1961 INBA World Cup

1961 INBA World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Montcrabe
Dates	25 October – 4 November
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Monsilva (1st title)
Runners-up	Byasa
Third place	Uulgadzar
Fourth place	Montcrabe

The 1961 INBA World Cup was the third edition of the INBA World Cup, an international basketball competition held quadrennially. Sixteen teams participated in the tournament.

Competing nations

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Kivu Rakhman Placeholder 15 Placeholder 26	Byasa Placeholder 14 Placeholder 16 Placeholder 27	Lurjize Montcrabe Uulgadzar Placeholder 25	Baltanla Jackson Monsilva New Illyricum

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rakhman	3	2	1	231	182	+49	5	Final round
2	Placeholder 26	3	2	1	222	223	−1	5
3	Kivu	3	1	2	197	231	−34	4	Classification round
4	Placeholder 15	3	1	2	199	213	−14	4

Source: INBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

MATCHES

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Byasa	3	3	0	256	200	+56	6	Final round
2	Placeholder 27	3	2	1	221	221	0	5
3	Placeholder 16	3	1	2	207	238	−31	4	Classification round
4	Placeholder 14	3	0	3	217	242	−25	3

Source: INBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

MATCHES

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uulgadzar	3	3	0	220	188	+32	6	Final round
2	Montcrabe (H)	3	2	1	253	220	+33	5
3	Placeholder 25	3	1	2	205	241	−36	4	Classification round
4	Lurjize	3	0	3	218	247	−29	3

Source: INBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Host

MATCHES

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monsilva	3	3	0	271	206	+65	6	Final round
2	Baltanla	3	2	1	227	233	−6	5
3	New Illyricum	3	1	2	199	223	−24	4	Classification round
4	Jackson	3	0	3	204	239	−35	3

Source: INBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

MATCHES

Classification round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
9	Lurjize	7	6	1	572	516	+56	13
10	Kivu	7	5	2	554	479	+75	12
11	Placeholder 14	7	5	2	574	543	+31	12
12	Placeholder 15	7	5	2	551	538	+13	12
13	New Illyricum	7	4	3	575	543	+32	11
14	Placeholder 25	7	1	6	503	558	−55	8
15	Placeholder 16	7	1	6	521	579	−58	8
16	Jackson	7	1	6	480	574	−94	8

Source: INBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Class. matches

Final round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Monsilva (C)	7	6	1	598	459	+139	13
2	Byasa	7	5	2	553	523	+30	12
3	Uulgadzar	7	4	3	579	508	+71	11
4	Montcrabe (H)	7	4	3	535	526	+9	11
5	Rakhman	7	4	3	545	531	+14	11
6	Placeholder 27	7	3	4	523	558	−35	10
7	Baltanla	7	1	6	472	578	−106	8
8	Placeholder 26	7	1	6	481	603	−122	8

Source: INBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(C) Champion; (H) Host

Final matches