USSR vs Yugoslavia - Men's Basketball Final - Seoul 1988 Olympic Games
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The stage was set. Yugoslavia had beaten Australia, while the USSR had won against the reigning champions team USA in the semi-finals.
The two final teams had already met in their very first match in the 1988 Summer Games. In that Group B match, the Yugoslavian team had won by 92 -- 79. But now the stakes were higher with the Seoul 1988 Olympic gold medal to be won.
Yugoslavia, led by Moscow 1980 Olympic gold medalist Drazen Petrovic, had an impressive start getting to a 24 - 12 lead before the end of the first half. However, The USSR weren't going to give away the gold medal that easily and, by half-time, had taken the lead in to their hands with a 31 -- 26 score.
Back in the game and ahead in the scoreboard, the Soviet team kept its cool in the second half. With Sharunas Marchulionis and Arvydas Sabonis scoring over 20 points each, the USSR maintained a minimum 9 points lead until the final 76 -- 63 score gave them their second Olympic gold medal.
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Imagine if the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia hadn’t dissolved??? The amount of talent both teams would have in today’s world would be amazing.
@jasonmacaraig
3 жыл бұрын
If so, as of 2021: Yugo will have Luka, Bogdan, and Jokic USSR will have KP, Domantas Sabonis, and Valanciunas
@allengreene9954
2 жыл бұрын
@@jasonmacaraig Also Bertrans from the Wizards for the USSR.
@EsatS-mc2df
6 ай бұрын
SSSR had only Sabonis in his prime...Yugoslavia was far better in everything else...With today's players like Doncic Jokic Bogdanovic Nurkic etc Yugoslavia would be an absolute world champion..
@EsatS-mc2df
6 ай бұрын
SSSR constantly lose every single game against Yugoslavia for almost 30 years..Even with Sabonis, they barely had 2 victories just like an accident, and lost every time..Our champion Cibona beat Zhalgiris Champion of SSSR with Sabonis Kurtinaitis and Marchulionis all the time.....
@sergeontheloose
4 ай бұрын
@@EsatS-mc2df Are you kidding? Volkov, Belostennyi - Ukrainians all in their prime, Marceulonis, Khomicus, Kurtinaitis - Lithuanians all in their prime in 1988, Sokk - the best Estonian basketball player of all time - also in his prime, Tikhonenko - the Russian also in his prime. How Yugoslavia was better if they lost this Olympic final?
it feels weird to watch highlights of a match between two states that don't exist anymore
@KaiserWilhelm-rc6rx
Жыл бұрын
Hahajaja
@altheamantes2041
Жыл бұрын
@@KaiserWilhelm-rc6rx huh
@altheamantes2041
Жыл бұрын
What
@KaiserWilhelm-rc6rx
Жыл бұрын
@@altheamantes2041 why I just laughed
@gabraham12
Жыл бұрын
Because of the USA.
Arvydas Sabonis one of the greatest ever! 🇱🇹
We missed Yugoslavia.. As the Slavic anthem says "It will live for ages" Sadly, It don't.
@goodbyenightguys6987
3 жыл бұрын
Syeles did russian are slavic people to?
Yugoslavia and urss thé two best country in fiba basketball history
Russian Slavic American here, that was the biggest upset at the time. Yugoslavia had Vlade DIvac 7 foot Center for the Lakers who won multiple championships. In the group stages, Yugoslavia beat the same USSR team 92-79. USSR was lead by a healthy NBA Portland Trailblazers 7'3 Arvydas-Romas Sabonis. If he would not have torn his ACL, some say he would have been the next Larry Bird.
El mejor partido de la historia del basket europeo, por la calidad de sus plantillas. No faltó nadie por lesión y era una final.
@marcdunord
Жыл бұрын
faltaba katchenko... pero almenos volvio' gomelski despues del bakunin del 1986...
nice to see a battle between two of my favorite European Players of All-Time....Arvydas Sabonis V.S. Drazen Petrovic
@mikejohnson6471
4 жыл бұрын
And Vlade Divac as well that Yugoslavia team was stacked! Btw Arvidas Sabonis vs Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovic.
@conflicto7575
3 жыл бұрын
@@mikejohnson6471 divac vs sabonis...marceliunis vs petrovic
When the USSR won the gold, from that moment USA decided to field NBA Players thus forming the Dream Team in Barcelona '92 and dominated ever since except 2004.
