EuroBasket 1997
Encyclopedia
Venues
The tournament was played at three venues in Spain. GironaGirona
Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
and Badalona
Badalona
Badalona is a city in eastern Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the comarca of the Barcelonès, near the city of Barcelona and part of its metropolitan area. It is situated on the left bank of the small Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea, backed by the Serra de la Marina mountain range...
hosted the first and the second round, while the entire knockout stage was played at Palau Sant Jordi
Palau Sant Jordi
Palau Sant Jordi is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain...
, Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
| Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
Badalona Badalona Badalona is a city in eastern Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the comarca of the Barcelonès, near the city of Barcelona and part of its metropolitan area. It is situated on the left bank of the small Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea, backed by the Serra de la Marina mountain range... |
Girona Girona Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès... |
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| Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain... Capacity: 17,000 |
Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, most frequently called the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona is an arena in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain. The arena holds 12,500 people, and it is primarily used for basketball, though it's also an habitual home for music concerts and other municipal... Capacity: 12,500 |
Palau Girona-Fontajau Palau Girona-Fontajau Palau Girona-Fontajau is an arena in Girona, Catalonia, northern Spain, that holds 5,049 people. It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of CB Girona.... Capacity: 5,500 |
First round
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
|---|---|---|---|
Group A
| Team | | Pts. | | W | | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | | PF | | PA | | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 226 | 200 | +26 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 224 | 185 | +39 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 178 | 223 | −45 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 193 | 213 | −20 |
Group B
| Team | | Pts. | | W | | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | | PF | | PA | | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 245 | 215 | +30 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 217 | 225 | −8 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 250 | 257 | −7 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 210 | 225 | −15 |
Group C
| Team | | Pts. | | W | | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | | PF | | PA | | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 239 | 209 | +30 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 281 | 239 | +42 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 227 | 263 | −36 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 243 | 279 | −36 |
Group D
| Team | | Pts. | | W | | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | | PF | | PA | | Diff | | First Tiebreaker Record in Games Against Tied Teams | | Second Tiebreaker Basket difference Goal difference In sports such as ice hockey and association football, goal difference is often the first tiebreaker used to rank teams which finish a league competition with an equal number of points.... between the tied teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 227 | 184 | +43 | |||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 234 | 228 | +6 | 1-1 | +13 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 195 | 202 | −7 | 1-1 | +1 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 194 | 224 | −42 | 1-1 | -14 |
Second round
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Group E
| Team | | Pts. | | W | | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | | PF | | PA | | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 386 | 343 | +43 | |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 432 | 343 | +89 | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 392 | 399 | −7 | |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 356 | 396 | −40 | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 370 | 410 | −40 | |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 392 | 437 | −45 |
Group F
| Team | | Pts. | | W | | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | | PF | | PA | | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 358 | 324 | +34 | |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 404 | 355 | +49 | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 379 | 333 | +46 | |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 365 | 440 | −75 | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 352 | 348 | +4 | |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 325 | 383 | −58 |
Knockout stages
Fifth-to-eighth-place playoffs
Ninth-to-twelfth-place playoffs
Thirteenth-to-sixteenth-place playoffs
Team rosters
1.Yugoslavia: Dejan BodirogaDejan Bodiroga
Dejan Bodiroga is a retired Serbian professional basketball player.He is offten considered as one of the best players who did not play in the NBA....
, Predrag Danilović
Predrag Danilovic
Predrag "Saša" Danilović , usually referred to in English as Sasha Danilovic , is a retired professional basketball player, considered one of the best European shooting guards during the 1990s...
, Zoran Savić
Zoran Savic
Zoran Savić is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. The 208 cm forward played in various European nations.-Career:...
, Aleksandar Đorđević, Željko Rebrača
Željko Rebraca
Željko Rebrača is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Formerly in the NBA, he finished his career with the Spanish ACB League team Pamesa Valencia.-Europe:He began his professional career in 1991 with KK Partizan...
, Dejan Tomašević
Dejan Tomaševic
Dejan Tomašević is a former Serbian professional basketball player. He is a 2.08 m tall center.He played with Borac Čačak, Red Star Belgrade, Partizan Belgrade, Budućnost Podgorica, TAU Cerámica and Pamesa Valencia, Panathinaikos and PAOK, which he joined in September 2008.-Pro career:Tomašević...
