1960 pre-Olympic basketball tournament

1960 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament For Men World 1960 13–20 August 18 5 1 1 1964 The 1960 pre-Olympic basketball tournament was the final qualifying tournament for basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome, and was held at the Palazzo dello Sport in Bologna on August 13–20. Teams were divided into two pools, with both pools having distinct preliminary and final rounds; the preliminary round in every pool was divided into two groups with either 4 or 5 teams. The top two teams per group advanced to the final round. The best two from each final round qualified directly for the Olympic Games, and the fifth spot was decided between the third best of both groups in a final match. First pool Preliminary round Qualified for the final round Group A TeamWLPFPAPDPtsBEL 3 0 230 185 +45 6CAN 1957 2 1 203 198 +5 5FRG 1 2 204 180 +24 4THA 0 3 179 253 −74 3 #eee CAN 1957 61 FRG 60 32-26 29-34 BEL 87 THA 65 50-28 37-37 #eee BEL 67 FRG 60 27-33 40-27 THA 62 CAN 1957 82 31-52 31-30 #eee BEL 76 CAN 1957 60 43-28 33-32 FRG 84 THA 52 39-24 45-28 Group B TeamWLPFPAPDPtsTCH 4 0 389 214 +175 8ESP 1945 3 1 300 213 +87 7ROC Formosa 2 2 301 318 -17 6Dutch Guiana 1 3 246 344 -98 5SUD 1956 0 4 204 351 -147 4 #eee Dutch Guiana 61 SUD 1956 51 32-25 29-26 ROC Formosa 55 ESP 1945 83 28-39 27-44 #eee SUD 1956 40 ESP 1945 88 14-37 26-51 Dutch Guiana 49 TCH 121 21-63 28-58 #eee ESP 1945 52 TCH 64 21-26 31-38 ROC Formosa 84 SUD 1956 67 37-32 47-35 #eee ESP 1945 77 Dutch Guiana 54 46-19 31-35 TCH 86 ROC Formosa 67 43-28 43-39 #eee TCH 118 SUD 1956 46 57-24 61-22 ROC Formosa 95 Dutch Guiana 82 39-33 56-49 Final round Results from Belgium-Canada and Spain-Czechoslovakia were carried over. Qualified for the Olympics TeamWLPFPAPDPtsTieTCH 2 1 206 189 +17 5 1.08ESP 1945 2 1 193 184 +9 5 0.99BEL 2 1 217 209 +8 5 0.95CAN 1957 0 3 176 210 -34 3 #eee TCH 74 CAN 1957 67 35-29 39-38 BEL 71 ESP 1945 81 39-42 32-39 #eee BEL 70 TCH 68 40-40 30-28 ESP 1945 60 CAN 1957 49 30-33 30-16 Second pool Preliminary round Qualified for the final round Group C TeamWLPFPAPDPtsHUN 1957 3 0 272 196 +76 6YUG 2 1 259 187 +72 5AUT 1 2 177 215 −39 4GBR 0 3 149 259 −110 3 #eee HUN 1957 94 YUG 92 36-38 49-47 9-7 GBR 62 AUT 67 27-29 35-38 #eee HUN 1957 76 AUT 55 33-32 43-23 YUG 90 GBR 38 48-21 42-17 #eee HUN 1957 102 GBR 49 47-33 55-16 AUT 55 YUG 77 30-44 25-33 Group D TeamWLPFPAPDPtsPOL 4 0 358 239 +119 8ISR 3 1 248 213 +35 7GRE 2 2 298 283 +15 6SUI 1 3 210 289 −79 5AUS 0 4 265 355 −90 4 #eee AUS 65 POL 115 32-58 33-57 ISR 65 GRE 43 26-28 39-15 #eee AUS 64 SUI 68 29-42 35-26 POL 78 ISR 53 42-21 36-32 #eee ISR 66 SUI 43 31-17 35-26 POL 77 GRE 76 36-36 41-40 #eee SUI 54 GRE 71 26-31 28-40 ISR 64 AUS 49 25-32 39-17 #eee SUI 45 POL 88 18-32 27-56 GRE 108 AUS 87 53-38 55-49 Final round Results from Hungary-Yugoslavia and Poland-Israel were carried over. Qualified for the Olympics TeamWLPFPAPDPtsTieYUG 2 1 225 219 +6 5 1.03HUN 1957 2 1 240 232 +8 5 1.00POL 2 1 204 184 +20 5 0.96ISR 0 3 176 210 -34 3 #eee HUN 1957 86 ISR 78 33-36 53-42 POL 64 YUG 71 33-33 31-38 #eee ISR 61 YUG 62 32-26 29-26 HUN 1957 60 POL 62 28-30 32-32 5th-8th Place 5th place match The winner earned the final spot in the 1960 Olympic Summer Games. #eee POL 68 BEL 58 7th place match #eee CAN 1957 60 ISR 59 Final standings First pool Qualified for the Olympics RankTeamRecord1TCH 5-12ESP 1945 5-13BEL 5-24CAN 1957 2-35FRG 2-26ROC Formosa 2-37THA 1-38Dutch Guiana 1-49SUD 1956 0-4 First Pool Second pool Qualified for the Olympics RankTeamRecord1YUG 4-12HUN 1957 4-13POL 6-14ISR 3-35GRE 3-26AUT 1-37GBR 1-38SUI 1-49AUS 0-4 Second Pool References FIBA archive Qual 1960 Basketball Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Italy Category:Sport in Bologna