The 1961 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1961, was the twelfth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by

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. Nineteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The tournament was hosted by Yugoslavia, and was held at the

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City Fair.

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Second round

Group 1

Group 2

Classification Round

Group 1

Group 2

13th-16th place classification playoffs

17th-19th place classification playoffs

Final round

Medals Round

5th-8th place playoffs

9th-12th place playoffs

Final standings

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Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Jānis Krūmiņš, Gennadi Volnov,

Valdis Muižnieks Valdis Muižnieks (February 22, 1935 – November 29, 2013) was a Latvian basketball player. Muižnieks was born in Riga. He played for Rīgas ASK and won 3 Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and 4 Soviet national championships (1955, 1956 ...

, Maigonis Valdmanis, Viktor Zubkov, Armenak Alachachian, Yuri Korneev, Vladimir Ugrekhelidze, Aleksander Petrov,

Aleksander Kandel Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

Viacheslav Novikov Viacheslav is a Slavonic masculine given name (also can be transliterated as Vyacheslav or Viatcheslav). Notable people with the name include: *Viacheslav Aliabiev (1934–2009), Ukrainian professional footballer *Viacheslav Belavkin, professor in ...

Albert Valtin Albert Ivanovich Valtin (russian: Альберт Иванович Вальтин ; November 17, 1937 – February 18, 2015) was a Soviet basketball player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal A silver medal in s ...

(Coach:

Stepan Spandaryan Stepan Surenovich Spandaryan ( hy, Ստեփան Սուրենի Սպանդարյան, russian: Степан Суренович Спандарян; April 2, 1906, Moscow - 1987, Moscow) was a Soviet-Armenian basketball player, coach, one of the founde ...

) 2. Yugoslavia: Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu,

Slobodan Gordić Slobodan "Rica" Gordić ( sr-cyr, Слободан "Рица" Гордић; born 28 September 1937)Radovan Radović Radovan "Bata" Radović ( sr-cyr, Рaдовaн Рaдовић; 19 January 1936 – 25 August 2022) was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Playing career Radović playe ...

Nemanja Đurić Nemanja Đurić ( sr-cyr, Немања Ђурић; June 18, 1936), is a Serbian former professional basketball player and former coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Early life Đurić was raised in a ...

Vital Eiselt Vital Eiselt (born 6 May 1941) is a Slovenian former basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavi ...

Sreten Dragojlović Sreten Dragojlović ( sr-Cyrl, Сретен Драгојловић; May 6, 1938 – September 2, 1971) was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Playing career Dragojlovi� ...

, Marjan Kandus, Miha Lokar,

Miodrag Nikolić Miodrag "Sija" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Миодрaг "Сија" Николић; 22 August 1938 – 17 February 2005) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Pl ...

Zvonko Petričević Zvonimir "Džimi" Petričević (26 July 1940 – 20 January 2009) was a Croatian basketball player and architect. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Petričević was a member of the Yugoslavia national te ...

, Željko Troskot (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić) 3. Bulgaria:

Viktor Radev Viktor Bonev Radev (Bulgarian: Виктор Бонев Радев) (November 19, 1936 – August 31, 2014) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He was born in Maritsa Municipality, Bulgaria. He was a 1.96 m (6'5") tall forward. Club career Rade ...

, Mincho Dimov, Ljubomir Panov, Georgi Panov, Atanas Atanasov,

Ilija Mirchev Ilija may refer to: * Ilija, Iran, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran * Ilija, Slovakia, a village and municipality in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region * Ilija (given name), South Slavic given name *ilija (puki) kante ...

Petko Lazarov Petko Lazarov ( bg, Петко Лазаров, born 28 October 1935) is a former Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), off ...

Tsvetko Savov Tsvetko Ruskov Slavov ( bg, Цветко Русков Славов, born 28 March 1934) is a Bulgarian former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Oly ...

Khristo Tsvetkov Khristo Tsvetkov ( bg, Христо Цветков, 6 March 1934 – 31 January 2018) was a Bulgarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi ...

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, Radko Zlatev,

Stefan Stojkov Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of Germa ...

(Coach:

Veselin Temkov Veselin (Cyrillic script: Веселин) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It may refer to: *Veselin Beshevliev (1900–1992), Bulgarian historian and philologist *Veselin Bliznakov (born 1944), Bulgarian politician *Veselin Branimirov ( ...

) 4. France:

Jean-Paul Beugnot Jean-Paul Beugnot (25 June 1931 – 7 February 2001) was a French professional basketball player and coach. Standing at 2.07 m (6' 9 ") tall, Beugnot played at the power forward and center positions. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, ...

Henri Grange Henri Grange (born 14 September 1934) is a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially know ...

Christian Baltzer Christian Baltzer (born 5 July 1936) is a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known ...

, Bernard Mayeur,

Michel Rat Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), S ...

Lucien Sedat Lucien is a male given name. It is the French form of Luciano or Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of Lucius. Lucien, Saint Lucien, or Saint-Lucien may also refer to: People Given name * Lucien of Beauvais, Christian saint *Lucien, a band member ...

Jerome Christ Jerome (; la, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was a Christian priest, confessor, theologian, and historian; he is comm ...

Michel House Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...

Michel le Ray Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), S ...

, Andre Goisbault,

Jean-Claude Vergne Jean-Claude is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Claude Ades, an Italian electronic music producer * Jean-Claude Alibert (died 2020), a French racing driver * Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939), a French compos ...

, Andre Souvre (Coach: André Buffière)

References

External links

EuroBasket 1961 archive.fiba.com
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1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

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