XXII EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (PRAHA 1981) (From 26-05-1981 to 5-06-1981)
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COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The top eight qualified teams in the last European Championship access the Final Stage directly, and four more join them after a preliminary Qualifying Stage.

· The twelve participating teams are divided in 2 groups of 6 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their basket average.

· Depending on their classification at the end of the preliminary round, the teams advance to a classification round for places 1-6 (group winners, runners-up and third qualified teams) or places 7-12 (rest of teams), in which the individual scores during the preliminary round are accumulated.

· The group winner and runner-up in the classification round for places 1-6 qualify for the final, whereas the teams ranked in places three and four play a consolation final for the bronze medal.

::::: QUALIFYING STAGE :::::

PRELIMINARY ROUND

GROUP A (Bratislava)

GROUP B (Havířov)

Competition Day 1 (26-05-1981)

Competition Day 1 (26-05-1981)

Israel - England

82-74 (36-39)

FRG - Turkey

66-51 (28-29)

Greece - Czechoslovakia

70-95 (31-57)

Soviet Union - Poland

101-89 (51-41)

Spain - France

102-93 (58-44)

Yugoslavia - Italy

99-88 (41-46)

Competition Day 2 (27-05-1981)

Competition Day 2 (27-05-1981)

Greece - France

81-86 (46-41)

Soviet Union - FRG

86-54 (39-35)

Spain - Israel

89-81 (51-40)

Yugoslavia - Poland

92-89 (50-44)

Czechoslovakia - England

71-62 (42-30)

Italy - Turkey

94-73 (43-27)

Competition Day 3 (28-05-1981)

Competition Day 3 (28-05-1981)

Greece - England

62-64 (35-32)

Yugoslavia - Turkey

112-68 (55-32)

Czechoslovakia - Spain

69-72 (39-36)

Poland - FRG

81-71 (37-43)

France - Israel

76-88 (37-51)

Italy - Soviet Union

67-97 (28-42)

Competition Day 4 (29-05-1981)

Competition Day 4 (29-05-1981)

England - Spain

47-78 (26-33)

Turkey - Soviet Union

79-97 (29-47)

France - Czechoslovakia

69-72 (36-39)

Poland - Italy

81-90 (39-41)

Greece - Israel

71-82 (39-44)

Yugoslavia - FRG

98-86 (46-45)

Competition Day 5 (30-05-1981)

Competition Day 5 (30-05-1981)

Israel - Czechoslovakia

85-86 (47-54)

FRG - Italy

57-79 (27-40)

Greece - Spain

72-111 (41-58)

Turkey - Poland

75-89 (31-44)

England - France

66-78 (32-38)

Yugoslavia - Soviet Union

88-108 (42-55)

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	F	A	Pt
1. Spain	5	5	0	452	362	10
2. Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	393	358	8
3. Israel	5	3	2	418	396	6
4. France	5	2	3	402	409	4
5. England	5	1	4	313	371	2
6. Greece	5	0	5	356	438	0

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	F	A	Pt
1. Soviet Union	5	5	0	489	377	10
2. Yugoslavia	5	4	1	489	439	8
3. Italy	5	3	2	418	407	6
4. Poland	5	2	3	429	429	4
5. FRG	5	1	4	334	395	2
6. Turkey	5	0	5	346	458	0

CLASSIFICATION ROUND

GROUP C (PLACES 1-6)

GROUP D (PLACES 7-12)

Competition Day 1 (1-06-1981)

Competition Day 1 (1-06-1981)

Israel - Yugoslavia

87-102 (32-52)

Greece - Poland

78-89 (41-39)

Czechoslovakia - Soviet Union

84-110 (41-53)

France - Turkey

67-60 (26-29)

Spain - Italy

87-86 (43-38)

Competition Day 2 (2-06-1981)

Competition Day 2 (2-06-1981)

England - FRG

58-65 (25-29)

Italy - Czechoslovakia

83-100 (35-53)

France - Poland

93-102 (39-54)

