EuroBasket 1989

EuroBasket 1989
Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
City	Zagreb
Dates	20–25 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (4th title)
Runners-up	Greece
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
MVP	Dražen Petrović
Top scorer	Nikos Galis ; (35.6 points per game)
	← 1987 1991 →

The 1989 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1989, was the 26th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Yugoslavia between 20 and 25 June 1989. Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The Dom Sportova in Zagreb was the hosting venue of the tournament. The host, Yugoslavia, won its fourth FIBA European title by defeating the defending champions Greece, with a 98–77 score in the final. Yugoslavia's Dražen Petrović was voted the tournament's MVP. The five best teams in the final standings were given berths to the 1990 FIBA World Championship.

Venues

All games were played at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb.

Zagreb	Dom Sportova Opened in 1972

Qualification

Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Qualified through Qualifying Round	3 September 1987 – 1 December 1988	8	Bulgaria France Greece Italy Netherlands Soviet Union Spain Yugoslavia

Squads

Format

The teams were split in two groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
The third and fourth teams from each group competed in another bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

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
Soviet Union	3	3	0	304	236	68	6
Italy	3	2	1	270	229	41	5
Spain	3	1	2	250	281	−31	4
Netherlands	3	0	3	198	276	−78	3

20 June
16:30

Netherlands	76–78	Spain
Scoring by half: 49–29, 27–49
Pts: Kuipers 19		Pts: Jiménez 19

Italy	84–87	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 34–54, 50–33
Pts: Riva 31		Pts: Marčiulionis 23

Soviet Union	109–56	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 46–32, 63–24
Pts: Berežnyj, Sokk, Vētra 14		Pts: van Poelgeest 15

Spain	76–97	Italy
Scoring by half: 39–41, 37–56
Pts: Martínez 20		Pts: Riva 33

Netherlands	66–89	Italy
Scoring by half: 23–36, 43–53
Pts: te Velde 25		Pts: Riva 21

Soviet Union	108–96	Spain
Scoring by half: 47–55, 61–41
Pts: Sabonis 27		Pts: San Epifanio 26

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	307	235	72	6
Greece	3	2	1	251	250	1	5
France	3	1	2	272	264	8	4
Bulgaria	3	0	3	229	310	−81	3

France	109–78	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 59–30, 50–48
Pts: Dacoury 32		Pts: Antov 19

Yugoslavia	103–68	Greece
Scoring by half: 49–35, 54–33
Pts: Petrović 35		Pts: Galis 30

Greece	80–74	France
Scoring by half: 42–33, 38–41
Pts: Galis 30		Pts: Ostrowski 29

Bulgaria	78–98	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–54, 36–44
Pts: Mladenov 23		Pts: Petrović 33

Greece	103–73	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 58–35, 45–38
Pts: Galis 43		Pts: Mladenov 29

France	89–106	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 48–41, 41–65
Pts: Dacoury 28		Pts: Petrović 30

Semifinals		Final

24 June – 19:00

Yugoslavia	97
		25 June – 21:00
Italy	80
		Yugoslavia	98
24 June – 21:00
		Greece	77
Greece	81

Soviet Union	80
		Third place

		25 June – 19:00

		Italy	76

		Soviet Union	104

Yugoslavia	97–80	Italy
Scoring by half: 52–43, 45–37
Pts: Petrović 24		Pts: Dell'Agnello 13

Greece	81–80	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–44, 36–36
Pts: Galis 45		Pts: Tikhonenko 22

Italy	76–104	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31–47, 45–57
Pts: Magnifico 27		Pts: Marčiulionis 23

Yugoslavia	98–77	Greece
Scoring by half: 54–35, 44–42
Pts: Petrović 28		Pts: Galis 30

Classification round		Fifth place

24 June – 14:00

France	107
		25 June – 16:00
Netherlands	100
		France	87
24 June – 16:00
		Spain	95
Bulgaria	85

Spain	108
		Seventh place

		25 June – 14:00

		Netherlands	86

		Bulgaria	91

France	107–100 (OT)	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 53–41, 38–50 Overtime: 16–9
Pts: Ostrowski 31		Pts: de Waard 20

EuroBasket 1989

Venues

Qualification

Squads

Format

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

Awards

Final standings

References

External links

Bulgaria	85–108	Spain
Scoring by half: 47–60, 38–48
Pts: Antov 30		Pts: Martínez 27

Netherlands	86–91	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 34–40, 52–51
Pts: de Waard 24		Pts: Antov 22

France	87–95	Spain
Scoring by half: 40–45, 47–50
Pts: Dacoury 20		Pts: San Epifanio 22

Rank	Team	Record
	Yugoslavia	5–0
	Greece	3–2
	Soviet Union	4–1
4	Italy	2–3
5	Spain	3–2
6	France	2–3
7	Bulgaria	1–4
8	Netherlands	0–5

1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović Zdravko Radulović Zoran Čutura Toni Kukoč Žarko Paspalj Jure Zdovc Zoran Radović Stojko Vranković Vlade Divac Predrag Danilović Dino Rađa Mario Primorac	Greece Nikos Galis Kostas Patavoukas Panagiotis Giannakis Argiris Kambouris David Stergakos Dinos Angelidis John Korfas Nikos Filippou Liveris Andritsos Panagiotis Fasoulas Dimitris Papadopoulos Fanis Christodoulou	Soviet Union Gundars Vētra Tiit Sokk Viktor Berežnyj Šarūnas Marčiulionis Alexander Volkov Valeri Tikhonenko Rimas Kurtinaitis Arvydas Sabonis El'šad Gadašev Valdemaras Chomičius Alexander Belostenny Valery Goborov	Italy Andrea Gracis Mike D'Antoni Walter Magnifico Sandro Dell'Agnello Beppe Bosa Roberto Brunamonti Massimo Iacopini Gus Binelli Antonello Riva Riccardo Morandotti Ario Costa Flavio Carera