EuroBasket 1985

EuroBasket 1985

Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	5–16 June
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (14th title)
Runners-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Games played	46
MVP	Arvydas Sabonis
Top scorer	Doron Jamchy (28.1 points per game)
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The 1985 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1985, was the 24th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 5 to 16 June 1985 in West Germany. The Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia in the final to win its fourteenth and final title.

Venues[]

Location	Picture	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Karlsruhe		Karlsruhe	Europahalle	5,000	1983	Group A
Leverkusen		Leverkusen	Wilhelm Dopatka Halle	3,500	Opened in 1974	Group B
Stuttgart		Stuttgart	Schleyerhalle	15,500	Opened in 1983	Knockout rounds and qualification rounds

Qualification[]

A total of twelve teams qualified for the tournament. To the top eight teams from the previous tournament, four more teams were granted berths via a qualifying tournament.

• Top eight teams from Eurobasket 1983:
  •  France
  •  Israel
  •  Italy
  •  Netherlands
  •  Soviet Union
  •  Spain
  •  West Germany
  •  Yugoslavia
• Top four teams from the qualifying stage:
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Czechoslovakia
  •  Romania
  •  Poland

Squads[]

Format[]

• The teams were split in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
• The losers from the quarterfinals stage compete in a separate bracket to define places 5th through 8th in the final standings.
• The fifth and sixth teams from each group competed in another bracket to define places 9th through 12th in the final standings.

Preliminary round[]

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A[]

Times given below are in Central European Time (UTC+1).

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	514	464	+50	9
Soviet Union	5	4	1	537	483	+54	9
Spain	5	4	1	496	465	+31	9
France	5	1	4	479	531	−52	6
Romania	5	1	4	452	488	−36	6
Poland	5	1	4	457	504	−47	6

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	4	1	459	391	+68	9
West Germany	5	3	2	445	420	+25	8
Bulgaria	5	3	2	396	385	+11	8
Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	428	425	+3	7
Israel	5	2	3	430	434	−4	7
Netherlands	5	1	4	397	503	−106	6

Knockout stage[]

Championship bracket[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 June – 20:30
	West Germany	83
					14 June – 18:00
	Spain	98
					Spain	95
	12 June – 20:30
					Czechoslovakia	98
	Yugoslavia	91
									16 June – 20:00
	Czechoslovakia	102
									Czechoslovakia	89
	11 June – 18:00
									Soviet Union	120
	Italy	97
					14 June – 20:30
	France	71
					Italy	96
	12 June – 18:00
					Soviet Union	112			Third place
	Soviet Union	104
									15 June – 19:30
	Bulgaria	86
									Spain	90
									Italy	102

Quarterfinals[]

Semifinals[]

Third place[]

Final[]

5th to 8th place[]

	Classification round				Fifth place
	13 June – 20:30
	West Germany	98
					15 June – 17:00
	Yugoslavia	84
					West Germany	101
	13 June – 18:00
					France	81
	France	107
	Bulgaria	105
					Seventh place
					16 June – 18:00
					Yugoslavia	105
					Bulgaria	86

9th to 12th place[]

	Classification round				Ninth place
	11 June – 15:30
	Poland	86
					14 June – 15:30
	Israel	91
					Israel	90
	12 June – 15:30
					Romania	89
	Romania	90
	Netherlands	87
					Eleventh place
					13 June – 15:30
					Poland	102
					Netherlands	100

Awards[]

1985 FIBA EuroBasket Champions
Soviet Union 14th title

1985 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Arvydas Sabonis ( Soviet Union)

All-Tournament Team[1]
Valdis Valters
Dražen Petrović
Detlef Schrempf
Fernando Martín
Arvydas Sabonis (MVP)

Final standings[]

Rank	Team	Record
	Soviet Union	7–1
	Czechoslovakia	4–4
	Italy	6–2
4	Spain	5–3
5	West Germany	5–3
6	France	2–6
7	Yugoslavia	5–3
8	Bulgaria	3–5
9	Israel	4–3
10	Romania	2–5
11	Poland	2–5
12	Netherlands	1–6

			4th
Soviet Union Alexander Volkov Heino Enden Sergei Tarakanov Valdemaras Chomičius Andrei Lopatov Valeri Tikhonenko Valdis Valters Vladimir Tkachenko Rimas Kurtinaitis Sergejus Jovaiša Alexander Belostenny Arvydas Sabonis	Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Skála Vlastimil Havlík Peter Rajniak Stano Kropilák Kamil Brabenec	Italy Ario Costa Enrico Gilardi Walter Magnifico Roberto Brunamonti Renato Villalta Gus Binelli Roberto Premier Renzo Vecchiato Pierlo Marzorati Romeo Sacchetti	Spain Jordi Villacampa José Luis Llorente Cándido Sibilio Josep María Margall Andrés Jiménez Fernando Romay Fernando Martín Vicente Gil Juan Domingo de la Cruz Juan Manuel López Iturriaga Juan Antonio San Epifanio

References[]

External links[]

• 1985 European Championship for Men, FIBA.com.