EuroBasket 1989
Tourney nameEuroBasket 1989
Other titlesЕвропско првенство у кошарци 1989.
Europsko prvenstvo u košarci 1989.
Size140
CityZagreb
CountryYugoslavia
Dates20–25 June
Num teams8
Venues1
Cities1
ChampionYugoslavia
Count4
SecondGreece
ThirdSoviet Union
FourthItaly
Games20
MvpDražen Petrović
Top scorerNikos Galis
(35.6 points per game)
Prevseason1987
Nextseason1991

The 1989 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1989, was the 26th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Yugoslavia between 20 and 25 June 1989. Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The Dom Sportova in Zagreb was the hosting venue of the tournament. The host, Yugoslavia, won its fourth FIBA European title by defeating the defending champions Greece, with a 98–77 score in the final. Yugoslavia's Dražen Petrović was voted the tournament's MVP. The five best teams in the final standings were given berths to the 1990 FIBA World Championship.

Venues

All games were played at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb.

Dom Sportova
Opened in 1972

Qualification

CompetitionDateVacanciesQualified
Qualified through Qualifying Round3 September 1987 – 1 December 19888Bulgaria
France
Greece
Italy
Netherlands
Soviet Union
Spain
Yugoslavia

Squads

Format

  • The teams were split in two groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
  • The third and fourth teams from each group competed in another bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Preliminary round

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

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Group B

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Awards

1989 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dražen Petrović ( Yugoslavia)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Nikos Galis
Dražen Petrović (MVP)
Žarko Paspalj
Stéphane Ostrowski
Dino Rađa

Final standings

Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship
RankTeamRecord
Yugoslavia5–0
Greece3–2
Soviet Union4–1
4Italy2–3
5Spain3–2
6France2–3
7Bulgaria1–4
8Netherlands0–5
4th
Yugoslavia
Dražen Petrović
Zdravko Radulović
Zoran Čutura
Toni Kukoč
Žarko Paspalj
Jure Zdovc
Zoran Radović
Stojko Vranković
Vlade Divac
Predrag Danilović
Dino Rađa
Mario Primorac
Greece
Nikos Galis
Kostas Patavoukas
Panagiotis Giannakis
Argiris Kambouris
David Stergakos
Dinos Angelidis
John Korfas
Nikos Filippou
Liveris Andritsos
Panagiotis Fasoulas
Dimitris Papadopoulos
Fanis Christodoulou
Soviet Union
Gundars Vētra
Tiit Sokk
Viktor Berežnyj
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Alexander Volkov
Valeri Tikhonenko
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Arvydas Sabonis
El'šad Gadašev
Valdemaras Chomičius
Alexander Belostenny
Valery Goborov
Italy
Andrea Gracis
Mike D'Antoni
Walter Magnifico
Sandro Dell'Agnello
Beppe Bosa
Roberto Brunamonti
Massimo Iacopini
Gus Binelli
Antonello Riva
Riccardo Morandotti
Ario Costa
Flavio Carera

References

  1. ^ Linguasport.com Tournament Team.