Eurobasket 1957
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The 1957 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1957, was the tenth regional championship held by FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which includes all 49 national European basketball federations.-Division A:-Division B: -Division C:...

. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation
International Basketball Federation
The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA , from its French name Fédération Internationale de Basketball, is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball...

 (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

. Vasil Levski National Stadium
Vasil Levski National Stadium
Vasil Levski National Stadium , named after Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski, is one of Bulgaria's largest sports venues and the country's second largest stadium...

 at Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

 was the location of the event.

Final rankings


Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the 16 teams were split up into four groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round to play for the first 8 places, while the bottom two were sent to the classification round to play for 9th through 16th.

Group A

Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 6 3 0 273 142
131
2 5 2 1 244 175
69
3 4 1 2 148 259
4 3 0 3 136 225

Czechoslovakia 123 - 44 Scotland
Albania 57 - 89 Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia 94 - 39 Scotland
Czechoslovakia 71 - 37 Albania
Scotland 65 - 42 Albania
Czechoslovakia 79 - 61 Yugoslavia

Group B

Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 6 3 0 270 158
112
2 5 2 1 188 171
17
3 4 1 2 179 192
4 3 0 3 133 249

Soviet Union 107 - 38 Austria
Poland 55 - 50 Turkey
Turkey 80 - 57 Austria
Soviet Union 83 - 71 Poland
Austria 38 - 62 Poland
Soviet Union 80 - 49 Turkey

Group C

Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 6 3 0 239 155
84
2 5 2 1 196 165
31
3 4 1 2 177 185
4 3 0 3 149 256

Bulgaria 67 - 52 France
West Germany 52 - 73 Italy
Bulgaria 72 - 45 Italy
France 83 - 39 West Germany
Italy 59 - 61 France
Bulgaria 100 - 58 West Germany

Group D

Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 6 3 0 200 154
46
2 5 2 1 205 183
22
3 4 1 2 187 207
4 3 0 3 169 217

Hungary 66 - 65 Romania
Finland 76 - 74 Belgium
Hungary 50 - 39 Finland
Belgium 45 - 57 Romania
Romania 83 - 72 Finland
Hungary 84 - 50 Belgium

Classification round

For the first time, the classification round, like the final round, was played as an 8-team round robin, with no further playoffs.
Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
9 14 7 0 525 364
161
10 13 6 1 500 350
150
11 12 5 2 499 435
64
12 11 4 3 473 461
12
13 10 3 4 342 364
14 9 2 5 342 364
15 8 1 6 368 492
16 7 0 7 340 559

Italy 91 - 50 Belgium
Finland 61 - 47 West Germany
Scotland 69 - 56 Albania
Turkey 59 - 42 Austria

Turkey 83 - 70 Belgium
Finland 53 - 51 Austria
West Germany 72 - 43 Albania
Scotland 47 - 91 Italy

West Germany 37 - 57 Italy
Turkey 100 - 54 Scotland
Austria 58 - 70 Belgium
Finland 91 - 42 Albania

Finland 84 - 67 Belgium
Austria 48 - 47 Scotland
Albania 42 - 82 Italy
West Germany 33 - 54 Turkey

Finland 87 - 97 Italy
Albania 64 - 97 Turkey
Austria 55 - 58 West Germany
Belgium 76 - 51 Scotland

Turkey 57 - 50 Italy
Belgium 50 - 46 West Germany
Finland 72 - 56 Scotland
Albania 45 - 58 Austria

Finland 51 - 75 Turkey
Belgium 90 - 48 Albania
Italy 32 - 30 Austria
Scotland 44 - 49 West Germany

Final round

The final round was played as an 8-team round robin, with no further playoffs.
Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 14 7 0 537 409
128
2 13 6 1 510 456
54
3 12 5 2 505 458
47
4 11 4 3 480 433
47
5 10 3 4 440 462
6 9 2 5 476 584
7 8 1 6 456 518
8 7 0 7 417 501

France 53 - 83 Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia 65 - 62 Hungary
Poland 66 - 70 Romania
Bulgaria 99 - 76 Yugoslavia


Yugoslavia was the first of the pool leaders to take a loss in the final round, playing against Bulgaria, who had won their division.
Poland 63 - 77 Hungary
France 45 - 65 Romania
Soviet Union 97 - 61 Yugoslavia
Bulgaria 82 - 80 Czechoslovakia


