The 1977 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1977, was the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

Venues

OstendLiège
Sportcentrum Capacity 2 000Country Hall du Sart Tilman Capacity 5 000

Group stage

Group A – Liège

Soviet UnionAustria101–61
BulgariaIsrael88–86
ItalyFrance70–59
BulgariaSoviet Union96–117
FranceAustria86–81
ItalyIsrael78–73
FranceBulgaria76–87
ItalyAustria85–70
IsraelSoviet Union69–103
AustriaIsrael87–103
ItalyBulgaria100–81
Soviet UnionFrance115–74
AustriaBulgaria85–92
IsraelFrance96–82
ItalySoviet Union95–87
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Italy550428370+5810
Soviet Union541523395+1289
Bulgaria532444464−208
Israel523427438−117
France514377449−726
Austria505384467−835

Group B – Ostend

NetherlandsCzechoslovakia73–90
BelgiumFinland81–81 aet. 107–98
SpainYugoslavia76–79
FinlandYugoslavia80–88
NetherlandsSpain114–95
BelgiumCzechoslovakia61–67
FinlandNetherlands67–87
CzechoslovakiaSpain73–70
BelgiumYugoslavia83–111
CzechoslovakiaFinland100–85
YugoslaviaNetherlands111–75
BelgiumSpain93–94
SpainFinland85–78
YugoslaviaCzechoslovakia103–111
BelgiumNetherlands107–86
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Czechoslovakia550441392+4910
Yugoslavia541492425+679
Belgium523451456−57
Netherlands523435470−357
Spain523420437−177
Finland505408467−595

Knockout stage

Semi-finalsFinal
Italy69
Yugoslavia88
Yugoslavia74
Soviet Union61
Czechoslovakia76
Soviet Union91
Third place
Italy81
Czechoslovakia91

5th to 8th place

Classification roundFifth place
Bulgaria108
Netherlands85
Bulgaria78
Israel88
Belgium74
Israel81
Seventh place
Netherlands104
Belgium89

9th to 12th place

Classification roundNinth place
France72
Finland73
Finland89
Spain106
Spain88
Austria84
Eleventh place
France89
Austria71
1977 FIBA EuroBasket champions
Yugoslavia 3rd title

Final standings

  1. Yugoslavia
  2. Soviet Union
  3. Czechoslovakia
  4. Italy
  5. Israel
  6. Bulgaria
  7. Netherlands
  8. Belgium
  9. Spain
  10. Finland
  11. France
  12. Austria

Awards

1977 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dražen Dalipagić (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)
All-Tournament Team
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Slavnić
Israel Miki Berkovich
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražen Dalipagić (MVP)
Netherlands Kees Akerboom
Bulgaria Atanas Golomeev

Team rosters

1. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Žarko Varajić, Željko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Ratko Radovanović, Duje Krstulović, Ante Đogić, Joško Papič (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)

2. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Anatoly Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko, Aleksander Belostenny, Stanislav Eremin, Mikheil Korkia, Valeri Miloserdov, Vladimir Zhigili, Aleksander Salnikov, Viktor Petrakov, Vladimir Arzamaskov, Aleksander Kharchenkov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)

3. Czechoslovakia: Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilak, Zdenek Kos, Jiri Pospisil, Vojtech Petr, Jiri Konopasek, Vlastibor Klimeš, Zdenek Dousa, Gustav Hraska, Josef Necas, Vladimir Ptacek, Pavol Bojanovsky (Coach: Pavel Petera)

4. Italy: Dino Meneghin, Pierluigi Marzorati, Marco Bonamico, Renzo Bariviera, Carlo Caglieris, Lorenzo Carraro, Fabrizio della Fiori, Gianni Bertolotti, Giulio Iellini, Renzo Vecchiato, Vittorio Ferracini, Luigi Serafini (Coach: Giancarlo Primo)