EuroBasket 1967

1967 edition of the FIBA EuroBasket

EuroBasket 1967

Tournament details
Host country| Finland
Dates| 28 September – 8 October
Teams| 16
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
MVP|  Jiří Zedníček
Top scorer|  Giorgos Kolokithas
(26.7 points per game)

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

## Venues[edit]

Helsinki | Tampere

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Helsingin jäähalli
Capacity 8 200  | Tampereen jäähalli
Capacity 10 200

## First round[edit]

### Group A – Helsinki[edit]

Spain–Poland. Belgium–Netherlands. Spain |  Romania | 85–88

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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.

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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[edit]

Bulgaria |  Hungary | 66–58

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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.

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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[edit]

### Places 13 – 16 in Tampere[edit]

Team 1 | Team 2 | Res.

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Hungary |  Netherlands | 76–71
Belgium |  East Germany | 63–78

### Places 9 – 12 in Helsinki[edit]

Team 1 | Team 2 | Res.

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Yugoslavia |  France | 75–69
Greece |  Spain | 85–85 aet. 95–99

### Places 5 – 8 in Tampere[edit]

Team 1 | Team 2 | Res.

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Italy |  Romania | 57–63
Finland |  Israel | 73–60

### Places 1 – 4 in Helsinki[edit]

Team 1 | Team 2 | Res.

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Czechoslovakia |  Bulgaria | 82–79
Soviet Union |  Poland | 108–68

### Finals[edit]

Placement | Team 1 | Team 2 | Res.

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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[edit]

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[edit]

1967 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Jiří Zedníček ( Czechoslovakia)

All-Tournament Team[1]

Sergei Belov
Modestas Paulauskas
Jiří Zedníček (MVP)
Jiří Zídek
Veikko Vainio

## Team rosters[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ Linguasport.com Tournament Team.

## External links[edit]

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