Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics

{{Infobox basketball tournament at games

| type = Olympics

| city = Melbourne

| year = 1956

| logo = Olympic rings without rims.svg

| size = 150px

| games = 1956 Summer Olympics

| host = Australia

| dates = November 22 – December 1, 1956

| men_teams = 15

| men_gold = USA

| men_silver = URS

| men_bronze = URU

| prev = Helsinki 1952

| next = Rome 1960

}}

Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. Fifteen nations, an unusually low number for the basketball tournament, competed in the event, with 174 participants. A total number of 56 games of basketball were played.

The teams were divided into four pools, with four teams in three of the pools and only three in the fourth. Every team played against each other team in its pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the quarterfinals, where again they were split into pools of four. Teams again played every other team in their pool, with the top two in each advancing to the semifinal and the bottom two entering a pool for 5th through 8th places. Eliminated teams also played in consolation matches with the same structure as the quarterfinals and finals, but for 9th through 15th places.

The games were held at the Royal Exhibition Building.

Qualified Teams

class="wikitable"
width="20px" bgcolor="#FFD700" \|	Outright qualifier, World Champion
width="20px" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" \|	Outright qualifier, World Runner-up
width="20px" bgcolor="#CD7F32" \|	Outright qualifier, World Bronze medalists
width="20px" bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|	Host nation

class="wikitable collapsible autocollapse" width=850 style="font-size:90%" ! colspan= 5\| Teams Participating by Region
Americas !Europe !Asia !Africa !Oceania
bgcolor="#FFD700"\|{{FlagIOC\|USA\|1956 Summer}} \|{{FlagIOC\|URS\|1956 Summer}} \|bgcolor="#CD7F32"\|{{FlagIOC\|PHI\|1956 Summer}} \|bgcolor="#D3D3D3" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center"\|No team participated \|bgcolor="#ccffcc"\|{{FlagIOC\|AUS\|1956 Summer}}
{{FlagIOC\|URU\|1956 Summer}} \|{{FlagIOC\|FRA\|1956 Summer}} \|{{FlagIOC\|JPN\|1956 Summer}} \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"\|—
bgcolor="#C0C0C0"\|{{FlagIOC\|BRA\|1956 Summer}} \|{{FlagIOC\|CAN\|1956 Summer}} \|{{FlagIOC\|KOR\|1956 Summer}}
{{FlagIOC\|CHI\|1956 Summer}} \|{{FlagIOC\|BUL\|1956 Summer}} \|{{FlagIOC\|SIN\|1956 Summer}}
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\|— \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\|— \|{{FlagIOC\|ROC\|1956 Summer\|name=Formosa}}
{{FlagIOC\|THA\|1956 Summer}}

class="wikitable collapsible autocollapse" width=850 style="font-size:90%"

! colspan= 5| Teams Participating by Region

Americas

!Europe

!Asia

!Africa

!Oceania

bgcolor="#FFD700"|{{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}}

|bgcolor="#CD7F32"|{{FlagIOC|PHI|1956 Summer}}

|bgcolor="#D3D3D3" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center"|No team participated

|bgcolor="#ccffcc"|{{FlagIOC|AUS|1956 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|FRA|1956 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|JPN|1956 Summer}}

| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"|—

bgcolor="#C0C0C0"|{{FlagIOC|BRA|1956 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|CAN|1956 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|KOR|1956 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}}

|{{FlagIOC|SIN|1956 Summer}}

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|—

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|—

|{{FlagIOC|ROC|1956 Summer|name=Formosa}}

class="wikitable" \|+ Number of Berths Allocated for the Tournament
Region !Automatic !From the previous World Cup !Berth as Host nation !Total
align="left" \|Europe \| align="center" \|4 \| bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center" \|N/A \| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center" \|N/A !4
Americas \| align="center" \|2 \| align="center" \|2 !4
Asia \| align="center" \|5 \| align="center" \|1 !6
Africa \| colspan="3" bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center" \|No team participated !0
Oceania \| colspan="2" bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center" \|N/A \| align="center" \|1 !1
TOTAL !11 !3 !1 !15

class="wikitable"

|+ Number of Berths Allocated for the Tournament

Region

!Automatic

!From the
previous
World Cup

!Berth as
Host nation

!Total

align="left" |Europe

| align="center" |4

| bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center" |N/A

| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center" |N/A

Americas

| align="center" |2

Asia

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |1

Africa

| colspan="3" bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center" |No team participated

