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 1936 Summer Olympics. Ten national teams affiliated with the

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

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in May, 1935. The 2012 Latvian 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

Latvia national basketball team (EuroBasket 1935)

Team rosters

# Latvia: Eduards Andersons, Aleksejs Anufrijevs, Mārtiņš Grundmanis, Herberts Gubiņš, Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Jānis Lidmanis, Džems Raudziņš, Visvaldis Melderis (Coach: Valdemārs Baumanis) # Spain: Rafael Martín, Emilio Alonso,

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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:

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

References

* Journal de Genève:
2 May 1935 Page 7

3 May 1935 Page 5

4 May 1935 Page 7

5 May 1935 Page 9

6 May 1935 Page 3

External links

Eurobasket.com 1935 EChampionship
{{Eurobasket 1935 1935 in basketball International basketball competitions hosted by Switzerland 1935 in Swiss sport Sports competitions in Geneva May 1935 sports events 20th century in Geneva