The twenty first 1979 Balkan basketball tournament was held in Athens, Greece. Five national teams from Balkan area took part in the competition.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Greece	Yugoslavia	Turkey

Results

14.09 Greece-Turkey 92-71(40-44)
14.09 Bulgaria-Romania 84-91(37-52)
15.09 Greece-Romania 71-64(44-24)
15.09 Turkey-Yugoslavia 62-88(36-41)
16.09 Turkey-Romania 75-72(34-32)
16.09 Bulgaria-Yugoslavia 64-87(36-47)
17.09 Greece-Bulgaria 64-62(34-31)
17.09 Romania-Yugoslavia 60-82(26-37)
18.09 Greece-Yugoslavia 66-62(26-35)
18.09 Turkey-Bulgaria 79-66(48-30)

Final rankings

Position	Team	G	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	Greece	4	4	0	293	259	+34
2	Yugoslavia	4	3	1	319	252	+67
3	Turkey	4	2	2	287	318	-31
4	Romania	4	1	3	287	312	-25
5	Bulgaria	4	0	4	276	321	-45

External links

• Τι έγινε στις 20 προηγούμενες βαλκανιάδες - Αθλητική Ηχώ 14/9/1979, σελ.5^{[dead link]}
• ALBANIAN BASKET IN INTERNATIONAL FIELD
• Delo newspaper
• Slobodna Dalmacija newspaper
• Milliyet newspaper
• Cumhuriyet newspaper
• Romanian newspaper
• Greek games in 1979

Sources

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• Milivoje Karalejić, Saša Jakovljević, Žarko Kandić, Vladimir Stanković, Milan Tasić, Ivica Mihajlović. Košarkaška enciklopedija 1946-2000 : muške reprezentacije (2001) ISBN 978-86-82989-03-5
• 100 χρόνια Μπάσκετ 1891–1991, Περιοδικό Τρίποντο, 1991