The 1953 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1953, was the eighth
FIBA EuroBasket
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regional
basketball
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championship, held by FIBA. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the
International Basketball Federation
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(FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by the
Soviet Union
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, champions of
EuroBasket 1951
The 1951 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1951, was the seventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) en ...
.
Moscow
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was the location of the event.
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
Group B
Group C
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.
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
Group 2
Classification round 2
Classification 13–16
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Classification 9–12
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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.
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Team rosters
1. Soviet Union:
Otar Korkia
Otar Korkia (Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; May 10, 1923 – March 15, 2005) was a Georgian professional basketball player and coach. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, ...
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Stepas Butautas
Stepas Butautas (alternate spellings: Stiepas, Butaustas) (25 August 1925 – 22 March 2001 in Kaunas) was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach. He trained at the VSS Žalgiris, in Kaunas. He played with the Soviet U ...
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Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian (alternate spellings: Armenak Alajajian or Alatchatchan) ( hy, Արմենակ Միսակի Ալաջաջյան, December 25, 1930 – December 4, 2017) was an Armenian-Soviet basketball player and coach. A point g ...
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Ilmar Kullam
Ilmar Kullam (15 June 1922 in Tartu – 2 November 2011 in Tartu) was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played all eigh ...
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Heino Kruus
Heino Kruus (30 September 1926 in Tallinn – 24 June 2012) was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and ...
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Anatoly Konev
Anatoly Konstantinovich Konev (russian: Анатолий Константинович Конев; January 10, 1921 – November 9, 1965) was a Russian basketball player. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society, in Moscow.
Club career
Kone ...
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Aleksandr Moiseyev,
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Justinas Lagunavičius
Justinas Lagunavičius (September 4, 1924 – July 15, 1997) was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen ...
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Yuri Ozerov,
Algirdas Lauritėnas
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The 1956 Summer Olympics, officia ...
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Viktor Vlasov,
Gunars Siliņš,
Lev Reshetnikov
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(Coach:
Konstantin Travin
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)
2. Hungary:
János Greminger
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Tibor Mezőfi
Tibor Mezőfi (March 18, 1926 in Rákospalota – August 10, 2000 in Budapest) was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaise ...
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Tibor Zsíros
Tibor Zsíros (30 June 1930 – 13 February 2013) was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
A native of Budapest
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Laszlo Bánhegyi,
Pál Bogár
Pál Bogár (2 September 1927 – 17 August 2012) was a Hungary, Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Bogár was born in Tés. He was part of the Hungarian basketball team, which was eliminated after the g ...
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György Bokor
György Bokor (25 November 1928 – 15 June 2014) was a Hungarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952 ...
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Tibor Cselkó
Tibor Cselkó (born 8 May 1931) is a Hungarian former basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest c ...
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Tibor Czinkán
Tibor Czinkán (10 August 1929 – 20 December 2013) was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially kn ...
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Janos Hody,
Laszlo Hody,
Ede Komaromi,
Péter Papp
Péter Papp (6 October 1930 – 16 September 1958) was a Hungarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
References
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1958 deaths
Hungarian men's basketball players
Olympic b ...
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Tibor Remay,
János Simon
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Simon was part of the Hungarian basketball team, whi ...
(Coach:
János Páder
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3. France:
André Buffiere,
René Chocat
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French national team
Chocat played the 1948 Summer Olympics, and at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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Jacques Dessemme
Jacques Dessemme (16 September 1925 – 23 March 2019) was a French basketball player.Jacques Freimuller
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Claude Gallay,
Robert Guillin
Robert Guillin (14 February 1926 – 25 November 2013) was a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 19 ...
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Roger Haudegand
Roger Haudegand (20 February 1932 – 19 May 2017) was a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics
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,
Robert Monclar
Robert Monclar (13 August 1930 – 4 December 2012) was a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics
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Jean Perniceni,
Bernard Planque
Bernard Planque (13 January 1932 – 6 September 2016) was a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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Henry Rey
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Justy Specker
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,
André Vacheresse
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Vacheresse played for Chorale Roanne Basket from 1942 to 1962, and was the club's manager from ...
