EuroBasket 1962 Women
8th FIBA European Women's
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
DatesSeptember 22–29
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (6th title)
Official website
Official website (archive)
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The 1962 European Women's Basketball Championship was the 8th regional championship held by FIBA Europe for women. The competition was held in Mulhouse, France and took place on September 22–29, 1962. The Soviet Union won their sixth gold medal (third in a row) while Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria won silver and bronze, respectively.

Preliminary round

The teams where divided into two groups. The first two from each group would advance to the bracket that defined the first four places. The system to determine the 5th–10th places consisted in three final matches between teams that had the same position in both groups.

Group A

Rank Team W L Pts Diff
1  Soviet Union 4 0 8 +120
2  Czechoslovakia 3 1 7 +87
3  Yugoslavia 2 2 6 −17
4  Hungary 1 3 5 −76
5  Italy 0 4 4 −114
September 22
16:30
Italy  37,  Czechoslovakia 86
Scoring by half: 8–42, 29–44
Pts: Tarabocchia (10) Pts: Hubalkova (12)
September 22
20:30
Yugoslavia  47,  Hungary 40
Scoring by half: 20–16, 27–24
Pts: Radovanovic (14) Pts: Hegedos-Krizsan (14)
September 23
15:00
Czechoslovakia  53,  Yugoslavia 35
Scoring by half: 29–19, 24–16
Pts: Joskova-Malotova (12) Pts: Radovanovic (10)
September 23
16:30
Soviet Union  77,  Italy 31
Scoring by half: 39–11, 38–20
Pts: Liutsepp-Kaasik (13) Pts: Ronchetti (12)
September 24
15:00
Yugoslavia  39,  Soviet Union 52
Scoring by half: 20–31, 19–21
Pts: Kalusevic (13) Pts: Liutsepp-Kaasik (17)
September 24
16:30
Hungary  52,  Czechoslovakia 74
Scoring by half: 24–41, 28–33
Pts: Mogyorosi-Korenne (9) Pts: Hubalkova (14)
September 25
15:00
Soviet Union  88,  Hungary 29
Scoring by half: 41–13, 47–16
Pts: Liutsepp-Kaasik (13) Pts: Hegedos-Krizsan (8)
September 25
20:30
Italy  43,  Yugoslavia 50
Scoring by half: 22–22, 21–28
Pts: Tarabocchia (14) Pts: Kalusevic (16)
September 26
16:30
Hungary  55,  Italy 43
Scoring by half: 23–12, 32–31
Pts: Kovacs (18) Pts: Pausich (11)
September 26
22:00
Czechoslovakia  49,  Soviet Union 51 (OT)
Scoring by half: 21–22, 22–21 Overtime: 6–8
Pts: Sourkova (12) Pts: Smildzinia-Budovska (23)

Group B

Rank Team W L Pts Diff
1  Bulgaria 4 0 8 +94
2  Romania 3 1 7 +40
3  Poland 2 2 6 +18
4  France 1 3 5 −42
5  Belgium 0 4 4 −110
September 22
15:00
Poland  52,  Belgium 25
Scoring by half: 26–18, 26–7
Pts: Chlodzinska-Urbaniak (13) Pts: Blancke (8)
September 22
22:00
Bulgaria  55,  France 26
Scoring by half: 33–6, 22–20
Pts: Gospodinova (18) Pts: Stephan (8)
September 23
20:30
France  42,  Poland 58
Scoring by half: 19–33, 23–25
Pts: Verots (8) Pts: Szydlowska (12)
September 23
22:00
Romania  42,  Bulgaria 44
Scoring by half: 23–27, 19–17
Pts: Ivanovici (12) Pts: Borisova (24)
September 24
20:30
Belgium  44,  France 54
Scoring by half: 21–28, 23–26
Pts: Declercq (11) Pts: Cator (14)
September 24
22:00
Poland  35,  Romania 38
Scoring by half: 19–20, 16–18
Pts: Szostak (17) Pts: Ivanovici (16)
September 25
16:30
Romania  72,  Belgium 40
Scoring by half: 39–20, 33–20
Pts: Marian (21) Pts: Declercq (12)
September 25
22:00
Bulgaria  60,  Poland 38
Scoring by half: 25–18, 35–20
Pts: Gospodinova (13) Pts: Chlodzinska-Urbaniak (10)
September 26
16:30
Belgium  36,  Bulgaria 77
Scoring by half: 17–37, 19–40
Pts: Blancke (7) Pts: Antonova (14)
September 26
22:00
France  43,  Romania 50 (OT)
Scoring by half: 19–21, 19–17 Overtime: 5–12
Pts: Stephan (14) Pts: Ivanovici (16)

Classification

5th place match

September 29
15:00
Yugoslavia  52,  Poland 44
Scoring by half: 29–23, 23–21
Pts: Kalusevic (16) Pts: Szostak (17)

7th place match

September 28
16:30
Hungary  66,  France 60
Scoring by half: 34–24, 32–36
Pts: Hegedos-Krizsan (25) Pts: Stephan (18)

9th place match

September 28
15:00
Italy  32,  Belgium 27
Scoring by half: 20–13, 12–14
Pts: Persi (8) Pts: Vanderveken (12)

Medal Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal place
 
      
 
September 28 – 20:00
 
 
 Bulgaria51
 
September 29 – 20:30
 
 Czechoslovakia54
 
 Czechoslovakia46
 
September 28 – 20:30
 
 Soviet Union63
 
 Soviet Union69
 
 
 Romania29
 
Bronze medal
 
 
September 29 – 16:30
 
 
 Bulgaria48
 
 
 Romania36
September 28
20:00
Bulgaria  51,  Czechoslovakia 54
Scoring by half: 26–24, 25–30
Pts: Borisova (20) Pts: Joskova-Malotova (12)
September 28
20:30
Soviet Union  69,  Romania 29
Scoring by half: 31–15, 38–14
Pts: Smildzinia-Budovska (17) Pts: Marian (8)
September 29
16:30
Bulgaria  48,  Romania 36
Scoring by half: 29–8, 19–28
Pts: Gospodinova (18) Pts: Firimide-Racovita (13)
September 29
20:30
Czechoslovakia  46,  Soviet Union 63
Scoring by half: 20–39, 26–24
Pts: Joskova-Malotova (10) Pts: Smildzinia-Budovska (13)

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1  Soviet Union 6–0
2  Czechoslovakia 4–2
3  Bulgaria 5–1
4  Romania 3–3
5  Yugoslavia 3–2
6  Poland 2–3
7  Hungary 2–3
8  France 1–4
9  Italy 1–4
10  Belgium 0–5

External links

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