Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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3rd Olympic Basketball Tournament
Helsinki 1952
Tournament details
Olympics 1952 Summer Olympics
Host nation Finland
City Helsinki
DurationJuly 13 – August 2
Men's tournament
Teams23
Medals
Gold medal icon.svg Gold medalists Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Silver medalistsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze medalistsFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Tournaments
  London 1948   Melbourne 1956  

Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. 23 nations entered the competition.

Contents

The top six teams at the 1948 Summer Olympics qualified automatically, as did the winners of the 1950 FIBA World Championship (Argentina), the top two teams at the 1951 EuroBasket (USSR and Czechoslovakia), and the host country (Finland). Thirteen other nations competed in a preliminary round to determine the last six places in the sixteen-team Olympic tournament.

Basketball Basketball pictogram.svg
Basketball

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
Ron Bontemps
Marc Freiberger
Wayne Glasgow
Charlie Hoag
Bill Hougland
John Keller
Dean Kelley
Bob Kenney
Bob Kurland
Bill Lienhard
Clyde Lovellette
Frank McCabe
Dan Pippin
Howie Williams
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Stepas Butautas
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya
Anatoly Konev
Otar Korkiya
Heino Kruus
Ilmar Kullam
Justinas Lagunavičius
Joann Lõssov
Aleksandr Moiseyev
Yuri Ozerov
Kazys Petkevičius
Stasys Stonkus
Maigonis Valdmanis
Viktor Vlasov
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay  (URU)
Martín Acosta y Lara
Enrique Baliño
Victorio Cieslinskas
Héctor Costa
Nelson Demarco
Héctor García Otero
Tabaré Larre Borges
Adesio Lombardo
Roberto Lovera
Sergio Matto
Wilfredo Peláez
Carlos Roselló

Results

Preliminary round

Nations that lost two games in the preliminary tournaments were eliminated. When there were only two teams left in each group, those teams advanced to the main tournament.

Group A

First round
  • Cuba def. Belgium, 59–51
  • Bulgaria def. Switzerland, 69–58
Second round

Bulgaria's victory earned it a berth in the main tournament, while Switzerland's second loss eliminated them.

  • Bulgaria def. Cuba, 62–56
  • Belgium def. Switzerland, 59–49
Final Round

The two teams that were 1–1 played each other: the winner received a tournament berth and the loser was eliminated.

  • Cuba def. Belgium, 71–63

Group B

First round
  • Hungary def. Greece, 75–38
  • Philippines def. Israel, 57–47
Second round

The Philippines qualified for the main tournament, while Israel's second loss eliminated them.

  • Philippines def. Hungary, 48–35
  • Greece def. Israel, 54–52
Final round

The two teams that were 1–1 played each, with the winner receiving a tournament berth and the loser being eliminated.

  • Hungary def. Greece, 47–44

Group C

First round
  • Canada def. Italy, 68–57
  • Egypt def. Turkey, 64–45

Bye: Romania

Second round

Romania's first game was a loss to Canada. Italy and Turkey played each other, with Turkey's second loss eliminating them.

  • Canada def. Romania, 72–51
  • Italy def. Turkey, 49–37

Bye: Egypt

Third round

Italy and Romania, who had both lost once, played each other. Romania's second loss eliminated them, while Canada and Egypt played each other, with Egypt being served its first loss; Canada qualified.

  • Italy def. Romania, 53–39
  • Canada def. Egypt, 63–57
Final round

Italy played its fourth game of the tournament against Egypt. The closely contested decisive game ended with Egypt qualifying for the main competition and Italy being eliminated.

