Eurobasket 1979
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| 21st FIBA European Basketball Championship | |||||||
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| Host nation | Italy | ||||||
| Dates | 9–19 June | ||||||
| Teams | 12 (from 33 federations) | ||||||
| Venues | 4 (in 4 host cities) | ||||||
| Champions |
 Soviet Union (12th title)
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| MVP |
 Miki Berkovich
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The 1979 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1979, was the 21st FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Twelve national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Italy. Mestre, Siena, Gorizia and Turin were the venues of the event.
In the preliminary round, the 12 teams were split up into three groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Final Round, while the bottom two were sent to the classification round to play for 7th to 12th Places
In the Classification Round played the teams that finish 3rd and 4th in their Preliminary round Groups. Those teams played for the 7th to 12th Places.
The Teams that finish their Preliminary round Groups in the 1st and 2nd places advanced to the Final Round. The first and second in this group will go to the final while the third and fourth places will go to a 3rd place match.
Yugoslavia 99
Czechoslovakia 92
19 June 1979
Soviet Union 98 Israel 76
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