EuroBasket 1983 squads

The following is the list of squads for each of the 12 teams competing in the EuroBasket 1983, held in France between 26 May and 4 June 1983. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.

Group A

France

France men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
PG4Alain Larrouquis32 – (1950-06-15)15 June 19501.86 m (6 ft 1 in)ASVEL Basket
PG5Jean-Michel Sénégal29 – (1953-06-05)5 June 19531.84 m (6 ft 0 in)Limoges CSP
F6Richard Dacoury23 – (1959-07-06)6 July 19591.95 m (6 ft 5 in)Limoges CSP
G7Jacques Monclar26 – (1957-04-02)2 April 19571.93 m (6 ft 4 in)Limoges CSP
C8Philippe Szanyiel22 – (1960-10-23)23 October 19602.04 m (6 ft 8 in)ASVEL Basket
C9Georges Brostherhous32 – (1951-05-15)15 May 19512.05 m (6 ft 9 in)Limoges CSP
C10Apollo Faye31 – (1951-12-11)11 December 19512.08 m (6 ft 10 in)Limoges CSP
F11Hervé Dubuisson25 – (1957-08-08)8 August 19571.97 m (6 ft 6 in)Stade Français
C12Daniel Haquet26 – (1957-01-09)9 January 19572.02 m (6 ft 8 in)Olympique Antibes
PF13Jacques Cachemire36 – (1947-02-27)27 February 19471.97 m (6 ft 6 in)ASPO Tours Basket
F14Éric Beugnot28 – (1955-03-22)22 March 19552.00 m (6 ft 7 in)Le Mans Sarthe Basket
C15Georges Vestris23 – (1959-06-08)8 June 19592.14 m (7 ft 0 in)ASPO Tours Basket
Head coach
  • Pierre Dao
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

Greece

Greece men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
F4Giannis Paragios
F5Albert Mallach
PG6Panagiotis Giannakis24 – (1959-01-01)1 January 19591.92 m (6 ft 4 in)Ionikos Nikaias
G7Nikos Galis25 – (1957-07-23)23 July 19571.83 m (6 ft 0 in)Aris
C8Manthos Katsoulis26 – (1956-07-20)20 July 19562.05 m (6 ft 9 in)McGill University
PG9Minas Gekos23 – (1959-11-07)7 November 19591.87 m (6 ft 2 in)A.E.K. Athens
F10Michalis Romanidis17 – (1965-06-19)19 June 19651.99 m (6 ft 6 in)Aris
F11Nikos Stavropoulos23 – (1959-06-17)17 June 19591.96 m (6 ft 5 in)GE Larissa
PF12Liveris Andritsos23 – (1959-12-31)31 December 19592.02 m (6 ft 8 in)Panathinaikos
C13Panagiotis Fasoulas20 – (1963-05-12)12 May 19632.13 m (7 ft 0 in)P.A.O.K.
PG14Vangelis Alexandris32 – (1951-02-02)2 February 19511.85 m (6 ft 1 in)Aris
C15Dimitris Kokolakis33 – (1949-11-11)11 November 19492.15 m (7 ft 1 in)Panathinaikos
Head coach
Legend
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    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

Italy

Italy men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
PG4Carlo Caglieris31 – (1951-07-02)2 July 19511.77 m (5 ft 10 in)Auxilium Torino
F5Alberto Tonut21 – (1962-04-19)19 April 19622.02 m (6 ft 8 in)Trieste
F6Marco Bonamico26 – (1957-01-18)18 January 19572.01 m (6 ft 7 in)Virtus Bologna
G7Enrico Gilardi26 – (1957-01-09)9 January 19571.93 m (6 ft 4 in)Virtus Roma
C8Ario Costa21 – (1961-09-26)26 September 19612.11 m (6 ft 11 in)Basket Brescia
PG9Roberto Brunamonti24 – (1959-04-14)14 April 19591.91 m (6 ft 3 in)Virtus Bologna
PF10Renato Villalta28 – (1955-02-03)3 February 19552.04 m (6 ft 8 in)Virtus Bologna
C11Dino Meneghin33 – (1950-01-18)18 January 19502.04 m (6 ft 8 in)Olimpia Milano
G12Antonello Riva21 – (1962-02-28)28 February 19621.96 m (6 ft 5 in)Ford Cantù
C13Renzo Vecchiato27 – (1955-08-08)8 August 19552.07 m (6 ft 9 in)Auxilium Torino
PG14Pierluigi Marzorati30 – (1952-09-12)12 September 19521.87 m (6 ft 2 in)Ford Cantù
F15Romeo Sacchetti29 – (1953-08-20)20 August 19531.99 m (6 ft 6 in)Auxilium Torino
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