  • Egypt def. Italy, 66–62

Main tournament

First round

The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 330195139+566Qualified for the quarterfinals
2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 321167164+35
3Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 31216116434
4Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 303143199563
Source: Official Report, p. 676
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
United States  Flag of the United States.svg6648Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half:37–23, 27–25
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wabby (EGY)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg5351Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 32–32, 21–19
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Kostine (URS), Porto (BRA)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 681
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg7056Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half:36–33, 34–23
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Follati (ITA), Siener (FRA)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7247Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half:35–21, 37–26
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Reverberi (ITA)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg6339Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half:34–23, 29–16
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Siniakov (URS)
27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
United States  Flag of the United States.svg5644Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Scoring by half:32–27, 24–17
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Chuard (SUI)
Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 330192143+496Qualified for the quarterfinals
2Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 321163182195
3Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 312172171+14
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 303147178313
Source: Official Report, p. 676
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg7446Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Scoring by half:38–21, 36–25
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Posvar (TCH)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg6648Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Scoring by half:36–21, 30–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Atakol (TUR)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 681
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg5244Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Scoring by half:27–16, 25–28
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Lastra (ARG), Szilagyi (HUN)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg4735Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Scoring by half:23–14, 24–21
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wahby (EGY)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 682
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg6564Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Scoring by half:31–30, 34–34
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Lastra (ARG), Wahby (EGY)
27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg7162Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Scoring by half:31–21, 40–40
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Atakol (TUR)
Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 330239196+436Qualified for the quarterfinals
2Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 321184179+55
3Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 312192221294
4Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 303201220193
Source: Official Report, p. 676
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg8559Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half:44–30, 41–29
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Szilagyi (HUN)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg5755Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Scoring by half:33–27, 24–28
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Follati (ITA), Bilek (TUR)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg7152Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half:32–25, 39–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Siniakov (URS)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg8281Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Scoring by half: 42–48, 40–33
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Chuard (SUI), Stefanovits (YUG)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
Philippines Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg8165Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Scoring by half:40–35, 41–30
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Stefanovitch (YUG)
27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg7256Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by half:31–21, 41–35
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Gruia (ROU)
Group D

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of France.svg  France 330202149+536Qualified for the quarterfinals
2Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 321170150+205
3Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 312176221454
4Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 303149177283
Source: Official Report, p. 676
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
France  Flag of France.svg9264Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Scoring by half:39–30, 53–34
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Stefanovitch (YUG)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 681
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg5352Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Scoring by half: 32–32, 32–20
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Lastra (ARG), Siniakov (URS)

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg7446Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Scoring by half:47–18, 27–28
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Porto (BRA), Posvar (TCH)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
France  Flag of France.svg5842Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Scoring by half:30–17, 28–25
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Kostine (URS), Atakol (TUR)

27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
France  Flag of France.svg5243Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Scoring by half:25–17, 27–26
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Kostine (URS), Chong (KOR)
27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg6655Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Scoring by half:35–28, 31–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Porto (BRA), Posvar (TCH)

Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.

Quarterfinals group A
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 321194187+75 [lower-alpha 1] Qualified for the semifinals
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 321226174+525 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 312177220434 [lower-alpha 2] Qualified for 5th–8th placement playoffs
4Flag of France.svg  France 312178194164 [lower-alpha 2]
Source: Official Report, p. 676
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Uruguay–Argentina: 66–65
  2. 1 2 Bulgaria–France: 67–58
28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)
OR p. 684
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg10056Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Scoring by half:53–29, 47–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Porto (BRA)
28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)
OR p. 684
France  Flag of France.svg6866Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Scoring by half:38–30, 30–36
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Kostine (URS)

29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)
OR p. 684
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg6254Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Scoring by half:35–27, 27–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Porto (BRA), Follati (ITA)
29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)
OR p. 685
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg6152Flag of France.svg  France
Scoring by half:31–27, 30–25
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Wahby (EGY), Siniakov (URS)

30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg6758Flag of France.svg  France
Scoring by half:39–23, 28–35
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Kostine (URS), Porto (CHI)
30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)
OR p. 686
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg6665Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Scoring by half:39–31, 27–34
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Stefanovitch (YUG)
Quarterfinals group B
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 330246166+806Qualified for the semifinals
2Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 32119019555
3Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 312177155+224Qualified for 5th–8th placement playoffs
4Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 303159256973
Source: Official Report, p. 676
28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)
OR p. 684
United States  Flag of the United States.svg8658Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half:36–22, 50–36
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Wahby (EGY)
28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)
OR p. 684
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg7544Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Scoring by half:36–25, 39–19
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Ashri (EGY)

