EuroBasket 1967

The 1967 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1967, was the fifteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

EuroBasket 1967
Tournament details
Host countryFinland
Dates28 September – 8 October
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (9th title)
Runners-up Czechoslovakia
Third place Poland
Fourth place Bulgaria
Tournament statistics
MVP Jiří Zedníček
Top scorer Giorgos Kolokithas
(26.7 points per game)

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

First round

Group A – Helsinki
 Spain Romania85–88
 Belgium Yugoslavia66–73
 Finland Netherlands83–70
 Poland Czechoslovakia75–90
 Belgium Netherlands82–70
 Spain Poland71–88
 Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia66–74
 Finland Romania57–51
 Netherlands Yugoslavia46–96
 Belgium Romania74–77
 Spain Czechoslovakia65–98
 Finland Poland68–80
 Netherlands Romania64–83
 Belgium Poland68–98
 Spain Yugoslavia68–82
 Finland Czechoslovakia54–49
 Netherlands Poland65–69
 Belgium Czechoslovakia72–92
 Finland Spain76–69
 Yugoslavia Romania73–75
 Netherlands Czechoslovakia68–78
 Belgium Spain76–89
 Poland Romania75–58
 Finland Yugoslavia59–68
 Romania Czechoslovakia61–69
 Spain Netherlands79–71
 Finland Belgium82–62
 Yugoslavia Poland65–69
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1. Czechoslovakia761550:46112+89
2. Poland761554:48512+69
3. Finland752479:44910+30
4. Romania743493:4978−4
5. Yugoslavia743523:5078+16
6. Spain725526:5794−53
7. Belgium716500:5812−81
8. Netherlands707454:5700−116

Group B – Tampere
 Bulgaria Hungary66–58
 Israel Soviet Union65–93
 Italy East Germany65–55
 Greece France78–69
 Bulgaria Greece64–66
 Israel Hungary60–56
 East Germany Soviet Union67–83
 Italy France47–42
 East Germany France56–68
 Soviet Union Hungary85–54
 Israel Greece75–75 aet. 91–81
 Bulgaria Italy73–71
 Greece Hungary69–60
 Soviet Union France108–52
 Israel Italy67–70
 Bulgaria East Germany68–66
 Bulgaria France65–67
 Italy Hungary73–80
 Israel East Germany74–67
 Greece Soviet Union41–82
 Israel France75–68
 East Germany Hungary55–59
 Bulgaria Soviet Union61–84
 Italy Greece74–58
 France Hungary56–51
 Bulgaria Israel78–61
 East Germany Greece69–56
 Italy Soviet Union91–105
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1. Soviet Union770640:43114+209
2. Bulgaria743475:4758+2
3. Italy743490:4808+10
4. Israel743493:5138−20
5. Greece734449:5096−60
6. France734422:4806−58
7. Hungary725418:4644−46
8. East Germany716435:4722−37

Knockout stage

Places 13 – 16 in Tampere
Team 1Team 2Res.
 Hungary Netherlands76–71
 Belgium East Germany63–78

Places 9 – 12 in Helsinki
Team 1Team 2Res.
 Yugoslavia France75–69
 Greece Spain85–85 aet. 95–99

Places 5 – 8 in Tampere
Team 1Team 2Res.
 Italy Romania57–63
 Finland Israel73–60

Places 1 – 4 in Helsinki
Team 1Team 2Res.
 Czechoslovakia Bulgaria82–79
 Soviet Union Poland108–68

Finals
PlacementTeam 1Team 2Res.
15th place Netherlands Belgium77–92
13th place Hungary East Germany78–62
11th place France Greece74–69
9th place Yugoslavia Spain101–73
7th place Italy Israel74–72
5th place Romania Finland71–64
3rd place Bulgaria Poland76–80
Final Czechoslovakia Soviet Union77–89
 1967 FIBA EuroBasket 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 EuroBasket MVP: Jiří Zedníček ( Czechoslovakia)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Sergei Belov
Modestas Paulauskas
Jiří Zedníček (MVP)
Jiří Zídek
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, Jir i 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)

9. Yugoslavia: Borut Basin, Ljubodrag Simonović, Zoran Marojević, Dragan Kapičić, Vladimir Cvetković, Dragoslav Ražnatović, Ratomir Tvrdić, Krešimir Ćosić, Damir Šolman, Goran Brajković, Aljoša Žorga, Petar Skansi (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

References
  1. Linguasport.com Tournament Team.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.