The 1977 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1977, was the twentieth
FIBA EuroBasket
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regional
basketball
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championship, held by
FIBA Europe
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.
Venues
Group stage
Group A – Liège
Group B – Ostend
Knockout stage
5th to 8th place
9th to 12th place
Final standings
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Awards
Team rosters
1. Yugoslavia:
Krešimir Ćosić
Krešimir "Krešo" Ćosić (; 26 November 1948 – 25 May 1995) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian professional basketball player and coach. He was a collegiate All-American at Brigham Young University. He revolutionized basketball in Yugoslavia and w ...
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Dražen Dalipagić
Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (; born 27 November 1951) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and head coach. He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugoslavian his ...
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Mirza Delibašić
Mirza Delibašić (9 January 1954 – 8 December 2001) was a Bosnian professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach.
Delibašić was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Famer, FIBA ...
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Dragan Kićanović
Dragan Kićanović ( sr, Драган Кићановић; born 17 August 1953) is a Serbian and Yugoslav retired professional basketball player.
A 1.92m (6 ft 3 in) tall shooting guard, Kićanović played in the 1970s and 1980s, and is cons ...
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Zoran Slavnić
Zoran "Moka" Slavnić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Мока Славнић; born 26 October 1949) is a Serbian retired professional basketball player and coach. He played with Crvena zvezda and with Partizan. One of the best European point guar ...
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Žarko Varajić
Žarko Varajić ( sr-cyr, Жарко Варајић; 26 December 1951 – 23 June 2019) was a Serbian professional basketball player and executive. He represented the Yugoslavia national team internationally.
Early career
Growing up in Nikšić, ...
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Željko Jerkov
Željko Jerkov (born 6 November 1953, in Pula) is a former Croatian professional basketball player. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs.), he played at the center position.
Professional career
Jerkov was a member o ...
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Vinko Jelovac
Vinko Jelovac (alternate spelling: Vinto Jelovac) (born 18 November 1948 in Pazin, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a former Slovenian-Croatian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs. ...
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Ratko Radovanović
Ratko "Raša" Radovanović (; born 16 October 1956) is a Serbian former professional basketball player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia, at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Born in the town of Nevesinje within ...
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Duje Krstulović
Dujam "Duje" Krstulović (born 5 February 1953) is a former Croatian basketball player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye ...
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Ante Đogić
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(Coach:
Aleksandar Nikolić
Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Александар "Аца" Николић; 28 October 1924 – 12 March 2000) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He was also a professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Sp ...
)
2. Soviet Union:
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Sovi ...
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Anatoly Myshkin
Anatoly Dmitriyevich Myshkin (born August 14, 1954) is a retired Soviet and Russian professional basketball player and coach. At 6 feet 9 inches (2.07 m) tall, and a weight of 210 lbs. (95 kg), he played as a combo forward (small forwar ...
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Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko (alternate spelling: Vladimir Tkatchenko) (russian: Владимир Петрович Ткаченко; born September 20, 1957 in Sochi, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) is a retired Sovie ...
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Aleksander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny (; ; February 24, 1959 – May 25, 2010) was a Ukrainian professional basketball player. He was a member of the senior Soviet national team, from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, E ...
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Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Georgiyevich Yeryomin (russian: Станислав Георгиевич Ерёмин; born February 26, 1951 in Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union), last name also spelled Eremin and Yeremin, is a prominent retired Russian professional bask ...
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Mikheil Korkia
Mikheil Korkia ( ka, მიხეილ ქორქია) (10 September 1948 – 7 February 2004) was a Georgian-Soviet basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Basketball con ...
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Valeri Miloserdov
Valery Vladimirovich Miloserdov (russian: Валерий Владимирович Милосердов; August 11, 1951 – January 26, 2015) was a Russian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics
...
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Vladimir Zhigili
Vladimir Viktorovich Zhigily (russian: Владимир Викторович Жигилий ; December 16, 1952 ) is a retired Soviet basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
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Aleksander Salnikov,
Viktor Petrakov,
Vladimir Arzamaskov,
Aleksander Kharchenkov (Coach:
Alexander Gomelsky
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3. Czechoslovakia:
Kamil Brabenec,
Stanislav Kropilak,
Zdenek Kos,
Jiri Pospisil,
Vojtech Petr,
Jiri Konopasek
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Vlastimil Klimes,
Zdenek Dousa,
Gustav Hraska,
Josef Necas,
Vladimir Ptacek,
Pavol Bojanovsky (Coach:
Pavel Petera)
4. Italy:
Dino Meneghin
Dino Meneghin (, ; born 18 January 1950) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is widely considered to be the best Italian player ever, as well as one of Europe's all-time greats. A 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall center, Meneghi ...
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Pierluigi Marzorati
Pierluigi "Pierlo" Marzorati (born 12 September 1952) is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is considered to have been one of the best point guards of all time in Europe, and was named the Mister Europa, in 1976. He was named on ...
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Marco Bonamico
Marco Bonamico (born 18 January 1957 in Genoa) is a former professional basketball player from Italy. At a height of 2.01 m (6'7") tall, he played at the small forward and power forward positions. During his playing career, his nickname was, "il ...
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Renzo Bariviera,
Carlo Caglieris
Carlo Caglieris (born 2 July 1951) is an Italian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Caglieris is widely regarded as one of the greatest Italian point guards of his generation, having won th ...
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Lorenzo Carraro
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Fabrizio della Fiori,
Gianni Bertolotti,
Giulio Iellini
Giulio Iellini (born 18 October 1947) is a retired Italian professional basketball player. In 2009, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Iellini won two EuroLeague championships, in 1966 and 1976.
Ital ...
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Renzo Vecchiato,
Vittorio Ferracini,
Luigi Serafini (Coach:
Giancarlo Primo
Giancarlo Primo (November 4, 1924, Rome – December 27, 2005, Civita Castellana, Italy) was an Italian professional basketball player and coach. He was a coach of the FIBA European Selection team in 1974, 1975, and 1976. In 2001, he was awarded ...
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References
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Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
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1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
September 1977 sports events in Europe
Sport in Liège