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EuroBasket 1993

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	22 June – 4 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Greece
Tournament statistics
MVP	Chris Welp
Top scorer	Sabahudin Bilalović (24.6 points per game)
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The 1993 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1993, was the 28th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Germany between 22 June and 4 July 1993. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Berlin, Karlsruhe and Munich hosted the tournament. Hosts Germany won their first FIBA European title by defeating Russia with a 71–70 score in the final. Germany's Chris Welp was voted the tournament's MVP. This edition of the FIBA EuroBasket tournament also served as qualification for the 1994 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top five teams in the final standings.

Qualification

Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Qualified from EuroBasket 1991	24 – 29 June 1991	3	France  Italy  Spain
Qualified through Qualifying Round	1 May 1991 – 18 November 1992	8	Belgium  Bulgaria  Germany  Greece  Israel  Russia  Sweden  Turkey
Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round	30 May – 7 June 1993	5	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Estonia  Latvia  Slovenia

Venues

Location	Picture	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Berlin		Berlin	Deutschlandhalle	8,500	Opened in 1935	Groups B, D and F
Karlsruhe		Karlsruhe	Europahalle	5,000	Opened in 1983	Groups A, C and E
Munich		München	Olympiahalle	10,800	Opened in 1972	Knockout and qualification rounds

Teams

It was first decided that 12 teams would participate in EuroBasket 1993, however, after the Qualifying Round was concluded, FIBA Europe decided to expand it up to 16 teams.

The reason for this were politic changes in Eastern Europe caused by breaks of two big countries, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, which dominated in European basketball in recent decades. Yugoslavia as title holder was excluded from all international sport competitions because of sanctions against Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Russia was announced as successor of the Soviet Union and the first time competed as independent country at major tournament. Since other new countries, including silver medalist Croatia and bronze medalist Lithuania from the Olympic tournament at Barcelona 1992, did not compete at the Qualifying Round, FIBA Europe organized additional qualifying tournament in order to enable them participation at championship. The additional tournament was held in Wroclaw a month before Eurobasket.

Format

• The teams were split in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams from each group advance to the second round.
• The 12 teams that qualify to the second round are divided in two groups of six teams each, with one group containing the best three teams from groups A and B, while the other containing the three best teams from groups C and D. Results from the previous round are carried over, but only those against teams that qualified to the second round.
• The four best teams in the second round advance to the knockout quarterfinals. 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 another bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Spain	3	3	0	254	213	+41	6
Russia	3	1	2	266	263	+3	4	1-1, +14
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	2	255	264	−9	4	1-1, -2
Sweden	3	1	2	218	253	−35	4	1-1, -12

Russia	99–77	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by half: 49–27, 50–50
Pts: Bazarevich 17		Pts: Primorac 24

Spain	72–49	Sweden
Scoring by half: 36–25, 36–24
Pts: Villacampa 17		Pts: Sahlström 20

Sweden	100–92 (OT)	Russia
Scoring by half: 51–43, 32–40 Overtime: 17–9
Pts: Gehrke 24		Pts: Sucharev 19

Spain	96–89	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by half: 46–41, 50–48
Pts: Villacampa 28		Pts: Avdić, Bilalović, Primorac 20

Bosnia and Herzegovina	89–69	Sweden
Scoring by half: 45–36, 44–33
Pts: Primorac 27		Pts: Sahlström 28

Spain	86–75	Russia
Scoring by half: 38–38, 48–37
Pts: Martín Espina, Villacampa 21		Pts: Babkov 24

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	317	241	+76	6
France	3	2	1	255	229	+26	5
Turkey	3	1	2	196	252	−56	4
Bulgaria	3	0	3	227	273	−46	3

Bulgaria	83–104	Croatia
Scoring by half: 39–50, 44–54
Pts: Mladenov 30		Pts: Perasović 23

France	69–55	Turkey
Scoring by half: 34–24, 35–31
Pts: Allinéi 12		Pts: Büyükaycan 19

France	95–100 (OT)	Croatia
Scoring by half: 42–41, 43–44 Overtime: 10–15
Pts: Ostrowski 19		Pts: Cvjetićanin 26

Turkey	78–70	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 29–35, 49–35
Pts: Erdenay 19		Pts: Mladenov 16

France	91–74	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 42–28, 49–46
Pts: Adams 21		Pts: Mladenov 18

Croatia	113–63	Turkey
Scoring by half: 56–26, 57–37
Pts: Rađa, Gregov 21		Pts: Saybir 19

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Greece	3	2	1	243	214	+29	5	1-0, +19
Latvia	3	2	1	243	244	−1	5	0-1, -19
Italy	3	1	2	244	251	−7	4	1-0, +9
Israel	3	1	2	246	267	−21	4	0-1, -9

