{{Short description|International basketball event}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox international basketball competition | tourney_name = | year = | other_titles = XVIII Campeonato Europeo de Baloncesto | image = EuroBasket 1973 logo.jpg | size = | alt = | caption = | city = Barcelona and Badalona | country = Spain | dates = 27 September – 6 October | num_teams = 12 | venues = 2 | cities = 2 | champion = YUG | count = 1 | second = ESP | second-flagvar = 1945 | third = URS | third-flagvar = 1955 | fourth = TCH | games = | attendance = | mvp = {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Wayne Brabender | top_scorer = {{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Atanas Golomeev<br> (22.3 points per game) | prevseason = 1971 | nextseason = 1975 }} The '''1973 FIBA European Championship''', commonly called '''FIBA EuroBasket 1973''', was the eighteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

==Venues== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Barcelona ! Badalona |- | Palacio de los Deportes<br>Capacity 8&nbsp;000 | Pabellón de Ausias March<br>Capacity 5&nbsp;000 |- | 150px | |}

==Group stage== ===Group A – Badalona=== {| class="wikitable" |- | {{bk|Poland|1928}} || {{bk|Soviet Union|1955}} || '''83–104''' |- | {{bk|Czechoslovakia}} || {{bk|Israel}} || '''92–89''' |- | {{bk|Turkey}} || {{bk|Romania|1965}} || '''69–84''' |- | {{bk|Czechoslovakia}} || {{bk|Soviet Union|1955}} || '''55–77''' |- | {{bk|Israel}} || {{bk|Romania|1965}} || '''85–80''' |- | {{bk|Poland|1928}} || {{bk|Turkey}} || '''64–65''' |- | {{bk|Soviet Union|1955}} || {{bk|Turkey}} || '''79–53''' |- | {{bk|Czechoslovakia}} || {{bk|Romania|1965}} || '''70–61''' |- | {{bk|Israel}} || {{bk|Poland|1928}} || '''98–84''' |- | {{bk|Czechoslovakia}} || {{bk|Turkey}} || '''66–64''' |- | {{bk|Soviet Union|1955}} || {{bk|Israel}} || '''101–78''' |- | {{bk|Romania|1965}} || {{bk|Poland|1928}} || '''60–66''' |- | {{bk|Romania|1965}} || {{bk|Soviet Union|1955}} || '''84–98''' |- | {{bk|Czechoslovakia}} || {{bk|Poland|1928}} || '''81–79''' |- | {{bk|Turkey}} || {{bk|Israel}} || '''94–93''' |}

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Pos. !! Team !! Matches !! Wins !! Losses !! Results !! Points !! Diff. |- | 1. || {{bk|Soviet Union|1955}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 459:353 || '''10''' || +106 |- | 2. || {{bk|Czechoslovakia}} || 5 || 4 || 1 || 364:370 || '''8''' || −6 |- | 3. || {{bk|Turkey}} || 5 || 2 || 3 || 345:386 || '''4''' || −41 |- | 4. || {{bk|Israel}} || 5 || 2 || 3 || 443:451 || '''4''' || −8 |- | 5. || {{bk|Poland|1928}} || 5 || 1 || 4 || 376:408 || '''2''' || −32 |- | 6. || {{bk|Romania|1965}} || 5 || 1 || 4 || 369:388 || '''2''' || −19 |}

===Group B – Barcelona===

{| class="wikitable" |- | {{bk|Bulgaria|1971}} || {{bk|France|1794}} || '''89–70''' |- | {{bk|Spain|1945}} || {{bk|Yugoslavia}} || '''59–65''' |- | {{bk|Greece|1970}} || {{bk|Italy}} || '''54–59''' |- | {{bk|Greece|1970}} || {{bk|Yugoslavia}} || '''68–84''' |- | {{bk|Spain|1945}} || {{bk|Bulgaria|1971}} || '''85–69''' |- | {{bk|Italy}} || {{bk|France|1794}} || '''71–63''' |- | {{bk|Greece|1970}} || {{bk|France|1794}} || '''67–62''' |- | {{bk|Yugoslavia}} || {{bk|Bulgaria|1971}} || '''76–65''' |- | {{bk|Italy}} || {{bk|Spain|1945}} || '''65–77''' |- | {{bk|Greece|1970}} || {{bk|Bulgaria|1971}} || '''72–86''' |- | {{bk|France|1794}} || {{bk|Spain|1945}} || '''80–85''' |- | {{bk|Yugoslavia}} || {{bk|Italy}} || '''73–71''' |- | {{bk|Bulgaria|1971}} || {{bk|Italy}} || '''58–69''' |- | {{bk|Greece|1970}} || {{bk|Spain|1945}} || '''74–86''' |- | {{bk|France|1794}} || {{bk|Yugoslavia}} || '''70–80''' |}

