Host nation Czechoslovakia MVP Valdis Valters | Dates May 26 – June 5 | |
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Teams 12 (from 33 federations) Venues 3 Prague, Bratislava, Havířov (in 3 host cities) Champions Soviet Union (13th title) | ||
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.
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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.
Final rankings
- Soviet Union
- Yugoslavia
- Czechoslovakia
- Spain
- Italy
- Israel
- Poland
- France
- Greece
- West Germany
- Turkey
- England
Team rosters
1. Soviet Union: Valdis Valters, Anatoly Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko, Sergėjus Jovaiša, Aleksander Belostenny, Stanislav Eremin, Sergei Tarakanov, Andrei Lopatov, Nikolai Deriugin, Aleksander Salnikov, Gennadi Kapustin, Nikolai Fesenko (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)
2. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Andro Knego, Peter Vilfan, Predrag Benaček, Ratko Radovanovic, Boban Petrović, Branko Skroce, Željko Poljak, Petar Popović (Coach: Bogdan Tanjević)
3. Czechoslovakia: Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilak, 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, Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Wayne Brabender, Fernando Martín, Candido "Chicho" Sibilio, Manuel Flores, Ignacio "Nacho" Solozabal, Rafael Rullan, Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Joaquim Costa, Josep Maria Margall, Fernando Romay (Coach: Antonio Díaz-Miguel)