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Before Eurobasket 2005 and Euro 2004 there was June 14, 1987. 19 years ago, Greece wins Eurobasket 1987 in Athens. Greece defeated the two biggest powerhouses in the world after the USA: Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. They defeated Yugoslavia in the semi 81-77 and Soviet Union in the final in OT, 103-101.

EUROBASKET 1987 - Final Standings

1. GREECE

2. Soviet Union

3. Yugoslavia

4. Spain

5. Italy

6. Federal Republic of Germany

7. Poland

8. Czechoslovakia

9. France

10. Netherlands

11. Israel

12. Romania

GROUP A W/L Pts

URS 5 - 0 10

YUG 3 - 2 8

ESP 3 - 2 8

GRE 3 - 2 8

FRA 1 - 4 6

ROM 0 - 5

GROUP B W/L Pts

ITA 5 - 0 10

GER 3 - 2 8

POL 3 - 2 8

TCH 2 - 3 7

NED 1 - 4 6

ISR 1 - 4 6

Greece-Romania 109-77

Greece-Yugoslavia 78 -84

Greece-Spain 106-89

Greece-Soviet Union 66 - 69

Greece-France 82-69

Playoff

Greece-Italy 90-78

Greece-Yugoslavia 81 - 77 (semi)

Greece- Soviet Union 101 - 103 (final)

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it was the greatest sporting moment in greek history at the time. i was living in athens at the time and it was great. On tv, you had the choice of two channels back then ERT 1 and ERT 2 ..... and yes you guessed it, they BOTH were showing the basketball!!!!!

i still have the semi final and final game on vhs tapes. i remember that the commentator after the final saying "i cant speak anymore, i will leave you with vision only", he had given it his all.

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Must have been phenomenal. Unfortunately back then they didn't broadcast those tournaments overseas, so I missed the whole thing. But I remember the celebrations.

Did you guys see Galis' numbers, especially for the final! 40 pts, 15-23(!) 2-pt field goal percentage. The guy was a god!

How about all the names on the Yugo team: Petrovic, Kukoc, Paspalje, Divac, Djordjevic, Radja...unbelievable talent. Same for the USSR. AND WE BEAT THEM BOTH!

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