EuroBasket 1993

The 1993 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1993, was the 28th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Germany between 22 June and 4 July 1993. Sixteen national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA Europe, the sport's regional governing body. The cities of Berlin, Karlsruhe and Munich hosted the tournament. Hosts Germany won their first FIBA European title by defeating Russia with a 71–70 score in the final. Germany's Chris Welp was voted the tournament's MVP. This edition of the FIBA EuroBasket tournament also served as qualification for the 1994 FIBA World Championship, giving a berth to the top five teams in the final standings.

EuroBasket 1993
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
Dates22 June – 4 July
Teams16
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (1st title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Croatia
Fourth place Greece
Tournament statistics
MVPGermany Chris Welp
Top scorerBosnia and Herzegovina Sabahudin Bilalović
(24.6 points per game)
1991
1995

Qualification

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CompetitionDateVacanciesQualified
Qualified from EuroBasket 199124 – 29 June 19913  France
 Italy
 Spain
Qualified through Qualifying Round1 May 1991 – 18 November 19928  Belgium
 Bulgaria
 Germany
 Greece
 Israel
 Russia
 Sweden
 Turkey
Qualified through Additional Qualifying Round30 May – 7 June 19935  Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 Estonia
 Latvia
 Slovenia

Venues

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LocationPictureCityArenaCapacityStatusRound
BerlinDeutschlandhalle8,500Opened in 1935Groups B, D and F
KarlsruheEuropahalle5,000Opened in 1983Groups A, C and E
MünchenOlympiahalle10,800Opened in 1972Knockout and qualification rounds

Teams

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It was first decided that 12 teams would participate in EuroBasket 1993, however, after the Qualifying Round was concluded, FIBA Europe decided to expand it up to 16 teams.

The reason for this were politic changes in Eastern Europe caused by breaks of two big countries, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, which dominated in European basketball in recent decades. Yugoslavia as title holder was excluded from all international sport competitions because of sanctions against Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Russia was announced as successor of the Soviet Union and the first time competed as independent country at major tournament. Since other new countries, including silver medalist Croatia and bronze medalist Lithuania from the Olympic tournament at Barcelona 1992, did not compete at the Qualifying Round, FIBA Europe organized additional qualifying tournament in order to enable them participation at championship. The additional tournament was held in Wroclaw a month before Eurobasket.

Format

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  • The teams were split in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams from each group advance to the second round.
  • The 12 teams that qualify to the second round are divided in two groups of six teams each, with one group containing the best three teams from groups A and B, while the other containing the three best teams from groups C and D. Results from the previous round are carried over, but only those against teams that qualified to the second round.
  • The four best teams in the second round advance to the knockout quarterfinals. 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 another bracket to define 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

Squads

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Preliminary round

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Qualified for the second round

Group A

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Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie
 Spain330254213+416 
 Russia312266263+341-1, +14
 Bosnia and Herzegovina312255264−941-1, -2
 Sweden312218253−3541-1, -12
22 June
14:00
 Russia99–77  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by half: 49–27, 50–50
Pts: Bazarevich 17Pts: Primorac 24
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Anguel Ivanov (BUL), Armand de Keyser (BEL)
22 June
16:00
 Spain72–49  Sweden
Scoring by half: 36–25, 36–24
Pts: Villacampa 17Pts: Sahlström 20
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Peter George (GER)
23 June
14:00
 Sweden100–92 (OT)  Russia
Scoring by half: 51–43, 32–40 Overtime: 17–9
Pts: Gehrke 24Pts: Sucharev 19
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Danko Radic (CRO), Fatih Dalay (TUR)
23 June
16:00
 Spain96–89  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by half: 46–41, 50–48
Pts: Villacampa 28Pts: Avdić, Bilalović, Primorac 20
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)
24 June
14:00
 Bosnia and Herzegovina89–69  Sweden
Scoring by half: 45–36, 44–33
Pts: Primorac 27Pts: Sahlström 28
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Anguel Ivanov (BUL), Atso Matsalu (EST)
24 June
16:00
 Spain86–75  Russia
Scoring by half: 38–38, 48–37
Pts: Martín Espina, Villacampa 21Pts: Babkov 24
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)

