EuroBasket 1959

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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.

EuroBasket 1959
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Dates21–31 May
Teams17
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (5th title)
Runners-up Czechoslovakia
Third place France
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
MVPSoviet Union Viktor Zubkov
Top scorerSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać
(28.1 points per game)
1957
1961

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

Results edit

First round edit

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 edit

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
21 May 1959
11:30
Finland   57–72   Poland
Scoring by half: 29–39, 28–33
Pts: Lampen (12) Pts: Nartowski (13)
22 May 1959
18:00
Czechoslovakia   85–62   Spain
Scoring by half: 40–27, 45–35
Pts: Konvicka (19) Pts: Rodriguez (15)
23 May 1959
18:00
Spain   57–43   Finland
Scoring by half: 27–22, 30–21
Pts: Rodriguez (19) Pts: Lampen (16)
24 May 1959
18:00
Czechoslovakia   82–51   Poland
Scoring by half: 42–15, 40–36
Pts: Baumruk (22) Pts: Wichowski (9)
25 May 1959
10:00
Czechoslovakia   93–47   Finland
Scoring by half: 49–23, 44–24
Pts: Konvicka (15) Pts: Lampen (20)
25 May 1959
16:30
Poland   61–58 (OT)   Spain
Scoring by half: 28–28, 27–27 Overtime: 6–3
Pts: Pstrokonski (16) Pts: Martinez (22)

Group B edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Bulgaria 3 2 1 219 208 +11 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
21 May 1959
21:30
Belgium   61–50   Turkey
Scoring by half: 22–28, 39–22
Pts: Aerts (20) Pts: Erim (15)
22 May 1959
19:30
Bulgaria   80–72   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–35, 38–37
Pts: Radev (18) Pts: Kristancic (22)
23 May 1959
21:00
Turkey   66–70   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–30, 36–40
Pts: Tezol (10) Pts: Korac (38)
24 May 1959
16:30
Bulgaria   77–79   Belgium
Scoring by half: 39–46, 38–33
Pts: Atanasov (32) Pts: Steveniers (21)
25 May 1959
18:00
Yugoslavia   60–56   Belgium
Scoring by half: 34–21, 26–35
Pts: Korac (26pts) Pts: Steveniers (20pts)
25 May 1959
19:30
Bulgaria   62–57   Turkey
Scoring by half: 32–23, 30–34
Pts: Radev (21) Pts: Erim (13)

Group C edit

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
21 May 1959
18:00
Italy   74–59   Israel
Scoring by half: 30–30, 44–29
Pts: Pieri (19) Pts: Klein (14)
21 May 1959
20:30
Soviet Union   80–48   France
Scoring by half: 42–23, 38–25
Pts: Zubkov (15) Pts: Baillet (7)
22 May 1959
10:00
East Germany   37–87   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 20–43, 17–44
Pts: Kulik (9) Pts: Botchkarev (15)
22 May 1959
21:00
France   77–66   Israel
Scoring by half: 29–31, 48–35
Pts: Mayeur (18) Pts: Klein (29)
23 May 1959
10:00
Israel   79–67   East Germany
Scoring by half: 44–37, 35–30
Pts: Hemmo (23) Pts: Kulik (18)
23 May 1959
19:30
France   50–47   Italy
Scoring by half: 22–24, 28–23
Pts: Lefebvre (12) Pts: Vianello (12)
24 May 1959
11:30
Italy   85–65   East Germany
Scoring by half: 37–33, 48–32
Pts: Gavagnin (20) Pts: Kulik (21)
24 May 1959
19:30
Soviet Union   90–44   Israel
Scoring by half: 44–25, 46–19
Pts: Botchkarev (17) Pts: Kastan (12)
25 May 1959
11:30
France   77–35   East Germany
Scoring by half: 39–16, 38–19
Pts: Dorigo (13) Pts: Flau (11)
25 May 1959
21:00
Soviet Union   59–44   Italy
Scoring by half: 26–15, 33–29
Pts: Valdmanis (17pts) Pts: Calebotta (17pts)

