Tournament details | |
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Host country | Soviet Union |
Dates | 30 May – 10 June |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | ![]() |
Top scorer | ![]() (21.9 points per game) |
The 1965 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1965, was the fourteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.
Moscow | Tbilisi |
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Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium Capacity 15 000 | Tbilisi Sports Palace Capacity 11 000 |
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First round
Group A – Moscow
![]() | ![]() | 49–60 |
![]() | ![]() | 61–85 |
![]() | ![]() | 55–73 |
![]() | ![]() | 87–48 |
![]() | ![]() | 51–51 aet. 59–63 |
![]() | ![]() | 52–76 |
![]() | ![]() | 88–50 |
![]() | ![]() | 78–69 |
![]() | ![]() | 59–57 |
![]() | ![]() | 59–60 |
![]() | ![]() | 55–56 |
![]() | ![]() | 79–74 |
![]() | ![]() | 56–55 |
![]() | ![]() | 68–40 |
![]() | ![]() | 66–64 |
![]() | ![]() | 62–60 |
![]() | ![]() | 77–53 |
![]() | ![]() | 47–68 |
![]() | ![]() | 89–52 |
![]() | ![]() | 55–59 |
![]() | ![]() | 61–61 aet. 71–69 |
![]() | ![]() | 73–73 aet. 75–81 |
![]() | ![]() | 65–41 |
![]() | ![]() | 67–46 |
![]() | ![]() | 51–52 |
![]() | ![]() | 59–90 |
![]() | ![]() | 64–87 |
![]() | ![]() | 76–45 |
Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Losses | Results | Points | Diff. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 0 | 546:370 | 14 | +176 |
2. | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 2 | 487:466 | 10 | +21 |
3. | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 2 | 522:443 | 10 | +79 |
4. | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 3 | 393:439 | 8 | −46 |
5. | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 4 | 394:458 | 6 | −64 |
6. | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 5 | 389:454 | 4 | −65 |
7. | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 5 | 477:464 | 4 | +13 |
8. | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 7 | 364:478 | 0 | −114 |
Group B – Tbilisi
![]() | ![]() | 74–57 |
![]() | ![]() | 69–71 |
![]() | ![]() | 80–54 |
![]() | ![]() | 82–57 |
![]() | ![]() | 86–58 |
![]() | ![]() | 113–56 |
![]() | ![]() | 76–68 |
![]() | ![]() | 72–53 |
![]() | ![]() | 63–64 |
![]() | ![]() | 92–64 |
![]() | ![]() | 78–74 |
![]() | ![]() | 89–69 |
![]() | ![]() | 72–49 |
![]() | ![]() | 67–70 |
![]() | ![]() | 74–62 |
![]() | ![]() | 65–113 |
![]() | ![]() | 83–41 |
![]() | ![]() | 56–115 |
![]() | ![]() | 65–59 |
![]() | ![]() | 77–90 |
![]() | ![]() | 47–74 |
![]() | ![]() | 46–91 |
![]() | ![]() | 89–82 |
![]() | ![]() | 75–63 |
![]() | ![]() | 81–72 |
![]() | ![]() | 61–90 |
![]() | ![]() | 79–56 |
![]() | ![]() | 69–78 |
Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Losses | Results | Points | Diff. |
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1. | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 0 | 642:427 | 14 | +215 |
2. | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 1 | 557:418 | 12 | +129 |
3. | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 2 | 500:495 | 10 | +5 |
4. | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 3 | 527:465 | 8 | +62 |
5. | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 4 | 514:572 | 6 | −58 |
6. | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 5 | 478:484 | 4 | −6 |
7. | ![]() | 7 | 1 | 6 | 426:571 | 2 | −145 |
8. | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 7 | 396:608 | 0 | −212 |
Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
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![]() | ![]() | 60–86 |
![]() | ![]() | 53–52 |
Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
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![]() | ![]() | 52–42 |
![]() | ![]() | 69–69 aet. 76–78 |
Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
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![]() | ![]() | 77–70 |
![]() | ![]() | 67–69 |
Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
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![]() | ![]() | 61–75 |
![]() | ![]() | 83–82 |
Placement | Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
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15th place | ![]() | ![]() | 66–79 |
13th place | ![]() | ![]() | 74–63 |
11th place | ![]() | ![]() | 58–65 |
9th place | ![]() | ![]() | 66–57 |
7th place | ![]() | ![]() | 116–71 |
5th place | ![]() | ![]() | 63–51 |
3rd place | ![]() | ![]() | 86–70 |
Final | ![]() | ![]() | 58–49 |
1965 FIBA EuroBasket champions |
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![]() Soviet Union 8th title |
1965 FIBA EuroBasket MVP : Modestas Paulauskas ( ![]() |
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