# EuroBasket Women 1960

The 1960 European Women's Basketball Championship was the 7th regional championship held by FIBA Europe for women. The competition was held in Sofia, Bulgaria and took place June 3–11, 1960. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, while hosts Bulgaria received the silver. Czechoslovakia won the bronze medal.

## Preliminary round

The teams where divided into two groups. The first three from each group would go to the Final Round. The remaining teams went to the Classification Round to determine the 7th–10th spots.

### Group A

| Rank | Team | W | L | Pts | Diff |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 0 | 8 | +153 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 |
| 3 | Romania | 2 | 2 | 6 | −14 |
| 4 | Hungary | 1 | 3 | 5 | −48 |
| 5 | Belgium | 0 | 4 | 4 | −85 |
* June 3 16:00
Romania  55,  Hungary 46 :
| Scoring by half: 27–18, 28–28 |||
| Pts: Kraus (12) | Pts: Kalo (13) |
* June 3 17:00
Soviet Union  78,  Yugoslavia 35 :
| Scoring by half: 29–18, 49–17 |||
| Pts: Kostikova (14) | Pts: Mrak (13) |
* June 4 17:45
Soviet Union  89,  Belgium 44 :
| Scoring by half: 43–18, 46–26 |||
| Pts: Eremina (20) | Pts: Van Geert (13) |
* June 4 20:15
Yugoslavia  56,  Hungary 50 :
| Scoring by half: 32–26, 24–24 |||
| Pts: Radovanovic (20) | Pts: Mogyorosi-Korenne (12) |
* June 5 16:30
Hungary  53,  Belgium 41 :
| Scoring by half: 28–16, 25–25 |||
| Pts: Noficzer (16) | Pts: Vanderheyden (8) |
* June 5 20:15
Yugoslavia  59,  Romania 46 :
| Scoring by half: 27–22, 32–24 |||
| Pts: Kalusevic (21) | Pts: Firimide-Racovita (13) |
* June 6 18:30
Belgium  38,  Romania 48 :
| Scoring by half: 23–19, 15–29 |||
| Pts: Vanderheyden (11) | Pts: Ivanovici (10) |
* June 6 19:45
Hungary  32,  Soviet Union 77 :
| Scoring by half: 16–35, 16–42 |||
| Pts: Kalo-Laborczne (10) | Pts: Kostikova (21) |
* June 7 16:30
Belgium  39,  Yugoslavia 57 :
| Scoring by half: 20–21, 19–36 |||
| Pts: Sey (13) | Pts: Mrak (16) |
* June 7 17:45
Romania  40,  Soviet Union 60 :
| Scoring by half: 18–30, 22–30 |||
| Pts: Marian (10) | Pts: Kostikova (15) |

### Group B

| Rank | Team | W | L | Pts | Diff |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 4 | 0 | 8 | +91 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 7 | +76 |
| 3 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 6 | −11 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 5 | −41 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 0 | 4 | 4 | −115 |
* June 3 19:30
Bulgaria  87,  Netherlands 39 :
| Scoring by half: 53–19, 34–20 |||
| Pts: Borisova (20) | Pts: Wink-Duyf (7) |
* June 3 20:30
Czechoslovakia  64,  Poland 49 :
| Scoring by half: 19–33, 45–16 |||
| Pts: Hubalkova (24) | Pts: Kapalczynska-Roga (18) |
* June 4 16:30
Poland  55,  Netherlands 36 :
| Scoring by half: 28–15, 27–21 |||
| Pts: Kapalczynska-Roga (14) | Pts: Van Der Heyden (9) |
* June 4 19:00
Italy  40,  Czechoslovakia 71 :
| Scoring by half: 21–35, 19–36 |||
| Pts: Ronchetti (12) | Pts: Hubalkova (17) |
* June 5 17:45
Netherlands  42,  Italy 58 :
| Scoring by half: 22–27, 20–31 |||
| Pts: Van Der Heyden (10) | Pts: Geroni (11) |
* June 5 19:00
Bulgaria  66,  Poland 45 :
| Scoring by half: 31–22, 35–23 |||
| Pts: Popova (18) | Pts: Pabianczyk-Likszo (7) |
* June 6 16:00
Czechoslovakia  76,  Netherlands 44 :
| Scoring by half: 37–29, 39–15 |||
| Pts: Hubalkova (12) | Pts: Wink-Duyf (11) |
* June 6 17:15
Bulgaria  55,  Italy 35 :
| Scoring by half: 32–12, 23–23 |||
| Pts: Calaskanova (13) | Pts: Ronchetti (10) |
* June 7 19:00
Bulgaria  53,  Czechoslovakia 51 :
| Scoring by half: 22–22, 31–29 |||
| Pts: Popova (19) | Pts: Hubalkova (22) |
* June 7 20:15
Poland  51,  Italy 45 :
| Scoring by half: 26–16, 25–29 |||
| Pts: Szostak (16) | Pts: Ronchetti (15) |

