EuroBasket 1959
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Dates21–31 May
Teams17
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (5th title)
Runners-up Czechoslovakia
Third place France
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
MVPSoviet Union Viktor Zubkov
Top scorerSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać
(28.1 points per game)

The 1959 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1959, was the eleventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. 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

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Czechoslovakia330260160+1006
 Poland321184197−135
 Spain312177189−124
 Finland303147222−753
21 May 1959
11:30
Finland  5772  Poland
Scoring by half: 29–39, 28–33
Pts: Lampen (12) Pts: Nartowski (13)
22 May 1959
18:00
Czechoslovakia  8562  Spain
Scoring by half: 40–27, 45–35
Pts: Konvicka (19) Pts: Rodriguez (15)
23 May 1959
18:00
Spain  5743  Finland
Scoring by half: 27–22, 30–21
Pts: Rodriguez (19) Pts: Lampen (16)
24 May 1959
18:00
Czechoslovakia  8251  Poland
Scoring by half: 42–15, 40–36
Pts: Baumruk (22) Pts: Wichowski (9)
25 May 1959
10:00
Czechoslovakia  9347  Finland
Scoring by half: 49–23, 44–24
Pts: Konvicka (15) Pts: Lampen (20)
25 May 1959
16:30
Poland  6158 (OT)  Spain
Scoring by half: 28–28, 27–27 Overtime: 6–3
Pts: Pstrokonski (16) Pts: Martinez (22)

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Bulgaria321219208+115
 Belgium321196187−95
 Yugoslavia32120220205
 Turkey303173193−203
21 May 1959
21:30
Belgium  6150  Turkey
Scoring by half: 22–28, 39–22
Pts: Aerts (20) Pts: Erim (15)
22 May 1959
19:30
Bulgaria  8072  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 42–35, 38–37
Pts: Radev (18) Pts: Kristancic (22)
23 May 1959
21:00
Turkey  6670  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–30, 36–40
Pts: Tezol (10) Pts: Korac (38)
24 May 1959
16:30
Bulgaria  7779  Belgium
Scoring by half: 39–46, 38–33
Pts: Atanasov (32) Pts: Steveniers (21)
25 May 1959
18:00
Yugoslavia  6056  Belgium
Scoring by half: 34–21, 26–35
Pts: Korac (26pts) Pts: Steveniers (20pts)
25 May 1959
19:30
Bulgaria  6257  Turkey
Scoring by half: 32–23, 30–34
Pts: Radev (21) Pts: Erim (13)

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union440316173+1438
 France431252228+247
 Italy422250233+176
 Israel413145216−605
 East Germany404133224−1244
21 May 1959
18:00
Italy  7459  Israel
Scoring by half: 30–30, 44–29
Pts: Pieri (19) Pts: Klein (14)
21 May 1959
20:30
Soviet Union  8048  France
Scoring by half: 42–23, 38–25
Pts: Zubkov (15) Pts: Baillet (7)
22 May 1959
10:00
East Germany  3787  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 20–43, 17–44
Pts: Kulik (9) Pts: Botchkarev (15)
22 May 1959
21:00
France  7766  Israel
Scoring by half: 29–31, 48–35
Pts: Mayeur (18) Pts: Klein (29)
23 May 1959
10:00
Israel  7967  East Germany
Scoring by half: 44–37, 35–30
Pts: Hemmo (23) Pts: Kulik (18)
23 May 1959
19:30
France  5047  Italy
Scoring by half: 22–24, 28–23
Pts: Lefebvre (12) Pts: Vianello (12)
24 May 1959
11:30
Italy  8565  East Germany
Scoring by half: 37–33, 48–32
Pts: Gavagnin (20) Pts: Kulik (21)
24 May 1959
19:30
Soviet Union  9044  Israel
Scoring by half: 44–25, 46–19
Pts: Botchkarev (17) Pts: Kastan (12)
25 May 1959
11:30
France  7735  East Germany
Scoring by half: 39–16, 38–19
Pts: Dorigo (13) Pts: Flau (11)
25 May 1959
21:00
Soviet Union  5944  Italy
Scoring by half: 26–15, 33–29
Pts: Valdmanis (17pts) Pts: Calebotta (17pts)

