The 1985 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1985, was the 24th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 5 to 16 June 1985 in West Germany. The Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia in the final to win their fourteenth and final title.
Venues Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round Karlsruhe Europahalle 5,000 1983 Group A Leverkusen Wilhelm Dopatka Halle 3,500 Opened in 1974 Group B Stuttgart Schleyerhalle 15,500 Opened in 1983 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 1983:
Top four teams from the qualifying stage:
Squads
Format The teams were split in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff. The losers from the quarterfinals stage compete in a separate bracket to define places 5th through 8th in the final standings. The fifth and sixth teams from each group competed in another bracket to define places 9th through 12th in the final standings.
Preliminary round Qualified for the quarter-finals
Group A Times given below are in Central European Time (UTC+1).
Group B
Knockout stage
Championship bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place
Final
5th to 8th place
9th to 12th place
Awards
1985 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Arvydas Sabonis ( Soviet Union)
All-Tournament Team Valdis Valters Dražen Petrović Detlef Schrempf Fernando Martín Arvydas Sabonis (MVP)
Final standings Rank Team Record 7–1 4–4 6–2 4 5–3 5 5–3 6 2–6 7 5–3 8 3–5 9 4–3 10 2–5 11 2–5 12 1–6
Alexander Volkov Heino Enden Sergei Tarakanov Valdemaras Chomičius Andrei Lopatov Valeri Tikhonenko Valdis Valters Vladimir Tkachenko Rimas Kurtinaitis Sergejus Jovaiša Alexander Belostenny Arvydas Sabonis Jaroslav Skála Juraj Žuffa Vlastimil Havlík Peter Rajniak Stano Kropilák Zdeněk Böhm Jiří Okáč Igor Vraniak Vladimír Vyoral Kamil Brabenec Otto Matický Leoš Krejčí Giampiero Savio Beppe Bosa Ario Costa Enrico Gilardi Walter Magnifico Roberto Brunamonti Renato Villalta Gus Binelli Roberto Premier Renzo Vecchiato Pierlo Marzorati Romeo Sacchetti Jordi Villacampa José Luis Llorente Cándido Sibilio Josep María Margall Andrés Jiménez Fernando Romay Fernando Martín Vicente Gil Joaquim Costa Juan Domingo de la Cruz Juan Manuel López Iturriaga Juan Antonio San Epifanio
References
External links
archive.FIBA.com.