EuroBasket Women 1962

EuroBasket 1962 Women

8th FIBA European Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	September 22–29
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (6th title)
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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.

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.

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)

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)

September 29 15:00

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

September 28 16:30

Hungary  66,  France 60
Scoring by half: 34–24, 32–36
Pts: Hegedos-Krizsan (25)		Pts: Stephan (18)

September 28 15:00

Italy  32,  Belgium 27
Scoring by half: 20–13, 12–14
Pts: Persi (8)		Pts: Vanderveken (12)

	Semifinals				Final place
	September 28 – 20:00
	Bulgaria	51
					September 29 – 20:30
	Czechoslovakia	54
					Czechoslovakia	46
	September 28 – 20:30
					Soviet Union	63
	Soviet Union	69
	Romania	29
					Bronze medal
					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)

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

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