1960 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament

The 1960 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament was the final qualifying tournament for basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome, and was held at the Palazzo dello Sport in Bologna on August 13–20. Teams were divided into two pools, with both pools having distinct preliminary and final rounds; the preliminary round in every pool was divided into two groups with either 4 or 5 teams. The top two teams per group advanced to the final round. The best two from each final round qualified directly for the Olympic Games, and the fifth spot was decided between the third best of both groups in a final match.

Contents 1 First pool 1.1 Preliminary round 1.1.1 Group A 1.1.2 Group B 1.2 Final round 2 Second pool 2.1 Preliminary round 2.1.1 Group C 2.1.2 Group D 2.2 Final round 3 5th-8th Place 3.1 5th Place Match 3.2 7th Place Match 4 9th-18th Place Classification 4.1 9th-12th Place 4.2 13th-16th Place 4.3 17th Place Match 5 References

First pool

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round

Group A

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Belgium	3	0	230	185	+45	6
Canada	2	1	203	198	+5	5
Germany	1	2	204	180	+24	4
Thailand	0	3	179	253	−74	3

		Canada	61–60	Poland
		Scoring by half: 32-26, 29-34

		Belgium	87–65	Thailand
		Scoring by half: 50-28, 37-37

		Belgium	67–60	Germany
		Scoring by half: 27-33, 40-27

		Thailand	62–82	Canada
		Scoring by half: 31-52, 31-30

		Belgium	76–60	Canada
		Scoring by half: 43-28, 33-32

		Germany	84–52	Thailand
		Scoring by half: 39-24, 45-28

Group B

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	4	0	389	214	+175	8
Spain	3	1	300	213	+87	7
Formosa	2	2	301	318	-17	6
Suriname	1	3	246	344	-98	5
Sudan	0	4	204	351	-147	4

		Suriname	61–51	Sudan
		Scoring by half: 32-25, 29-26

		Formosa	55–83	Spain
		Scoring by half: 28-39, 27-44

		Sudan	40–88	Spain
		Scoring by half: 14-37, 26-51

		Suriname	49–121	Czechoslovakia
		Scoring by half: 21-63, 28-58

		Spain	52–64	Czechoslovakia
		Scoring by half: 21-26, 31-38

		Formosa	84–67	Sudan
		Scoring by half: 37-32, 47-35

		Spain	77–54	Suriname
		Scoring by half: 46-19, 31-35

		Czechoslovakia	86–67	Formosa
		Scoring by half: 43-28, 43-39

		Czechoslovakia	118–46	Sudan
		Scoring by half: 57-24, 61-22

		Formosa	95–82	Suriname
		Scoring by half: 39-33, 56-49

Final round

• Results from Canada-Spain and Czechoslovakia-Belgium were carried over.

Qualified for the Olympics

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Czechoslovakia	2	1	206	189	+45	5	1.08
Spain	2	1	193	184	+9	5	0.99
Belgium	2	1	217	209	+8	5	0.95
Canada	0	3	176	210	-34	3

		Czechoslovakia	74–67	Canada
		Scoring by half: 35-29, 39-38

		Belgium	71–81	Spain
		Scoring by half: 39-42, 32-39

		Belgium	70–68	Czechoslovakia
		Scoring by half: 40-40, 30-28

		Spain	60–49	Canada
		Scoring by half: 30-33, 30-16

Second pool

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round

Group C

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Hungary	3	0	272	196	+76	6
Yugoslavia	2	1	259	187	+72	5
Austria	1	2	177	215	−39	4
Great Britain	0	3	149	259	−110	3

		Hungary	94–92	Yugoslavia	OT
		Scoring by half: 36-38, 49-47 OT: 9-7

		Great Britain	62–67	Austria
		Scoring by half: 27-29, 35-38

		Hungary	76–55	Austria
		Scoring by half: 33-32, 43-23

		Yugoslavia	90–38	Great Britain
		Scoring by half: 48-21, 42-17

		Hungary	102–49	Great Britain
		Scoring by half: 47-33, 55-16

		Austria	55–77	Yugoslavia
		Scoring by half: 30-44, 25-33

Group D

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Poland	4	0	358	239	+119	8
Israel	3	1	248	213	+35	7
Greece	2	2	298	283	+15	6
Switzerland	1	3	210	289	−79	5
Australia	0	4	265	355	−90	4

		Australia	65–115	Poland
		Scoring by half: 32-58, 33-57

		Israel	43–65	Greece
		Scoring by half: 28-26, 15-39

		Australia	64–68	Switzerland
		Scoring by half: 29-42, 35-26

		Poland	78–53	Israel
		Scoring by half: 42-21, 36-32

		Israel	66–43	Switzerland
		Scoring by half: 31-17, 35-26

		Poland	77–76	Greece
		Scoring by half: 36-36, 41-40

		Switzerland	54–71	Greece
		Scoring by half: 26-31, 28-40

		Israel	64–49	Australia
		Scoring by half: 25-32, 39-17

		Switzerland	45–88	Poland
		Scoring by half: 18-32, 27-56

		Israel	108–87	Australia
		Scoring by half: 53-38, 55-49

Final round

• Results from Hungary-Yugoslavia and Poland-Israel were carried over.

Qualified for the Olympics

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Yugoslavia	2	1	225	219	+6	5	1.03
Hungary	2	1	240	232	+8	5	1.00
Poland	2	1	204	184	+20	5	0.96
Israel	0	3	176	210	-34	3

		Hungary	86–78	Israel
		Scoring by half: 33-36, 53-42

		Poland	64–71	Yugoslavia
		Scoring by half: 33-33, 31-38

		Israel	61–62	Yugoslavia
		Scoring by half: 32-26, 29-26

		Hungary	60–62	Poland
		Scoring by half: 28-30, 32-32

5th-8th Place

5th Place Match

• The winner earned the final spot in the 1960 Olympic Summer Games.

Poland

68–58

Belgium

7th Place Match

Canada

60–59

Israel

9th-18th Place Classification

9th-12th Place

13th-16th Place

17th Place Match

References

• FIBA archive

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