West Germany competed again at the EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow. Their (1–2) record in preliminary pool play put them third in their four-team group, relegating them to the classification rounds. In the preliminary round, they once again finished in 3rd place with a (1–2) record. They then beat Lebanon 58–56 in the 13th–16th place semi-finals to advance to the 13th/14th place game, in which they were defeated by Romania 59–69.