EuroBasket 1981


The 1981 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1981, was the 22nd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Czechoslovakia and took place from May 26 to June 5, 1981.

Venues

Participants

Twelve national teams took part in the competition, divided in 2 six-teams groups.
Group AGroup B

    • 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

    78–89
    58–65
    67–60
    64–72
    92–69
    83–70
    67–71
    60–63
    93–102

    Places 1–6 in Prague

    87–102
    87–86
    84–110
    101–110
    98–116
    95–86
    112–84
    83–100
    72–95

    Finals

    Finals

    Final rankings

    12. Awards

    All-Tournament Team
    Valdis Valters
    Dragan Kićanović
    Dražen Dalipagić
    Anatoly Myshkin
    Vladimir Tkachenko

    Team rosters

    1. Soviet Union: Valdis Valters, Anatoly Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko, Sergėjus Jovaiša, Alexander Belostenny, Stanislav Yeryomin, Sergei Tarakanov, Andrey Lopatov, Nikolay Deryugin, Aleksandr Salnikov, Gennadi Kapustin, Nikolai Fesenko
    2. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Andro Knego, Peter Vilfan, Predrag Benaček, Ratko Radovanović, Boban Petrović, Branko Skroče, Željko Poljak, Petar Popović
    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
    4. Spain: Juan Antonio Corbalán, Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Wayne Brabender, Fernando Martín, Candido "Chicho" Sibilio, Manuel Flores, Ignacio "Nacho" Solozábal, Rafael Rullán, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Quim Costa, Josep Maria Margall, Fernando Romay