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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Belgium |
| Dates | 14–24 September |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Yugoslavia (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Soviet Union |
| Third place |  Czechoslovakia |
| Fourth place |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Dražen Dalipagić |
| Top scorer |  Kees Akerboom (27.0 points per game) |
The 1977 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1977, was the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.
| Ostend | Liège |
|---|---|
| Sportcentrum Capacity 2 000 | Country Hall du Sart Tilman Capacity 5 000 |
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| Soviet Union |  Austria | 101–61 |
 Bulgaria |  Israel | 88–86 |
| Italy |  France | 70–59 |
| Bulgaria | Soviet Union | 96–117 |
| France | Austria | 86–81 |
| Italy | Israel | 78–73 |
| France | Bulgaria | 76–87 |
| Italy | Austria | 85–70 |
| Israel | Soviet Union | 69–103 |
| Austria | Israel | 87–103 |
| Italy | Bulgaria | 100–81 |
| Soviet Union | France | 115–74 |
| Austria | Bulgaria | 85–92 |
| Israel | France | 96–82 |
| Italy | Soviet Union | 95–87 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 5 | 5 | 0 | 428 | 370 | +58 | 10 |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 523 | 395 | +128 | 9 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 444 | 464 | −20 | 8 |
| Israel | 5 | 2 | 3 | 427 | 438 | −11 | 7 |
| France | 5 | 1 | 4 | 377 | 449 | −72 | 6 |
| Austria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 384 | 467 | −83 | 5 |
| Netherlands | Czechoslovakia | 73–90 |
 Belgium |  Finland | 81–81 aet. 107–98 |
 Spain | Yugoslavia | 76–79 |
| Finland | Yugoslavia | 80–88 |
| Netherlands | Spain | 114–95 |
| Belgium | Czechoslovakia | 61–67 |
| Finland | Netherlands | 67–87 |
| Czechoslovakia | Spain | 73–70 |
| Belgium | Yugoslavia | 83–111 |
| Czechoslovakia | Finland | 100–85 |
| Yugoslavia | Netherlands | 111–75 |
| Belgium | Spain | 93–94 |
| Spain | Finland | 85–78 |
| Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia | 103–111 |
| Belgium | Netherlands | 107–86 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 441 | 392 | +49 | 10 |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 492 | 425 | +67 | 9 |
| Belgium | 5 | 2 | 3 | 451 | 456 | −5 | 7 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 3 | 435 | 470 | −35 | 7 |
| Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 420 | 437 | −17 | 7 |
| Finland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 408 | 467 | −59 | 5 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| Italy | 69 | |||||
| Yugoslavia | 88 | |||||
| Yugoslavia | 74 | |||||
| Soviet Union | 61 | |||||
| Czechoslovakia | 76 | |||||
| Soviet Union | 91 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| Italy | 81 | |||||
| Czechoslovakia | 91 | |||||
| Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
| Bulgaria | 108 | |||||
| Netherlands | 85 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 78 | |||||
| Israel | 88 | |||||
| Belgium | 74 | |||||
| Israel | 81 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| Netherlands | 104 | |||||
| Belgium | 89 | |||||
| Classification round | Ninth place | |||||
| France | 72 | |||||
| Finland | 73 | |||||
| Finland | 89 | |||||
| Spain | 106 | |||||
| Spain | 88 | |||||
| Austria | 84 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| France | 89 | |||||
| Austria | 71 | |||||
| 1977 FIBA EuroBasket champions |
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 Yugoslavia 3rd title |
| 1977 FIBA EuroBasket MVP : Dražen Dalipagić ( Yugoslavia) |
| All-Tournament Team [1] |
|---|
| Zoran Slavnić |
| Miki Berkovich |
| Dražen Dalipagić (MVP) |
| Kees Akerboom |
| Atanas Golomeev |
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)
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