EuroBasket 1997

The 1997 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1997, was the 30th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1998 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top four teams in the final standings. It was held in Spain between 24 June and 6 July 1997. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Badalona, Barcelona and Girona hosted the tournament. FR Yugoslavia won its seventh FIBA European title by defeating Italy with a 61–49 score in the final. Yugoslavia's Saša Đorđević was voted the tournament's MVP.

Venues

Qualification

Squads

Format

The teams were split in four groups of four teams each where they played a round robin. The top three teams from each group advance to the second stage.
In the second stage, two groups of six teams were formed and played a round robin. The results between teams that faced during the preliminary round are carried over. The top four teams from each group in the second stage advance to the knockout quarterfinals to compete for the Championship. The winners in the semifinals compete for the European Championship, while the losers from the semifinals play a consolation game for the third place.
The losers in the quarterfinals compete in a separate bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.
The four teams eliminated in the second stage compete in another bracket to define 9th through 12th place in the final standings.
The four teams eliminated in the preliminary round compete in another bracket to define 13th through 16th place in the final standings.
Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

Group E

Group F

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place

Final

5th to 8th place

9th to 12th place

13th to 16th place

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Oded Kattash	22.0
2	Ainārs Bagatskis	21.8
3	Nenad Marković	21.4
4	Artūras Karnišovas	20.7
4	Tomer Steinhauer	17.1
6	Gintaras Einikis	16.9
7	İbrahim Kutluay	16.8
8	Carlton Myers	15.8
8	Roberts Štelmahers	15.8
10	Yann Bonato	15.6

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Rašho Nesterović	8.6
2	Mirsad Türkcan	7.3
3	Gintaras Einikis	6.4
3	Tomer Steinhauer	6.4
5	Artūras Karnišovas	5.9
6	Mikhail Mikhaylov	5.6
6	Alfonso Reyes	5.6
8	Patrick Femerling	5.4
9	Dimitrios Papanikolaou	5.0
9	Željko Rebrača	5.0
9	Andrejs Bondarenko	5.0

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Damir Mulaomerović	7.3
2	Raimonds Miglinieks	6.4
3	Darius Lukminas	5.6
4	Saša Đorđević	4.5
5	Henrik Rödl	4.4
6	Laurent Sciarra	4.3
7	Artūras Karnišovas	3.9
8	Maciej Zieliński	3.8
9	Oded Kattash	3.7
10	Adis Bećiragić	3.6

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Raimonds Miglinieks	3.8
2	Oded Kattash	3.6
3	Roberts Štelmahers	3.2
4	Angelos Koronios	3.1
5	Gintaras Einikis	3.0
5	Igor Kudelin	3.0
5	Maciej Zieliński	3.0
5	Vladan Alanović	3.0
5	Jure Zdovc	3.0
10	Riccardo Pittis	2.9

Minutes

Pos.	Name	MPG
1	Oded Kattash	38.4
2	Artūras Karnišovas	36.2
3	Tomer Steinhauer	34.5
4	Maciej Zieliński	33.7
5	Nadav Henefeld	33.6
6	Thierry Gadou	33.3
7	Denis Wucherer	33.1
8	Raimonds Miglinieks	32.6
9	Dmytro Bazelevsky	31.8
10	Henrik Rödl	31.5

Individual Game Highs

Team Tournament Highs

Offensive PPG

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	'	82.6
2		81.8
3		81.0
3		80.0
5		78.7