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(Top) 1 Venues 2 Qualification 3 Squads 4 Format 5 Preliminary round 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 6 Knockout stage 6.1 Classification rounds 6.1.1 9th to 12th place 6.1.2 5th to 8th place 6.2 Championship bracket 7 Awards 8 Final standings 9 References 10 External links

EuroBasket 1983

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EuroBasket 1983
XXIIIe Championnat d'Europe

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	26 May – 4 June
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Soviet Union
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Games played	42
MVP	Juan Antonio Corbalán
Top scorer	Nikos Galis (33.6 points per game)
← 1981 1985 →

The 1983 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1983, was the 23rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 26 May to 4 June 1983 in France. Italy defeated Spain in the final to win their first title.

Venues[edit]

Location	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Caen	Caen	Palais de Sports	2,590	Opened in 1968	Group B
Limoges	Limoges	Palais des Sports de Beaublanc	6,500	Opened in 1981	Group A
Nantes	Nantes	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu	5,500	Opened in 1973	Knockout rounds and qualification rounds

Qualification[edit]

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.

Top eight teams from Eurobasket 1981:
- Czechoslovakia
- France
- Israel
- Italy
- Poland
- Soviet Union
- Spain
- Yugoslavia
Top four teams from the qualifying stage:

Squads[edit]

Format[edit]

The teams were split in two groups of six teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals (A1 vs. B2, A2 vs. B1). The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
The third and fourth teams from each group competed in the same manner in a separate bracket to define places 5th through 8th in the final standings. The same was done with the last two teams from each group to define 9th through 12th place.

Preliminary round[edit]

	Qualified for the semifinals

Group A[edit]

Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	5	5	0	468	387	+81	10
Spain	5	4	1	421	393	+28	9
Yugoslavia	5	3	2	426	418	+8	8
France	5	2	3	399	408	−9	7
Greece	5	1	4	384	430	−46	6
Sweden	5	0	5	371	433	−62	5

26 May
14:30

Sweden	66–69	Greece
Scoring by half: 26–32, 40–37
Pts: Magarity23		Pts: Galis20

Italy	75–74	Spain
Scoring by half: 28–37, 47–37
Pts: Riva18		Pts: San Epifanio24

France	76–80	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–46, 34–34
Pts: Dacoury17		Pts: Radovanović24

Sweden	74–89	Italy
Scoring by half: 42–40, 32–49
Pts: Feldreich18		Pts: Riva22