29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)
OR p. 684
United States  Flag of the United States.svg10355Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Scoring by half:47–32, 56–23
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Posvar (TCH)
29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)
OR p. 685
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg5449Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by half: 21–25, 33–24
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Chuard (SUI)

30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)
OR p. 686
United States  Flag of the United States.svg5753Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by half: 24–26, 33–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Wahby (EGY), Posvar (TCH)
30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)
OR p. 686
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg7860Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Scoring by half:41–29, 37–31
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Chuard (SUI), Follati (ITA)

Knockout rounds

Chile against Brazil Chile-Brazil.jpg
Chile against Brazil
The Bronze game between Uruguay and Argentina Uruguay-Argentine.jpeg
The Bronze game between Uruguay and Argentina
The final match between the Soviet Union and the United States USA-USSR.jpg
The final match between the Soviet Union and the United States

Brackets

 
5th-8th place semifinals5th place game
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Chile.svg Chile60
 
 
 
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria53
 
Flag of Chile.svg Chile58
 
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil49
 
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil59
 
 
Flag of France.svg France44
 
7th place game
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria58
 
 
Flag of France.svg France44
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 31
 
 
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 61
 
August 2
 
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 57
 
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 36
 
August 1
 
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 25
 
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 85
 
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 76
 
Third place
 
 
August 2
 
 
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 68
 
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 59

Semifinals

Classification 5–8 semifinals
31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)
09:00
OR p. 686
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg6053Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Scoring by half:37–29, 23–24
Pts: Badrie 22Pts: Panov 13
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Reverberi (ITA), Wahby (EGY)
31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)
10:30
OR p. 686
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg5944Flag of France.svg  France
Scoring by half:31–26, 28–18
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Lastra (ARG), Bilek (TUR)
Medal round semifinals
31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)
OR p. 688
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg6157Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Scoring by half:31–28, 30–29
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Chuard (SUI)
31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)
OR p. 688
United States  Flag of the United States.svg8576Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Scoring by half:43–39, 42–37
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Siener (FRA)

Finals

7th place final
1 August 1952 (1952-08-01)
09:00
OR p. 688
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg5844Flag of France.svg  France
Scoring by half: 22–22, 36–24
Pts: Panov 12Pts: Vacheresse 9
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Farrell (USA), Lastra (ARG)
5th place final
2 August 1952 (1952-08-02)
09:00
OR p. 688
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg5849Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by half:32–24, 26–25
Pts: Cordero Fernández 14Pts: Da Motta 16
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Chuard (SUI), Atakol (TUR)
Bronze medal game
1 August 1952 (1952-08-01)
16:00
OR p. 688
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg6859Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Scoring by half:31–24, 37–35
Pts: Lombardo 23Pts: Gazsó 19
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Follati (ITA), Wahby (EGY)
Gold medal game
2 August 1952 (1952-08-02)
16:00
OR p. 688
United States  Flag of the United States.svg3625Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half:17–15, 19–10
Pts: Lovellette 9Pts: Korkia 8
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wahby (EGY)

Awards

1952 Olympic Basketball Champions
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Third title

Participating nations

For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters .

Each country was allowed to enter one team of 14 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 317 players were entered.

A total of 301(*) basketball players from 23 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least. Up to now only two reserve player can be named, 14 reserve players are unknown.

