Men Basketball XX European Championship 1977 Liege, Oostende (BEL) - Thursday 15.09 - Saturday 24.09 - Winner Yugoslavia (3rd)
Finals played at Country Hall du Sart Tilman, Liege.
Gamedatetimeteam 1scoreteam 2HT
FinalSat 24.0919:30YUG Yugoslavia74-61URS Soviet Union42-27
3-4Fri 23.0920:30TCH Czechoslovakia91-81ITA Italy45-37
1/2Thu 22.0918:30YUG Yugoslavia88-69ITA Italy45-32
1/2Thu 22.0920:30URS Soviet Union91-76TCH Czechoslovakia37-38
Classification 5-8
5-6Sat 24.0917:30ISR Israel88-78BUL Bulgaria47-47
7-8Fri 23.0918:30NED Netherlands104-89BEL Belgium42-49
5-8Thu 22.0914:00BUL Bulgaria108-85NED Netherlands44-37
5-8Thu 22.0922:30ISR Israel81-74BEL Belgium50-46
Classification 9-12
9-10Sat 24.0911:45ESP Spain106-89FIN Finland48-43
11-12Sat 24.0910:00FRA France89-71AUT Austria45-37
9-12Fri 23.0916:00ESP Spain88-84AUT Austria44-41
9-12Fri 23.0914:00FIN Finland73-72FRA France40-40
Final Rankingwlpfpap+-ratio1975
1. Yugoslavia61654:555+991.1781.
2. Soviet Union52675:545+1301.2392.
3. Czechoslovakia61608:564+441.0786.
4. Italy52578:549+291.0533.
eliminated in Groups Round.
5. Israel43623:601+221.0377.
6. Bulgaria43603:626-230.9635.
7. Netherlands34613:640-270.95810.
8. Belgium25625:668-430.936
Relegated to Men Challenge 1979.
9. Spain43614:610+41.0074.
10.Finland16570:645-750.884
11.France25538:593-550.907
12.Austria07539:644-1050.837
Qualification for World Men 1978 - Yugoslavia (1.), Czechoslovakia (9.) and Italy (4.) qualified.
Soviet Union (2.) pre-qualified as World Champion in 1974.
Competition format
1. Men Qualification 1977 - 8 teams --> 2 advanced to next stage.
2. Men Challenge 1977 - 12 teams -- 4 advanced to Main tournament.
3. Groups Round - 2 Groups with 6 teams --> First 2 advanced to Elimination Semi-Finals (1/2).
4. Eliminations Semi-Finals (1/2) and Finals.
Belgium (host), Finland, France and Austria replaced from Men 1975 - Poland, Turkey, Romania and Greece.
Teams Composition

Groups Round.

