European Championship 1969 (Qualifying Stage)

XVI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (NAPOLI 1969)

QUALIFYING STAGE

(From 9-05-1969 to 25-05-1969)

QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENTS

Stockholm (SWEDEN)

(From 9-05-1969 to 13-05-1969)

Haarlem (NETHERLANDS)

(From 14-05-1969 to 18-05-1969)

Mataró (SPAIN)

(From 14-05-1969 to 18-05-1969)

Competition Day 1

Denmark - Czechoslovakia

55-82 (24-48)

England - Yugoslavia

69-114 (27-57)

Spain - Switzerland

93-52 (37-24)

Sweden - Iceland

79-51 (30-26)

Netherlands - Romania

69-80 (42-36)

UAR - Belgium

62-70 (29-34)

Competition Day 2

Czechoslovakia - Iceland

123-63 (59-31)

Romania - Scotland

98-44 (36-21)

Switzerland - Belgium

48-79 (24-40)

Denmark - Sweden

70-82 (34-40)

England - Netherlands

72-87 (30-49)

Bulgaria - UAR

77-61 (35-35)

Competition Day 3

Iceland - Denmark

51-49 (27-20)

Yugoslavia - Scotland

108-47 (50-17)

Spain - Belgium

78-64 (39-23)

Sweden - Czechoslovakia

64-78 (24-38)

Romania - England

91-61 (41-27)

Bulgaria - Switzerland

93-60 (39-17)

STANDING	P	W	L	P
1. Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	6
2. Sweden	3	2	1	4
3. Iceland	3	1	2	2
4. Denmark	3	0	3	0

* NOTE: GDR, originally drafted in this group, withdrew before the competition.

Competition Day 4

Scotland - England

53-71 (24-33)

Belgium - Bulgaria

67-88 (30-41)

Netherlands - Yugoslavia

65-81 (36-33)

UAR - Spain

42-91 (18-46)

Competition Day 5

Scotland - Netherlands

76-103 (29-53)

Switzerland - UAR

61-77 (27-35)

Yugoslavia - Romania

69-55 (35-25)

Spain - Bulgaria

72-68 (40-25)

STANDING	P	W	L	P
1. Yugoslavia	4	4	0	8
2. Romania	4	3	1	6
3. Netherlands	4	2	2	4
4. England	4	1	3	2
5. Scotland	4	0	4	0

STANDING	P	W	L	P
1. Spain	4	4	0	8
2. Bulgaria	4	3	1	6
3. Belgium	4	2	2	4
4. UAR (present Egypt)	4	1	3	2
5. Switzerland	4	0	4	0

Thessaloníkê (GREECE)

(From 21-05-1969 to 25-05-1969)

Budapest (HUNGARY)

(From 21-05-1969 to 25-05-1969)

Competition Day 1

Greece - FRG

69-65 (31-27;55-55)

France - Albania

71-59 (38-28)

Israel - Finland

69-52 (26-32)

Turkey - Hungary

58-69 (23-36)

Competition Day 2

Austria - FRG

82-75 (42-25)

Albania - Poland

57-91 (33-46)

Greece - Finland

68-62 (33-28)

Turkey - France

72-67 (38-34)

Competition Day 3

FRG - Finland

74-60 (33-24)

Poland - Turkey

79-65 (45-31)

Austria - Israel

73-85 (35-44)

France - Hungary

62-69 (32-37)

Competition Day 4

Greece - Austria

60-66 (27-36)

Hungary - Albania

61-54 (29-20)

Israel - FRG

76-50 (36-18)

France - Poland

61-66 (32-33)

Competition Day 5

Finland - Austria

53-63 (24-24)

Albania - Turkey

56-81 (32-39)

Greece - Israel

70-66 (32-31)

Poland - Hungary

84-74 (35-33)

STANDING	P	W	L	P
1. Israel	4	3	1	6
2. Greece	4	3	1	6
3. Austria	4	3	1	6
4. FRG	4	1	3	2
5. Finland	4	0	4	0

STANDING	P	W	L	P
1. Poland	4	4	0	8
2. Hungary	4	3	1	6
3. Turkey	4	2	2	4
4. France	4	1	3	2
5. Albania	4	0	4	0

Byes: Soviet Union (title holder), Italy (host).

