Hungary national basketball team
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The Hungary national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Hungary in international competitions.
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[edit] Eurobasket 1935
The Hungarian side came in ninth place at the first European basketball championship, the Eurobasket 1935 held by the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Europe continental federation. They faced eventual champions Latvia in the preliminary round, falling 46-12. In the classification matches, the Hungarians lost to Bulgaria then defeated Romania to finish ninth with a 1-2 record.
[edit] Eurobasket 1939
After not competing in the 1937 edition, the Hungarians returned to Eurobasket 1939. Once again, they finished in next-to-last place, losing to every team except the Finland team. Their 1-6 record placed them seventh in the eight team field.
[edit] Eurobasket 1946
The next European competition was the Eurobasket 1946. Hungary placed second in their preliminary round group of four, losing to Italy but defeating Luxembourg and Poland. This qualified the Hungarians for the semifinals, which they lost to Czechoslovakia. In the bronze medal match, the Hungarians defeated France, 38-32.
[edit] Eurobasket 1947
Hungary competed at Eurobasket 1947 the next year. Their 1-1 record in the preliminary round was sufficient for them to advance to the semifinal groups; however, they lost all three games there. In the 7th/8th place classification match, they defeated Bulgaria 59-29 to finish seventh of the fourteen teams.
[edit] Eurobasket 1953
Hungary's next appearance, at Eurobasket 1953 in Moscow, resulted in the team's second Eurobasket medal. Their preliminary group included hosts and defending champions Soviet Union, who gave Hungary their only loss in the pool. Their 2-1 record put Hungary in second in the pool and advanced them to the final round. There, they lost again to the Soviets as well as fellow perennial powers Czechoslovakia and France. Hungary beat the other four teams in the round, however, and their 4-3 record put them in a tie with Czechoslovakia, France, and Israel. The Hungarians came out on top of the tie-breaker, finishing an overall second place behind Soviet Union to take the silver medal.
[edit] Eurobasket 1955
The next tournament, Eurobasket 1955, was hosted by Hungary in Budapest. The results of the preliminary round were hardly surprising for the Hungarians, as they won all three of their games to proceed to the final round. Their first game in that round was against Czechoslovakia, and the Hungarians quickly found themselves in the bottom half of the final round group with a 75-65 loss. Their next four games, however, were much different and Hungary defeated Poland, Italy, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia to rise to 4-1. This put them in a tie for the lead of the group with the Soviet Union, who had also lost to Czechoslovakia.
In a game that was never particularly close, the Hungarians handed the Soviets only their second loss, 82-68, in 34 games and 4 Eurobasket tournaments. Hungary advanced to 5-1, in sole lead of the pool, which they never relinquished as they defeated Romania to finish at 6-1 with the gold medal.
[edit] Eurobasket 1957
After a narrow victory over Romania in the preliminary round of Eurobasket 1957, the Hungarians cruised to a 3-0 record in the round to advance to the final round. There, they lost in turn to each of the other three preliminary pool winners, finishing at 4-3 in the round to take 4th place overall.
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