Greece	81–62	Latvia
Scoring by half: 45–40, 36–22
Pts: Christodoulou, Giannakis 17		Pts: Muižnieks 21

Italy	92–83	Israel
Scoring by half: 40–23, 52–60
Pts: Rusconi 22		Pts: Jamchi 19

Israel	79–74	Greece
Scoring by half: 40–41, 39–33
Pts: Gordon 35		Pts: Giannakis 32

Italy	79–80	Latvia
Scoring by half: 47–38, 32–42
Pts: Rusconi 18		Pts: Muižnieks 22

Latvia	101–84	Israel
Scoring by half: 50–35, 51–49
Pts: Jaunzems 21		Pts: Henefeld 16

Italy	73–88	Greece
Scoring by half: 33–35, 40–53
Pts: Rusconi 17		Pts: Giannakis 27

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Estonia	3	2	1	255	261	−6	5	1-0, +10
Germany	3	2	1	275	234	+41	5	0-1, -10
Belgium	3	1	2	224	233	−9	4	1-0, +21
Slovenia	3	1	2	198	224	−26	4	0-1, -21

Germany	103–113	Estonia
Scoring by half: 44–49, 59–64
Pts: Welp 23		Pts: Kuusmaa 30

Slovenia	61–82	Belgium
Scoring by half: 31–35, 30–47
Pts: Alibegović 22		Pts: Bayer 25

Belgium	64–93	Germany
Scoring by half: 35–56, 29–37
Pts: Struelens 15		Pts: Harnisch 18

Slovenia	80–63	Estonia
Scoring by half: 37–28, 43–35
Pts: Alibegović 16		Pts: Pehka 18

Slovenia	57–79	Germany
Scoring by half: 32–31, 25–48
Pts: Kotnik 21		Pts: Harnisch, Jackel 19

Estonia	79–78	Belgium
Scoring by half: 36–36, 43–42
Pts: Kuusmaa 22		Pts: Bayer 24

Second round

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Spain	5	4	1	430	387	+43	9	1-1, +10
Russia	5	4	1	444	371	+73	9	1-1, +6
Greece	5	4	1	414	378	+36	9	1-1, -16
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1	4	424	468	−44	6	1-1, +3
Italy	5	1	4	355	413	−58	6	1-1, +1
Latvia	5	1	4	398	448	−50	6	1-1, -4

Italy	60–78	Spain
Scoring by half: 37–40, 23–38
Pts: Myers 16		Pts: Martín Espina 18

Latvia	72–91	Russia
Scoring by half: 40–47, 32–44
Pts: Muižnieks 23		Pts: Fetisov 21

Greece	102–84	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by half: 56–49, 46–35
Pts: Galakteros 33		Pts: Primorac 28

Spain	95–87	Latvia
Scoring by half: 46–45, 49–42
Pts: Martín Espina 21		Pts: Muižnieks 34

Bosnia and Herzegovina	72–74	Italy
Scoring by half: 38–36, 34–38
Pts: Bilalović 22		Pts: Gentile 17

Greece	67–84	Russia
Scoring by half: 38–42, 29–42
Pts: Galakteros 17		Pts: Bazarevich 36

Latvia	97–102	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by half: 48–47, 49–55
Pts: Muižnieks 29		Pts: Bilalović 36

Russia	95–69	Italy
Scoring by half: 44–48, 51–21
Pts: Bazarevich 24		Pts: Pittis 20

Spain	75–76	Greece
Scoring by half: 37–36, 38–40
Pts: Villacampa 31		Pts: Giannakis 22

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Croatia	5	5	0	487	375	+112	10
France	5	4	1	384	337	+47	9
Estonia	5	3	2	410	426	−16	8
Germany	5	2	3	392	375	+17	7
Turkey	5	1	4	325	395	−70	6
Belgium	5	0	5	340	430	−90	5

France	64–56	Germany
Scoring by half: 35–30, 29–26
Pts: Bilba 13		Pts: Gnad 16

Estonia	77–74	Turkey
Scoring by half: 42–39, 35–35
Pts: Babenko 22		Pts: Topsakal 26

Croatia	106–74	Belgium
Scoring by half: 54–34, 52–40
Pts: Rađa 27		Pts: Samaey 14

Estonia	62–73	France
Scoring by half: 23–44, 39–29
Pts: Noormets 15		Pts: Gadou, Ostrowski 12

Croatia	70–63	Germany
Scoring by half: 38–31, 32–32
Pts: Rađa 22		Pts: Koch 16

Turkey	69–59	Belgium
Scoring by half: 32–36, 37–23
Pts: Ene 18		Pts: Bayer 14

Croatia	98–80	Estonia
Scoring by half: 49–41, 49–39
Pts: Perasović 25		Pts: Kullamäe 20

