The 1997 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1997, was the 30th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1998 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top four (or five, depending on Greece reaching one of the top four places) teams in the final standings. It was held in Spain between 24 June and 6 July 1997. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Badalona, Barcelona and Girona hosted the tournament. Serbia won its second FIBA European title (seventh FIBA European title under the name of Yugoslavia), by defeating Italy with a 61–49 score in the final. Serbia's Saša Đorđević was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona 12,760 Opened in 1991 Groups C, D and FThirteenth-to-sixteenth-place playoffs Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi 17,000 Opened in 1990 Knockout stage and FinalFifth-to-eighth-place playoffsNinth-to-twelfth-place playoffs Girona Palau Girona-Fontajau 5,049 Opened in 1993 Groups A, B and E

Qualification

Competition Date Vacancies Qualified Host nation – 1 Champions from EuroBasket 1995 21 June – 2 July 1995 1 Qualified through Qualifying Round 22 May 1996 – 28 February 1997 14

Squads

Format The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The top three teams from each group advance to the second stage. In the second stage, two groups of six teams were formed and played a round robin. The results between teams that faced during the preliminary round are carried over. The top four teams from each group in the second stage advance to the knockout quarterfinals to compete for the Championship. The winners in the semifinals compete for the European Championship, while the losers from the semifinals play a consolation game for the third place. The losers in the quarterfinals compete in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings. The four teams eliminated in the second stage compete in another bracket to define 9th through 12th place in the final standings. The four teams eliminated in the preliminary round compete in another bracket to define 13th through 16th place in the final standings.

Preliminary round Qualified for the second round

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group E

Group F

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

9th to 12th place

13th to 16th place

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

PointsPPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name PPG 1 Oded Kattash 22.0 2 Ainārs Bagatskis 21.8 3 Nenad Marković 21.4 4 Artūras Karnišovas 20.7 4 Tomer Steinhauer 17.1 6 Gintaras Einikis 16.9 7 İbrahim Kutluay 16.8 8 Carlton Myers 15.8 8 Roberts Štelmahers 15.8 10 Yann Bonato 15.6

ReboundsRPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name RPG 1 Rašho Nesterović 8.6 2 Mirsad Türkcan 7.3 3 Gintaras Einikis 6.4 3 Tomer Steinhauer 6.4 5 Artūras Karnišovas 5.9 6 Mikhail Mikhaylov 5.6 6 Alfonso Reyes 5.6 8 Patrick Femerling 5.4 9 Dimitrios Papanikolaou 5.0 9 Željko Rebrača 5.0 9 Andrejs Bondarenko 5.0

AssistsAPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name APG 1 Damir Mulaomerović 7.3 2 Raimonds Miglinieks 6.4 3 Darius Lukminas 5.6 4 Saša Đorđević 4.5 5 Henrik Rödl 4.4 6 Laurent Sciarra 4.3 7 Artūras Karnišovas 3.9 8 Maciej Zieliński 3.8 9 Oded Kattash 3.7 10 Adis Bećiragić 3.6

StealsSPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name SPG 1 Raimonds Miglinieks 3.8 2 Oded Kattash 3.6 3 Roberts Štelmahers 3.2 4 Angelos Koronios 3.1 5 Gintaras Einikis 3.0 5 Igor Kudelin 3.0 5 Maciej Zieliński 3.0 5 Vladan Alanović 3.0 5 Jure Zdovc 3.0 10 Riccardo Pittis 2.9

MinutesMPG Leaders at FIBA.com Pos. Name MPG 1 Oded Kattash 38.4 2 Artūras Karnišovas 36.2 3 Tomer Steinhauer 34.5 4 Maciej Zieliński 33.7 5 Nadav Henefeld 33.6 6 Thierry Gadou 33.3 7 Denis Wucherer 33.1 8 Raimonds Miglinieks 32.6 9 Dmytro Bazelevsky 31.8 10 Henrik Rödl 31.5

Individual Game Highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Nenad Marković 44 Rebounds Mikhail Mikhaylov Mirsad Türkcan 15 Assists Damir Mulaomerović 11 Steals 5 Players 7 Turnovers Denis Wucherer 8

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPGTeam Leaders – PPG Pos. Name PPG 1 82.6 2 81.8 3 81.0 3 80.0 5 78.7

ReboundsTeam Leaders – RPG Pos. Name RPG 1 27.4 2 25.0 2 24.9 4 24.8 5 24.2

AssistsTeam Leaders – APG Pos. Name APG 1 18.0 2 15.5 3 13.9 4 13.6 5 13.3

StealsTeam Leaders – SPG Pos. Name SPG 1 19.7 2 16.8 3 15.2 4 14.8 5 14.4

Team Game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints 108 Rebounds 37 Assists 25 Steals 26 Field goal percentage 63.8% (30/47) 3-point field goal percentage 70.0% (7/10) Free throw percentage 90.3% (10/11) Turnovers 24

Awards

1997 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Sašha Đjorđjević ( Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team Saša Đorđević (MVP) Dominik Tomczyk Dejan Bodiroga Željko Rebrača Mikhail Mikhaylov

Final standings

Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship as host Rank Team Record 8–1 8–1 7–2 4 7–2 5 6–3 6 5–4 7 4–5 8 3–6 9 4–4 10 2–6 11 2–6 12 1–7 13 3–2 14 1–4 15 1–4 16 0–5

Dejan Bodiroga Predrag Danilović Saša Obradović Nikola Lončar Miroslav Radošević Miroslav Berić Aleksandar Đorđević Željko Rebrača Nikola Bulatović Zoran Savić Dejan Tomašević Milenko Topić Claudio Coldebella Davide Bonora

Gregor Fučka

Riccardo Pittis

Denis Marconato

Giacomo Galanda

Carlton Myers

Paolo Moretti

Alessandro Abbio

Alessandro Frosini

Flavio Carera

Dan Gay Vasily Karasev Igor Kudelin Igor Kurashov Evgeni Kisurin Evgeniy Pashutin Dmitry Shakulin Sergei Babkov Mikhail Mikhaylov Zakhar Pashutin Andrei Fetisov Sergei Panov Vitaliy Nosov Georgios Kalaitzis Kostas Patavoukas Nikos Boudouris Dimitrios Papanikolaou Giorgos Sigalas Angelos Koronios Fragiskos Alvertis Nikos Oikonomou Christos Myriounis Giannis Giannoulis Efthimios Rentzias Fanis Christodoulou

References

External links archive.FIBA.com