EuroBasket 1955 explained

City:Budapest
Country:Hungary
Dates:7–19 June
Num Teams:18
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:HUN
Champion-Flagvar:1949
Count:1
Second:Czechoslovakia
Third:Soviet Union
Third-Flagvar:1936
Fourth:BUL
Fourth-Flagvar:1948
Mvp: János Greminger
Top Scorer: Miroslav Škeřík
(19.1 points per game)
Prevseason:1953
Nextseason:1957

The 1955 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1955, was the ninth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Hungary, silver medal winners of EuroBasket 1953. Budapest was the location of the event.

Results

First round

In the preliminary round, the 18 teams were split up into four groups. Two of the groups had five teams each, with the other two having four each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round, while the other ten teams were relegated to classification play.

Group A

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 840346213+133
2. 731270220+50
3. 622261203+58
4. 513236268−32
5. 404195404−209
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France72 – 56Austria
Poland69 – 64Yugoslavia
Poland80 – 50Austria
England50 – 97France
England44 – 140Poland
Yugoslavia68 – 61 OTAustria
Yugoslavia98 – 53England
France55 – 57Poland
Austria69 – 48England
France37 – 40Yugoslavia

Group B

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 630235171+64
2. 521232197+35
3. 412201218−17
4. 303183265−82
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Italy86 – 63Turkey
Hungary94 – 58Finland
Finland66 – 83Turkey
Hungary75 – 58Italy
Italy88 – 59Finland
Turkey55 – 66Hungary

Group C

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 840372179+193
2. 731280210+70
3. 622233252−19
4. 513189314−125
5. 404179298−119
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Sweden52 – 72Switzerland
Luxembourg36 – 103Soviet Union
Sweden54 – 53Luxembourg
Romania63 – 79Soviet Union
Switzerland73 – 50Luxembourg
Romania86 – 52Sweden
Soviet Union103 – 31Sweden
Switzerland39 – 63Romania
Romania68 – 40Luxembourg
Soviet Union87 – 49Switzerland

Group D

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 630286161+125
2. 521272160+112
3. 412171246−75
4. 30397259−162
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Bulgaria107 – 33Denmark
West Germany65 – 113Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria97 – 54West Germany
Czechoslovakia100 – 28Denmark
Denmark36 – 52West Germany
Czechoslovakia73 – 68Bulgaria

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 teams played one game against each other for 17th and 18th places.

Group 1

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1. 840279203+76
2. 622220262−42
3. 622194199−5
4. 513184213−29
5. 5131961960
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West Germany67 – 50England
Finland55 – 49Austria
West Germany53 – 65Finland
Switzerland65 – 41Austria
England60 – 94Finland
Switzerland35 – 34West Germany
England59 – 53Switzerland
Austria46 – 42West Germany
Austria48 – 51England
Finland65 – 41Switzerland

Group 2

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1. 840314130+184
2. 731279188+91
3. 622200246−46
4. 513192277−85
5. 404131275−144
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Turkey72 – 59Luxembourg
Denmark41 – 51Sweden
France84 – 36Sweden
Turkey82 – 33Denmark
Luxembourg46 – 31Denmark
France50 – 38Turkey
Sweden46 – 87Turkey
Luxembourg30 – 84France
Sweden59 – 65Luxembourg
Denmark26 – 96France

Classification round 2

Classification 13–16

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Luxembourg55 – 80Austria
Switzerland54 – 43Sweden
Classification 13/14

Classification 9–12

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France103 – 55England
Finland55 – 54Turkey
Classification 9/10

Final round

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

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1. 1361514427+87
2. 1252533447+86
3. 1252538467+71
4. 1143483465+18
5. 1034461516−55
6. 925434510−76
7. 925473516−43
8. 816397485−88
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Poland56 – 69Romania
Bulgaria84 – 66Yugoslavia
Hungary65 – 75Czechoslovakia
Italy48 – 54Soviet Union
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Czechoslovakia49 – 52Yugoslavia
Romania70 – 73 OTItaly
Soviet Union82 – 62Bulgaria
Hungary98 – 66Poland

After two rounds of the round robin, the Soviet Union was the only team still undefeated. Poland had lost both of their games, and the other six teams were 1–1.

