| Finals played at Country Hall du Sart Tilman, Liege. | | Game | date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | Sat 24.09 | 19:30 |  Yugoslavia | 74-61 |  Soviet Union | 42-27 | | 3-4 | Fri 23.09 | 20:30 |  Czechoslovakia | 91-81 |  Italy | 45-37 | | 1/2 | Thu 22.09 | 18:30 | Yugoslavia | 88-69 | Italy | 45-32 | | 1/2 | Thu 22.09 | 20:30 | Soviet Union | 91-76 | Czechoslovakia | 37-38 | | Classification 5-8 | | 5-6 | Sat 24.09 | 17:30 |  Israel | 88-78 |  Bulgaria | 47-47 | | 7-8 | Fri 23.09 | 18:30 |  Netherlands | 104-89 |  Belgium | 42-49 | | 5-8 | Thu 22.09 | 14:00 | Bulgaria | 108-85 | Netherlands | 44-37 | | 5-8 | Thu 22.09 | 22:30 | Israel | 81-74 | Belgium | 50-46 | | Classification 9-12 | | 9-10 | Sat 24.09 | 11:45 |  Spain | 106-89 |  Finland | 48-43 | | 11-12 | Sat 24.09 | 10:00 |  France | 89-71 |  Austria | 45-37 | | 9-12 | Fri 23.09 | 16:00 | Spain | 88-84 | Austria | 44-41 | | 9-12 | Fri 23.09 | 14:00 | Finland | 73-72 | France | 40-40 |
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| Final Ranking | w | l | pf | pa | p+- | ratio | 1975 | | 1. Yugoslavia | 6 | 1 | 654: | 555 | +99 | 1.178 | 1. | | 2. Soviet Union | 5 | 2 | 675: | 545 | +130 | 1.239 | 2. | | 3. Czechoslovakia | 6 | 1 | 608: | 564 | +44 | 1.078 | 6. | | 4. Italy | 5 | 2 | 578: | 549 | +29 | 1.053 | 3. | | eliminated in Groups Round. | | 5. Israel | 4 | 3 | 623: | 601 | +22 | 1.037 | 7. | | 6. Bulgaria | 4 | 3 | 603: | 626 | -23 | 0.963 | 5. | | 7. Netherlands | 3 | 4 | 613: | 640 | -27 | 0.958 | 10. | | 8. Belgium | 2 | 5 | 625: | 668 | -43 | 0.936 | | | Relegated to Men Challenge 1979. | | 9. Spain | 4 | 3 | 614: | 610 | +4 | 1.007 | 4. | | 10.Finland | 1 | 6 | 570: | 645 | -75 | 0.884 | | | 11.France | 2 | 5 | 538: | 593 | -55 | 0.907 | | | 12.Austria | 0 | 7 | 539: | 644 | -105 | 0.837 | |
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| Competition format | | 1. Men Qualification 1977 - 8 teams --> 2 advanced to next stage. | | 2. Men Challenge 1977 - 12 teams -- 4 advanced to Main tournament. | | 3. Groups Round - 2 Groups with 6 teams --> First 2 advanced to Elimination Semi-Finals (1/2). | | 4. Eliminations Semi-Finals (1/2) and Finals. |
| Belgium (host), Finland, France and Austria replaced from Men 1975 - Poland, Turkey, Romania and Greece. |
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| | | First 2 advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2). Next 2 to Classifiacation 5-8. Last 2 to Classifiacation 9-12. |
| Group A | w | l | pf | pa | p+- | ratio | | 1. Italy | 5 | 0 | 428: | 370 | +58 | 1.157 | | 2. Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 523: | 395 | +128 | 1.324 | | 3. Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 444: | 464 | -20 | 0.957 | | 4. Israel | 2 | 3 | 427: | 438 | -11 | 0.975 | | 5. France | 1 | 4 | 377: | 449 | -72 | 0.840 | | 6. Austria | 0 | 5 | 384: | 467 | -83 | 0.822 |
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| Team | Ital | Sovi | Bulg | Isra | Fran | Aust | | Italy | ----- | 95:87 | 100:81 | 78:73 | 70:59 | 85:70 | | Soviet Union | | ----- | 117:96 | 103:69 | 115:74 | 101:61 | | Bulgaria | | | ----- | 88:86 | 87:76 | 92:85 | | Israel | | | | ----- | 96:82 | 103:87 | | France | | | | | ----- | 86:81 | | Austria | | | | | | ----- |
