# EuroBasket Women 1962

The 1962 European Women's Basketball Championship was the 8th regional championship held by FIBA Europe for women. The competition was held in Mulhouse, France and took place on September 22–29, 1962. The Soviet Union won their sixth gold medal (third in a row) while Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria won silver and bronze, respectively.

## Preliminary round

The teams where divided into two groups. The first two from each group would advance to the bracket that defined the first four places. The system to determine the 5th–10th places consisted in three final matches between teams that had the same position in both groups.

### Group A

| Rank | Team | W | L | Pts | Diff |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 0 | 8 | +120 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 7 | +87 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 6 | −17 |
| 4 | Hungary | 1 | 3 | 5 | −76 |
| 5 | Italy | 0 | 4 | 4 | −114 |
* September 22 16:30
Italy  37,  Czechoslovakia 86 :
| Scoring by half: 8–42, 29–44 |||
| Pts: Tarabocchia (10) | Pts: Hubalkova (12) |
* September 22 20:30
Yugoslavia  47,  Hungary 40 :
| Scoring by half: 20–16, 27–24 |||
| Pts: Radovanovic (14) | Pts: Hegedos-Krizsan (14) |
* September 23 15:00
Czechoslovakia  53,  Yugoslavia 35 :
| Scoring by half: 29–19, 24–16 |||
| Pts: Joskova-Malotova (12) | Pts: Radovanovic (10) |
* September 23 16:30
Soviet Union  77,  Italy 31 :
| Scoring by half: 39–11, 38–20 |||
| Pts: Liutsepp-Kaasik (13) | Pts: Ronchetti (12) |
* September 24 15:00
Yugoslavia  39,  Soviet Union 52 :
| Scoring by half: 20–31, 19–21 |||
| Pts: Kalusevic (13) | Pts: Liutsepp-Kaasik (17) |
* September 24 16:30
Hungary  52,  Czechoslovakia 74 :
| Scoring by half: 24–41, 28–33 |||
| Pts: Mogyorosi-Korenne (9) | Pts: Hubalkova (14) |
* September 25 15:00
Soviet Union  88,  Hungary 29 :
| Scoring by half: 41–13, 47–16 |||
| Pts: Liutsepp-Kaasik (13) | Pts: Hegedos-Krizsan (8) |
* September 25 20:30
Italy  43,  Yugoslavia 50 :
| Scoring by half: 22–22, 21–28 |||
| Pts: Tarabocchia (14) | Pts: Kalusevic (16) |
* September 26 16:30
Hungary  55,  Italy 43 :
| Scoring by half: 23–12, 32–31 |||
| Pts: Kovacs (18) | Pts: Pausich (11) |
* September 26 22:00
Czechoslovakia  49,  Soviet Union 51 (OT) :
| Scoring by half: 21–22, 22–21 Overtime: 6–8 |||
| Pts: Sourkova (12) | Pts: Smildzinia-Budovska (23) |

### Group B

| Rank | Team | W | L | Pts | Diff |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 4 | 0 | 8 | +94 |
| 2 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 7 | +40 |
| 3 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 6 | +18 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 3 | 5 | −42 |
| 5 | Belgium | 0 | 4 | 4 | −110 |
* September 22 15:00
Poland  52,  Belgium 25 :
| Scoring by half: 26–18, 26–7 |||
| Pts: Chlodzinska-Urbaniak (13) | Pts: Blancke (8) |
* September 22 22:00
Bulgaria  55,  France 26 :
| Scoring by half: 33–6, 22–20 |||
| Pts: Gospodinova (18) | Pts: Stephan (8) |
* September 23 20:30
France  42,  Poland 58 :
| Scoring by half: 19–33, 23–25 |||
| Pts: Verots (8) | Pts: Szydlowska (12) |
* September 23 22:00
Romania  42,  Bulgaria 44 :
| Scoring by half: 23–27, 19–17 |||
| Pts: Ivanovici (12) | Pts: Borisova (24) |
* September 24 20:30
Belgium  44,  France 54 :
| Scoring by half: 21–28, 23–26 |||
| Pts: Declercq (11) | Pts: Cator (14) |
* September 24 22:00
Poland  35,  Romania 38 :
| Scoring by half: 19–20, 16–18 |||
| Pts: Szostak (17) | Pts: Ivanovici (16) |
* September 25 16:30
Romania  72,  Belgium 40 :
| Scoring by half: 39–20, 33–20 |||
| Pts: Marian (21) | Pts: Declercq (12) |
* September 25 22:00
Bulgaria  60,  Poland 38 :
| Scoring by half: 25–18, 35–20 |||
| Pts: Gospodinova (13) | Pts: Chlodzinska-Urbaniak (10) |
* September 26 16:30
Belgium  36,  Bulgaria 77 :
| Scoring by half: 17–37, 19–40 |||
| Pts: Blancke (7) | Pts: Antonova (14) |
* September 26 22:00
France  43,  Romania 50 (OT) :
| Scoring by half: 19–21, 19–17 Overtime: 5–12 |||
| Pts: Stephan (14) | Pts: Ivanovici (16) |

## Classification
### 5th place match

* September 29 15:00
Yugoslavia  52,  Poland 44 :
| Scoring by half: 29–23, 23–21 |||
| Pts: Kalusevic (16) | Pts: Szostak (17) |

### 7th place match

* September 28 16:30
Hungary  66,  France 60 :
| Scoring by half: 34–24, 32–36 |||
| Pts: Hegedos-Krizsan (25) | Pts: Stephan (18) |

### 9th place match

* September 28 15:00
Italy  32,  Belgium 27 :
| Scoring by half: 20–13, 12–14 |||
| Pts: Persi (8) | Pts: Vanderveken (12) |

## Medal Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final place | Final place |
| September 28 – 20:00 | September 28 – 20:00 |
| Bulgaria | 51 |
| Bulgaria | 51 | September 29 – 20:30 | September 29 – 20:30 |
| Czechoslovakia | 54 | September 29 – 20:30 | September 29 – 20:30 |
| Czechoslovakia | 54 | Czechoslovakia | 46 |
| September 28 – 20:30 | September 28 – 20:30 | | Czechoslovakia | 46 |
| September 28 – 20:30 | September 28 – 20:30 | Soviet Union | 63 |
| Soviet Union | 69 | Soviet Union | 63 |
| Romania | 29 | | |
| Romania | 29 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | September 29 – 16:30 | September 29 – 16:30 |
| | | Bulgaria | 48 |
| | | Romania | 36 |
* September 28 20:00
Bulgaria  51,  Czechoslovakia 54 :
| Scoring by half: 26–24, 25–30 |||
| Pts: Borisova (20) | Pts: Joskova-Malotova (12) |
* September 28 20:30
Soviet Union  69,  Romania 29 :
| Scoring by half: 31–15, 38–14 |||
| Pts: Smildzinia-Budovska (17) | Pts: Marian (8) |
* September 29 16:30
Bulgaria  48,  Romania 36 :
| Scoring by half: 29–8, 19–28 |||
| Pts: Gospodinova (18) | Pts: Firimide-Racovita (13) |
* September 29 20:30
Czechoslovakia  46,  Soviet Union 63 :
| Scoring by half: 20–39, 26–24 |||
| Pts: Joskova-Malotova (10) | Pts: Smildzinia-Budovska (13) |

## Final standings

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