The 1961 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1961, was the 12th regional championship held by FIBA Europe

FIBA Europe

FIBA Europe is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which includes all 49 national European basketball federations.-Division A:-Division B: -Division C:...

. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation

International Basketball Federation

The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA , from its French name Fédération Internationale de Basketball, is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball...

 (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

. The event was held at the Beograd City Fair

Belgrade Fair

The Belgrade Fair or Beogradski Sajam is a large complex of three large domes and dozens of smaller halls which are the location of the major trade fair, the capital city of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Savski Venac, on the bank of the Sava river...

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Final rankings

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	Loses	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	Loses	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	Loses	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	Loses	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	Loses	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	Loses	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

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	Loses	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	Loses	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

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	Loses	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	Loses	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

Places 13 - 16

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

Places 17 - 19

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

Finals

Places 5 - 8

Places 9 - 12

Team rosters

1.Soviet Union: Jānis Krūmiņš

Janis Kruminš

Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years...

, Gennadi Volnov

Gennadi Volnov

Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Valdis Muižnieks

Valdis Muiznieks

Valdis Muižnieks is a retired Latvian basketball player.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Maigonis Valdmanis

Maigonis Valdmanis

Maigonis Valdmanis was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Viktor Zubkov

Viktor Zubkov (basketball)

Victor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a retired Soviet basketball player considered one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the '50s and '60s, who won two silver medals at the Olympics for the Soviet national team....

, Armenak Alachachian

Armenak Alachachian

Armenak Alachachian is a retired Armenian basketball player. A creative point guard, he reached European stardom with CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union national team....

, Yuri Korneev

Yuri Korneev

Yuri Korneev , was a Russian basketball player. A 1.98 m tall small forward, he started his career for Dynamo Moscow, but moved to CSKA to become one of its cornerstones in the sixties...

, Vladimir Ugrekhelidze, Aleksander Petrov, Aleksander Kandel, Viacheslav Novikov, Albert Valtin (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky

Alexander Gomelsky

Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

2.Yugoslavia: Radivoj Korać

Radivoj Korac

Radivoj Korać , sometimes also Radivoje, was a successful Serbian basketball player from Yugoslavia....

, Ivo Daneu

Ivo Daneu

Ivo Daneu is a retired Slovenian basketball player and coach.He played for Branik Maribor and Olimpija Ljubljana , won Yugoslav league in 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966 and 1970)....

, Slobodan Gordić, Radovan Radović, Nemanja Đurić, Vital Eiselt, Sreten Dragojlović, Marjan Kandus, Miha Lokar, Miodrag Nikolić, Zvonko Petričević, Željko Troskot (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić

Aleksandar Nikolic

Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić was a renowned Bosnian Serb basketball player and coach from Yugoslavia. He is considered to be so instrumental and important to the game's development in the country that he is often referred to as the Father of Yugoslav basketball...

)

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

André Buffière

Pierre André Buffière was a French basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....

)