Championnat Européen Basketball (French) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Switzerland |
City | Geneva |
Dates | 2–4 May |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Latvia (1st title) |
Runners-up | Spain |
Third place | Czechoslovakia |
Fourth place | Switzerland |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 17 |
MVP | Rafael Martín |
Top scorer | Livio Franceschini (16.5 points per game) |
The 1935 FIBA European Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 1935, was the first FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA, as well as a test event preceding the first Olympic basketball tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Ten national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. The event was hosted by Switzerland and held in Geneva in May, 1935.
The 2012 Latvian film Dream Team 1935 is based on the events of the tournament. It tells the story of the Latvian national basketball team, the winners of the tournament.
Before the tournament began, a qualification game was played between Spain and Portugal. The game was held in Madrid, Spain and refereed by Spanish coach Mariano Manent. Spain won, 33–12.
The classification round served to place the six teams eliminated in the preliminary round into places 5 through 10.
5th–10th place quarterfinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place match | ||||||||
Belgium | 29 | |||||||||
Bulgaria | 11 | |||||||||
Bulgaria | 22 | |||||||||
Hungary | 19 | |||||||||
Belgium | 30 | |||||||||
France | 49 | |||||||||
Italy | 27 | |||||||||
France | 29 | Seventh place match | ||||||||
France | 66 | |||||||||
Romania | 23 | |||||||||
Bulgaria | 22 | |||||||||
Italy | 35 | |||||||||
Ninth place match | ||
Hungary | 24 | |
Romania | 17 | |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
2 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
Latvia | 46 | |||||||||||||
Hungary | 12 | |||||||||||||
3 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
Latvia | 28 | |||||||||||||
2 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 19 | |||||||||||||
Switzerland | 42 | |||||||||||||
3 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
Romania | 9 | |||||||||||||
Switzerland | 27 | |||||||||||||
2 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
Italy | 17 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 42 | |||||||||||||
4 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
Bulgaria | 23 | |||||||||||||
Latvia | 24 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 18 | |||||||||||||
2 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 25 | |||||||||||||
Belgium | 17 | |||||||||||||
3 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 21 | |||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 17 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||
2 May 1935 | 4 May 1935 | |||||||||||||
France | 21 | Switzerland | 23 | |||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 23 | Czechoslovakia | 25 | |||||||||||
2 May 1935 16:00 |
Spain | 25–17 | Belgium |
Scoring by half:14–7, 11–10 |
Palais des Expositions, Geneva Referees: Lucini (Switzerland) |
2 May 1935 16:50 |
Latvia | 46–12 | Hungary |
Scoring by half:20–7, 26–5 |
Palais des Expositions, Geneva Referees: M. Pfeuti (Switzerland) |
2 May 1935 21:00 |
France | 21–23 | Czechoslovakia |
Scoring by half: 13–16, 8–7 |
Palais des Expositions, Geneva |
3 May 1935 15:00 |
Switzerland | 27–17 | Italy |
Scoring by half: 15–15, 12–2 |
Palais des Expositions, Geneva Referees: M. Creus (France) |
3 May 1935 21:40 |
Czechoslovakia | 17–21 | Spain |
Scoring by half: 10–10, 7–11 |
Palais des Expositions, Geneva |
4 May 1935 21:40 |
Switzerland | 23–25 | Czechoslovakia |
Scoring by half: 15–16, 8–9 |
Palais des Expositions, Geneva |
4 May 1935 22:30 |
Latvia | 24–18 | Spain |
Scoring by half:16–8, 8–10 | ||
Pts: Jurcins 11 | Pts: Rafael Martin 6 |
Palais des Expositions, Geneva |
1935 FIBA EuroBasket champions |
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Latvia 1st title |
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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Latvia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 98 | 49 | +49 | 6 | ||
Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 5 | ||
Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 5 | ||
4 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 111 | 79 | +32 | 6 | |
5 | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 165 | 103 | +62 | 7 | |
6 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 85 | −9 | 4 | |
7 | Italy | 4 | 2 | 2 | 121 | 101 | +20 | 6 | |
8 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 78 | 125 | −47 | 5 | |
9 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 85 | −30 | 4 | |
10 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 132 | −83 | 3 |
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