Balkan Basketball Championship

The Balkan Basketball Championship, sometimes referred to as the Balkan Basketball Cup or the Balkan Basketball Games, is the defunct competition that was the men's basketball competition added in 1959 to the Balkan Games that started in 1929. The purpose of the "Balkan Games" was to strengthen the relations between the nations of the Balkans region. The Balkan Games were a collection of athletics competitions added to the event over the years.

Balkan Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1959
First season1959
Ceased1990
No. of teams4 to 6
CountriesBalkans nations

History

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The first men's basketball competition took place in Bucharest, in 1959. At the time, basketball was considered to be an important activity by the countries that competed in it. The best players from the Balkans region often competed at the tournament. Interest in the championship waned, and it was eventually cancelled. The last basketball tournament was held at Skopje, in 1990.

Results

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Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place
1959   Bucharest   Bulgaria   Yugoslavia   Romania   Albania
1960   Sofia   Bulgaria   Yugoslavia   Romania   Turkey   Albania
1961   Skopje   Yugoslavia   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey
1962   Istanbul   Yugoslavia   Turkey   Bulgaria   Romania   Greece
1963   Athens   Yugoslavia   Greece   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey
1964   Bucharest[1]   Yugoslavia   Romania   Greece   Bulgaria   Turkey
1965   Tirana   Yugoslavia   Bulgaria   Turkey   Romania   Albania
1966   Sofia   Yugoslavia   Romania   Greece   Bulgaria   Turkey
1967   Skopje   Yugoslavia   Bulgaria   Greece   Romania   Turkey
1968   İzmir   Yugoslavia   Romania   Turkey   Bulgaria   Greece
1969   Thessaloniki   Yugoslavia   Greece   Romania   Bulgaria   Turkey
1970   Bucharest   Yugoslavia   Bulgaria   Romania   Greece
1971   Vidin   Bulgaria   Yugoslavia   Turkey   Greece   Romania
1972   Sarajevo   Yugoslavia   Greece   Romania   Bulgaria   Turkey
1973   Istanbul   Yugoslavia   Bulgaria   Romania   Turkey   Greece
1974[2]   Thessaloniki   Yugoslavia   Bulgaria   Romania   Greece
1975   Bucharest   Yugoslavia   Romania   Bulgaria   Greece
1976   Burgas   Yugoslavia   Bulgaria   Greece   Romania
1977   Skopje   Yugoslavia   Romania   Greece   Bulgaria   Turkey
1978   Ankara   Yugoslavia   Romania   Bulgaria   Greece   Turkey
1979   Athens   Greece[3][4]   Yugoslavia   Turkey   Romania   Bulgaria
1980   Cluj-Napoca   Yugoslavia   Romania   Greece   Bulgaria   Turkey
1981   Sofia   Turkey   Bulgaria   Greece   Romania   Yugoslavia
1982   Istanbul   Yugoslavia   Turkey   Bulgaria   Romania   Greece
1983   Titov Vrbas   Yugoslavia   Greece   Turkey   Bulgaria   Romania
1984   Athens   Bulgaria   Yugoslavia   Greece   Romania
1985   Bucharest   Yugoslavia   Turkey   Greece   Romania   Bulgaria
1986   Sofia   Greece   Bulgaria   Romania   Yugoslavia
1988   Antalya   Yugoslavia   Bulgaria   Turkey   Greece   Romania
1990   Skopje   Yugoslavia   Romania   Bulgaria   Greece   Turkey   Albania

Medals (1959-1990)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Yugoslavia235028
2  Bulgaria410620
3  Greece24915
4  Turkey13610
5  Romania08917
Totals (5 entries)30303090

Sources

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  • Athletic Echo Newspaper 14 September 1979 page 5 (in Greek)

References

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