From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base
EuroBasket 1985
International basketball event
International basketball event
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | EuroBasket 1985 |
| other_titles | Basketball-Europameisterschaft 1985 |
| country | West Germany |
| dates | 5–16 June |
| num_teams | 12 |
| venues | 3 |
| cities | 3 |
| champion | Soviet Union |
| count | 14 |
| second | Czechoslovakia |
| third | Italy |
| fourth | Spain |
| games | 46 |
| mvp | URS Arvydas Sabonis |
| top_scorer | ISR Doron Jamchy |
| (28.1 points per game) | |
| prevseason | 1983 |
| nextseason | 1987 |
(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
| Location | Picture | City | Arena | Capacity | Status | Round | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{Location map+ | FRG and West Berlin | border = | caption = | float = center | width = 150 | FRG and West Berlin | lat_deg=49 | lat_min=00 | lon_deg=8 | lon_min=24 | position = top | label=Karlsruhe}} |
| {{Location map+ | FRG and West Berlin | border = | caption = | float = center | width = 150 | FRG and West Berlin | lat_deg=51 | lat_min=2 | lon_deg=6 | lon_min=59 | position = right | label=Leverkusen}} |
| {{Location map+ | FRG and West Berlin | border = | caption = | float = center | width = 150 | FRG and West Berlin | lat_deg=48 | lat_min=47 | lon_deg=9 | lon_min=11 | position = top | label=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).
|}
Group B
|}
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
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 7–1 | ||
| 4–4 | ||
| 6–2 | ||
| 4 | 5–3 | |
| 5 | 5–3 | |
| 6 | 2–6 | |
| 7 | 5–3 | |
| 8 | 3–5 | |
| 9 | 4–3 | |
| 10 | 2–5 | |
| 11 | 2–5 | |
| 12 | 1–6 |
| ** 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 Krejčí | Giampiero Savio |
| Beppe Bosa | |
| Ario Costa | |
| Enrico Gilardi | |
| Walter Magnifico | |
| Roberto Brunamonti | |
| Renato Villalta | |
| Gus Binelli | |
| Roberto Premier | |
| Renzo Vecchiato | |
| Pierlo Marzorati | |
| Romeo Sacchetti | Jordi 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 |
References
References
- {{usurped
This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.
Ask Mako anything about EuroBasket 1985 — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.
Research with MakoFree with your Surf account
Create a free account to save articles, ask Mako questions, and organize your research.
Sign up freeThis content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.
Report