Oceania

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center" |N/A

| align="center" |1

TOTAL

!11

!15

Medalists

class="wikitable"

|style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"|Gold:

|style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"|Silver:

|style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"|Bronze:

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| {{FlagIOCteam|USA|1956 Summer}}
Carl Cain
Bill Hougland
K.C. Jones
Bill Russell
James Walsh
William Evans
Burdette Haldorsson
Ronald Tomsic
Dick Boushka
Gilbert Ford
Robert Jeangerard
Charles Darling

| {{FlagIOCteam|URS|1956 Summer}}
Valdis Muižnieks
Maigonis Valdmanis
Vladimir Torban
Stasys Stonkus
Kazys Petkevičius
Arkadi Bochkarev
Jānis Krūmiņš
Mikhail Semyonov
Algirdas Lauritenas
Yuri Ozerov
Viktor Zubkov
Mikhail Studenetsky

| {{FlagIOCteam|URU|1956 Summer}}
Carlos Blixen
Ramiro Cortés
Héctor Costa
Nelson Chelle
Nelson Demarco
Héctor García Otero
Carlos González
Sergio Matto
Oscar Moglia
Raúl Mera
Ariel Olascoaga
Milton Scaron

Participating nations

For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.

{{flagIOC|AUS|1956 Summer|12}}
{{flagIOC|BRA|1956 Summer|12}}
{{flagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer|11}}
{{flagIOC|CAN|1956 Summer|12}}
{{flagIOC|CHI|1956 Summer|11}}
{{flagIOC|ROC|1956 Summer|12}}
{{flagIOC|FRA|1956 Summer|12}}
{{flagIOC|JPN|1956 Summer|11}}
{{flagIOC|KOR|1956 Summer|10}}
{{flagIOC|PHI|1956 Summer|12}}
{{flagIOC|SGP|1956 Summer|10}}
{{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer|12}}
{{flagIOC|THA|1956 Summer|9}}
{{flagIOC|USA|1956 Summer|12}}
{{flagIOC|URU|1956 Summer|13}}

Preliminary round

=Group A=

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|team_order=A, B, C, D

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|name_C={{bk|JPN|1947}} |win_C=1 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=171 |ga_C=225

|name_D={{bk|THA}} |win_D=0 |loss_D=3 |gf_D=134 |ga_D=265

|result1=QF |result2=QF |result3=CR |result4=CR

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|col_QF=blue1 |text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_CR=yellow1 |text_CR=9th–15th classification round

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| date = 23 November

| time = 13:30

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|PHI|1936}}

| scoreA = 94

| teamB = {{Bk|THA}}

| scoreB = 55

| H1 = 34–24

| H2 = 60–31

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| date = 23 November

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| teamA = {{Bk-rt|USA|1912}}

| scoreA = 98

| teamB = {{Bk|JPN|1947}}

| scoreB = 40

| H1 = 33–20

| H2 = 65–20

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| date = 24 November

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|USA|1912}}

| scoreA = 101

| teamB = {{Bk|THA}}

| scoreB = 29

| H1 = 54–12

| H2 = 47–17

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| bg = #eee

| date = 24 November

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|JPN|1947}}

| scoreA = 61

| teamB = {{Bk|PHI|1936}}

| scoreB = 77

| H1 = 29–37

| H2 = 32–40

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

}}

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| bg =

| date = 26 November

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|THA}}

| scoreA = 50

| teamB = {{Bk|JPN|1947}}

| scoreB = 70

| H1 = 20–35

| H2 = 30–35

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| bg = #eee

| date = 26 November

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|USA|1912}}

| scoreA = 121

| teamB = {{Bk|PHI|1936}}

| scoreB = 53

| H1 = 66–23

| H2 = 55–30

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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=Group B=

