EuroBasket 1965

The 1965 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1965, was the fourteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

EuroBasket 1965

Tournament details
Host country	Soviet Union
Dates	30 May – 10 June
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (8th title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
MVP	Modestas Paulauskas
Top scorer	Radivoj Korać (21.9 points per game)

Venues

Moscow	Tbilisi
Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium Capacity 15 000	Tbilisi Sports Palace Capacity 11 000

Results

First round

Group A – Moscow

Hungary	Israel	49–60
Finland	Romania	61–85
East Germany	Czechoslovakia	55–73
Soviet Union	Italy	87–48
East Germany	Finland	51–51 aet. 59–63
Hungary	Romania	52–76
Soviet Union	Israel	88–50
Italy	Czechoslovakia	78–69
Israel	Romania	59–57
Italy	Finland	59–60
Hungary	East Germany	55–56
Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	79–74
Israel	East Germany	56–55
Czechoslovakia	Finland	68–40
Italy	Hungary	66–64
Soviet Union	Romania	62–60
Czechoslovakia	Hungary	77–53
Israel	Italy	47–68
Soviet Union	Finland	89–52
Romania	East Germany	55–59
Czechoslovakia	Israel	61–61 aet. 71–69
Romania	Italy	73–73 aet. 75–81
Soviet Union	East Germany	65–41
Finland	Hungary	67–46
Finland	Israel	51–52
Romania	Czechoslovakia	59–90
East Germany	Italy	64–87
Soviet Union	Hungary	76–45

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Soviet Union	7	7	0	546:370	14	+176
2.	Italy	7	5	2	487:466	10	+21
3.	Czechoslovakia	7	5	2	522:443	10	+79
4.	Israel	7	4	3	393:439	8	−46
5.	Finland	7	3	4	394:458	6	−64
6.	East Germany	7	2	5	389:454	4	−65
7.	Romania	7	2	5	477:464	4	+13
8.	Hungary	7	0	7	364:478	0	−114

Group B – Tbilisi

Bulgaria	West Germany	74–57
Sweden	Greece	69–71
Yugoslavia	France	80–54
Poland	Spain	82–57
Spain	West Germany	86–58
Bulgaria	Sweden	113–56
Yugoslavia	Greece	76–68
Poland	France	72–53
France	Greece	63–64
Poland	West Germany	92–64
Spain	Sweden	78–74
Yugoslavia	Bulgaria	89–69
West Germany	Sweden	72–49
France	Bulgaria	67–70
Poland	Greece	74–62
Spain	Yugoslavia	65–113
Poland	Sweden	83–41
West Germany	Yugoslavia	56–115
Greece	Bulgaria	65–59
France	Spain	77–90
West Germany	France	47–74
Sweden	Yugoslavia	46–91
Greece	Spain	89–82
Poland	Bulgaria	75–63
Greece	West Germany	81–72
Sweden	France	61–90
Bulgaria	Spain	79–56
Poland	Yugoslavia	69–78

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Yugoslavia	7	7	0	642:427	14	+215
2.	Poland	7	6	1	557:418	12	+129
3.	Greece	7	5	2	500:495	10	+5
4.	Bulgaria	7	4	3	527:465	8	+62
5.	Spain	7	3	4	514:572	6	−58
6.	France	7	2	5	478:484	4	−6
7.	West Germany	7	1	6	426:571	2	−145
8.	Sweden	7	0	7	396:608	0	−212

Places 13 – 16

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
Sweden	Romania	60–86
West Germany	Hungary	53–52

Places 9 – 12

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
France	Finland	52–42
Spain	East Germany	69–69 aet. 76–78

Places 5 – 8

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia	77–70
Greece	Israel	67–69

Places 1 – 4

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
Poland	Soviet Union	61–75
Yugoslavia	Italy	83–82

Finals

Placement	Team 1	Team 2	Res.
15th place	Sweden	Hungary	66–79
13th place	Romania	West Germany	74–63
11th place	Finland	Spain	58–65
9th place	France	East Germany	66–57
7th place	Czechoslovakia	Greece	116–71
5th place	Bulgaria	Israel	63–51
3rd place	Poland	Italy	86–70
Final	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	58–49

1965 FIBA EuroBasket champions
Soviet Union 8th title

Final standings

1. Soviet Union
2. Yugoslavia
3. Poland
4. Italy
5. Bulgaria
6. Israel
7. Czechoslovakia
8. Greece
9. France
10. East Germany
11. Spain
12. Finland
13. Romania
14. West Germany
15. Hungary
16. Sweden

Awards

1965 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Modestas Paulauskas ( Soviet Union)

Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Gennadi Volnov, Modestas Paulauskas, Jaak Lipso, Armenak Alachachian, Aleksander Travin, Aleksander Petrov, Zurab Sakandelidze, Viacheslav Khrinin, Visvaldis Eglitis, Nikolai Baglei, Nikolai Sushak, Amiran Skhiereli (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)
2. Yugoslavia: Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu, Petar Skansi, Slobodan Gordić, Trajko Rajković, Josip Đerđa, Nemanja Đurić, Vital Eiselt, Miloš Bojović, Dragan Kovačić, Zvonko Petričević, Dragoslav Ražnatović (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)
3. Poland: Mieczyslaw Lopatka, Bohdan Likszo, Andrzej Pstrokonski, Janusz Wichowski, Zbigniew Dregier, Kazimierz Frelkiewicz, Edward Grzywna, Wieslaw Langiewicz, Czeslaw Malec, Stanislaw Olejniczak, Andrzej Perka, Jerzy Piskun (Coach: Witold Zagórski)
4. Italy: Massimo Masini, Giambattista Cescutti, Ottorino Flaborea, Gabriele Vianello, Sauro Bufalini, Gianfranco Lombardi, Giusto Pellanera, Massimo Cosmelli, Franco Bertini, Guido Carlo Gatti, Sandro Spinetti (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore)

External links

• EuroBasket 1965 archive.fiba.com