EuroBasket 1935
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Switzerland |
| City | Geneva |
| Dates | 2–7 May |
| Teams | 10 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Switzerland (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  Czechoslovakia |
| Fourth place |  Latvia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Rafael Martín |
| Top scorer |  Livio Franceschini (16.5 points per game) |
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.
Preliminary round[edit | edit source]
Before the tournament began, a qualification game was played between Spain and Portugal with the game was held in Madrid, Spain. It was referred by Spanish coach Mariano Manent as Spain won, 31–16.
Results[edit | edit source]
First round[edit | edit source]
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 played each other in a sixth preliminary game, with the winner moving on and the loser going to classification.
2 May 1935
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| Spain |
27–22 |  Belgium |
| Scoring by half: 14–10, 13–12 | ||
Pavillon des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva
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2 May 1935
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| Latvia |
48–10 |  Hungary |
| Scoring by half: 23–6, 25–4 | ||
Pavillon des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva
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2 May 1935
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| Czechoslovakia |
22–20 |  France |
| Scoring by half: 10–12, 12–8 | ||
Pavillon des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva
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2 May 1935
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| Italy |
39–28 |  Bulgaria |
| Scoring by half: 21–13, 18–15 | ||
Pavillon des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva
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2 May 1935
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| Switzerland |
40–12 |  Romania |
| Scoring by half: 23–5, 17–7 | ||
Pavillon des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva
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2 May 1935
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| Switzerland |
26–19 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 14–9, 12–10 | ||
Pavillon des Sports du Bout-du-Monde, Geneva
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Classification round[edit | edit source]
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 | Fifth place match | ||||||||
| Belgium | 23 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 18 | |||||||||
| Bulgaria | 18 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 21 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 35 | |||||||||
| Italy | 43 | |||||||||
| Italy | 30 | |||||||||
| France | 28 | Seventh place match | ||||||||
| France | 63 | |||||||||
| Romania | 15 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 18 | |||||||||
| France | 40 | |||||||||
| Ninth place match | ||
| Bulgaria | 22 | |
| Romania | 1 | |
Final Round[edit | edit source]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| May 6, 1935 | ||||||
| Latvia | 20 | |||||
| May 7, 1935 | ||||||
| Spain | 22 | |||||
| Spain | 18 | |||||
| May 6, 1935 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 21 | |||||
| Switzerland | 24 | |||||
| Czechoslovakia | 20 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| May 7, 1935 | ||||||
| Latvia | 20 | |||||
| Czechoslovakia | 26 | |||||
