EuroBasket 1983 squads

The following is the list of squads for each of the 12 teams competing in the EuroBasket 1983, held in France between 26 May and 4 June 1983. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.

Group A[]

France[]

France men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 32 – (1950-06-15)15 June 1950 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) ASVEL Basket PG 5 Jean-Michel Sénégal 29 – (1953-06-05)5 June 1953 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Limoges CSP F 6 Richard Dacoury 23 – (1959-07-06)6 July 1959 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Limoges CSP G 7 Jacques Monclar 26 – (1957-04-02)2 April 1957 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Limoges CSP C 8 Philippe Szanyiel 22 – (1960-10-23)23 October 1960 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) ASVEL Basket C 9 32 – (1951-05-15)15 May 1951 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Limoges CSP C 10 Apollo Faye 31 – (1951-12-11)11 December 1951 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Limoges CSP F 11 Hervé Dubuisson 25 – (1957-08-08)8 August 1957 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Stade Français C 12 26 – (1957-01-09)9 January 1957 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Olympique Antibes PF 13 Jacques Cachemire 36 – (1947-02-27)27 February 1947 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) ASPO Tours Basket F 14 Éric Beugnot 28 – (1955-03-22)22 March 1955 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Le Mans Sarthe Basket C 15 Georges Vestris 23 – (1959-06-08)8 June 1959 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) ASPO Tours Basket	Head coach Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 May 1983

Greece[]

Greece men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club F 4 – F 5 – PG 6 Panagiotis Giannakis 24 – (1959-01-01)1 January 1959 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Ionikos Nikaias G 7 Nikos Galis 25 – (1957-07-23)23 July 1957 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Aris C 8 Manthos Katsoulis 26 – (1956-07-20)20 July 1956 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) McGill University PG 9 Minas Gekos 23 – (1959-11-07)7 November 1959 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) A.E.K. Athens F 10 Michalis Romanidis 17 – (1965-06-19)19 June 1965 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Aris F 11 Nikos Stavropoulos 23 – (1959-06-17)17 June 1959 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) GE Larissa PF 12 Liveris Andritsos 23 – (1959-12-31)31 December 1959 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Panathinaikos C 13 Panagiotis Fasoulas 20 – (1963-05-12)12 May 1963 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) P.A.O.K. PG 14 Vangelis Alexandris 32 – (1951-02-02)2 February 1951 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Aris C 15 Dimitris Kokolakis 33 – (1949-11-11)11 November 1949 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Panathinaikos	Head coach Kostas Politis Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 May 1983

Italy[]

Italy men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Carlo Caglieris 31 – (1951-07-02)2 July 1951 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Auxilium Torino F 5 21 – (1962-04-19)19 April 1962 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Trieste F 6 Marco Bonamico 26 – (1957-01-18)18 January 1957 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Virtus Bologna G 7 Enrico Gilardi 26 – (1957-01-09)9 January 1957 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Virtus Roma C 8 Ario Costa 21 – (1961-09-26)26 September 1961 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Basket Brescia PG 9 Roberto Brunamonti 24 – (1959-04-14)14 April 1959 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Virtus Bologna PF 10 Renato Villalta 28 – (1955-02-03)3 February 1955 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Virtus Bologna C 11 Dino Meneghin 33 – (1950-01-18)18 January 1950 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Olimpia Milano G 12 Antonello Riva 21 – (1962-02-28)28 February 1962 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Ford Cantù C 13 Renzo Vecchiato 27 – (1955-08-08)8 August 1955 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Auxilium Torino PG 14 Pierluigi Marzorati 30 – (1952-09-12)12 September 1952 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Ford Cantù F 15 Romeo Sacchetti 29 – (1953-08-20)20 August 1953 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Auxilium Torino	Head coach Sandro Gamba Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 May 1983

Spain[]

