European basketball championship 1935

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Eurobasket 1935
1. Basketball Championship of Men
Number of nations 10
European champion LatviaLatvia Latvia (1st title)
venue Geneva, SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Opening game May 2, 1935
Endgame May 7, 1935
Games   17th
Basket points 882   (∅: 51.88 per game)

← (first European basketball championship)

The first European Basketball Championship of Men ( official: Euro Basket 1935 ) was held from 2 to 7 May 1935 in Geneva instead. Latvia was the first European champion , silver went to Spain , and Czechoslovakia won the bronze medal.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, ten teams played against each other in a direct duel. Three out of five winners were directly qualified for the final round, the other two victorious teams (Italy and Switzerland) had to play in another elimination game for the last free place in the final round.

game Team 1 Team 2 Result 1. H. 2. H. Loss
1 Spain Second RepublicSecond Spanish Republic Spain BelgiumBelgium Belgium 25:17 14: 07 11:10 -
2 LatviaLatvia Latvia Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary 46:12 20: 07 26: 05 -
3 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy Bulgaria 1878Bulgaria Bulgaria 42:23 18:11 24:12 -
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Romania kingdomRomania Romania 42: 09 25: 03 17: 06 -
5 Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia FranceFrance France 23:21 16:13 07: 08 -
Elimination game
game Team 1 Team 2 Result 1. H. 2. H. Loss
6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 27:17 15:15 12: 02 -

Placement round

The six teams eliminated in the preliminary round played in the placement round for places 5 to 10. The teams from Italy and Belgium, who lost in the elimination game, were seeded for the second round and thus secured eighth place.

1 round

The winners went to the 2nd round, the losers played for 9th place.

game Team 1 Team 2 Result 1. H. 2. H. Loss
7th Bulgaria 1878Bulgaria Bulgaria Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary 22:19 16: 06 06:13 -
8th FranceFrance France Romania kingdomRomania Romania 66:23 40:11 26:12 -
2nd round

The winners played for 5th place, the losers for 7th place.

game Team 1 Team 2 Result 1. H. 2. H. Loss
10 BelgiumBelgium Belgium Bulgaria 1878Bulgaria Bulgaria 29:11 16: 02 13: 09 -
11 FranceFrance France Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 29:27 17:16 12:11 -
Play for 9th place
game Team 1 Team 2 Result 1. H. 2. H. Loss
9 Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary Romania kingdomRomania Romania 24:17 09:12 15: 05 -
Game for 7th place
game Team 1 Team 2 Result 1. H. 2. H. Loss
12 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy Bulgaria 1878Bulgaria Bulgaria 35:22 16: 02 19:20 -
Play for 5th place
game Team 1 Team 2 Result 1. H. 2. H. Loss
13 FranceFrance France BelgiumBelgium Belgium 49:30 31: 08 18:22 -

Final round

The four teams that were victorious in the preliminary round played for the gold medal in a knockout system. The winners of the semi-finals played for the European title in the final, the losers played for 3rd place.

  Semifinals final
14th      
 LatviaLatvia Latvia 28
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 19th  
   
16
 LatviaLatvia Latvia 24
   Spain Second RepublicSecond Spanish Republic Spain 18th
 
Game for third place
15th 17th
 Spain Second RepublicSecond Spanish Republic Spain 21st  Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 25th
 Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 17th    SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 23
Semifinals
game Team 1 Team 2 Result 1. H. 2. H. Loss
14th LatviaLatvia Latvia SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 28:19 16:12 12: 07 -
15th Spain Second RepublicSecond Spanish Republic Spain Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 21:17 10:10 11: 07 -
3rd place match
game Team 1 Team 2 Result 1. H. 2. H. Loss
17th Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 25:23 16:15 09: 08 -
final
game Team 1 Team 2 Result 1. H. 2. H. Loss
16 LatviaLatvia Latvia Spain Second RepublicSecond Spanish Republic Spain 24:18 16: 08 08:10 -

Final score

rank team Siege: Niederl. Basket ratio
1 LatviaLatvia Latvia 3-0 2.0000
2 Spain Second RepublicSecond Spanish Republic Spain 2: 1 1.1034
3 Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2: 1 1.0000
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2: 2 1.4051
5 FranceFrance France 3: 1 1.6019
6th BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1: 2 0.8941
7th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 2: 2 1.1980
8th Bulgaria 1878Bulgaria Bulgaria 1: 3 0.6240
9 Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary 1: 2 0.6471
10 Romania kingdomRomania Romania 0: 3 0.3712

statistics

  • Number of games: 17
  • Number of points scored: 882

See also

Web links

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