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Pos. !! Team !! Matches !! Wins !! Losses !! Results !! Points !! Diff. |- | 1. || {{bk|Yugoslavia}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 378:333 || '''10''' || +45 |- | 2. || {{bk|Spain|1945}} || 5 || 4 || 1 || 392:353 || '''8''' || +29 |- | 3. || {{bk|Italy}} || 5 || 3 || 2 || 335:325 || '''6''' || +10 |- | 4. || {{bk|Bulgaria|1971}} || 5 || 2 || 3 || 367:372 || '''4''' || −5 |- | 5. || {{bk|Greece|1970}} || 5 || 1 || 4 || 335:377 || '''2''' || −42 |- | 6. || {{bk|France|1794}} || 5 || 0 || 5 || 345:392 || '''0''' || −47 |}

==Knockout stage== {{Round4-with third || {{bk|URS|1955}} |76| '''{{bk|ESP|1945}}''' |'''80''' || '''{{bk|YUG}}''' |'''96'''| {{bk|TCH}} |71 || {{bk|ESP|1945}} |67| '''{{bk|YUG}}''' |'''78''' || '''{{bk|URS|1955}}''' |'''90'''| {{bk|TCH}} |58 }}

===5th to 8th place=== {{Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Fifth place|Consol=Seventh place || {{bk|TUR}} |67| '''{{bk|BUL|1971}}''' |'''76''' || '''{{bk|ITA}}''' |'''94'''| {{bk|ISR}} |73 || {{bk|BUL|1971}} |71| '''{{bk|ITA}}''' |'''80''' || {{bk|TUR}} |78| '''{{bk|ISR}}''' | '''96''' }}

===9th to 12th place=== {{Round4-with third|RD1=Classification round|RD2=Ninth place|Consol=Eleventh place || {{bk|POL|1928}} |62| '''{{bk|FRA|1794}}''' |'''67''' || {{bk|GRE|1970}} |78| '''{{bk|ROU|1965}}''' |'''89''' || {{bk|FRA|1794}} |69| '''{{bk|ROU|1965}}''' |'''72''' || {{bk|POL|1928}} |64| '''{{bk|GRE|1970}}''' |'''65''' }}

{{winners|bk|1973 FIBA EuroBasket champions|YUG|1st}}

==Final standings== # {{Bk|Yugoslavia}} # {{Bk|Spain|1945}} # {{Bk|Soviet Union|1955}} # {{Bk|Czechoslovakia}} # {{Bk|Italy}} # {{Bk|Bulgaria|1971}} # {{Bk|Israel}} # {{Bk|Turkey}} # {{Bk|Romania|1965}} # {{Bk|France|1794}} # {{Bk|Greece|1970}} # {{Bk|Poland|1928}}

==Awards== {| width=95% |- align=center |'''1973 FIBA EuroBasket Championship MVP''': '''Wayne Brabender''' ({{flagicon|ESP|1945}} '''Spain''') |}

{|| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width: 100%;" |- ! All-Tournament Team<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121204164036/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/eurobasket/eurobasket_e.htm Linguasport.com Tournament Team.]}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|URS|1955}} Sergei Belov |- |{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Francisco "Nino" Buscato |- |{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Wayne Brabender (MVP) |- |{{flagicon|YUG}} Krešimir Ćosić |- |{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} Atanas Golomeev |}

==Team rosters== '''1. Yugoslavia:''' Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Nikola Plećaš, Željko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Damir Šolman, Rato Tvrdić, Milun Marović, Žarko Knežević, Dragi Ivković (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

'''2. Spain:''' Clifford Luyk, Wayne Brabender, Francisco "Nino" Buscato, Vicente Ramos, Rafael Rullan, Manuel Flores, Luis Miguel Santillana, Carmelo Cabrera, Gonzalo Sagi-Vela, Jose Luis Sagi-Vela, Miguel Angel Estrada, Enrique Margall (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)

'''3. Soviet Union:''' Sergei Belov, Modestas Paulauskas, Anatoly Myshkin, Ivan Edeshko, Zurab Sakandelidze, Sergei Kovalenko, Valeri Miloserdov, Evgeni Kovalenko, Aleksander Boloshev, Yuri Pavlov, Jaak Salumets, Nikolai Djachenko (Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin)

'''4. Czechoslovakia:''' Jiří Zídek Sr., Kamil Brabenec, Zdenek Kos, Jiří Zedníček, Jan Bobrovsky, Jiri Pospisil, Petr Novicky, Jan Blažek, Josef Klima, Vojtech Petr, Jiri Balastik, Gustav Hraska (Coach: Vladimir Heger)

==References== {{reflist}}

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