XXX EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (BARCELONA 1997)

(From 25-06-1997 to 6-07-1997)

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EC Mascot (Baski)

 

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· Two teams access the Final Stage directly (host Spain and title holder Yugoslavia), and fourteen more join them after a preliminary Qualifying Stage.

· The sixteen participating teams are divided in 4 groups of 4 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 top three teams in each group advance to a classification round, divided in 2 groups of 6 teams each playing a round robin. The individual scores during the preliminary round are accumulated in this new group stage.

· The top four teams in the two classification round groups advance to the quarterfinals (played as an X-pairing). The four winners after this knock-out round qualify for the semifinals (places 1-4).

· 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 (Girona)

 

GROUP B (Girona)

Competition Day 1 (25-06-1997)

Competition Day 1 (25-06-1997)

Bosnia-Herzegovina - Russia

55-65 (21-37)

Slovenia - France

75-80 (34-37)

Greece - Turkey

74-52 (39-23)

Lithuania - Israel

75-60 (30-31)

Competition Day 2 (26-06-1997)

Competition Day 2 (26-06-1997)

Turkey - Bosnia-Herzegovina

70-62 (29-26)

France - Lithuania

88-94 (42-49)

Russia - Greece

72-74 (33-43)

Israel - Slovenia

69-68 (36-40)

Competition Day 3 (27-06-1997)

Competition Day 3 (27-06-1997)

Russia - Turkey

87-56 (50-24)

France - Israel

82-88 (42-42)

Greece - Bosnia-Herzegovina

78-76 (42-34)

Lithuania - Slovenia

76-67 (41-37)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Greece

3

3

0

226

200

6

2. Russia

3

2

1

224

185

5

3. Turkey

3

1

2

178

223

4

4. Bosnia-Herzegovina

3

0

3

193

213

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Lithuania

3

3

0

245

215

6

2. Israel

3

2

1

217

225

5

3. France

3

1

2

250

257

4

4. Slovenia

3

0

3

210

225

3

 

GROUP C (Badalona)

 

GROUP D (Badalona)

Competition Day 1 (25-06-1997)

Competition Day 1 (25-06-1997)

Latvia - Italy

75-85 (34-46)

Ukraine - Spain

54-82 (25-45)

Yugoslavia - Poland

104-76 (47-41)

Croatia - Germany

75-55 (45-26)

Competition Day 2 (26-06-1997)

Competition Day 2 (26-06-1997)

Poland - Latvia

86-79 (50-36)

Germany - Ukraine

81-60 (37-28)

Italy - Yugoslavia

74-69 (42-35)

Spain - Croatia

78-71 (41-45)

Competition Day 3 (27-06-1997)

Competition Day 3 (27-06-1997)

Yugoslavia - Latvia

108-89 (51-41)

Croatia - Ukraine

88-95 (39-47)

Italy - Poland

80-65 (46-36)

Spain - Germany

67-59 (34-32)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Italy

3

3

0

239

209

6

2. Yugoslavia

3

2

1

281

239

5

3. Poland

3

1

2

227

263

4

4. Latvia

3

0

3

243

279

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Spain

3

3

0

227

184

6

2. Croatia

3

1

2

234

228

4

3. Germany

3

1

2

195

202

4

4. Ukraine

3

1

2

209

251

4

 

 

CLASSIFICATION ROUND

 

GROUP E (Girona)

 

GROUP F (Badalona)

Competition Day 1 (29-06-1997)

Competition Day 1 (29-06-1997)

Turkey - Israel

81-71 (26-35)

Poland - Croatia

77-76 (38-50)

Russia - France

93-80 (49-40)

Yugoslavia - Germany

88-73 (47-30)

Greece - Lithuania

73-66 (34-28)

Italy - Spain

63-60 (25-36)

Competition Day 2 (30-06-1997)

Competition Day 2 (30-06-1997)

Israel - Russia

69-87 (31-43)

Croatia - Yugoslavia

62-64 (31-22)

France - Greece

71-80 (33-37)

Germany - Italy

62-67 (28-27)

Lithuania - Turkey

93-85 (45-39)

Spain - Poland

104-61 (52-29)

Competition Day 3 (1-07-1997)

Competition Day 3 (1-07-1997)

Turkey - France

82-71 (33-31)

Poland - Germany

86-76 (42-35)

Greece - Israel

85-82 (44-48)

Italy - Croatia

74-68 (38-36)

Russia - Lithuania

93-64 (50-37)

Yugoslavia - Spain

79-70 (39-35)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Greece

6

6

0

464

419

12

2. Russia

6

5

1

497

398

11

3. Lithuania

6

4

2

468

466

10

4. Turkey

6

3

3

426

458

9

5. Israel

6

2

4

439

478

8

6. France

6

1

5

472

512

7

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Italy

6

6

0

443

399

12

2. Yugoslavia

6

5

1

512

444

11

3. Spain

6

4

2

461

387

10

4. Poland

6

3

3

451

519

9

5. Croatia

6

1

5

440

443

7

6. Germany

6

1

5

406

443

7

 

 

1/4 FINAL

(4-07-1997)

E1-F4 (1): Greece - Poland

72-62 (38-39)

E2-F3 (2): Russia - Spain

70-67 (29-37)

F1-E4 (3): Italy - Turkey

66-43 (28-20)

F2-E3 (4): Yugoslavia - Lithuania

75-60 (31-27)

