EuroBasket 1987
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EuroBasket 1987 was the European Basketball Championship tournament in which Greece achieved a historic first continental title, marking a turning point in European basketball.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
EuroBasket tournament
ⓘ
basketball competition ⓘ |
| champion | Greece national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championTitleCount | 1 ⓘ |
| cityOfFinalVenue | Piraeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfFinalVenue | Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendingChampion | Soviet Union national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editionNumber | 25 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1987-06-14 ⓘ |
| featuredTeam |
France national basketball team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greece national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ Poland national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ Romania national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ West Germany national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ Yugoslavia national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalLoser | Soviet Union national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalScore | 103–101 ⓘ |
| finalVenue | Peace and Friendship Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalWinner | Greece national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fourthPlace | Italy national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| groupStageFormat | two groups of six teams ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
first major international basketball title for Greece
ⓘ
turning point in European basketball balance of power ⓘ |
| hostCity | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCountry | Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedBy | Hellenic Basketball Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knockoutStage | single-elimination ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Nikos Galis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextEdition | EuroBasket 1989 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Arvydas Sabonis
NERFINISHED
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Dražen Petrović NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikos Galis NERFINISHED ⓘ Panagiotis Giannakis NERFINISHED ⓘ Vlade Divac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 12 ⓘ |
| organizer | FIBA Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousEdition | EuroBasket 1985 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| qualificationFor | 1988 Olympic Games basketball tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Soviet Union national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| startDate | 1987-06-03 ⓘ |
| thirdPlace | Yugoslavia national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topScorer | Nikos Galis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topScorerPointsPerGame | 37.0 ⓘ |
| venue | Peace and Friendship Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1987 ⓘ |
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