IV Olympic Basketball Tournament (Melbourne 1956)

(From 22-11-1956 to 1-12-1956)

* NOTE: An original clear-cut format with 16 teams proposed by FIBA, including berth assignments for the World Championship, European Championship and Olympic Games, was finally abandoned due to the many withdrawals of teams who refused to make the long journey to Australia in mid-season, and also because of political discrepancies between Communist and non-Communist countries after the Soviet invasion of Hungary just three weeks before the Games.
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PARTICIPANTS (15)

· Host nation: Australia.

· 14 teams of national federations associated to FIBA, under free registration, from three continents: EUROPE (Bulgaria, France, Soviet Union), AMERICA (Brazil, Canada, Chile, Uruguay, USA), ASIA (Formosa, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand).

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The fifteen participating teams are divided in 4 groups (three with four teams each and one with three) playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their basket average.

· The group winners and runners-up advance to a classification round for places 1-8 (played also as a league stage with 2 groups of four teams each), whereas the teams finishing in third and fourth position enter a classification round for places 9-15 (also divided in 2 groups).

· The group winners and runners-up after the classification round for places 1-8 advance to the semifinal round (played as an X-pairing). The two winners after the semifinals qualify for the final, whereas the two losers play a consolation final for the bronze medal.

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

GROUP 1

 

GROUP 2

Competition Day 1 (22-11-1956)

Competition Day 1 (22-11-1956)

Philippines - Thailand

94-55 (34-24) (x)

Soviet Union - Canada

97-59 (46-20)

USA - Japan

98-40 (33-20) (x)

Singapore - France

54-81 (22-44) (x)

Competition Day 2 (24-11-1956)

Competition Day 2 (24-11-1956)

USA - Thailand

101-29 (54-12)

Canada - Singapore

85-58 (51-30)

Japan - Philippines

61-77 (29-37)

Soviet Union - France

67-76 (18-24)

Competition Day 3 (26-11-1956)

Competition Day 3 (26-11-1956)

Thailand - Japan

50-70 (20-35)

Soviet Union - Singapore

91-42 (40-21)

USA - Philippines

121-53 (66-23)

France - Canada

79-62 (43-35)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA

3

3

0

320

122

6

2. Philippines

3

2

1

224

237

5

3. Japan

3

1

2

171

225

4

4. Thailand

3

0

3

134

265

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. France

3

3

0

236

183

6

2. Soviet Union

3

2

1

255

177

5

3. Canada

3

1

2

206

234

4

4. Singapore

3

0

3

154

257

3

(x) Games played on 23-11-1956.

 

GROUP 3

 

GROUP 4

Competition Day 1 (22-11-1956)

Competition Day 1 (22-11-1956)

Korea - Formosa

76-83 (28-42)

Chile - Brazil

59-78 (34-39) (x)

Uruguay - Bulgaria

70-65 (38-35) (x)

Competition Day 2 (24-11-1956)

Competition Day 2 (24-11-1956)

Brazil - Australia

89-66 (50-35)

Uruguay - Formosa

85-62 (39-36)

Competition Day 3 (26-11-1956)

Bulgaria - Korea

89-58 (47-33)

Chile - Australia

78-56 (37-27)

Competition Day 3 (26-11-1956)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Brazil

2

2

0

167

125

4

2. Chile

2

1

1

137

134

3

3. Australia

2

0

2

122

167

2

Formosa - Bulgaria

71-88 (35-47)

Uruguay - Korea

83-60 (35-25)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Uruguay

3

3

0

238

187

6

2. Bulgaria

3

2

1

242

199

5

3. Formosa

3

1

2

216

249

4

4. Korea

3

0

3

194

255

3

 

(x) Games played on 23-11-1956.

 

 

CLASSIFICATION ROUND

 

PLACES 1-8

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

Competition Day 1 (27-11-1956)

Competition Day 1 (27-11-1956)

France - Chile

71-60 (37-23)

Bulgaria - USA

44-85 (19-48)

Uruguay - Philippines

79-70 (42-39;68-68)

Brazil - Soviet Union

68-87 (28-37)

Competition Day 2 (28-11-1956)

Competition Day 2 (28-11-1956)

Uruguay - Chile

80-73 (40-25)

Bulgaria - Soviet Union

56-66 (32-37)

France - Philippines

58-65 (26-30;55-55)

USA - Brazil

113-51 (50-22)

Competition Day 3 (29-11-1956)

Competition Day 3 (29-11-1956)

Chile - Philippines

88-69 (42-32)

Soviet Union - USA

55-85 (32-39)

Uruguay - France

62-66 (31-38)

