EuroBasket 1959

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EuroBasket 1959
1959 Avrupa Basketbol Şampiyonası
EuroBasket 1959 logo.jpg
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
City Istanbul
Dates21–31 May
Teams17
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (5th title)
Runners-upFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Third placeFlag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France
Fourth placeFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Tournament statistics
MVP Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Zubkov
Top scorer Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Radivoj Korać
(28.1 points per game)
1957
1961

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.

Contents

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

Results

First round

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

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 330260160+1006
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 321184197−135
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 312177189−124
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 303147222−753
21 May 1959
11:30
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg5772Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Scoring by half: 29–39, 28–33
Pts: Lampén (12)Pts: Nartowski (13)
22 May 1959
18:00
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8562Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
Scoring by half: 40–27, 45–35
Pts: Konvička (19)Pts: Rodriguez (15)
23 May 1959
18:00
Spain  Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg5743Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Scoring by half: 27–22, 30–21
Pts: Rodriguez (19)Pts: Lampén (16)
24 May 1959
18:00
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8251Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Scoring by half: 42–15, 40–36
Pts: Baumruk (22)Pts: Wichowski (9)
25 May 1959
10:00
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg9347Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Scoring by half: 49–23, 44–24
Pts: Konvička(15)Pts: Lampén (20)
25 May 1959
16:30
Poland  Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg6158 (OT)Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
Scoring by half: 28–28, 27–27  Overtime: 6–3
Pts: Pstrokonski (16)Pts: Martinez (22)

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 321219208+115
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 321196187−95
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 32120220205
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 303173193−203
21 May 1959
21:30
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg6150Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by half: 22–28, 39–22
Pts: Aerts (20)Pts: Erim (15)
22 May 1959
19:30
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg8072Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–35, 38–37
Pts: Radev (18)Pts: Kristancic (22)
23 May 1959
21:00
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg6670Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–30, 36–40
Pts: Tezol (10)Pts: Korac (38)
24 May 1959
16:30
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg7779Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Scoring by half: 39–46, 38–33
Pts: Atanasov (32)Pts: Steveniers (21)
25 May 1959
18:00
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg6056Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Scoring by half: 34–21, 26–35
Pts: Korac (26pts)Pts: Steveniers (20pts)
25 May 1959
19:30
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg6257Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by half: 32–23, 30–34
Pts: Radev (21)Pts: Erim (13)

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 440316173+1438
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France 431252228+247
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 422250233+176
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 413145216−605
Flag of Germany.svg  East Germany 404133224−1244
21 May 1959
18:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg7459Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Scoring by half: 30–30, 44–29
Pts: Pieri (19)Pts: Klein (14)
21 May 1959
20:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg8048Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France
Scoring by half: 42–23, 38–25
Pts: Zubkov (15)Pts: Baillet (7)
22 May 1959
10:00
East Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3787Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 20–43, 17–44
Pts: Kulik (9)Pts: Botchkarev (15)
22 May 1959
21:00
France  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg7766Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Scoring by half: 29–31, 48–35
Pts: Mayeur (18)Pts: Klein (29)
23 May 1959
10:00
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg7967Flag of Germany.svg  East Germany
Scoring by half: 44–37, 35–30
Pts: Hemmo (23)Pts: Kulik (18)
23 May 1959
19:30
France  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg5047Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Scoring by half: 22–24, 28–23
Pts: Lefebvre (12)Pts: Vianello (12)
24 May 1959
11:30
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg8565Flag of Germany.svg  East Germany
Scoring by half: 37–33, 48–32
Pts: Gavagnin (20)Pts: Kulik (21)
24 May 1959
19:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg9044Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Scoring by half: 44–25, 46–19
Pts: Botchkarev (17)Pts: Kastan (12)
25 May 1959
11:30
France  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg7735Flag of Germany.svg  East Germany
Scoring by half: 39–16, 38–19
Pts: Dorigo (13)Pts: Flau (11)
25 May 1959
21:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg5944Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Scoring by half: 26–15, 33–29
Pts: Valdmanis (17pts)Pts: Calebotta (17pts)

