Israel at the EuroBasket 1997

Israel at the EuroBasket
IOC code	ISR
NOC	Israel Basketball Association
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Other related appearances
Israel at the FIBA Basketball World Cup (1954, 1986)

Israel competed in the EuroBasket 1997, the 30th FIBA EuroBasket, Israel’s nineteenth time competing, and finished ninth.

Israeli referee Reuven Virovnik also worked several games in the tournament. He was the referee for First Round Group C game Italy vs Yugoslavia,^[1] Group D games Croatia vs Germany,^[2] and Spain vs Germany.^[3] He also worked Second Round Group F games, Poland vs Croatia,^[4] and Yugoslavia vs Spain. ^[5] He also worked the third place game Greece vs Russia,^[6] classification round Poland vs Lithuania, ^[7] and Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Latvia. ^[8]

First round – Group B

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	245	215	+30	6
Israel	3	2	1	217	225	−8	5
France	3	1	2	250	257	−7	4
Slovenia	3	0	3	210	225	−15	3

Games

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25 June 22:30

Boxscore

Lithuania	75–60	Israel
Scoring by half: 30–31, 45–29
Pts: Einikis, Karnišovas 17 Rebs: Karnišovas 9 Asts: Karnišovas 6		Pts: Kattash 25 Rebs: Steinhauer 7 Asts: Kattash 3

Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Danko Radić (CRO), Tomislav Jovančić (YUG)

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26 June 22:30

Boxscore

Israel	69–68	Slovenia
Scoring by half: 36–40, 33–28
Pts: Steinhauer 22 Rebs: Henefeld 6 Asts: Kattash 4		Pts: Alibegović 18 Rebs: Nesterovič 13 Asts: 3 Players 3

Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Víctor Mas (ESP), Agnis Perkons (LAT)

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27 June 20:30

Boxscore

France	82–88	Israel
Scoring by half: 42–42, 40–46
Pts: Bonato 21 Rebs: Dubos 6 Asts: Sciarra 5		Pts: Kattash 34 Rebs: Steinhauer 6 Asts: Kattash 4

Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Vilim Koller (SVK), Volodymyr Drabikovskyi (UKR)

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Second round – Group E

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Greece	5	5	0	386	343	+43	10
Russia	5	4	1	432	343	+89	9
Lithuania	5	3	2	392	399	−7	8
Turkey	5	2	3	356	396	−40	7
Israel	5	1	4	370	410	−40	6
France	5	0	5	392	437	−45	5

Games

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29 June 18:00

Boxscore

Turkey	81–71	Israel
Scoring by half: 26–35, 55–36
Pts: Ene 19 Rebs: Türkcan 7 Asts: Ene 5		Pts: Steinhauer 23 Rebs: Steinhauer 8 Asts: Henefeld 5

Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Danko Radić (CRO), Tomislav Jovančić (YUG)

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30 June 18:00

Boxscore

Israel	69–87	Russia
Scoring by half: 31–43, 38–44
Pts: Kattash, Shelef 14 Rebs: Steinhauer 6 Asts: Henefeld 3		Pts: Fetisov 16 Rebs: Mikhaylov 7 Asts: Babkov 3

Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Víctor Mas (ESP), Gennaro Colucci (ITA)

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1 July 18:00

Boxscore

Greece	85–82	Israel
Scoring by half: 44–48, 41–34
Pts: Oikonomou 20 Rebs: Rentzias 6 Asts: Oikonomou 3		Pts: Kattash 29 Rebs: Sheffer 6 Asts: Sheffer 5

Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Krzysztof Koralewski (POL), Almir Akšamija (BIH)

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Knockout round – Place 9-12

Standings

	Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship
	Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship as host

Rank	Team	Record
	Yugoslavia	8–1
	Italy	8–1
	Russia	7–2
4	Greece	7–2
5	Spain	6–3
6	Lithuania	5–4
7	Poland	4–5
8	Turkey	3–6
9	Israel	4–4
10	France	2–6
11	Croatia	2–6
12	Germany	1–7
13	Ukraine	3–2
14	Slovenia	1–4
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–4
16	Latvia	0–5

Bracket

	Classification round				Ninth place
	4 July – 10:00
	Israel	84
	Germany	75
					5 July – 12:00
					Israel	91
					France	84
					Eleventh place
	4 July – 12:00			5 July – 10:00
	France	84		Germany	93
	Croatia	79			Croatia	100

Games

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4 July 10:00

Boxscore

Israel	84–75	Germany
Scoring by half: 39–41, 45–34
Pts: Kattash 25 Rebs: Kattash 7 Asts: Kattash 5		Pts: Rödl, Wucherer 18 Rebs: Femerling 9 Asts: Harnisch 4

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Aleksander Gorshkov (RUS)

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5 July 12:00

Boxscore

Israel	91–84	France
Scoring by half: 43–48, 48–36
Pts: Kattash 27 Rebs: Steinhauer 12 Asts: Kattash, Steinhauer 4		Pts: Risacher 23 Rebs: Dubos 7 Asts: 3 Players 3

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Iztok Rems (SLO), Agnis Perkons (LAT)

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Tournament highs

Two Israelis finished in the top ten in average points per game. Oded Kattash finished first with 22.0, and Tomer Steinhauer finished fourth with 17.1.^[9]

Tomer Steinhauer finished third in average rebounds per game with 6.4.^[10]

Oded Kattash finished ninth in average assists per game with 3.7.^[11]

Oded Kattash finished second in average steals per game with 3.6.^[12] The Israeli team also finished fifth overall for teams average steals per game, with 14.4.^[13]

Three Israelis finished in the top ten for average minutes per game, Oded Kattash finished first with 38.4, Tomer Steinhauer finished third with 34.5 and Nadav Henefeld finished fifth with 33.6.^[14]

The Israeli team finished first in average free throw percentage over the tournament, with a 76.5% average.^[15] Additionally during their game against France they had the highest free throw percentage for any team during a single game, with 90.3% after going 10 for 11.

Roster

Israel men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club F 4 Henefeld, Nadav 29 – 19 June 1968 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. PG 5 Arditty, Lior 29 – 16 December 1967 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) G 6 Turgeman, Shalom 27 – 7 April 1970 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. PF 7 Muchtary, Amir 25 – 12 June 1972 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon PF 8 Bernsley, David 28 – 6 May 1969 PG 9 Aharoni, Oren 23 – 12 November 1973 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Maccabi Ramat Gan B.C. PG 10 Kattash, Oded 22 – 10 October 1974 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. G 11 Sheffer, Doron 25 – 12 March 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. F 12 Shelef, Gur 23 – 10 January 1974 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Hapoel Galil Elyon F 13 Cohen-Mintz, Uri 23 – 1 August 1973 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Ironi Ramat Gan C 14 Steinhauer, Tomer 30 – 3 October 1966 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. C 15 Fleisher, Ofer 31 – 14 March 1966	Head coach Zvi Sherf Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 24 June 1997

References

1. ITALY vs YUGOSLAVIA (Group C)
2. CROATIA vs GERMANY (Group D)
3. SPAIN vs GERMANY (Group D)
4. POLAND vs CROATIA (Group F)
5. YUGOSLAVIA vs SPAIN (Group F)
6. GREECE vs RUSSIA (Group 3)
7. POLAND vs LITHUANIA (Group 3)
8. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA vs LATVIA (Group 3)
9. PPG Leaders
10. RPG Leaders
11. APG Leaders
12. SPG Leaders
13. Team SPG Leaders
14. MPG Leaders
15. Team FT% Leaders