EuroBasket 1956 Women

5th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Czechoslovakia
Dates	June 2–10
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (4th title)
Official website
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The 1956 European Women's Basketball Championship was the 5th regional championship held by FIBA Europe for women. The competition was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia and took place June 2–10, 1956. The Soviet Union won their fourth consecutive gold medal, with Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria repeating their performance of the previous tournament, winning silver and bronze respectively.

Preliminary round

The teams were divided into four groups. The first two from each group would go to the Semi-Final Round. The remaining teams went to the Classification Round to determine the 9th–16th spots.

Group A

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Bulgaria	3	0	6	+68
2	Poland	2	1	5	+43
3	Yugoslavia	1	2	4	+13
4	Finland	0	3	3	−124

June 2, 1956 8:30

Yugoslavia 66,  Finland 25
Scoring by half: 28–16, 38–9
Pts: Zokovic (20)		Pts: Hakola (14)

June 2, 1956 20:30

Poland 61,  Bulgaria 62 ()
Scoring by half: 35–43, 19–11 Overtime: 7–8
Pts: Gruszczynska-Olesiewicz (22)		Pts: Vojnova (24)

June 3, 1956 11:30

Bulgaria 90,  Finland 36
Scoring by half: 44–14, 46–22
Pts: Pencheva (29)		Pts: Hakola (17)

June 3, 1956 20:30

Yugoslavia 63,  Poland 78
Scoring by half: 32–40, 31–38
Pts: Zokovic (29)		Pts: Kapalczynska-Roga (28)

June 4, 1956 10:00

Finland 47,  Poland 76
Scoring by half: 20–29, 27–47
Pts: Hakola (23)		Pts: Migula-Jakubowska (19)

June 4, 1956 19:00

Bulgaria 71,  Yugoslavia 58
Scoring by half: 36–18, 35–40
Pts: Vasileva-Chalaskanova (21)		Pts: Zokovic (16)

Group B

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Czechoslovakia	3	0	6	+231
2	Italy	2	1	5	+84
3	Denmark	1	2	4	−168
4	Scotland	0	3	3	−147

June 2, 1956 10:00

Italy 91,  Scotland 32
Scoring by half: 48–16, 43–16
Pts: Ronchetti (17)		Pts: Herman (12)

June 2, 1956 19:00

Czechoslovakia 132,  Denmark 9
Scoring by half: 49–6, 83–3
Pts: Hubalkova (27)		Pts: Levison (4)

June 3, 1956 10:00

Denmark 40,  Scotland 33
Scoring by half: 11–15, 29–18
Pts: Rode (22)		Pts: Herman (14)

June 3, 1956 19:00

Czechoslovakia 69,  Italy 42
Scoring by half: 37–24, 32–18
Pts: Hubalkova (17)		Pts: Donda (12)

June 4, 1956 15:00

Scotland 32,  Czechoslovakia 113
Scoring by half: 9–69, 23–44
Pts: Davis (6)		Pts: Tomaskova-Staudova (29)

June 4, 1956 22:00

Italy 80,  Denmark 28
Scoring by half: 36–14, 44–14
Pts: Tarabocchia (27)		Pts: Moller (11)

Group C

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Soviet Union	3	0	6	+280
2	Austria	2	1	5	−30
3	Netherlands	1	2	4	−29
4	Switzerland	0	3	3	−221

June 2, 1956 11:30

Soviet Union 153,   Switzerland 25
Scoring by half: 74–11, 79–14
Pts: Alekseeva (27)		Pts: Vicent (9)

June 2, 1956 22:00

Austria 54,  Netherlands 33
Scoring by half: 29–15, 25–18
Pts: Hantschel (17)		Pts: Koper-van Es (12)

June 3, 1956 16:30

Switzerland 18,  Netherlands 71
Scoring by half: 11–45, 7–26
Pts: Schroder (5)		Pts: Koper-van Es (14)

June 3, 1956 22:00

Soviet Union 121,  Austria 30
Scoring by half: 58–16, 63–14
Pts: Alekseeva (21)		Pts: Foltinek (10)

June 4, 1956 13:30

Austria 69,   Switzerland 29
Scoring by half: 32–14, 37–15
Pts: Foltinek (20)		Pts: Schenk (7)

June 4, 1956 16:30

Netherlands 30,  Soviet Union 91
Scoring by half: 14–43, 16–48
Pts: Buys-Bloemsma (14)		Pts: Mamentieva (21)

