EuroBasket 1961
Tournament details
Host countryYugoslavia
CityBelgrade
Dates29 April - 8 May
Teams19
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (6th title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Bulgaria
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
MVPSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać
Top scorerSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać
(24.0 points per game)

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

Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
A1 Poland England47:1531:19 78:34
A2 Yugoslavia Greece36:2750:30 86:57
A3 England Yugoslavia18:4940:73 58:122
A4 Poland Greece40:2437:22 77:46
A5 Greece England39:2539:18 78:43
A6 Poland Yugoslavia34:3833:34 67:72
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1 Yugoslavia330280:1826+98
2 Poland321222:1525+70
3 Greece312181:2064−25
4 England303135:2783−143

Group B

Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
B1 East Germany Hungary24:4040:23 64:63
B2 Hungary Finland34:1631:42 65:58
B3 East Germany Finland38:2739:37 77:64
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1 East Germany220141:1274+14
2 Hungary211128:1223+6
3 Finland202122:1422−20

Group C

Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
C1 Belgium Soviet Union25:3923:50 48:89
C2 Belgium Spain41:2929:38 70:67
C3 Spain Soviet Union28:4621:36 49:82
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1 Soviet Union220171:974+74
2 Belgium211118:1563−38
3 Spain202116:1522−36

Group D

Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
D1 Israel West Germany29:1841:23 70:41
D2 West Germany Bulgaria23:3224:38 47:70
D3 Bulgaria Israel21:2727:15 48:42
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1 Bulgaria220118:894+29
2 Israel211112:893+23
3 West Germany20288:1402−52

Group E

Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
E1 Sweden Czechoslovakia14:2919:29 33:58
E2 Czechoslovakia Turkey37:3833:39 70:77
E3 Turkey Sweden30:1125:29 55:40
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1 Turkey220132:1104+22
2 Czechoslovakia211128:1103+18
3 Sweden20273:1132−40

Group F

Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
F1 France Romania30:3736:31 66:68
F2 Romania Netherlands46:3238:34 84:66
F3 France Netherlands48:2043:34 91:54
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1 Romania220152:1324+20
2 France211157:1223+35
3 Netherlands202120:1752−55

Second round

Group 1

Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
1/1 Yugoslavia East Germany34:3748:36 82:73
1/2 Poland Hungary23:3220:21 43:53
1/3 Soviet Union Poland38:2629:27 67:53
1/4 Yugoslavia Belgium37:3348:26 85:59
1/5 East Germany Soviet Union18:3922:32 40:71
1/6 Belgium Poland35:2831:34 66:62
1/7 Yugoslavia Hungary37:2635:40 72:66
1/8 Belgium East Germany36:3433:29 69:63
1/9 Hungary Soviet Union15:4416:49 31:93
1/10 Hungary Belgium31:3028:31 59:61
1/11 Poland East Germany35:3447:37 82:71
1/12 Yugoslavia Soviet Union33:4225:33 58:75
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1 Soviet Union550395:23010+165
2 Yugoslavia541369:3409+29
3 Belgium532303:3588−55
4 Hungary514272:3336−61
5 Poland514307:3296−22
6 East Germany514311:3676−56

Group 2

Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
2/1 Israel Czechoslovakia30:2721:37 51:64
2/2 Bulgaria Turkey31:2829:29 60:57
2/3 Romania Israel32:2530:17 62:42
2/4 Bulgaria France22:4236:29 58:71
2/5 Turkey Romania26:2620:24 46:50
2/6 France Israel25:1439:27 64:41
2/7 Bulgaria Czechoslovakia35:3127:29 62:60
2/8 Czechoslovakia Romania30:3122:24 52:55
2/9 France Turkey40:2534:32 74:57
2/10 Czechoslovakia France27:2835:38 62:66
2/11 Israel Turkey28:1429:36 57:50
2/12 Bulgaria Romania34:2829:23 63:51
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1 France541341:2869+55
2 Bulgaria541291:2819+10
3 Romania541286:2699+17
4 Czechoslovakia514308:3116−3
5 Turkey514287:3116−24
6 Israel514233:2886−55

Classification round

Group 1

Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
1/1 Sweden Netherlands26:2121:27 47:48
1/2 West Germany Sweden28:1620:27 48:43
1/3 Netherlands West Germany24:2124:25 48:46
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1 Netherlands22096:934+3
2 West Germany21194:913+3
3 Sweden20290:962−6

Group 2

Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
2/1 Finland England25:1646:22 71:38
2/2 Greece Spain17:3729:36 46:73
2/3 Spain England44:2455:26 99:50
2/4 Greece Finland40:3731:40 71:77
2/5 Finland Spain30:5723:42 53:99
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1 Spain330271:1496+122
2 Finland321201:2085−7
3 Greece312195:1934+2
4 England303131:2483−117

13th-16th place classification playoffs

 
13th-16th place semifinals13th place game
 
      
 
55
 
 
 Finland79
 
59
 
 Netherlands72
 
 Spain61
 
56
 
 Finland60
 
 Spain62
 
 
 West Germany49
 
15th place game
 
 
58
 
 
 Netherlands56
 
 
 West Germany53
Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
55 Finland Netherlands40:3539:37 79:72
56 Spain West Germany29:2333:26 62:49
58 Netherlands West Germany27:2029:33 56:53
59 Spain Finland36:3425:26 61:60

17th-19th place classification playoffs

 
17th-19th place semifinals17th place game
 
      
 
54
 
 
 England41
 
57
 
 Sweden70
 
 Sweden47
 
 
 
 Greece60
 
 Greece
 
 
BYE
 
19th place game
 
 
 
 
 
 England
 
 
 
Match Team 1 Team 2 1.H. 2.H. O.T
54 England Sweden20:2721:43 41:70
57 Sweden Greece24:4223:18 47:60

Final round

Medals round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
64
 
 
 Yugoslavia75
 
71
 
 France65
 
 Yugoslavia53
 
65
 
 Soviet Union60
 
 Soviet Union77
 
 
 Bulgaria54
 
Third place
 
 
70
 
 
 France46
 
 
 Bulgaria55

5th-8th place playoffs

 
5th-8th place semifinals5th place game
 
      
 
61
 
 
 Hungary71
 
69
 
 Romania60
 
 Hungary48
 
63
 
 Czechoslovakia53
 
 Belgium65
 
 
 Czechoslovakia74
 
7th place game
 
 
68
 
 
 Romania71
 
 
 Belgium61

9th-12th place playoffs

 
9th-12th place semifinals9th place game
 
      
 
60
 
 
 East Germany50
 
67
 
 Turkey63
 
 Turkey59
 
62
 
 Poland74
 
 Poland74
 
 
 Israel59
 
11th place game
 
 
66
 
 
 East Germany80
 
 
 Israel83
 1961 FIBA EuroBasket champions 

Soviet Union
6th title

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.
  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Yugoslavia
  3.  Bulgaria
  4.  France
  5.  Czechoslovakia
  6.  Hungary
  7.  Romania
  8.  Belgium
  9.  Poland
  10.  Turkey
  11.  Israel
  12.  East Germany
  13.  Spain
  14.  Finland
  15.  Netherlands
  16.  West Germany
  17.  Greece
  18.  Sweden
  19.  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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