The 1981 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1981, was the 22nd
FIBA EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the E ...
regional
basketball
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championship, held by
FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by
Czechoslovakia
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and took place from 26 May to 5 June 1981.
Venues
Participants
Twelve national teams took part in the competition, divided in 2 six-teams groups.
First stage
The winner of each match earns two points, the loser one. The first three teams advance to the final stage, the last three team take part in the classification round.
Group A – Bratislava
Group B –
Havířov
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Places 7–12
Places 1–6 in Prague
Finals
Finals
Final standings
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Awards
Team rosters
1. Soviet Union:
Valdis Valters
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Anatoly Myshkin
Anatoly Dmitriyevich Myshkin (born August 14, 1954) is a retired Soviet and Russian professional basketball player and coach. At 6 feet 9 inches (2.07 m) tall, and a weight of 210 lbs. (95 kg), he played as a combo forward (small forwar ...
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Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko (alternate spelling: Vladimir Tkatchenko) (russian: Владимир Петрович Ткаченко; born September 20, 1957 in Sochi, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) is a retired Sovi ...
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Sergejus Jovaiša,
Alexander Belostenny,
Stanislav Yeryomin,
Sergei Tarakanov,
Andrey Lopatov,
Nikolay Deryugin,
Aleksandr Salnikov,
Gennadi Kapustin
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Overview
The village is 64 km from the town of Rhodes (city), Rho ...
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Nikolai Fesenko (Coach:
Alexander Gomelsky
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)
2. Yugoslavia:
Krešimir Ćosić
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Dražen Dalipagić
Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (; born 27 November 1951) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and head coach. He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugoslavian his ...
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Mirza Delibašić
Mirza Delibašić (9 January 1954 – 8 December 2001) was a Bosnian professional basketball player and coach.
Delibašić was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2008, he w ...
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Dragan Kićanović
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A 1.92m (6 ft 3 in) tall shooting guard, Kićanović played in the 1970s and 1980s, and is cons ...
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Andro Knego
Andrija "Andro" Knego (born 21 October 1956) is a Croatian former professional basketball player.
Professional career
During his club career, Knego was the FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer, in 1982.
Yugoslavian national team
Knego played wi ...
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Peter Vilfan,
Predrag Benaček
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Playing career
A power forward, Benaček played 20 seasons in Yugosla ...
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Ratko Radovanović
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Early life
Born in the town of Nevesinje within ...
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Boban Petrović
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Playing career
A forward, Petrović played 18 seasons in Yugoslavia, France, Spain, and Belgium from 197 ...
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Branko Skroče
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Željko Poljak
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Petar Popović (Coach:
Bogdan Tanjević
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He is best known for being KK Bosna's head coach when the club beca ...
)
3. Czechoslovakia:
Kamil Brabenec,
Stanislav Kropilák,
Zdenek Kos,
Vlastimil Klimes,
Vojtech Petr,
Vlastimil Havlik,
Jaroslav Skala,
Juraj Zuffa,
Peter Rajniak,
Zdenek Bohm,
Justin Sedlak,
Gustav Hraska (Coach:
Pavel Petera)
4. Spain:
Juan Antonio Corbalán
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Juan Antonio San Epifanio
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Wayne Brabender
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Fernando Martín,
Candido "Chicho" Sibilio,
Manuel Flores,
Ignacio "Nacho" Solozábal,
Rafael Rullán
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Juan Domingo de la Cruz,
Quim Costa
Joaquim Costa Puig (born October 30, 1957, in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain), commonly known as Quim Costa, is a retired Spanish professional basketball player, and a current professional basketball coach.
Playing career
Costa played in 71 caps fo ...
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Josep Maria Margall
Josep Maria Margall i Tauler (; born 17 March 1955 in Calella, Catalonia,
Spain) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. Standing at 1.98 m (6'6"), he played at the small forward position.
Professional career
Margall's number 7 j ...
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Fernando Romay
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(Coach:
Antonio Díaz-Miguel
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A pioneer in the worldwide promotion of basketball, he w ...
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References
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1981 in Czechoslovak sport
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Sports competitions in Prague
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May 1981 sports events in Europe
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