Group D

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Hungary	3	0	6	+52
2	France	2	1	5	+24
3	Romania	1	2	4	0
4	Germany	0	3	3	−76

June 2, 1956 14:00

Romania 49,  Germany 30
Scoring by half: 17–12, 32–18
Pts: Sebestien (10)		Pts: Lindowski (7)

June 2, 1956 15:30

Hungary 51,  France 42
Scoring by half: 21–17, 30–25
Pts: Szabo-Partine (12)		Pts: Colchen (14)

June 3, 1956 8:30

Germany 39,  Hungary 71
Scoring by half: 17–34, 22–37
Pts: Giesser (8)		Pts: Szabo-Partine (15)

June 3, 1956 15:00

France 55,  Romania 47
Scoring by half: 29–21, 26–26
Pts: Kloechner-Tavert (25)		Pts: Sebestien (15)

June 4, 1956 8:30

France 54,  Germany 29
Scoring by half: 31–15, 23–14
Pts: Kloechner-Tavert (13)		Pts: Giesser (10)

June 4, 1956 20:30

Hungary 61,  Romania 50
Scoring by half: 37–16, 24–34
Pts: Nagy (15)		Pts: Antonescu-Niculescu (13)

Classification round

The top two from each group advanced to the 9th–12th classification bracket. The 13th–16th spots were decided between the remaining teams in a separate bracket.

Group 1

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Yugoslavia	3	0	6	+127
2	Netherlands	2	1	5	+60
3	Germany	1	2	4	−48
4	Scotland	0	3	3	−139

June 5, 1956 9:30

Germany 53,  Scotland 34
Scoring by half: 28–14, 25–20
Pts: Becht (11)		Pts: McQueen (9)

June 5, 1956 11:30

Yugoslavia 56,  Netherlands 51
Scoring by half: 26–28, 30–23
Pts: Zokovic (14)		Pts: van der Velde-Remeyer (13)

June 6, 1956 8:30

Yugoslavia 89,  Germany 40
Scoring by half: 42–26, 47–14
Pts: Kalusevic (18)		Pts: Giesser (13)

June 6, 1956 22:00

Netherlands 71,  Scotland 24
Scoring by half: 26–10, 45–14
Pts: Tit (19)		Pts: Connelly (7)

June 8, 1956 8:30

Scotland 37,  Yugoslavia 110
Scoring by half: 14–48, 23–62
Pts: Duncan (6)		Pts: Zokovic (23)

June 8, 1956 22:00

Germany 53,  Netherlands 71
Scoring by half: 18–43, 35–28
Pts: Giesser (21)		Pts: Wetter (18)

Group 2

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Romania	3	0	6	+168
2	Finland	2	1	5	−30
3	Switzerland	1	2	4	−71
4	Denmark	0	3	3	−67

June 5, 1956 10:00

Finland 26,  Romania 87
Scoring by half: 15–45, 11–42
Pts: Hakola (15)		Pts: Antonescu-Niculescu (19)

June 5, 1956 22:00

Switzerland 58,  Denmark 56 ()
Scoring by half: 25–23, 24–26 Overtime: 9–7
Pts: Gorin (13)		Pts: Rode (33)

June 6, 1956 10:00

Finland 70,   Switzerland 54
Scoring by half: 29–22, 41–32
Pts: Hakola (41)		Pts: Goetschmann (17)

June 6, 1956 11:30

Romania 76,  Denmark 26
Scoring by half: 42–18, 34–8
Pts: Antonescu-Niculescu (16)		Pts: Rode (13)

June 8, 1956 10:00

Switzerland 34,  Romania 91
Scoring by half: 16–44, 18–47
Pts: Gorin (8)		Pts: Antonescu-Niculescu (23)

June 8, 1956 11:30

Denmark 27,  Finland 42
Scoring by half: 14–18, 13–24
Pts: Rode (9)		Pts: Hakola (29)

9th–12th place

	Classification round				Ninth place
	June 9, 1956 – 11:30
	Romania	61
					June 10, 1956 – 10:00
	Netherlands	49
					Romania	32
	June 9, 1956 – 22:00
					Yugoslavia	44
	Yugoslavia	61
	Finland	39
					Eleventh place
					June 10, 1956 – 10:30
					Netherlands	49
					Finland	55

13th–16th place

	Classification round				Thirteenth place
	June 9, 1956 – 8:30
	Switzerland	63
					June 10, 1956 – 8:30
	Scotland	50
					Denmark	47
	June 9, 1956 – 10:00
					Switzerland	33
	Denmark	34
	Germany	30
					Fifteenth place
					June 10, 1956 – 9:00
					Scotland	30
					Germany	49

Semi-final round

The top two from each group advanced to the medal bracket. The 5th–8th spots were decided between the remaining teams in a separate bracket.