::::: FINAL STAGE :::::

GAME DETAILS (SPAIN)

QUALIFYING ROUND
VENUE: Palacio de Deportes (Mataró) DATE: 14-05-1969 (19:30 h) ATTENDANCE: xxx REFEREES: Francesco Bianchi (ITA), Paul de Coster (BEL) FOULED OUT: Margall (39’)
	Spain - Switzerland
	93-52 (37-24)
Spain (coach: Antonio Díaz Miguel) Juan Martínez (4), José Luis Sagi-Vela (13), Wayne Brabender (20), Clifford Luyk (2), Enrique Margall (9); Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo (10), Vicente Ramos (4), Víctor Escorial (12), Emiliano Rodríguez (-), Nino Buscató (4), Lorenzo Alocén (9), Alfonso Martínez (6)
Switzerland (coach: Antoine Schneider) Jean-Pierre Fornerone (3), Fritz Hänger (12), Dominique Currat (2), Erich Kund (9), Peter Kiener (10); Marc Dizerens (6), Jean-Pierre Baillif (-), Philippe Crottaz (-), René Boillat (-), Christoph Hänger (-), Georges Nicolet (-), Michel Wyder (10)

QUALIFYING ROUND
VENUE: Palacio de Deportes (Mataró) DATE: 16-05-1969 (19:30 h) ATTENDANCE: xxx REFEREES: Robert Blanchard (FRA), Francesco Bianchi (ITA) FOULED OUT: Margall (38’), Martínez Arroyo (40’) [Incidents: The actual score at the end of regulation was 78-62, but the Belgian team received by mistake two more points in the second half, and this was the score registered in the official report.]
	Spain - Belgium
	78-64 (39-23)
Spain (coach: Antonio Díaz Miguel) Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo (4), Wayne Brabender (-), Emiliano Rodríguez (29), Clifford Luyk (19), Enrique Margall (6); Juan Martínez (-), José Luis Sagi-Vela (12), Vicente Ramos (2), Víctor Escorial (2), Nino Buscató (-), Lorenzo Alocén (2), Alfonso Martínez (2)
Belgium (coach: René Mol) Théo Hillen (6), René Aerts (-), Lucien Michelet (6), Lucien van Kersschaever (11), Guido Scholiers (-); André Sterckendries (6), Willy Ivens (11), Ronny Kuyl (2), Robert van Herzele (2), Gilbert Vroonen (5), Théo van Oekelen (10), Pieter de Belder (5)

QUALIFYING ROUND
VENUE: Palacio de Deportes (Mataró) DATE: 17-05-1969 (21:00 h) ATTENDANCE: xxx REFEREES: Paul de Coster (BEL), Asen Popovich (BUL) FOULED OUT: Baghdadi (23’) / Alocén (40’)
	UAR - Spain
	42-91 (18-46)
UAR (coach: Mahmoud Abdulkheir) Talaat Tawfiq Mohammed (2), El-Sayed Tawfiq el-Sayed (12), Ali Maher Abouaouf (12), Mustafa Hassan Ragab (8), Farouq Ibrahim Baghdadi (-); Mohammed Talaat el-Geneidy (-), Ahmed Mohammed Abbas (-), Adel Hassan Sharaf (3), Mohammed Sami Salah (-), Hanafi Hussein Moursi (-), Adel Abdelfatah Mohammed (1), Sherif Fouad Aboulkheir (4)
Spain (coach: Antonio Díaz Miguel) Vicente Ramos (4), Nino Buscató (4), José Luis Sagi-Vela (16), Clifford Luyk (18), Alfonso Martínez (11); Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo (-), Juan Martínez (10), Enrique Margall (6), Wayne Brabender (-), Víctor Escorial (13), Emiliano Rodríguez (-), Lorenzo Alocén (9)

QUALIFYING ROUND
VENUE: Palacio de Deportes (Mataró) DATE: 18-05-1969 (12:00 h) ATTENDANCE: xxx REFEREES: Robert Blanchard (FRA), Paul de Coster (BEL) FOULED OUT: Margall (28’), Martínez Arroyo (32’) / Dimov (39’)
	Spain - Bulgaria
	72-68 (40-25)
Spain (coach: Antonio Díaz Miguel) Juan Antonio Martínez Arroyo (4), Nino Buscató (10), Emiliano Rodríguez (22), Clifford Luyk (24), Enrique Margall (-); Vicente Ramos (-), Juan Martínez (-), Wayne Brabender (-), Víctor Escorial (-), José Luis Sagi-Vela (2), Lorenzo Alocén (6), Alfonso Martínez (4)
Bulgaria (coach: Dimităr Mitev) Dimităr Gălăbov (-), Georgi Khristov (15), Valentin Spasov (4), Bogomil Chanev (4), Rumen Pejchev (2); Pando Pandov (8), Khristo Dojchinov (5), Stefan Filipov (-), Mincho Dimov (11), Docho Iliev (-), Temelaki Dimitrov (13), Bojcho Brănzov (6)

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