Group B

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TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Croatia330317241+766
 France321255229+265
 Turkey312196252−564
 Bulgaria303227273−463
22 June
13:30
 Bulgaria83–104  Croatia
Scoring by half: 39–50, 44–54
Pts: Mladenov 30Pts: Perasović 23
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Referees: Mariss Bernats (LAT), Miguel Betancor (ESP)
22 June
15:30
 France69–55  Turkey
Scoring by half: 34–24, 35–31
Pts: Allinéi 12Pts: Büyükaycan 19
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Roger Ekström (SWE), Reuven Virovnik (ISR)
23 June
13:30
 France95–100 (OT)  Croatia
Scoring by half: 42–41, 43–44 Overtime: 10–15
Pts: Ostrowski 19Pts: Cvjetićanin 26
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Mariss Bernats (LAT), Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
23 June
15:30
 Turkey78–70  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 29–35, 49–35
Pts: Erdenay 19Pts: Mladenov 16
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Michail Grigoriev (RUS), Paolo Zanon (ITA)
24 June
13:30
 France91–74  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 42–28, 49–46
Pts: Adams 21Pts: Mladenov 18
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Referees: Tihomir Bubalo (SRB), Goran Radonjic (FRA)
24 June
15:30
 Croatia113–63  Turkey
Scoring by half: 56–26, 57–37
Pts: Rađa, Gregov 21Pts: Saybir 19
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Roger Ekström (SWE), Michail Grigoriev (RUS)

Group C

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TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie
 Greece321243214+2951-0, +19
 Latvia321243244−150-1, -19
 Italy312244251−741-0, +9
 Israel312246267−2140-1, -9
22 June
15:00
 Greece81–62  Latvia
Scoring by half: 45–40, 36–22
Pts: Christodoulou, Giannakis 17Pts: Muižnieks 21
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Pascal Dorizon (FRA), Danko Radic (CRO)
22 June
21:00
 Italy92–83  Israel
Scoring by half: 40–23, 52–60
Pts: Rusconi 22Pts: Jamchi 19
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Carl Jungenbrand (FIN)
23 June
19:00
 Israel79–74  Greece
Scoring by half: 40–41, 39–33
Pts: Gordon 35Pts: Giannakis 32
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Peter George (GER)
23 June
21:00
 Italy79–80  Latvia
Scoring by half: 47–38, 32–42
Pts: Rusconi 18Pts: Muižnieks 22
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Referees: Anguel Ivanov (BUL), Armand de Keyser (BEL)
24 June
19:00
 Latvia101–84  Israel
Scoring by half: 50–35, 51–49
Pts: Jaunzems 21Pts: Henefeld 16
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Peter George (GER), Carl Jungenbrand (FIN)
24 June
21:00
 Italy73–88  Greece
Scoring by half: 33–35, 40–53
Pts: Rusconi 17Pts: Giannakis 27
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Danko Radic (CRO)

Group D

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TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie
 Estonia321255261−651-0, +10
 Germany321275234+4150-1, -10
 Belgium312224233−941-0, +21
 Slovenia312198224−2640-1, -21
22 June
19:00
 Germany103–113  Estonia
Scoring by half: 44–49, 59–64
Pts: Welp 23Pts: Kuusmaa 30
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Goran Radonjic (FRA), Paolo Zanon (ITA)
22 June
21:00
 Slovenia61–82  Belgium
Scoring by half: 31–35, 30–47
Pts: Alibegović 22Pts: Bayer 25
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Michail Grigoriev (RUS), Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
23 June
19:00
 Belgium64–93  Germany
Scoring by half: 35–56, 29–37
Pts: Struelens 15Pts: Harnisch 18
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 3,100
Referees: Tihomir Bubalo (SRB), Reuven Virovnik (ISR)
23 June
21:00
 Slovenia80–63  Estonia
Scoring by half: 37–28, 43–35
Pts: Alibegović 16Pts: Pehka 18
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Miguel Betancor (ESP), Roger Ekström (SWE)
24 June
19:00
 Slovenia57–79  Germany
Scoring by half: 32–31, 25–48
Pts: Kotnik 21Pts: Harnisch, Jackel 19
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Miguel Betancor (ESP), Reuven Virovnik (ISR)
24 June
21:00
 Estonia79–78  Belgium
Scoring by half: 36–36, 43–42
Pts: Kuusmaa 22Pts: Bayer 24
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE), Paolo Zanon (ITA)

Second round

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Advanced to the quarterfinals

