Tournament details | |
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Host country | Czechoslovakia |
Dates | 26 May – 5 June |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Soviet Union (13th title) |
Runners-up | Yugoslavia |
Third place | Czechoslovakia |
Fourth place | Spain |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Valdis Valters |
Top scorer | Mieczysław Młynarski (23.1 points per game) |
The 1981 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1981, was the 22nd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Czechoslovakia and took place from 26 May to 5 June 1981.
Havířov | Bratislava | Prague |
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Ice Stadium Havířov Capacity 7 000 | Ondrej Nepela Arena Capacity 10 000 | Sportovní hala Capacity 15 000 |
Twelve national teams took part in the competition, divided in 2 six-teams groups.
Group A | Group B |
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The winner of each match earns two points, the loser one. The first three teams advance to the final stage, the last three team take part in the classification round.
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 452 | 362 | +90 | 10 |
Czechoslovakia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 393 | 358 | +35 | 9 |
Israel | 5 | 3 | 2 | 418 | 396 | +22 | 8 |
France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 402 | 409 | −7 | 7 |
England | 5 | 1 | 4 | 313 | 371 | −58 | 6 |
Greece | 5 | 0 | 5 | 356 | 438 | −82 | 5 |
Israel | 82 – 74 | England |
Greece | 70 – 95 | Czechoslovakia |
Spain | 102 – 93 | France |
Greece | 81 – 86 | France |
Spain | 89 – 81 | Israel |
Czechoslovakia | 71 – 62 | England |
Greece | 62 – 64 | England |
Czechoslovakia | 69 – 72 | Spain |
France | 76 – 88 | Israel |
England | 47 – 78 | Spain |
France | 69 – 72 | Czechoslovakia |
Greece | 71 – 82 | Israel |
Israel | 85 – 86 | Czechoslovakia |
Greece | 72 – 111 | Spain |
England | 66 – 78 | France |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 489 | 377 | +112 | 10 |
Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 489 | 439 | +50 | 9 |
Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 418 | 407 | +11 | 8 |
Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 429 | 429 | 0 | 7 |
West Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 334 | 395 | −61 | 6 |
Turkey | 5 | 0 | 5 | 346 | 458 | −112 | 5 |
West Germany | 66 – 51 | Turkey |
Soviet Union | 101 – 89 | Poland |
Yugoslavia | 99 – 88 | Italy |
Soviet Union | 86 – 54 | West Germany |
Yugoslavia | 92 – 89 | Poland |
Italy | 94 – 73 | Turkey |
Yugoslavia | 112 – 68 | Turkey |
Poland | 81 – 71 | West Germany |
Italy | 67 – 97 | Soviet Union |
Turkey | 79 – 97 | Soviet Union |
Poland | 81 – 90 | Italy |
Yugoslavia | 98 – 86 | West Germany |
West Germany | 57 – 79 | Italy |
Turkey | 75 – 89 | Poland |
Yugoslavia | 88 – 108 | Soviet Union |
Greece | Poland | 78–89 |
England | West Germany | 58–65 |
France | Turkey | 67–60 |
Turkey | Greece | 64–72 |
Poland | England | 92–69 |
France | West Germany | 83–70 |
West Germany | Greece | 67–71 |
England | Turkey | 60–63 |
France | Poland | 93–102 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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7 | Poland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 453 | 386 | +67 | 10 |
8 | France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 407 | 379 | +28 | 9 |
9 | Greece | 5 | 2 | 3 | 364 | 370 | −6 | 7 |
10 | West Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 339 | 344 | −5 | 7 |
11 | Turkey | 5 | 1 | 4 | 313 | 354 | −41 | 6 |
12 | England | 5 | 1 | 4 | 317 | 360 | −43 | 6 |
Israel | Yugoslavia | 87–102 |
Spain | Italy | 87–86 |
Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | 84–110 |
Spain | Soviet Union | 101–110 |
Israel | Italy | 98–116 |
Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia | 95–86 |
Soviet Union | Israel | 112–84 |
Italy | Czechoslovakia | 83–100 |
Spain | Yugoslavia | 72–95 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 537 | 424 | +113 | 10 |
2 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 479 | 441 | +38 | 9 |
3 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 421 | 441 | −20 | 8 |
4 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 425 | 445 | −20 | 7 |
5 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 440 | 481 | −41 | 6 |
6 | Israel | 5 | 0 | 5 | 435 | 505 | −70 | 5 |
Placement | Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
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3rd place | Spain | Czechoslovakia | 90–101 |
Placement | Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
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1st place | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | 84–67 |
1981 FIBA EuroBasket champions |
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Soviet Union 13th title |
1981 FIBA EuroBasket MVP : Valdis Valters ( Soviet Union) |
All-Tournament Team [1] |
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Valdis Valters (MVP) |
Dragan Kićanović |
Dražen Dalipagić |
Anatoly Myshkin |
Vladimir Tkachenko |
1. Soviet Union: Valdis Valters, Anatoly Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko, Sergejus Jovaiša, Alexander Belostenny, Stanislav Yeryomin, Sergei Tarakanov, Andrey Lopatov, Nikolay Deryugin, Aleksandr Salnikov, Gennadi Kapustin, Nikolai Fesenko (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)
2. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Andro Knego, Peter Vilfan, Predrag Benaček, Ratko Radovanović, Boban Petrović, Branko Skroče, Željko Poljak, Petar Popović (Coach: Bogdan Tanjević)
3. Czechoslovakia: Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilák, Zdenek Kos, Vlastimil Klimes, Vojtech Petr, Vlastimil Havlik, Jaroslav Skala, Juraj Zuffa, Peter Rajniak, Zdenek Bohm, Justin Sedlak, Gustav Hraska (Coach: Pavel Petera)
4. Spain: Juan Antonio Corbalán, Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Wayne Brabender, Fernando Martín, Candido "Chicho" Sibilio, Manuel Flores, Ignacio "Nacho" Solozábal, Rafael Rullán, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Quim Costa, Josep Maria Margall, Fernando Romay (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)
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