Spain

Spain men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
PF4Fernando Arcega23 – (1960-04-03)3 April 19602.04 m (6 ft 8 in)CB Zaragoza
PG5Joan Creus26 – (1956-11-24)24 November 19561.76 m (5 ft 9 in)CB Granollers
F6Chicho Sibilio24 – (1958-10-03)3 October 19582.00 m (6 ft 7 in)FC Barcelona
SF7Josep Maria Margall28 – (1955-03-17)17 March 19551.98 m (6 ft 6 in)Joventut Badalona
PF8Andrés Jiménez20 – (1962-06-06)6 June 19622.05 m (6 ft 9 in)Círcol Catòlic de Badalona
C9Fernando Romay23 – (1959-09-23)23 September 19592.13 m (7 ft 0 in)Real Madrid
F/C10Fernando Martín21 – (1962-03-25)25 March 19622.05 m (6 ft 9 in)Real Madrid
PG11Juan Antonio Corbalán28 – (1954-08-03)3 August 19541.84 m (6 ft 0 in)Real Madrid
PG12Ignacio Solozábal25 – (1958-01-08)8 January 19581.85 m (6 ft 1 in)FC Barcelona
C13Juan Domingo de la Cruz29 – (1954-02-06)6 February 19542.06 m (6 ft 9 in)FC Barcelona
PF14Juan Manuel López Iturriaga24 – (1959-02-04)4 February 19591.94 m (6 ft 4 in)Real Madrid
SF15Juan Antonio San Epifanio23 – (1959-06-12)12 June 19591.98 m (6 ft 6 in)FC Barcelona
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

Sweden

Sweden men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
F4Bill Magarity31 – (1952-05-18)18 May 19521.98 m (6 ft 6 in)Södertälje Kings
PG5Bernt Malion25 – (1957-08-15)15 August 19572.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
F6Peter Nyström
F7Jerry Sehlberg
PG8Thomas Nordgren26 – (1956-08-10)10 August 19561.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
F9Jonte Karlsson25 – (1957-09-20)20 September 19572.03 m (6 ft 8 in)Södertälje Kings
PG10Kenny Grant
F11Bo Faleström
C12Roland Rahm27 – (1955-08-18)18 August 19552.05 m (6 ft 9 in)Alvik
C13Sten Feldreich2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)Alvik
C14Göran Eriksson
F15Åke Skyttevall27 – (1956-02-28)28 February 19561.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Head coach
  • Sven Jensen
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
SG4Dražen Petrović18 – (1964-10-22)22 October 19641.96 m (6 ft 5 in)KK Šibenik
SG5Dragan Kićanović29 – (1953-08-17)17 August 19531.91 m (6 ft 3 in)Scavolini Pesaro
SF6Goran Grbović22 – (1961-02-09)9 February 19612.00 m (6 ft 7 in)KK Partizan
C7Rajko Žižić28 – (1955-01-22)22 January 19552.10 m (6 ft 11 in)KK Crvena zvezda
PF8Ivan Sunara24 – (1959-03-27)27 March 19592.03 m (6 ft 8 in)KK Zadar
PF9Željko Poljak24 – (1959-04-29)29 April 19592.05 m (6 ft 9 in)KK Jugoplastika
PG10Zoran Slavnić33 – (1949-10-26)26 October 19491.80 m (5 ft 11 in)Juvecaserta Basket
C11Krešimir Ćosić34 – (1948-11-26)26 November 19482.09 m (6 ft 10 in)KK Cibona
C12Ratko Radovanović26 – (1956-10-16)16 October 19562.08 m (6 ft 10 in)KK Bosna
PG13Peter Vilfan25 – (1957-06-29)29 June 19571.90 m (6 ft 3 in)KK Union Olimpija
SF14Dražen Dalipagić31 – (1951-11-27)27 November 19511.97 m (6 ft 6 in)Real Madrid
C15Milenko Savović22 – (1960-07-19)19 July 19602.10 m (6 ft 11 in)KK Partizan
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Janez Drvarič [sl]
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

