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Basketball at the 1977 Summer Universiade

The Basketball competitions in the 1977 Summer Universiade were held in Sofia, Bulgaria. The United States beat the Soviet Union in the final in the men's tournament, but was beaten in the women's competition.

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Format edit

In the men's tournament, 31 participants were divided into 7 groups of four teams and one group of three. They played a single round-robin match and the winners advanced to the second round and the others to the classification round. In the second round, two groups of four teams played round-robin matches and the top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-final. In the classification round, five groups of four teams and one group of three played round-robin matches and then advanced to the placement semi-finals and finals.

Men's competition edit

First round edit

  • Group A
18 August
Soviet Union   111–62   Mexico

[1][2]

  • Group B
  • Group C
  • Group D
18 August
Canada   71–43   Greece

[3]

21 August
Canada   79–59   Hungary

[4]

  • Group E
18 August
United States   136–57   Belgium

[3][1]

18 August
Poland   136–20   Kuwait

[3]

19 August
United States   131–45   Kuwait

[3][2]

19 August
Canada   102–33   Syria

[5][6]

20 August
United States   91–63   Poland

[7]

Second round edit

  • Group A (1st - 8th)
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 Semifinals
2   Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3   Cuba 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 5th-8th classification round
4   Brazil 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 Semifinals
2   Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3   Spain 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 5th-8th classification round
4   Bulgaria 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
  • Group B (9th - 16th)
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Poland 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 9th-12th classification round
2   Mexico 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3   West Germany 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 13th-16th classification round
4   France 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 9th-12th classification round
2   Hungary 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3   Italy 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 13th-16th classification round
4   Netherlands 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
  • Group C (17th - 24th)
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Senegal 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 17th-20th classification round
2   Greece 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3   Great Britain 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 21st-24th classification round
4   Congo 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Turkey 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 17th-20th classification round
2   Israel 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3   Japan 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 21st-24th classification round
4   Belgium 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
  • Group D (25th - 31st)
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Central African Republic 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 25th-28th classification round
2   Denmark 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3   Kuwait 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 29th-31st classification round
4   [[men's national basketball team|]] 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 25th-28th classification round
2   Sudan 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
3   Syria 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 29th-31st classification round
4   Iraq 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

[8]

Group 1 (1st - 8th)
22 August
Cuba   88–44   Brazil
22 August
United States   129–95   Soviet Union
Group 2 (9th - 16th)
22 August
Poland   94–79   Mexico
22 August
Yugoslavia   87–71   Netherlands
Group 3 (17th - 24th)
22 August
Greece   105–89   Congo
Group 1 (1st - 8th)
23 August
United States   94–78   Cuba

[9]

[10]

Group 2 (9th - 16th)
23 August
Poland   116–73   France
Group 3 (17th - 24th)
23 August
Greece   76–60   Great Britain

[11]

Group 1 (1st - 8th)

24 August
United States   103–81   Brazil
24 August
Canada   70–61   Spain
Group 2 (9th - 16th)
24 August
Poland   78–69   West Germany
24 August
Mexico   86–84 (OT)   France
Group 3 (17th - 24th)
24 August
Israel   105–70   Belgium

Classification round edit

Semi-finals edit

[12]

Group A edit

  • 1st - 4th
26 August
United States   85–69   Czechoslovakia
26 August
Soviet Union   73–68   Canada
  • 5th - 8th
26 August
Spain   83–80   Brazil
26 August
Cuba   67–58   Bulgaria

Group B edit

  • 9th - 12th
26 August
Poland   71–47   Hungary
26 August
Mexico   64–62   Yugoslavia
  • 13th - 16th
26 August
Italy   94–76   France
26? August
Netherlands   ?–?   West Germany

Group C edit

  • 17th - 20th
26 August
Israel   82–61   Senegal
26 August
Turkey   87–77   Greece
  • 21st - 24th
26 August
Japan   89–77   Congo
26 August
Belgium   69–61   Great Britain

Group D edit

  • 25th - 28th
26 August
Egypt   70–52   Denmark
26 August
Central African Republic   69–52   Sudan
  • 29th -
26 August
Iraq   68–32   Kuwait

