EuroBasket 1971


The 1971 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1971, was the seventeenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

Venues

First round

Group A – Essen

66–79
55–83
78–73
65–64
70–83
91–54
91–65
79–69
118–58
74–80
75–63
73–69
94–73
76–72
64–88

Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1.550461:30310+158
2.541405:3818+24
3.532349:3686−19
4.523352:4124−60
5.514353:3852−32
6.505322:3980−76

Group B – Böblingen

68–87
88–69
70–69
97–88
66–81
78–69
63–86
75–98
74–60
85–74
92–118
53–67
85–113
87–60
79–68

Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1.550434:35810+76
2.541374:3298+45
3.532408:3576+51
4.523401:3944+7
5.514342:4162−74
6.505408:5130−105

Knockout stage

Places 9 – 12 in Essen

Places 5 – 8 in Essen

Places 1 – 4 in Essen

Finals – all games in Essen

Final rankings

  12. Awards

All-Tournament Team
Sergei Belov
Modestas Paulauskas
Edward Jurkiewicz
Krešimir Ćosić
Atanas Golomeev

Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Alexander Belov, Modestas Paulauskas, Anatoly Polivoda, Vladimir Andreev, Priit Tomson, Ivan Edeshko, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Zurab Sakandelidze, Mikheil Korkia, Aleksander Boloshev, Aleksei Tammiste
2. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Nikola Plećaš, Aljoša Žorga, Vinko Jelovac, Ljubodrag Simonović, Dragutin Čermak, Borut Bassin, Dragan Kapičić, Blagoja Georgievski, Žarko Knežević, Dragiša Vučinić, Davor Rukavina
3. Italy: Dino Meneghin, Pierluigi Marzorati, Massimo Masini, Ivan Bisson, Renzo Bariviera, Carlo Recalcati, Ottorino Flaborea, Marino Zanatta, Giulio Iellini, Giorgio Giomo, Luigi Serafini, Massimo Cosmelli
4. Poland: Edward Jurkiewicz, Grzegorz Korcz, Andrzej Seweryn, Jan Dolczewski, Henryk Cegielski, Marek Ladniak, Jerzy Frolow, Janusz Ceglinski, Waldemar Kozak, Miroslaw Kalinowski, Eugeniusz Durejko, Zbigniew Jedlinski