Group B

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
C4Jaroslav Skála28 – (1954-05-27)27 May 19542.14 m (7 ft 0 in)
G5Juraj Žuffa23 – (1959-09-02)2 September 1959
G6Vlastimil Havlík26 – (1957-01-26)26 January 19571.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
F7Peter Rajniak30 – (1953-05-25)25 May 19532.00 m (6 ft 7 in)BK Inter Bratislava
F8Stano Kropilák27 – (1955-06-10)10 June 19552.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
PG9Zdeněk Böhm26 – (1957-03-03)3 March 1957
C10Jiří Okáč19 – (1963-11-03)3 November 19632.17 m (7 ft 1 in)BC Brno
F11Vladimír Ptáček28 – (1954-11-07)7 November 19542.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
F12Blažej Mašura25 – (1957-06-18)18 June 1957
13Jiří Jandák
C14Vojtěch Petr27 – (1955-10-04)4 October 19552.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
PG15Gustav Hraška30 – (1953-01-05)5 January 19531.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Head coach
  • Pavel Petera
Legend
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    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

Israel

Israel men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
F/C4Howard Lassoff27 – (1955-10-15)15 October 19552.08 m (6 ft 10 in)Maccabi Tel Aviv
PG5Israel Elimelech22 – (1960-06-22)22 June 1960
PF6Louis Silver29 – (1953-11-27)27 November 1953
PG7Motti Aroesti
C8Steve Schlachtern
F9Miki Berkovich29 – (1954-02-17)17 February 19541.92 m (6 ft 4 in)Maccabi Tel Aviv
C10Chaim Zlotikman26 – (1957-03-17)17 March 1957
PG11Shmuel Zisman
G/F12Doron Jamchi21 – (1961-07-01)1 July 19611.98 m (6 ft 6 in)Ironi Ramat Gan
C13Ofer Yaakobi
14Niv Bogin22 – (1960-07-29)29 July 1960
C15Johan Willis30 – (1952-09-23)23 September 1952
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

Netherlands

Netherlands men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
G4René Ridderhof23 – (1959-09-17)17 September 19591.86 m (6 ft 1 in)Hatrans Haaksbergen
F5Ronald Schilp23 – (1959-10-17)17 October 19592.04 m (6 ft 8 in)Black Velvet Canadians
G6Randy Wiel32 – (1951-04-21)21 April 19511.95 m (6 ft 5 in)Elmex Leiden
G7Mitchell Plaat29 – (1954-03-01)1 March 19541.89 m (6 ft 2 in)Nashua Den Bosch
F8Jelle Esveldt23 – (1960-05-16)16 May 19602.01 m (6 ft 7 in)Nashua Den Bosch
PF9Al Faber31 – (1951-10-22)22 October 19512.04 m (6 ft 8 in)Hatrans Haaksbergen
F10Jos Kuipers21 – (1961-12-10)10 December 19612.04 m (6 ft 8 in)Nashua Den Bosch
PG11Dan Cramer30 – (1952-06-02)2 June 19521.88 m (6 ft 2 in)Nashua Den Bosch
C12Cock van de Lagemaat27 – (1955-12-25)25 December 19552.06 m (6 ft 9 in)Hatrans Haaksbergen
C13Henk Pieterse23 – (1959-12-04)4 December 19592.11 m (6 ft 11 in)Kentucky Wesleyan
PF14Roland van den Bergh24 – (1959-01-06)6 January 19592.05 m (6 ft 9 in)Elmex Leiden
C15Rob van Essen26 – (1956-09-16)16 September 19562.05 m (6 ft 9 in)Kuipers
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

