EuroBasket 1954 Women

EuroBasket 1954 Women
4th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Yugoslavia
Dates	June 4–13
Teams	10
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Soviet Union (3rd title)
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< 1952 1956 >

The 1954 European Women Basketball Championship was the 4th regional championship held by FIBA Europe for women. The competition was held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and took place June 4–13, 1954. The Soviet Union clinched their third consecutive gold medal, with Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria winning silver and bronze, respectively.

Preliminary round

The teams where divided in two groups of three and one group of four. The first two from each group would go to the Final Round that determined the first six places. The remaining teams went to the Classification Round to determine the seventh-to-tenth spots.

Group A

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Hungary	2	1	5	+40
2	France	2	1	5	+74
3	Italy	2	1	5	+10
4	Austria	0	3	3	−124

France 92,  Austria 21

Scoring by half: 41–14, 51–7

Italy 52,  Hungary 50

Scoring by half: 27–31, 25–19

Hungary 69,  Austria 34

Scoring by half: 38–18, 31–16

France 51,  Italy 41

Scoring by half: 17–19, 34–22

Italy 38,  Austria 20

Scoring by half: 21–11, 17–9

Hungary 34,  France 27

Scoring by half: 16–15, 18–12

Group B

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Soviet Union	2	0	4	+100
2	Yugoslavia	1	1	3	+50
3	Germany	0	2	2	−150

Yugoslavia 69,  Germany 14

Scoring by half: 32–8, 37–6

Soviet Union 48,  Yugoslavia 43

Scoring by half: 20–21, 28–22

Soviet Union 106,  Germany 11

Scoring by half: 57–0, 49–11

Group C

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Bulgaria	2	0	4	+66
2	Czechoslovakia	1	1	3	+39
3	Denmark	0	2	2	−105

Czechoslovakia 76,  Denmark 19

Scoring by half: 36–7, 40–12

Bulgaria 68,  Denmark 20

Scoring by half: 35–14, 33–6

Bulgaria 78,  Czechoslovakia 60

Scoring by half: 41–33, 37–27

Classification Round

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Italy	3	0	4	+97
2	Austria	2	1	3	−36
3	Germany	1	2	2	−21
4	Denmark	0	3	3	−40

Austria 33,  Germany 25

Scoring by half: 15–8, 18–17

Italy 57,  Denmark 34

Scoring by half: 32–8, 25–26

Germany 33,  Denmark 21

Scoring by half: 15–10, 18–11

Italy 60,  Germany 35

Scoring by half: 25–16, 35–19

Italy 73,  Austria 24

Scoring by half: 31–11, 42–13

Austria 33,  Denmark 28

Scoring by half: 14–13, 19–15

Final round

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Soviet Union	5	0	10	+106
2	Czechoslovakia	4	1	9	+39
3	Bulgaria	3	2	8	+34
4	Hungary	2	3	7	−28
5	Yugoslavia	1	4	6	−96
6	France	0	5	5	−55

Soviet Union 60,  France 48

Scoring by half: 36–18, 24–30

Czechoslovakia 48,  Hungary 38

Scoring by half: 29–12, 19–26

Bulgaria 55,  Yugoslavia 30

Scoring by half: 27–10, 28–20

Bulgaria 49,  France 37

Scoring by half: 26–22, 23–15

Hungary 62,  Yugoslavia 50

Scoring by half: 30–21, 32–29

Soviet Union 69,  Czechoslovakia 62

Scoring by half: 41–35, 28–27

Czechoslovakia 71,  France 56

Scoring by half: 33–33, 38–23

Soviet Union 81,  Yugoslavia 32

Scoring by half: 47–18, 34–14

Bulgaria 56,  Hungary 43

Scoring by half: 25–19, 31–24

Czechoslovakia 68,  Yugoslavia 54

Scoring by half: 33–18, 35–36

Soviet Union 65,  Bulgaria 56

Scoring by half: 31–27, 34–29

Hungary 58,  France 46

Scoring by half: 27–22, 31–24

Yugoslavia 54,  France 50

Scoring by half: 18–24, 36–26

Soviet Union 76,  Hungary 47

Scoring by half: 43–24, 33–23

Czechoslovakia 57,  Bulgaria 50

Scoring by half: 27–22, 30–28

External links

• FIBA Archive