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played at Country Hall du Sart Tilman, Liege. | | Thu 15.09.77 | 15:00 | Soviet Union | 101-61 | Austria | 46-28 | | Thu 15.09.77 | 18:30 | Bulgaria | 88-86 | Israel | 43-40 | | Thu 15.09.77 | 20:30 | Italy | 70-59 | France | 35-24 | | Fri 16.09.77 | 15:00 | Soviet Union | 117-96 | Bulgaria | 63-44 | | Fri 16.09.77 | 18:30 | France | 86-81 | Austria | 39-40 | | Fri 16.09.77 | 20:30 | Italy | 78-73 | Israel | 37-32 | | Sat 17.09.77 | 15:00 | Bulgaria | 87-76 | France | 51-33 | | Sat 17.09.77 | 18:30 | Italy | 85-70 | Austria | 41-37 | | Sat 17.09.77 | 20:30 | Soviet Union | 103-69 | Israel | 61-38 | | Mon 19.09.77 | 15:00 | Bulgaria | 92-85 | Austria | 51-37 | | Mon 19.09.77 | 18:30 | Israel | 96-82 | France | 45-34 | | Mon 19.09.77 | 20:30 | Italy | 95-87 | Soviet Union | 95-87 | | Tue 20.09.77 | 15:00 | Israel | 103-87 | Austria | 47-42 | | Tue 20.09.77 | 18:30 | Italy | 100-81 | Bulgaria | 46-40 | | Tue 20.09.77 | 20:30 | Soviet Union | 115-74 | France | 62-35 |
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| Group B | w | l | pf | pa | p+- | ratio | | 1. Czechoslovakia | 5 | 0 | 441: | 392 | +49 | 1.125 | | 2. Yugoslavia | 4 | 1 | 492: | 425 | +67 | 1.158 | | 3. Belgium | 2 | 3 | 451: | 456 | -5 | 0.989 | | 4. Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 435: | 470 | -35 | 0.926 | | 5. Spain | 2 | 3 | 420: | 437 | -17 | 0.961 | | 6. Finland | 0 | 5 | 408: | 467 | -59 | 0.874 |
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| Team | Czec | Yugo | Belg | Neth | Spai | Finl | | Czechoslovakia | ------ | 111:103 | 67:61 | 90:73 | 73:70 | 100:85 | | Yugoslavia | | ------ | 111:83 | 111:75 | 79:76 | 88:80 | | Belgium | | | ------ | 107:86 | | 107:98 | | Netherlands | | | | ------ | 114:95 | 87:67 | | Spain | | | 94:93 | | ------ | 85:78 | | Finland | | | | | | ------ |
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | played at Country Hall du Sart Tilman, Ostende. | | Thu 15.09.77 | 14:30 | Czechoslovakia | 90-73 | Netherlands | 44-36 | | Thu 15.09.77 | 18:30 | Belgium | 107-98 | Finland | 45-39 | | after 2 over times. FT: 81-81, 1OT: 94-94 (13-13), 2OT: (13-4). | | Thu 15.09.77 | 20:45 | Yugoslavia | 79-76 | Spain | 46-27 | | Fri 16.09.77 | 14:30 | Yugoslavia | 88-80 | Finland | 41-35 | | Fri 16.09.77 | 18:00 | Netherlands | 114-95 | Spain | 59-34 | | Fri 16.09.77 | 20:15 | Czechoslovakia | 67-61 | Belgium | 30-27 | | Sat 17.09.77 | 14:30 | Netherlands | 87-67 | Finland | 46-40 | | Sat 17.09.77 | 18:00 | Czechoslovakia | 73-70 | Spain | 36-37 | | Sat 17.09.77 | 20:45 | Yugoslavia | 111-83 | Belgium | 45-43 | | Mon 19.09.77 | 14:30 | Czechoslovakia | 100-85 | Finland | 49-36 | | Mon 19.09.77 | 18:00 | Yugoslavia | 111-75 | Netherlands | 48-33 | | Mon 19.09.77 | 20:45 | Spain | 94-93 | Belgium | 41-49 | | Tue 20.09.77 | 14:30 | Spain | 85-78 | Finland | 46-44 | | Tue 20.09.77 | 18:00 | Czechoslovakia | 111-103 | Yugoslavia | 55-48 | | Tue 20.09.77 | 20:45 | Belgium | 107-86 | Netherlands | 52-50 |
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| 1. Yugoslavia | | 4. Josko Papic | | 5. Dragan Kicanovic | | 6. Vinto Jelovac | | 7. Dujo Krustulovic | | 8. Zeljko Jerkov | | 9. Anto Dzogic | | 10.Zoran Slavnic | | 11.Kresimir Cosic | | 12.Ratko Radovanovic | | 13.Jarko Varajic | | 14.Drazen Dalipagic | | 15.Mirza Delibasic |
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| 2. Soviet Union | | 4. Stanislav Eremine | | 5. Victor Petrakov | | 6. Valeri Miloserdov | | 7. Alexandre Salnikov | | 8. Vladimir Arzamaskov | | 9. Alexandre Kharchenkov | | 10.Sergei Belov | | 11.Vladimir Tkatchenko | | 12.Anatoly Mychkine | | 13.Mikhail Korkia | | 14.Aleksandar Belostenny | | 15.Vladimir Zhigiliy |
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| 3. Czechoslovakia | | 4. Josef Necas | | 5. Vojtech Petr | | 6. Jiri Konopasek | | 7. Vladimir Ptacek | | 8. Stanislav Kropilak | | 9. Pavol Bojanovsky | | 10.Zdenek Kos | | 11.Jiri Pospisil | | 12.Vlastimil Klimes | | 13.Kamil Brabenec | | 14.Zdenek Dousa | | 15.Gustav Hraska |