Poland

Poland men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
G4Dariusz Zelig25 – (1957-11-22)22 November 19571.92 m (6 ft 4 in)Śląsk Wrocław
5Stanisław Reschke
G6Stanisław Kiełbik
PG7Eugeniusz Kijewski28 – (1955-04-25)25 April 19551.86 m (6 ft 1 in)PBG Poznań
C8Jarosław Jęchorek21 – (1961-05-31)31 May 1961
PF9Jerzy Binkowski23 – (1959-06-12)12 June 19592.06 m (6 ft 9 in)Gwardia Wrocław (basketball)
F10Ireneusz Mulak27 – (1956-03-30)30 March 19561.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
C11Justyn Węglorz24 – (1958-05-27)27 May 19582.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
F12Mieczysław Młynarski27 – (1956-05-17)17 May 19561.99 m (6 ft 6 in)Górnik Wałbrzych
C13Zbigniew Bogucki
PG14Ryszard Prostak25 – (1957-08-15)15 August 19571.90 m (6 ft 3 in)Śląsk Wrocław
C15Krzysztof Fikiel25 – (1958-02-03)3 February 19582.06 m (6 ft 9 in)Wisła Kraków
Head coach
  • Jerzy Świątek
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

Soviet Union

Soviet Union men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
PG4Stanislav Yeryomin32 – (1951-02-26)26 February 19511.81 m (5 ft 11 in)PBC CSKA Moscow
PG5Heino Enden23 – (1959-12-13)13 December 19591.96 m (6 ft 5 in)BC Kalev/Cramo
F6Sergei Tarakanov25 – (1958-04-25)25 April 19582.03 m (6 ft 8 in)PBC CSKA Moscow
C7Arvydas Sabonis18 – (1964-12-19)19 December 19642.21 m (7 ft 3 in)BC Žalgiris
PF8Andrey Lopatov26 – (1957-03-12)12 March 19572.05 m (6 ft 9 in)PBC CSKA Moscow
C9Nikolay Deryugin24 – (1959-04-30)30 April 19592.06 m (6 ft 9 in)BC Dinamo Tbilisi
PG10Valdis Valters25 – (1957-08-04)4 August 19571.95 m (6 ft 5 in)BK VEF Rīga
C11Viktor Pankrashkin25 – (1957-12-10)10 December 19572.20 m (7 ft 3 in)PBC CSKA Moscow
PF12Anatoly Myshkin28 – (1954-08-14)14 August 19542.05 m (6 ft 9 in)PBC CSKA Moscow
SF13Sergejus Jovaiša28 – (1954-12-17)17 December 19541.95 m (6 ft 5 in)BC Žalgiris
C14Alexander Belostenny24 – (1959-02-24)24 February 19592.14 m (7 ft 0 in)PBC CSKA Moscow
PG15Valdemaras Chomičius24 – (1959-05-04)4 May 19591.92 m (6 ft 4 in)BC Žalgiris
Head coach
Legend
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    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

West Germany

West Germany men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
PG4Christoph Körner20 – (1962-12-01)1 December 19621.89 m (6 ft 2 in)Bayer Giants Leverkusen
F5Frank Hudson
G6Uwe Brauer20 – (1962-07-11)11 July 19621.92 m (6 ft 4 in)Bayer Giants Leverkusen
G/F7Matthias Strauss27 – (1956-05-24)24 May 19561.94 m (6 ft 4 in)BG Charlottenburg
G8Ulrich Peters25 – (1957-07-02)2 July 19571.94 m (6 ft 4 in)ASC 1846 Göttingen
C9Klaus Zander26 – (1956-09-06)6 September 19562.10 m (6 ft 11 in)BSC Saturn Köln
F10Michael Pappert25 – (1957-08-15)15 August 19572.00 m (6 ft 7 in)BSC Saturn Köln
F11Armin Sowa23 – (1959-08-02)2 August 19592.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
F12Detlef Schrempf20 – (1963-01-21)21 January 19632.06 m (6 ft 9 in)University of Washington
C13Uwe Blab21 – (1962-03-26)26 March 19622.16 m (7 ft 1 in)Indiana University
SF14Lutz Wadehn22 – (1961-02-28)28 February 19612.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
C15Gunther Behnke20 – (1963-01-19)19 January 19632.21 m (7 ft 3 in)Bayer Giants Leverkusen
Head coach
  • Chris Lee
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 May 1983

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