## Classification round

| Rank | Team | W | L | Pts | Diff |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 6 | +29 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 5 | +3 |
| 3 | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 4 | +1 |
| 4 | Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3 | −33 |
The results from the following matches were carried over to this round:
* Italy vs. Netherlands
* Hungary vs. Belgium
* June 9 8:30
Italy  49,  Belgium 37 :
| Scoring by half: 28–22, 21–15 |||
| Pts: Ronchetti (20) | Pts: Blancke (10) |
* June 9 9:45
Hungary  38,  Netherlands 48 :
| Scoring by half: 21–24, 17–24 |||
| Pts: Kalo (11) | Pts: De Groot (13) |
* June 10 8:30
Netherlands  53,  Belgium 44 :
| Scoring by half: 28–27, 25–17 |||
| Pts: De Groot (13) | Pts: Blancke (9) |
* June 11 8:30
Italy  56,  Hungary 55 (OT) :
| Scoring by half: 28–31, 22–19 Overtime: 6–5 |||
| Pts: Ronchetti (16pts) | Pts: Kalo (16pts) |

## Final round

| Rank | Team | W | L | Pts | Diff |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 0 | 10 | +112 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 9 | +44 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 8 | +73 |
| 4 | Poland | 2 | 3 | 7 | −69 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 4 | 6 | -66 |
| 6 | Romania | 0 | 5 | 5 | −94 |
The results from the following matches carried over to this round:
* Soviet Union vs. Yugoslavia
* Soviet Union vs. Romania
* Czechoslovakia vs. Bulgaria
* Czechoslovakia vs. Poland
* Poland vs. Bulgaria
* Yugoslavia vs. Romania
* June 9 17:00
Poland  50,  Romania 45 :
| Scoring by half: 28–24, 22–21 |||
| Pts: Kapalczynska-Roga (18pts) | Pts: Antonescu-Niculescu (9pts) |
* June 9 18:15
Bulgaria  47,  Yugoslavia 45 :
| Scoring by half: 25–22, 22–23 |||
| Pts: Popova (16) | Pts: Mrak (18) |
* June 9 19:30
Soviet Union  58,  Czechoslovakia 56 :
| Scoring by half: 30–28, 28–28 |||
| Pts: Smildzinia-Budovska (15) | Pts: Hubalkova (16) |
* June 10 17:00
Bulgaria  72,  Romania 51 :
| Scoring by half: 35–21, 37–30 |||
| Pts: Popova (11) | Pts: Antonescu-Niculescu (16) |
* June 10 18:15
Soviet Union  71,  Poland 26 :
| Scoring by half: 36–10, 35–16 |||
| Pts: Nikitina (14) | Pts: Rospondek-Sokul (13) |
* June 10 19:30
Czechoslovakia  74,  Yugoslavia 47 :
| Scoring by half: 35–28, 39–19 |||
| Pts: Mazlova-Adamirova (16) | Pts: Kalusevic (12) |
* June 11 16:00
Czechoslovakia  74,  Romania 39 :
| Scoring by half: 44–16, 30–23 |||
| Pts: Trojkova-Sulcova (13) | Pts: Firimide-Racovita (9) |
* June 11 17:15
Yugoslavia  45,  Poland 52 :
| Scoring by half: 28–24, 17–28 |||
| Pts: Radovanovic (17) | Pts: Kapalczynska-Roga (17) |
* June 11 18:30
Soviet Union  52,  Bulgaria 50 (OT) :
| Scoring by half: 13–22, 32–23 Overtime: 7–5 |||
| Pts: Smildzinia-Budovska (15) | Pts: Borisova (14) |

## Final standings

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