Men Basketball European Championship 1971 Essen, Boblingen, West Germany - 10-17.09 Winner Soviet Union

Men Basketball European Championship 1971 Essen, Boblingen, West Germany - 10-17.09 Winner Soviet Union

Finals
Game	date	team 1	score	team 2	HT
Final	Sun 19.09.71_15:45	Soviet Union	69-64	Yugoslavia	33-37
3-4	Sat 18.09.71	Italy	85-67	Poland	35-29
5-6	Sun 19.09.71_14:00	Czechoslovakia	99-76	Bulgaria	42-45
7-8	Sat 18.09.71	Spain	86-71	Romania	45-40
9-10	Sun 19.09.71_10:30	West Germany	76-70	France	31-38
11-12	Sat 18.09.71	Israel	84-74	Turkey	48-39
Semi-Finals (1/2)
1/2	Fri 17.09.71	Yugoslavia	100-75	Poland	51-36
1/2	Fri 17.09.71	Soviet Union	93-66	Italy	48-29
5-8	Fri 17.09.71	Bulgaria	95-84	Spain	50-42
5-8	Fri 17.09.71	Czechoslovakia	87-74	Romania	54-38
9-12	Fri 17.09.71	West Germany	99-76	Israel	48-31
9-12	Fri 17.09.71	France	82-60	Turkey	41-26

	Final Ranking	pt	won	lst	pf	pa	p+-	ratio
1.	Soviet Union	14	7	0	623:	433	+190	1.439
2.	Yugoslavia	13	6	1	598:	502	+96	1.191
3.	Italy	12	5	2	525:	489	+36	1.074
4.	Poland	11	4	3	547:	561	-14	0.975
5.	Czechoslovakia	11	4	3	587:	544	+43	1.079
6.	Bulgaria	11	4	3	579:	540	+39	1.072
7.	Spain	10	3	4	522:	578	-56	0.903
8.	Romania	10	3	4	494:	541	-47	0.913
9.	West Germany	10	3	4	528:	531	-3	0.994
10.	France	8	1	6	474:	534	-60	0.888
11.	Israel	8	1	6	568:	686	-118	0.828
12.	Turkey	8	1	6	476:	582	-106	0.818

Qualification Men Q 1971

Groups Round

First 2 from each Group advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2).

Rk	Group A	pt	won	lst	pf	pa	p+-	ratio
1.	Soviet Union	10	5	0	461:	303	+158	1.521
2.	Poland	9	4	1	405:	376	+29	1.077
3.	Romania	8	3	2	349:	368	-19	0.948
4.	Spain	7	2	3	352:	412	-60	0.854
5.	West Germany	6	1	4	353:	385	-32	0.917
6.	France	5	0	5	322:	398	-76	0.809

Team	Sovi	Pola	Roma	Spai	Germ	Fran
Soviet Union	-----	94:73	83:55	118:58	91:54	75:63
Poland		-----	80:74	83:70	78:73	91:65
Romania			-----	76:72	79:69	65:64
Spain				-----	73:69	79:66
West Germany					-----	88:64
France						-----

date	team 1	score	team 2	HT
played at Essen
Fri 10.09.71	Spain	79-66	France	37-27
Fri 10.09.71	Soviet Union	83-55	Romania	41-29
Fri 10.09.71	Poland	78-73	West Germany	46-42
Sat 11.09.71	Romania	65-64	France	34-29
Sat 11.09.71	Poland	83-70	Spain	38-40
Sat 11.09.71	Soviet Union	91-54	West Germany	41-24
Sun 12.09.71	Poland	91-65	France	44-32
Sun 12.09.71	Romania	79-69	West Germany	32-35
Sun 12.09.71	Soviet Union	118-58	Spain	60-17
Tue 14.09.71	Poland	80-74	Romania	39-39
Tue 14.09.71	Soviet Union	75-63	France	43-20
Tue 14.09.71	Spain	73-69	West Germany	43-39
Wed 15.09.71	Soviet Union	94-73	Poland	47-43
Wed 15.09.71	Romania	76-72	Spain	33-33
Wed 15.09.71	West Germany	88-64	France	47-27

