EuroBasket 1983
The 1983 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1983, was the 23rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 26 May to 4 June 1983 in France. Italy defeated Spain in the final to win its first title.
Venues
| Location | Picture | City | Arena | Capacity | Status | Round |
| Caen | Palais de Sports | 2,590 | Group B | |||
| Limoges | Palais des Sports de Beaublanc | 6,500 | Opened in 1981 | Group A | ||
| Nantes | Palais des Sports de Beaulieu | 5,500 | Opened in 1973 | Knockout rounds and qualification rounds |
Qualification
A total of twelve teams qualified for the tournament. To the top eight teams from the previous tournament, four more teams were granted berths via a qualifying tournament.- Top eight teams from Eurobasket 1981:
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- Top four teams from the qualifying stage:
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Squads
Format
- The teams were split in two groups of six teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff.
- The third and fourth teams from each group competed in the same manner in a separate bracket to define places 5th through 8th in the final standings. The same was done with the last two teams from each group to define 9th through 12th place.
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Classification rounds
9th to 12th place
5th to 8th place
Championship bracket
Awards
| All-Tournament Team |
 Juan Antonio Corbalán |
 Nikos Galis |
| Juan Antonio San Epifanio |
 Stanislav Kropilák |
 Arvydas Sabonis |
Final standings
| Carlo Caglieris Alberto Tonut Marco Bonamico Enrico Gilardi Ario Costa Roberto Brunamonti Renato Villalta Dino Meneghin Antonello Riva Renzo Vecchiato Pierluigi Marzorati Romeo Sacchetti | Fernando Arcega Joan Creus Chicho Sibilio Josep Maria Margall Andrés Jiménez Fernando Romay Fernando Martín Juan Antonio Corbalán Ignacio Solozábal Juan Domingo de la Cruz Juan Manuel López Iturriaga Juan Antonio San Epifanio | Stanislav Erëmin Heino Enden Sergei Tarakanov Arvydas Sabonis Andrej Lopatov Nik'oloz Deriugini Valdis Valters Viktor Pankraškin Anatolij Myškin Sergėjus Jovaiša Oleksandr Bjelostjennyj Valdemaras Chomičius | René Ridderhof Ronald Schilp Randy Wiel Mitchell Plaat Jelle Esveldt Al Faber Jos Kuipers Dan Cramer Cock van de Lagemaat Henk Pieterse Roland van den Bergh Rob van Essen |