The 1971 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1971, was the seventeenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

Venues Essen Böblingen GrugahalleCapacity 10,000 SporthalleCapacity 8,000

First round

Group A – Essen

66–79 55–83 78–73 65–64 70–83 91–54 91–65 79–69 118–58 74–80 75–63 73–69 94–73 76–72 64–88

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1. 5 5 0 461:303 10 +158 2. 5 4 1 405:376 8 +24 3. 5 3 2 349:368 6 −19 4. 5 2 3 352:412 4 −60 5. 5 1 4 353:385 2 −32 6. 5 0 5 322:398 0 −76

Group B – Böblingen

68–87 88–69 70–69 97–88 66–81 78–69 63–86 75–98 74–60 85–74 92–118 53–67 85–113 87–60 79–68

Pos. Team Matches Wins Losses Results Points Diff. 1. 5 5 0 434:358 10 +76 2. 5 4 1 374:329 8 +45 3. 5 3 2 408:357 6 +51 4. 5 2 3 401:394 4 +7 5. 5 1 4 342:416 2 −74 6. 5 0 5 408:513 0 −105

Knockout stage

Places 9 – 12 in Essen Team 1 Team 2 Res. 99–76 82–60

Places 5 – 8 in Essen Team 1 Team 2 Res. 84–95 74–87

Places 1 – 4 in Essen Team 1 Team 2 Res. 75–100 93–66

Finals – all games in Essen Placement Team 1 Team 2 Res. 11th place 74–84 9th place 70–76 7th place 86–71 5th place 76–99 3rd place 85–67 Final 69–64

Final standings

Awards 1971 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Krešimir Ćosić ( Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team Sergei Belov Modestas Paulauskas Edward Jurkiewicz Krešimir Ćosić (MVP) Atanas Golomeev

Team rosters 1. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Alexander Belov, Modestas Paulauskas, Anatoly Polivoda, Vladimir Andreev, Priit Tomson, Ivan Edeshko, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Zurab Sakandelidze, Mikheil Korkia, Aleksander Boloshev, Aleksei Tammiste (Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin)

2. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Nikola Plećaš, Aljoša Žorga, Vinko Jelovac, Ljubodrag Simonović, Dragutin Čermak, Borut Bassin, Dragan Kapičić, Blagoja Georgievski, Žarko Knežević, Dragiša Vučinić, Davor Rukavina (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

3. Italy: Dino Meneghin, Pierluigi Marzorati, Massimo Masini, Ivan Bisson, Renzo Bariviera, Carlo Recalcati, Ottorino Flaborea, Marino Zanatta, Giulio Iellini, Giorgio Giomo, Luigi Serafini, Massimo Cosmelli (Coach: Giancarlo Primo)

4. Poland: Edward Jurkiewicz, Grzegorz Korcz, Andrzej Seweryn, Jan Dolczewski, Henryk Cegielski, Marek Ladniak, Jerzy Frolow, Janusz Ceglinski, Waldemar Kozak, Miroslaw Kalinowski, Eugeniusz Durejko, Zbigniew Jedlinski (Coach: Witold Zagórski)

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