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 330210149+616
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 321254153+1015
State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran 312145216−714
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 303133224−913
21 May 1959
10:00
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg10948State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran
Scoring by half: 50–23, 59–25
Pts: Banhegyi (17)Pts: Agakuzik (13)
22 May 1959
11:30
Romania  Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg8348Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Scoring by half: 33–21, 50–27
Pts: Novacek (19)Pts: Ledl (13)
23 May 1959
11:30
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg4392Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half: 23–36, 20–56
Pts: Havlicek (9)Pts: Gabanyi (14)
23 May 1959
16:30
Iran  State Flag of Iran (1925).svg4865Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Scoring by half: 19–31, 29–34
Pts: Solbi (12)Pts: Folbert (18)
24 May 1959
10:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg4249State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran
Scoring by half: 26–18, 16–31
Pts: Privoznik (17)Pts: Meshun (11)
25 May 1959
19:30
Romania  Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg6253Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half: 28–25, 34–28
Pts: Novacek (24)Pts: Bencze (17)

Classification round 1

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

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 220175119+1194
Flag of Germany.svg  East Germany 211122145−233
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 202108141−712
26 May 1959
20:00
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg8058Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Scoring by half: 32–29, 48–29
Pts: Korac (32)Pts: Privoznik (24)
27 May 1959
8:30
East Germany  Flag of Germany.svg6195Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 25–43, 36–52
Pts: Flau (14)Pts: Korac (21)
28 May 1959
8:30
East Germany  Flag of Germany.svg6150Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Scoring by half: 33–25, 28–25
Pts: Flau (18)Pts: Privoznik (15)

Group 2

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 220138100+384
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 211108123−153
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 20295118−232
26 May 1959
19:30
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg5350Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
Scoring by half: 25–21, 28–29
Pts: Büyükaycan (25)Pts: Martinez (12)
27 May 1959
17:30
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg5573Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Scoring by half: 25–39, 30–34
Pts: Büyükaycan (10)Pts: Alesini (22)
28 May 1959
11:30
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg6545Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
Scoring by half: 25–19, 40–26
Pts: Alesini (20)Pts: Martinez (10)

Group 3

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 22012498+264
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21112493+313
State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran 20280137−572
26 May 1959
21:00
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg5655Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Scoring by half: 26–29, 30–26
Pts: Hemmo (15)Pts: Lampén (17)
27 May 1959
11:30
Iran  State Flag of Iran (1925).svg3769Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Scoring by half: 19–32, 18–37
Pts: Meshun (9)Pts: Lampén (18)
28 May 1959
10:00
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg6843State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran
Scoring by half: 35–11, 33–32
Pts: Ben-Bassat (12)Pts: Meshun (12)

Classification round 2

Group 1 (9th–11th Place)

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 220150130+204
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 211151134+173
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 202110147−372
29 May 1959
11:30
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg7678Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 29–36, 47–42
Pts: Calebotta (20)Pts: Korac (32)
30 May 1959
11:30
Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg7254Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Scoring by half: 28–29, 44–25
Pts: Korac (27)Pts: Klein (19)
31 May 1959
10:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg7556Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Scoring by half: 34–33, 41–23
Pts: Alesini (20)Pts: Klein (19)

Group 2 (12th–14th Place)

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 220116110+64
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 211117111+63
Flag of Germany.svg  East Germany 202102114+122
29 May 1959
16:00
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg5453Flag of Germany.svg  East Germany
Scoring by half: 31–29, 23–24
Pts: Büyükaycan (16)Pts: Flau (14)
30 May 1959
10:00
East Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4960Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Scoring by half: 23–34, 26–26
Pts: Flau (17)Pts: Lampén (31)
31 May 1959
16:30
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg6257Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Scoring by half: 27–22, 35–35
Pts: Uyguç (17)Pts: Kuusela (22)

Group 3 (15th–17th Place)

