- EuroBasket 1961
The 1961 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1961, was the 12th regional championship held by
FIBA Europe . Eighteen national teams affiliated with theInternational Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted byYugoslavia . The event was held at theBeograd City Fair [ [http://www.arhiva.serbia.sr.gov.yu/news/2000-01/11/16681.html Golden decades of Yugoslav basketball] ] .Final rankings
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#Preliminary round
Group A
Group D
First Round
Group 1
Group 2
Places 17 - 19
|60
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65|bk|USSR|1955|77|bk|BUL|1946|54
71|bk|YUG|53|bk|USSR|1955|60
70|bk|FRA|46|bk|BUL|1946|55Places 5 - 8
Round4-with third|RD1=
5–8 Place|RD2=Final round
5–6 Place|Consol=7 and 8 Place
61|bk|HUN|1957|71|bk|ROU|1952|60
63|bk|BEL|65|bk|TCH|74
69|bk|HUN|1957|48|bk|TCH|53
68|bk|ROU|1952|71|bk|BEL|61Places 9 - 12
Round4-with third|RD1=
9–12 Place|RD2=Final round
9–12 Place|Consol=11 - 12 Place
60|bk|GDR|50|bk|TUR|63
62|bk|POL|74|bk|ISR|59
67|bk|TUR|59|bk|POL|74
66|bk|GDR|80|bk|ISR|83Team rosters
1.Soviet Union:
Janis Krumins ,Gennadi Volnov ,Valdis Muiznieks ,Maigonis Valdmanis , Viktor Zubkov,Armenak Alachachian ,Yuri Korneev ,Vladimir Ugrekhelidze ,Aleksander Petrov ,Aleksander Kandel ,Viacheslav Novikov ,Albert Valtin (Coach:Alexander Gomelsky )2.Yugoslavia:
Radivoj Korać ,Ivo Daneu ,Slobodan Gordić ,Radovan Radović ,Nemanja Đurić ,Vital Eiselt ,Sreten Dragojlović ,Marjan Kandus ,Miha Lokar ,Miodrag Nikolić ,Zvonko Petričević ,Željko Troskot (Coach:Aleksandar Nikolić )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:Andre Buffiere )References
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