Rk	Group B	pt	won	lst	pf	pa	p+-	ratio
1.	Yugoslavia	10	5	0	434:	358	+76	1.212
2.	Italy	9	4	1	374:	329	+45	1.137
3.	Bulgaria	8	3	2	408:	357	+51	1.143
4.	Czechoslovakia	7	2	3	401:	394	+7	1.018
5.	Turkey	6	1	4	342:	416	-74	0.822
6.	Israel	5	0	5	408:	513	-105	0.795

Team	Yugo	Ital	Bulg	Czec	Turk	Isra
Yugoslavia	-----	79:68	70:69	81:66	86:63	118:92
Italy		-----	78:69	74:60	67:53	87:68
Bulgaria			-----	85:74	87:60	98:75
Czechoslovakia				-----	88:69	113:85
Turkey					-----	97:88
Israel						-----

date	team 1	score	team 2	HT
played in Boblingen
Fri 10.09.71	Italy	87-68	Israel	46-32
Fri 10.09.71	Czechoslovakia	88-69	Turkey	40-32
Fri 10.09.71	Yugoslavia	70-69	Bulgaria	34-41
Sat 11.09.71	Turkey	97-88	Israel	43-46
Sat 11.09.71	Yugoslavia	81-66	Czechoslovakia	43-25
Sat 11.09.71	Italy	78-69	Bulgaria	36-31
Sun 12.09.71	Yugoslavia	86-63	Turkey	39-27
Sun 12.09.71	Bulgaria	98-75	Israel	44-40
Sun 12.09.71	Italy	74-60	Czechoslovakia	31-32
Tue 14.09.71	Bulgaria	85-74	Czechoslovakia	51-39
Tue 14.09.71	Yugoslavia	118-92	Israel	60-54
Tue 14.09.71	Italy	67-53	Turkey	36-31
Wed 15.09.71	Czechoslovakia	113-85	Israel	55-40
Wed 15.09.71	Bulgaria	87-60	Turkey	46-39
Wed 15.09.71	Yugoslavia	79-68	Italy	33-30

Teams Composition

6. Bulgaria	team	Ag	Height	mat
4. Rumen Peychev	Akademik Sf	20	202cm	73
5. Stefan Filipov	Akademik Sf	28	183cm	167
6. Pando Pandov	Akademik Sf	25	193cm	69
7. Hristo Doychinov	Levski-Spartak	27	202cm	80
8. Georgi Barzakov	Akademik Sf	27	194cm	51
9. Ilia Yankov	Akademik Sf	23	187cm	46
10.Botyo Paspalanov	Lokomotiv Sf	25	190cm	72
11.Atanas Golomeev	Akademik Sf	24	202cm	94
12.Docho Petrov	CSKA Sept. Zn.	20	202cm	11
13.Ivaylo Kirov	CSKA Sept. Zn.	24	195cm	14
14.Slavey Raychev	CSKA Sept. Zn.	28	187cm	120
15.Georgi Hristov	Balkan	26	185cm	70
16.Bogomil Chanev	Balkan	22	193cm	27

Team

Sovi

Yugo

Ital

Pola

Czec

Bulg

Spai

Roma

Germ

Fran

Isra

Turk

Soviet Union

-----

69:64

93:66

94:73

118:58

83:55

91:54

75:63

Yugoslavia

-----

79:68

100:75

81:66

70:69

118:92

86:63

Italy

-----

85:67

74:60

78:69

87:68

67:53

Poland

-----

83:70

80:74

78:73

91:65

Czechoslovakia

-----

99:76

87:74

113:85

88:69

Bulgaria

85:74

-----

95:84

98:75

87:60

Spain

-----

86:71

73:69

79:66

Romania

76:72

-----

79:69

65:64

West Germany

-----

76:70

99:76

France

64:88

-----

82:60

Israel

-----

84:74

Turkey

97:88

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