EuroBasket 1953

The 1953 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1953, was the eighth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. 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.

EuroBasket 1953
Tournament details
Host countrySoviet Union
CityMoscow
Dates23 May – 4 June
Teams17
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (3rd title)
Runners-up Hungary
Third place France
Fourth place Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
MVP Anatoly Konev
Top scorer Ahmed Idlibi
(15.9 points per game)

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
Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1. Czechoslovakia 630202107+95
2. Italy 521186134+52
3. Romania 412148146+2
4.  Switzerland 303101250−149
European Cup, Moscow 1953. Zacharia Ofri (#4, Israel) tipping off the ball
Czechoslovakia 59 – 43 Italy
Czechoslovakia 49 – 31 Romania
Czechoslovakia 94 – 33 Switzerland
Italy 61 – 43 Romania
Switzerland 32 – 82 Italy
Romania 74 – 36 Switzerland

Group B
Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1. Egypt 630223125+98
2. France 521199151+48
3. West Germany 412150187−37
4. Sweden 30396205−109
France 76 – 44 West Germany
France 58 – 74 Egypt
France 65 – 33 Sweden
West Germany 41 – 74 Egypt
Sweden 37 – 65 West Germany
Egypt 75 – 26 Sweden

Group C
Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1. Soviet Union 63024199+142
2. Hungary 521206129+77
3. Belgium 412122151−29
4. Denmark 30379269−190
Soviet Union 59 – 31 Belgium
Soviet Union 64 – 54 Hungary
Soviet Union 118 – 14 Denmark
Hungary 57 – 35 Belgium
Denmark 35 – 56 Belgium
Hungary 95 – 30 Denmark

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.

Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1. Israel 731178141+37
2. Yugoslavia 731218170+48
3. Bulgaria 731230182+48
4. Finland 513184219−35
5. Lebanon 304159257−98
Bulgaria 61 – 45 Finland
Yugoslavia 25 – 27 Bulgaria
Bulgaria 48 – 61 Israel
Lebanon 51 – 94 Bulgaria
Finland 37 – 41 Yugoslavia
Israel 60 – 36 Finland
Finland 66 – 57 Lebanon
Yugoslavia 57 – 55 Israel
Lebanon 51 – 95 Yugoslavia
Israel 2 – 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
Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1. Bulgaria 630255128+127
2.  Switzerland 521168163+5
3. West Germany 412145164−19
4. Denmark 30399212−113
Bulgaria 82 – 50 West Germany
Bulgaria 77 – 52 Switzerland
Bulgaria 96 – 26 Denmark
West Germany 44 – 51 Switzerland
Denmark 31 – 51 West Germany
Switzerland 65 – 42 Denmark

Group 2
Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1. Belgium 731263213+50
2. Finland 731216185+31
3. Romania 731250213+37
4. Lebanon 513241235+6
5. Sweden 404156280−124
Romania 60 – 55 Belgium
Sweden 43 – 74 Romania
Romania 51 – 59 Finland
Lebanon 56 – 65 Romania
Belgium 75 – 38 Sweden
Finland 49 – 59 Belgium
Belgium 74 – 66 Lebanon
Sweden 32 – 55 Finland
Lebanon 76 – 43 Sweden
Finland 53 – 43 Lebanon

Classification 13–16
West Germany 58 – 56 Lebanon
Romania 80 – 53 Denmark
Classification 15/16
Lebanon 74 – 40 Denmark
Classification 13/14
West Germany 59 – 69 Romania

Classification 9–12
Bulgaria 57 – 45 Finland
Belgium 59 – 43 Switzerland
Classification 11/12
Finland 45 – 51 Switzerland
Classification 9/10
Bulgaria 71 – 52 Belgium

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.

Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1. Soviet Union 1470444265+179
2. Hungary 1143375282+93
3. France 1143391374+17
4. Czechoslovakia 1143387332+55
5. Israel 1143238327−89
6. Yugoslavia 1034334370−36
7. Italy 816323387−64
8. Egypt 716271426−155
Israel 20 – 66 Hungary
Israel 25 – 75 Soviet Union
Israel 45 – 62 France
Israel 2 – 0 (w/o) Egypt
Israel 59 – 53 Czechoslovakia
Israel 47 – 42 Italy
Israel 40 – 29 Yugoslavia
Hungary 24 – 29 Soviet Union
France 50 – 39 Hungary
Hungary 89 – 50 Egypt
Czechoslovakia 44 – 39 Hungary
Hungary 49 – 38 Italy
Yugoslavia 51 – 69 Hungary
Soviet Union 80 – 51 France
Egypt 27 – 66 Soviet Union
Soviet Union 49 – 41 Czechoslovakia
Italy 54 – 88 Soviet Union
Soviet Union 57 – 43 Yugoslavia
France 73 – 62 Egypt
Czechoslovakia 55 – 47 France
France 52 – 54 Italy
Yugoslavia 39 – 56 France
Egypt 33 – 87 Czechoslovakia
Italy 51 – 60 Egypt
Egypt 39 – 58 Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia 43 – 39 Italy
Yugoslavia 66 – 64 Czechoslovakia
Italy 45 – 48 Yugoslavia
 1953 FIBA EuroBasket Champions 

Soviet Union
3rd title

Final rankings
  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Hungary
  3.  France
  4.  Czechoslovakia
  5.  Israel
  6.  Yugoslavia
  7.  Italy
  8.  Egypt
  9.  Bulgaria
  10.  Belgium
  11.   Switzerland
  12.  Finland
  13.  Romania
  14.  West Germany
  15.  Lebanon
  16.  Denmark
  17.  Sweden

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, Zachariah Ofri, Daniel Levy, Menachem Korman, Alfred Cohen, David Heiblum, Simon Schmukler, Ernst Winer, Marcel Hefez, Mark Mimran, Haim Boksenbaum, 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)

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