Group D edit

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
21 May 1959
10:00
Hungary   109–48   Iran
Scoring by half: 50–23, 59–25
Pts: Banhegyi (17) Pts: Agakuzik (13)
22 May 1959
11:30
Romania   83–48   Austria
Scoring by half: 33–21, 50–27
Pts: Novacek (19) Pts: Ledl (13)
23 May 1959
11:30
Austria   43–92   Hungary
Scoring by half: 23–36, 20–56
Pts: Havlicek (9) Pts: Gabanyi (14)
23 May 1959
16:30
Iran   48–65   Romania
Scoring by half: 19–31, 29–34
Pts: Solbi (12) Pts: Folbert (18)
24 May 1959
10:00
Austria   42–49   Iran
Scoring by half: 26–18, 16–31
Pts: Privoznik (17) Pts: Meshun (11)
25 May 1959
19:30
Romania   62–53   Hungary
Scoring by half: 28–25, 34–28
Pts: Novacek (24) Pts: Bencze (17)

Classification round 1 edit

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 edit

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
26 May 1959
20:00
Yugoslavia   80–58   Austria
Scoring by half: 32–29, 48–29
Pts: Korac (32) Pts: Privoznik (24)
27 May 1959
8:30
East Germany   61–95   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 25–43, 36–52
Pts: Flau (14) Pts: Korac (21)
28 May 1959
8:30
East Germany   61–50   Austria
Scoring by half: 33–25, 28–25
Pts: Flau (18) Pts: Privoznik (15)

Group 2 edit

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
26 May 1959
19:30
Turkey   53–50   Spain
Scoring by half: 25–21, 28–29
Pts: Buyukaycan (25) Pts: Martinez (12)
27 May 1959
17:30
Turkey   55–73   Italy
Scoring by half: 25–39, 30–34
Pts: Buyukaycan (10) Pts: Alesini (22)
28 May 1959
11:30
Italy   65–45   Spain
Scoring by half: 25–19, 40–26
Pts: Alesini (20) Pts: Martinez (10)

Group 3 edit

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 80 137 −57 2
26 May 1959
21:00
Israel   56–55   Finland
Scoring by half: 26–29, 30–26
Pts: Hemmo (15) Pts: Lampen (17)
27 May 1959
11:30
Iran   37–69   Finland
Scoring by half: 19–32, 18–37
Pts: Meshun (9) Pts: Lampen (18)
28 May 1959
10:00
Israel   68–43   Iran
Scoring by half: 35–11, 33–32
Pts: Ben-Bassat (12) Pts: Meshun (12)

Classification round 2 edit

Group 1 (9th–11th Place) edit

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
29 May 1959
11:30
Italy   76–78   Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 29–36, 47–42
Pts: Calebotta (20) Pts: Korac (32)
30 May 1959
11:30
Yugoslavia   72–54   Israel
Scoring by half: 28–29, 44–25
Pts: Korac (27) Pts: Klein (19)
31 May 1959
10:00
Italy   75–56   Israel
Scoring by half: 34–33, 41–23
Pts: Alesini (20) Pts: Klein (19)

Group 2 (12th–14th Place) edit

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
29 May 1959
16:00
Turkey   54–53   East Germany
Scoring by half: 31–29, 23–24
Pts: Buyukaycan (16) Pts: Flau (14)
30 May 1959
10:00
East Germany   49–60   Finland
Scoring by half: 23–34, 26–26
Pts: Flau (17) Pts: Lampen (31)
31 May 1959
16:30
Turkey   62–57   Finland
Scoring by half: 27–22, 35–35
Pts: Uyguc (17) Pts: Kuusela (22)

Group 3 (15th–17th Place) edit

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
29 May 1959
8:30
Spain   64–33   Austria
Scoring by half: 32–14, 32–19
Pts: Rodriguez (14) Pts: Ledl (7)
30 May 1959
8:30
Austria   60–49   Iran
Scoring by half: 34–27, 26–22
Pts: Doppes (18) Pts: Meshun (19)
31 May 1959
8:30
Spain   71–42   Iran
Scoring by half: 28–16, 43–26
Pts: Parra (20) Pts: Vaizi (9)

