EuroBasket 1965

The 1965 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1965, was the 14th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

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
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 Israel49–60
 Finland Romania61–85
 East Germany Czechoslovakia55–73
 Soviet Union Italy87–48
 East Germany Finland51–51 aet. 59–63
 Hungary Romania52–76
 Soviet Union Israel88–50
 Italy Czechoslovakia78–69
 Israel Romania59–57
 Italy Finland59–60
 Hungary East Germany55–56
 Soviet Union Czechoslovakia79–74
 Israel East Germany56–55
 Czechoslovakia Finland68–40
 Italy Hungary66–64
 Soviet Union Romania62–60
 Czechoslovakia Hungary77–53
 Israel Italy47–68
 Soviet Union Finland89–52
 Romania East Germany55–59
 Czechoslovakia Israel61–61 aet. 71–69
 Romania Italy73–73 aet. 75–81
 Soviet Union East Germany65–41
 Finland Hungary67–46
 Finland Israel51–52
 Romania Czechoslovakia59–90
 East Germany Italy64–87
 Soviet Union Hungary76–45
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1. Soviet Union770546:37014+176
2. Italy752487:46610+21
3. Czechoslovakia752522:44310+79
4. Israel743395:4398−46
5. Finland734394:4586−64
6. East Germany725389:4544−65
7. Romania725477:4644+13
8. Hungary707364:4780−114

Group B – Tbilisi

 Bulgaria West Germany74–57
 Sweden Greece69–71
 Yugoslavia France80–54
 Poland Spain82–57
 Spain West Germany86–58
 Bulgaria Sweden113–56
 Yugoslavia Greece76–68
 Poland France72–53
 France Greece63–64
 Poland West Germany92–64
 Spain Sweden78–74
 Yugoslavia Bulgaria89–69
 West Germany Sweden72–49
 France Bulgaria67–70
 Poland Greece74–62
 Spain Yugoslavia65–113
 Poland Sweden83–41
 West Germany Yugoslavia56–115
 Greece Bulgaria65–59
 France Spain77–90
 West Germany France47–74
 Sweden Yugoslavia46–91
 Greece Spain89–82
 Poland Bulgaria75–63
 Greece West Germany81–72
 Sweden France61–90
 Bulgaria Spain79–56
 Poland Yugoslavia69–78
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1. Yugoslavia770642:42714+215
2. Poland761547:41812+129
3. Greece752500:49510+5
4. Bulgaria743527:4658+62
5. Spain734514:5726−58
6. France725478:4844−6
7. West Germany716426:5712−145
8. Sweden707396:5980−202

Places 13 – 16
Team 1Team 2Res.
 Sweden Romania60–86
 West Germany Hungary53–52

Places 9 – 12
Team 1Team 2Res.
 France Finland52–42
 Spain East Germany69–69 aet. 76–78

Places 5 – 8
Team 1Team 2Res.
 Bulgaria Czechoslovakia77–70
 Greece Israel67–69

Places 1 – 4
Team 1Team 2Res.
 Poland Soviet Union61–75
 Yugoslavia Italy83–82

Finals
PlacementTeam 1Team 2Res.
15th place Sweden Hungary66–79
13th place Romania West Germany74–63
11th place Finland Spain58–65
9th place France East Germany66–57
7th place Czechoslovakia Greece116–71
5th place Bulgaria Israel63–51
3rd place Poland Italy86–70
Final Soviet Union Yugoslavia58–49
 1965 FIBA EuroBasket Champions  

Soviet Union
8th title

Final rankings
  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)
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