- EuroBasket 1979
Infobox FIBA tourney
continent = Europe
year = 1979
size =
caption =
host = Italy
dates =June 9 -June 19
teams = 12
federations = ?
venues = 4
cities = 4
champions = USSR|1955
title_number = 11
mvp = flagicon|IsraelMiki Berkovich
ppg_p = flagicon|PolandMieczysław Młynarski (26.6)
ppg_t = bk|Spain|1939 {93.5)
rpg_p =
rpg_t =
apg_p =
apg_t =
website = [http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.season_1979.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.html EuroBasket 1979 - FIBA Europe.com] The 1979 European Basketball Championship, and is short Eurobasket 1979, was the 21st regional championship held byFIBA Europe . Twelve national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted byItaly .Mestre ,Siena ,Gorizia andTurin were the venues of the event.Final standings
Group B -
Siena Final Round -
Turin The Teams that finish their Preliminary round Groups in the 1st and 2nd places advanced to the Final Round.The first and second in this group will go to the final while the third and fourth places will go to a 3rd place match.
Finals
3rd Place Match
bk|Yugoslavia 99
bk|Czechoslovakia 92Final
19 June 1979
bk|Soviet Union|1955 98
bk|Israel 76Awards
Team Rosters
1.Soviet Union:
Sergei Belov (c),Anatoly Myshkin ,Vladimir Tkachenko ,Ivan Edeshko ,Aleksander Belostenny ,Stanislav Eremin ,Valdemaras Chomicius ,Alzhan Zharmukhamedov ,Sergei Tarakanov ,Vladimir Zhigili ,Aleksander Salnikov ,Andrei Lopatov (Coach:Alexander Gomelsky )2.Israel:
Mickey Berkowitz ,Lou Silver ,Motti Aroesti ,Yehoshua "Shuki" Schwartz ,Eric Menkin , Steve Kaplan,Boaz Yanai ,Avigdor Moskowitz ,Barry Leibowitz (c),Pinhas Hozez ,Uri Ben-Ari ,Shai Sharf (Coach: Ralph Klein)3.Yugoslavia:
Krešimir Ćosić ,Mirza Delibašić ,Dražen Dalipagić ,Dragan Kićanović ,Zoran Slavnić ,Žarko Varajić ,Željko Jerkov ,Rajko Žižić ,Peter Vilfan ,Mihovil Nakić ,Ratko Radovanović ,Duje Krstulović (Coach:Petar Skansi )4.Czechoslovakia:
Kamil Brabenec ,Zdenek Kos ,Stanislav Kropilak ,Jiri Pospisil ,Vojtech Petr ,Vlastimil Klimes ,Vlastimil Havlik ,Jaroslav Skala ,Zdenek Dousa ,Peter Rajniak ,Gustav Hraska ,Zdenek Bohm (Coach:Pavel Petera )
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