International basketball competition
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
Pos. |
Team |
Matches |
Wins |
Losses |
Results |
Points |
Diff.
|
1. |
Soviet Union |
5 |
5 |
0 |
461:303 |
10 |
+158
|
2. |
Poland |
5 |
4 |
1 |
405:381 |
8 |
+24
|
3. |
Romania |
5 |
3 |
2 |
349:368 |
6 |
−19
|
4. |
Spain |
5 |
2 |
3 |
352:412 |
4 |
−60
|
5. |
West Germany |
5 |
1 |
4 |
353:385 |
2 |
−32
|
6. |
France |
5 |
0 |
5 |
322:398 |
0 |
−76
|
Group B – Böblingen
Knockout stage
Places 9 – 12 in Essen
Places 5 – 8 in Essen
Places 1 – 4 in Essen
Finals – all games in Essen
Final rankings
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Italy
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Spain
Romania
West Germany
France
Israel
Turkey
Awards
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 (Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin)
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 (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)
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 (Coach: Giancarlo Primo)
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 (Coach: Witold Zagórski)
References