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Romania330210149+616
 Hungary321254153+1015
 Iran312145216−714
 Austria303133224−913
21 May 1959
10:00
Hungary  10948  Iran
Scoring by half: 50–23, 59–25
Pts: Banhegyi (17) Pts: Agakuzik (13)
22 May 1959
11:30
Romania  8348  Austria
Scoring by half: 33–21, 50–27
Pts: Novacek (19) Pts: Ledl (13)
23 May 1959
11:30
Austria  4392  Hungary
Scoring by half: 23–36, 20–56
Pts: Havlicek (9) Pts: Gabanyi (14)
23 May 1959
16:30
Iran  4865  Romania
Scoring by half: 19–31, 29–34
Pts: Solbi (12) Pts: Folbert (18)
24 May 1959
10:00
Austria  4249  Iran
Scoring by half: 26–18, 16–31
Pts: Privoznik (17) Pts: Meshun (11)
25 May 1959
19:30
Romania  6253  Hungary
Scoring by half: 28–25, 34–28
Pts: Novacek (24) Pts: Bencze (17)

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

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Yugoslavia220175119+1194
 East Germany211122145−233
 Austria202108141−712
26 May 1959
20:00
Yugoslavia  8058  Austria
Scoring by half: 32–29, 48–29
Pts: Korac (32) Pts: Privoznik (24)
27 May 1959
8:30
East Germany  6195  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 25–43, 36–52
Pts: Flau (14) Pts: Korac (21)
28 May 1959
8:30
East Germany  6150  Austria
Scoring by half: 33–25, 28–25
Pts: Flau (18) Pts: Privoznik (15)

Group 2

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Italy220138100+384
 Turkey211108123−153
 Spain20295118−232
26 May 1959
19:30
Turkey  5350  Spain
Scoring by half: 25–21, 28–29
Pts: Buyukaycan (25) Pts: Martinez (12)
27 May 1959
17:30
Turkey  5573  Italy
Scoring by half: 25–39, 30–34
Pts: Buyukaycan (10) Pts: Alesini (22)
28 May 1959
11:30
Italy  6545  Spain
Scoring by half: 25–19, 40–26
Pts: Alesini (20) Pts: Martinez (10)

Group 3

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel22012498+264
 Finland21112493+313
 Iran202137118−572
26 May 1959
21:00
Israel  5655  Finland
Scoring by half: 26–29, 30–26
Pts: Hemmo (15) Pts: Lampen (17)
27 May 1959
11:30
Iran  3769  Finland
Scoring by half: 19–32, 18–37
Pts: Meshun (9) Pts: Lampen (18)
28 May 1959
10:00
Israel  6843  Iran
Scoring by half: 35–11, 33–32
Pts: Ben-Bassat (12) Pts: Meshun (12)

Classification round 2

Group 1 (9th–11th Place)

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Yugoslavia220150130+204
 Italy211151134+173
 Israel202110147−372
29 May 1959
11:30
Italy  7678  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 29–36, 47–42
Pts: Calebotta (20) Pts: Korac (32)
30 May 1959
11:30
Yugoslavia  7254  Israel
Scoring by half: 28–29, 44–25
Pts: Korac (27) Pts: Klein (19)
31 May 1959
10:00
Italy  7556  Israel
Scoring by half: 34–33, 41–23
Pts: Alesini (20) Pts: Klein (19)

Group 2 (12th–14th Place)

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Turkey220116110+64
 Finland211117111+63
 East Germany202102114+122
29 May 1959
16:00
Turkey  5453  East Germany
Scoring by half: 31–29, 23–24
Pts: Buyukaycan (16) Pts: Flau (14)
30 May 1959
10:00
East Germany  4960  Finland
Scoring by half: 23–34, 26–26
Pts: Flau (17) Pts: Lampen (31)
31 May 1959
16:30
Turkey  6257  Finland
Scoring by half: 27–22, 35–35
Pts: Uyguc (17) Pts: Kuusela (22)

Group 3 (15th–17th Place)

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Spain22013575+604
 Austria21193113−203
 Iran20291131−402
29 May 1959
8:30
Spain  6433  Austria
Scoring by half: 32–14, 32–19
Pts: Rodriguez (14) Pts: Ledl (7)
30 May 1959
8:30
Austria  6049  Iran
Scoring by half: 34–27, 26–22
Pts: Doppes (18) Pts: Meshun (19)
31 May 1959
8:30
Spain  7142  Iran
Scoring by half: 28–16, 43–26
Pts: Parra (20) Pts: Vaizi (9)

