The 1935 FIBA European Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 1935, was the first

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regional

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championship, held by FIBA, as well as a test event preceding the first Olympic basketball tournament at the

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. Ten national teams affiliated with the

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(FIBA) took part in the competition. The event was hosted by

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and held in

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in May, 1935. The 2012

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n film '' Dream Team 1935'' is based on the events of the tournament. It tells the story of the

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, the winners of the tournament.

Preliminary round

Before the tournament began, a qualification game was played between

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and

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. The game was held in

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, Spain and refereed by Spanish coach

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. Spain won, 33–12.

Results

Classification round

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

5th–10th place quarterfinals

5th–8th place semifinals

Ninth place match

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Final round

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

Final standings

Team rosters

# Latvia:

Eduards Andersons Eduards Andersons (1 April 1914 – 29 November 1985) was a Latvians, Latvian basketball player. Andersons won a gold medal at the 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming the first European champion. He participated also at the 1936 Summer Olympics ...

Aleksejs Anufrijevs Aleksejs Anufrijevs (Russian: Алексей Никитич Ануфриев; 15 January 1912 – April 1945) was a Latvian basketball player of Russian origin. Anufrijevs won a gold medal at the 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming the first ...

, Mārtiņš Grundmanis, Herberts Gubiņš,

Rūdolfs Jurciņš Rūdolfs Jurciņš (19 June 1909 – 22 July 1948) was a Latvian basketball player. He played as a Center (basketball), center. Career Jurciņš won a gold medal at the EuroBasket 1935, 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming first European champi ...

, Jānis Lidmanis, Džems Raudziņš,

Visvaldis Melderis Visvaldis Melderis (19 January 1915 – 14 July 1944) was a Latvian basketball player. Melderis won a gold medal at the 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming the first European champion. He participated also at the 1936 Summer Olympics and at th ...

(Coach:

Valdemārs Baumanis Valdemārs Kristaps Baumanis (19 April 1905 – 24 April 1992) was a Latvian basketball player, basketball and football coach. He was head coach of Latvia national basketball team in EuroBasket 1935 and EuroBasket 1939. In 1935, Latvia won the ...

) # Spain: Rafael Martín,

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, Juan Carbonell, Armando Maunier, Fernando Muscat, Cayetano Ortega, Rafael Ruano (Coach:

) # Czechoslovakia: Jiří Čtyřoký, Jan Fertek,

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, Josef Klima, Josef Moc, František Picek, Vaclav Voves # Switzerland:

René Karlen René Karlen (born 18 April 1907, date of death unknown) was a Swiss basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known a ...

, Jean Pollet,

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, Marcel Wuilleumier, Jean Pare, Mottier, Radle, Sidler # Bulgaria: Nikola Rogatchev, Etropolski, Krum Konstantinov, Pinkas,

References

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External links

Eurobasket.com 1935 EChampionship
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1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

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