Team rosters

PlaceNation
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
Marc Freiberger (Peoria Caterpillars/Oklahoma)
Wayne Glasgow (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma)
Charlie Hoag (Kansas)
Bill Hougland (Phillips 66ers/Kansas)
John Keller (Kansas)
Dean Kelley (Kansas)
Bob Kenney (Kansas)
Bob Kurland (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma St.)
Bill Lienhard (Kansas)
Clyde Lovellette (Kansas)
Frank McCabe (Peoria Caterpillars/Marquette)
Dan Pippin (Peoria Caterpillars/Missouri)
Howie Williams (Peoria Caterpillars/Purdue)
2Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Stepas Butautas (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Anatoly Konev (Dynamo Moscow)
Otar Korkiya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Heino Kruus (Tallinna Kalev)
Ilmar Kullam (Tallinna Kalev)
Justinas Lagunavičius (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Joann Lõssov (Tallinna Kalev)
Aleksandr Moiseyev (VVS Moscow)
Yuri Ozerov (Dynamo Moscow)
Kazys Petkevičius (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Stasys Stonkus (Žalgiris Kaunas)
Maigonis Valdmanis (Rīgas ASK)
Viktor Vlasov (Dynamo Moscow)
3Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay  (URU)
Martín Acosta y Lara
Enrique Baliño
Victorio Cieslinskas
Héctor Costa
Nelson Demarco
Héctor García Otero
Tabaré Larre Borges
Adesio Lombardo
Roberto Lovera
Sergio Matto
Wilfredo Peláez
Carlos Roselló
4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)
Head Coach: Jorge Canavesi
Leopoldo Contarbio
Hugo del Vecchio
Oscar Furlong
Juan Gazsó
Ricardo González
Rafael Lledó
Alberto López
Rubén Menini
Omar Monza
Rubén Pagliari
Raúl Pérez Varela
Ignacio Poletti
Juan Uder
Roberto Viau
5Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)
Pedro Araya Zabala
Rufino Bernedo
Eduardo Cordero Fernández
Hugo Fernández Diez
Ezequiel Figueroa Reyes
Juan José Gallo Chinchilla
Víctor Mahana Badrie
Eric Mahn Godoy
Juan Ostoic Ostoic
Hermán Raffo Abarca
Hermán Ramos Muñoz
Álvaro Salvadores
Orlando Silva Infante
6Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil  (BRA)
Head Coach: Manoel Pitanga
Angelim
Bráz
Raymundo Carvalho dos Santos
Mário Jorge da Fonseca Hermes
Almir Nelson de Almeida
Algodão
Ruy de Freitas
Mayr Facci
Tião
Godinho
Thales Monteiro
Alfredo da Motta
Zé Luiz
7Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)
Petar Chichkov
Hristo Donev
Ilja Georgiev
Konstantin Georgiev
Genczo Hristov
Anton Kuzov
Vasil Manchenko
Nejczo Neichev
Ivan Nikolov
Georgi Panov
Veselin Penkov
Kiril Semov
Vladimir Slavov
Konstantin Totev
8Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
André Buffière
André Chavet
René Chocat
Robert Crost
Jacques Dessemme
Louis Devoti
Robert Guillin
Roger Haudegand
Robert Monclar
Jean Perniceni
Bernard Planque
Jean-Pierre Salignon
André Vacheresse
Jean-Paul Beugnot
9–16Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Woody Campbell
Bill Coulthard
Red Curren
Chuck Dalton
Bill Pataky
Glenn Pettinger
Bob Phibbs
Bernie Pickell
Carl Ridd
Bobby Simpson
Harry Wade
George Wearring
Roy Williams
9–16Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)
Carlos Bea
Felipe de la Pozas y Piad
Alberto Escoto Valdés
Armando Estrada Rivero
Alfredo Faget Otazo
Casimiro García Artime
Juan García García
Carlos García Ordoñez
Federico López Garviso
Mario Quintero Padrón
Fabio Ruiz Vinajeras
Ramón Wiltz Bucelo
9–16Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)
Head Coach: Josef Fleischlinger
Jiří Baumruk
Miroslav Baumruk
Zdeněk Bobrovský
Josef Ezr
Eugen Horniak
Miroslav Kódl
Luboš Kolář
Jan Kozák
Jiří Matoušek
Ivan Mrázek
Zdeněk Rylich
Jaroslav Šíp
Miroslav Škeřík
Jaroslav Tetiva
9–16Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt  (EGY)
Youssef Abbas
Youssef Abou Ouf
Fouad Abdel Meguid Abu el Kheir
Mohamed Medhat Bahgat
Armand Philippe Catafago
Georges Jean Chalhoub
Mohamed Ezz Eldin Aly Ahmed el Rashidy
Abdelrahman Ismail Hafez
Zaki Selim Ibrahim Harari
Sami Mansour
