The 23rd European Basketball Championship was held in France from May 26 to June 4, 1983 . The matches of the preliminary stage were hosted by Limoges (group “A”) and Caen (group “B”); Semifinal and final games were held at the Beaulieu Sports Palace in Nantes . For the first time in history, the Italian national team became the champion [1] .
| Eurobasket 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 23rd FIBA European Championship | ||
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| Tournament Data | ||
| Location |  France( Limoges , Caen , Nantes ) | |
| the date of the | May 26 - June 4 | |
| Teams | 12 (from 33 federations) | |
| Stadiums | 3 (in 3 cities) | |
 Champion |  Italy (1st title) | |
| MVP |  Juan Antonio Corbalan | |
| Tournament statistics | ||
| Players | Team | |
| Glasses | ||
| Rebounds | ||
| Gears | ||
← 1981 | 1985 → | |
The tournament was held according to the same formula as the 1977 European Championship : 12 participating teams were divided into two preliminary groups, then semifinal games were held (according to the “cross” scheme: the first team of group “A” competed with the second team of group “B” etc.) and the final round in which winners and losers in semifinal matches played among themselves.
The 1983 championship was the last in which two points were awarded for all shots from the game. Since the next championship in 1985, a three-point zone rule was introduced [2] .
Content
Preliminaries
| Final Round |
Group A
| A place | Team | Games | Pob | Por | Clogged | Skipped | +/- | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Italy | five | five | 0 | 468 | 387 | +81 | ten |
| 2 | Spain | five | four | one | 421 | 393 | +28 | eight |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | five | 3 | 2 | 426 | 418 | +8 | 6 |
| four | France | five | 2 | 3 | 399 | 408 | −9 | four |
| five | Greece | five | one | four | 384 | 430 | −46 | 2 |
| 6 | Sweden | five | 0 | five | 371 | 433 | −62 | 0 |
- 26 of May
- Sweden - Greece 66:69 (26:32)
- Italy - Spain 75:74 (28:37)
- France - Yugoslavia 76:80 (42:46)
- May 27th
- Sweden - Italy 74:89 (42:40)
- France - Greece 79:77 (39:45)
- Yugoslavia - Spain 90:91 (54:48)
- May 28
- Greece - Italy 83: 108 (42:56)
- Yugoslavia - Sweden 103: 84 (53:40)
- France - Spain 73:75 (34:37)
- May 29
- Yugoslavia - Greece 77:76 (46:37)
- France - Italy 80: 105 (33:54)
- Spain - Sweden 81:76 (43:43)
- May 30
- France - Sweden 91:71 (41:28)
- Italy - Yugoslavia 91:76 (36:42)
- Spain - Greece 100: 79 (52:41)
Group B
| A place | Team | Games | Pob | Por | Clogged | Skipped | +/- | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | the USSR | five | five | 0 | 482 | 375 | +107 | ten |
| 2 | Netherlands | five | 3 | 2 | 356 | 403 | −47 | 6 |
| 3 | Germany | five | 3 | 2 | 384 | 395 | −11 | 6 |
| four | Israel | five | 2 | 3 | 386 | 398 | −12 | four |
| five | Poland | five | one | four | 357 | 382 | −25 | 2 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | five | one | four | 405 | 417 | −12 | 2 |
- 26 of May
- Israel - Netherlands 72:78 (31:43)
- Czechoslovakia - Germany 74:86 (36:44)
- USSR - Poland 88:76 (46:40)
- May 27th
- Germany - Netherlands 67:79 (34:36)
- Czechoslovakia - Poland 72:75 (31:33, 66:66) FROM
- USSR - Israel 92:87 (43:46)
- May 28
- Poland - Israel 62:64 (32:38)
- USSR - Germany 90:69 (43:33)
- Czechoslovakia - Netherlands 90:63 (54:27)
- May 29
- Germany - Poland 85:82 (46:44)
- USSR - Netherlands 112: 63 (54:37)
- Czechoslovakia - Israel 89:93 (41:45, 81:81) FROM
- May 30
- Netherlands - Poland 73:62 (37:32)
- Czechoslovakia - USSR 80: 100 (39:53)
- Germany - Israel 77:70 (42:42)
Semifinal Games
Matches were held on June 1 and 2 .
