EuroBasket 1979

EuroBasket 1979
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates9–19 June
Teams12
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (12th title)
Runners-up Israel
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
MVPIsrael Miki Berkovich
Top scorerPoland Mieczysław Młynarski
(26.6 points per game)
1977
1981

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.