1979 in Italy - Eurobasket 1979 (Paperback)

Chapters: Eurobasket 1979. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 1979 European Basketball Championship, and in short Eurobasket 1979, was the 21st regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Twelve national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Italy. Mestre, Siena, Gorizia and Turin were the venues of the event. In the preliminary round, the 12 teams were split up into three groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Final Round, while the bottom two were sent to the classification round to play for 7th to 12th Places In the Classification Round played the teams that finish 3rd and 4th in their Preliminary round Groups. Those teams played for the 7th to 12th Places. The Teams that finish their Preliminary round Groups in the 1st and 2nd places advanced to the Final Round. The first and second in this group will go to the final while the third and fourth places will go to a 3rd place match. Yugoslavia 99Czechoslovakia 92 19 June 1979Soviet Union 98Israel 76 1.Soviet Union: Sergei Belov (c), Anatoly Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko, Ivan Edeshko, Aleksander Belostenny, Stanislav Eremin, Valdemaras Chomicius, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Sergei Tarakanov, Vladimir Zhigili, Aleksander Salnikov, Andrei Lopatov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky) 2.Israel: Mickey Berkowitz, Lou Silver, Motti Aroesti, Yehoshua "Shuki" Schwartz, Eric Menkin, Steve Kaplan, Boaz Yanai, Avigdor Moskowitz, Barry Leibowitz (c), Pinhas Hozez, Uri Ben-Ari, Shai Sharf (Coach: Ralph Klein) 3.Yugoslavia: Kreimir osi, Mirza Delibai, Draen Dalipagi, Dragan Kianovi, Zoran Slavni, arko Varaji, eljko Jerkov, Rajko ii, Peter Vilfan, Mihovil Naki, Ratko Radovanovi, Duje Krstulovi (Coach: Petar S...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1189536