Medhat Youssef Mohamad
Hussein Kamal Montassir
Fahmy Raymond Sabounghi
Albert Fahmy Tadros
9–16Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
Kalevi Heinänen
Esko Karhunen
Juhani Kyöstilä
Pentti Laaksonen
Olavi Lahtinen
Raimo Lindholm
Pertti Mutru
Raine Nuutinen
Tapio Pöyhönen
Tuomo Ristola
Eero Salonen
Timo Suviranta
Kalevi Sylander
Oiva Virtanen
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Pál Bogár
György Bokor
Tibor Cselkó
Tibor Czinkán
János Greminger
László Hódi
Ede Komáromi
Tibor Mezőfi
Péter Papp
János Simon
György Telegdy
Tibor Zsíros
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Rubén Almanza García
Carlos José Bru Villarreal
Jorge Cardiel Gaytán
José de la Cruz Cabrera Gándara
Héctor Guerrero Delgado
Emilio López Enríquez
Filiberto Manzo Hernández
José Meneses Luna
Sergio Olguín Fierro
Fernando Rojas Herrera
José Rojas Herera
Rolando Rubalcava Peña
Pioquinto Soto
9–16Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines  (PHI)
Head Coach: Felicisimo Fajardo
Florentino Bautista
Ramón Campos
Antonio Genato
José Gochangco
Rafael Hechanova
Eduardo Lim
Carlos Loyzaga
Antonio Luis Martínez
Ponciano Saldaña
Meliton Santos
Antonio Tantay
Mariano Tolentino
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Jules Boes
Jan Ceulemans
Henri Coosemans
Henri Crick
Yves Delsarte
Josef du Jardin
Johannes Ducheyne
Jef Eygel
Désiré Ligon
Julien Meuris
Félix Roosemont
Alexis van Gils
Pierre van Huele
17–23Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece  (GRE) [1]
Head Coach: Vladimiros Vallas
Stelios Arvanitis (Panathinaikos)
Themistokles Cholevas (Panellinios)
Ioannis Lambrou (Panathinaikos)
Panayiotis Manias (Panellinios)
Phaedon Mathaiou (Panathinaikos)
Nikolaos Milas (Panathinaikos)
Konstantinos Papadimas (Panellinios)
Aristidis Roubanis (Panellinios)
Alexandros Spanoudakis (Olympiacos)
Ioannis Spanoudakis (Olympiacos)
Dimitrios Stefanidis (Panellinios)
Dimitrios Taliadoros (XAN Thessaloniki)
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Head Coach: Tubby Raskin
Eliahu Amiel (Hapoel Holon)
Moshe Daniel-Levy (Hapoel Maayan Barukh)
Dan Erez-Buxenbaum (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Reuben Fecher-Perach (Hapoel Mizra)
Mordechai-Marcel Hefez (Hapoel Holon)
Ralph Klein (Raphael Ram) (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Menahem Kurman-Degani (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Amos Lin-Linkovsky (Hapoel Mishmar Ha'emek)
Zekarya Ofri (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Shimon Shelah-Schmuckler (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Abraham Shneior (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Yehuda Wiener-Gafni (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Freddie Cohen (Hapoel Holon)
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Giorgio Bongiovanni
Achille Canna
Carlo Cerioni
Giordano Damiani
Sergio Ferriani
Sergio Marelli
Federico Marietti
Enrico Pagani
Fabio Presca
Renzo Ranuzzi
Luigi Rapini
Sergio Stefanini
Dino Zucchi
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Head Coach: Alexandru Popescu
Cornel Călugăreanu
Gheorghe Constantinide
Grigore Costescu
Andrei Folbert
Ladislau Mokos
Liviu Naghi
Mihai Nedef
Cezar Niculescu
Dan Niculescu
Adrian Petroşanu
Vasile Popescu
Emanoil Răducanu
Constantin Herold
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Marc Bossy
René Chiappino
Maurice Chollet
Gerald Cottier
Roger Domenjoz
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Roger Prahin
Jacques Redard
Bernard Schmied
Georges Stockly
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René Wohler
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Altan Dinçer
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Yalçın Granit
Sadi Gülçelik
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Erdoğan Partener
Sacit Seldüz
Turhan Tezol
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Ali Uras
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