The 1960 European Women's Basketball Championship was the 7th regional championship held by FIBA Europe for women. The competition was held in Sofia, Bulgaria and took place June 3–11, 1960. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, while hosts Bulgaria received the silver. Czechoslovakia won the bronze medal.

EuroBasket 1960 Women
7th FIBA European Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBulgaria
DatesJune 3–11
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (5th title)
Official website
Official website (archive)
1958
1962

Preliminary round

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The teams where divided into two groups. The first three from each group would go to the Final Round. The remaining teams went to the Classification Round to determine the 7th–10th spots.

Group A

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Rank Team W L Pts Diff
1   Soviet Union 4 0 8 +153
2   Yugoslavia 3 1 7 −6
3   Romania 2 2 6 −14
4   Hungary 1 3 5 −48
5   Belgium 0 4 4 −85
June 3
16:00
Romania   55,   Hungary 46
Scoring by half: 27–18, 28–28
Pts: Kraus (12) Pts: Kalo (13)
June 3
17:00
Soviet Union   78,   Yugoslavia 35
Scoring by half: 29–18, 49–17
Pts: Kostikova (14) Pts: Mrak (13)
June 4
17:45
Soviet Union   89,   Belgium 44
Scoring by half: 43–18, 46–26
Pts: Eremina (20) Pts: Van Geert (13)
June 4
20:15
Yugoslavia   56,   Hungary 50
Scoring by half: 32–26, 24–24
Pts: Radovanovic (20) Pts: Mogyorosi-Korenne (12)
June 5
16:30
Hungary   53,   Belgium 41
Scoring by half: 28–16, 25–25
Pts: Noficzer (16) Pts: Vanderheyden (8)
June 5
20:15
Yugoslavia   59,   Romania 46
Scoring by half: 27–22, 32–24
Pts: Kalusevic (21) Pts: Firimide-Racovita (13)
June 6
18:30
Belgium   38,   Romania 48
Scoring by half: 23–19, 15–29
Pts: Vanderheyden (11) Pts: Ivanovici (10)
June 6
19:45
Hungary   32,   Soviet Union 77
Scoring by half: 16–35, 16–42
Pts: Kalo-Laborczne (10) Pts: Kostikova (21)
June 7
16:30
Belgium   39,   Yugoslavia 57
Scoring by half: 20–21, 19–36
Pts: Sey (13) Pts: Mrak (16)
June 7
17:45
Romania   40,   Soviet Union 60
Scoring by half: 18–30, 22–30
Pts: Marian (10) Pts: Kostikova (15)

Group B

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Rank Team W L Pts Diff
1   Bulgaria 4 0 8 +91
2   Czechoslovakia 3 1 7 +76
3   Poland 2 2 6 −11
4   Italy 1 3 5 −41
5   Netherlands 0 4 4 −115
June 3
19:30
Bulgaria   87,   Netherlands 39
Scoring by half: 53–19, 34–20
Pts: Borisova (20) Pts: Wink-Duyf (7)
June 3
20:30
Czechoslovakia   64,   Poland 49
Scoring by half: 19–33, 45–16
Pts: Hubalkova (24) Pts: Kapalczynska-Roga (18)
June 4
16:30
Poland   55,   Netherlands 36
Scoring by half: 28–15, 27–21
Pts: Kapalczynska-Roga (14) Pts: Van Der Heyden (9)
June 4
19:00
Italy   40,   Czechoslovakia 71
Scoring by half: 21–35, 19–36
Pts: Ronchetti (12) Pts: Hubalkova (17)
June 5
17:45
Netherlands   42,   Italy 58
Scoring by half: 22–27, 20–31
Pts: Van Der Heyden (10) Pts: Geroni (11)
June 5
19:00
Bulgaria   66,   Poland 45
Scoring by half: 31–22, 35–23
Pts: Popova (18) Pts: Pabianczyk-Likszo (7)
June 6
16:00
Czechoslovakia   76,   Netherlands 44
Scoring by half: 37–29, 39–15
Pts: Hubalkova (12) Pts: Wink-Duyf (11)
June 6
17:15
Bulgaria   55,   Italy 35
Scoring by half: 32–12, 23–23
Pts: Calaskanova (13) Pts: Ronchetti (10)
June 7
19:00
Bulgaria   53,   Czechoslovakia 51
Scoring by half: 22–22, 31–29
Pts: Popova (19) Pts: Hubalkova (22)
June 7
20:15
Poland   51,   Italy 45
Scoring by half: 26–16, 25–29
Pts: Szostak (16) Pts: Ronchetti (15)