 

 

FINAL ROUND

 

PLACES 13-16 (Badalona)

Semifinals (29-06-1997)

A4-B4: Bosnia-Herzegovina - Slovenia

61-73 (21-46)

C4-D4: Latvia - Ukraine

76-84 (42-35)

Finals (30-06-1997)

15/16: Bosnia-Herzegovina - Latvia

96-94 (32-52)

13/14: Slovenia - Ukraine

75-80 (46-45)

 

 

PLACES 9-12

Semifinals (4-07-1997)

E5-F6: Israel - Germany

84-75 (39-41)

F5-E6: Croatia - France

79-84 (37-40)

Finals (5-07-1997)

11/12: Germany - Croatia

93-100 (41-59)

9/10: Israel - France

91-84 (43-48)

 

 

PLACES 5-8

Semifinals (5-07-1997)

LOSER 1-LOSER 4: Poland - Lithuania

55-76 (25-41)

LOSER 2-LOSER 3: Spain - Turkey

86-81 (49-36)

Finals (6-07-1997)

7/8: Poland - Turkey

89-87 (43-34;77-77)

5/6: Lithuania - Spain

93-94 (44-40)

 

 

PLACES 1-4

Semifinals (5-07-1997)

WINNER 1-WINNER 4: Greece - Yugoslavia

80-88 (39-43)

WINNER 2-WINNER 3: Russia - Italy

65-67 (38-33)

Finals (6-07-1997)

3/4: Greece - Russia

77-97 (43-43)

1/2: Yugoslavia - Italy

61-49 (28-23)

 

 

FINAL

VENUE: Palau Sant Jordi (Barcelona)

DATE: 6-07-1997 (21:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 10.500

REFEREES: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Víctor Mas (SPA)

FOULED OUT: Fučka (40’)

MVP: Dejan Bodiroga

Југославија

Yugoslavia - Italy

Italia

61-49 (28-23)

 

Yugoslavia (coach: Željko Obradović)

 

2P

3P

FT

Rbds

Blck

Balls

As

PF

Min

Pts.

A

M

A

M

A

M

Def

Of

ST

TO

# Aleksandar Ðorđević

4

3

2

-

2

2

2

-

-

-

2

4

1

32

8

# Predrag Danilović

6

2

9

1

4

3

5

-

-

2

3

-

2

24

10

# Dejan Bodiroga

10

7

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

4

-

2

-

37

14

# Zoran Savić

3

2

1

-

-

-

1

1

-

2

-

-

4

23

4

# Željko Rebrača

9

5

-

-

2

2

3

1

1

2

-

-

4

28

12

Saša Obradović

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

1

8

-

Nikola Lončar

1

1

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

2

19

2

Nikola Bulatović

4

3

-

-

-

-

-

4

1

1

1

-

2

15

6

Dejan Tomašević

4

1

-

-

2

-

2

1

-

1

-

1

2

9

2

Milenko Topić

-

-

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

5

3

TOTAL

41

24

14

2

10

7

16

8

2

13

7

7

20

200

61

 

Italy (coach: Ettore Messina)

 

2P

3P

FT

Rbds

Blck

Balls

As

PF

Min

Pts.

A

M

A

M

A

M

Def

Of

ST

TO

# Davide Bonora

4

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

19

2

# Carlton Myers

9

3

13

3

2

2

3

-

-

2

2

1

-

37

17

# Riccardo Pittis

2

1

2

-

2

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

2

23

3

# Gregor Fučka

5

1

2

2

12

4

3

3

-

3

2

1

5

34

12

# Dan Gay

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

Claudio Coldebella

1

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

2

1

21

2

Denis Marconato

5

1

-

-

2

1

3

3

-

1

-

1

2

20

3

Giacomo Galanda

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

3

-

Paolo Moretti

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

Alessandro Abbio

4

3

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

2

16

6

Alessandro Frosini

4

2

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

1

-

-

1

19

4

TOTAL

34

13

18

5

18

8

14

8

-

8

5

6

15

200

49

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Yugoslavia YUG

2.

Italy ITA

3.

Russia RUS

4.

Greece GRE

5.

Spain SPA

6.

Lithuania LIT

7.

Poland POL

8.

Turkey TUR

9.

Israel ISR

10.

France FRA

11.

Croatia CRO

12.

Germany GER

13.

Ukraine UKR

14.

Slovenia SVN

15.

Bosnia-Herzegovina BIH

16.

Latvia LAT

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Oded Kattash (ISR)

176

8

22.0

2. Ainārs Bagatskis (LAT)

109

5

21.8

3. Nenad Marković (BOS)

107

5

21.4

4. Artūras Karnišovas (LIT)

186

9

20.7

5. Tomer Steinhauer (ISR)

137

8

17.1

6. Gintaras Einikis (LIT)

152

9

16.9

7. İbrahim Kutluay (TUR)

134

8

16.8

8. Roberts Štelmahers (LAT)

79

5

15.8

9. Carlton Myers (ITA)

142

9

15.8

10. Yann Bonato (FRA)

125

8

15.6

 

 

TOURNAMENT MVP: Aleksandar Ðorđević (YUG)

 

 

TOURNAMENT TEAM

Aleksandar Ðorđević (YUG)

Dominik Tomczyk (POL)

Dejan Bodiroga (YUG)

Željko Rebrača (YUG)

Mikhail Mikhajlov (RUS)

   

 

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