Tournament details | |
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Host country | Yugoslavia |
City | Belgrade |
Dates | 29 April - 8 May |
Teams | 19 |
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 | |
MVP | Radivoj Korać |
Top scorer | 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.
Match | Team 1 | Team 2 | 1.H. | 2.H. | O.T | |
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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 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Match | Team 1 | Team 2 | 1.H. | 2.H. | O.T | |
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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 | 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 |
Match | Team 1 | Team 2 | 1.H. | 2.H. | O.T | |
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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 | 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 |
Match | Team 1 | Team 2 | 1.H. | 2.H. | O.T | |
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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 | 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 |
Match | Team 1 | Team 2 | 1.H. | 2.H. | O.T | |
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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 | 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 |
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 | Losses | 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 |
Match | Team 1 | Team 2 | 1.H. | 2.H. | O.T | |
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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 | Losses | 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 |
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 | Losses | 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 |
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 | 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 semifinals | 13th place game | |||||
55 | ||||||
Finland | 79 | |||||
59 | ||||||
Netherlands | 72 | |||||
Spain | 61 | |||||
56 | ||||||
Finland | 60 | |||||
Spain | 62 | |||||
West Germany | 49 | |||||
15th place game | ||||||
58 | ||||||
Netherlands | 56 | |||||
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 semifinals | 17th place game | |||||
54 | ||||||
England | 41 | |||||
57 | ||||||
Sweden | 70 | |||||
Sweden | 47 | |||||
Greece | 60 | |||||
Greece | ||||||
BYE | ||||||
19th place game | ||||||
England | ||||||
Match | Team 1 | Team 2 | 1.H. | 2.H. | O.T | |
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54 | England | Sweden | 20:27 | 21:43 | – | 41:70 |
57 | Sweden | Greece | 24:42 | 23:18 | – | 47:60 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
64 | ||||||
Yugoslavia | 75 | |||||
71 | ||||||
France | 65 | |||||
Yugoslavia | 53 | |||||
65 | ||||||
Soviet Union | 60 | |||||
Soviet Union | 77 | |||||
Bulgaria | 54 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
70 | ||||||
France | 46 | |||||
Bulgaria | 55 |
5th-8th place semifinals | 5th place game | |||||
61 | ||||||
Hungary | 71 | |||||
69 | ||||||
Romania | 60 | |||||
Hungary | 48 | |||||
63 | ||||||
Czechoslovakia | 53 | |||||
Belgium | 65 | |||||
Czechoslovakia | 74 | |||||
7th place game | ||||||
68 | ||||||
Romania | 71 | |||||
Belgium | 61 |
9th-12th place semifinals | 9th place game | |||||
60 | ||||||
East Germany | 50 | |||||
67 | ||||||
Turkey | 63 | |||||
Turkey | 59 | |||||
62 | ||||||
Poland | 74 | |||||
Poland | 74 | |||||
Israel | 59 | |||||
11th place game | ||||||
66 | ||||||
East Germany | 80 | |||||
Israel | 83 |
1961 FIBA EuroBasket champions |
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Soviet Union 6th title |
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)
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