EuroBasket 1965 explained

Country:	Soviet Union
Dates:	30 May – 10 June
Num Teams:	16
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Champion:	Soviet Union
Champion-Flagvar:	1955
Count:	8
Second:	YUG
Third:	POL
Third-Flagvar:	1928
Fourth:	ITA
Top Scorer:	Radivoj Korać (21.9 points per game)
Prevseason:	1963
Nextseason:	1967

The 1965 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1965, was the fourteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

Results

First round

Group A – Moscow

		49–60
		61–85
		55–73
		87–48
		51–51 aet. 59–63
		52–76
		88–50
		78–69
		59–57
		59–60
		55–56
		79–74
		56–55
		68–40
		66–64
		62–60
		77–53
		47–68
		89–52
		55–59
		61–61 aet. 71–69
		73–73 aet. 75–81
		65–41
		67–46
		51–52
		59–90
		64–87
		76–45

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.		7	7	0	546:370	14	+176
2.		7	5	2	487:466	10	+21
3.		7	5	2	522:443	10	+79
4.		7	4	3	393:439	8	−46
5.		7	3	4	394:458	6	−64
6.		7	2	5	389:454	4	−65
7.		7	2	5	477:464	4	+13
8.		7	0	7	364:478	0	−114

Group B – Tbilisi

		74–57
		69–71
		80–54
		82–57
		86–58
		113–56
		76–68
		72–53
		63–64
		92–64
		78–74
		89–69
		72–49
		67–70
		74–62
		65–113
		83–41
		56–115
		65–59
		77–90
		47–74
		46–91
		89–82
		75–63
		81–72
		61–90
		79–56
		69–78

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.		7	7	0	642:427	14	+215
2.		7	6	1	557:418	12	+129
3.		7	5	2	500:495	10	+5
4.		7	4	3	527:465	8	+62
5.		7	3	4	514:572	6	−58
6.		7	2	5	478:484	4	−6
7.		7	1	6	426:571	2	−145
8.		7	0	7	396:608	0	−212

Places 13 – 16

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
		60–86
		53–52

Places 9 – 12

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
		52–42
		69–69 aet. 76–78

Places 5 – 8

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
		77–70
		67–69

Places 1 – 4

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
		61–75
		83–82

Finals

Placement	Team 1	Team 2	Res.
15th place			66–79
13th place			74–63
11th place			58–65
9th place			66–57
7th place			116–71
5th place			63–51
3rd place			86–70
Final			58–49

Awards

1965 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Modestas Paulauskas (Soviet Union)

Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Gennadi Volnov, Modestas Paulauskas, Jaak Lipso, Armenak Alachachian, Aleksander Travin, Aleksander Petrov, Zurab Sakandelidze, Viacheslav Khrinin, Visvaldis Eglitis, Nikolai Baglei, Nikolai Sushak, Amiran Skhiereli (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)
2. Yugoslavia: Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu, Petar Skansi, Slobodan Gordić, Trajko Rajković, Josip Đerđa, Nemanja Đurić, Vital Eiselt, Miloš Bojović, Dragan Kovačić, Zvonko Petričević, Dragoslav Ražnatović (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)
3. Poland: Mieczyslaw Lopatka, Bohdan Likszo, Andrzej Pstrokonski, Janusz Wichowski, Zbigniew Dregier, Kazimierz Frelkiewicz, Edward Grzywna, Wieslaw Langiewicz, Czeslaw Malec, Stanislaw Olejniczak, Andrzej Perka, Jerzy Piskun (Coach: Witold Zagórski)
4. Italy: Massimo Masini, Giambattista Cescutti, Ottorino Flaborea, Gabriele Vianello, Sauro Bufalini, Gianfranco Lombardi, Giusto Pellanera, Massimo Cosmelli, Franco Bertini, Guido Carlo Gatti, Sandro Spinetti (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore)

External links

• EuroBasket 1965 archive.fiba.com