Bulgaria - Brazil

82-73 (38-36)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. France

3

2

1

195

187

5

2. Uruguay

3

2

1

221

209

5

3. Chile

3

1

2

221

220

4

4. Philippines

3

1

2

204

225

4

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. USA

3

3

0

283

150

6

2. Soviet Union

3

2

1

208

209

5

3. Bulgaria

3

1

2

182

224

4

4. Brazil

3

0

3

192

282

3

 

PLACES 9-15

GROUP C

 

GROUP D

Competition Day 1 (27-11-1956)

Competition Day 1 (27-11-1956)

Singapore - Formosa

64-67 (23-26)

Korea - Canada

63-74 (31-32;62-62)

Australia - Thailand

87-48 (48-23)

Competition Day 2 (28-11-1956)

Competition Day 2 (28-11-1956)

Japan - Korea

83-67 (36-23)

Thailand - Singapore

50-62 (26-29)

Competition Day 3 (29-11-1956)

Australia - Formosa

73-86 (40-39)

Canada - Japan

73-60 (40-26)

Competition Day 3 (29-11-1956)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Canada

2

2

0

147

123

4

2. Japan

2

1

1

143

140

3

3. Korea

2

0

2

130

157

2

Formosa - Thailand

65-52 (35-31)

Australia - Singapore

98-74 (48-36)

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pt

1. Formosa

3

3

0

218

189

6

2. Australia

3

2

1

258

208

5

3. Singapore

3

1

2

200

215

4

4. Thailand

3

0

3

150

214

3

 

 

FINAL ROUND

 

PLACES 13-15

Semifinals (30-11-1956)

D3-C4: Korea - Thailand

61-47 (33-28)

C3 (BYE): Singapore.

Finals (1-12-1956)

15: Thailand

13/14: Korea - Singapore

79-92 (39-45)

 

 

PLACES 9-12

Semifinals (30-11-1956)

C1-D2: Formosa - Japan

61-82 (32-38)

D1-C2: Canada - Australia

83-38 (30-18)

Finals (1-12-1956)

11/12: Formosa - Australia

87-70 (46-32)

9/10: Japan - Canada

60-75 (34-39)

 

 

PLACES 5-8

Semifinals (30-11-1956)

A3-B4: Chile - Brazil

64-89 (33-55)

B3-A4: Bulgaria - Philippines

80-70 (50-43)

Finals (1-12-1956)

7/8: Chile - Philippines

68-75 (38-33)

5/6: Brazil - Bulgaria

52-64 (26-27)

 

 

PLACES 1-4

Semifinals (30-11-1956)

A1-B2: France - Soviet Union

49-56 (19-25)

B1-A2: USA - Uruguay

101-38 (51-10)

Finals (1-12-1956)

3/4: France - Uruguay

62-71 (29-37)

1/2: Soviet Union - USA

55-89 (27-56)

 

 

FINAL

VENUE: Exhibition Building (Melbourne)

DATE: 1-12-1956 (21:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 3.166

REFEREES: Robert Blanchard (FRA), Ray Strath (AUS)

FOULED OUT: Haldorson / Valdmanis, Semjonov

United States of America

USA - Soviet Union

СССР

89-55 (56-27)

USA (coach: Gerald Tucker)

K.C. Jones (15)

Jim Walsh (14)

Bob Jeangerard (16)

Burdy Haldorson (9)

Bill Russell (13)

Soviet Union (coach: Stepan Spandarian)

Maigonis Valdmanis (4)

Mikhail Semjonov (15)

Arkadij Bochkarjov (8)

Yurij Ozerov (4)

Viktor Zubkov (4)

Carl Cain (1)

Bill Hougland (2)

Billy Evans (1)

Ron Tomsic (4)

Dick Boushka (9)

Gib Ford (5)

Vladimir Torban (4)

Kazys Petkevičius (3)

Jānis Krūmiņš (4)

Algirdas Lauritėnas (4)

Mikhail Studenetskij (5)

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

USA USA

2.

Soviet Union USSR

3.

Uruguay URU

4.

France FRA

5.

Bulgaria BUL

6.

Brazil BRA

7.

Philippines PHI

8.

Chile CHI

9.

Canada CAN

10.

Japan JAP

11.

Formosa FOR

12.

Australia AUS

13.

Singapore SIN

14.

Korea KOR

15.

Thailand THA

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Óscar Moglia (URU)

182

7

26.0

2. Yee Tit Kwan (SIN)

146

7

20.9

3. Bernie Pickel (CAN)

131

7

18.7

4. Chen Tsu Li (FOR)

143

8

17.9

5. Inge Friedenfelds (AUS)

104

6

17.3

6. Caloy Loyzaga (PHI)

121

7

17.3

7. Wlamir Marques (BRA)

120

7

17.1

8. Viktor Radev (BUL)

137

8

17.1

9. George Dancis (AUS)

114

7

16.3

10. Bill Russell (USA)

113

8

14.1

   

 

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