EuroBasket 1987

EuroBasket 1987
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
City	Piraeus
Dates	3–14 June
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Greece (1st title)
Runners-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Games played	46
MVP	Nikos Galis
Top scorer	Nikos Galis; (37.0 points per game)
	← 1985 1989 →

The 1987 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1987, was the 25th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Greece between 3 and 14 June 1987. Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The Peace and Friendship Stadium, located in the Neo Faliron in Piraeus, Attica,^[1]^[2]^[3] was the hosting venue of the tournament. The host, Greece, won its first FIBA European title by defeating the defending champions and heavily favored Soviet Union, with a 103–101 score in a gripping final decided in overtime. Greece's Nikos Galis was voted the tournament's MVP.^[4]

Venues

All games were played at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Attica.

Piraeus	Peace and Friendship Stadium Capacity: 17,000 Opened in 1983

Qualification

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

Hosts:
- Greece
Top seven teams from Eurobasket 1985:
- Czechoslovakia
- France
- Italy
- Soviet Union
- Spain
- West Germany
- Yugoslavia
Top four teams from the qualifying stage:
- Israel
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Romania

Squads

Format

The teams were split in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
The losers from the quarterfinals stage compete in a separate bracket to define places 5th through 8th in the final standings.
The fifth and sixth teams from each group competed in another bracket to define places 9th through 12th in the final standings.

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

Times given below are in Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	501	399	+102	10
Yugoslavia	5	3	2	473	421	+52	8
Spain	5	3	2	497	455	+42	8
Greece	5	3	2	430	399	+31	8
France	5	1	4	395	471	−76	6
Romania	5	0	5	410	561	−151	5

3 June
14:30

Spain	111–70	France
Scoring by half: 48–34, 63–36
Pts: San Epifanio 34		Pts: Dubuisson 17

Romania	77–109	Greece
Scoring by half: 46–60, 28–49
Pts: Brănișteanu 14		Pts: Galis 44

Yugoslavia	93–100	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 41–44, 52–56
Pts: D. Petrović 26		Pts: Marčiulionis 18

Romania	98–116	Spain
Scoring by half: 51–70, 47–46
Pts: Niculescu 19		Pts: Jiménez 24

Soviet Union	107–78	France
Scoring by half: 55–37, 52–41
Pts: Valters 22		Pts: Hufnagel, Ostrowski 18

Yugoslavia	78–84	Greece
Scoring by half: 49–42, 29–42
Pts: Paspalj 24		Pts: Galis 44

Soviet Union	121–74	Romania
Scoring by half: 66–29, 55–45
Pts: Valters 23		Pts: Brănișteanu 20

Greece	89–106	Spain
Scoring by half: 38–55, 51–51
Pts: Galis 35		Pts: Jiménez 28

Yugoslavia	88–83	France
Scoring by half: 50–46, 38–37
Pts: D. Petrović 34		Pts: Ostrowski 20

France	95–83	Romania
Scoring by half: 46–47, 49–36
Pts: Ostrowski 25		Pts: Ermurache 30

Yugoslavia	94–76	Spain
Scoring by half: 54–36, 40–40
Pts: D. Petrović 26		Pts: San Epifanio, Solozábal 20

Greece	66–69	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 37–30, 29–39
Pts: Galis 31		Pts: Marčiulionis 22

Yugoslavia	120–78	Romania
Scoring by half: 69–43, 51–35
Pts: Divac 25		Pts: Cernat 19

Spain	88–104	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 51–45, 37–59
Pts: Jiménez 20		Pts: Marčiulionis, Tikhonenko 22

France	69–82	Greece
Scoring by half: 38–38, 31–44
Pts: Dacoury 15		Pts: Galis 34

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	467	379	+88	10
West Germany	5	3	2	428	447	−19	8
Poland	5	3	2	432	434	−2	8
Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	436	437	−1	7
Netherlands	5	1	4	380	430	−50	6
Israel	5	1	4	422	438	−16	6

Israel	99–83	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 44–40, 55–43
Pts: Jamchi 37		Pts: Kropilák 20

Poland	91–84	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 41–45, 50–39
Pts: Zelig 29		Pts: Smits 31

Italy	84–78	West Germany
Scoring by half: 46–38, 38–40
Pts: Riva 28		Pts: Jackel 31

Israel	60–61	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 24–43, 36–18
Pts: Jamchi 36		Pts: Smits 20

EuroBasket 1987

Venues

Qualification

Squads

Format

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

9th to 12th place

Awards

Final standings

References

External links

Poland	85–99	Italy
Scoring by half: 44–54, 41–48
Pts: Zelig 26		Pts: Riva 29

Czechoslovakia	95–72	West Germany
Scoring by half: 48–31, 47–41
Pts: Kropilák 24		Pts: Jackel, Welp 14

Netherlands	71–95	Italy
Scoring by half: 33–43, 38–52
Pts: te Velde 16		Pts: Riva 18

Israel	107–112 (OT)	West Germany
Scoring by half: 40–49, 58–49 Overtime: 9–14
Pts: LaVon Mercer 28		Pts: Jackel 40

Czechoslovakia	84–87	Poland
Scoring by half: 46–49, 38–38
Pts: Kropilák 20		Pts: Zelig 30

West Germany	90–86	Poland
Scoring by half: 43–48, 47–38
Pts: Jackel, Welp 25		Pts: Zelig 27

Netherlands	89–108	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 40–48, 49–60
Pts: Smits 30		Pts: Jelínek 26

Israel	79–99	Italy
Scoring by half: 41–56, 38–43
Pts: Jamchi 34		Pts: Riva 20

West Germany	76–75	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 36–45, 40–30
Pts: Jackel 27		Pts: Smits 23

Israel	77–83	Poland
Scoring by half: 45–43, 32–40
Pts: Jamchi 24		Pts: Zelig 31