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|team_order=A, B, C, D

|name_A={{bk|FRA}} |win_A=3 |loss_A=0 |gf_A=236 |ga_A=183

|name_B={{bk|URS|1955}} |win_B=2 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=255 |ga_B=177

|name_C={{bk|CAN|1921}} |win_C=1 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=206 |ga_C=234

|name_D={{bk|SIN|colonial-1952}} |win_D=0 |loss_D=3 |gf_D=154 |ga_D=257

|result1=QF |result2=QF |result3=CR |result4=CR

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

|res_col_header=Q

|col_QF=blue1 |text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_CR=yellow1 |text_CR=9th–15th classification round

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| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|URS|1955}}

| scoreA = 97

| teamB = {{Bk|CAN|1921}}

| scoreB = 59

| H1 = 46–20

| H2 = 51–39

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|SIN|colonial-1952}}

| scoreA = 54

| teamB = {{Bk|FRA}}

| scoreB = 81

| H1 = 22–44

| H2 = 32–37

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| bg =

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|URS|1955}}

| scoreA = 67

| teamB = {{Bk|FRA}}

| scoreB = 76

| H1 = 18–24

| H2 = 49–52

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|CAN|1921}}

| scoreA = 85

| teamB = {{Bk|SIN|colonial-1952}}

| scoreB = 58

| H1 = 51–30

| H2 = 34–28

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| bg =

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|URS|1955}}

| scoreA = 91

| teamB = {{Bk|SIN|colonial-1952}}

| scoreB = 42

| H1 = 40–21

| H2 = 51–21

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|FRA}}

| scoreA = 79

| teamB = {{Bk|CAN|1921}}

| scoreB = 62

| H1 = 43–35

| H2 = 36–27

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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=Group C=

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|team_order=A, B, C, D

|name_A={{bk|URU}} |win_A=3 |loss_A=0 |gf_A=238 |ga_A=187

|name_B={{bk|BUL|1946}} |win_B=2 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=242 |ga_B=199

|name_C={{bk|TWN|name=Formosa}} |win_C=1 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=216 |ga_C=249

|name_D={{bk|KOR}} |win_D=0 |loss_D=3 |gf_D=194 |ga_D=255

|result1=QF |result2=QF |result3=CR |result4=CR

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|res_col_header=Q

|col_QF=blue1 |text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_CR=yellow1 |text_CR=9th–15th classification round

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| bg =

| date = 22 November

| time = 20:00

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|KOR}}

| scoreA = 76

| teamB = {{Bk|ROC|name=Formosa}}

| scoreB = 83

| H1 = 28–42

| H2 = 48–41

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| bg = #eee

| date = 23 November

| time = 16:30

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|URU}}

| scoreA = 70

| teamB = {{Bk|BUL|1946}}

| scoreB = 65

| H1 = 38–35

| H2 = 32–30

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

}}

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| bg =

| date = 24 November

| time = 10:30

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|URU}}

| scoreA = 85

| teamB = {{Bk|ROC|name=Formosa}}

| scoreB = 62

| H1 = 39–36

| H2 = 46–26

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| bg = #eee

| date = 24 November

| time = 13:30

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|BUL|1946}}

| scoreA = 89

| teamB = {{Bk|KOR|1956}}

| scoreB = 58

| H1 = 47–33

| H2 = 42–25

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| bg =

| date = 26 November

| time = 10:30

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|ROC|name=Formosa}}

| scoreA = 71

| teamB = {{Bk|BUL|1946}}

| scoreB = 88

| H1 = 35–47

| H2 = 36–41

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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| bg = #eee

| date = 26 November

| time = 16:30

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|URU}}

| scoreA = 83

| teamB = {{Bk|KOR|1956}}

| scoreB = 60

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| H2 = 48–35

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

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=Group D=

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|team_order=A, B, C

|name_A={{bk|BRA|1889}} |win_A=2 |loss_A=0 |gf_A=167 |ga_A=125

|name_B={{bk|CHI}} |win_B=1 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=137 |ga_B=134

