EuroBasket 1983

EuroBasket 1983
XXIIIe Championnat d'Europe
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	26 May – 4 June
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Games played	42
MVP	Juan Antonio Corbalán
Top scorer	Nikos Galis ; (33.6 points per game)
	← 1981 1985 →

Last updated September 26, 2025

The 1983 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1983, was the 23rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 26 May to 4 June 1983 in France. Italy defeated Spain in the final to win their first title.

Venues

Location	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Caen	Caen	Palais de Sports	2,590	Opened in 1968	Group B
Limoges	Limoges	Palais des Sports de Beaublanc	6,500	Opened in 1981	Group A
Nantes	Nantes	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu	5,500	Opened in 1973	Knockout rounds and qualification rounds

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 1981:
Top four teams from the qualifying stage:

Squads

Format

The teams were split in two groups of six teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals (A1 vs. B2, A2 vs. B1). The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
The third and fourth teams from each group competed in the same manner in a separate bracket to define places 5th through 8th in the final standings. The same was done with the last two teams from each group to define 9th through 12th place.

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	468	387	+81	10
Spain	5	4	1	421	393	+28	9
Yugoslavia	5	3	2	426	418	+8	8
France	5	2	3	399	408	−9	7
Greece	5	1	4	384	430	−46	6
Sweden	5	0	5	371	433	−62	5

26 May
14:30

Sweden	66–69	Greece
Scoring by half: 26–32, 40–37
Pts: Magarity 23		Pts: Galis 20

Italy	75–74	Spain
Scoring by half: 28–37, 47–37
Pts: Riva 18		Pts: San Epifanio 24

France	76–80	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–46, 34–34
Pts: Dacoury 17		Pts: Radovanović 24

Sweden	74–89	Italy
Scoring by half:42–40, 32–49
Pts: Feldreich 18		Pts: Riva 22

France	79–77	Greece
Scoring by half: 39–45, 40–32
Pts: Szanyiel 29		Pts: Galis 38

Yugoslavia	90–91	Spain
Scoring by half:54–48, 36–43
Pts: Radovanović 23		Pts: San Epifanio 21

Greece	83–108	Italy
Scoring by half: 42–56, 41–52
Pts: Galis 32		Pts: Meneghin 29

Yugoslavia	103–84	Sweden
Scoring by half:53–40, 50–44
Pts: Dalipagić 21		Pts: Feldreich 23

France	73–75	Spain
Scoring by half: 34–37, 39–38
Pts: Szanyiel 16		Pts: Sibilio 24

Yugoslavia	77–76	Greece
Scoring by half:46–37, 31–39
Pts: Dalipagić, Kićanović 19		Pts: Galis 25

France	80–105	Italy
Scoring by half: 33–54, 47–51
Pts: Cachemire, Vestris 15		Pts: Riva 28

Spain	81–76	Sweden
Scoring by half: 43–43, 38–33
Pts: Sibilio 21		Pts: Karlsson 18

France	91–71	Sweden
Scoring by half:41–28, 50–43
Pts: Szanyiel 30		Pts: Rahm 18

Italy	91–76	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 36–42, 55–34
Pts: Gilardi 26		Pts: Dalipagić 21

Spain	100–79	Greece
Scoring by half:52–41, 48–38
Pts: San Epifanio 20		Pts: Galis 34

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	482	375	+107	10
Netherlands	5	3	2	356	403	−47	8
West Germany	5	3	2	384	395	−11	8
Israel	5	2	3	386	398	−12	7
Poland	5	1	4	357	382	−25	6
Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	405	417	−12	6

Israel	72–78	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 31–43, 41–35
Pts: Berkowitz 24		Pts: Cramer 16

Czechoslovakia	74–86	West Germany
Scoring by half: 36–44, 38–42
Pts: Hraška 15		Pts: Pappert 29

Soviet Union	88–76	Poland
Scoring by half:46–40, 42–36
Pts: Chomičius, Sabonis 17		Pts: Bogucki 15

West Germany	67–79	Netherlands
Scoring by half: 34–36, 33–43
Pts: Blab 22		Pts: Plaat 24

EuroBasket 1983

Contents

Venues

Qualification

Squads

Format

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Classification rounds

9th to 12th place

5th to 8th place

Championship bracket

Awards

Final standings

References

External links

Czechoslovakia	72–75 (OT)	Poland
Scoring by half: 31–33, 35–33 Overtime: 6–9
Pts: Hraška, Kropilák 19		Pts: Młynarski 26

Soviet Union	92–87	Israel
Scoring by half: 43–46, 49–41
Pts: Myškin 18		Pts: Berkowitz 32

Poland	62–64	Israel
Scoring by half: 32–38, 30–26
Pts: Binkowski 20		Pts: Jamchi, Berkowitz 16

Soviet Union	90–69	West Germany
Scoring by half:43–33, 47–36
Pts: Myškin, Sabonis 17		Pts: Behnke 22

Czechoslovakia	90–63	Netherlands
Scoring by half:54–27, 36–36
Pts: Kropilák 32		Pts: Wiel 14

West Germany	85–82	Poland
Scoring by half:46–44, 39–38
Pts: Zander 24		Pts: Młynarski 30

Soviet Union	112–63	Netherlands
Scoring by half:54–37, 58–26
Pts: Tarakanov 24		Pts: Plaat 12

Czechoslovakia	89–93 (OT)	Israel
Scoring by half: 41–45, 40–36 Overtime: 8–12
Pts: Rajniak 25		Pts: Jamchi 27

Netherlands	73–62	Poland
Scoring by half:37–32, 36–30
Pts: van den Bergh 15		Pts: Mulak 12

Czechoslovakia	80–100	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 39–53, 41–47
Pts: Kropilák 25		Pts: Valters 19