| Championnat Européen Basketball (French) | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Switzerland |
| City | Geneva |
| Dates | 2–4 May |
| Teams | 10 |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Latvia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  Czechoslovakia |
| Fourth place |  Switzerland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 17 |
| MVP | Rafael Martín |
| Topscorer |  Livio Franceschini(16.5points per game) |
1937 → | |
The1935 FIBA European Championship, commonly calledEuroBasket 1935, was the firstFIBA EuroBasket regionalbasketball championship, held by FIBA,[1] as well as a test event preceding the firstOlympic basketball tournament at the1936 Summer Olympics. Ten national teams affiliated with theInternational Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. The event was hosted bySwitzerland and held inGeneva in May, 1935.
The 2012Latvian filmDream Team 1935 is based on the events of the tournament. It tells the story of theLatvia team, the winners of the tournament.
Before the tournament began, a qualification game was played betweenSpain andPortugal. The game was held inMadrid, Spain and refereed by Spanish coachMariano Manent. Spain won, 33–12.
The classification round served to place the six teams eliminated in the preliminary round into places 5 through 10.
| 5th–10th place quarterfinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place match | ||||||||
 Belgium | 29 | |||||||||
 Bulgaria | 11 | |||||||||
| Bulgaria | 22 | |||||||||
 Hungary | 19 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 30 | |||||||||
 France | 49 | |||||||||
| Italy | 27 | |||||||||
| France | 29 | Seventh place match | ||||||||
| France | 66 | |||||||||
 Romania | 23 | |||||||||
| Bulgaria | 22 | |||||||||
| Italy | 35 | |||||||||
| Ninth place match | ||
| Hungary | 24 | |
| Romania | 17 | |
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 2 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 46 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 3 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 28 | |||||||||||||
| 2 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 42 | |||||||||||||
| 3 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
| Romania | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 27 | |||||||||||||
| 2 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 42 | |||||||||||||
| 4 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 23 | |||||||||||||
| Latvia | 24 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 18 | |||||||||||||
| 2 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 25 | |||||||||||||
| Belgium | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 3 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 21 | |||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 17 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||
| 2 May 1935 | 4 May 1935 | |||||||||||||
| France | 21 | Switzerland | 23 | |||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 23 | Czechoslovakia | 25 | |||||||||||
2 May 1935 16:00 |
| Spain | 25–17 | Belgium |
| Scoring by half:14–7,11–10 | ||
Palais des Expositions,Geneva Referees: Lucini (Switzerland) |
2 May 1935 16:50 |
| Latvia | 46–12 | Hungary |
| Scoring by half:20–7,26–5 | ||
Palais des Expositions,Geneva Referees: M. Pfeuti (Switzerland) |
3 May 1935 15:00 |
| Switzerland | 27–17 | Italy |
| Scoring by half: 15–15,12–2 | ||
Palais des Expositions,Geneva Referees: M. Creus (France) |
4 May 1935 21:40 |
| Switzerland | 23–25 | Czechoslovakia |
| Scoring by half: 15–16, 8–9 | ||
Palais des Expositions,Geneva |
4 May 1935 (1935-05-04) 22:30 |
| Latvia | 24–18 | Spain |
| Scoring by half:16–8, 8–10 | ||
| Pts:Jurcins 11 | Pts: Rafael Martin 6 | |
Palais des Expositions,Geneva |
| 1935 FIBA EuroBasket champions |
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 Latvia 1st title |
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| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Latvia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 98 | 49 | +49 | 6 | |
 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 5 | |
 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 111 | 79 | +32 | 6 | |
| 5 | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 165 | 103 | +62 | 7 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 85 | −9 | 4 | |
| 7 | Italy | 4 | 2 | 2 | 121 | 101 | +20 | 6 | |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 78 | 125 | −47 | 5 | |
| 9 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 85 | −30 | 4 | |
| 10 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 132 | −83 | 3 | |
