EuroBasket 1997

The 1997 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1997, was the 30th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1998 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top four (or five, depending on Greece reaching one of the top four places) teams in the final standings. It was held in Spain between 24 June and 6 July 1997. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Badalona, Barcelona and Girona hosted the tournament. Serbia won its second FIBA European title (seventh FIBA European title under the name of Yugoslavia), by defeating Italy with a 61–49 score in the final. Serbia's Saša Đorđević was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues

Location	Picture	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Badalona		Badalona	Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona	12,760	Opened in 1991	Groups C, D and F Thirteenth-to-sixteenth-place playoffs
Barcelona		Barcelona	Palau Sant Jordi	17,000	Opened in 1990	Knockout stage and Final Fifth-to-eighth-place playoffs Ninth-to-twelfth-place playoffs
Girona		Girona	Palau Girona-Fontajau	5,049	Opened in 1993	Groups A, B and E

Qualification

Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	–	1	Spain
Champions from EuroBasket 1995	21 June – 2 July 1995	1	Yugoslavia
Qualified through Qualifying Round	22 May 1996 – 28 February 1999	14	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  France  Germany  Greece  Israel  Italy  Latvia  Lithuania  Poland  Russia  Slovenia  Turkey  Ukraine

Squads

Format

• The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The top three teams from each group advance to the second stage.
• In the second stage, two groups of six teams were formed and played a round robin. The results between teams that faced during the preliminary round are carried over. The top four teams from each group in the second stage advance to the knockout quarterfinals to compete for the Championship. The winners in the semifinals compete for the European Championship, while the losers from the semifinals play a consolation game for the third place.
• The losers in the quarterfinals compete in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.
• The four teams eliminated in the second stage compete in another bracket to define 9th through 12th place in the final standings.
• The four teams eliminated in the preliminary round compete in another bracket to define 13th through 16th place in the final standings.

Preliminary round

Qualified for the second round

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Greece	3	3	0	226	200	+26	6
Russia	3	2	1	224	185	+39	5
Turkey	3	1	2	178	223	−45	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	193	213	−20	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	245	215	+30	6
Israel	3	2	1	217	225	−8	5
France	3	1	2	250	257	−7	4
Slovenia	3	0	3	210	225	−15	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	3	3	0	239	209	+30	6
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	281	239	+42	5
Poland	3	1	2	227	263	−36	4
Latvia	3	0	3	243	279	−36	3

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Spain	3	3	0	227	184	+43	6
Croatia	3	1	2	234	228	+6	4	1–1, +13
Germany	3	1	2	195	202	−7	4	1–1, +1
Ukraine	3	1	2	209	251	−42	4	1–1, −14

Second round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Greece	5	5	0	386	343	+43	10
Russia	5	4	1	432	343	+89	9
Lithuania	5	3	2	392	399	−7	8
Turkey	5	2	3	356	396	−40	7
Israel	5	1	4	370	410	−40	6
France	5	0	5	392	437	−45	5

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	358	324	+34	10
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	404	355	+49	9
Spain	5	3	2	379	333	+46	8
Poland	5	2	3	365	440	−75	7
Croatia	5	1	4	352	348	+4	6
Germany	5	0	5	325	383	−58	5

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	4 July – 16:00
	Greece	72
					5 July – 20:30
	Poland	62
					Greece	80
	4 July – 18:00
					Yugoslavia	88
	Lithuania	60
									6 July – 21:30
	Yugoslavia	75
									Yugoslavia	61
	4 July – 20:30
									Italy	49
	Russia	70
					5 July – 22:30
	Spain	67
					Russia	65
	4 July – 22:30
					Italy	67			Third place
	Turkey	43
									6 July – 19:15
	Italy	66
									Greece	77
									Russia	97

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	5 July – 16:00
	Poland	55
					6 July – 13:00
	Lithuania	76
					Lithuania	93
	5 July – 18:00
					Spain	94
	Spain	86
	Turkey	71
					Seventh place
					6 July – 11:00
					Poland	89
					Turkey	87

9th to 12th place

	Classification round				Ninth place
	4 July – 10:00
	Israel	84
					5 July – 12:00
	Germany	75
					Israel	91
	4 July – 12:00
					France	84
	France	84
	Croatia	79
					Eleventh place
					5 July – 10:00
					Germany	93
					Croatia	100

13th to 16th place

	Classification round				Thirteenth place
	29 June – 10:00
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	61
					30 June – 12:00
	Slovenia	73
					Slovenia	75
	29 June – 12:00
					Ukraine	80
	Latvia	76
	Ukraine	84
					Fifteenth place
					30 June – 10:00
					Bosnia and Herzegovina	96
					Latvia	94

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Individual Game Highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Nenad Marković	44	Latvia
Rebounds	Mikhail Mikhaylov Mirsad Türkcan	15	Greece  Poland
Assists	Damir Mulaomerović	11	Germany
Steals	5 Players	7
Turnovers	Denis Wucherer	8	Croatia

Team Tournament Highs

Team Game highs

Department	Name	Total	Opponent
Points	Yugoslavia	108	Latvia
Rebounds	Italy	37	Turkey
Assists	Lithuania	25	Turkey
Steals	Russia	26	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Field goal percentage	Lithuania	63.8% (30/47)	Turkey
3-point field goal percentage	Lithuania	70.0% (7/10)	Turkey
Free throw percentage	Israel	90.3% (10/11)	France
Turnovers	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24	Slovenia

Awards

1997 FIBA EuroBasket champions
Yugoslavia 2nd title

1997 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Sašha Đjorđjević ( Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team[10]
Saša Đorđević (MVP)
Dominik Tomczyk
Dejan Bodiroga
Željko Rebrača
Mikhail Mikhaylov

Final standings

	Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship
	Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship as host

Rank	Team	Record
	Yugoslavia	8–1
	Italy	8–1
	Russia	7–2
4	Greece	7–2
5	Spain	6–3
6	Lithuania	5–4
7	Poland	4–5
8	Turkey	3–6
9	Israel	4–4
10	France	2–6
11	Croatia	2–6
12	Germany	1–7
13	Ukraine	3–2
14	Slovenia	1–4
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–4
16	Latvia	0–5

			4th
Yugoslavia Dejan Bodiroga Predrag Danilović Saša Obradović Nikola Lončar Miroslav Radošević Miroslav Berić Aleksandar Đorđević Željko Rebrača Nikola Bulatović Zoran Savić Dejan Tomašević Milenko Topić	Italy Claudio Coldebella Davide Bonora Gregor Fučka Riccardo Pittis Denis Marconato Giacomo Galanda Carlton Myers Paolo Moretti Alessandro Abbio Alessandro Frosini Flavio Carera Dan Gay	Russia Vasily Karasev Igor Kudelin Igor Kurashov Evgeni Kisurin Evgeniy Pashutin Dmitry Shakulin Sergei Babkov Mikhail Mikhaylov Zakhar Pashutin Andrei Fetisov Sergei Panov Vitaliy Nosov	Greece Georgios Kalaitzis Kostas Patavoukas Nikos Boudouris Dimitrios Papanikolaou Giorgos Sigalas Angelos Koronios Fragiskos Alvertis Nikos Oikonomou Christos Myriounis Giannis Giannoulis Efthimios Rentzias Fanis Christodoulou

References

External links

• 1997 European Championship for Men archive.FIBA.com