IX Olympic Basketball Tournament (Montréal 1976)

(From 18-07-1976 to 27-07-1976)
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PARTICIPANTS (12)

· Host nation: Canada.

· Top 3 qualified teams in the previous Olympic Tournament: Soviet Union, USA, Cuba.

· Pan-American Games winner: Puerto Rico (runner-up, takes the place of the USA, qualified via Olympic Games).

· Asian Championship winner: Japan (runner-up, takes the place of China, which withdrew before the competition).

· African Championship winner: Egypt.

· Oceania Championship winner: Australia.

· The remaining 4 berths are allocated after a Pre-Olympic Stage gathering 17 teams of national federations associated to FIBA, under free registration, from two continents (EUROPE, AMERICA). This competition is divided into two major gegraphical groups: European Pre-Olympic Tournament (Belgium, England*, France, Ireland, Israel*, Italy, Poland*, Yugoslavia*) and Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament (Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England*, Finland, Iceland, Israel*, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland*, Spain, Sweden, Yugoslavia*).

 

* Although England, Israel, Poland and Yugoslavia didn’t earn an Olympic berth in the European Pre-Olympic Tournament, they were allowed to participate later in the Pan-Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament.

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· 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.
 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (18-07-1976)

Competition Day 1 (18-07-1976)

Canada - Japan

104-76 (52-38)

Yugoslavia - Puerto Rico

84-63 (38-29)

Cuba - Australia

111-89 (56-40)

Italy - USA

86-106 (39-50)

Mexico - Soviet Union

77-120 (40-61)

Egypt - Czechoslovakia

64-103 (32-55)

Competition Day 2 (19-07-1976)

Competition Day 2 (20-07-1976)

Canada - Cuba

84-79 (44-37)

Italy - Egypt

2-0 (w.o.) (*)

Soviet Union - Australia

93-77 (58-39)

USA - Puerto Rico

95-94 (51-51)

Mexico - Japan

108-90 (57-41)

Yugoslavia - Czechoslovakia

99-81 (51-43)

Competition Day 3 (21-07-1976)

Competition Day 3 (21-07-1976)

Mexico - Australia

117-120 (58-57;107-107)

Czechoslovakia - Italy

69-79 (34-40)

Japan - Cuba

56-97 (20-44)

Yugoslavia - USA

93-112 (55-51)

Soviet Union - Canada

108-85 (51-31)

Puerto Rico - Egypt

2-0 (w.o.) (*)

Competition Day 4 (23-07-1976)

Competition Day 4 (22-07-1976)

Japan - Soviet Union

63-129 (37-61)

Czechoslovakia - Puerto Rico

89-83 (50-42)

Mexico - Cuba

75-89 (39-47)

Yugoslavia - Italy

88-87 (41-57)

Australia - Canada

69-81 (42-40)

USA - Egypt

2-0 (w.o.) (*)

Competition Day 5 (24-07-1976)

Competition Day 5 (24-07-1976)

Cuba - Soviet Union

72-98 (33-52)

USA - Czechoslovakia

81-76 (46-36)

Mexico - Canada

84-92 (43-45)

Italy - Puerto Rico

95-81 (55-35)

Australia - Japan

117-79 (54-41)

Yugoslavia - Egypt

2-0 (w.o.) (*)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Soviet Union

5

5

0

548

374

10

2. Canada

5

4

1

446

416

9

3. Cuba

5

3

2

448

402

8

4. Australia

5

2

3

472

481

7

5. Mexico

5

1

4

461

511

6

6. Japan

5

0

5

364

555

5

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA

5

5

0

396

349

10

2. Yugoslavia

5

4

1

366

343

9

3. Italy

5

3

2

349

344

8

4. Czechoslovakia

5

2

3

418

406

7

5. Puerto Rico

5

1

4

323

363

6

6. Egypt*

5

0

5

64

111

5

(*) NOTE: Egypt withdrew after their first game following the decision of the International Olympic Committee not to expel New Zealand from the Games. The reason for this was that the All Blacks travelled to South Africa to play a rugby game against the Springbocks, in a period when South Africa was banned from international competitions due to the “apartheid,” and this led to the unanimous protest of the rest of African countries.

 

 

FINAL ROUND

 

PLACES 9-12

Semifinals (25-07-1976)

A5-B6: Mexico - Egypt

2-0 (w.o.)