Spain men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PF 4 Fernando Arcega 23 – (1960-04-03)3 April 1960 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Zaragoza PG 5 Joan Creus 26 – (1956-11-24)24 November 1956 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) CB Granollers F 6 Chicho Sibilio 24 – (1958-10-03)3 October 1958 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) FC Barcelona SF 7 Josep Maria Margall 28 – (1955-03-17)17 March 1955 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Joventut Badalona PF 8 Andrés Jiménez 20 – (1962-06-06)6 June 1962 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Círcol Catòlic de Badalona C 9 Fernando Romay 23 – (1959-09-23)23 September 1959 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Real Madrid F/C 10 Fernando Martín 21 – (1962-03-25)25 March 1962 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Real Madrid PG 11 Juan Antonio Corbalán 28 – (1954-08-03)3 August 1954 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Real Madrid PG 12 Ignacio Solozábal 25 – (1958-01-08)8 January 1958 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) FC Barcelona C 13 Juan Domingo de la Cruz 29 – (1954-02-06)6 February 1954 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) FC Barcelona PF 14 Juan Manuel López Iturriaga 24 – (1959-02-04)4 February 1959 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Real Madrid SF 15 Juan Antonio San Epifanio 23 – (1959-06-12)12 June 1959 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) FC Barcelona	Head coach Antonio Díaz-Miguel Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 May 1983

Sweden[]

Sweden men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club F 4 31 – (1952-05-18)18 May 1952 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Södertälje Kings PG 5 Bernt Malion 25 – (1957-08-15)15 August 1957 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) F 6 – F 7 – PG 8 Thomas Nordgren 26 – (1956-08-10)10 August 1956 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) F 9 Jonte Karlsson 25 – (1957-09-20)20 September 1957 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Södertälje Kings PG 10 – F 11 – C 12 Roland Rahm 27 – (1955-08-18)18 August 1955 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Alvik C 13 Sten Feldreich – 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Alvik C 14 – F 15 Åke Skyttevall 27 – (1956-02-28)28 February 1956 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Head coach Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 May 1983

Yugoslavia[]

Yugoslavia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 4 Dražen Petrović 18 – (1964-10-22)22 October 1964 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) KK Šibenik G 5 Dragan Kićanović 29 – (1953-08-17)17 August 1953 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Scavolini Pesaro F 6 Goran Grbović 22 – (1961-02-09)9 February 1961 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) KK Partizan C 7 Rajko Žižić 28 – (1955-01-22)22 January 1955 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Crvena zvezda F 8 Ivan Sunara 24 – (1959-03-27)27 March 1959 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) KK Zadar C 9 Željko Poljak 24 – (1959-04-29)29 April 1959 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) KK Jugoplastika PG 10 Zoran Slavnić 33 – (1949-10-26)26 October 1949 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Juvecaserta Basket C 11 Krešimir Ćosić 34 – (1948-11-26)26 November 1948 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) KK Cibona C 12 Ratko Radovanović 26 – (1956-10-16)16 October 1956 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KK Bosna PG 13 Peter Vilfan 25 – (1957-06-29)29 June 1957 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) KK Union Olimpija F 14 Dražen Dalipagić 31 – (1951-11-27)27 November 1951 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Real Madrid C 15 Milenko Savović 22 – (1960-07-19)19 July 1960 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Partizan	Head coach Josip Gjergja Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 May 1983

Group B[]

Czechoslovakia[]

Czechoslovakia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club C 4 Jaroslav Skála 28 – (1954-05-27)27 May 1954 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) G 5 23 – (1959-09-02)2 September 1959 G 6 Vlastimil Havlík 26 – (1957-01-26)26 January 1957 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) F 7 Peter Rajniak 30 – (1953-05-25)25 May 1953 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BK Inter Bratislava F 8 Stano Kropilák 27 – (1955-06-10)10 June 1955 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) PG 9 26 – (1957-03-03)3 March 1957 C 10 19 – (1963-11-03)3 November 1963 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) BC Brno F 11 Vladimír Ptáček 28 – (1954-11-07)7 November 1954 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) F 12 25 – (1957-06-18)18 June 1957 13 – C 14 Vojtěch Petr 27 – (1955-10-04)4 October 1955 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) PG 15 Gustav Hraška 30 – (1953-01-05)5 January 1953 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 May 1983

Israel[]

Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club F/C 4 Howard Lassoff 27 – (1955-10-15)15 October 1955 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv PG 5 Israel Elimelech 22 – (1960-06-22)22 June 1960 PF 6 Louis Silver 29 – (1953-11-27)27 November 1953 PG 7 Motti Aroesti – C 8 – F 9 Miki Berkovich 29 – (1954-02-17)17 February 1954 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv C 10 Chaim Zlotikman 26 – (1957-03-17)17 March 1957 PG 11 – G/F 12 Doron Jamchi 21 – (1961-07-01)1 July 1961 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ironi Ramat Gan C 13 Ofer Yaakobi – 14 22 – (1960-07-29)29 July 1960 C 15 30 – (1952-09-23)23 September 1952	Head coach Ralph Klein Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 May 1983

Netherlands[]

Poland[]

Poland men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 4 Dariusz Zelig 25 – (1957-11-22)22 November 1957 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Śląsk Wrocław 5 – G 6 – PG 7 Eugeniusz Kijewski 28 – (1955-04-25)25 April 1955 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) PBG Poznań C 8 21 – (1961-05-31)31 May 1961 PF 9 Jerzy Binkowski 23 – (1959-06-12)12 June 1959 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) F 10 Ireneusz Mulak 27 – (1956-03-30)30 March 1956 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) C 11 Justyn Węglorz 24 – (1958-05-27)27 May 1958 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) F 12 Mieczysław Młynarski 27 – (1956-05-17)17 May 1956 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Górnik Wałbrzych C 13 – PG 14 Ryszard Prostak 25 – (1957-08-15)15 August 1957 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Śląsk Wrocław C 15 Krzysztof Fikiel 25 – (1958-02-03)3 February 1958 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Head coach Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 May 1983

Soviet Union[]

Soviet Union men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Stanislav Yeryomin 32 – (1951-02-26)26 February 1951 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) PBC CSKA Moscow PG 5 Heino Enden 23 – (1959-12-13)13 December 1959 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Kalev/Cramo F 6 Sergei Tarakanov 25 – (1958-04-25)25 April 1958 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) PBC CSKA Moscow C 7 Arvydas Sabonis 18 – (1964-12-19)19 December 1964 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) BC Žalgiris PF 8 Andrey Lopatov 26 – (1957-03-12)12 March 1957 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC CSKA Moscow C 9 Nikolay Deryugin 24 – (1959-04-30)30 April 1959 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Dinamo Tbilisi PG 10 Valdis Valters 25 – (1957-08-04)4 August 1957 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BK VEF Rīga C 11 Viktor Pankrashkin 25 – (1957-12-10)10 December 1957 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) PBC CSKA Moscow PF 12 Anatoly Myshkin 28 – (1954-08-14)14 August 1954 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC CSKA Moscow SF 13 Sergejus Jovaiša 28 – (1954-12-17)17 December 1954 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris C 14 Alexander Belostenny 24 – (1959-02-24)24 February 1959 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) PBC CSKA Moscow PG 15 Valdemaras Chomičius 24 – (1959-05-04)4 May 1959 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Žalgiris	Head coach Alexander Gomelsky Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 May 1983

West Germany[]

West Germany men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club PG 4 Christoph Körner 20 – (1962-12-01)1 December 1962 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Bayer Giants Leverkusen F 5 – G 6 Uwe Brauer 20 – (1962-07-11)11 July 1962 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Bayer Giants Leverkusen G/F 7 27 – (1956-05-24)24 May 1956 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) BG Charlottenburg G 8 Ulrich Peters 25 – (1957-07-02)2 July 1957 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) ASC 1846 Göttingen C 9 Klaus Zander 26 – (1956-09-06)6 September 1956 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) BSC Saturn Köln F 10 Michael Pappert 25 – (1957-08-15)15 August 1957 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BSC Saturn Köln F 11 Armin Sowa 23 – (1959-08-02)2 August 1959 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) F 12 Detlef Schrempf 20 – (1963-01-21)21 January 1963 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) University of Washington C 13 Uwe Blab 21 – (1962-03-26)26 March 1962 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Indiana University SF 14 22 – (1961-02-28)28 February 1961 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) C 15 Gunther Behnke 20 – (1963-01-19)19 January 1963 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Bayer Giants Leverkusen	Head coach Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 May 1983

References[]

• 1983 European Championship for Men, FIBA.com.
• European Championship 1983 - National Squads, LinguaSport.com.