Group E

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TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTie
 Spain541430387+4391-1, +10
 Russia541444371+7391-1, +6
 Greece541414378+3691-1, -16
 Bosnia and Herzegovina514424468−4461-1, +3
 Italy514355413−5861-1, +1
 Latvia514398448−5061-1, -4
26 June
16:00
 Italy60–78  Spain
Scoring by half: 37–40, 23–38
Pts: Myers 16Pts: Martín Espina 18
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Danko Radic (CRO), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
26 June
19:00
 Latvia72–91  Russia
Scoring by half: 40–47, 32–44
Pts: Muižnieks 23Pts: Fetisov 21
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)
26 June
21:00
 Greece102–84  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by half: 56–49, 46–35
Pts: Galakteros 33Pts: Primorac 28
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Anguel Ivanov (BUL), Armand de Keyser (BEL)
27 June
16:00
 Spain95–87  Latvia
Scoring by half: 46–45, 49–42
Pts: Martín Espina 21Pts: Muižnieks 34
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Atso Matsalu (EST)
27 June
19:00
 Bosnia and Herzegovina72–74  Italy
Scoring by half: 38–36, 34–38
Pts: Bilalović 22Pts: Gentile 17
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)
27 June
21:00
 Greece67–84  Russia
Scoring by half: 38–42, 29–42
Pts: Galakteros 17Pts: Bazarevich 36
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Danko Radic (CRO), Peter George (GER)
28 June
16:00
 Latvia97–102  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by half: 48–47, 49–55
Pts: Muižnieks 29Pts: Bilalović 36
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Peter George (GER), Armand de Keyser (BEL)
28 June
19:00
 Russia95–69  Italy
Scoring by half: 44–48, 51–21
Pts: Bazarevich 24Pts: Pittis 20
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 2,900
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Danko Radic (CRO)
28 June
21:00
 Spain75–76  Greece
Scoring by half: 37–36, 38–40
Pts: Villacampa 31Pts: Giannakis 22
Europahalle, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Anguel Ivanov (BUL), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Group F

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TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Croatia550487375+11210
 France541384337+479
 Estonia532410426−168
 Germany523392375+177
 Turkey514325395−706
 Belgium505340430−905
26 June
15:00
 France64–56  Germany
Scoring by half: 35–30, 29–26
Pts: Bilba 13Pts: Gnad 16
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Tihomir Bubalo (SRB), Paolo Zanon (ITA)
26 June
17:00
 Estonia77–74  Turkey
Scoring by half: 42–39, 35–35
Pts: Babenko 22Pts: Topsakal 26
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Miguel Betancor (ESP), Reuven Virovnik (ISR)
26 June
19:00
 Croatia106–74  Belgium
Scoring by half: 54–34, 52–40
Pts: Rađa 27Pts: Samaey 14
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Michail Grigoriev (RUS), Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
27 June
15:00
 Estonia62–73  France
Scoring by half: 23–44, 39–29
Pts: Noormets 15Pts: Gadou, Ostrowski 12
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Goran Radonjic (FRA), Reuven Virovnik (ISR)
27 June
17:00
 Croatia70–63  Germany
Scoring by half: 38–31, 32–32
Pts: Rađa 22Pts: Koch 16
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Miguel Betancor (ESP), Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
27 June
19:00
 Turkey69–59  Belgium
Scoring by half: 32–36, 37–23
Pts: Ene 18Pts: Bayer 14
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Mariss Bernats (LAT), Paolo Zanon (ITA)
28 June
15:00
 Croatia98–80  Estonia
Scoring by half: 49–41, 49–39
Pts: Perasović 25Pts: Kullamäe 20
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Referees: Miguel Betancor (ESP), Paolo Zanon (ITA)
28 June
17:00
 France83–65  Belgium
Scoring by half: 45–37, 38–28
Pts: Rigaudeau 20Pts: Struelens 19
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Tihomir Bubalo (SRB), Michail Grigoriev (RUS)
28 June
19:00
 Germany77–64  Turkey
Scoring by half: 38–39, 39–25
Pts: Harnisch 16Pts: Aydın 19
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), Mariss Bernats (LAT)

Knockout stage

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Championship bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 July – 17:30
 
 
 Russia82
 
2 July – 19:00
 
 Estonia61
 
 Russia84
 
1 July – 21:00
 
 Croatia76
 
 Croatia98
 
4 July – 21:00
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina78
 
 Russia70
 
1 July – 15:30
 
 Germany71
 
 France59
 
2 July – 21:00
 
 Greece61
 
 Greece73
 
1 July – 19:00
 
 Germany76Third place
 
 Spain77
 
3 July – 21:00
 
 Germany (OT)79
 
 Croatia99
 
 
 Greece59
 

Quarterfinals

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1 July
15:30
 France59–61  Greece
Scoring by half: 39–33, 20–28
Pts: Ostrowski 17Pts: Christodoulou 18
Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
1 July
17:30
 Russia82–61  Estonia
Scoring by half: 40–31, 42–30
Pts: Fetisov, Sucharev 18Pts: Babenko 19
Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Peter George (GER), Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
1 July
19:00
 Spain77–79 (OT)  Germany
Scoring by half: 37–35, 35–37 Overtime: 5–7
Pts: Herreros 19Pts: Welp 23
Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Danko Radic (CRO), Michail Grigoriev (RUS)
1 July
21:00
 Croatia98–78  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by half: 51–41, 47–37
Pts: Rađa 28Pts: Bilalović 24
Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 3,400
Referees: Pascal Dorizon (FRA), Reuven Virovnik (ISR)

