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
Players Teams Points 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	28
	Switzerland	19
					7 May
					Latvia	24
					Spain	18
					Bronze Medal game
	6 May			7 May
	Spain	21		Switzerland	23
	Czechoslovakia	17			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
	Latvia	3	3	0	98	49	+49
	Spain	3	2	1	64	58	+6
	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,

External links

• FIBA Europe EuroBasket 1935
• FIBA Europe article on 1930's EuroBaskets
• Eurobasket.com 1935 EChampionship