The 1956 European Women's Basketball Championship

Eurobasket Women

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was the 5th regional championship held by FIBA Europe

FIBA Europe

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 for women. The competition was held in Prague

Prague

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, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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 and took place June 2–10, 1956. The Soviet Union

Soviet Union women's national basketball team

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 won their fourth consecutive gold medal, with Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria

Bulgaria women's national basketball team

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 repeating their performance of the previous tournament, winning silver and bronze respectively.

Preliminary round

The teams where divided into four groups. The first two from each group would go to the Semi-Final Round. The remaining teams went to the Classification Round to determine the 9th-16th spots.

Group A

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		3	0	6	+68
2		2	1	5	+43
3		1	2	4	+13
4		0	3	3	-124

Group B

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		3	0	6	+231
2		2	1	5	+84
3		1	2	4	-168
4		0	3	3	-147

Group C

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		3	0	6	+280
2		2	1	5	-30
3		1	2	4	-29
4		0	3	3	-221

Group D

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		3	0	6	+52
2		2	1	5	+24
3		1	2	4	0
4		0	3	3	-76

Classification Round

The top two from each group advanced to the 9th-12th classification bracket. The 13th-16th spots were decided between the remaining teams in a separate bracket.

Group 1

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		3	0	6	+127
2		2	1	5	+60
3		1	2	4	-48
4		0	3	3	-139

Group 2

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		3	0	6	+168
2		2	1	5	-30
3		1	2	4	-71
4		0	3	3	-67

9th-12th Place

13th-16th Place

Semi-Final Round

The top two from each group advanced to the medal bracket. The 5th-8th spots were decided between the remaining teams in a separate bracket.

Group 1

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		3	0	6	+84
2		2	1	5	+3
3		1	2	4	-10
4		0	3	3	-77

Group 2

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		3	0	6	+160
2		2	1	5	+48
3		1	2	4	-49
4		0	3	3	-159

5th-8th Place

Medal Bracket

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
1		8-0
2		6-2
3		7-1
4		5-3
5		5-3
6		3-5
7		4-4
8		2-6
9		6-2
10		5-3
11		3-5
12		3-5
13		3-5
14		2-6
15		2-6
16		0-8

External links

• FIBA Archive