EuroBasket 1973
| XVIII Campeonato Europeo de Baloncesto | |
|---|---|
| File:EuroBasket 1973 logo.jpg | |
| Tournament details | |
| City | Spain |
| Dates | 27 September – 6 October |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia (1st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Spain (1977–1981).svg Spain |
| Third place | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Spain Wayne Brabender |
| Top scorer | Bulgaria Atanas Golomeev (22.3 points per game) |
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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
| Barcelona | Badalona |
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| Palacio de los Deportes Capacity 8 000 |
Pabellón de Ausias March Capacity 5 000 |
| File:Barcelona Teatre Musical - (Catalonia).jpg |
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Group stage
Group A – Badalona
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| Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Losses | Results | Points | Diff. |
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| 1. | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 459:353 | 10 | +106 |
| 2. | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 364:370 | 8 | −6 |
| 3. | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 345:386 | 4 | −41 |
| 4. | File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 5 | 2 | 3 | 443:451 | 4 | −8 |
| 5. | File:Flag of Poland (1928–1980).svg Poland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 376:408 | 2 | −32 |
| 6. | File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania | 5 | 1 | 4 | 369:388 | 2 | −19 |
Group B – Barcelona
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| Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Losses | Results | Points | Diff. |
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| 1. | File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 378:333 | 10 | +45 |
| 2. | File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 392:353 | 8 | +29 |
| 3. | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 335:325 | 6 | +10 |
| 4. | File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 367:372 | 4 | −5 |
| 5. | File:Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Greece | 5 | 1 | 4 | 335:377 | 2 | −42 |
| 6. | File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France | 5 | 0 | 5 | 345:392 | 0 | −47 |
Knockout stage
5th to 8th place
| Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
| File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 67 | |||||
| File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg Bulgaria | 76 | |||||
| File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg Bulgaria | 71 | |||||
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 80 | |||||
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 94 | |||||
| File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 73 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 78 | |||||
| File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 96 | |||||
9th to 12th place
| 1973 FIBA EuroBasket champions |
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| File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 1st title |
Final standings
- File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia
- File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain
- File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
- File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
- File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg Bulgaria
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
- File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
- File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg France
- File:Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Greece
- File:Flag of Poland (1928–1980).svg Poland
Awards
| 1973 FIBA EuroBasket Championship MVP: Wayne Brabender (Spain Spain) |
| All-Tournament Team[1] |
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| Soviet Union Sergei Belov |
| Spain Francisco "Nino" Buscato |
| Spain Wayne Brabender (MVP) |
| Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Krešimir Ćosić |
| Bulgaria Atanas Golomeev |
Team rosters
1. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Nikola Plećaš, Željko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Damir Šolman, 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)