European Championship for Men 1961

SCOREBOARD

Preliminary Round

GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP C
GROUP D
GROUP E
GROUP F

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Yugoslavia	3	3/0	280/182	6
2.	Poland	3	2/1	222/152	5
3.	Greece	3	1/2	181/206	4
4.	England	3	0/3	135/278	3

Greece				England
78			43

39-25 39-18

Poland				Yugoslavia
67			72

34-38 33-34

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	German Democratic Republic	2	2/0	141/127	4
2.	Hungary	2	1/1	128/122	3
3.	Finland	2	0/2	122/142	2

German Democratic Republic				Finland
77			64

38-27 39-37

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Soviet Union	2	2/0	171/97	4
2.	Belgium	2	1/1	118/156	3
3.	Spain	2	0/2	116/152	2

Spain				Soviet Union
49			82

28-46 21-36

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Bulgaria	2	2/0	118/89	4
2.	Israel	2	1/1	112/89	3
3.	Federal Republic of Germany	2	0/2	88/140	2

Bulgaria				Israel
48			42

21-27 27-15

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Turkey	2	2/0	132/110	4
2.	Czechoslovakia	2	1/1	128/110	3
3.	Sweden	2	0/2	73/113	2

Turkey				Sweden
55			40

30-11 25-29

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Romania	2	2/0	152/132	4
2.	France	2	1/1	157/122	3
3.	Netherlands	2	0/2	120/175	2

France				Netherlands
91			54

48-20 43-34

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Soviet Union	5	5/0	395/230	10
2.	Yugoslavia	5	4/1	369/340	9
3.	Belgium	5	3/2	303/358	8
4.	Hungary	5	1/4	272/333	6
5.	Poland	5	1/4	307/329	6
6.	German Democratic Republic	5	1/4	311/367	6

Hungary				Belgium
59			61

31-30 28-31

Poland				German Democratic Republic
82			71

35-34 47-37

Yugoslavia				Soviet Union
58			75

33-42 25-33

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	France	5	4/1	341/286	9
2.	Bulgaria	5	4/1	291/281	9
3.	Romania	5	4/1	286/269	9
4.	Czechoslovakia	5	1/4	308/311	6
5.	Turkey	5	1/4	287/311	6
6.	Israel	5	1/4	233/288	6

Czechoslovakia				France
62			66

27-28 35-38

Israel				Turkey
57			50

28-14 29-36

Bulgaria				Romania
63			51

34-28 29-23

Classification Round I

GROUP 1
GROUP 2

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Netherlands	2	2/0	96/93	4
2.	Federal Republic of Germany	2	1/1	94/91	3
3.	Sweden	2	0/2	90/96	2

Netherlands				Germany
48			46

24-21 24-25

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Spain	3	3/0	271/149	6
2.	Finland	3	2/1	201/208	5
3.	Greece	3	1/2	195/193	4
4.	England	3	0/3	131/248	3

Finland				Spain
53			99

30-57 23-42

Classification Round II

England				Sweden
41			70

20-27 21-43

Finland				Netherlands
79			72

40-35 39-37

Spain				Germany
62			49

29-23 33-26

Sweden				Greece
47			60

24-42 23-18

Netherlands				Germany
56			53

27-20 29-33

Spain				Finland
61			60

36-34 25-26

Semi-Final Round

German Democratic Republic				Turkey
50			63

28-34 22-29

Hungary				Romania
71			60

40-35 31-25

Poland				Israel
74			59

34-16 40-43

Belgium				Czechoslovakia
65			74

30-37 35-37

Yugoslavia				France
75			65

32-25 43-40

Soviet Union				Bulgaria
77			54

36-22 41-32

Final Round

German Democratic Republic				Israel
80			83

39-33 30-36 11-14

Turkey				Poland
59			74

21-40 38-34

Romania				Belgium
71			61

37-40 34-21

Hungary				Czechoslovakia
48			53

28-33 20-20

France				Bulgaria
46			55

14-31 32-24

Yugoslavia				Soviet Union
53			60

27-31 26-29

FINAL STANDINGS

	Team
1.		Soviet Union
2.		Yugoslavia
3.		Bulgaria
4.		France
5.		Czechoslovakia
6.		Hungary
7.		Romania
8.		Belgium
9.		Poland
10.		Turkey
11.		Israel
12.		German Democratic Republic
13.		Spain
14.		Finland
15.		Netherlands
16.		Germany
17.		Greece
18.		Sweden
19.		England

PHOTO GALLERY

LEADING SCORERS

	Name	Avg.
1.	Korac, R.	24.0
2.	Uyguc, N.	17.2
3.	Rodriguez, E.	17.0
4.	Gabanyi, L.	16.9
5.	Kuusela, S.	16.3