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Eurobasket 1981

FIBA EuroBasket 1981
22nd FIBA European Basketball Championship
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Tournament details
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)
MVP Soviet Union Valdis Valters
Tournament leaders
Players Teams
Points Poland Mieczyslaw Mlynarski (23.1 PPG)  Soviet Union (99.7)
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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, 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)


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