The 1961 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1961, was the twelfth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.FIBA EuroBasket 1961 Nineteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took art in the competition. The tournament was hosted by Yugoslavia, and was held at the Belgrade City Fair.

First round

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

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1 3 3 0 280:182 6 +98 2 3 2 1 222:152 5 +70 3 3 1 2 181:206 4 −25 4 3 0 3 135:278 3 −143

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

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1 2 2 0 141:127 4 +14 2 2 1 1 128:122 3 +6 3 2 0 2 122:142 2 −20

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

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1 2 2 0 171:97 4 +74 2 2 1 1 118:156 3 −38 3 2 0 2 116:152 2 −36

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

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1 2 2 0 118:89 4 +29 2 2 1 1 112:89 3 +23 3 2 0 2 88:140 2 −52

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

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1 2 2 0 132:110 4 +22 2 2 1 1 128:110 3 +18 3 2 0 2 73:113 2 −40

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

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1 2 2 0 152:132 4 +20 2 2 1 1 157:122 3 +35 3 2 0 2 120:175 2 −55

Second round

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

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1 5 5 0 395:230 10 +165 2 5 4 1 369:340 9 +29 3 5 3 2 303:358 8 −55 4 5 1 4 272:333 6 −61 5 5 1 4 307:329 6 −22 6 5 1 4 311:367 6 −56

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

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1 5 4 1 341:286 9 +55 2 5 4 1 291:281 9 +10 3 5 4 1 286:269 9 +17 4 5 1 4 308:311 6 −3 5 5 1 4 287:311 6 −24 6 5 1 4 233:288 6 −55

Classification round

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

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1 2 2 0 96:93 4 +3 2 2 1 1 94:91 3 +3 3 2 0 2 90:96 2 −6

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

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1 3 3 0 271:149 6 +122 2 3 2 1 201:208 5 −7 3 3 1 2 195:193 4 +2 4 3 0 3 131:248 3 −117

13th-16th place classification playoffs

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

17th-19th place classification playoffs

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

Final round

Medals round

5th-8th place playoffs

9th-12th place playoffs

Final standings

Team rosters 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

External links EuroBasket 1961 archive.fiba.com