The twenty first 1979 Balkan basketball tournament was held in Athens, Greece. Five national teams from Balkan area took part in the competition.
| Men |
14.09 Greece-Turkey 92-71(40-44)
14.09 Bulgaria-Romania 84-91(37-52)
15.09 Greece-Romania 71-64(44-24)
15.09 Turkey-Yugoslavia 62-88(36-41)
16.09 Turkey-Romania 75-72(34-32)
16.09 Bulgaria-Yugoslavia 64-87(36-47)
17.09 Greece-Bulgaria 64-62(34-31)
17.09 Romania-Yugoslavia 60-82(26-37)
18.09 Greece-Yugoslavia 66-62(26-35)
18.09 Turkey-Bulgaria 79-66(48-30)
| width=20 | Position | width=220 | Team | width=20 | G | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | PF | width=20 | PA | width=20 | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 293 | 259 | +34 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 319 | 252 | +67 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 287 | 318 | -31 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 287 | 312 | -25 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 276 | 321 | -45 | |||||||||