- For 9-12th places
- Greece - Czechoslovakia 85:88 (42:42)
- Poland - Sweden 82:70 (38:33)
- For 5-8th places
- Yugoslavia - Israel 88:99 (46:48)
- Germany - France 82:90 (43:46)
- For 1st-4th places
- Italy - Netherlands 88:69 (46:38)
- USSR - Spain 94:95 (50:54)
Final Games
Matches were held June 3 and 4 .
- For 11th place
- Greece - Sweden 102: 97 (52:46, 91:91) FROM
- For 9th place
- Czechoslovakia - Poland 73:77 (40:38)
- For 7th place
- Yugoslavia - Germany 104: 88 (56:52)
- For 5th place
- Israel - France 88:92 (41:42)
3rd place match
- Netherlands - USSR 70: 105 (33:51)
Final
- Italy - Spain 105: 96 (45:38)
Symbolic Team
The most useful player in the championship was named Spain's point guard Juan Antonio Corbalan . In addition to him, the symbolic team included Nikos Galis ( Greece ), Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain), Stanislav Kropilak ( Czechoslovakia ) and Arvidas Sabonis ( USSR ). Nikos Galis became the most productive player in the tournament, gaining 33 points on average per game, Stanislav Kropilak, Mika Berkovich ( Israel ) and Ratko Radovanovic ( Yugoslavia ) who shared the second place had more than 10 points less - 21.3 [3] .
Summary table
| A place | National team |
|---|---|
| one | Italy |
| 2 | Spain |
| 3 | the USSR |
| four | Netherlands |
| five | France |
| 6 | Israel |
| 7 | Yugoslavia |
| eight | Germany |
| 9 | Poland |
| ten | Czechoslovakia |
| eleven | Greece |
| 12 | Sweden |
The composition of the winning teams
Italy national team : 4. Carlo Caleris , 5. Alberto Tonut , 6. Marco Bonamico , 7. Enrico Gilardi , 8. Ario Costa , 9. Roberto Brunamonti , 10. Renato Villalta , 11. Dino Menegin , 12. Antonello Riva , 13. Renzo Vecchiato , 14. Pierluigi Marzorati , 15. Romeo Sacchetti ; coach - Sandro Gamba
Spanish national team : 4. Fernando Arcega , 5. Joan Creus , 6. Chicho Sibilio , 7. Jose Maria Margal , 8. Andres Jimenez , 9. Fernando Romay , 10. Fernando Martin , 11. Juan Antonio Corbalan , 12. Ignacio Solosabal , 13. Juan Domingo de la Cruz , 14. Juan Manuel Lopez Iturriaga , 15. Juan Antonio San Epifanio ; trainer - Antonio Diaz-Miguel
USSR national team : 4. Stanislav Eremin , 5. Heino Enden , 6. Sergey Tarakanov , 7. Arvydas Sabonis , 8. Andrey Lopatov , 9. Nikolai Deryugin , 10. Valdis Valters , 11. Victor Pankrashkin , 12. Anatoly Myshkin , 13. Sergey Jovaysha , 14. Alexander Belostenny , 15. Valdemaras Homichyus ; coach - Alexander Gomelsky [4]
The roster of the 1983 European Basketball Championships
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Notes
- ↑ European Championship: All-Time Winners . Linguasport: Sport History and Statistics. Date of treatment February 11, 2013. Archived February 11, 2013.
- ↑ Eurobasket History - The 80's . FIBA Europe. Date of treatment February 11, 2013. Archived February 11, 2013.
- ↑ European Championship 1983 . Linguasport: Sport History and Statistics. Date of treatment February 11, 2013. Archived February 11, 2013.
- ↑ European Championship 1983 (National Squads ) . Linguasport: Sport History and Statistics. Date of treatment February 11, 2013. Archived February 11, 2013.
Links
- European Championship 1983 at the FIBA Archive site (English)
- European Championship 1983 at the FIBA Europe website
- European Championship 1983 on the Eurobasket website