(Coach:
Robert Busnel
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)
4. Czechoslovakia:
Ivan Mrazek,
Jiří Baumruk
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Club career
Baumruk spent his club career playing with Slavia Prague (1952–1953), and namely with Sparta Prague (1950–1951, 1954–1964 ...
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Zdeněk Bobrovský
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National team career
With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Bobrovský competed in the ...
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Miroslav Škeřík
Miroslav Škeřík (14 October 1924 – 11 January 2013) was a Czech professional basketball player. At 6'5 " (1.97 m) tall, he played the center position. He was the top scorer of EuroBasket 1955, averaging 19.1 points per game.
Club playing ca ...
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Jaroslav Šíp
Jaroslav Šíp (24 November 1930 – 6 November 2014) was a Czech basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001.
Playing career Club career
During his club playing career, Šíp won five Czecho ...
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Jan Kozák
Jan Kozák (5 July 1929 – 3 October 2016) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001.
National team career
Withe the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Kozák competed in the men's to ...
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Zdeněk Rylich
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Radoslav Sís
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Jaroslav Tetiva
Jaroslav Tetiva (alternate spelling: Tětiva; 4 February 1932 – 2 March 2021) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the List of the best Czech basketball players of the 20th century, Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001.
With th ...
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Jindřich Kinský,
Lubomír Kolář,
Rudolf Stanček,
Eugen Horniak
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(Coach:
Lubomír Dobrý)
5. Israel:
Ralph Klein
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Avraham Schneor
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Zachariah Ofri
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Daniel Levy,
Menachem Korman
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Alfred Cohen
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David Heiblum
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Simon Schmukler,
Ernst Winer
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Marcel Hefez
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Mark Mimran,
Haim Boksenbaum
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Reuven Fecher
Reuben Perach (29 April 1933 – 1 May 2020) was an Israeli basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), off ...
(Coach:
Jacob Saltiel
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel
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)
6. Yugoslavia:
Borko Jovanović
Borivoje "Borko" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Боривоје "Борко" Јовановић) was a Serbian basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
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Jovanović played for a Belgrade-ba ...
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Mirko Marjanović
Mirko Marjanović ( sr-cyrl, Мирко Марјановић, ; 27 July 1937 – 21 February 2006) was a Serbian politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 1994 to 2000.
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Milan Bjegojević
Milan "Musa" Bjegojević ( sr-cyr, Милан "Муса" Bjegojević; August 9, 1928 – October 2, 2003) was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
Best known for many years ...
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Đorđe Andrijašević
Đorđe Andrijašević ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Андријашевић; born 5 May 1931), credited as Giorgio Andrijassevic in Italy, is a Serbian professional basketball former player and former coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basket ...
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Ladislav Demšar
Ladislav Demšar ( sr-Cyrl, Ладислав Демшар; March 3, 1928 – May 15, 1992) was a Yugoslav basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
Playing career
Demšar played for Eg ...
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Borislav Stanković
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Dragan Godžić
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Godžić was a member of the first managing boar ...
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Aleksandar Gec
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Aleksandar Blašković,
Srđan Kalember
Srđan Kalember ( sr-cyr, Срђан Калембер; June 5, 1928 – February 2, 2016), also known in France by his nickname Serge ( sr-cyr, Серж), was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He won 9 National Championships wit ...
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Vilmos Lóczi
Vilmos Lóczi ( sr-cyr, Вилмош Лоци; 19 January 1925 – 12 July 1991), also credited as Vilmoš Loci, was a Yugoslav basketball coach and player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
Lóczi was one of ...
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Borislav Ćurčić
Borislav Ćurčić ( sr-cyr, Борислав Ћурчић; January 27, 1932 – April 15, 2015) was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
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Born in the village ...
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Lajos Engler
Lajos "Lala" Engler ( sr-cyr, Лајош "Лала" Енглер; 20 June 1928 – 1 May 2020), also credited as Lajoš Engler, was an ethnic Hungarian teacher and basketball player, who represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team interna ...
(Coach:
Nebojša Popović
Nebojša Popović ( sr-cyr, Небојша Поповић; 8 February 1923 – 20 October 2001) was a Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. He is the basketbal ...
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Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
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