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EuroBasket 1989

Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
City	Zagreb
Dates	20–25 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (4th title)
Runners-up	Greece
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
MVP	Dražen Petrović
Top scorer	Nikos Galis (35.6 points per game)
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The 1989 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1989, was the 26th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Yugoslavia between 20 and 25 June 1989. Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The Dom Sportova in Zagreb was the hosting venue of the tournament. The host, Yugoslavia, won its fourth FIBA European title by defeating the defending champions Greece, with a 98–77 score in the final. Yugoslavia's Dražen Petrović was voted the tournament's MVP. The five best teams in the final standings were given berths to the 1990 FIBA World Championship.

Venues

All games were played at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb.

Zagreb

Dom Sportova Opened in 1972

Qualification

Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Qualified through Qualifying Round	3 September 1987 – 1 December 1988	8	Bulgaria  France  Greece  Italy  Netherlands  Soviet Union  Spain  Yugoslavia

Squads

Format

• The teams were split in two groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
• The third and fourth teams from each group competed in another bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Preliminary round

Group A

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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	304	236	+68	6
Italy	3	2	1	270	229	+41	5
Spain	3	1	2	250	281	−31	4
Netherlands	3	0	3	198	276	−78	3

Netherlands	76–78	Spain
Scoring by half: 49–29, 27–49
Pts: Kuipers 19		Pts: Jiménez 19

Italy	84–87	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 34–54, 50–33
Pts: Riva 31		Pts: Marčiulionis 23

Soviet Union	109–56	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 46–32, 63–24
Pts: Berežnyj, Sokk, Vētra 14		Pts: van Poelgeest 15

Spain	76–97	Italy
Scoring by half: 39–41, 37–56
Pts: Martínez 20		Pts: Riva 33

Netherlands	66–89	Italy
Scoring by half: 23–36, 43–53
Pts: te Velde 25		Pts: Riva 21

Soviet Union	108–96	Spain
Scoring by half: 47–55, 61–41
Pts: Sabonis 27		Pts: San Epifanio 26

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	307	235	+72	6
Greece	3	2	1	251	250	+1	5
France	3	1	2	272	264	+8	4
Bulgaria	3	0	3	229	310	−81	3

France	109–78	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 59–30, 50–48
Pts: Dacoury 32		Pts: Antov 19

Yugoslavia	103–68	Greece
Scoring by half: 49–35, 54–33
Pts: Petrović 35		Pts: Galis 30

Greece	80–74	France
Scoring by half: 42–33, 38–41
Pts: Galis 30		Pts: Ostrowski 29

Bulgaria	78–98	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–54, 36–44
Pts: Mladenov 23		Pts: Petrović 33

Greece	103–73	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 58–35, 45–38
Pts: Galis 43		Pts: Mladenov 29

France	89–106	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 48–41, 41–65
Pts: Dacoury 28		Pts: Petrović 30

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	24 June – 19:00
	Yugoslavia	97
					25 June – 21:00
	Italy	80
					Yugoslavia	98
	24 June – 21:00
					Greece	77
	Greece	81
	Soviet Union	80
					Third place
					25 June – 19:00
					Italy	76
					Soviet Union	104

Semifinals

Yugoslavia	97–80	Italy
Scoring by half: 52–43, 45–37
Pts: Petrović 24		Pts: Dell'Agnello 13

Greece	81–80	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–44, 36–36
Pts: Galis 45		Pts: Tikhonenko 22

Third place

Italy	76–104	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31–47, 45–57
Pts: Magnifico 27		Pts: Marčiulionis 23

Final

Yugoslavia	98–77	Greece
Scoring by half: 54–35, 44–42
Pts: Petrović 28		Pts: Galis 30

5th to 8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	24 June – 14:00
	France	107
					25 June – 16:00
	Netherlands	100
					France	87
	24 June – 16:00
					Spain	95
	Bulgaria	85
	Spain	108
					Seventh place
					25 June – 14:00
					Netherlands	86
					Bulgaria	91

France	107–100 (OT)	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 53–41, 38–50 Overtime: 16–9
Pts: Ostrowski 31		Pts: de Waard 20

Bulgaria	85–108	Spain
Scoring by half: 47–60, 38–48
Pts: Antov 30		Pts: Martínez 27

Netherlands	86–91	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 34–40, 52–51
Pts: de Waard 24		Pts: Antov 22

France	87–95	Spain
Scoring by half: 40–45, 47–50
Pts: Dacoury 20		Pts: San Epifanio 22

Awards

1989 FIBA EuroBasket champions
Yugoslavia 4th title

1989 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dražen Petrović ( Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team
Nikos Galis
Dražen Petrović (MVP)
Žarko Paspalj
Stéphane Ostrowski
Dino Rađa

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Yugoslavia	5–0
	Greece	3–2
	Soviet Union	4–1
4	Italy	2–3
5	Spain	3–2
6	France	2–3
7	Bulgaria	1–4
8	Netherlands	0–5

			4th
Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović Zdravko Radulović Zoran Čutura Toni Kukoč Žarko Paspalj Jure Zdovc Zoran Radović Stojko Vranković Vlade Divac Predrag Danilović Dino Rađa Mario Primorac	Greece Nikos Galis Kostas Patavoukas Panagiotis Giannakis Argiris Kambouris David Stergakos Dinos Angelidis John Korfas Nikos Filippou Liveris Andritsos Panagiotis Fasoulas Dimitris Papadopoulos Fanis Christodoulou	Soviet Union Gundars Vētra Tiit Sokk Viktor Berežnyj Šarūnas Marčiulionis Alexander Volkov Valeri Tikhonenko Rimas Kurtinaitis Arvydas Sabonis El'šad Gadašev Valdemaras Chomičius Alexander Belostenny Valery Goborov	Italy Andrea Gracis Mike D'Antoni Walter Magnifico Sandro Dell'Agnello Beppe Bosa Roberto Brunamonti Massimo Iacopini Gus Binelli Antonello Riva Riccardo Morandotti Ario Costa Flavio Carera

References

1. Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

External links

• 1989 European Championship for Men archive.FIBA.com

• EuroBasket
• 1988–89 in European basketball
• 1988–89 in Yugoslav basketball
• 1989 in Croatian sport
• International basketball competitions hosted by Croatia
• International basketball competitions hosted by Yugoslavia
• Sports competitions in Zagreb
• June 1989 sports events in Europe
• 1980s in Zagreb