Semi-final round edit

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 edit

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
27 May 1959
16:00
Soviet Union   78–59   Poland
Scoring by half: 28–23, 50–36
Pts: Krouminch (18) Pts: Wichowski (14)
27 May 1959
20:30
Bulgaria   52–67   Hungary
Scoring by half: 22–33, 30–34
Pts: Rashkov (11) Pts: Simon (24)
28 May 1959
17:30
Hungary   63–56   Poland
Scoring by half: 29–32, 34–24
Pts: Gabanyi (22) Pts: Wichowski (24)
28 May 1959
20:30
Soviet Union   66–60   Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 34–38, 32–22
Pts: Krouminch (28) Pts: Mirchev (22)
29 May 1959
17:30
Bulgaria   69–57   Poland
Scoring by half: 33–29, 36–28
Pts: Ilov (20) Pts: Wichowski (14)
29 May 1959
20:30
Hungary   60–69   Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 27–36, 33–33
Pts: Banhegyi (11) Pts: Zubkov (22)

Group 2 edit

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
27 May 1959
10:00
Czechoslovakia   76–49   Belgium
Scoring by half: 45–31, 31–18
Pts: Tetiva (23) Pts: Loridon (14)
27 May 1959
19:00
Romania   52–61   France
Scoring by half: 26–29, 26–32
Pts: Nedef (18) Pts: Mayeur (16)
28 May 1959
16:00
Belgium   63–66   France
Scoring by half: 23–36, 40–30
Pts: Steveniers (22) Pts: Dorigo (13)
28 May 1959
19:00
Romania   59–66   Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 33–31, 26–35
Pts: Novacek (20) Pts: Tetiva (19)
29 May 1959
10:00
Romania   76–79 ()   Belgium
Scoring by half: 30–39, 40–31 Overtime: 6–9
Pts: Nedef (21) Pts: Eygel (18)
29 May 1959
19:00
France   52–49   Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 20–26, 32–23
Pts: Dorigo (20) Pts: Lukasik (11)

Final round edit

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

Group 1 (1st–4th Place) edit

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
30 May 1959
19:00
France   60–62   Hungary
Scoring by half: 24–36, 36–26
Pts: Mayeur (21) Pts: Banhegyi (19)
30 May 1959
20:30
Soviet Union   83–72   Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 40–38, 43–34
Pts: Valdmanis (19) Pts: Baumruk (19)
31 May 1959
18:00
Hungary   61–71   Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 21–32, 40–39
Pts: Bencze (10) Pts: Baumruk (23)
31 May 1959
19:45
Soviet Union   88–72   France
Scoring by half: 37–30, 51–42
Pts: Krouminch (32) Pts: Lefebvre (16)

Group 2 (5th–8th Place) edit

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
30 May 1959
16:00
Bulgaria   53–52   Romania
Scoring by half: 24–28, 29–24
Pts: Mirchev (10) Pts: Novacek (19)
30 May 1959
17:30
Poland   74–68   Belgium
Scoring by half: 37–31, 37–37
Pts: Nartowski (14) Pts: Steveniers (20)
31 May 1959
11:30
Poland   67–66   Romania
Scoring by half: 35–34, 32–32
Pts: Pawlak (17) Pts: Novacek (29)
31 May 1959
15:00
Bulgaria   72–49   Belgium
Scoring by half: 34–31, 38–18
Pts: Radev (17) Pts: Aerts (17)


 1959 FIBA EuroBasket champions 
 
Soviet Union
5th title

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    Soviet Union
    Czechoslovakia
    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 edit

1. Soviet Union: Jānis Krūmiņš, Gennadi Volnov, Maigonis Valdmanis, Valdis Muižnieks, Viktor Zubkov, Arkady Bochkarov, Yuri Korneev, Guram Minashvili, Mikhail Semyonov, Aleksandr 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)

9. Yugoslavia: Miodrag Nikolić, Marjan Kandus, Branko Radović, Slobodan Gordić, Igor Jelnikar, Matja Dermastija, Milutin Minja, Ivo Daneu, Nemanja Đurić, Radivoj Korać, Radovan Radović, Boris Kristančič (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)

External links edit