AUSTRIA: GREECE DEFEATS EAST GERMANY IN PLAYDOWNS TO EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Record ID: 647054

  • Title: AUSTRIA: GREECE DEFEATS EAST GERMANY IN PLAYDOWNS TO EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
  • Date: 18th May 1973
  • Summary: 1. MV Play, Greece in dark colour attacking. No. 15 tries for basket, misses, rebound put in by No. 4, game continues with East Germany attacking 0.35 2. MV Greece retake ball & score by No. 15 0.40 3. MV Play continues, East Germany attacking, basket scored 0.54 4. CU Greek player dribbling up court, play around East German basket & attempt for goal 1.22 Initials ESP/1414 ESP/1432 SPORT: BASKETBALL Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 2nd June 1973 13:00
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  • Location: VIENNA, AUSTRIA
  • Country: Austria
  • Reuters ID: LVA6M1UI0H3XE2ADTL0J6LXYM51S
  • Story Text: In final round elimination play for the European basketball championships in Vienna on Thursday (17 May), Greece defeated East Germany, 76 points to 58.

    The smaller Greek team dominated play around the East German basket, especially taking advantage of rebounds.

    Stefanos Yiatzoglou for Greece was one of the outstanding players, sinking several long baskets past the disorganised East German defenders.

    France, Turkey, Greece, Israel, East and West Germany were meeting in Vienna's Stadthalle to determine which teams would meet the 8 division teams in Barcelona, Spain, for the finals of the championship.
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