FIBA EuroBasket 1973 |
18th FIBA European Basketball Championship |
![EuroBasket 1973 logo.jpg](/w/images/thumb/7/72/EuroBasket_1973_logo.jpg/137px-EuroBasket_1973_logo.jpg) |
Tournament details |
Host nation |
Spain |
Dates |
September 27 – October 6 |
Teams |
12 (from 34 federations) |
Venues |
2 Barcelona, Badalona (in 2 host cities) |
Champions |
Yugoslavia (1st title) |
MVP |
23x15px Wayne Brabender |
Tournament leaders |
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Official website |
EuroBasket 1973 (archive) |
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The 1973 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1973, was the eighteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.
Venues
Group stage
Group A – Badalona
Group B – Barcelona
Pos. |
Team |
Matches |
Wins |
Loses |
Results |
Points |
Diff. |
1. |
Yugoslavia |
5 |
5 |
0 |
378:333 |
10 |
+45 |
2. |
23x15px Spain |
5 |
4 |
1 |
392:353 |
8 |
+29 |
3. |
Italy |
5 |
3 |
2 |
335:325 |
6 |
+10 |
4. |
Bulgaria |
5 |
2 |
3 |
367:372 |
4 |
−5 |
5. |
Greece |
5 |
1 |
4 |
335:377 |
2 |
−42 |
6. |
France |
5 |
0 |
5 |
345:392 |
0 |
−47 |
Knockout stage
5th to 8th place
9th to 12th place
Final rankings
Yugoslavia
- 23x15px Spain
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Bulgaria
Israel
Turkey
Romania
France
Greece
Poland
Awards
Team rosters
1. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Nikola Plećaš, Zeljko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Damir Solman, Rato Tvrdić, Milun Marović, Žarko Knežević, Dragi Ivković (Coach: Mirko Novosel)
2. Spain: Clifford Luyk, Wayne Brabender, Francisco "Nino" Buscato, Vicente Ramos, Rafael Rullan, Manuel Flores, Luis Miguel Santillana, Carmelo Cabrera, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Jose Luis Sagi-Vela, Miguel Angel Estrada, Enrique Margall (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)
3. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Modestas Paulauskas, Anatoly Myshkin, Ivan Edeshko, Zurab Sakandelidze, Sergei Kovalenko, Valeri Miloserdov, Evgeni Kovalenko, Aleksander Boloshev, Yuri Pavlov, Jaak Salumets, Nikolai Djachenko (Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin)
4. Czechoslovakia: Jiří Zídek Sr., Kamil Brabenec, Zdenek Kos, Jiří Zedníček, Jan Bobrovsky, Jiri Pospisil, Petr Novicky, Jan Blažek, Josef Klima, Vojtech Petr, Jiri Balastik, Gustav Hraska (Coach: Vladimir Heger)
References