First 2 advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2). Next 2 to Classifiacation 5-8. Last 2 to Classifiacation 9-12.
Group Awlpfpap+-ratio
1. Italy50428:370+581.157
2. Soviet Union41523:395+1281.324
3. Bulgaria32444:464-200.957
4. Israel23427:438-110.975
5. France14377:449-720.840
6. Austria05384:467-830.822
TeamItalSoviBulgIsraFranAust
Italy-----95:87100:8178:7370:5985:70
Soviet Union -----117:96103:69115:74101:61
Bulgaria -----88:8687:7692:85
Israel -----96:82103:87
France -----86:81
Austria -----
datetimeteam 1scoreteam 2HT
played at Country Hall du Sart Tilman, Liege.
Thu 15.09.7715:00URS Soviet Union101-61AUT Austria46-28
Thu 15.09.7718:30BUL Bulgaria88-86ISR Israel43-40
Thu 15.09.7720:30ITA Italy70-59FRA France35-24
Fri 16.09.7715:00URS Soviet Union117-96BUL Bulgaria63-44
Fri 16.09.7718:30FRA France86-81AUT Austria39-40
Fri 16.09.7720:30ITA Italy78-73ISR Israel37-32
Sat 17.09.7715:00BUL Bulgaria87-76FRA France51-33
Sat 17.09.7718:30ITA Italy85-70AUT Austria41-37
Sat 17.09.7720:30URS Soviet Union103-69ISR Israel61-38
Mon 19.09.7715:00BUL Bulgaria92-85AUT Austria51-37
Mon 19.09.7718:30ISR Israel96-82FRA France45-34
Mon 19.09.7720:30ITA Italy95-87URS Soviet Union95-87
Tue 20.09.7715:00ISR Israel103-87AUT Austria47-42
Tue 20.09.7718:30ITA Italy100-81BUL Bulgaria46-40
Tue 20.09.7720:30URS Soviet Union115-74FRA France62-35
Group Bwlpfpap+-ratio
1. Czechoslovakia50441:392+491.125
2. Yugoslavia41492:425+671.158
3. Belgium23451:456-50.989
4. Netherlands23435:470-350.926
5. Spain23420:437-170.961
6. Finland05408:467-590.874
TeamCzecYugoBelgNethSpaiFinl
Czechoslovakia------111:10367:6190:7373:70100:85
Yugoslavia ------111:83111:7579:7688:80
Belgium ------107:86 107:98
Netherlands ------114:9587:67
Spain 94:93 ------85:78
Finland ------
datetimeteam 1scoreteam 2HT
played at Country Hall du Sart Tilman, Ostende.
Thu 15.09.7714:30TCH Czechoslovakia90-73NED Netherlands44-36
Thu 15.09.7718:30BEL Belgium107-98FIN Finland45-39
after 2 over times. FT: 81-81, 1OT: 94-94 (13-13), 2OT: (13-4).
Thu 15.09.7720:45YUG Yugoslavia79-76ESP Spain46-27
Fri 16.09.7714:30YUG Yugoslavia88-80FIN Finland41-35
Fri 16.09.7718:00NED Netherlands114-95ESP Spain59-34
Fri 16.09.7720:15TCH Czechoslovakia67-61BEL Belgium30-27
Sat 17.09.7714:30NED Netherlands87-67FIN Finland46-40
Sat 17.09.7718:00TCH Czechoslovakia73-70ESP Spain36-37
Sat 17.09.7720:45YUG Yugoslavia111-83BEL Belgium45-43
Mon 19.09.7714:30TCH Czechoslovakia100-85FIN Finland49-36
Mon 19.09.7718:00YUG Yugoslavia111-75NED Netherlands48-33
Mon 19.09.7720:45ESP Spain94-93BEL Belgium41-49
Tue 20.09.7714:30ESP Spain85-78FIN Finland46-44
Tue 20.09.7718:00TCH Czechoslovakia111-103YUG Yugoslavia55-48
Tue 20.09.7720:45BEL Belgium107-86NED Netherlands52-50

