The 1953 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1953, was the eighth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.FIBA EuroBasket 1953 Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by the Soviet Union, champions of EuroBasket 1951. Moscow was the location of the event.
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 remaining nine teams were relegated to classification play.
Group A RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1. 630202107+95 2. 521186134+52 3. 412148146+2 4. 303101250−149
Czechoslovakia59 – 43ItalyCzechoslovakia49 – 31RomaniaCzechoslovakia94 – 33SwitzerlandItaly61 – 43RomaniaSwitzerland32 – 82ItalyRomania74 – 36Switzerland
Group B RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1. 630223125+98 2. 521199151+48 3. 412150187−37 4. 30396205−109
France76 – 44West GermanyFrance58 – 74EgyptFrance65 – 33SwedenWest Germany41 – 74EgyptSweden37 – 65West GermanyEgypt75 – 26Sweden
Group C RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1. 63024199+142 2. 521206129+77 3. 412122151−29 4. 30379269−190
Soviet Union59 – 31BelgiumSoviet Union64 – 54HungarySoviet Union118 – 14DenmarkHungary57 – 35BelgiumDenmark35 – 56BelgiumHungary95 – 30Denmark
Group D
Lebanon refused to play Israel for political reasons; they received zero points for the match, as opposed to the usual 1 point for a loss.
RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1. 731178141+37 2. 731218170+48 3. 731230182+48 4. 513184219−35 5. 304159257−98
Bulgaria61 – 45FinlandYugoslavia25 – 27BulgariaBulgaria48 – 61IsraelLebanon51 – 94BulgariaFinland37 – 41YugoslaviaIsrael60 – 36FinlandFinland66 – 57LebanonYugoslavia57 – 55IsraelLebanon51 – 95YugoslaviaIsrael2 – 0 (w/o)Lebanon
Classification round 1 The first classification round was played in two round-robin groups. Teams advanced into the second classification round depending on their results in the first round—first and second place teams played in the 9–12 segment of classification round 2 while third and fourth place teams played for 13th to 16th places. The fifth place team (one group had 5 teams, the other had 4) received 17th place.
Group 1 RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1. 630255128+127 2. 521168163+5 3. 412145164−19 4. 30399212−113
Bulgaria82 – 50West GermanyBulgaria77 – 52SwitzerlandBulgaria96 – 26DenmarkWest Germany44 – 51SwitzerlandDenmark31 – 51West GermanySwitzerland65 – 42Denmark
Group 2 RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1. 731263213+50 2. 731216185+31 3. 731250213+37 4. 513241235+6 5. 404156280−124
Romania60 – 55BelgiumSweden43 – 74RomaniaRomania51 – 59FinlandLebanon56 – 65RomaniaBelgium75 – 38SwedenFinland49 – 59BelgiumBelgium74 – 66LebanonSweden32 – 55FinlandLebanon76 – 43SwedenFinland53 – 43Lebanon
Classification round 2
Classification 13–16 West Germany58 – 56LebanonRomania80 – 53Denmark
Classification 15/16 Lebanon74 – 40Denmark
Classification 13/14 West Germany59 – 69Romania
Classification 9–12 Bulgaria57 – 45FinlandBelgium59 – 43Switzerland
Classification 11/12 Finland45 – 51Switzerland
Classification 9/10 Bulgaria71 – 52Belgium
Final round The final round was played as an 8-team round robin, with no further playoffs.
Egypt refused to play Israel for political reasons; they received zero points for the match, as opposed to the usual 1 point for a loss, meaning they finished with 7 points to Italy's 8 despite having the same record.
RankTeamPtsWLPFPADiff 1. 1470444265+179 2. 1143375282+93 3. 1143391374+17 4. 1143387332+55 5. 1143238327−89 6. 1034334370−36 7. 816323387−64 8. 716271426−155
Israel20 – 66HungaryIsrael25 – 75Soviet UnionIsrael45 – 62FranceIsrael2 – 0 (w/o)EgyptIsrael59 – 53CzechoslovakiaIsrael47 – 42ItalyIsrael40 – 29YugoslaviaHungary24 – 29Soviet UnionFrance50 – 39HungaryHungary89 – 50EgyptCzechoslovakia44 – 39HungaryHungary49 – 38ItalyYugoslavia51 – 69HungarySoviet Union80 – 51FranceEgypt27 – 66Soviet UnionSoviet Union49 – 41CzechoslovakiaItaly54 – 88Soviet UnionSoviet Union57 – 43YugoslaviaFrance73 – 62EgyptCzechoslovakia55 – 47FranceFrance52 – 54ItalyYugoslavia39 – 56FranceEgypt33 – 87CzechoslovakiaItaly51 – 60EgyptEgypt39 – 58YugoslaviaCzechoslovakia43 – 39ItalyYugoslavia66 – 64CzechoslovakiaItaly45 – 48Yugoslavia
Final standings
Team rosters 1. Soviet Union: Otar Korkia, Stepas Butautas, Armenak Alachachian, Ilmar Kullam, Heino Kruus, Anatoly Konev, Aleksandr Moiseyev, Kazys Petkevičius, Justinas Lagunavičius, Yuri Ozerov, Algirdas Lauritėnas, Viktor Vlasov, Gunars Siliņš, Lev Reshetnikov (Coach: Konstantin Travin)
2. Hungary: János Greminger, Tibor Mezőfi, Tibor Zsíros, Laszlo Bánhegyi, Pál Bogár, György Bokor, Tibor Cselkó, Tibor Czinkán, Janos Hody, Laszlo Hody, Ede Komaromi, Péter Papp, Tibor Remay, János Simon (Coach: János Páder)
3. France: André Buffiere, René Chocat, Jacques Dessemme, Jacques Freimuller, Claude Gallay, Robert Guillin, Roger Haudegand, Robert Monclar, Jean Perniceni, Bernard Planque, Marc Quiblier, Henry Rey, Justy Specker, André Vacheresse (Coach: Robert Busnel)
4. Czechoslovakia: Ivan Mrazek, Jiří Baumruk, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Miroslav Škeřík, Jaroslav Šíp, Jan Kozák, Zdeněk Rylich, Radoslav Sís, Jaroslav Tetiva, Jindřich Kinský, Lubomír Kolář, Rudolf Stanček, Eugen Horniak (Coach: Lubomír Dobrý)
5. Israel: Ralph Klein, Avraham Schneor, Zacharia Ofri, Daniel Levy, Menachem Korman, Freddy Cohen, David Heiblum, Shimon Shelah, Ernst Wiener, Marcel Hefez, Mark Mimran, Dan Erez, Reuven Fecher (Coach: Jacob Saltiel)
6. Yugoslavia: Borko Jovanović, Mirko Marjanović, Milan Bjegojević, Đorđe Andrijašević, Ladislav Demšar, Borislav Stanković, Dragan Godžić, Aleksandar Gec, Aleksandar Blašković, Srđan Kalember, Vilmos Lóczi, Borislav Ćurčić, Lajos Engler (Coach: Nebojša Popović)
References
External links FIBA Europe EuroBasket 1953 Eurobasket.com 1953 EChampionship