, Saša Obradović
Saša Obradovic
Saša Obradović is a retired Serbian professional basketball player who spent his career in Europe. With KK Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships. Obradović was the head coach of BC Kyiv, he left the club due to the drastic cuts in clubs budget...
, Nikola Loncar
Nikola Lončar
Nikola Lončar is a retired Serbian professional basketball player.He played for KK Partizan , Real Madrid Baloncesto, Pallacanestro Varese, Paris Basket Racing, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Joventut Badalona, CB Breogán, CB Estudiantes and Armani Jeans Milano.Playing for KK Partizan, Lončar won the 1992...
, Miroslav Beric
Miroslav Beric
Miroslav "Mića" Berić is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 7 in , Berić played the shooting guard position. A great scorer, he led the 2001 Euroleague in scoring with 23.3 ppg, playing for Partizan Belgrade.Berić has been a regular member of the Yugoslav...
, Milenko Topic
Milenko Topić
Milenko Topić is a retired Serbian basketball player who played at the power forward position. He played for several clubs in his country and abroad, most notably with KK Hemofarm. Topić was also a member of the FR Yugoslavia national team at four major tournaments during the 1990s.-External...
, Nikola Bulatovic, Miroslav Radosevic
Miroslav Radošević
Miroslav Radošević is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He is now a basketball coach and president of KK Sloboda.-External links:* at tblstat.net...
(Coach: Željko Obradović
Željko Obradovic
Želimir “Željko” Obradović is a Serbian professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player...
)
2.Italy: Gregor Fučka
Gregor Fucka
Gregor Fučka is a retired Italian basketball player of Slovenian origin. A 215 cm forward-center, he was a European Player of the Year Mister Europa and Euroscar laureate in 2000.- Pro career :...
, Carlton Myers
Carlton Myers
Carlton Ettore Francesco Myers is a retired Italian basketball player that played in the Italian league and the Euroleague...
, Claudio Coldebella, Riccardo Pittis
Riccardo Pittis
Riccardo Pittis is a former Italian basketball player. A 2.03 m small forward, Pittis was an excellent all-around player.- Career :...
, Denis Marconato
Denis Marconato
Denis Marconato is an Italian professional basketball player. He is 211 cm tall and he plays at the center position, in which he's considered to have been one of the best defensive players of his era in Europe.-Pro career:Marconato joined Benetton Treviso's youth team in 1990 and with them...
, Dan Gay, Alessandro Frosini
Alessandro Frosini
Alessandro Frosini is an Italian basketball player with Juvecaserta Basket. He is also a member of the Italian national basketball team. He has won the Euroleague twice in 1997-98 and 2000-01, along with Virtus Bologna....
, Alessandro Abbio
Alessandro Abbio
Alessandro Abbio is an Italian former basketball player.He competed with Italy at the 1998 FIBA World Championship and 2000 Summer Olympics. He also won the Euroleague twice in 1997-98 and 2000–01, along with Virtus Bologna.-References:...
, Davide Bonora, Giacomo Galanda
Giacomo Galanda
Giacomo Galanda is an Italian professional basketball player. He is a forward-center of and .-Career:...
, Paolo Moretti, Flavio Carera (Coach: Ettore Messina
Ettore Messina
Ettore Messina is an Italian professional basketball coach currently working as a consultant for Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He has won 4 Euroleague championships as a head coach...
)
3.Russia: Vasili Karasev, Sergei Babkov, Mikhail Mikhailov, Andrei Fetisov
Andrei Fetisov
Andrei Fetisov is a Russian professional basketball player. He was a second round pick of the Boston Celtics in the 1994 NBA Draft, at which time he was playing for the Spanish Forum Valladolid. He later attended training camp with the Milwaukee Bucks, but has not played in the NBA.-References:...
