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EuroBasket 1985

International basketball event


Summary

International basketball event

FieldValue
tourney_nameEuroBasket 1985
other_titlesBasketball-Europameisterschaft 1985
countryWest Germany
dates5–16 June
num_teams12
venues3
cities3
championSoviet Union
count14
secondCzechoslovakia
thirdItaly
fourthSpain
games46
mvpURS Arvydas Sabonis
top_scorerISR Doron Jamchy
(28.1 points per game)
prevseason1983
nextseason1987

(28.1 points per game)

The 1985 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1985, was the 24th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 5 to 16 June 1985 in West Germany. The Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia in the final to win their fourteenth and final title.

Venues

LocationPictureCityArenaCapacityStatusRound
{{Location map+FRG and West Berlinborder =caption =float = centerwidth = 150FRG and West Berlinlat_deg=49lat_min=00lon_deg=8lon_min=24position = toplabel=Karlsruhe}}
{{Location map+FRG and West Berlinborder =caption =float = centerwidth = 150FRG and West Berlinlat_deg=51lat_min=2lon_deg=6lon_min=59position = rightlabel=Leverkusen}}
{{Location map+FRG and West Berlinborder =caption =float = centerwidth = 150FRG and West Berlinlat_deg=48lat_min=47lon_deg=9lon_min=11position = toplabel=Stuttgart}}

Qualification

A total of twelve teams qualified for the tournament. To the top eight teams from the previous tournament, four more teams were granted berths via a qualifying tournament.

Top eight teams from Eurobasket 1983:

  • Top four teams from the qualifying stage:

    Squads

    Main article: EuroBasket 1985 squads

    Format

    • The teams were split in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
    • The losers from the quarterfinals stage compete in a separate bracket to define places 5th through 8th in the final standings.
    • The fifth and sixth teams from each group competed in another bracket to define places 9th through 12th in the final standings.

    Preliminary round

    Qualified for the quarter-finals

    Group A

    :Times given below are in Central European Time (UTC+1).

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    Group B

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    Knockout stage

    Championship bracket

    |11 June – 20:30||83||98 |12 June – 20:30||91||102 |11 June – 18:00||97||71 |12 June – 18:00||104||86 |14 June – 18:00||95||98 |14 June – 20:30||96||112 |16 June – 20:00||89||120 |15 June – 19:30||90||102

    Quarterfinals

    Semifinals

    Third place

    Final

    5th to 8th place

    |13 June – 20:30||98||84 |13 June – 18:00||107||105 |15 June – 17:00||101||81 |16 June – 18:00||105||86

    9th to 12th place

    |11 June – 15:30||86||91 |12 June – 15:30||90||87 |14 June – 15:30||90||89 |13 June – 15:30||102||100

    Awards

    1985 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Arvydas Sabonis (URS Soviet Union)
    All-Tournament Team
    URS Valdis Valters
    YUG Dražen Petrović
    FRG Detlef Schrempf
    ESP Fernando Martín
    URS Arvydas Sabonis (MVP)

    Final standings

    RankTeamRecord
    7–1
    4–4
    6–2
    45–3
    55–3
    62–6
    75–3
    83–5
    94–3
    102–5
    112–5
    121–6
    ** Alexander Volkov
    Heino Enden
    Sergei Tarakanov
    Valdemaras Chomičius
    Andrei Lopatov
    Valeri Tikhonenko
    Valdis Valters
    Vladimir Tkachenko
    Rimas Kurtinaitis
    Sergejus Jovaiša
    Alexander Belostenny
    Arvydas Sabonis**Jaroslav Skála
    Juraj Žuffa
    Vlastimil Havlík
    Peter Rajniak
    Stano Kropilák
    Zdeněk Böhm
    Jiří Okáč
    Igor Vraniak
    Vladimír Vyoral
    Kamil Brabenec
    Otto Matický
    Leoš KrejčíGiampiero Savio
    Beppe Bosa
    Ario Costa
    Enrico Gilardi
    Walter Magnifico
    Roberto Brunamonti
    Renato Villalta
    Gus Binelli
    Roberto Premier
    Renzo Vecchiato
    Pierlo Marzorati
    Romeo SacchettiJordi Villacampa
    José Luis Llorente
    Cándido Sibilio
    Josep María Margall
    Andrés Jiménez
    Fernando Romay
    Fernando Martín
    Vicente Gil
    Joaquim Costa
    Juan Domingo de la Cruz
    Juan Manuel López Iturriaga
    Juan Antonio San Epifanio

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