- EuroBasket 1987
Infobox FIBA tourney
continent = Europe
year = 1987
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host = Greece
dates =June 3 -June 14
teams = 12
federations = ?
venues = 1
cities = 1
champions = Greece
title_number = 1
mvp = flagicon|GreeceNikos Galis
ppg_p = flagicon|GreeceNikos Galis (37)
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website =The EuroBasket 1987 (common short name for the 25th edition of
FIBA 's European Basketball Championship) was held inGreece betweenJune 3 andJune 14 ,1987 . Twelve national teams entered the event under the auspices ofFIBA Europe , the sport's regional governing body. The Peace and Friendship Stadium inPireus ,Athens was the hosting venue of the tournament.The hosts Greece conquered its first European title by defeating the holders and heavily favourites Soviet Union with a 103-101 score in a gripping final decided in overtime. Greece's
Nikos Galis was voted the tournament'sMVP .Final standings
Group B
All Tournament Team
*flagicon|Greece
Nikos Galis
*flagicon|USSRŠarūnas Marčiulionis
*flagicon|USSR Alexander Volkov
*flagicon|SpainAndrés Jiménez
*flagicon|GreecePanagiotis Fasoulas Team rosters
1.Greece:
Nikos Galis ,Panagiotis Giannakis ,Panagiotis Fasoulas ,Fanis Christodoulou ,Michalis Romanidis ,Nikos Filippou ,Nikos Stavropoulos ,Memos Ioannou ,Argiris Kambouris ,Panagiotis Karatzas ,Liveris Andritsos ,Nikos Linardos (Coach:Kostas Politis )2.Soviet Union: Alexander Volkov,
Valdis Valters ,Šarūnas Marčiulionis ,Valeri Tikhonenko ,Vladimir Tkachenko ,Sergėjus Jovaiša ,Valdemaras Chomičius ,Heino Enden ,Sergei Babenko ,Sergei Tarakanov ,Viktor Pankrashkin ,Valeri Goborov (Coach:Alexander Gomelsky )3.Yugoslavia:
Dražen Petrović , Aleksandar Petrović,Toni Kukoč ,Vlade Divac ,Dino Rađa ,Žarko Paspalj ,Stojan Vranković ,Aleksandar Djordjevic ,Danko Cvjetičanin ,Ratko Radovanović ,Zoran Radović ,Goran Grbović (Coach:Krešimir Ćosić )4.Spain:
Juan Antonio San Epifanio ,Jordi Villacampa ,Candido "Chicho" Sibilio ,Ignacio "Nacho" Solozabal ,Andres Jimenez ,Ferran Martinez ,Fernando Romay ,Jose Antonio Montero ,Jose Maria Margall ,Fernando Arcega ,Francisco Javier Zapata ,Jose Angel Arcega (Coach:Antonio Diaz Miguel )External links
* [http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_f43ulKJBGLcVnbH-aqLVu2._.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1987.roundID_888.html FIBA Europe Eurobasket 1987]
* [http://www.eurobasket.com/events/ec/ec87.asp Eurobasket.com 1987 EChampionship]
* [http://www.geocities.com/eurobasket_1987/ Eurobasket 1987 in Greece]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=813683559960110738 Greece vs. Yugoslavia -Semi Final]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4980556953323258167 Greece vs. USSR -Final]
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