# EuroBasket 1967

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

## Venues

| Helsinki | Tampere |
| Helsingin jäähalli Capacity 8 200 | Tampereen jäähalli Capacity 10 200 |

## First round
### Group A – Helsinki

| Spain | Romania | 85–88 |
| Belgium | Yugoslavia | 66–73 |
| Finland | Netherlands | 83–70 |
| Poland | Czechoslovakia | 75–90 |
| Belgium | Netherlands | 82–70 |
| Spain | Poland | 71–88 |
| Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia | 66–74 |
| Finland | Romania | 57–51 |
| Netherlands | Yugoslavia | 46–96 |
| Belgium | Romania | 74–77 |
| Spain | Czechoslovakia | 65–98 |
| Finland | Poland | 68–80 |
| Netherlands | Romania | 64–83 |
| Belgium | Poland | 68–98 |
| Spain | Yugoslavia | 68–82 |
| Finland | Czechoslovakia | 54–49 |
| Netherlands | Poland | 65–69 |
| Belgium | Czechoslovakia | 72–92 |
| Finland | Spain | 76–69 |
| Yugoslavia | Romania | 73–75 |
| Netherlands | Czechoslovakia | 68–78 |
| Belgium | Spain | 76–89 |
| Poland | Romania | 75–58 |
| Finland | Yugoslavia | 59–68 |
| Romania | Czechoslovakia | 51–69 |
| Spain | Netherlands | 79–71 |
| Finland | Belgium | 82–62 |
| Yugoslavia | Poland | 65–69 |
| Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Losses | Results | Points | Diff. |
| 1. | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 6 | 1 | 550:451 | 12 | +89 |
| 2. | Poland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 554:485 | 12 | +69 |
| 3. | Finland | 7 | 5 | 2 | 479:449 | 10 | +30 |
| 4. | Romania | 7 | 4 | 3 | 483:497 | 8 | −4 |
| 5. | Yugoslavia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 523:457 | 8 | +16 |
| 6. | Spain | 7 | 2 | 5 | 526:579 | 4 | −53 |
| 7. | Belgium | 7 | 1 | 6 | 500:581 | 2 | −81 |
| 8. | Netherlands | 7 | 0 | 7 | 454:570 | 0 | −116 |

### Group B – Tampere

| Bulgaria | Hungary | 66–58 |
| Israel | Soviet Union | 65–93 |
| Italy | East Germany | 65–55 |
| Greece | France | 78–69 |
| Bulgaria | Greece | 64–66 |
| Israel | Hungary | 60–56 |
| East Germany | Soviet Union | 67–83 |
| Italy | France | 47–42 |
| East Germany | France | 56–68 |
| Soviet Union | Hungary | 85–54 |
| Israel | Greece | 75–75 aet. 91–81 |
| Bulgaria | Italy | 73–71 |
| Greece | Hungary | 69–60 |
| Soviet Union | France | 108–52 |
| Israel | Italy | 67–70 |
| Bulgaria | East Germany | 68–66 |
| Bulgaria | France | 65–67 |
| Italy | Hungary | 73–80 |
| Israel | East Germany | 74–67 |
| Greece | Soviet Union | 41–82 |
| Israel | France | 75–68 |
| East Germany | Hungary | 55–59 |
| Bulgaria | Soviet Union | 61–84 |
| Italy | Greece | 74–58 |
| France | Hungary | 56–51 |
| Bulgaria | Israel | 78–61 |
| East Germany | Greece | 69–56 |
| Italy | Soviet Union | 91–105 |
| Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Losses | Results | Points | Diff. |
| 1. | Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 0 | 640:431 | 14 | +209 |
| 2. | Bulgaria | 7 | 4 | 3 | 475:473 | 8 | +2 |
| 3. | Italy | 7 | 4 | 3 | 490:480 | 8 | +10 |
| 4. | Israel | 7 | 4 | 3 | 493:513 | 8 | −20 |
| 5. | Greece | 7 | 3 | 4 | 449:509 | 6 | −60 |
| 6. | France | 7 | 3 | 4 | 422:480 | 6 | −58 |
| 7. | Hungary | 7 | 2 | 5 | 418:464 | 4 | −46 |
| 8. | East Germany | 7 | 1 | 6 | 435:472 | 2 | −37 |

## Knockout stage
### Places 13 – 16 in Tampere

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
| Hungary | Netherlands | 76–71 |
| Belgium | East Germany | 63–78 |

### Places 9 – 12 in Helsinki

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
| Yugoslavia | France | 75–69 |
| Greece | Spain | 85–85 aet. 95–99 |

### Places 5 – 8 in Tampere

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
| Italy | Romania | 57–63 |
| Finland | Israel | 73–60 |

### Places 1 – 4 in Helsinki

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
| Czechoslovakia | Bulgaria | 82–79 |
| Soviet Union | Poland | 108–68 |

### Finals

| Placement | Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
| 15th place | Netherlands | Belgium | 77–92 |
| 13th place | Hungary | East Germany | 78–62 |
| 11th place | France | Greece | 74–69 |
| 9th place | Yugoslavia | Spain | 101–73 |
| 7th place | Italy | Israel | 74–72 |
| 5th place | Romania | Finland | 71–64 |
| 3rd place | Bulgaria | Poland | 76–80 |
| Final | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | 77–89 |
* 1967 FIBA EuroBasket champions
* Soviet Union Ninth title

## Final standings

* Soviet Union
* Czechoslovakia
* Poland
* Bulgaria
* Romania
* Finland
* Italy
* Israel
* Yugoslavia
* Spain
* France
* Greece
* Hungary
* East Germany
* Belgium
* Netherlands

## Awards

* 1967 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Jiří Zedníček ( Czechoslovakia)
* All-Tournament Team
* Sergei Belov
* Modestas Paulauskas
* Jiří Zedníček (MVP)
* Jiří Zídek
* 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)