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The 1961 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1961, was the 12th regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Yugoslavia. Beograd was the location of the event.
[edit] Final rankings
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
France
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Belgium
Poland
Turkey
Israel
East Germany
Spain
Finland
Netherlands
West Germany
Greece
Sweden
England
[edit] Preliminary round
[edit] Group A
| 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 |
[edit] Group B
| 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 |
[edit] Group C
| 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 |
[edit] Group D
| 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 |
[edit] Group E
| 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 |
[edit] Group F
| 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 |
[edit] First Round
[edit] Group 1
[edit] Group 2
[edit] Classification Round
[edit] Group 1
[edit] Group 2
| 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 |
[edit] Places 13 - 16
[edit] Places 17 - 19
[edit] Final round
[edit] Finals
[edit] Places 5 - 8
[edit] Places 9 - 12
[edit] Team rosters
1.Soviet Union: Janis Krumins, Gennadi Volnov, Valdis Muiznieks, 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: Andre Buffiere)