EuroBasket 1985


The 1985 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1985, was the 24th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 5 to 16 June 1985 in West Germany. The Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia in the final to win their fourteenth and final title.

Venues

Qualification

A total of twelve teams qualified for the tournament. To the top eight teams from the previous tournament, four more teams were granted berths via a qualifying tournament.
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  • Top four teams from the qualifying stage:
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    Squads

Format

  • The teams were split in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
  • The losers from the quarterfinals stage compete in a separate bracket to define places 5th through 8th in the final standings.
  • The fifth and sixth teams from each group competed in another bracket to define places 9th through 12th in the final standings.

    Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

9th to 12th place

Awards

All-Tournament Team

Final standings

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Alexander Volkov
Heino Enden
Sergei Tarakanov
Valdemaras Chomičius
Andrei Lopatov
Valeri Tikhonenko
Valdis Valters
Vladimir Tkachenko
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Sergejus Jovaiša
Alexander Belostenny
Arvydas Sabonis
Jaroslav Skála
Juraj Žuffa
Vlastimil Havlík
Peter Rajniak
Stano Kropilák
Zdeněk Böhm
Jiří Okáč
Igor Vraniak
Vladimír Vyoral
Kamil Brabenec
Otto Matický
Leoš Krejčí
Giampiero Savio
Beppe Bosa
Ario Costa
Enrico Gilardi
Walter Magnifico
Roberto Brunamonti
Renato Villalta
Gus Binelli
Roberto Premier
Renzo Vecchiato
Pierlo Marzorati
Romeo Sacchetti
Jordi Villacampa
José Luis Llorente
Cándido Sibilio
Josep María Margall
Andrés Jiménez
Fernando Romay
Fernando Martín
Vicente Gil
Joaquim Costa
Juan Domingo de la Cruz
Juan Manuel López Iturriaga
Juan Antonio San Epifanio