@meelo89
Күн бұрын
Yeah dominating because Yugoslavia fell apart, otherwise it would not be that smooth. Imagine Yugoslavia now with Jokić, Dončić, Bogdan Bogdanović, Bojan Bogdanović, Dragić, Zubac etc. USA barely won against Serbia alone a couple of days ago in the semifinals of the Olympics. Imagine adding only Dončić, who ethnically is a Serb but raised in Slovenia, to that team. Game over.
the 2012 usa dream team will have a hard time against these two great european teams
@drippyproductions6797
3 жыл бұрын
You better stop
''Yugoslavia, led by Moscow 1980 Olympic gold medalist Drazen Petrovic..'' that is not true info..Drazen Petrovic din't play in Moscow olympics, he started from Los Angeles 84 and finished in Barcelona 92,scoring three medals (one bronze and silver twice)
Que final.....cuanta historia en ese partido, URSS vs YUGOSLAVIA, Divac y Petrovic eran muy amigos y la guerra los separó....por ahí con la 7 estaba Kukoc muy joven, luego ganó todo en la NBA con los Chicago Bulls de M.J. la URSS en semifinal dejó afuera a EEUU, luego al dividirse, perdieron potencial y EEUU empezó a llevar jugadores profesionales y en 1992 apareció el Dream Team.
Che bei Tempi quando c'era l'Urss
Look at how stacked that Yugoslavia team was Drazen Petrovic vs Arvidas Sabonis. When Sebonis was in his 2nd year of the NBA, he took Portland to the NBA Finals but they fell short to Michael Jordan, Scotty Pippen and the mighty Chicago Bulls. We all thought he was going to be the next Larry Bird. However, injuries to both of his knees, multiple ACL tears and back problems slowed down his career. On top of that he had to play some time in Europe before he moved to USA Portland. Had Sabonis started his career in the NBA and did not get hurt, he would have gone down as another Dirk Norwitzki. He still had a good pro career and a very long career but injuries slowed him down, he could have been a hall of famer easily.
@abifan1021
4 жыл бұрын
Sabonis didn't play in the NBA until the '96 season. He didn't "take them to the Finals against the mighty Bulls." Where do you get this nonsense?
@thanasisb6527
3 жыл бұрын
Sabas is already a hall of famer.
other dream team
Видел Сабониса и трёх Гомельских но мне тогда показалось что было только два . Они отправились на рыбалку летом в Эстонии Клоогоранну - всё переименовали и вот называется по новому.
They are the best
Yugo youngsters came back and smacked the Soviets at the world's in 1990 Argentina. Won the Euro Basket 89 prior, Plavi YU 💙💙💙
Kkkk. The soviet coach flying was cool😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
Upload that game complete
When Russia and Serbia face each other in either Eurobasket or World Cup it reminds me of both defunct states
7L00 haha you're right. But if those two countries didn't separate , those teams would be on the top.
CCCP...Col Ca..o Che Perdiamo :-)
I was hoping Yugoslavia would beat USSR!
@mikejohnson6471
5 жыл бұрын
Yugoslavia actually beat USSR in the group stages 92-79(Russian Slav American here nice to meet you). This was considered a huge upset, the biggest at the time, next to USSR beating USA. If Yugoslavia/Serbia played USSR/Russia 10 times, they would have won nine but on that night USSR was on fire and they were a team of destiny. They did not have the talent that Yugoslavia had but they played well as a team. USSR had one NBA play, Trailblazers 7'3 Arvydas-Romas Sabonis. If he would not have torn his ACL, some say he would have been the next Larry Bird. When he was healthy, he was scoring over 20 points a game 10 rebounds, helped take Portland to an NBA finals but they lost to Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls. There was so much talent on both of those teams but overall Yugoslavia had more.
@rastalion3516
5 жыл бұрын
Mike Johnson They also had Sarunas Marciulionis, one of the greatest Euro players of all-time
@onuraksaray8335
4 жыл бұрын
@@mikejohnson6471 yugoslavia/serbia and ussr/russia ?? wait a minute there were only one or two players of russian origin in that ussr team and the most dominant scorer players in the yugoslav team were croats.
@EsatS-mc2df
6 ай бұрын
@@onuraksaray8335 About Serbia...The best Serbian players are originally from Bosnia or Montenegro. By some statistics, Bosnians and Montenegrins are among the tallest people in the world...All 7 Yugoslavian republics now independent countries are very small.. like Slovenia 2 million or Montenegro 750 000 ..They may have fantastic players like Luka Doncic [Slovenia] but none of those 7 republic-states can't be a world champion by itself,, Tiny Slovenia was the European Champion with a population of 2 million only.... Yugoslavia was a small country with 20 million people
Jugoslavia was better divac rada kukoc petrovic.i dont how lose this game
@mathcj7219
3 жыл бұрын
they put ten points of advantage more then sabonis started to block the Yugoslav attacks and score points and that shook the Yugoslavs Who started to miss many attacks The divac for example makes a beautiful skill Go free to make the two points more wrong , the type of the game was also not uncommon two years before at the 1986 FIBA World Cup where the USSR lost to the United States 87-85, the Yugoslavia in the semifinals lost again to turning points with the Soviets scoring 3 or 4 3-point in 40 seconds
@master-kq3nw
3 жыл бұрын
@@mathcj7219 yugoslavia 1988 was strong team but .sabonis help sssr in defense
@Atom_gun
Жыл бұрын
Lithuanians are better
@Fa69274
Жыл бұрын
Too young
@master-kq3nw
Жыл бұрын
i was 6 yrs back then jugoslavija was fantastic basketball 1986 - 1991
Ussr-Russia