EuroBasket 1953 explained

City:Moscow
Country:Soviet Union
Dates:23 May – 4 June
Num Teams:17
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:Soviet Union
Champion-Flagvar:1936
Count:3
Second:HUN
Second-Flagvar:1949
Third:FRA
Third-Flagvar:1794
Fourth:Czechoslovakia
Mvp: Anatoly Konev
Top Scorer: Ahmed Idlibi
(15.9 points per game)
Prevseason:1951
Nextseason:1955

The 1953 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1953, was the eighth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by the Soviet Union, champions of EuroBasket 1951. Moscow was the location of the event.

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 remaining nine teams were relegated to classification play.

Group A

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 630202107+95
2. 521186134+52
3. 412148146+2
4. 303101250−149
width=25%width=25%width=25%
Czechoslovakia59 – 43Italy
Czechoslovakia49 – 31Romania
Czechoslovakia94 – 33Switzerland
Italy61 – 43Romania
Switzerland32 – 82Italy
Romania74 – 36Switzerland

Group B

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 630223125+98
2. 521199151+48
3. 412150187−37
4. 30396205−109
width=25%width=25%width=25%
France76 – 44West Germany
France58 – 74Egypt
France65 – 33Sweden
West Germany41 – 74Egypt
Sweden37 – 65West Germany
Egypt75 – 26Sweden

Group C

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 63024199+142
2. 521206129+77
3. 412122151−29
4. 30379269−190
width=25%width=25%width=25%
Soviet Union59 – 31Belgium
Soviet Union64 – 54Hungary
Soviet Union118 – 14Denmark
Hungary57 – 35Belgium
Denmark35 – 56Belgium
Hungary95 – 30Denmark

Group D

Lebanon refused to play Israel for political reasons; they received zero points for the match, as opposed to the usual 1 point for a loss.

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 731178141+37
2. 731218170+48
3. 731230182+48
4. 513184219−35
5. 304159257−98
width=25%width=25%width=25%
Bulgaria61 – 45Finland
Yugoslavia25 – 27Bulgaria
Bulgaria48 – 61Israel
Lebanon51 – 94Bulgaria
Finland37 – 41Yugoslavia
Israel60 – 36Finland
Finland66 – 57Lebanon
Yugoslavia57 – 55Israel
Lebanon51 – 95Yugoslavia
Israel2 – 0 (w/o)Lebanon

Classification round 1

The first classification round was played in two round-robin groups. Teams advanced into the second classification round depending on their results in the first round—first and second place teams played in the 9–12 segment of classification round 2 while third and fourth place teams played for 13th to 16th places. The fifth place team (one group had 5 teams, the other had 4) received 17th place.

Group 1

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 630255128+127
2. 521168163+5
3. 412145164−19
4. 30399212−113
width=25%width=25%width=25%
Bulgaria82 – 50West Germany
Bulgaria77 – 52Switzerland
Bulgaria96 – 26Denmark
West Germany44 – 51Switzerland
Denmark31 – 51West Germany
Switzerland65 – 42Denmark

Group 2

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1. 731263213+50
2. 731216185+31
3. 731250213+37
4. 513241235+6
5. 404156280−124
width=25%width=25%width=25%
Romania60 – 55Belgium
Sweden43 – 74Romania
Romania51 – 59Finland
Lebanon56 – 65Romania
Belgium75 – 38Sweden
Finland49 – 59Belgium
Belgium74 – 66Lebanon
Sweden32 – 55Finland
Lebanon76 – 43Sweden
Finland53 – 43Lebanon

Classification round 2

Classification 13–16

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West Germany58 – 56Lebanon
Romania80 – 53Denmark
Classification 13/14

Classification 9–12

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Bulgaria57 – 45Finland
Belgium59 – 43Switzerland
Classification 9/10

Final round

The final round was played as an 8-team round robin, with no further playoffs.

Egypt refused to play Israel for political reasons; they received zero points for the match, as opposed to the usual 1 point for a loss, meaning they finished with 7 points to Italy's 8 despite having the same record.

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 1470444265+179
2. 1143375282+93
3. 1143391374+17
4. 1143387332+55
5. 1143238327−89
6. 1034334370−36
7. 816323387−64
8. 716271426−155
width=25%width=25%width=25%
Israel20 – 66Hungary
Israel25 – 75Soviet Union
Israel45 – 62France
Israel2 – 0 (w/o)Egypt
Israel59 – 53Czechoslovakia
Israel47 – 42Italy
Israel40 – 29Yugoslavia
Hungary24 – 29Soviet Union
France50 – 39Hungary
Hungary89 – 50Egypt
Czechoslovakia44 – 39Hungary
Hungary49 – 38Italy
Yugoslavia51 – 69Hungary
Soviet Union80 – 51France
Egypt27 – 66Soviet Union
Soviet Union49 – 41Czechoslovakia
Italy54 – 88Soviet Union
Soviet Union57 – 43Yugoslavia
France73 – 62Egypt
Czechoslovakia55 – 47France
France52 – 54Italy
Yugoslavia39 – 56France
Egypt33 – 87Czechoslovakia
Italy51 – 60Egypt
Egypt39 – 58Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia43 – 39Italy
Yugoslavia66 – 64Czechoslovakia
Italy45 – 48Yugoslavia

Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Otar Korkia, Stepas Butautas, Armenak Alachachian, Ilmar Kullam, Heino Kruus, Anatoly Konev, Aleksandr Moiseyev, Kazys Petkevičius, Justinas Lagunavičius, Yuri Ozerov, Algirdas Lauritėnas, Viktor Vlasov, Gunars Siliņš, Lev Reshetnikov (Coach: Konstantin Travin)

2. Hungary: János Greminger, Tibor Mezőfi, Tibor Zsíros, Laszlo Bánhegyi, Pál Bogár, György Bokor, Tibor Cselkó, Tibor Czinkán, Janos Hody, Laszlo Hody, Ede Komaromi, Péter Papp, Tibor Remay, János Simon (Coach: János Páder)

3. France: André Buffiere, René Chocat, Jacques Dessemme, Jacques Freimuller, Claude Gallay, Robert Guillin, Roger Haudegand, Robert Monclar, Jean Perniceni, Bernard Planque, Marc Quiblier, Henry Rey, Justy Specker, André Vacheresse (Coach: Robert Busnel)

4. Czechoslovakia: Ivan Mrazek, Jiří Baumruk, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Miroslav Škeřík, Jaroslav Šíp, Jan Kozák, Zdeněk Rylich, Radoslav Sís, Jaroslav Tetiva, Jindřich Kinský, Lubomír Kolář, Rudolf Stanček, Eugen Horniak (Coach: Lubomír Dobrý)

5. Israel: Ralph Klein, Avraham Schneor, Zachariah Ofri, Daniel Levy, Menachem Korman, Alfred Cohen, David Heiblum, Simon Schmukler, Ernst Winer, Marcel Hefez, Mark Mimran, Haim Boksenbaum, Reuven Fecher (Coach: Jacob Saltiel)

6. Yugoslavia: Borko Jovanović, Mirko Marjanović, Milan Bjegojević, Đorđe Andrijašević, Ladislav Demšar, Borislav Stanković, Dragan Godžić, Aleksandar Gec, Aleksandar Blašković, Srđan Kalember, Vilmos Lóczi, Borislav Ćurčić, Lajos Engler (Coach: Nebojša Popović)

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