Eurobasket -
European Basketball Championships
The European Championship, usually known as Eurobasket, is a basketball tournament played every two years between national teams of the European continent. Every second edition of the Eurobasket is also used as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championships.
Year by year Eurobasket Champions:
Year/Location |
Gold |
Final score |
Silver |
Bronze |
MVP |
1935 Switzerland |
Latvia |
24-18 |
Spain |
Czechoslovakia |
|
1937 Latvia |
Lithuania |
24-23 |
Italy |
France |
|
1939 Lithuania |
Lithuania |
No Finals |
Latvia |
Poland |
|
1946 Switzerland |
Czechoslovakia |
34-32 |
Italy |
Hungary |
|
1947 Czechoslov. |
U.S.S.R. |
56-37 |
Czechoslovakia |
Egypt |
|
1949 Egypt |
Egypt |
No Finals |
France |
Greece |
|
1951 France |
U.S.S.R. |
45-44 |
Czechoslovakia |
France |
|
1953 U.S.S.R. |
U.S.S.R. |
No Finals |
Hungary |
France |
|
1955 Hungary |
Hungary |
No Finals |
Czechoslovakia |
U.S.S.R. |
|
1957 Bulgaria |
U.S.S.R. |
No Finals |
Bulgaria |
Czechoslovakia |
|
1959 Turkey |
U.S.S.R. |
83-72 |
Czechoslovakia |
France |
|
1961 Yugoslavia |
U.S.S.R. |
60-53 |
Yugoslavia |
Bulgaria |
|
1963 Poland |
U.S.S.R. |
60-53 |
Poland |
Yugoslavia |
|
1965 U.S.S.R. |
U.S.S.R. |
58-49 |
Yugoslavia |
Poland |
|
1967 Finland |
U.S.S.R. |
89-77 |
Czechoslovakia |
Poland |
|
1969 Italy |
U.S.S.R. |
81-72 |
Yugoslavia |
Czechoslovakia |
|
1971 Germany |
U.S.S.R. |
69-64 |
Yugoslavia |
Germany |
|
1973 Spain |
Yugoslavia |
78-67 |
Spain |
U.S.S.R. |
|
1975 Yugoslavia |
Yugoslavia |
90-84 |
U.S.S.R. |
Italy |
|
1977 Belgium |
Yugoslavia |
74-61 |
U.S.S.R. |
Czechoslovakia |
|
1979 Italy |
U.S.S.R. |
98-76 |
Israel |
Yugoslavia |
|
1981 Czechoslov. |
U.S.S.R. |
84-76 |
Yugoslavia |
Czechoslovakia |
|
1983 France |
Italy |
105-96 |
Spain |
U.S.S.R. |
|
1985 Germany |
U.S.S.R. |
120-89 |
Czechoslovakia |
Italy |
Arvydas Sabonis, USSR |
1987 Greece |
Greece |
103-101 (OT) |
U.S.S.R. |
Yugoslavia |
Nikos Galis, Greece |
1989 Yugoslavia |
Yugoslavia |
98-77 |
Greece |
U.S.S.R. |
Dražen Petrović, Yugoslavia |
1991 Italy |
Yugoslavia |
88-73 |
Italy |
Spain |
|
1993 Germany |
Germany |
71-70 |
Russia |
Croatia |
Christian Welp, Germany |
1995 Greece |
Yugoslavia |
96-90 |
Lithuania |
Croatia |
Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuania |
1997 Spain |
Yugoslavia |
61-49 |
Italy |
Russia |
|
1999 France |
Italy |
64-56 |
Spain |
Yugoslavia |
Gregor Fucka, Italy |
2001 Turkey |
Yugoslavia |
78-69 |
Turkey |
Spain |
Predrag Stojaković, Yugoslavia |
2003 Sweden |
Lithuania |
93-84 |
Spain |
Italy |
Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuania |
2005 Serbia & Montenegro |
Greece |
78-62 |
Germany |
France |
Dirk Nowitzki, Germany |
2007 Spain |
Russia |
60-59 |
Spain |
Lithuania |
Andrei Kirilenko - Russia |
European Championships, Summary of Winners
National Team |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
U.S.S.R. |
14 |
3 |
4 |
21 |
SFR 4of Yugoslavia |
5 |
5 |
3 |
13 |
Lithuania |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
FR Yugoslavia
(
Serbia and Montenegro) |
3 |
- |
1 |
4 |
Italy |
2 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
Greece |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
Latvia |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
Egypt |
1 |
- |
1 |
2 |
Czechoslovakia |
1 |
6 |
5 |
12 |
Hungary |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Russia |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Germany |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
Spain |
- |
6 |
2 |
8 |
France |
- |
1 |
5 |
6 |
Bulgaria |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Poland |
- |
1 |
3 |
4 |
Israel |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
Turkey |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
Croatia |
- |
- |
2 |
2 |
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