EuroBasket Final 1989: Yugoslavia wins Gold without major problem

In the summer of 1989 the EuroBasket was held in Zagreb; where as could not be otherwise Yugoslavia playing home demonstrated its superiority. With extra motivation, coupled with a powerful team, Yugoslavia won with authority the European Gold, comfortably defeating Greece in the final by 98-7 In the semi-finals Yugoslavia also had no problem beating Italy, 97-80. In the other qualifying round, Greece overcame the Soviet Union by 81-80. Some Soviets who had no problem to win the Bronze by defeating Italy by a clear 104-76.

Yugoslavia 98 ·Zdovc - 6p, 2a. ·Petrovic - 28p, 3br. ·Paspalj - 8p, 3r. ·Radja - 25p, 9r. ·Divac - 16p, 8r. Radulovic - 2p, 1r. Cutura - 0p, 2r. Kukoc - 6p, 3br. Radovic - 0p. Vrankovic - 1p, 4r. Danilovic - 4p, 2br. Primorac - 2p.

Greece 77 ·Giannakis - 4p, 4a. ·Gallis - 30p, 2r. ·Christodoulou - 11p, 3r. ·Stergakos - 10p, 5r. ·Fassoulas - 22p, 12r. Patavoukas - 0p, 1a. Kambouris - 0p. Angelidis - 0p, 1r. Filippou - 0p, 2r. Andritsos - 0p. Papadopoulos - 0p, 2r.