EuroBasket 1989
Tournament details
Host countryYugoslavia
CityZagreb
Dates20–25 June
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (5th title)
Runners-up Greece
Third place Soviet Union
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Games played20
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović
Top scorerGreece Nikos Galis
(35.6 points per game)

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.

Dom Sportova
Opened in 1972

Qualification

CompetitionDateVacanciesQualified
Qualified through Qualifying Round3 September 1987 – 1 December 19888 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

Qualified for the semifinals

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 28131 4
 Netherlands 3 0 3 198 27678 3
20 June
16:30
 Netherlands 7678  Spain
Scoring by half: 49–29, 27–49
Pts: Kuipers 19 Pts: Jiménez 19
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Philippe Mailhabiau (FRA)
20 June
19:30
 Italy 8487  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 34–54, 50–33
Pts: Riva 31 Pts: Marčiulionis 23
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Peter George (FRG)
21 June
14:00
 Soviet Union 10956  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 46–32, 63–24
Pts: Berežnyj, Sokk, Vētra 14 Pts: van Poelgeest 15
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Danko Radić (YUG), Kamen Toshev (BUL)
21 June
21:00
 Spain 7697  Italy
Scoring by half: 39–41, 37–56
Pts: Martínez 20 Pts: Riva 33
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: David Dodge (USA), Costas Rigas (GRE)
22 June
16:00
 Netherlands 6689  Italy
Scoring by half: 23–36, 43–53
Pts: te Velde 25 Pts: Riva 21
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mickey Crowley (USA), Danko Radić (YUG)
22 June
21:00
 Soviet Union 10896  Spain
Scoring by half: 47–55, 61–41
Pts: Sabonis 27 Pts: San Epifanio 26
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Philippe Mailhabiau (FRA)

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 31081 3
20 June
14:20
 France 10978  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 59–30, 50–48
Pts: Dacoury 32 Pts: Antov 19
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (URS), Vittorio Fiorito (ITA)
20 June
21:30
 Yugoslavia 10368  Greece
Scoring by half: 49–35, 54–33
Pts: Petrović 35 Pts: Galis 30
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: David Dodge (USA), Vicente Sanchís (ESP)
21 June
16:00
 Greece 8074  France
Scoring by half: 42–33, 38–41
Pts: Galis 30 Pts: Ostrowski 29
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mickey Crowley (USA), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
21 June
19:00
 Bulgaria 7898  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–54, 36–44
Pts: Mladenov 23 Pts: Petrović 33
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Henk Kleersnyder (NED)
22 June
14:00
 Greece 10373  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 58–35, 45–38
Pts: Galis 43 Pts: Mladenov 29
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Vicente Sanchís (ESP), Vittorio Fiorito (ITA)
22 June
19:00
 France 89106  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 48–41, 41–65
Pts: Dacoury 28 Pts: Petrović 30
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (URS), Henk Kleersnyder (NED)

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
24 June – 19:00
 
 
 Yugoslavia97
 
25 June – 21:00
 
 Italy80
 
 Yugoslavia98
 
24 June – 21:00
 
 Greece77
 
 Greece81
 
 
 Soviet Union80
 
Third place
 
 
25 June – 19:00
 
 
 Italy76
 
 
 Soviet Union104

Semifinals

24 June
19:00
 Yugoslavia 9780  Italy
Scoring by half: 52–43, 45–37
Pts: Petrović 24 Pts: Dell'Agnello 13
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Vicente Sanchís (ESP), Mickey Crowley (USA)
24 June
21:00
 Greece 8180  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 45–44, 36–36
Pts: Galis 45 Pts: Tikhonenko 22
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Carl Jungenbrand (FIN), David Dodge (USA)

Third place

25 June
19:00
 Italy 76104  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 31–47, 45–57
Pts: Magnifico 27 Pts: Marčiulionis 23
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Lubomir Kotleba (TCH), Costas Rigas (GRE)

Final

25 June
21:00
 Yugoslavia 9877  Greece
Scoring by half: 54–35, 44–42
Pts: Petrović 28 Pts: Galis 30
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Mickey Crowley (USA), Carl Jungenbrand (FIN)

5th to 8th place

 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
24 June – 14:00
 
 
 France107
 
25 June – 16:00
 
 Netherlands100
 
 France87
 
24 June – 16:00
 
 Spain95
 
 Bulgaria85
 
 
 Spain108
 
Seventh place
 
 
25 June – 14:00
 
 
 Netherlands86
 
 
 Bulgaria91
24 June
14:00
 France 107100 (OT)  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 53–41, 38–50 Overtime: 16–9
Pts: Ostrowski 31 Pts: de Waard 20
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Vittorio Fiorito (ITA), Kamen Toshev (BUL)
24 June
16:00
 Bulgaria 85108  Spain
Scoring by half: 47–60, 38–48
Pts: Antov 30 Pts: Martínez 27
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Costas Rigas (GRE), Danko Radić (YUG)
25 June
14:00
 Netherlands 8691  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 34–40, 52–51
Pts: de Waard 24 Pts: Antov 22
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Philippe Mailhabiau (FRA), Vicente Sanchís (ESP)
25 June
16:00
 France 8795  Spain
Scoring by half: 40–45, 47–50
Pts: Dacoury 20 Pts: San Epifanio 22
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Mikhail Davydov (URS), Vittorio Fiorito (ITA)

Awards

 1989 FIBA EuroBasket champions 

Yugoslavia
4th title
1989 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dražen Petrović (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Greece Nikos Galis
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Petrović (MVP)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Paspalj
France Stéphane Ostrowski
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dino Rađa

Final standings

Yugoslavia, champions
Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yugoslavia 5–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Greece 3–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union 4–1
4  Italy 2–3
5  Spain 3–2
6  France 2–3
7  Bulgaria 1–4
8  Netherlands 0–5
1st
1st
2nd
2nd
3rd
3rd
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

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