonio San Epifanio
 Soviet Union
Stanislav Erëmin
Heino Enden
Sergei Tarakanov
Arvydas Sabonis
Andrej Lopatov
Nik'oloz Deriugini
Valdis Valters
Viktor Pankraškin
Anatolij Myškin
Sergėjus Jovaiša
Oleksandr Bjelostjennyj
Valdemaras Chomičius
 Netherlands
René Ridderhof
Ronald Schilp
Randy Wiel
Mitchell Plaat
Jelle Esveldt
Al Faber
Jos Kuipers
Dan Cramer
Cock van de Lagemaat
Henk Pieterse
Roland van den Bergh
Rob van Essen

References

External links

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