B5-A6: Puerto Rico - Japan

111-91 (59-44)

Finals (27-07-1976)

11/12: Egypt - Japan

0-2 (w.o.) (x)

9/10: Mexico - Puerto Rico

84-89 (32-39)

(x) Game scheduled on 26-07-1976.

 

 

PLACES 5-8

Semifinals (25-07-1976)

A3-B4: Cuba - Czechoslovakia

76-91 (38-46)

B3-A4: Italy - Australia

79-72 (37-43)

Finals (27-07-1976)

7/8: Cuba - Australia

92-81 (42-36)

5/6: Czechoslovakia - Italy

75-98 (46-46)

 

 

PLACES 1-4

Semifinals (26-07-1976)

A1-B2: Soviet Union - Yugoslavia

84-89 (42-42)

B1-A2: USA - Canada

95-77 (48-35)

Finals (27-07-1976)

3/4: Soviet Union - Canada

100-72 (49-38)

1/2: Yugoslavia - USA

74-95 (38-50)

 

 

FINAL

VENUE: Forum (Montréal)

DATE: 27-07-1976 (21:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 16.000

REFEREES: Pieter Leegwater (NED), Ron Foxcroft (CAN)

FOULED OUT: Jerkov

United States of America

USA - Yugoslavia

Југославија

95-74 (50-38)

 

USA (coach: Dean Smith)

 

2P

FT

Rbds

As

TO

PF

Min

Pts

A

M

A

M

Df

Of

# Phil Ford

10

3

2

1

3

-

12

2

3

37

7

# Quinn Buckner

4

3

-

-

2

3

2

2

4

24

6

# Adrian Dantley

19

13

4

4

3

1

-

-

1

32

30

# Scott May

9

5

4

4

4

1

2

4

4

24

14

# Mitch Kupchak

7

5

4

4

1

-

1

3

2

31

14

Steve Sheppard

2

2

2

1

-

1

-

-

1

2

5

Walter Davis

3

1

-

-

1

-

1

2

2

7

2

Ernie Grunfeld

1

1

2

1

-

-

3

-

1

10

3

Kenny Carr

2

-

-

-

3

1

2

1

1

7

-

Tate Armstrong

1

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

2

2

Tom LaGarde

2

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

4

9

2

Phil Hubbard

8

4

2

2

4

3

1

1

3

15

10

TOTAL

68

39

20

17

21

10

26

15

26

200

95

 

Yugoslavia (coach: Mirko Novosel)

 

2P

FT

Rbds

As

TO

PF

Min

Pts

A

M

A

M

Df

Of

# Zoran Slavnić

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

1

9

-

# Dragan Kićanović

14

9

-

-

1

1

7

4

4

33

18

# Dražen Dalipagić

21

11

6

5

1

3

1

3

3

37

27

# Krešimir Ćosić

14

7

2

1

3

3

2

3

3

36

15

# Rajko Žižić

7

2

-

-

1

5

1

1

4

32

4

Blagoja Georgievski

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

Vinko Jelovac

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

Željko Jerkov

1

-

8

4

4

2

-

1

5

16

4

Damir Šolman

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

7

-

Mirza Delibašić

9

3

-

-

3

-

9

1

4

24

6

TOTAL

72

32

16

10

13

14

20

18

26

200

74

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

USA USA

2.

Yugoslavia YUG

3.

Soviet Union USSR

4.

Canada CAN

5.

Italy ITA

6.

Czechoslovakia CZE

7.

Cuba CUB

8.

Australia AUS

9.

Puerto Rico PUR

10.

Mexico MEX

11.

Japan JAP

12.

Egypt EGY

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Eddie Palubinskas (AUS)

219

7

31.3

2. Arturo Guerrero (MEX)

169

6

28.2

3. Awadh Abdelnabi (EGY)

22

1

22.0

4. Phil Tollestrup (CAN)

146

7

20.8

5. Kamil Brabenec (CZE)

115

6

19.2

6. Adrian Dantley (USA)

114

6

19.0

7. Manuel Raga (MEX)

112

6

18.7

8. Dražen Dalipagić (YUG)

109

6

18.2

9. Alejandro Urgellés (CUB)

126

7

18.0

10. Ruperto Herrera (CUB)

122

7

17.4

   

 

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