Group 1

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Soviet Union	3	0	6	+84
2	Hungary	2	1	5	+3
3	Poland	1	2	4	−10
4	Italy	0	3	3	−77

June 5, 1956 15:00

Hungary 62,  Italy 41
Scoring by half: 26–17, 36–24
Pts: Vekony-Matayne (14)		Pts: Bradamante (14)

June 5, 1956 20:30

Soviet Union 87,  Poland 74
Scoring by half: 41–28, 46–46
Pts: Alekseeva (24)		Pts: Gruszczynska-Olesiewicz (26)

June 6, 1956 16:30

Soviet Union 77,  Hungary 54
Scoring by half: 37–15, 40–39
Pts: Maksimova (16)		Pts: Nagy (20)

June 6, 1956 19:00

Poland 50,  Italy 42
Scoring by half: 20–25, 30–17
Pts: Gruszczynska-Olesiewicz (15)		Pts: Ronchetti (15)

June 8, 1956 16:30

Hungary 46,  Poland 41
Scoring by half: 25–18, 21–23
Pts: Fekete-Fischerne (13)		Pts: Gruszczynska-Olesiewicz (16)

June 8, 1956 20:30

Italy 44,  Soviet Union 92
Scoring by half: 21–47, 23–45
Pts: Mapelli (13)		Pts: Otsa-Vishneva (22)

Group 2

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1	Czechoslovakia	3	0	6	+160
2	Bulgaria	2	1	5	+48
3	France	1	2	4	−49
4	Austria	0	3	3	−159

June 5, 1956 16:30

France 44,  Bulgaria 86
Scoring by half: 28–36, 16–50
Pts: Kloechner-Tavert (14)		Pts: Vojnova (23)

June 5, 1956 19:00

Czechoslovakia 145,  Austria 36
Scoring by half: 55–17, 90–19
Pts: Stepanova (25)		Pts: Foltinek (12)

June 6, 1956 15:00

Austria 50,  Bulgaria 72
Scoring by half: 25–35, 25–37
Pts: Foltinek (19)		Pts: Damianova-Kuzova (14)

June 6, 1956 20:30

Czechoslovakia 81,  France 46
Scoring by half: 32–25, 49–21
Pts: Stepanova (30)		Pts: Colchen (9)

June 8, 1956 15:00

France 62,  Austria 34
Scoring by half: 30–10, 32–24
Pts: Kloechner-Tavert (26)		Pts: Haselbacher (13)

June 8, 1956 19:00

Bulgaria 75,  Czechoslovakia 91
Scoring by half: 36–29, 39–62
Pts: Gospodinova (15)		Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova (26)

5th–8th place

	Classification round				Fifth place
	June 9, 1956 – 14:00
	Austria	44
					June 10, 1956 – 14:00
	Poland	92
					Italy	43
	June 9, 1956 – 20:30
					Poland	58
	France	50
	Italy	65
					Seventh place
					June 10, 1956 – 11:30
					Austria	42
					France	69

Medal bracket

	Classification round				Gold medal
	June 9, 1956 – 15:30
	Bulgaria	55
					June 10, 1956 – 19:00
	Soviet Union	74
					Soviet Union	49
	June 9, 1956 – 19:00
					Hungary	41
	Czechoslovakia	49
	Hungary	50
					Bronze medal
					June 10, 1956 – 15:30
					Bulgaria	60
					Czechoslovakia	91

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Soviet Union	8–0
	Hungary	6–2
	Czechoslovakia	7–1
4	Bulgaria	5–3
5	Poland	5–3
6	Italy	3–5
7	France	4–4
8	Austria	2–6
9	Yugoslavia	6–2
10	Romania	5–3
11	Finland	3–5
12	Netherlands	3–5
13	Denmark	3–5
14	Switzerland	2–6
15	Germany	2–6
16	Scotland	0–8