|name_C={{bk|AUS}} |win_C=0 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=122 |ga_C=167 |status_C=H

|result1=QF |result2=QF |result3=CR |result4=CR

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

|res_col_header=Q

|col_QF=blue1 |text_QF=Quarterfinals

|col_CR=yellow1 |text_CR=9th–15th classification round

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{{basketballbox

| bg =

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|CHI}}

| scoreA = 59

| teamB = {{Bk|BRA|1889}}

| scoreB = 78

| H1 = 34–39

| H2 = 25–39

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|BRA|1889}}

| scoreA = 89

| teamB = {{Bk|AUS}}

| scoreB = 66

| H1 = 50–35

| H2 = 39–31

}}

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| bg =

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|CHI}}

| scoreA = 78

| teamB = {{Bk|AUS}}

| scoreB = 56

| H1 = 37–27

| H2 = 41–29

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Classification 9–15

===Group 1===

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|for_against_style=points

|team_order=A, B, C, D

|name_A={{bk|TWN|name=Formosa}} |win_A=3 |loss_A=0 |gf_A=218 |ga_A=189

|name_B={{bk|AUS}} |win_B=2 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=258 |ga_B=208 |status_B=H

|name_C={{bk|SIN|colonial-1952}} |win_C=1 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=200 |ga_C=215

|name_D={{bk|THA}} |win_D=0 |loss_D=3 |gf_D=150 |ga_D=214

|result1=CR9 |result2=CR9 |result3=CR13 |result4=CR13

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

|res_col_header=Q

|col_CR9=red3 |text_CR9=9th–12th classification playoffs

|col_CR13=red2 |text_CR13=13th–16th classification playoffs

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| date =

| time =

| teamA = Singapore {{flagicon|SIN|colonial-1952}}

| scoreA = 64

| teamB = {{Bk|ROC|name=Formosa}}

| scoreB = 67

| H1 = 23–26

| H2 = 41–41

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|AUS}}

| scoreA = 87

| teamB = {{Bk|THA}}

| scoreB = 48

| H1 = 48–23

| H2 = 39–25

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg =

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|THA}}

| scoreA = 50

| teamB = {{Bk|SIN|colonial-1952}}

| scoreB = 62

| H1 = 26–29

| H2 = 24–33

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| teamA = Australia {{flagicon|AUS}}

| scoreA = 73

| teamB = {{Bk|ROC|name=Formosa}}

| scoreB = 86

| H1 = 40–39

| H2 = 33–47

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg =

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|ROC|name=Formosa}}

| scoreA = 65

| teamB = {{Bk|THA}}

| scoreB = 52

| H1 = 35–31

| H2 = 30–21

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|AUS}}

| scoreA = 98

| teamB = {{Bk|SIN|colonial-1952}}

| scoreB = 74

| H1 = 48–36

| H2 = 50–38

}}

=Group 2=

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|for_against_style=points

|team_order=A, B, C

|name_A={{bk|CAN|1921}} |win_A=2 |loss_A=0 |gf_A=147 |ga_A=123

|name_B={{bk|JPN}} |win_B=1 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=143 |ga_B=140

|name_C={{bk|KOR}} |win_C=0 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=130 |ga_C=157

|result1=CR9 |result2=CR9 |result3=CR13

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

|res_col_header=Q

|col_CR9=red3 |text_CR9=9th–12th classification playoffs

|col_CR13=red2 |text_CR13=13th–16th classification playoffs

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg =

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|KOR}}

| scoreA = 63

| teamB = {{Bk|CAN|1921}}

| scoreB = 74

| overtime = OT

| H1 = 31–32

| H2 = 31–30

| OT = 1–12

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|JPN}}

| scoreA = 83

| teamB = {{Bk|KOR}}

| scoreB = 67

| H1 = 36–23

| H2 = 47–44

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg =

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|CAN|1921}}

| scoreA = 73

| teamB = {{Bk|JPN}}

| scoreB = 60

| H1 = 40–26

| H2 = 33–34

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

}}

=Classification 13–15=

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=2

|skipmatch02=yes

|RD1=Classification Semifinals

|RD2=13th-place match

|widescore=yes

|bold_winner=high

|1 December|{{bk|THA}}|47|{{bk|KOR}}|61

|||||

|1 December|{{bk|KOR}}|79|{{bk|SIN|colonial-1952}}|92

}}

Thailand was named as the final placers of the games because of their loss to the Koreans.

