# EuroBasket 1935

The 1935 FIBA European Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 1935, was the first FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA, as well as a test event preceding the first Olympic basketball tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Ten national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. The event was hosted by Switzerland and held in Geneva in May, 1935.
The 2012 Latvian film Dream Team 1935 is based on the events of the tournament. It tells the story of the Latvian national basketball team, the winners of the tournament.

## Preliminary round

Before the tournament began, a qualification game was played between Spain and Portugal. The game was held in Madrid, Spain and refereed by Spanish coach Mariano Manent. Spain won, 33–12.
* 15 April 1935
| Spain | 33–12 | Portugal |
| Scoring by half: 16–6, 17–6 |||
* Madrid

## Results
### Classification round

The classification round served to place the six teams eliminated in the preliminary round into places 5 through 10.
| 5th–10th place quarterfinals | 5th–10th place quarterfinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place match | Fifth place match |
| | | Belgium | 29 |
| | | Bulgaria | 11 |
| Bulgaria | 22 | Bulgaria | 11 |
| Hungary | 19 | | | | |
| Hungary | 19 | | | Belgium | 30 |
| | | | | France | 49 |
| | | Italy | 27 | | |
| | | France | 29 | Seventh place match | Seventh place match |
| France | 66 | France | 29 | Seventh place match | Seventh place match |
| Romania | 23 | | | | |
| Romania | 23 | | | Bulgaria | 22 |
| | | | | Italy | 35 |
| Ninth place match | Ninth place match |
| Hungary | 24 |
| Romania | 17 |

### 5th–10th place quarterfinals

* 3 May 1935 20:00
| Bulgaria | 22–19 | Hungary |
| Scoring by half: 16–6, 6–13 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva
* 3 May 1935 20:50
| Romania | 23–66 | France |
| Scoring by half: 11–40, 12–26 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva

### 5th–8th place semifinals

* 4 May 1935
| Belgium | 29–11 | Bulgaria |
| Scoring by half: 16–2, 13–9 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva
* 4 May 1935
| Italy | 27–29 | France |
| Scoring by half: 16–17, 11–12 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva

### Ninth place match

| Hungary | 24–17 | Romania |
| Scoring by half: 9–12, 15–5 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva

### Seventh place match

* 4 May 1935 20:00
| Bulgaria | 22–35 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 2–16, 20–19 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva

### Fifth place match

* 4 May 1935 20:50
| France | 49–30 | Belgium |
| Scoring by half: 31–8, 18–22 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva

## Final round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| | | 2 May 1935 | 2 May 1935 | | | | | |
| | | Latvia | 46 | | | | |
| | | Hungary | 12 | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 May 1935 | 3 May 1935 | | |
| | | | | | Latvia | 28 | |
| 2 May 1935 | 2 May 1935 | | | | | Latvia | 28 | |
| 2 May 1935 | 2 May 1935 | | | | Switzerland | 19 | |
| Switzerland | 42 | | | | Switzerland | 19 | |
| Switzerland | 42 | 3 May 1935 | 3 May 1935 | | | | | |
| Romania | 9 | 3 May 1935 | 3 May 1935 | | | | |
| Romania | 9 | Switzerland | 27 | | | | |
| 2 May 1935 | 2 May 1935 | | Switzerland | 27 | | | | |
| 2 May 1935 | 2 May 1935 | Italy | 17 | | | | |
| Italy | 42 | Italy | 17 | | | | |
| Italy | 42 | | | | | | | 4 May 1935 | 4 May 1935 |
| Bulgaria | 23 | | | | | | | 4 May 1935 | 4 May 1935 |
| Bulgaria | 23 | | | | | | | Latvia | 24 |
| | | | | | | | | Spain | 18 |
| | | 2 May 1935 | 2 May 1935 | | | | | | |
| | | Spain | 25 | | | | | | |
| | | Belgium | 17 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 May 1935 | 3 May 1935 | | | |
| | | | | | Spain | 21 | | | |
| | | | | | Czechoslovakia | 17 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 2 May 1935 | 2 May 1935 | | | | | 4 May 1935 | 4 May 1935 |
| | | France | 21 | | | | | Switzerland | 23 |
| | | Czechoslovakia | 23 | | | | | Czechoslovakia | 25 |

### Round of 16

* 2 May 1935 21:50
| Italy | 42–23 | Bulgaria |
| Scoring by half: 16–6, 26–17 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva
* 2 May 1935 22:40
| Switzerland | 42–9 | Romania |
| Scoring by half: 25–3, 17–6 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva

### Quarterfinals

* 2 May 1935 16:00
| Spain | 25–17 | Belgium |
| Scoring by half: 14–7, 11–10 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva Referees: Lucini (Switzerland)
* 2 May 1935 16:50
| Latvia | 46–12 | Hungary |
| Scoring by half: 20–7, 26–5 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva Referees: M. Pfeuti (Switzerland)
* 2 May 1935 21:00
| France | 21–23 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 13–16, 8–7 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva
* 3 May 1935 15:00
| Switzerland | 27–17 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 15–15, 12–2 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva Referees: M. Creus (France)

### Semifinals

* 3 May 1935 22:30
| Latvia | 28–19 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by half: 16–12, 12–7 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva
* 3 May 1935 21:40
| Czechoslovakia | 17–21 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 10–10, 7–11 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva

### Bronze medal match

* 4 May 1935 21:40
| Switzerland | 23–25 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 15–16, 8–9 |||
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva

### Final

* 4 May 1935 (1935-05-04) 22:30
| Latvia | 24–18 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 16–8, 8–10 |||
| Pts: Jurcins 11 | | Pts: Rafael Martin 6 |
* Palais des Expositions, Geneva
* 1935 FIBA EuroBasket champions
* Latvia 1st title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| | Latvia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 98 | 49 | +49 | 6 |
| | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 5 |
| | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 111 | 79 | +32 | 6 |
| 5 | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 165 | 103 | +62 | 7 |
| 6 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 85 | −9 | 4 |
| 7 | Italy | 4 | 2 | 2 | 121 | 101 | +20 | 6 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 78 | 125 | −47 | 5 |
| 9 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 85 | −30 | 4 |
| 10 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 132 | −83 | 3 |

## Team rosters

* Latvia: Eduards Andersons, Aleksejs Anufrijevs, Mārtiņš Grundmanis, Herberts Gubiņš, Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Jānis Lidmanis, Džems Raudziņš, Visvaldis Melderis (Coach: Valdemārs Baumanis)
* Spain: Rafael Martín, Emilio Alonso, Pedro Alonso, Juan Carbonell, Armando Maunier, Fernando Muscat, Cayetano Ortega, Rafael Ruano (Coach: Mariano Manent)
* Czechoslovakia: Jiří Čtyřoký, Jan Fertek, Josef Franc, Josef Klima, Josef Moc, František Picek, Vaclav Voves
* Switzerland: René Karlen, Jean Pollet, Raymond Lambercy, Marcel Wuilleumier, Jean Pare, Mottier, Radle, Sidler
* Bulgaria: Nikola Rogatchev, Etropolski, Krum Konstantinov, Pinkas,