Teams Composition

1. Yugoslavia
4. Josko Papic
5. Dragan Kicanovic
6. Vinto Jelovac
7. Dujo Krustulovic
8. Zeljko Jerkov
9. Anto Dzogic
10.Zoran Slavnic
11.Kresimir Cosic
12.Ratko Radovanovic
13.Jarko Varajic
14.Drazen Dalipagic
15.Mirza Delibasic
2. Soviet Union
4. Stanislav Eremine
5. Victor Petrakov
6. Valeri Miloserdov
7. Alexandre Salnikov
8. Vladimir Arzamaskov
9. Alexandre Kharchenkov
10.Sergei Belov
11.Vladimir Tkatchenko
12.Anatoly Mychkine
13.Mikhail Korkia
14.Aleksandar Belostenny
15.Vladimir Zhigiliy
3. Czechoslovakia
4. Josef Necas
5. Vojtech Petr
6. Jiri Konopasek
7. Vladimir Ptacek
8. Stanislav Kropilak
9. Pavol Bojanovsky
10.Zdenek Kos
11.Jiri Pospisil
12.Vlastimil Klimes
13.Kamil Brabenec
14.Zdenek Dousa
15.Gustav Hraska
4. Italy
4. Carlo Caglieris
5. Giulio Iellini
6. Lorenzo Carraro
7. Renzo Vecchiato
8. Fabrizio Della Fiori
9. Renzo Bariviera
10.Marco Bonamico
11.Dino Meneghin
12.Vittorio Ferracini
13.Luigi Serafini
14.Pierluigi Marzorati
15.Gianni Bertolotti
5. Israel
4. Shamuel Nachmias
5. Yehoshua Schwartz
6. Or Goren
7. Pinhas Hozez
8. Chanan Keren
9. Mickey Berkowitz
10.Barry Leibowitz
11.Avigdor Moscowitz
12.Steven Mark Kaplan
13.Itamar Marzel
14.Roni Rotshild
15.Boaz Yanay
6. Bulgaria
4. Milko Arabadzhijski
5. Linben Yosifov
6. Petko Marinov
7. Stoyan Shantov
8. Ilia Evtimov
9. Mikail Smochevski
10.Valentin Sharkov
11.Atanas Golomeev
12.Plamen Takev
13.Atanas Kolev
14.Todor Bogdanov
15.Rouman Peitchev
7. Netherlands
4. Al Faber
5. Jan Dekker
6. Jimmy Woudstra
7. Cees Limmen
8. Emill Hagens
9. Bert Kragtwijk
10.Cock van de Lagemaat
11.Dan Cramer
12.Kees Akerboom
13.Jan Loorbach
14.Renso Zwiers
15.Harry Kip
8. Belgium
-. Luc Boon
4. Alain Stollenberg
5. Ive Van Poppelen
6. Robert Van Herzele
7. Olin Bell
8. Etienne Geerts
9. Rene Van den Broeck
10.Imre Nyitrai
11.Jos Peeters
12.Francois Huysmans
13.Christian Becknel
14.Roger Marien
15.Hector Vermeersch
9. Spain
4. Wayne Brabender
5. Juan Domingo De La Cruz
6. Juan Ramon Fernandez
7. Carmelo Cabrera
8. Luis Miguel Santillana
9. Juan Filba
10.Luis Miguel Prada
11.Juan Antonio Corbalan
12.Rafael Rullan
13.Jose Maria Margall
14.Gonzalo Sagi-Vela
15.Manuel Flores
10.Finland
4. Kalevi Sarkalahti
5. Heikki Kasko
6. Tapio Sten
7. Heikki Taponen
8. Antti Zitting
9. Risto Lignell
10.Raimo Mantynen
11.Anssi Rauramo
12.Mikko Koskinen
13.Klaus Mahlamaki
14.Jarmo Laitinen
15.Erkki Saaristo
11.France
4. Barry White
5. Jean-Louis Vacher
6. Alain Gilles
7. Alain Larrouquis
8. Alain Durand
9. Didier Dobbels
10.Mathieu Bisseni
11.Hervé Dubuisson
12.Jacky Lamothe
13.Jacques Cachemire
14.Eric Beugnot
15.Roger Duquesnoy
12.Austria
4. Wolfgang Vlk
5. Friedrich Miklas
6. Bernhard Slavicek
7. Peter Bilik
8. Peter Poiger
9. Herbert Watzke
10.Erich Tecka
11.Werner Meisinger
12.Helmut Zimmel
13.Walter Fuchs
14.Peter Wolf
15.Herbert Haselbacher

Overall Ranking - from all 3 levels.

RankingIIIIII
1. Yugoslavia1.
2. Soviet Union2.
3. Czechoslovakia3.
4. Italy4.
5. Israel5.
6. Bulgaria6.
7. Netherlands7.1.
8. Belgium8.
9. Spain9.
10.Finland10.4.
11.France11.2.
12.Austria12.3.1.
Eliminated in Men Challenge 1977.
13.Hungary 5.
14.Poland 6.
15.Sweden 7.
16.Romania 8.
17.Greece 9.
18.West Germany 10.
19.Turkey 11.
20.Scotland 12.2.
Eliminated in Men Qualification 1977.
21.England 3.
22.Denmark 4.
23.Iceland 5.
24.Luxembourg 6.
25.Portugal 7.
26.Ireland 8.
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