Semifinals

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2 July
19:00
 Russia84–76  Croatia
Scoring by half: 43–37, 41–39
Pts: Bazarevich 23Pts: Cvjetićanin 15
Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Pascal Dorizon (FRA)
2 July
21:00
 Greece73–76  Germany
Scoring by half: 31–34, 42–42
Pts: Christodoulou 23Pts: Welp 15
Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Reuven Virovnik (ISR), Miguel Betancor (ESP)

Third place

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3 July
21:00
 Croatia99–59  Greece
Scoring by half: 46–33, 53–26
Pts: Perasović 31Pts: Giannakis 15
Olympiahalle, Munich
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Michail Grigoriev (RUS)

Final

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4 July
20:45
 Russia70–71  Germany
Scoring by half: 35–38, 35–33
Pts: Babkov 22Pts: Welp 18
Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 10,850
Referees: Miguel Betancor (ESP), Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

5th to 8th place

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Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
2 July – 13:00
 
 
 Estonia99
 
3 July – 19:00
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina91
 
 Estonia80
 
2 July – 15:30
 
 Spain119
 
 France83
 
 
 Spain95
 
Seventh place
 
 
4 July – 18:00
 
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina75
 
 
 France83
2 July
13:00
 Estonia99–91  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by half: 43–38, 56–53
Pts: Kuusmaa 40Pts: Bilalović 29
Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Peter George (GER), Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
2 July
15:30
 France83–95  Spain
Scoring by half: 40–45, 43–50
Pts: Adams 18Pts: Martín Espina, Villacampa 24
Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Tihomir Bubalo (SRB)
3 July
19:00
 Estonia80–119  Spain
Scoring by half: 33–60, 47–59
Pts: Babenko 25Pts: San Epifanio, Villacampa 18
Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Danko Radic (CRO), Reuven Virovnik (ISR)
4 July
18:00
 Bosnia and Herzegovina75–83  France
Scoring by half: 34–41, 41–42
Pts: Bilalović 24Pts: Rigaudeau 23
Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Peter George (GER), Reuven Virovnik (ISR)

Awards

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 1993 FIBA EuroBasket champions 

Germany
1st title
1993 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Chris Welp ( Germany)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Sergei Bazarevich
Jordi Villacampa
Fanis Christodoulou
Chris Welp (MVP)
Dino Rađa

Final standings

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Results
Qualified for the 1994 FIBA World Championship
RankTeamRecord
 Germany6–3
 Russia6–3
 Croatia8–1
4  Greece5–4
5  Spain7–2
6  Estonia4–5
7  France6–3
8  Bosnia and Herzegovina2–7
9  Italy2–4
10  Latvia2–4
11  Turkey2–4
12  Belgium1–5
13  Israel1–2
14  Slovenia1–2
15  Sweden1–2
16  Bulgaria0–3
4th
 Germany
Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff
Henrik Rödl
Michael Koch
Chris Welp
Teoman Öztürk
Henning Harnisch
Gunther Behnke
Stephan Baeck
Hansi Gnad
Kai Nürnberger
Jens Kujawa
Mike Jackel
 Russia
Vladimir Gorin
Dmitry Shakulin
Dmitry Sucharev
Maksim Astanin
Vitaliy Nosov
Sergei Bazarevich
Sergei Babkov
Mikhail Michajlov
Vasily Karasev
Andrei Fetisov
Sergei Panov
Vladislav Kondratov
 Croatia
Velimir Perasović
Alan Gregov
Ivica Žurić
Vladan Alanović
Franjo Arapović
Žan Tabak
Stojko Vranković
Danko Cvjetićanin
Arijan Komazec
Dino Rađa
Emilio Kovačić
Veljko Mršić
 Greece
Giorgos Bosganas
Kostas Patavoukas
Panagiotis Giannakis
Lefteris Kakiousis
Giorgos Sigalas
Efthimis Bakatsias
Nasos Galakteros
Christos Tsekos
Giannis Papagiannis
Panagiotis Fasoulas
Nikos Oikonomou
Fanis Christodoulou

References

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