= Classification 9–12 =

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=2

|3rdplace=yes

|Consol=Eleventh-place match

|RD1=Classification Semifinals

|RD2=Ninth-place match

|bold_winner=high

|widescore=yes

|1 December|{{Bk|ROC|name=Formosa}}|61|{{Bk|JPN}}|82

|1 December|{{Bk|AUS}}|38|{{Bk|CAN}}|83

|1 December|{{Bk|JPN}}|60|{{Bk|CAN}}|75

|1 December|{{Bk|ROC|name=Formosa}}|87|{{Bk|AUS}}|70

}}

Quarterfinals

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width=10px bgcolor="ccffcc"\|	Advance to the semifinals
width=10px bgcolor="ffffbb"\|	Relegated to the 5th-8th classification

=Group A=

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|for_against_style=points

|team_order=A, B, C, D

|name_A={{bk|FRA}} |win_A=2 |loss_A=1 |gf_A=195 |ga_A=187 |hth_A=Head-to-head record: France 1–0 Uruguay

|name_B={{bk|URU}} |win_B=2 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=221 |ga_B=209 |hth_B=A

|name_C={{bk|CHI}} |win_C=1 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=221 |ga_C=220 |hth_C=Head-to-head record: Chile 1–0 Philippines

|name_D={{bk|PHI|1936}} |win_D=1 |loss_D=2 |gf_D=204 |ga_D=225 |hth_D=C

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=CR5 |result4=CR5

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|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semifinals

|col_CR5=blue2 |text_CR5=5th–8th classification playoffs

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| bg =

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|FRA}}

| scoreA = 71

| teamB = {{Bk|CHI}}

| scoreB = 60

| H1 = 37–23

| H2 = 34–37

}}

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| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|URU}}

| scoreA = 79

| teamB = {{Bk|PHI|1936}}

| scoreB = 70

| overtime = OT

| H1 = 42–39

| H2 = 26–29

| OT = 11–2

}}

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| bg =

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|URU}}

| scoreA = 80

| teamB = {{Bk|CHI}}

| scoreB = 73

| H1 = 40–25

| H2 = 40–48

}}

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| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|PHI|1936|flag}}