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 22013575+604
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 21193113−203
State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran 20291131−402
29 May 1959
8:30
Spain  Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg6433Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Scoring by half: 32–14, 32–19
Pts: Rodriguez (14)Pts: Ledl (7)
30 May 1959
8:30
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg6049State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran
Scoring by half: 34–27, 26–22
Pts: Doppes (18)Pts: Meshun (19)
31 May 1959
8:30
Spain  Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg7142State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran
Scoring by half: 28–16, 43–26
Pts: Parra (20)Pts: Vaizi (9)

Semi-final round

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

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 330213179+346
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 321190177+135
Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 312181190−94
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 303172210−383
27 May 1959
16:00
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg7859Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Scoring by half: 28–23, 50–36
Pts: Krouminch (18)Pts: Wichowski (14)
27 May 1959
20:30
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg5267Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half: 22–33, 30–34
Pts: Rashkov (11)Pts: Simon (24)
28 May 1959
17:30
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg6356Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Scoring by half: 29–32, 34–24
Pts: Gabanyi (22)Pts: Wichowski (24)
28 May 1959
20:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg6660Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 34–38, 32–22
Pts: Krouminch (28)Pts: Mirchev (22)
29 May 1959
17:30
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg6957Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Scoring by half: 33–29, 36–28
Pts: Ilov (20)Pts: Wichowski (14)
29 May 1959
20:30
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg6069Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 27–36, 33–33
Pts: Banhegyi (11)Pts: Zubkov (22)

Group 2

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France 330179164+156
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 321191160+315
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 312191218−274
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 303187206−193
27 May 1959
10:00
Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7649Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Scoring by half: 45–31, 31–18
Pts: Tetiva (23)Pts: Loridon (14)
27 May 1959
19:00
Romania  Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg5261Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France
Scoring by half: 26–29, 26–32
Pts: Nedef (18)Pts: Mayeur (16)
28 May 1959
16:00
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg6366Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France
Scoring by half: 23–36, 40–30
Pts: Steveniers (22)Pts: Dorigo (13)
28 May 1959
19:00
Romania  Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg5966Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 33–31, 26–35
Pts: Novacek (20)Pts: Tetiva (19)
29 May 1959
10:00
Romania  Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg7679 ()Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Scoring by half: 30–39, 40–31  Overtime: 6–9
Pts: Nedef (21)Pts: Eygel (18)
29 May 1959
19:00
France  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg5249Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 20–26, 32–23
Pts: Dorigo (20)Pts: Lukasik (11)

Final round

Group 1 (1st–4th Place)

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 330240204+366
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 312192196−44
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France 312184199−154
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 312183200−174
30 May 1959
19:00
France  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg6062Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Scoring by half: 24–36, 36–26
Pts: Mayeur (21)Pts: Banhegyi (19)
30 May 1959
20:30
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg8372Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 40–38, 43–34
Pts: Valdmanis (19)Pts: Baumruk (19)
31 May 1959
18:00
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg6171Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 21–32, 40–39
Pts: Bencze (10)Pts: Baumruk (23)
31 May 1959
19:45
Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg8872Flag of France.svg  France
Scoring by half: 37–30, 51–42
Pts: Krouminch (32)Pts: Lefebvre (16)

Group 2 (5th–8th Place)

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 330194158+366
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 312198203−55
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 312196222−264
Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 312194199−53
30 May 1959
16:00
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg5352Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Scoring by half: 24–28, 29–24
Pts: Mirchev (10)Pts: Novacek (19)
30 May 1959
17:30
Poland  Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg7468Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Scoring by half: 37–31, 37–37
Pts: Nartowski (14)Pts: Steveniers (20)
31 May 1959
11:30
Poland  Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg6766Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Scoring by half: 35–34, 32–32
Pts: Pawlak (17)Pts: Novacek (29)
31 May 1959
15:00
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg7249Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Scoring by half: 34–31, 38–18
Pts: Radev (17)Pts: Aerts (17)
 1959 FIBA EuroBasket champions 
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
5th title

Final standings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France
4.Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
5.Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria
6.Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
7.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
8.Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
9.Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
10.Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
11.Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
12.Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
13.Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
14.Flag of Germany.svg  East Germany
15.Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
16.Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
17.State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran

Team rosters

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)