Finals edit

[13][14]

Gold medal match
27 August
United States   87–68   Soviet Union
Third-place match
27 August
Czechoslovakia   74–67   Canada
Fifth-place match
27 August
Cuba   100–87   Spain
  • 7th place match
27 August
Brazil   87–85   Bulgaria
  • 9th place match
27 August
Mexico   59–57   Poland
  • 11th place match
27 August
Yugoslavia   94–58   Hungary
  • 13th place match
27 August
Italy   82–63   Netherlands
  • 15th place match
27 August
West Germany   74–67   France
  • 17th place match
27 August
Israel   70–61   Turkey
  • 19th place match
27 August
Greece   63–56   Senegal
  • 21st place match
27 August
Japan   51–43   Belgium
  • 23rd place match
27 August
Congo   54–50   Great Britain
  • 25th place match
27 August
Egypt   79–70   Central African Republic
  • 27th place match
27 August
Sudan   66–63   Denmark

Final standings edit

Rank Team Record
1   United States 8-0
2   Soviet Union 6-2
3   Czechoslovakia 6-2
4   Canada 6-2
5   Cuba 5-2
6   Spain 5-3
7   Brazil 4-4
8   Bulgaria 3-5
9   Mexico 6-2
10   Poland 6-2
11   Yugoslavia 5-2
12   Hungary 4-4
13   Italy 5-3
14   Netherlands 3-5
15   West Germany 3-3
16   France 1-6
17   Israel 5-3
18   Turkey 5-3
19   Greece 4-4
20   Senegal 4-4
21   Japan 3-4
22   Belgium 2-6
23   Congo 2-6
24   Great Britain 2-6
25   Egypt 5-3
26   Zambia 3-4
27   Sudan 2-5
28   Denmark 1-5
29   Iraq 2-6
30   Syria 1-6
31

[15]

Women's competition edit

Preliminary round edit

  • Group A
18 August
United States   76–66   Hungary

[16]

18 August
China   67–62   West Germany

[16]

19 August
China   75–57   Mexico

[17]

  • Group B
  • Group C
19 August
Bulgaria   76–64   Canada

[3]

19 August
Canada   65–58   France

[6]

19 August
Yugoslavia   66–37   Denmark

[18]

21 August
Canada   80–52   Poland

[4]

  • Group D

Second round edit

[10]

  • semifinals
23 August
Soviet Union   104–67   China
23 August
Poland   86–48   Denmark

[12] [11]

24 August
Soviet Union   104–78   United States

Semifinals edit

[12]

Group A edit

  • 1st - 4th
26 August
United States   87–84   Bulgaria
26 August
Soviet Union   93–45   Cuba
  • 5th - 8th
26 August
China   85–74   Yugoslavia
26? August
Canada   Win–Loss   Romania

Group B edit

  • 9th - 12th
26 August
Poland   64–51   Hungary
26 August
Italy   Win–Loss   Czechoslovakia
  • 13th - 16th

Finals edit

[13][14]

  • Gold medal match
27 August
Soviet Union   107–90   United States
  • Bronze medal match
27 August
Bulgaria   60–49   Cuba
  • 5th place match
27 August
China   56–54   Canada
  • 7th place match
27 August
Romania   63–44   Yugoslavia
  • 9th place match
27 August
Poland   71–69   Italy
  • 11th place match
27 August
Czechoslovakia   70–57   Hungary
  • 13th place match
27 August
West Germany   51–49   Japan
  • 15th place match
27 August
France   43–42   Denmark

Final standings edit

[19]

Rank Team Record
1   Soviet Union 7-0
2   United States 6-2
3   Bulgaria 5-2
4   Cuba 4-3
5   China 5-3
6   Canada 3-4
7   Romania 3-4
8   Yugoslavia 3-4
9   Poland 4-3
10   Italy 4-3
11   Czechoslovakia 6-1
12   Hungary 3-5
13   West Germany 4-4
14   Japan 3-5
15   France 3-3
16   Denmark 1-6

References edit

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