EuroBasket 1971

EuroBasket 1971

Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	10–19 September
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (11th title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Italien
Fourth place	Polen
Tournament statistics
MVP	Krešimir Ćosić
Top scorer	Edward Jurkiewicz (22.6 points per game)

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

Venues

Essen	Böblingen
Grugahalle Capacity 10,000	Sporthalle Capacity 8,000

First round

Group A – Essen

Frankreich	Spanien	66–79
Rumänien	Soviet Union	55–83
Polen	West Germany	78–73
Rumänien	Frankreich	65–64
Spanien	Polen	70–83
Soviet Union	West Germany	91–54
Polen	Frankreich	91–65
Rumänien	West Germany	79–69
Soviet Union	Spanien	118–58
Rumänien	Polen	74–80
Soviet Union	Frankreich	75–63
Spanien	West Germany	73–69
Soviet Union	Polen	94–73
Rumänien	Spanien	76–72
Frankreich	West Germany	64–88

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Soviet Union	5	5	0	461:303	10	+158
2.	Polen	5	4	1	405:376	8	+24
3.	Rumänien	5	3	2	349:368	6	−19
4.	Spanien	5	2	3	352:412	4	−60
5.	West Germany	5	1	4	353:385	2	−32
6.	Frankreich	5	0	5	322:398	0	−76

Group B – Böblingen

Israel	Italien	68–87
Czechoslovakia	Türkei	88–69
Yugoslavia	Bulgarien	70–69
Türkei	Israel	97–88
Czechoslovakia	Yugoslavia	66–81
Italien	Bulgarien	78–69
Türkei	Yugoslavia	63–86
Israel	Bulgarien	75–98
Italien	Czechoslovakia	74–60
Bulgarien	Czechoslovakia	85–74
Israel	Yugoslavia	92–118
Türkei	Italien	53–67
Israel	Czechoslovakia	85–113
Bulgarien	Türkei	87–60
Yugoslavia	Italien	79–68

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Yugoslavia	5	5	0	434:358	10	+76
2.	Italien	5	4	1	374:329	8	+45
3.	Bulgarien	5	3	2	408:357	6	+51
4.	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	401:394	4	+7
5.	Türkei	5	1	4	342:416	2	−74
6.	Israel	5	0	5	408:513	0	−105

Knockout stage

Places 9 – 12 in Essen

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
West Germany	Israel	99–76
Frankreich	Türkei	82–60

Places 5 – 8 in Essen

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
Spanien	Bulgarien	84–95
Rumänien	Czechoslovakia	74–87

Places 1 – 4 in Essen

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
Polen	Yugoslavia	75–100
Soviet Union	Italien	93–66

Finals – all games in Essen

Placement	Team 1	Team 2	Res.
11th place	Türkei	Israel	74–84
9th place	Frankreich	West Germany	70–76
7th place	Spanien	Rumänien	86–71
5th place	Bulgarien	Czechoslovakia	76–99
3rd place	Italien	Polen	85–67
Final	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	69–64

1971 FIBA EuroBasket champions
Soviet Union 11th title

Final standings

1. Soviet Union
2. Yugoslavia
3. Italien
4. Polen
5. Czechoslovakia
6. Bulgarien
7. Spanien
8. Rumänien
9. West Germany
10. Frankreich
11. Israel
12. Türkei

Awards

1971 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Krešimir Ćosić ( Yugoslavia)

All-Tournament Team
Sergei Belov
Modestas Paulauskas
Edward Jurkiewicz
Krešimir Ćosić (MVP)
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 (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)