The 1989 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1989, was the 26th
FIBA EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the E ...
regional
basketball
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championship, held by
FIBA Europe
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. It was held in Yugoslavia between 20 and 25 June 1989. Eight national teams entered the event under the auspices of
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA Euro ...
, the sport's regional governing body. The
Dom Sportova
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in
Zagreb
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was the hosting venue of the tournament. The host,
Yugoslavia
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, won its fourth FIBA European title by defeating the defending champions
Greece
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, with a 98–77 score in the final. Yugoslavia's
Dražen Petrović
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was voted the tournament's
MVP
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. The five best teams in the final standings were given berths to the
1990 FIBA World Championship
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.
Venues
All games were played at the
Dom Sportova
Dom sportova (), is a multi-purpose indoor sports arena located in Zagreb, Croatia. The venue was built in 1972 on Trešnjevka, in the western part of the city. It has 32,000 m2 of floorspace, and it features six halls. The seating capacity o ...
in
Zagreb
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.
Qualification
Squads
Format
*The teams were split in two groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. 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 another bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.
Preliminary round
Group A
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As standard time (year-round)
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Group B
Knockout stage
Championship bracket
Semifinals
Third place
Final
5th to 8th place
Awards
Final standings
References
External links
1989 European Championship for Menarchive.FIBA.com
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1989
1988–89 in European basketball
1988–89 in Yugoslav basketball
1989 in Croatian sport
International basketball competitions hosted by Croatia
International basketball competitions hosted by Yugoslavia
Sports competitions in Zagreb
June 1989 sports events in Europe
1980s in Zagreb