EuroBasket 1967 explained

Country:	Finland
Dates:	28 September – 8 October
Num Teams:	16
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Champion:	Soviet Union
Champion-Flagvar:	1955
Count:	9
Second:	Czechoslovakia
Third:	POL
Third-Flagvar:	1928
Fourth:	BUL
Fourth-Flagvar:	1967
Mvp:	Jiří Zedníček
Top Scorer:	Giorgos Kolokithas (26.7 points per game)
Prevseason:	1965
Nextseason:	1969

The 1967 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1967, was the fifteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

First round

Group A – Helsinki

		85–88
		66–73
		83–70
		75–90
		82–70
		71–88
		66–74
		57–51
		46–96
		74–77
		65–98
		68–80
		64–83
		68–98
		68–82
		54–49
		65–69
		72–92
		76–69
		73–75
		68–78
		76–89
		75–58
		59–68
		51–69
		79–71
		82–62
		65–69

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.		7	6	1	550:451	12	+89
2.		7	6	1	554:485	12	+69
3.		7	5	2	479:449	10	+30
4.		7	4	3	483:497	8	−4
5.		7	4	3	523:457	8	+16
6.		7	2	5	526:579	4	−53
7.		7	1	6	500:581	2	−81
8.		7	0	7	454:570	0	−116

Group B – Tampere

		66–58
		65–93
		65–55
		78–69
		64–66
		60–56
		67–83
		47–42
		56–68
		85–54
		75–75 aet. 91–81
		73–71
		69–60
		108–52
		67–70
		68–66
		65–67
		73–80
		74–67
		41–82
		75–68
		55–59
		61–84
		74–58
		56–51
		78–61
		69–56
		91–105

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.		7	7	0	640:431	14	+209
2.		7	4	3	475:473	8	+2
3.		7	4	3	490:480	8	+10
4.		7	4	3	493:513	8	−20
5.		7	3	4	449:509	6	−60
6.		7	3	4	422:480	6	−58
7.		7	2	5	418:464	4	−46
8.		7	1	6	435:472	2	−37

Knockout stage

Places 13 – 16 in Tampere

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
		76–71
		63–78

Places 9 – 12 in Helsinki

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
		75–69
		85–85 aet. 95–99

Places 5 – 8 in Tampere

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
		57–63
		73–60

Places 1 – 4 in Helsinki

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
		82–79
		108–68

Finals

Placement	Team 1	Team 2	Res.
15th place			77–92
13th place			78–62
11th place			74–69
9th place			101–73
7th place			74–72
5th place			71–64
3rd place			76–80
Final			77–89

Awards

1967 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Jiří Zedníček (Czechoslovakia)

All-Tournament Team^[1]
Jiří Zedníček (MVP)
Veikko Vainio

Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Modestas Paulauskas, Gennadi Volnov, Jaak Lipso, Anatoly Polivoda, Priit Tomson, Tõnno Lepmets, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Vladimir Andreev, Zurab Sakandelidze, Yuri Selikhov, Anatoli Krikun (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)

2. Czechoslovakia: Jiří Zídek Sr., Jiří Zedníček, Jir i Ammer, Vladimir Pistelak, Frantisek Konvicka, Bohumil Tomasek, Robert Mifka, Jiri Ruzicka, Jan Bobrovsky, Karel Baroch, Jiří Marek, Celestyn Mrazek (Coach: Vladimir Heger)

3. Poland: Mieczysław Łopatka, Bohdan Likszo, Włodzimierz Trams, Grzegorz Korcz, Bolesław Kwiatkowski, Mirosław Kuczyński, Czesław Malec, Henryk Cegielski, Maciej Chojnacki, Waldemar Kozak, Kazimierz Frelkiewicz, Zbigniew Dregier (Coach: Witold Zagórski)

4. Bulgaria: Mincho Dimov, Ivan Vodenicharski, Cvjatko Barchovski, Georgi Khristov, Emil Mikhajlov, Slavejko Rajchev, Pando Pandov, Khristo Dojchinov, Georgi Genev, Boris Krastev, Temelaki Dimitrov, Bojcho Branzov (Coach: Kiril Khajtov)

9. Yugoslavia: Borut Basin, Ljubodrag Simonović, Zoran Marojević, Dragan Kapičić, Vladimir Cvetković, Dragoslav Ražnatović, Ratomir Tvrdić, Krešimir Ćosić, Damir Šolman, Goran Brajković, Aljoša Žorga, Petar Skansi (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

External links

• Linguasport.com about EuroBasket 1967

Notes and References

1. http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/eurobasket/eurobasket_e.htm Linguasport.com Tournament Team.