Yugoslavia won the trophy for third time in a row.

Twenty-four national teams entered the qualifying round.

Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Turkey, Macedonia and France.

The three top teams of each group joined Yugoslavia (title holder), Greece (runner-up) and Latvia (host) in the final tournament.

Stefan Majstorović, Mlađen Šljivančanin, Vukašin Aleksić, Srđan Živković, Dušan Vučićević, Vladimir Micov, Veljko Tomović, Darko Miličić, Vladimir Mašulović, Kosta Perović, Milovan Raković, and Luka Bogdanović.