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

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union330213179+346
 Hungary321190177+135
 Bulgaria312181190−94
 Poland303172210−383
27 May 1959
16:00
Soviet Union  7859  Poland
Scoring by half: 28–23, 50–36
Pts: Krouminch (18) Pts: Wichowski (14)
27 May 1959
20:30
Bulgaria  5267  Hungary
Scoring by half: 22–33, 30–34
Pts: Rashkov (11) Pts: Simon (24)
28 May 1959
17:30
Hungary  6356  Poland
Scoring by half: 29–32, 34–24
Pts: Gabanyi (22) Pts: Wichowski (24)
28 May 1959
20:30
Soviet Union  6660  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 34–38, 32–22
Pts: Krouminch (28) Pts: Mirchev (22)
29 May 1959
17:30
Bulgaria  6957  Poland
Scoring by half: 33–29, 36–28
Pts: Ilov (20) Pts: Wichowski (14)
29 May 1959
20:30
Hungary  6069  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 27–36, 33–33
Pts: Banhegyi (11) Pts: Zubkov (22)

Group 2

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 France330179164+156
 Czechoslovakia321191160+315
 Belgium312191218−274
 Romania303187206−193
27 May 1959
10:00
Czechoslovakia  7649  Belgium
Scoring by half: 45–31, 31–18
Pts: Tetiva (23) Pts: Loridon (14)
27 May 1959
19:00
Romania  5261  France
Scoring by half: 26–29, 26–32
Pts: Nedef (18) Pts: Mayeur (16)
28 May 1959
16:00
Belgium  6366  France
Scoring by half: 23–36, 40–30
Pts: Steveniers (22) Pts: Dorigo (13)
28 May 1959
19:00
Romania  5966  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 33–31, 26–35
Pts: Novacek (20) Pts: Tetiva (19)
29 May 1959
10:00
Romania  7679 ()  Belgium
Scoring by half: 30–39, 40–31 Overtime: 6–9
Pts: Nedef (21) Pts: Eygel (18)
29 May 1959
19:00
France  5249  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 20–26, 32–23
Pts: Dorigo (20) Pts: Lukasik (11)

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)

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union330240204+366
 Czechoslovakia312192196−44
 France312184199−154
 Hungary312183200−174
30 May 1959
19:00
France  6062  Hungary
Scoring by half: 24–36, 36–26
Pts: Mayeur (21) Pts: Banhegyi (19)
30 May 1959
20:30
Soviet Union  8372  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 40–38, 43–34
Pts: Valdmanis (19) Pts: Baumruk (19)
31 May 1959
18:00
Hungary  6171  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 21–32, 40–39
Pts: Bencze (10) Pts: Baumruk (23)
31 May 1959
19:45
Soviet Union  8872  France
Scoring by half: 37–30, 51–42
Pts: Krouminch (32) Pts: Lefebvre (16)

Group 2 (5th–8th Place)

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Bulgaria330194158+366
 Poland312198203−55
 Belgium312196222−264
 Romania312194199−53
30 May 1959
16:00
Bulgaria  5352  Romania
Scoring by half: 24–28, 29–24
Pts: Mirchev (10) Pts: Novacek (19)
30 May 1959
17:30
Poland  7468  Belgium
Scoring by half: 37–31, 37–37
Pts: Nartowski (14) Pts: Steveniers (20)
31 May 1959
11:30
Poland  6766  Romania
Scoring by half: 35–34, 32–32
Pts: Pawlak (17) Pts: Novacek (29)
31 May 1959
15:00
Bulgaria  7249  Belgium
Scoring by half: 34–31, 38–18
Pts: Radev (17) Pts: Aerts (17)
 1959 FIBA EuroBasket champions 

Soviet Union
5th title

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France
4.  Hungary
5.  Bulgaria
6.  Poland
7.  Belgium
8.  Romania
9.  Yugoslavia
10.  Italy
11.  Israel
12.  Turkey
13.  Finland
14.  East Germany
15.  Spain
16.  Austria
17.  Iran

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)

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