EuroBasket 1961

FIBA EuroBasket 1961
12th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Yugoslavia
Dates	29 April–8 May
Teams	19 (from 30 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Soviet Union (6th title)
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Radivoj Korać (24.0)
Official website
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

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
A1	Poland	England	47:15	31:19	–	78:34
A2	Yugoslavia	Greece	36:27	50:30	–	86:57
A3	England	Yugoslavia	18:49	40:73	–	58:122
A4	Poland	Greece	40:24	37:22	–	77:46
A5	Greece	England	39:25	39:18	–	78:43
A6	Poland	Yugoslavia	34:38	33:34	–	67:72

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

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
B1	East Germany	Hungary	24:40	40:23	–	64:63
B2	Hungary	Finland	34:16	31:42	–	65:58
B3	East Germany	Finland	38:27	39:37	–	77:64

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

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
C1	Belgium	Soviet Union	25:39	23:50	–	48:89
C2	Belgium	Spain	41:29	29:38	–	70:67
C3	Spain	Soviet Union	28:46	21:36	–	49:82

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

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
D1	Israel	West Germany	29:18	41:23	–	70:41
D2	West Germany	Bulgaria	23:32	24:38	–	47:70
D3	Bulgaria	Israel	21:27	27:15	–	48:42

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

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
E1	Sweden	Czechoslovakia	14:29	19:29	–	33:58
E2	Czechoslovakia	Turkey	37:38	33:39	–	70:77
E3	Turkey	Sweden	30:11	25:29	–	55:40

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

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
F1	France	Romania	30:37	36:31	–	66:68
F2	Romania	Netherlands	46:32	38:34	–	84:66
F3	France	Netherlands	48:20	43:34	–	91:54

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

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
1/1	Yugoslavia	East Germany	34:37	48:36	–	82:73
1/2	Poland	Hungary	23:32	20:21	–	43:53
1/3	Soviet Union	Poland	38:26	29:27	–	67:53
1/4	Yugoslavia	Belgium	37:33	48:26	–	85:59
1/5	East Germany	Soviet Union	18:39	22:32	–	40:71
1/6	Belgium	Poland	35:28	31:34	–	66:62
1/7	Yugoslavia	Hungary	37:26	35:40	–	72:66
1/8	Belgium	East Germany	36:34	33:29	–	69:63
1/9	Hungary	Soviet Union	15:44	16:49	–	31:93
1/10	Hungary	Belgium	31:30	28:31	–	59:61
1/11	Poland	East Germany	35:34	47:37	–	82:71
1/12	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union	33:42	25:33	–	58:75

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	395:230	10	+165
2	Yugoslavia	5	4	1	369:340	9	+29
3	Belgium	5	3	2	303:358	8	−55
4	Hungary	5	1	4	272:333	6	−61
5	Poland	5	1	4	307:329	6	−22
6	East Germany	5	1	4	311:367	6	−56

Group 2

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
2/1	Israel	Czechoslovakia	30:27	21:37	–	51:64
2/2	Bulgaria	Turkey	31:28	29:29	–	60:57
2/3	Romania	Israel	32:25	30:17	–	62:42
2/4	Bulgaria	France	22:42	36:29	–	58:71
2/5	Turkey	Romania	26:26	20:24	–	46:50
2/6	France	Israel	25:14	39:27	–	64:41
2/7	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia	35:31	27:29	–	62:60
2/8	Czechoslovakia	Romania	30:31	22:24	–	52:55
2/9	France	Turkey	40:25	34:32	–	74:57
2/10	Czechoslovakia	France	27:28	35:38	–	62:66
2/11	Israel	Turkey	28:14	29:36	–	57:50
2/12	Bulgaria	Romania	34:28	29:23	–	63:51

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

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
1/1	Sweden	Netherlands	26:21	21:27	–	47:48
1/2	West Germany	Sweden	28:16	20:27	–	48:43
1/3	Netherlands	West Germany	24:21	24:25	–	48:46

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	96:93	4	+3
2	West Germany	2	1	1	94:91	3	+3
3	Sweden	2	0	2	90:96	2	−6

Group 2

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
2/1	Finland	England	25:16	46:22	–	71:38
2/2	Greece	Spain	17:37	29:36	–	46:73
2/3	Spain	England	44:24	55:26	–	99:50
2/4	Greece	Finland	40:37	31:40	–	71:77
2/5	Finland	Spain	30:57	23:42	–	53:99

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

13th-16th place classification playoffs

	13th-16th place semifinals				13th place game
	55
	Finland	79
	Netherlands	72
					59
					Spain	61
					Finland	60
					15th place game
	56			58
	Spain	62		Netherlands	56
	West Germany	49			West Germany	53

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
55	Finland	Netherlands	40:35	39:37	–	79:72
56	Spain	West Germany	29:23	33:26	–	62:49
58	Netherlands	West Germany	27:20	29:33	–	56:53
59	Spain	Finland	36:34	25:26	–	61:60

17th-19th place classification playoffs

	17th-19th place semifinals				17th place game
	54
	England	41
	Sweden	70
					57
					Sweden	47
					Greece	60
					19th place game
	Greece			England
	BYE

Match	Team 1	Team 2	1.H.	2.H.	O.T
54	England	Sweden	20:27	21:43	–	41:70
57	Sweden	Greece	24:42	23:18	–	47:60

Final round

Medals Round

	Semi-finals				Final
	64
	Yugoslavia	75
	France	65
					71
					Yugoslavia	53
					Soviet Union	60
					Third place
	65			70
	Soviet Union	77		France	46
	Bulgaria	54			Bulgaria	55

5th-8th place playoffs

	5th-8th place semifinals				5th place game
	61
	Hungary	71
	Romania	60
					69
					Hungary	48
					Czechoslovakia	53
					7th place game
	63			68
	Belgium	65		Romania	71
	Czechoslovakia	74			Belgium	61

9th-12th place playoffs

	9th-12th place semifinals				9th place game
	60
	East Germany	50
	Turkey	63
					67
					Turkey	59
					Poland	74
					11th place game
	62			66
	Poland	74		East Germany	80
	Israel	59			Israel	83

1961 FIBA European Champions
Soviet Union 6th title

Final rankings

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, Aleksander Kandel, Viacheslav Novikov, Albert Valtin (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)

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