1981 EuroBasket
| FIBA EuroBasket 1981 | |||||||
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| 22nd FIBA European Basketball Championship | |||||||
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| Host nation | Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| Dates | May 26 – June 5 | ||||||
| Teams | 12 (from 33 federations) | ||||||
| Venues | 3 Prague, Bratislava, Havířov (in 3 host cities) | ||||||
| Champions |
 Soviet Union (13th title)
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| MVP |
Valdis Valters
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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.
Twelve national teams took part in the competition, divided in 2 six-teams groups.
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.
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 (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)
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 (Coach: Bogdan Tanjević)
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