EuroBasket 1935

FIBA EuroBasket 1935
1st FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Switzerland
Dates 2–7 May
Teams 10 (from 11 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Latvia (1st title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Italy Livio Franceschini (16.5)
Official website
EuroBasket 1935 (archive)
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The 1935 FIBA European Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 1935, was the first FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe, as well as a test event preceding the first Olympic basketball tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Ten national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. The event was hosted by Switzerland and held in Geneva in May, 1935.

The 2012 Latvian film Dream Team 1935 is based on the events of the tournament. It tells the story of the Latvian national basketball team, the winners of the tournament.

Preliminary round

Before the tournament began, a qualification game was played between Spain and Portugal. The game was held in Madrid, Spain and refereed by Spanish coach Mariano Manent. Spain won, 33–12.

Results

First round

The preliminary round was single-elimination, with losers moving to the classification round. Three of the five winners moved immediately to the semi-finals, while two (Italy and Switzerland) played each other in a sixth preliminary game, with the winner moving on and the loser going to classification.

Bold = game winner; Italic = advanced to final

 Spain 25 – 17  Belgium
 Latvia 46 – 12 Hungary
Czechoslovakia 23 – 21 France
Italy 42 – 23 Bulgaria
Switzerland 42 – 9 Romania
Switzerland 27 – 17 Italy

Classification round

The classification round served to place the six teams eliminated in the preliminary round into places 5 through 10.

  7th-10th place semifinals 5th-8th place semifinals 5th place game
                           
  Belgium 29  
  Bulgaria 22  
  Bulgaria 11  
  Hungary 19  
    Belgium 30
    France 49
  France 29
  France 66  
  Italy 27  
  Romania 23  
9th place game 7th place game
  Hungary 24   Bulgaria 22
  Romania 17   Italy 35

Final Round

Semifinals Championship Finals
6 May
 Latvia Latvia  28  
 Switzerland Switzerland  19  
 
7 May
     Latvia Latvia  24
   Spain Spain  18
Bronze Medal game
6 May 7 May
 Spain Spain  21  Switzerland Switzerland  23
 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia  17    Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia  25

Semifinals

May 6, 1935
 Latvia 28,   Switzerland 19
Scoring by half: 16-12, 12-7
Pavillion des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva
May 6, 1935
 Spain 21,  Czechoslovakia 17
Scoring by half: 10-10, 11-7
Pavillion des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva

Final Classification games

9th place game

 Hungary 24,  Romania 17
Pavillion des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva

7th place game

 Bulgaria 22,  Italy 35
Pavillion des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva

5th place game

 France 49,  Belgium 30
Pavillion des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva

Bronze medal game

  Switzerland 23,  Czechoslovakia 25
Scoring by half: 15-16, 8-9
Pavillion des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva

Final

May 7, 1935
22:30
 Spain 18,  Latvia 24
Scoring by half: 8-16, 10-8
Pts: Martin (6) Pts: Jurcins (11)
Pavillion des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva
 1935 FIBA European Champions 

Latvia
1st title

Final rankings

Latvia national basketball team members during EuroBasket 1935.
Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1st, gold medalist(s)  Latvia 3 3 0 98 49 +49
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Spain 3 2 1 64 58 +6
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 65 65 0
4   Switzerland 4 2 2 111 79 +32
5  France 4 3 1 165 103 +62
6  Belgium 3 1 2 76 85 −9
7  Italy 4 2 2 121 101 +20
8  Bulgaria 4 1 3 78 125 −47
9  Hungary 3 1 2 55 85 −30
10  Romania 3 0 3 49 132 −83

Team rosters

  1. Latvia: Eduards Andersons, Aleksejs Anufrijevs, Mārtiņš Grundmanis, Herberts Gubiņš, Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Jānis Lidmanis, Džems Raudziņš, Visvaldis Melderis (Coach: Valdemārs Baumanis)
  2. Spain: Rafael Martin, Emilio Alonso, Pedro Alonso, Juan Carbonell, Armando Maunier, Fernando Muscat, Cayetano Ortega, Rafael Ruano (Coach: Mariano Manent)
  3. Czechoslovakia: Jiří Ctyroky, Jan Fertek, Josef Franc, Josef Klima, Josef Moc, František Picek, Vaclav Voves
  4. Switzerland: R.Karlen, J.Pollet, R.Lambercy, M.Wuilleumier, J.Pare, Mottier, Radle, Sidler
  5. Bulgaria: Nikola Rogatchev, Etropolski, Krum Konstantinov, Pinkas,
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