EuroBasket 1997

EuroBasket 1997
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates24 June – 6 July
Teams16
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (2nd title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Russia
Fourth place Greece
Tournament statistics
MVPFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Đorđević
Top scorerIsrael Oded Kattash
(22.0 points per game)
1995
1999

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 (or five, depending on Greece reaching one of the top four places) 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. Serbia won its second FIBA European title (seventh FIBA European title under the name of Yugoslavia), by defeating Italy with a 61–49 score in the final. Serbia's Saša Đorđević was voted the tournament's MVP.