The 1973 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1973, was the eighteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.
Venues Barcelona Badalona Palacio de los DeportesCapacity 8 000 Pabellón de Ausias MarchCapacity 5 000
Group stage Group A – Badalona 83–104 92–89 69–84 55–77 85–80 64–65 79–53 70–61 98–84 66–64 101–78 60–66 84–98 81–79 94–93
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1. 5 5 0 459:353 10 +106 2. 5 4 1 364:370 8 −6 3. 5 2 3 345:386 4 −41 4. 5 2 3 443:451 4 −8 5. 5 1 4 376:408 2 −32 6. 5 1 4 369:388 2 −19
Group B – Barcelona
89–70 59–65 54–59 68–84 85–69 71–63 67–62 76–65 65–77 72–86 80–85 73–71 58–69 74–86 70–80
Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1. 5 5 0 378:333 10 +45 2. 5 4 1 392:353 8 +29 3. 5 3 2 335:325 6 +10 4. 5 2 3 367:372 4 −5 5. 5 1 4 335:377 2 −42 6. 5 0 5 345:392 0 −47
Knockout stage
5th to 8th place
9th to 12th place
Final standings
Awards 1973 FIBA EuroBasket Championship MVP: Wayne Brabender ( Spain)
All-Tournament Team Sergei Belov Francisco "Nino" Buscato Wayne Brabender (MVP) Krešimir Ćosić Atanas Golomeev
Team rosters 1. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Nikola Plećaš, Željko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Damir Šolman, Rato Tvrdić, Milun Marović, Žarko Knežević, Dragi Ivković (Coach: Mirko Novosel)
2. Spain: Clifford Luyk, Wayne Brabender, Francisco "Nino" Buscato, Vicente Ramos, Rafael Rullan, Manuel Flores, Luis Miguel Santillana, Carmelo Cabrera, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Jose Luis Sagi-Vela, Miguel Angel Estrada, Enrique Margall (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)
3. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Modestas Paulauskas, Anatoly Myshkin, Ivan Edeshko, Zurab Sakandelidze, Sergei Kovalenko, Valeri Miloserdov, Evgeni Kovalenko, Aleksander Boloshev, Yuri Pavlov, Jaak Salumets, Nikolai Djachenko (Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin)
4. Czechoslovakia: Jiří Zídek Sr., Kamil Brabenec, Zdenek Kos, Jiří Zedníček, Jan Bobrovsky, Jiri Pospisil, Petr Novicky, Jan Blažek, Josef Klima, Vojtech Petr, Jiri Balastik, Gustav Hraska (Coach: Vladimir Heger)
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