Spain - Soviet Union

101-110 (54-59)

Competition Day 3 (3-06-1981)

Competition Day 3 (3-06-1981)

Turkey - Greece

64-72 (23-33)

Spain - Yugoslavia

72-95 (37-35)

France - FRG

83-70 (31-31)

Soviet Union - Israel

112-84 (56-32)

Competition Day 4 (4-06-1981)

Competition Day 4 (4-06-1981)

Poland - England

92-69 (50-35)

Yugoslavia - Czechoslovakia

95-86 (53-42)

FRG - Greece

67-71 (30-39)

Israel - Italy

98-116 (45-44)

Competition Day 5 (5-06-1981)

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	F	A	Pt
1. Soviet Union	5	5	0	537	424	10
2. Yugoslavia	5	4	1	479	441	8
3. Spain	5	3	2	421	441	6
4. Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	425	445	4
5. Italy	5	1	4	440	481	2
6. Israel	5	0	5	435	505	0

England - Turkey

60-63 (35-27)

FINAL STANDING	P	W	L	F	A	Pt
1. Poland	5	5	0	453	386	10
2. France	5	4	1	407	379	8
3. Greece	5	2	3	364	370	4
4. FRG	5	2	3	339	344	4
5. Turkey	5	1	4	313	354	2
6. England	5	1	4	317	360	2

FINAL ROUND

PLACES 1-4 (5-06-1981)
C3-C4 (3/4): Spain - Czechoslovakia	90-101 (48-46)
C1-C2 (1/2): Soviet Union - Yugoslavia	84-67 (43-25)

FINAL
VENUE: Sportovní Hala ČSTV v PKOJF (Praha) DATE: 5-06-1981 (20:00 h) ATTENDANCE: 16.000 REFEREES: Kostas Dimou (GRE), Ľubomír Kotleba (CZE) FOULED OUT: - 2P: USSR (36/70) / YUG (26/66); 1P: USSR (12/13) / YUG (15/18); PF: USSR (21) / YUG (21)
	Soviet Union - Yugoslavia
	84-67 (43-25)
Soviet Union (coach: Aleksandr Gomel’skij) Valdis Valters (20) Sergėjus Jovaiša (13) Andrej Lopatov (-) Anatolij Myshkin (29) Aleksandr Belostennyj (8)		Yugoslavia (coach: Bogdan Tanjević) Peter Vilfan (-) Dragan Kićanović (13) Dražen Dalipagić (8) Krešimir Ćosić (18) Željko Poljak (5)
Stanislav Erjomin (8) Sergej Tarakanov (-) Vladimir Tkachenko (6)		Boban Petrović (2) Branko Skroče (-) Andro Knego (10) Mirza Delibašić (11)

FINAL STANDING
1.	Soviet Union
2.	Yugoslavia
3.	Czechoslovakia
4.	Spain
5.	Italy
6.	Israel
7.	Poland
8.	France
9.	Greece
10.	FRG
11.	Turkey
12.	England

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)
Player	Pts.	G	Avg.
1. Mieczysław Młynarski (POL)	185	8	23.1
2. Mickey Berkowitz (ISR)	169	8	21.1
3. Nikos Gallis (GRE)	137	7	19.6
4. Hervé Dubuisson (FRA)	148	8	18.5
5. Dragan Kićanović (YUG)	162	9	18.0
6. Chicho Sibilio (SPA)	161	9	17.9
7. Eugeniusz Kijewski (POL)	142	8	17.8
8. Juan A. San Epifanio “Epi” (SPA)	141	8	17.6
9. Michael Pappert (FRG)	123	7	17.6
10. Valdis Valters (USSR)	150	9	16.7

TOURNAMENT MVP: Dragan Kićanović (YUG)

TOURNAMENT TEAM

Valdis Valters (USSR)

Dragan Kićanović (YUG)

Dražen Dalipagić (YUG)

Anatolij Myshkin (USSR)

Vladimir Tkachenko (USSR)

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