, Evgeni Kisurin, Vitali Nosov, Sergei Panov
Sergei Panov
Sergei Yuryevich Panov is a retired Russian professional basketball player.-Previous teams:- 1991-93 - Spartak St. Petersburg;- 1993-94 - Yildirim ;- 1994-00 - CSKA Moscow;- 2000-2002 - Ural Great Perm;- 2002-2006 - CSKA Moscow...
, Igor Kudelin, Evgeni Pashutin, Zakhar Pashutin
Zakhar Pashutin
Zakhar Yuryevich Pashutin is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 1.96 m in height and he weighs 95 kg . He plays at the shooting guard position. He is currently with UNICS Kazan. He was also a member of the Russian national team in the period of 1996-2008.-Pro Teams:...
, Dimitri Chakulin, Igor Kurashov (Coach: Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...
)
4.Greece: Nikos Ekonomou
Nikos Ekonomou
Nikos Ekonomou is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was a power forward, who played for many teams in his career. He also runs Basket4All, a basketball camp for young children.- Basketball career :...
, Fanis Christodoulou
Fanis Christodoulou
Theofanis Christodoulou, or Fanis Christodoulou , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...
, Giorgos Sigalas
Giorgos Sigalas
Giorgos Sigalas , is a retired Greek professional basketball player. During the 1990s, the 6'7" swingman was the regular captain of the senior men's Greek national team, as well as of the Athens-based Olympiacos in the Greek League and the Euroleague...
, Aggelos Koronios
Aggelos Koronios
Aggelos Koronios is a Greek professional basketball coach and retired player.-Club career:...
, Fragiskos Alvertis
Fragiskos Alvertis
Fragiskos Alvertis is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was the captain of the Panathinaikos basketball team...
, Nikos Boudouris
Nikos Boudouris
Nikolaos "Nikos" Boudouris is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He started his career with the youth team of Olympiakos Volou BC...
, Efthimis Rentzias, Giorgos Kalaitzis
Giorgos Kalaitzis
Giorgos Kalaitzis ; born August 29, 1976 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player.-Club career:...
, Kostas Patavoukas
Kostas Patavoukas
Kostas Patavoukas is a Greek retired professional basketball player.He started his career with Asteras Exarhion and later played for AEK BC. With AEK BC Patavoukas was a 2 time Greek Cup finalist in 1988 and 1992. He moved to Panathinaikos BC and won the Euroleague in 1996 in Paris and 2 Greek...
, Dimitris Papanikolaou
Dimitris Papanikolaou
Dimitrios Papanikolaou, also spelled Dimitris Papanikolaou is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.02 m tall. He plays at the shooting guard, small forward, and power forward positions.-Pro career:Papanikolaou began his professional career in 1992 with the Greek club Sporting Athens...
, Christos Myriounis
Christos Myriounis
Christos Myriounis is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He started his career with Cronos BC. In 1991 he was selected along with Fragiskos Alvertis and Nikos Ekonomou to join Panathinaikos BC...
, Ioannis Giannoulis (Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis Giannakis , nicknamed "The Dragon", is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is the former head coach of the pro club Olympiacos, and the Greek National Basketball Team. Under Giannakis' guidance, the Greek National team won the gold medal at the 2005 EuroBasket...
)
5.Spain: Rafael Jofresa
Rafael Jofresa
Rafael Jofresa Prats is a Spanish retired basketball player. He played 75 times with the Spain national team.He played 18,062 minutes in 756 games in the ACB League.-Clubs:...
, Tomás Jofresa, Nacho Rodríguez, Roger Esteller, Alberto Angulo
Alberto Angulo
Francisco Alberto Angulo Espinosa is a Spanish retired basketball player.He used to play as a Shooting guard and he amassed a total of 98 caps for Spain. With the national team, he won the silver medal in the Eurobasket-99 in France and with Real Madrid he won the Spanish league once, in...
, Alberto Herreros
Alberto Herreros
Alberto Herreros Ros is a retired Spanish professional basketball player and is considered as one of the best European players. He has played for CB Estudiantes and Real Madrid Baloncesto....
, Mike Smith, José Antonio Paraíso, Alfonso Reyes
Alfonso Reyes
Alfonso Reyes Ochoa was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat.-Early life:Alfonso Reyes parents were Bernardo Reyes and Aurelia Ochoa...