France	83–65	Belgium
Scoring by half: 45–37, 38–28
Pts: Rigaudeau 20		Pts: Struelens 19

Germany	77–64	Turkey
Scoring by half: 38–39, 39–25
Pts: Harnisch 16		Pts: Aydın 19

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 July – 17:30
	Russia	82
					2 July – 19:00
	Estonia	61
					Russia	84
	1 July – 21:00
					Croatia	76
	Croatia	98
									4 July – 21:00
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78
									Russia	70
	1 July – 15:30
									Germany	71
	France	59
					2 July – 21:00
	Greece	61
					Greece	73
	1 July – 19:00
					Germany	76			Third place
	Spain	77
									3 July – 21:00
	Germany (OT)	79
									Croatia	99
									Greece	59

Quarterfinals

France	59–61	Greece
Scoring by half: 39–33, 20–28
Pts: Ostrowski 17		Pts: Christodoulou 18

Russia	82–61	Estonia
Scoring by half: 40–31, 42–30
Pts: Fetisov, Sucharev 18		Pts: Babenko 19

Spain	77–79 (OT)	Germany
Scoring by half: 37–35, 35–37 Overtime: 5–7
Pts: Herreros 19		Pts: Welp 23

Croatia	98–78	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by half: 51–41, 47–37
Pts: Rađa 28		Pts: Bilalović 24

Semifinals

Russia	84–76	Croatia
Scoring by half: 43–37, 41–39
Pts: Bazarevich 23		Pts: Cvjetićanin 15

Greece	73–76	Germany
Scoring by half: 31–34, 42–42
Pts: Christodoulou 23		Pts: Welp 15

Third place

Croatia	99–59	Greece
Scoring by half: 46–33, 53–26
Pts: Perasović 31		Pts: Giannakis 15

Final

Russia	70–71	Germany
Scoring by half: 35–38, 35–33
Pts: Babkov 22		Pts: Welp 18

5th to 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	2 July – 13:00
	Estonia	99
					3 July – 19:00
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	91
					Estonia	80
	2 July – 15:30
					Spain	119
	France	83
	Spain	95
					Seventh place
					4 July – 18:00
					Bosnia and Herzegovina	75
					France	83

Estonia	99–91	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by half: 43–38, 56–53
Pts: Kuusmaa 40		Pts: Bilalović 29

France	83–95	Spain
Scoring by half: 40–45, 43–50
Pts: Adams 18		Pts: Martín Espina, Villacampa 24

Estonia	80–119	Spain
Scoring by half: 33–60, 47–59
Pts: Babenko 25		Pts: San Epifanio, Villacampa 18

Bosnia and Herzegovina	75–83	France
Scoring by half: 34–41, 41–42
Pts: Bilalović 24		Pts: Rigaudeau 23

Awards

1993 FIBA EuroBasket champions
Germany 1st title

1993 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Chris Welp ( Germany)

All-Tournament Team
Sergei Bazarevich
Jordi Villacampa
Fanis Christodoulou
Chris Welp (MVP)
Dino Rađa

Final standings

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

			4th
Germany Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff Henrik Rödl Michael Koch Chris Welp Teoman Öztürk Henning Harnisch Gunther Behnke Stephan Baeck Hansi Gnad Kai Nürnberger Jens Kujawa Mike Jackel	Russia Vladimir Gorin Dmitry Shakulin Dmitry Sucharev Maksim Astanin Vitaliy Nosov Sergei Bazarevich Sergei Babkov Mikhail Michajlov Vasily Karasev Andrei Fetisov Sergei Panov Vladislav Kondratov	Croatia Velimir Perasović Alan Gregov Ivica Žurić Vladan Alanović Franjo Arapović Žan Tabak Stojko Vranković Danko Cvjetićanin Arijan Komazec Dino Rađa Emilio Kovačić Veljko Mršić	Greece Giorgos Bosganas Kostas Patavoukas Panagiotis Giannakis Lefteris Kakiousis Giorgos Sigalas Efthimis Bakatsias Nasos Galakteros Christos Tsekos Giannis Papagiannis Panagiotis Fasoulas Nikos Oikonomou Fanis Christodoulou

References

1. Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

External links

• 1993 European Championship for Men archive.FIBA.com
• FIBA Archive
• Eurobasket 1993 at FIBAEUROPE.COM

• 1992–93 in German basketball
• 1992–93 in European basketball
• EuroBasket
• International basketball competitions hosted by Germany
• June 1993 sports events in Germany
• July 1993 sports events in Germany