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 [ edit ]
Group A [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Group 1 [ edit ]
Group 2 [ edit ]
Classification round [ edit ]
Group 1 [ edit ]
Group 2 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
17th-19th place classification playoffs [ edit ]
Final round [ edit ]
Medals round [ edit ]
5th-8th place playoffs [ edit ]
9th-12th place playoffs [ edit ]
Final standings [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]