EuroBasket 1961
The 1961 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1961, was the twelfth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Nineteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation took art in the competition. The tournament was hosted by Yugoslavia, and was held at the Belgrade City Fair.
Classification round
13th-16th place classification playoffs
| Match | Team 1 | Team 2 | 1.H. | 2.H. | O.T | |
| 55 | 40:35 | 39:37 | – | 79:72 | ||
| 56 | 29:23 | 33:26 | – | 62:49 | ||
| 58 | 27:20 | 29:33 | – | 56:53 | ||
| 59 | 36:34 | 25:26 | – | 61:60 |
17th-19th place classification playoffs
| Match | Team 1 | Team 2 | 1.H. | 2.H. | O.T | |
| 54 | 20:27 | 21:43 | – | 41:70 | ||
| 57 | 24:42 | 23:18 | – | 47:60 |
Final standings
Team rosters
1. Soviet Union: Jānis Krūmiņš, Gennadi Volnov, Valdis Muižnieks, Maigonis Valdmanis, Viktor Zubkov, Armenak Alachachian, Yuri Korneev, Vladimir Ugrekhelidze, Aleksander Petrov, Aleksandr Kandel, Viacheslav Novikov, Albert Valtin2. Yugoslavia: Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu, Slobodan Gordić, Radovan Radović, Nemanja Đurić, Vital Eiselt, Sreten Dragojlović, Marjan Kandus, Miha Lokar, Miodrag Nikolić, Zvonko Petričević, Željko Troskot
3. Bulgaria: Viktor Radev, Mincho Dimov, Ljubomir Panov, Georgi Panov, Atanas Atanasov, Ilija Mirchev, Petko Lazarov, Tsvetko Savov, Khristo Tsvetkov, Khristo Donev, Radko Zlatev, Stefan Stojkov
4. France: Jean-Paul Beugnot, Henri Grange, Christian Baltzer, Bernard Mayeur, Michel Rat, Lucien Sedat, Jerome Christ, Michel House, Michel le Ray, Andre Goisbault, Jean-Claude Vergne, Andre Souvre