XX EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (LIÈGE 1977)

(From 15-09-1977 to 24-09-1977)
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COMPETITION SYSTEM

· Eight teams access the Final Stage directly (host Belgium plus the top seven qualified teams in the last European Championship), and four more join them after a preliminary Qualifying Stage.

· The twelve participating teams are divided in 2 groups of 6 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their basket average.

· The group winners and runners-up advance to the semifinal round (played as an X-pairing). The two winners after the semifinals qualify for the final, whereas the two losers play a consolation final for the bronze medal.

 

 

::::: QUALIFYING STAGE :::::

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

GROUP A (Liège)

 

GROUP B (Oostende)

Competition Day 1 (15-09-1977)

Competition Day 1 (15-09-1977)

Soviet Union - Austria

101-61 (46-28)

Netherlands - Czechoslovakia

73-90 (36-44)

Bulgaria - Israel

88-86 (42-40)

Belgium - Finland

107-98 (45-39) (*)

Italy - France

70-59 (35-24)

Spain - Yugoslavia

76-79 (27-46)

Competition Day 2 (16-09-1977)

Competition Day 2 (16-09-1977)

Bulgaria - Soviet Union

96-117 (44-63)

Finland - Yugoslavia

80-88 (35-41)

France - Austria

86-81 (39-40)

Netherlands - Spain

114-95 (59-34)

Italy - Israel

78-73 (37-32)

Belgium - Czechoslovakia

61-67 (27-30)

Competition Day 3 (17-09-1977)

Competition Day 3 (17-09-1977)

France - Bulgaria

76-87 (33-51)

Finland - Netherlands

67-87 (40-46)

Italy - Austria

85-70 (41-37)

Czechoslovakia - Spain

73-70 (36-37)

Israel - Soviet Union

69-103 (38-61)

Belgium - Yugoslavia

83-111 (43-45)

Competition Day 4 (19-09-1977)

Competition Day 4 (19-09-1977)

Austria - Bulgaria

85-92 (37-51)

Czechoslovakia - Finland

100-85 (49-36)

Israel - France

96-82 (45-34)

Yugoslavia - Netherlands

111-75 (48-33)

Italy - Soviet Union

95-87 (52-50)

Belgium - Spain

93-94 (49-41)

Competition Day 5 (20-09-1977)

Competition Day 5 (20-09-1977)

Austria - Israel

87-103 (42-47)

Spain - Finland

85-78 (46-44)

Italy - Bulgaria

100-81 (46-40)

Yugoslavia - Czechoslovakia

103-111 (48-55)

Soviet Union - France

115-74 (62-35)

Belgium - Netherlands

107-86 (52-59)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Italy

5

5

0

428

370

10

2. Soviet Union

5

4

1

523

395

8

3. Bulgaria

5

3

2

444

464

6

4. Israel

5

2

3

427

438

4

5. France

5

1

4

377

449

2

6. Austria

5

0

5

384

467

0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Czechoslovakia

5

5

0

441

392

10

2. Yugoslavia

5

4

1

492

425

8

3. Belgium

5

2

3

451

456

4

4. Netherlands

5

2

3

435

470

4

5. Spain

5

2

3

420

437

4

6. Finland

5

0

5

408

467

0

* The score at the end of regulation was 81-81, and it was necessary to play two extra-times to decide the winner of this game (94-94; 107-98).

 

 

FINAL ROUND

 

PLACES 9-12

Semifinals (23-09-1977)

A5-B6: France - Finland

72-73 (40-40)

B5-A6: Spain - Austria

88-84 (44-41)

Finals (24-09-1977)

11/12: France - Austria

89-71 (45-37)

9/10: Finland - Spain

89-106 (43-48)

 

 

PLACES 5-8

Semifinals (22-09-1977)

A3-B4: Bulgaria - Netherlands

108-85 (44-37)

B3-A4: Belgium - Israel

74-81 (46-50)

Finals (23-09-1977)

7/8: Netherlands - Belgium

104-89 (42-49)

5/6: Bulgaria - Israel

78-88 (47-47) (x)

(x) Game played on 24-09-1977.

 

 

PLACES 1-4

Semifinals (22-09-1977)

A1-B2: Italy - Yugoslavia

69-88 (32-45)

B1-A2: Czechoslovakia - Soviet Union

76-91 (38-37)

Finals (23-09-1977)

3/4: Italy - Czechoslovakia

81-91 (37-45)

1/2: Yugoslavia - Soviet Union

74-61 (42-27) (x)

(x) Game played on 24-09-1977.

 

 

FINAL

VENUE: Country Hall du Sart Tilman (Liège)

DATE: 24-09-1977 (19:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 5.000

REFEREES: David Turner (ENG), Dan Wooldridge (USA)

FOULED OUT: Ćosić (37’)

2P: YUG (30/66) / USSR (27/87); 1P: YUG (14/25) / USSR (7/11); PF: YUG (19) / USSR (24)

Југославија

Yugoslavia - Soviet Union

СССР

74-61 (42-27)

Yugoslavia (coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)

Zoran Slavnić (12)

Dragan Kićanović (14)

Dražen Dalipagić (19)

Krešimir Ćosić (5)

Željko Jerkov (12)

Soviet Union (coach: Aleksandr Gomel’skij)

Valerij Miloserdov (2)

Sergej Belov (8)

Mikheil Korkia (2)

Anatolij Myshkin (4)

Vladimir Tkachenko (16)

Ratko Radovanović (6)

Mirza Delibašić (6)

Stanislav Erjomin (2)

Viktor Petrakov (2)

Aleksandr Sal’nikov (4)

Vladimir Arzamaskov (8)

Aleksandr Kharchenkov (2)

Aleksandr Belostennyj (-)

Vladimir Zhigilij (11)

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Yugoslavia YUG

2.

Soviet Union USSR

3.

Czechoslovakia CZE

4.

Italy ITA

5.

Israel ISR

6.

Bulgaria BUL

7.

Netherlands NED

8.

Belgium BEL

9.

Spain SPA

10.

Finland FIN

11.

France FRA

12.

Austria AUT

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Kees Akerboom (NED)

189

7

27.0

2. Mickey Berkowitz (ISR)

166

7

23.7

3. Kamil Brabenec (CZE)

162

7

23.1

4. Atanas Golomeev (BUL)

149

7

21.3

5. Erich Tecka (AUT)

143

7

20.4

6. Dragan Kićanović (YUG)

140

7

20.0

7. Dražen Dalipagić (YUG)

138

7

19.7

8. Jacques Cachemire (FRA)

130

7

18.6

9. Imre Nyitrai (BEL)

106

6

17.7

10. Peter Bilik (AUT)

88

5

17.6

 

 

TOURNAMENT MVP: Dražen Dalipagić (YUG)

 

 

TOURNAMENT TEAM

Zoran Slavnić (YUG)

Mickey Berkowitz (ISR)

Dražen Dalipagić (YUG)

Kees Akerboom (NED)

Atanas Golomeev (BUL)

   

 

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