The 1959 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1959, was the eleventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.FIBA EuroBasket 1959 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.
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 3 3 0 260 160 +100 6 3 2 1 184 197 −13 5 3 1 2 177 189 −12 4 3 0 3 147 222 −75 3
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 2 1 219 208 +11 5 3 2 1 196 187 +9 5 3 2 1 202 202 0 5 3 0 3 173 193 −20 3
Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 4 4 0 316 173 +143 8 4 3 1 252 228 +24 7 4 2 2 250 233 +17 6 4 1 3 145 216 −60 5 4 0 4 133 224 −124 4
Group D TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 210 149 +61 6 3 2 1 254 153 +101 5 3 1 2 145 216 −71 4 3 0 3 133 224 −91 3
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 2 2 0 175 119 +119 4 2 1 1 122 145 −23 3 2 0 2 108 141 −71 2
Group 2 TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 2 2 0 138 100 +38 4 2 1 1 108 123 −15 3 2 0 2 95 118 −23 2
Group 3 TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 2 2 0 124 98 +26 4 2 1 1 124 93 +31 3 2 0 2 80 137 −57 2
Classification round 2
Group 1 (9th–11th Place) TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 2 2 0 150 130 +20 4 2 1 1 151 134 +17 3 2 0 2 110 147 −37 2
Group 2 (12th–14th Place) TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 2 2 0 116 110 +6 4 2 1 1 117 111 +6 3 2 0 2 102 114 +12 2
Group 3 (15th–17th Place) TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 2 2 0 135 75 +60 4 2 1 1 93 113 −20 3 2 0 2 91 131 −40 2
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 3 3 0 213 179 +34 6 3 2 1 190 177 +13 5 3 1 2 181 190 −9 4 3 0 3 172 210 −38 3
Group 2 TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 179 164 +15 6 3 2 1 191 160 +31 5 3 1 2 191 218 −27 4 3 0 3 187 206 −19 3
Final round Two groups of four teams determined the 1st–8th places. Results from matches between teams that shared a group in Semi-Final round were carried over to this round (i.e. Soviet Union vs. Hungary, France vs. Czechoslovakia, etc.).
Group 1 (1st–4th Place) TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 240 204 +36 6 3 1 2 192 196 −4 4 3 1 2 184 199 −15 4 3 1 2 183 200 −17 4
Group 2 (5th–8th Place)
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 194 158 +36 6 3 1 2 198 203 −5 5 3 1 2 196 222 −26 4 3 1 2 194 199 −5 3
Final standings RankTeam 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
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)
References
External links EuroBasket 1959 archive.fiba.com