The EuroBasket 1959 was the 11th EuroBasket

Eurobasket

The EuroBasket, also referred to as the FIBA European Basketball Championship, is the main basketball competition contested biennially by the men's national teams governed by FIBA Europe, the European zone within the International Basketball Federation. The championship was first held in 1935 and...

, the biennial regional basketball

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 championship contested by Europe

Europe

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an nations and held by FIBA Europe

FIBA Europe

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. The tournament, which was hosted by Turkey

Turkey

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, began on 21 May 1959 and concluded with the final on 31 May 1959. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation

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 (FIBA) entered the competition. Mithat Paşa Stadium

BJK Inonu Stadium

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, Istanbul

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 was the location of the event.

Soviet Union

Soviet Union national basketball team

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 claimed their fifth EuroBasket

Eurobasket

The EuroBasket, also referred to as the FIBA European Basketball Championship, is the main basketball competition contested biennially by the men's national teams governed by FIBA Europe, the European zone within the International Basketball Federation. The championship was first held in 1935 and...

 title. Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia national basketball team

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 captured the silver medal, and France

France national basketball team

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 captured the bronze.

Final ranking

Rank	Team
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First round

In the preliminary round, the 17 teams were split up into four groups. One of the groups had five teams, with the other three having four each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round, while the other nine teams were relegated to classification play.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	260	160	+100	6
	3	2	1	184	197	-13	5
	3	1	2	177	189	-12	4
	3	0	3	147	222	-75	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	2	1	218	208	+10	5
	3	2	1	196	187	-9	5
	3	2	1	202	202	0	5
	3	0	3	173	193	-20	3

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	4	4	0	316	173	+143	8
	4	3	1	252	228	+24	7
	4	2	2	250	233	+17	6
	4	1	3	145	216	-60	5
	4	0	4	133	224	-124	4

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	2	1	210	149	+61	5
	3	2	1	254	153	+101	5
	3	2	1	145	216	-71	5
	3	0	3	133	224	-91	3

Classification round 1

The first classification round was played in three round-robin groups. The first place from each group advanced to the second round to define the 9th-11th places, the second from each group, the 12th-14th and the remaining teams, the 14-17th places in the final standings.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	2	2	0	175	119	+119	4
	2	1	1	122	145	-23	3
	2	0	2	108	141	-71	2

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	2	2	0	138	100	+38	4
	2	1	1	108	123	-15	3
	2	0	2	95	118	-23	2

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	2	2	0	124	98	+26	4
	2	1	1	124	93	+31	3
	2	0	2	137	118	-57	2

Group 1 (9th–11th Place)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	2	2	0	150	130	+20	4
	2	1	1	151	134	+17	3
	2	0	2	110	147	-37	2

Group 2 (12th–14th Place)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	2	2	0	116	110	+6	4
	2	1	1	117	111	+6	3
	2	0	2	102	114	+12	2

Group 3 (15th–17th Place)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	2	2	0	135	75	+60	4
	2	1	1	93	113	-20	3
	2	0	2	91	131	-40	2

Semi-Final round

The Semi-Final round consisted of two round-robin groups, where the top two from each one advanced to the Final Round to decide the first four places in the final standings, and the remaining teams, the 5th-8th places.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	213	179	+34	6
	3	2	1	190	177	+13	5
	3	1	2	181	190	-9	4
	3	0	3	172	210	-38	3

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	179	164	+15	6
	3	2	1	191	160	+31	5
	3	1	2	191	218	-27	4
	3	0	3	187	206	-19	3

Final round

• Two groups of four teams determined the 1st-8th places. Results from matches between teams that shared a group in Semi-Final round where carried over to this round (i.e. USSR vs. Hungary, France vs. Czechoslovakia, etc.).

Group 1 (1st–4th Place)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	240	204	+36	6
	3	1	2	192	196	-4	4
	3	1	2	184	199	-15	4
	3	1	2	183	200	-17	4

Group 2 (5th–8th Place)

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	194	158	+36	6
	3	1	2	198	203	-5	5
	3	1	2	196	222	-26	4
	3	1	2	194	199	-5	3

Team rosters

1.Soviet Union: Janis Krumins

Janis Kruminš

Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years...

, Gennadi Volnov

Gennadi Volnov

Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Maigonis Valdmanis

Maigonis Valdmanis

Maigonis Valdmanis was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Valdis Muiznieks

Valdis Muiznieks

Valdis Muižnieks is a retired Latvian basketball player.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Viktor Zubkov

Viktor Zubkov (basketball)

Victor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a retired Soviet basketball player considered one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the '50s and '60s, who won two silver medals at the Olympics for the Soviet national team....

, Arkady Bochkarov, Yuri Korneev

Yuri Korneev

Yuri Korneev , was a Russian basketball player. A 1.98 m tall small forward, he started his career for Dynamo Moscow, but moved to CSKA to become one of its cornerstones in the sixties...

, Guram Minashvili, Mikhail Semyonov

Mikhail Semyonov

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, Aleksander Petrov, Vladimir Torban, Mikhail Studenetski (Coach: Stepan Spandarian)

2.Czechoslovakia: Jiri Baumruk, Frantisek Konvicka, Bohumil Tomasek, Miroslav Skerik, Jaroslav Sip, Boris Lukasik, Jaroslav Krivy, Dusan Lukasik, Zdenek Rylich, Jiri Stastny, Jaroslav Tetiva, Bohuslav Rylich (Coach: Gustav Hermann)

3.France: Henri Grange, Robert Monclar, Maxime Dorigo, Philippe Baillet, Christian Baltzer, Andre Chavet, Jerome Christ, Jean-Claude Lefebvre, Bernard Mayeur, Michel Rat, Lucien Sedat, Henri Villecourt (Coach: Robert Busnel

Robert Busnel

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)

4.Hungary: Janos Greminger

János Greminger

János Greminger was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Szeged.He was part of the Hungarian basketball team, which was eliminated after the group stage of the 1952 tournament. He played all six matches...

, Tibor Zsiros

Tibor Zsíros

Tibor Zsíros is a Hungarian former basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics....

, Laszlo Banhegyi, Tibor Czinkan

Tibor Czinkán

Tibor Czinkán was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Hungarian basketball team, which was eliminated after the group stage of the 1952 tournament. He played five matches....

, Laszlo Gabanyi, Janos Simon

János Simon

János Simon was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest-Budafok....

, Janos Bencze, Zoltan Judik, Otto Temesvari, Miklos Bohaty, Arpad Glatz, Merenyi (Coach: Janos Pader)