Tourney Name: | EuroBasket 1985 |
Country: | West Germany |
Dates: | 5–16 June |
Num Teams: | 12 |
Venues: | 3 |
Cities: | 3 |
Champion: | Soviet Union |
Count: | 14 |
Second: | Czechoslovakia |
Third: | Italy |
Fourth: | Spain |
Games: | 46 |
Mvp: | Arvydas Sabonis |
Top Scorer: | Doron Jamchy (28.1 points per game) |
Prevseason: | 1983 |
Nextseason: | 1987 |
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.
Location | Picture | City | Arena | Capacity | Status | Round | |
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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 |
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.
See main article: EuroBasket 1985 squads.
width=10px bgcolor="#98fb98" | Qualified for the semifinals |
Times given below are in Central European Time (UTC+1).
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1985 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Arvydas Sabonis (Soviet Union) |
All-Tournament Team[1] | |
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Dražen Petrović | |
Detlef Schrempf | |
Fernando Martín | |
Arvydas Sabonis (MVP) |
Rank | Team | Record | |
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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 |