EuroBasket 1965
Tournament details
Host countrySoviet Union
Dates30 May – 10 June
Teams16
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
MVPSoviet Union Modestas Paulauskas
Top scorerSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać
(21.9 points per game)
← 1963
1967 →

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

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 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)

References

External links

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