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| 4. Italy | | 4. Carlo Caglieris | | 5. Giulio Iellini | | 6. Lorenzo Carraro | | 7. Renzo Vecchiato | | 8. Fabrizio Della Fiori | | 9. Renzo Bariviera | | 10.Marco Bonamico | | 11.Dino Meneghin | | 12.Vittorio Ferracini | | 13.Luigi Serafini | | 14.Pierluigi Marzorati | | 15.Gianni Bertolotti |
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| 5. Israel | | 4. Shamuel Nachmias | | 5. Yehoshua Schwartz | | 6. Or Goren | | 7. Pinhas Hozez | | 8. Chanan Keren | | 9. Mickey Berkowitz | | 10.Barry Leibowitz | | 11.Avigdor Moscowitz | | 12.Steven Mark Kaplan | | 13.Itamar Marzel | | 14.Roni Rotshild | | 15.Boaz Yanay |
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| 6. Bulgaria | | 4. Milko Arabadzhijski | | 5. Linben Yosifov | | 6. Petko Marinov | | 7. Stoyan Shantov | | 8. Ilia Evtimov | | 9. Mikail Smochevski | | 10.Valentin Sharkov | | 11.Atanas Golomeev | | 12.Plamen Takev | | 13.Atanas Kolev | | 14.Todor Bogdanov | | 15.Rouman Peitchev |
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| 7. Netherlands | | 4. Al Faber | | 5. Jan Dekker | | 6. Jimmy Woudstra | | 7. Cees Limmen | | 8. Emill Hagens | | 9. Bert Kragtwijk | | 10.Cock van de Lagemaat | | 11.Dan Cramer | | 12.Kees Akerboom | | 13.Jan Loorbach | | 14.Renso Zwiers | | 15.Harry Kip |
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| 8. Belgium | | -. Luc Boon | | 4. Alain Stollenberg | | 5. Ive Van Poppelen | | 6. Robert Van Herzele | | 7. Olin Bell | | 8. Etienne Geerts | | 9. Rene Van den Broeck | | 10.Imre Nyitrai | | 11.Jos Peeters | | 12.Francois Huysmans | | 13.Christian Becknel | | 14.Roger Marien | | 15.Hector Vermeersch |
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| 9. Spain | | 4. Wayne Brabender | | 5. Juan Domingo De La Cruz | | 6. Juan Ramon Fernandez | | 7. Carmelo Cabrera | | 8. Luis Miguel Santillana | | 9. Juan Filba | | 10.Luis Miguel Prada | | 11.Juan Antonio Corbalan | | 12.Rafael Rullan | | 13.Jose Maria Margall | | 14.Gonzalo Sagi-Vela | | 15.Manuel Flores |
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| 10.Finland | | 4. Kalevi Sarkalahti | | 5. Heikki Kasko | | 6. Tapio Sten | | 7. Heikki Taponen | | 8. Antti Zitting | | 9. Risto Lignell | | 10.Raimo Mantynen | | 11.Anssi Rauramo | | 12.Mikko Koskinen | | 13.Klaus Mahlamaki | | 14.Jarmo Laitinen | | 15.Erkki Saaristo |
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| 11.France | | 4. Barry White | | 5. Jean-Louis Vacher | | 6. Alain Gilles | | 7. Alain Larrouquis | | 8. Alain Durand | | 9. Didier Dobbels | | 10.Mathieu Bisseni | | 11.Hervé Dubuisson | | 12.Jacky Lamothe | | 13.Jacques Cachemire | | 14.Eric Beugnot | | 15.Roger Duquesnoy |
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| 12.Austria | | 4. Wolfgang Vlk | | 5. Friedrich Miklas | | 6. Bernhard Slavicek | | 7. Peter Bilik | | 8. Peter Poiger | | 9. Herbert Watzke | | 10.Erich Tecka | | 11.Werner Meisinger | | 12.Helmut Zimmel | | 13.Walter Fuchs | | 14.Peter Wolf | | 15.Herbert Haselbacher |
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| Ranking | I | II | III | | 1. Yugoslavia | 1. | | | 2. Soviet Union | 2. | | | 3. Czechoslovakia | 3. | | | 4. Italy | 4. | | | 5. Israel | 5. | | | 6. Bulgaria | 6. | | | 7. Netherlands | 7. | 1. | | | 8. Belgium | 8. | | | 9. Spain | 9. | | | 10.Finland | 10. | 4. | | | 11.France | 11. | 2. | | | 12.Austria | 12. | 3. | 1. | | Eliminated in Men Challenge 1977. | | 13.Hungary | | 5. | | | 14.Poland | | 6. | | | 15.Sweden | | 7. | | | 16.Romania | | 8. | | | 17.Greece | | 9. | | | 18.West Germany | | 10. | | | 19.Turkey | | 11. | | | 20.Scotland | | 12. | 2. | | Eliminated in Men Qualification 1977. | | 21.England | | 3. | | 22.Denmark | | 4. | | 23.Iceland | | 5. | | 24.Luxembourg | | 6. | | 25.Portugal | | 7. | | 26.Ireland | | 8. |
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