, Roberto Dueñas
Roberto Dueñas
Roberto Dueñas Hernandez is a retired Spanish basketball player. He was drafted with the last overall pick of the 1997 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls but never played in the NBA. Dueñas played professionally with FC Barcelona from 1996-2005, during which time he won a Euroleague championship in...
, Juan Antonio Orenga
Juan Antonio Orenga
Juan Antonio Orenga Forcada is a retired basketball player. He played 128 times for the Spain national team.-Clubs:* 1983-84: Real Madrid* 1984-85: CB Collado Villalba* 1985-88: Cajamadrid...
, Ferrán Martínez
Ferran Martínez
Ferran Martínez Garriga is a retired basketball player. He played 156 times with the Spanish national basketball team.-Clubs:* 1985-88: FC Barcelona* 1988-89: Grupo IFA* 1989-90: FC Barcelona* 1990-94: Joventut Badalona...
(Coach: Lolo Sainz
Lolo Sainz
Manuel Sainz Márquez, born 28 August 1940 in Tetuan, is a Spanish former basketball player and coach. On 3 February 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 most influential personalities to European Club Basketball over the last half-century by the Euroleague Basketball Experts Committee.-Biography:He...
)
Top scorers (ppg)
- Oded KattashOded KattashOded Kattash is an Israeli basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Hapoel Jerusalem BC. As a player, he won a Euroleague title in the 1999–2000 season while playing with Panathinaikos....
(Israel) 22 - Ainars BagatskisAinars BagatskisAinars Bagatskis is a retired Latvian professional basketball player, who played at the Small Forward position.Bagatskis was a member of the Latvia national basketball team from 1992 to 2006 participating in four EuroBasket final tournaments.Bagatskis is currently a Latvia national basketball team...
(Latvia) 21.8 - Nenad MarkovićNenad MarkovicNenad Marković is a famous former Bosnian professional basketball player and a basketball coach.-Playing career:...
(BIH) 21.4 - Artūras KarnišovasArturas KarnišovasArtūras Karnišovas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player....
(Lithuania) 20.6 - Tomer Steinhauer (Israel) 17.1
- Gintaras EinikisGintaras EinikisGintaras Einikis is a retired controversial Lithuanian professional basketball player. He stands at 6 ft 10 in and is former Lithuanian basketball center for the Lithuanian national team...
(Lithuania) 16.8 - İbrahim Kutluay (Turkey) 16.7
- Roberts ŠtelmahersRoberts ŠtelmahersRoberts Štelmahers is a retired Latvian professional basketball player, who played at the Point guard position.Štelmahers was a member of the Latvia national basketball team from 1992 to 2005 participating in four EuroBasket final tournaments in 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2005. He has played a total of...
(Latvia) 15.8 - Carlton MyersCarlton MyersCarlton Ettore Francesco Myers is a retired Italian basketball player that played in the Italian league and the Euroleague...
(Italy) 15.7 - Yann BonatoYann BonatoYann Bonato is a basketball player from France, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with the Men's National Team.-References:*...
(France) 15.6 - Damir MulaomerovićDamir MulaomerovicDamir Mulaomerovic is a Bosnian-born Croatian professional basketball player who currently plays for KK Zagreb....
(Croatia) 15.3 - Vasili Karasev (Russia) 15.2
All-Tournament Team
PGPoint guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
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Oded KattashOded Kattash
Oded Kattash is an Israeli basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Hapoel Jerusalem BC. As a player, he won a Euroleague title in the 1999–2000 season while playing with Panathinaikos....
SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
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Predrag DanilovićPredrag Danilovic
Predrag "Saša" Danilović , usually referred to in English as Sasha Danilovic , is a retired professional basketball player, considered one of the best European shooting guards during the 1990s...
SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
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Artūras KarnišovasArturas Karnišovas
Artūras Karnišovas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player....
PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
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Gregor FučkaGregor Fucka
Gregor Fučka is a retired Italian basketball player of Slovenian origin. A 215 cm forward-center, he was a European Player of the Year Mister Europa and Euroscar laureate in 2000.- Pro career :...
C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
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Michail Michajlov