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.

Bold = game winner

Classification 5–10: winner to classification 5–8, loser to classification 9/10.

Bulgaria	22 – 19	Hungary
France	66 – 23	Romania

Classification 9/10: winner receives 9th place, loser receives 10th place

Hungary	24 – 17	Romania

Classification 5–8: winner to classification 5/6, loser to classification 7/8

France	29 – 27	Italy
Belgium	29 – 11	Bulgaria

Classification 7/8: winner receives 7th place, loser receives 8th place

Italy	35 – 22	Bulgaria

Classification 5/6: winner receives 5th place, loser receives 6th place

France	49 – 30	Belgium

Semifinals

The semifinals pitted the four winners of the preliminary round against each other. Winners advanced to the final, with the losers playing in a match for 3rd and 4th place.

Bold = game winner

Latvia	28 – 19	Switzerland
Spain	21 – 17	Czechoslovakia

Finals

No medals were awarded in the first few EuroBasket tournaments.

Bold = game winner

3rd/4th game:

Czechoslovakia	25 – 23	Switzerland

Championship game:

Latvia	24 – 18	Spain	5 May 1935

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