Classification round

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Rank Team W L Pts Diff
1   Italy 3 0 6 +29
2   Netherlands 2 1 5 +3
3   Hungary 1 2 4 +1
4   Belgium 0 3 3 −33

The results from the following matches were carried over to this round:

  • Italy vs. Netherlands
  • Hungary vs. Belgium
June 9
8:30
Italy   49,   Belgium 37
Scoring by half: 28–22, 21–15
Pts: Ronchetti (20) Pts: Blancke (10)
June 9
9:45
Hungary   38,   Netherlands 48
Scoring by half: 21–24, 17–24
Pts: Kalo (11) Pts: De Groot (13)
June 10
8:30
Netherlands   53,   Belgium 44
Scoring by half: 28–27, 25–17
Pts: De Groot (13) Pts: Blancke (9)
June 11
8:30
Italy   56,   Hungary 55 (OT)
Scoring by half: 28–31, 22–19 Overtime: 6–5
Pts: Ronchetti (16pts) Pts: Kalo (16pts)

Final round

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Rank Team W L Pts Diff
1   Soviet Union 5 0 10 +112
2   Bulgaria 4 1 9 +44
3   Czechoslovakia 3 2 8 +73
4   Poland 2 3 7 −69
5   Yugoslavia 1 4 6 -66
6   Romania 0 5 5 −94

The results from the following matches carried over to this round:

  • Soviet Union vs. Yugoslavia
  • Soviet Union vs. Romania
  • Czechoslovakia vs. Bulgaria
  • Czechoslovakia vs. Poland
  • Poland vs. Bulgaria
  • Yugoslavia vs. Romania
June 9
17:00
Poland   50,   Romania 45
Scoring by half: 28–24, 22–21
Pts: Kapalczynska-Roga (18pts) Pts: Antonescu-Niculescu (9pts)
June 9
18:15
Bulgaria   47,   Yugoslavia 45
Scoring by half: 25–22, 22–23
Pts: Popova (16) Pts: Mrak (18)
June 9
19:30
Soviet Union   58,   Czechoslovakia 56
Scoring by half: 30–28, 28–28
Pts: Smildzinia-Budovska (15) Pts: Hubalkova (16)
June 10
17:00
Bulgaria   72,   Romania 51
Scoring by half: 35–21, 37–30
Pts: Popova (11) Pts: Antonescu-Niculescu (16)
June 10
18:15
Soviet Union   71,   Poland 26
Scoring by half: 36–10, 35–16
Pts: Nikitina (14) Pts: Rospondek-Sokul (13)
June 10
19:30
Czechoslovakia   74,   Yugoslavia 47
Scoring by half: 35–28, 39–19
Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova (16) Pts: Kalusevic (12)
June 11
16:00
Czechoslovakia   74,   Romania 39
Scoring by half: 44–16, 30–23
Pts: Trojkova-Sulcova (13) Pts: Firimide-Racovita (9)
June 11
17:15
Yugoslavia   45,   Poland 52
Scoring by half: 28–24, 17–28
Pts: Radovanovic (17) Pts: Kapalczynska-Roga (17)
June 11
18:30
Soviet Union   52,   Bulgaria 50 (OT)
Scoring by half: 13–22, 32–23 Overtime: 7–5
Pts: Smildzinia-Budovska (15) Pts: Borisova (14)

Final standings

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Rank Team Record
1   Soviet Union 7–0
2   Bulgaria 6–1
3   Czechoslovakia 5–2
4   Poland 4–3
5   Yugoslavia 3–4
6   Romania 2–5
7   Italy 3–3
8   Netherlands 2–4
9   Hungary 1–5
10   Belgium 0–6
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