# EuroBasket 1983

The 1983 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1983, was the 23rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 26 May to 4 June 1983 in France. Italy defeated Spain in the final to win their first title.

## Venues

| Location | City | Arena | Capacity | Status | Round |
| Caen | Caen | Palais de Sports | 2,590 | Opened in 1968 | Group B |
| Limoges | Limoges | Palais des Sports de Beaublanc | 6,500 | Opened in 1981 | Group A |
| Nantes | Nantes | Palais des Sports de Beaulieu | 5,500 | Opened in 1973 | 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 1981:
** Czechoslovakia
** France
** Israel
** Italy
** Poland
** Soviet Union
** Spain
** Yugoslavia
* Top four teams from the qualifying stage:
** Greece
** Netherlands
** Sweden
** West Germany

## Format

* The teams were split in two groups of six teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals (A1 vs. B2, A2 vs. B1). The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
* The third and fourth teams from each group competed in the same manner in a separate bracket to define places 5th through 8th in the final standings. The same was done with the last two teams from each group to define 9th through 12th place.

## Preliminary round

* Qualified for the semifinals

### Group A

    Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Italy | 5 | 5 | 0 | 468 | 387 | +81 | 10 |
| Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 421 | 393 | +28 | 9 |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 426 | 418 | +8 | 8 |
| France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 399 | 408 | −9 | 7 |
| Greece | 5 | 1 | 4 | 384 | 430 | −46 | 6 |
| Sweden | 5 | 0 | 5 | 371 | 433 | −62 | 5 |
* 26 May 14:30
* Boxscore
| Sweden | 66–69 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 26–32, 40–37 |||
| Pts: Magarity 23 | | Pts: Galis 20 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
* 26 May 17:30
* Boxscore
| Italy | 75–74 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 28–37, 47–37 |||
| Pts: Riva 18 | | Pts: San Epifanio 24 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Georgi Avalishvili (URS), Marek Paszucha (POL)
* 26 May 20:45
* Boxscore
| France | 76–80 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 42–46, 34–34 |||
| Pts: Dacoury 17 | | Pts: Radovanović 24 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
* 27 May 14:30
* Boxscore
| Sweden | 74–89 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 42–40, 32–49 |||
| Pts: Feldreich 18 | | Pts: Riva 22 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges Referees: Hank Nichols (USA), David Dagan (ISR)
* 27 May 18:00
* Boxscore
| France | 79–77 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 39–45, 40–32 |||
| Pts: Szanyiel 29 | | Pts: Galis 38 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
* 27 May 20:30
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 90–91 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 54–48, 36–43 |||
| Pts: Radovanović 23 | | Pts: San Epifanio 21 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Milan Jahoda (TCH), Klaus Metzger (FRG)
* 28 May 14:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 83–108 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 42–56, 41–52 |||
| Pts: Galis 32 | | Pts: Meneghin 29 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges Referees: Milan Jahoda (TCH), Géza Horváth (HUN)
* 28 May 18:00
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 103–84 | Sweden |
| Scoring by half: 53–40, 50–44 |||
| Pts: Dalipagić 21 | | Pts: Feldreich 23 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
* 28 May 20:30
* Boxscore
| France | 73–75 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 34–37, 39–38 |||
| Pts: Szanyiel 16 | | Pts: Sibilio 24 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges Referees: Hank Nichols (USA), Georgi Avalishvili (URS)
* 29 May 14:30
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 77–76 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 46–37, 31–39 |||
| Pts: Dalipagić, Kićanović 19 | | Pts: Galis 25 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
* 29 May 17:00
* Boxscore
| France | 80–105 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 33–54, 47–51 |||
| Pts: Cachemire, Vestris 15 | | Pts: Riva 28 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges Referees: Hank Nichols (USA), Milan Jahoda (TCH)
* 29 May 19:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 81–76 | Sweden |
| Scoring by half: 43–43, 38–33 |||
| Pts: Sibilio 21 | | Pts: Karlsson 18 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Géza Horváth (HUN), Klaus Metzger (FRG)
* 30 May 14:30
* Boxscore
| France | 91–71 | Sweden |
| Scoring by half: 41–28, 50–43 |||
| Pts: Szanyiel 30 | | Pts: Rahm 18 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
* 30 May 18:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 91–76 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 36–42, 55–34 |||
| Pts: Gilardi 26 | | Pts: Dalipagić 21 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges Referees: Hank Nichols (USA), Milan Jahoda (TCH)
* 30 May 20:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 100–79 | Greece |
| Scoring by half: 52–41, 48–38 |||
| Pts: San Epifanio 20 | | Pts: Galis 34 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Géza Horváth (HUN), Klaus Metzger (FRG)