Bulgaria continued to oust division leaders, knocking Czechoslovakia out of the undefeated group. Romania and the Soviet Union each defeated their second opponents, joining Bulgaria at the top of the pool.
Poland 69 - 74 Bulgaria
Romania 61 - 76 Hungary
France 72 - 75 Yugoslavia
Soviet Union 62 - 60 Czechoslovakia


The Soviet team pulled off a close win over the Czechoslovakian team that had broken the Soviets' lossless European championship start at 31 games. Romania lost a rematch with preliminary round opponent Hungary, as those two teams went to 2-1 behind the Soviets and Bulgarians, who had each maintained perfect records in their first three games.
Yugoslavia 74 - 95 Czechoslovakia
France 58 - 81 Hungary
Soviet Union 86 - 64 Poland
Romania 54 - 67 Bulgaria


Bulgaria and the Soviet Union each won their 7th game of the tournament and 4th of the final round, improving to 4-0. Hungary stayed close behind, at 3-1, with Romania and Czechoslovakia staying in contention at 2-2.
Yugoslavia 69 - 68 Poland
Romania 63 - 87 Soviet Union
France 62 - 64 Czechoslovakia
Hungary 52 - 63 Bulgaria


The Soviets and Bulgarians remained undefeated as Hungary, falling to Bulgaria, dropped to 2 games behind them at 3-2 along with Czechoslovakia.
France 65 - 68 Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia 80 - 61 Poland
Yugoslavia 60 - 72 Romania
Hungary 51 - 62 Soviet Union


Improving to 6-0 each, the Soviet Union and Bulgaria set up a match between the two of them that would determine the championship in the seventh and final game of the round.
Hungary 81 - 61 Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia 61 - 55 Romania
France 62 - 65 Poland
Bulgaria 57 - 60 Soviet Union


The Soviet Union trailed by 4 points at halftime in their decisive game against Bulgaria. The second half saw an explosion of scoring, with the Soviets adding 41 points in the frame to the 19 they had in the first half. Bulgaria wasn't able to maintain the pace, scoring only 34 in the second half to fall to the Soviets 60-57. Poland picked up their first win of the final round, defeating France, who fell to 0-7.

Team rosters

1.Soviet Union: Viktor Zubkov
Viktor Zubkov (basketball)
Victor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a retired Soviet basketball player considered one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the '50s and '60s, who won two silver medals at the Olympics for the Soviet national team....

, Valdis Muižnieks
Valdis Muiznieks
Valdis Muižnieks is a retired Latvian basketball player.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Guram Minashvili, Yuri Ozerov, Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Vladimirovich Semyonov , is a former Russian basketball player. As a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team he competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning two silver medals.-References:...

, Arkady Bochkarov, Stasys Stonkus
Stasys Stonkus
Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus is a retired Soviet present day Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Telšiai. In 1954, he graduated from the Lithuanian National Physical Education Institute...

, Vladimir Torban, Algirdas Lauritėnas, Mart Laga, Mikhail Studenetski (Coach: Stepan Spandarian)

2.Bulgaria: Viktor Radev, Georgi Panov, Ilija Mirchev, Ljubomir Panov, Cvjatko Barchovski, Petko Lazarov, Mikhail Semov, Georgi Kanev, Vladimir Ganchev, Metodi Tomovski, Konstantin Totev, Atanas Pejchinski (Coach: Ljudmil Katerinski)

3.Czechoslovakia: Jiri Baumruk, Zdenek Bobrovsky, Miroslav Skerik, Jaroslav Sip, Boris Lukasik, Zdenek Rylich, Jaroslav Tetiva, Lubomir Kolar, Milan Merkl, Jiri Tetiva, Jaroslav Chocholac, Nikolaj Ordnung (Coach: Gustav Hermann)

4.Hungary: Janos Greminger
János Greminger
János Greminger was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Szeged.He was part of the Hungarian basketball team, which was eliminated after the group stage of the 1952 tournament. He played all six matches...

, Laszlo Toth, Tibor Zsiros
Tibor Zsíros
Tibor Zsíros is a Hungarian former basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....

, Laszlo Banhegyi, Janos Bencze, Janos Simon
János Simon
János Simon was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest-Budafok....

, Laszlo Gabanyi, Tibor Czinkan
Tibor Czinkán
Tibor Czinkán was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Hungarian basketball team, which was eliminated after the group stage of the 1952 tournament. He played five matches....

, Istvan Sahin-Toth, Ervin Keszey, Zoltan Judik, Pal Borbely, Istvan Liptai (Coach: Zoltan Csanyi)

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