FIBA EuroBasket 1961 |
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12th FIBA European Basketball Championship |
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Tournament details |
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Host nation |
Yugoslavia |
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Dates |
29 April–8 May |
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Teams |
19 (from 30 federations) |
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Venues |
1 (in 1 host city) |
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Champions |
Soviet Union (6th title) |
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Tournament leaders |
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Official website |
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EuroBasket 1961 (archive) |
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The 1961 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1961, was the twelfth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Yugoslavia. The event was held at the Beograd City Fair.[1]
First round
Group A
Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Loses | Results | Points | Diff. |
1 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 280:182 | 6 | +98 |
2 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 222:152 | 5 | +70 |
3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 181:206 | 4 | −25 |
4 | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 135:278 | 3 | −143 |
Group B
Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Loses | Results | Points | Diff. |
1 | East Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 141:127 | 4 | +14 |
2 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 128:122 | 3 | +6 |
3 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122:142 | 2 | −20 |
Group C
Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Loses | Results | Points | Diff. |
1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 171:97 | 4 | +74 |
2 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 1 | 118:156 | 3 | −38 |
3 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 116:152 | 2 | −36 |
Group D
Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Loses | Results | Points | Diff. |
1 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 118:89 | 4 | +29 |
2 | Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 112:89 | 3 | +23 |
3 | West Germany | 2 | 0 | 2 | 88:140 | 2 | −52 |
Group E
Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Loses | Results | Points | Diff. |
1 | Turkey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 132:110 | 4 | +22 |
2 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 128:110 | 3 | +18 |
3 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 73:113 | 2 | −40 |
Group F
Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Loses | Results | Points | Diff. |
1 | Romania | 2 | 2 | 0 | 152:132 | 4 | +20 |
2 | France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 157:122 | 3 | +35 |
3 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 2 | 120:175 | 2 | −55 |
Second round
Group 1
Group 2
Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Loses | Results | Points | Diff. |
1 | France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 341:286 | 9 | +55 |
2 | Bulgaria | 5 | 4 | 1 | 291:281 | 9 | +10 |
3 | Romania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 286:269 | 9 | +17 |
4 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 308:311 | 6 | −3 |
5 | Turkey | 5 | 1 | 4 | 287:311 | 6 | −24 |
6 | Israel | 5 | 1 | 4 | 233:288 | 6 | −55 |
Classification Round
Group 1
Group 2
Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Loses | Results | Points | Diff. |
1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 271:149 | 6 | +122 |
2 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 201:208 | 5 | −7 |
3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 195:193 | 4 | +2 |
4 | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 131:248 | 3 | −117 |
Places 13 – 16
Places 17 – 19
Final round
Finals
Places 5 – 8
Places 9 – 12
Final rankings
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Soviet Union
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Yugoslavia
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Bulgaria
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France
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Czechoslovakia
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Hungary
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Romania
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Belgium
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Poland
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Turkey
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Israel
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East Germany
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Spain
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Finland
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Netherlands
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West Germany
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Greece
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Sweden
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England
Team rosters
1. Soviet Union: JÄnis KrÅ«miņš, Gennadi Volnov, Valdis Muižnieks, Maigonis Valdmanis, Viktor Zubkov, Armenak Alachachian, Yuri Korneev, Vladimir Ugrekhelidze, Aleksander Petrov, Aleksander Kandel, Viacheslav Novikov, Albert Valtin (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)
2. Yugoslavia: Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu, Slobodan Gordić, Radovan Radović, Nemanja Äurić, Vital Eiselt, Sreten Dragojlović, Marjan Kandus, Miha Lokar, Miodrag Nikolić, Zvonko PetriÄević, Željko Troskot (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)
3. Bulgaria: Viktor Radev, Mincho Dimov, Ljubomir Panov, Georgi Panov, Atanas Atanasov, Ilija Mirchev, Petko Lazarov, Tsvetko Savov, Khristo Tsvetkov, Khristo Donev, Radko Zlatev, Stefan Stojkov (Coach: Veselin Temkov)
4. France: Jean-Paul Beugnot, Henri Grange, Christian Baltzer, Bernard Mayeur, Michel Rat, Lucien Sedat, Jerome Christ, Michel House, Michel le Ray, Andre Goisbault, Jean-Claude Vergne, Andre Souvre (Coach: André Buffière)
References