EuroBasket 1967

EuroBasket 1967
Tournament details
Host countryFinland
Dates28 September – 8 October
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (9th title)
Runners-up Czechoslovakia
Third place Poland
Fourth place Bulgaria
Tournament statistics
MVPCzechoslovakia Jiří Zedníček
Top scorerGreece Giorgos Kolokithas
(26.7 points per game)
1965
1969

The 1967 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1967, was the fifteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

Venues

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Helsinki Tampere
Helsingin jäähalli
Capacity 8 200
Tampereen jäähalli
Capacity 10 200

First round

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Group A – Helsinki

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Spain–Poland.
Belgium–Netherlands.
 Spain  Romania 85–88
 Belgium  Yugoslavia 66–73
 Finland  Netherlands 83–70
 Poland  Czechoslovakia 75–90
 Belgium  Netherlands 82–70
 Spain  Poland 71–88
 Yugoslavia  Czechoslovakia 66–74
 Finland  Romania 57–51
 Netherlands  Yugoslavia 46–96
 Belgium  Romania 74–77
 Spain  Czechoslovakia 65–98
 Finland  Poland 68–80
 Netherlands  Romania 64–83
 Belgium  Poland 68–98
 Spain  Yugoslavia 68–82
 Finland  Czechoslovakia 54–49
 Netherlands  Poland 65–69
 Belgium  Czechoslovakia 72–92
 Finland  Spain 76–69
 Yugoslavia  Romania 73–75
 Netherlands  Czechoslovakia 68–78
 Belgium  Spain 76–89
 Poland  Romania 75–58
 Finland  Yugoslavia 59–68
 Romania  Czechoslovakia 51–69
 Spain  Netherlands 79–71
 Finland  Belgium 82–62
 Yugoslavia  Poland 65–69
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1.  Czechoslovakia 7 6 1 550:451 12 +89
2.  Poland 7 6 1 554:485 12 +69
3.  Finland 7 5 2 479:449 10 +30
4.  Romania 7 4 3 483:497 8 −4
5.  Yugoslavia 7 4 3 523:457 8 +16
6.  Spain 7 2 5 526:579 4 −53
7.  Belgium 7 1 6 500:581 2 −81
8.  Netherlands 7 0 7 454:570 0 −116

Group B – Tampere

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 Bulgaria  Hungary 66–58
 Israel  Soviet Union 65–93
 Italy  East Germany 65–55
 Greece  France 78–69
 Bulgaria  Greece 64–66
 Israel  Hungary 60–56
 East Germany  Soviet Union 67–83
 Italy  France 47–42
 East Germany  France 56–68
 Soviet Union  Hungary 85–54
 Israel  Greece 75–75 aet. 91–81
 Bulgaria  Italy 73–71
 Greece  Hungary 69–60
 Soviet Union  France 108–52
 Israel  Italy 67–70
 Bulgaria  East Germany 68–66
 Bulgaria  France 65–67
 Italy  Hungary 73–80
 Israel  East Germany 74–67
 Greece  Soviet Union 41–82
 Israel  France 75–68
 East Germany  Hungary 55–59
 Bulgaria  Soviet Union 61–84
 Italy  Greece 74–58
 France  Hungary 56–51
 Bulgaria  Israel 78–61
 East Germany  Greece 69–56
 Italy  Soviet Union 91–105
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff.
1.  Soviet Union 7 7 0 640:431 14 +209
2.  Bulgaria 7 4 3 475:473 8 +2
3.  Italy 7 4 3 490:480 8 +10
4.  Israel 7 4 3 493:513 8 −20
5.  Greece 7 3 4 449:509 6 −60
6.  France 7 3 4 422:480 6 −58
7.  Hungary 7 2 5 418:464 4 −46
8.  East Germany 7 1 6 435:472 2 −37

Knockout stage

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Places 13 – 16 in Tampere

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Team 1 Team 2 Res.
 Hungary  Netherlands 76–71
 Belgium  East Germany 63–78

Places 9 – 12 in Helsinki

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Team 1 Team 2 Res.
 Yugoslavia  France 75–69
 Greece  Spain 85–85 aet. 95–99

Places 5 – 8 in Tampere

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Team 1 Team 2 Res.
 Italy  Romania 57–63
 Finland  Israel 73–60

Places 1 – 4 in Helsinki

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Team 1 Team 2 Res.
 Czechoslovakia  Bulgaria 82–79
 Soviet Union  Poland 108–68

Finals

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Placement Team 1 Team 2 Res.
15th place  Netherlands  Belgium 77–92
13th place  Hungary  East Germany 78–62
11th place  France  Greece 74–69
9th place  Yugoslavia  Spain 101–73
7th place  Italy  Israel 74–72
5th place  Romania  Finland 71–64
3rd place  Bulgaria  Poland 76–80
Final  Czechoslovakia  Soviet Union 77–89


 1967 FIBA EuroBasket champions 

Soviet Union
Ninth title

Final standings

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  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Czechoslovakia
  3.  Poland
  4.  Bulgaria
  5.  Romania
  6.  Finland
  7.  Italy
  8.  Israel
  9.  Yugoslavia
  10.  Spain
  11.  France
  12.  Greece
  13.  Hungary
  14.  East Germany
  15.  Belgium
  16.  Netherlands

Awards

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1967 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Jiří Zedníček (Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Soviet Union Sergei Belov
Soviet Union Modestas Paulauskas
Czechoslovakia Jiří Zedníček (MVP)
Czechoslovakia Jiří Zídek
Finland Veikko Vainio

Team rosters

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1. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Modestas Paulauskas, Gennadi Volnov, Jaak Lipso, Anatoly Polivoda, Priit Tomson, Tõnno Lepmets, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Vladimir Andreev, Zurab Sakandelidze, Yuri Selikhov, Anatoli Krikun (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)

2. Czechoslovakia: Jiří Zídek Sr., Jiří Zedníček, Jir i Ammer, Vladimir Pistelak, Frantisek Konvicka, Bohumil Tomasek, Robert Mifka, Jiri Ruzicka, Jan Bobrovsky, Karel Baroch, Jiří Marek, Celestyn Mrazek (Coach: Vladimir Heger)

3. Poland: Mieczysław Łopatka, Bohdan Likszo, Włodzimierz Trams, Grzegorz Korcz, Bolesław Kwiatkowski, Mirosław Kuczyński, Czesław Malec, Henryk Cegielski, Maciej Chojnacki, Waldemar Kozak, Kazimierz Frelkiewicz, Zbigniew Dregier (Coach: Witold Zagórski)

4. Bulgaria: Mincho Dimov, Ivan Vodenicharski, Cvjatko Barchovski, Georgi Khristov, Emil Mikhajlov, Slavejko Rajchev, Pando Pandov, Khristo Dojchinov, Georgi Genev, Boris Krastev, Temelaki Dimitrov, Bojcho Branzov (Coach: Kiril Khajtov)

9. Yugoslavia: Borut Basin, Ljubodrag Simonović, Zoran Marojević, Dragan Kapičić, Vladimir Cvetković, Dragoslav Ražnatović, Ratomir Tvrdić, Krešimir Ćosić, Damir Šolman, Goran Brajković, Aljoša Žorga, Petar Skansi (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

References

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