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Bulgaria73 – 46Romania
Italy65 – 81Hungary
Poland72 – 68Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia52 – 75Soviet Union

The Soviet team remained undefeated with an easy win over Yugoslavia, while Bulgaria and Hungary followed closely at 2–1 as the other 5 teams trailed at 1–2.

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Romania93 – 68Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia81 – 74Soviet Union
Hungary69 – 59Bulgaria
Poland67 – 59Italy

Ending the Soviet Union's undefeated streak that had spanned 32 games and was into its 4th tournament, Czechoslovakia won 81–74 to bump the Soviet Union to 3–1, tied with a Hungarian team it had yet to face in direct competition in the final round.

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Bulgaria62 – 57Poland
Yugoslavia34 – 48Hungary
Italy48 – 96Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union84 – 66Romania

The Soviet Union and Hungary each won their fifth-round games, moving up to 4–1 apiece with two games left. The sixth round would pit the two against each other, however, so the tie for the lead of the group was about to be broken. Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia remained close behind at 3–2, followed by Romania and Poland at 2–3. Yugoslavia and Italy brought up the rear with 1–4 records.

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Poland67 – 59Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia91 – 69Romania
Soviet Union68 – 82Hungary
Italy72 – 76Bulgaria

The host Hungarian team dealt the Soviet Union its second loss in Eurobasket history. The Soviets were for the first time no longer in control of their own destiny — the Hungarians had taken lead of the group and the Soviets could not directly take it back. They were now in a three-way tie for second place with Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.

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Yugoslavia66 – 69Italy
Soviet Union101 – 76Poland
Bulgaria67 – 73Czechoslovakia
Hungary71 – 60Romania

Hungary's defeat of Romania clinched the gold medal for the hosts, who were the only 6–1 team in the final round. The Soviets and Czechoslovakia both finished at 5–2, with Czechoslovakia taking the silver medal and the Soviet Union, three-time gold medal winners, finished with a bronze medal.

Team rosters

1. Hungary: János Greminger, Tibor Mezőfi, László Tóth, Tibor Zsíros, László Bánhegyi, János Hódi, László Hódi, Pál Bogár, Péter Papp, János Simon, Tibor Czinkán, Tibor Cselkó, Tibor Rémay, János Dallos, János Bencze (Coach: János Páder)

2. Czechoslovakia: Ivan Mrázek, Jiří Baumruk, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Miroslav Škeřík, Jan Kozák, Jaroslav Šíp, Radoslav Sís, Zdeněk Rylich, Dušan Lukašik, Jaroslav Tetiva, Luboš Kolář, Jiří Matoušek, Milan Merkl, Eugen Horniak (Coach: Josef Fleischlinger)

3. Soviet Union: Otar Korkia, Anatoly Konev, Aleksandr Moiseyev, Mikhail Semyonov, Arkady Bochkaryov, Yuri Ozerov, Kazys Petkevičius, Algirdas Lauritėnas, Gunārs Siliņš, Vladimir Torban, Viktor Vlasov, Stasys Stonkus, Mart Laga, Lev Reshetnikov (Coach: Konstantin Travin)

4. Bulgaria: Georgi Panov, Viktor Radev, Ilija Mirchev, Vladimir Ganchev, Konstantin Totev, Tsvjatko Barchovski, Gencho Rashkov, Metodi Tomovski, Vasil Manchenko, Emanuil Gjaurov, Anton Kuzov, Todor Rajkov, Ljubomir Panov, Bobev (Coach: Bozhidar Takev)

5. Poland: Jędrzej Bednarowicz, Mieczysław Fęglerski, Leszek Kamiński, Jerzy Młynarczyk, Andrzej Nartowski, Ryszard Olszewski, Tadeusz Pacuła, Władysław Pawlak, Bohdan Przywarski, Jerzy Sterenga, Wincenty Wawro, Stefan Wójcik, Witold Zagórski, Sławomir Złotek-Złotkiewicz (Coach: Władysław Maleszewski)

8. Yugoslavia: Bogdan Müller, Milutin Minja, Milan Bjegojević, Đorđe Andrijašević, Ladislav Demšar, Obren Popović, Đorđe Konjović, Jože Zupančič, Aleksandar Blašković, Ljubomir Katić, Vilmos Lóczi, Borislav Ćurčić (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)

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