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 482 | 375 | +107 | 10 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 2 | 356 | 403 | −47 | 8 |
| West Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 384 | 395 | −11 | 8 |
| Israel | 5 | 2 | 3 | 386 | 398 | −12 | 7 |
| Poland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 357 | 382 | −25 | 6 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 405 | 417 | −12 | 6 |
* 26 May 14:30
* Boxscore
| Israel | 72–78 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 31–43, 41–35 |||
| Pts: Berkowitz 24 | | Pts: Cramer 16 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen Referees: Giancarlo Vitolo (ITA), Zdravko Kurilić (YUG)
* 26 May 18:00
* Boxscore
| Czechoslovakia | 74–86 | West Germany |
| Scoring by half: 36–44, 38–42 |||
| Pts: Hraška 15 | | Pts: Pappert 29 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen
* 26 May 20:30
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 88–76 | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 46–40, 42–36 |||
| Pts: Chomičius, Sabonis 17 | | Pts: Bogucki 15 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen
* 27 May 14:30
* Boxscore
| West Germany | 67–79 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 34–36, 33–43 |||
| Pts: Blab 22 | | Pts: Plaat 24 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen
* 27 May 20:30
* Boxscore
| Czechoslovakia | 72–75 (OT) | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 31–33, 35–33 Overtime: 6–9 |||
| Pts: Hraška, Kropilák 19 | | Pts: Młynarski 26 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen Referees: Giancarlo Vitolo (ITA), Ulf Öhrman (SWE)
* 27 May 20:30
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 92–87 | Israel |
| Scoring by half: 43–46, 49–41 |||
| Pts: Myškin 18 | | Pts: Berkowitz 32 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen
* 28 May 14:30
* Boxscore
| Poland | 62–64 | Israel |
| Scoring by half: 32–38, 30–26 |||
| Pts: Binkowski 20 | | Pts: Jamchi, Berkowitz 16 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen
* 28 May 16:30
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 90–69 | West Germany |
| Scoring by half: 43–33, 47–36 |||
| Pts: Myškin, Sabonis 17 | | Pts: Behnke 22 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen
* 28 May 20:30
* Boxscore
| Czechoslovakia | 90–63 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 54–27, 36–36 |||
| Pts: Kropilák 32 | | Pts: Wiel 14 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen
* 29 May 14:30
* Boxscore
| West Germany | 85–82 | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 46–44, 39–38 |||
| Pts: Zander 24 | | Pts: Młynarski 30 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen
* 29 May 16:30
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 112–63 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 54–37, 58–26 |||
| Pts: Tarakanov 24 | | Pts: Plaat 12 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), Giancarlo Vitolo (ITA)
* 29 May 20:30
* Boxscore
| Czechoslovakia | 89–93 (OT) | Israel |
| Scoring by half: 41–45, 40–36 Overtime: 8–12 |||
| Pts: Rajniak 25 | | Pts: Jamchi 27 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen
* 30 May 14:30
* Boxscore
| Netherlands | 73–62 | Poland |
| Scoring by half: 37–32, 36–30 |||
| Pts: van den Bergh 15 | | Pts: Mulak 12 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen
* 30 May 18:00
* Boxscore
| Czechoslovakia | 80–100 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 39–53, 41–47 |||
| Pts: Kropilák 25 | | Pts: Valters 19 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen
* 30 May 20:30
* Boxscore
| West Germany | 77–70 | Israel |
| Scoring by half: 42–42, 35–28 |||
| Pts: Schrempf 16 | | Pts: Jamchi 20 |
* Palais de Sports, Caen

## Knockout stage
### Classification rounds
#### 9th to 12th place

| Classification round | Classification round | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 1 June – 14:30 | 1 June – 14:30 |
| Greece | 85 |
| Greece | 85 | 4 June – 18:00 | 4 June – 18:00 |
| Czechoslovakia | 88 | 4 June – 18:00 | 4 June – 18:00 |
| Czechoslovakia | 88 | Czechoslovakia | 73 |
| 2 June – 15:30 | 2 June – 15:30 | | Czechoslovakia | 73 |
| 2 June – 15:30 | 2 June – 15:30 | Poland | 77 |
| Poland | 82 | Poland | 77 |
| Sweden | 70 | | |
| Sweden | 70 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 3 June – 15:30 | 3 June – 15:30 |
| | | Greece | 102 |
| | | Sweden | 97 |
* 1 June 14:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 85–88 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 42–42, 43–46 |||
| Pts: Galis 38 | | Pts: Kropilák 35 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
* 2 June 15:30
* Boxscore
| Poland | 82–70 | Sweden |
| Scoring by half: 38–33, 44–37 |||
| Pts: Młynarski 14 | | Pts: Magarity 20 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Referees: Giancarlo Vitolo (ITA), Zdravko Kurilić (YUG)
* 3 June 15:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 102–97 (OT) | Sweden |
| Scoring by half: 52–46, 39–45 Overtime: 11–6 |||
| Pts: Gallis 44 | | Pts: Magarity 24 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
* 4 June 18:00
* Boxscore
| Poland | 77–73 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 38–40, 39–33 |||
| Pts: Zelig 18 | | Pts: Kropilák 20 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes

#### 5th to 8th place

| Classification round | Classification round | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 1 June – 18:00 | 1 June – 18:00 |
| Yugoslavia | 88 |
| Yugoslavia | 88 | 4 June – 15:30 | 4 June – 15:30 |
| Israel | 99 | 4 June – 15:30 | 4 June – 15:30 |
| Israel | 99 | Israel | 88 |
| 2 June – 18:00 | 2 June – 18:00 | | Israel | 88 |
| 2 June – 18:00 | 2 June – 18:00 | France | 92 |
| West Germany | 82 | France | 92 |
| France | 90 | | |
| France | 90 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 3 June – 18:00 | 3 June – 18:00 |
| | | Yugoslavia | 104 |
| | | West Germany | 88 |
* 1 June 18:00
* Boxscore
| Israel | 99–88 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 48–46, 51–42 |||
| Pts: Silver 27 | | Pts: Radovanović 26 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Referees: Pedro Hernández Cabrera (ESP)
* 2 June 18:00
* Boxscore
| France | 90–82 | West Germany |
| Scoring by half: 46–43, 44–39 |||
| Pts: Dacoury 24 | | Pts: Schrempf 21 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
* 3 June 18:00
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 104–88 | West Germany |
| Scoring by half: 56–52, 48–36 |||
| Pts: Radovanović 26 | | Pts: Schrempf 20 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
* 4 June 18:00
* Boxscore
| France | 92–88 | Israel |
| Scoring by half: 42–41, 50–47 |||
| Pts: Szanyiel 23 | | Pts: Jamchi 22 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Referees: Giancarlo Vitolo (ITA), Pedro Hernández Cabrera (ESP)

### Championship bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 1 June – 20:30 | 1 June – 20:30 |
| Soviet Union | 94 |
| Soviet Union | 94 | 4 June – 20:30 | 4 June – 20:30 |
| Spain | 95 | 4 June – 20:30 | 4 June – 20:30 |
| Spain | 95 | Spain | 96 |
| 2 June – 20:30 | 2 June – 20:30 | | Spain | 96 |
| 2 June – 20:30 | 2 June – 20:30 | Italy | 105 |
| Italy | 88 | Italy | 105 |
| Netherlands | 69 | | |
| Netherlands | 69 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 3 June – 20:30 | 3 June – 20:30 |
| | | Soviet Union | 105 |
| | | Netherlands | 70 |
* 1 June 20:30
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 94–95 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 50–54, 44–41 |||
| Pts: Sabonis 24 | | Pts: Sibilio 26 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Hank Nichols (USA), Simon Mottart (BEL)
* 2 June 20:30
* Boxscore
| Italy | 88–69 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 46–38, 42–31 |||
| Pts: Villalta 20 | | Pts: Kuipers 14 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Referees: Don Cline (CAN), David Dagan (ISR)
* 3 June 20:30
* Boxscore
| Soviet Union | 105–70 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by half: 51–33, 54–37 |||
| Pts: Sabonis 28 | | Pts: Cramer, Plaat 14 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Referees: Kostas Rigas (GRE), Zdravko Kurilić (YUG)
* 4 June 20:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 96–105 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 38–45, 58–60 |||
| Pts: San Epifanio 21 | | Pts: Villalta 20 |
* Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Don Cline (CAN), Hank Nichols (USA)

## Awards

* 1983 FIBA EuroBasket champions
* Italy 1st title
* 1983 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Juan Antonio Corbalán ( Spain)
* All-Tournament Team
* Juan Antonio Corbalán (MVP)
* Nikos Galis
* Juan Antonio San Epifanio
* Stanislav Kropilák
* Arvydas Sabonis

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Italy | 7–0 |
| | Spain | 5–2 |
| | Soviet Union | 6–1 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3–4 |
| 5 | France | 4–3 |
| 6 | Israel | 3–4 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 4–3 |
| 8 | West Germany | 3–4 |
| 9 | Poland | 3–4 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia | 2–5 |
| 11 | Greece | 2–5 |
| 12 | Sweden | 0–7 |
| | | | 4th |
| Italy Carlo Caglieris Alberto Tonut Marco Bonamico Enrico Gilardi Ario Costa Roberto Brunamonti Renato Villalta Dino Meneghin Antonello Riva Renzo Vecchiato Pierluigi Marzorati Romeo Sacchetti | Spain Fernando Arcega Joan Creus Chicho Sibilio Josep Maria Margall Andrés Jiménez Fernando Romay Fernando Martín Juan Antonio Corbalán Ignacio Solozábal Juan Domingo de la Cruz Juan Manuel López Iturriaga Juan Antonio San Epifanio | Soviet Union Stanislav Erëmin Heino Enden Sergei Tarakanov Arvydas Sabonis Andrey Lopatov Nik'oloz Deriugini Valdis Valters Viktor Pankraškin Anatolij Myškin Sergejus Jovaiša Oleksandr Bjelostjennyj Valdemaras Chomičius | Netherlands René Ridderhof Ronald Schilp Randy Wiel Mitchell Plaat Jelle Esveldt Al Faber Jos Kuipers Dan Cramer Cock van de Lagemaat Henk Pieterse Roland van den Bergh Rob van Essen |