EuroBasket Final 1985: Soviet Union sweeps away
In the summer of 1985 the EuroBasket was held in Stuttgart, where the Soviet Union, after the boycott suffered a year earlier in Los Angeles, swept Czechoslovakia in the final by 120-89 In the semifinals the Soviet Union defeated Italy by 112-96, and Czechoslovakia defeated Spain by 98-95. In the fight for the Bronze, the metal went to Italy after beating Spain by 102-90.
Soviet Union 120 ·Valters - 27p, 3a. ·Kurtinaitis - 24p, 2r. ·Tarakanov - 0p, 4r. ·Volkov - 18p, 7r. ·Sabonis - 23p, 14r. Jovaisa - 6p, 2a. Homicius - 10p, 1r. Enden - 2p. Tikhonenko - 6p, 3r. Belostenny - 4p, 4r.
Czechoslovakia 89 ·Brabenec - 21p, 3a. ·Havlik - 6p, 2a. ·Rajniak - 8p, 2r. ·Kropilak - 23p, 9r. ·Skala - 5p, 5r. Zuffa - 2p, 1a. Bohm - 6p, 2r. Vraniak - 0p, 3r. Maticky - 6p, 4r. Okac - 12p, 11r. Vyoral - 0p, 1r. Krejci - 0p.
