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
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. 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
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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
Valdis Valters (born August 4, 1957) is a retired Latvian professional basketball player. He played at the point guard position for the senior USSR national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest players to have played the game in Europe in ...
,
Anatoly Myshkin,
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 Sovie ...
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Sergejus Jovaiša
Sergejus Jovaiša (born 17 December 1954 in Anykščiai) is a former basketball player from Soviet Union and Lithuania. He played at the shooting guard position and won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Su ...
,
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny (; ; February 24, 1959 – May 25, 2010) was a Ukrainian professional basketball player. He was a member of the senior Soviet national team, from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, E ...
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Stanislav Yeryomin
Stanislav Georgiyevich Yeryomin (russian: Станислав Георгиевич Ерёмин; born February 26, 1951 in Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union), last name also spelled Eremin and Yeremin, is a prominent retired Russian professional bask ...
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Sergei Tarakanov
Sergei Nikolayevich Tarakanov (alternative spellings: Serguei, Sergey) (russian: Серге́й Николаевич Тараканов; born 25 April 1958 in Lodeynoye Pole, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian retired profession ...
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Andrey Lopatov
Andrey Vyacheslavovich Lopatov (russian: Андрей Вячеславович Лопатов; 12 March 1957 – 16 February 2022) was a Russian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics and won a bronze med ...
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Nikolay Deryugin
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Deryugin (russian: Николай Александрович Дерюгин ; ka, ნიკოლოზ დერიუგინი April 30, 1959) is a Georgian basketball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics for ...
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Aleksandr Salnikov
Aleksandr Petrovych Salnikov ( uk, Олександр Петрович Сальников; 3 July 1949 – 17 November 2017) was a Ukrainian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer ...
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Gennadi Kapustin
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Overview
The village is 64 km from the town of Rhodes and 27 km from anci ...
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Nikolai Fesenko (Coach:
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky (russian: Александр Яковлевич Гомельский; 18 January 1928 – 16 August 2005) was a Russian professional basketball player and coach. The Father of Soviet and Russian basketball, he was i ...
)
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,
Dragan Kićanović
Dragan Kićanović ( sr, Драган Кићановић; born 17 August 1953) is a Serbian and Yugoslav retired professional basketball player.
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
Peter Vilfan (born 29 June 1957) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player, sports journalist, commentator, and a politician. He resigned from the National Assembly due to DUI in 2014, and from the State Secretary position in 2019 ami ...
,
Predrag Benaček,
Ratko Radovanović
Ratko "Raša" Radovanović (; born 16 October 1956) is a Serbian former professional basketball player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia, at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Born in the town of Nevesinje within ...
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Boban Petrović,
Branko Skroče,
Željko Poljak,
Petar Popović (Coach:
Bogdan Tanjević)
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,
Fernando Martín,
Candido "Chicho" Sibilio,
Manuel Flores,
Ignacio "Nacho" Solozábal,
Rafael Rullán,
Juan Domingo de la Cruz
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Born in Buenos Aires, de la Cruz arrived t ...
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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,
Fernando Romay (Coach:
Antonio Díaz-Miguel)
References
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1981 in Czechoslovak sport
International basketball competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia
Sport in Havířov
Sports competitions in Prague
Sports competitions in Bratislava
1980s in Prague
1980s in Bratislava
May 1981 sports events in Europe
June 1981 sports events in Europe