Basketball at the 1951 Mediterranean Games

Basketball
at the 1951 Mediterranean Games

The basketball tournament at the 1951 Mediterranean Games was held in Alexandria, Egypt.[1][2][3]

Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:

FederationNation
FIBA Africa Egypt (hosts)
FIBA Asia Syria -  Lebanon
FIBA Europe Greece -  Italy -  Turkey -  Spain

Final tournament

All times local : CET (UTC+2)

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Egypt 126600252183+69
2.  Spain 116501306252+54
3.  Italy 106402250223+27
4.  Greece 96303254247+7
5.  Lebanon 86204219268–49
6.  Turkey 76105220225–5
7.  Syria 66006207310–103

Matches

08 October
19:30
Syria  25–44  Italy
Scoring by half: 10–06, 15–38
08 October
21:00
Spain  48–39  Turkey
Scoring by half: 25–20, 23–19
09 October
19:30
Syria  45–50  Greece
Scoring by half: 17–23, 28–27
09 October
21:00
Egypt  47–33  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 18–12, 29–21
10 October
19:30
Spain  58–34  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 30–17, 28–17
10 October
21:00
Italy  38–36  Turkey
Scoring by half: 18–17, 20–19
11 October
19:30
Italy  47–35  Greece
Scoring by half: 23–09, 24–26
11 October
21:00
Egypt  61–30  Syria
Scoring by half: 27–19, 34–11
12 October
19:30
Greece  47–33  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 25–16, 22–17
12 October
21:00
Egypt  23–20  Turkey
Scoring by half: 09–12, 14–08
13 October
20:00
Spain  60–44  Syria
Scoring by half: 33–16, 27–28
14 October
19:30
Italy  50–34  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 16–16, 34–18
15 October
19:30
Lebanon  44–34  Syria
Scoring by half: 19-20, 25–14
15 October
21:00
Greece  43–37  Turkey
Scoring by half: 14-18, 29–19
16 October
19:30
Egypt  39–37  Greece
Scoring by half: 23-27, 16–10
16 October
21:00
Spain  52–47  Italy
Scoring by half: 23–25, 29–22
17 October
19:30
Lebanon  41–32  Turkey
Scoring by half: 18–14, 23–18
17 October
21:00
Egypt  41–24  Italy
Scoring by half: 21–15, 20–09
18 October
19:30
Turkey  56–32  Syria
Scoring by half: 28–15, 28–17
18 October
21:00
Spain  49–47  Greece
Scoring by half: 24–20, 25–27
19 October
20:00
Egypt  41–39  Spain
Scoring by half: 24–20, 17–19

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men  Egypt  Spain  Italy

Final standings

RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s) Egypt

Youssef Abbas, Youssef Abou Ouf, Medhat Bahgat, Armand Catafago, Abdel Rahman Hafez, Fouad el-Kheir, Hussain Montassir, Mohamed el-Rashidi, Raymond Sabounghi, Zaki Selim, Medhat Youssef.

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spain

Freddy Borrás, Josep Brunet, Joan Dalmau, Guillermo Galíndez, Arturo Imedio, Manuel Martín, Andrés Oller, Jesús María Pérez, Carlos Piernavieja, Ignacio Pinedo. Coach: Fernando Font

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Italy

Giancarlo Primo, Carlo Cerioni, Giorgio Bongiovanni, Carlo Negroni, Oscar Zia, Alberto Margheritini, Sergio Macoratti, Fabio Presca, Enrico Pagani, Carlo Muci, Dino Zucchi, Sergio Stefanini. Coach: Elliott Van Zandt

4 Greece

Stelios Arvanitis, Themis Cholevas, Takis Christoforou, Alekos Karalis, Panagiotis Manias, Faidon Matthaiou, Nikos Milas, Kostas Papadimas, Giannis Spanoudakis, Mimis Stefanidis, Takis Taliadoros. Coach: Vladimiros Vallas

5 Lebanon
6 Turkey

Yüksel Alkan, Ayhan Demir, Nejat Diyarbakırlı, Yalçın Granit, Sadi Gülçelik, Yalçın Okaya, Erdoğan Partener, Sacit Seldüz, Cemil Sevin, Şevket Taşlıca, Mehmet Ali Yalım. Coach: Samim Göreç[4]

7 Syria

References

  1. ↑ El Mundo Deportivo archive, October 1951
  2. ↑ Diario de Burgos archive, October 1951
  3. ↑ Jornada (Valencia) archive, October 1951
  4. ↑ Atabeyoğlu, Cem (2000). Akdeniz Oyunları ve Türkiye, Türkiye Millî Olimpiyat Komitesi Yayınları: Ankara. p. 17.