EuroBasket 1977 explained

Other Titles:	Europees kampioenschap basketbal mannen 1977 Championnat d'Europe masculin de basket-ball 1977 Basketball-Europameisterschaft 1977
City:	Ostend and Liège
Country:	Belgium
Dates:	14–24 September
Num Teams:	12
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Champion:	Yugoslavia
Count:	3
Second:	Soviet Union
Second-Flagvar:	1955
Third:	Czechoslovakia
Fourth:	Italy
Mvp:	Dražen Dalipagić
Top Scorer:	Kees Akerboom (26.4 points per game)
Prevseason:	1975
Nextseason:	1979

The 1977 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1977, was the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

Group stage

Group A – Liège

		101–61
		88–86
		70–59
		96–117
		86–81
		78–73
		76–87
		85–70
		69–103
		87–103
		100–81
		115–74
		85–92
		96–82
		95–87

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Group B – Ostend

		73–90
		81–81 aet. 107–98
		76–79
		80–88
		114–95
		61–67
		67–87
		73–70
		83–111
		100–85
		111–75
		93–94
		85–78
		103–111
		107–86

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Knockout stage

9th to 12th place

Awards

1977 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Dražen Dalipagić (Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team
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Zoran Slavnić
Miki Berkovich
Dražen Dalipagić (MVP)
Kees Akerboom
Atanas Golomeev

Team rosters

1. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Žarko Varajić, Željko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Ratko Radovanović, Duje Krstulović, Ante Đogić, Joško Papič (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)

2. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Anatoly Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko, Aleksander Belostenny, Stanislav Eremin, Mikheil Korkia, Valeri Miloserdov, Vladimir Zhigili, Aleksander Salnikov, Viktor Petrakov, Vladimir Arzamaskov, Aleksander Kharchenkov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)

3. Czechoslovakia: Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilak, Zdenek Kos, Jiri Pospisil, Vojtech Petr, Jiri Konopasek, Vlastibor Klimeš, Zdenek Dousa, Gustav Hraska, Josef Necas, Vladimir Ptacek, Pavol Bojanovsky (Coach: Pavel Petera)

4. Italy: Dino Meneghin, Pierluigi Marzorati, Marco Bonamico, Renzo Bariviera, Carlo Caglieris, Lorenzo Carraro, Fabrizio della Fiori, Gianni Bertolotti, Giulio Iellini, Renzo Vecchiato, Vittorio Ferracini, Luigi Serafini (Coach: Giancarlo Primo)