| scoreA = 65

| teamB = {{bk|FRA}}

| scoreB = 58

| overtime = OT

| H1 = 30–26

| H2 = 25–29

| OT = 10–3

}}

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| bg =

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|CHI}}

| scoreA = 88

| teamB = {{Bk|PHI|1936}}

| scoreB = 69

| H1 = 42–32

| H2 = 46–37

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date =

| time =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|URU}}

| scoreA = 62

| teamB = {{Bk|FRA}}

| scoreB = 66

| H1 = 31–38

| H2 = 31–28

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|update=complete

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|for_against_style=points

|team_order=A, B, C, D

|name_A={{bk|USA|1912}} |win_A=3 |loss_A=0 |gf_A=283 |ga_A=150

|name_B={{bk|URS|1955}} |win_B=2 |loss_B=1 |gf_B=208 |ga_B=209

|name_C={{bk|BUL|1946}} |win_C=1 |loss_C=2 |gf_C=182 |ga_C=224

|name_D={{bk|BRA|1889}} |win_D=0 |loss_D=3 |gf_D=192 |ga_D=282

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=CR5 |result4=CR5

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semifinals

|col_CR5=blue2 |text_CR5=5th–8th classification playoffs

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg =

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|BUL|1946}}

| scoreA = 44

| teamB = {{Bk|USA|1912}}

| scoreB = 85

| H1 = 19–48

| H2 = 25–37

}}

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| bg = #eee

| teamA = {{bk-rt|BRA|1889}}

| scoreA = 68

| teamB = {{Bk|URS|1955}}

| scoreB = 87

| H1 = 28–37

| H2 = 40–50

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg =

| teamA = {{bk-rt|BUL|1946}}

| scoreA = 56

| teamB = {{Bk|URS|1955}}

| scoreB = 66

| H1 = 32–37

| H2 = 24–29

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|USA|1912}}

| scoreA = 113

| teamB = {{Bk|BRA|1889}}

| scoreB = 51

| H1 = 50–22

| H2 = 63–29

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg =

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|URS|1955}}

| scoreA = 55

| teamB = {{Bk|USA|1912}}

| scoreB = 85

| H1 = 32–39

| H2 = 23–46

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| teamA = {{bk-rt|BUL|1946}}

| scoreA = 82

| teamB = {{Bk|BRA|1889}}

| scoreB = 73

| H1 = 38–36

| H2 = 44–37

}}

=Classification 5–8=

{{Round4-with third

|RD1=Classification Semifinals

|RD2=5th-place game

|Consol=7th-place game

| |{{flagIOC|CHI|1956 Summer}} |64|{{flagIOC|BRA|1956 Summer}} |89

| |{{flagIOC|PHI|1956 Summer}} |70|{{flagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}} |80

| |{{flagIOC|BRA|1956 Summer}} |52|{{flagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}} |64

| |{{flagIOC|CHI|1956 Summer}} |68|{{flagIOC|PHI|1956 Summer}} |75

}}

== Classification Semifinals ==

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = 30 November

| time = 15:00

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20151113152719/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/3/rid/382/sid/2934/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|CHI}}

| scoreA = 64

| teamB = {{Bk|BRA|1889}}

| scoreB = 89

| overtime =

| H1 = 33–55

| H2 = 31–34

| OT =

| points1 = Ostoic 13

| points2 = dos Santos 27

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = 30 November

| time = 16:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20151022191306/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/4/rid/382/sid/2934/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|PHI|1936}}

| scoreA = 70

| teamB = {{Bk|BUL|1946}}

| scoreB = 80

| overtime =

| H1 = 43–50

| H2 = 27–30

| OT =

| points1 = Badion 27

| points2 = Radev 21

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

}}

== Seventh-place match ==

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eeffff

| date = 1 December

| time =

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20151113090043/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/4/rid/383/sid/2934/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|CHI}}

| scoreA = 68

| teamB = {{Bk|PHI|1936}}

| scoreB = 75

| overtime =

| H1 = 38–33

| H2 = 30–42

| OT =

| points1 =

| points2 =

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

| series =

}}

== Fifth-place match ==

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eeffff

| date = 1 December

| time =

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20151113224717/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/5/rid/383/sid/2934/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|BRA|1889}}

| scoreA = 52

| teamB = {{Bk|BUL|1946}}

| scoreB = 64

| overtime =

| H1 = 26–27

| H2 = 26–37

| OT =

| points1 =

| points2 =

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

}}

Final round

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=2

|3rdplace=yes

|Consol=Bronze-medal match

|RD1=Semi-finals

|RD2=Gold-medal match

|widescore=yes

|bold_winner=high

|color=yes

|30 November|(A2) {{bk|URU}}|38|(B1) {{Bk|USA|1912}}|101

|30 November|(A1) {{bk|FRA}}|49|(B2) {{Bk|URS|1955}}|56

|1 December|(B1) {{Bk|USA|1912}}|89|(B2) {{Bk|URS|1955}}|55

|1 December|(A2) {{Bk|URU}}|71|(A1) {{Bk|FRA}}|62

}}

=Semifinals=

{{basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = 30 November

| time = 20:00

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20151113142645/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/1/rid/382/sid/2934/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{bk-rt|FRA}}

| scoreA = 49

| teamB = {{Bk|URS|1955}}

| scoreB = 56

| overtime =

| H1 = 19–25

| H2 = 30–31

| OT =

| points1 = Antoine 12

| points2 = Krūmiņš 27

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

| series =

}}

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fff

| date = 30 November

| time = 21:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20151113143649/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/2/rid/382/sid/2934/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{bk-rt|URU}}

