The twenty first 1979 Balkan basketball tournament was held in Athens, Greece. Five national teams from Balkan area took part in the competition.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men |  Greece |
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 Turkey |
Results
14.09 Greece-Turkey 92-71(40-44)
14.09 Bulgaria-Romania 84-91(37-52)
15.09 Greece-Romania 71-64(44-24)
15.09 Turkey-Yugoslavia 62-88(36-41)
16.09 Turkey-Romania 75-72(34-32)
16.09 Bulgaria-Yugoslavia 64-87(36-47)
17.09 Greece-Bulgaria 64-62(34-31)
17.09 Romania-Yugoslavia 60-82(26-37)
18.09 Greece-Yugoslavia 66-62(26-35)
18.09 Turkey-Bulgaria 79-66(48-30)
Final rankings
| Position | Team | G | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 4 | 4 | 0 | 293 | 259 | +34 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 319 | 252 | +67 |
| 3 | Turkey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 287 | 318 | -31 |
| 4 |  Romania | 4 | 1 | 3 | 287 | 312 | -25 |
| 5 |  Bulgaria | 4 | 0 | 4 | 276 | 321 | -45 |
External links
Sources
- Durupınar, Mehmet. Türk Basketbolunun 100 yıllık tarihi, (2009). Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Ticaret A.Ş. ISBN 978-975-00995-1-9
- Milivoje Karalejić, Saša Jakovljević, Žarko Kandić, Vladimir Stanković, Milan Tasić, Ivica Mihajlović. Košarkaška enciklopedija 1946-2000 : muške reprezentacije (2001) ISBN 978-86-82989-03-5
- 100 χρόνια Μπάσκετ 1891–1991, Περιοδικό Τρίποντο, 1991
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