1961 edition of the FIBA EuroBasket
International basketball competition
The 1961 FIBA European Championship , commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1961 , was the twelfth
FIBA EuroBasket regional
basketball championship, held by
FIBA Europe . Nineteen national teams affiliated with the
International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The tournament was hosted by
Yugoslavia , and was held at the
Belgrade
City Fair .
First round
Group A
Pos.
Team
Matches
Wins
Losses
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
Losses
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
Losses
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
Losses
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
Losses
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
Losses
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
Classification round
Group 1
Group 2
Pos.
Team
Matches
Wins
Losses
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
13th-16th place classification playoffs
17th-19th place classification playoffs
Final round
Medals round
5th-8th place playoffs
9th-12th place playoffs
Final standings
Host team Yugoslavia—shown here lining up before a game at the tournament—lost the final versus the Soviet Union, finishing EuroBasket 1961 in second place, its first ever medal at a major international competition.
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
France
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Belgium
Poland
Turkey
Israel
East Germany
Spain
Finland
Netherlands
West Germany
Greece
Sweden
England
Team rosters
1. Soviet Union:
Jānis Krūmiņš ,
Gennadi Volnov ,
Valdis Muižnieks ,
Maigonis Valdmanis ,
Viktor Zubkov ,
Armenak Alachachian ,
Yuri Korneev ,
Vladimir Ugrekhelidze ,
Aleksander Petrov ,
Aleksandr Kandel ,
Viacheslav Novikov ,
Albert Valtin (Coach:
Stepan Spandaryan )
2. Yugoslavia:
Radivoj Korać ,
Ivo Daneu ,
Slobodan Gordić ,
Radovan Radović ,
Nemanja Đurić ,
Vital Eiselt ,
Sreten Dragojlović ,
Marjan Kandus ,
Miha Lokar ,
Miodrag Nikolić ,
Zvonko Petričević ,
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
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