EuroBasket 1959

FIBA EuroBasket 1959
11th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	21 May – 31 May
Teams	17 (from 30 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Soviet Union (5th title)
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Radivoj Korać (28.1)
Official website
EuroBasket 1959 (archive)
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The 1959 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1959, was the eleventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Turkey, began on 21 May 1959 and concluded with the final on 31 May 1959. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul was the location of the event.

Soviet Union claimed their fifth EuroBasket title. Czechoslovakia captured the silver medal, and France captured the bronze.

Results

First round

In the preliminary round, the 17 teams were split up into four groups. One of the groups had five teams, with the other three having four each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round, while the other nine teams were relegated to classification play.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	260	160	+100	6
Poland	3	2	1	184	197	−13	5
Spain	3	1	2	177	189	−12	4
Finland	3	0	3	147	222	−75	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	2	1	218	208	+10	5
Belgium	3	2	1	196	187	−9	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	202	202	0	5
Turkey	3	0	3	173	193	−20	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	4	4	0	316	173	+143	8
France	4	3	1	252	228	+24	7
Italy	4	2	2	250	233	+17	6
Israel	4	1	3	145	216	−60	5
East Germany	4	0	4	133	224	−124	4

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Romania	3	3	0	210	149	+61	6
Hungary	3	2	1	254	153	+101	5
Iran	3	1	2	145	216	−71	4
Austria	3	0	3	133	224	−91	3

Classification round 1

The first classification round was played in three round-robin groups. The first place from each group advanced to the second round to define the 9th–11th places, the second from each group, the 12th–14th and the remaining teams, the 14–17th places in the final standings.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	2	2	0	175	119	+119	4
East Germany	2	1	1	122	145	−23	3
Austria	2	0	2	108	141	−71	2

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Italy	2	2	0	138	100	+38	4
Turkey	2	1	1	108	123	−15	3
Spain	2	0	2	95	118	−23	2

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	2	2	0	124	98	+26	4
Finland	2	1	1	124	93	+31	3
Iran	2	0	2	137	118	−57	2

Classification round 2

Group 1 (9th–11th Place)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Yugoslavia	2	2	0	150	130	+20	4
Italy	2	1	1	151	134	+17	3
Israel	2	0	2	110	147	−37	2

Group 2 (12th–14th Place)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Turkey	2	2	0	116	110	+6	4
Finland	2	1	1	117	111	+6	3
East Germany	2	0	2	102	114	+12	2

Group 3 (15th–17th Place)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Spain	2	2	0	135	75	+60	4
Austria	2	1	1	93	113	−20	3
Iran	2	0	2	91	131	−40	2

Semi-Final round

The Semi-Final round consisted of two round-robin groups, where the top two from each one advanced to the Final Round to decide the first four places in the final standings, and the remaining teams, the 5th–8th places.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	213	179	+34	6
Hungary	3	2	1	190	177	+13	5
Bulgaria	3	1	2	181	190	−9	4
Poland	3	0	3	172	210	−38	3

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
France	3	3	0	179	164	+15	6
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	191	160	+31	5
Belgium	3	1	2	191	218	−27	4
Romania	3	0	3	187	206	−19	3

Final round

• Two groups of four teams determined the 1st–8th places. Results from matches between teams that shared a group in Semi-Final round where carried over to this round (i.e. USSR vs. Hungary, France vs. Czechoslovakia, etc.).

Group 1 (1st–4th Place)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	240	204	+36	6
Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	192	196	−4	4
France	3	1	2	184	199	−15	4
Hungary	3	1	2	183	200	−17	4

Group 2 (5th–8th Place)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	3	0	194	158	+36	6
Poland	3	1	2	198	203	−5	5
Belgium	3	1	2	196	222	−26	4
Romania	3	1	2	194	199	−5	3

1959 FIBA European Champions
Soviet Union 5th title

Final ranking

Rank	Team
01 !	Soviet Union
02 !	Czechoslovakia
03 !	France
4.	Hungary
5.	Bulgaria
6.	Poland
7.	Belgium
8.	Romania
9.	Yugoslavia
10.	Italy
11.	Israel
12.	Turkey
13.	Finland
14.	East Germany
15.	Spain
16.	Austria
17.	Iran

Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Jānis Krūmiņš, Gennadi Volnov, Maigonis Valdmanis, Valdis Muižnieks, Viktor Zubkov, Arkady Bochkarov, Yuri Korneev, Guram Minashvili, Mikhail Semyonov, Aleksander Petrov, Vladimir Torban, Mikhail Studenetski (Coach: Stepan Spandaryan)

2. Czechoslovakia: Jiří Baumruk, František Konvička, Bohumil Tomášek, Miroslav Škeřík, Jaroslav Šíp, Boris Lukášik, Jaroslav Křivý, Dušan Lukášik, Zdeněk Rylich, Jiří Šťastný, Jaroslav Tetiva, Bohuslav Rylich (Coach: Gustáv Herrmann)

3. France: Henri Grange, Robert Monclar, Maxime Dorigo, Philippe Baillet, Christian Baltzer, Andre Chavet, Jerome Christ, Jean-Claude Lefebvre, Bernard Mayeur, Michel Rat, Lucien Sedat, Henri Villecourt (Coach: Robert Busnel)

4. Hungary: János Greminger, Tibor Zsíros, László Bánhegyi, Tibor Czinkán, László Gabányi, János Simon, János Bencze, Zoltán Judik, Ottó Temesvári, Miklós Boháty, Árpád Glatz, Merényi (Coach: János Páder)

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