| scoreA = 38

| teamB = {{Bk|USA|1912}}

| scoreB = 101

| overtime =

| H1 = 10–51

| H2 = 28–50

| OT =

| points1 = Mera, Blixen 8 each

| points2 = Tomsic 18

| place =Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

| series =

}}

= Bronze-medal match =

{{basketballbox

| bg = #fdb

| date = 1 December

| time = 20:00

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090812152242/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/6/rid/383/sid/2934/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|FRA}}

| scoreA = 62

| teamB = {{Bk|URU}}

| scoreB = 71

| overtime =

| H1 = 29–37

| H2 = 32–34

| OT =

| points1 = Monclar 16

| points2 = Moglia 25

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

| series =

}}

= Final =

{{basketballbox

| bg = #ffffd0

| date = 1 December

| time = 21:30

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090812152250/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/7/rid/383/sid/2934/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html Boxscore]

| teamA = {{Bk-rt|URS|1955}}

| scoreA = 55

| teamB = {{Bk|USA|1912}}

| scoreB = 89

| overtime =

| H1 = 27–56

| H2 = 28–33

| OT =

| points1 = Semyonov 15

| points2 = Jeangerard 16

| place = Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

| series =

}}

==Awards==

Final rankings

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class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="gold" \| {{gold1}}	align=left\|{{bk\|USA}}	8−0
bgcolor="silver" \| {{silver2}}	align=left\|{{bk\|URS}}	5−3
bgcolor=#C96 \| {{bronze3}}	align=left\|{{bk\|URU}}	6−2
bgcolor= \| 4th	align=left\|{{bk\|FRA}}	5−3
bgcolor= \| 5th	align=left\|{{bk\|BUL}}	5−3
bgcolor= \| 6th	align=left\|{{bk\|BRA}}	3−4
bgcolor= \| 7th	align=left\|{{bk\|PHI\|1936}}	4−4
bgcolor= \| 8th	align=left\|{{bk\|CHI}}	2–5
bgcolor= \| 9th	align=left\|{{bk\|CAN}}	5–2
bgcolor= \| 10th	align=left\|{{bk\|JPN}}	3–4
bgcolor= \| 11th	align=left\|{{bk\|ROC\|name=Formosa}}	5−3
bgcolor= \| 12th	align=left\|{{bk\|AUS}}	2–5
bgcolor= \| 13th	align=left\|{{bk\|SIN\|colonial-1952}}	2–5
bgcolor= \| 14th	align=left\|{{bk\|KOR}}	1–6
bgcolor= \| 15th	align=left\|{{bk\|THA}}	0–7

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]

Category:Events at the 1956 Summer Olympics

1956

Olympics

1956

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class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
bgcolor="gold" \| {{gold1}}	align=left\|{{bk\|USA}}	8−0
bgcolor="silver" \| {{silver2}}	align=left\|{{bk\|URS}}	5−3
bgcolor=#C96 \| {{bronze3}}	align=left\|{{bk\|URU}}	6−2
bgcolor= \| 4th	align=left\|{{bk\|FRA}}	5−3
bgcolor= \| 5th	align=left\|{{bk\|BUL}}	5−3
bgcolor= \| 6th	align=left\|{{bk\|BRA}}	3−4
bgcolor= \| 7th	align=left\|{{bk\|PHI\|1936}}	4−4
bgcolor= \| 8th	align=left\|{{bk\|CHI}}	2–5
bgcolor= \| 9th	align=left\|{{bk\|CAN}}	5–2
bgcolor= \| 10th	align=left\|{{bk\|JPN}}	3–4
bgcolor= \| 11th	align=left\|{{bk\|ROC\|name=Formosa}}	5−3
bgcolor= \| 12th	align=left\|{{bk\|AUS}}	2–5
bgcolor= \| 13th	align=left\|{{bk\|SIN\|colonial-1952}}	2–5
bgcolor= \| 14th	align=left\|{{bk\|KOR}}	1–6
bgcolor= \| 15th	align=left\|{{bk\|THA}}	0–7