EuroBasket Women 1962

{{Infobox FIBA tourney

| gender = women

| continent = Europe

| year = 1962

| host = France

| dates = September 22–29

| teams = 10

| federations =

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champions = Soviet Union

|champions-flagvar =1955

| title_number = 6

| mvp =

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| rpg_p =

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| website = [http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_1962.html Official website (archive)]

| prevseason = 1960

| nextseason = 1964

}}

The 1962 European Women's Basketball Championship was the 8th regional championship held by FIBA Europe for women. The competition was held in Mulhouse, France and took place on September 22–29, 1962. The Soviet Union won their sixth gold medal (third in a row) while Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria won silver and bronze, respectively.

Preliminary round

The teams where divided into two groups. The first two from each group would advance to the bracket that defined the first four places. The system to determine the 5th–10th places consisted in three final matches between teams that had the same position in both groups.

=Group A=

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!width=20|Rank

!width=220|Team

!width=20|W

!width=20|L

!width=20|Pts

!width=25|Diff

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| 1

align=left| {{Bkw|URS|1955}}

| 4

08+120
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| 2

align=left| {{Bkw|TCH}}

| 3

17+87
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| 3

align=left| {{Bkw|YUG}}

| 2

26−17
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| 4

align=left| {{Bkw|HUN}}

| 1

35−76
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| 5

align=left| {{Bkw|ITA}}

| 0

44−114

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| date = September 22 | time = 16:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|ITA}}| score1 = 37

| team2 = {{Bkw|TCH}}| score2 = 86

| H1 = 8–42

| H2 = 29–44

| points1 = Tarabocchia (10)

| points2 = Hubalkova (12)

}}

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| date = September 22 | time = 20:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|YUG}}| score1 = 47

| team2 = {{Bkw|HUN}}| score2 = 40

| H1 = 20–16

| H2 = 27–24

| points1 = Radovanovic (14)

| points2 = Hegedos-Krizsan (14)

}}

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| date = September 23 | time = 15:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|TCH}}| score1 = 53

| team2 = {{Bkw|YUG}}| score2 = 35

| H1 = 29–19

| H2 = 24–16

| points1 = Joskova-Malotova (12)

| points2 = Radovanovic (10)

}}

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| date = September 23 | time = 16:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|URS|1955}}| score1 = 77

| team2 = {{Bkw|ITA}}| score2 = 31

| H1 = 39–11

| H2 = 38–20

| points1 = Liutsepp-Kaasik (13)

| points2 = Ronchetti (12)

}}

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| date = September 24 | time = 15:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|YUG}}| score1 = 39

| team2 = {{Bkw|URS|1955}}| score2 = 52

| H1 = 20–31

| H2 = 19–21

| points1 = Kalusevic (13)

| points2 = Liutsepp-Kaasik (17)

}}

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| date = September 24 | time = 16:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|HUN}}| score1 = 52

| team2 = {{Bkw|TCH}}| score2 = 74

| H1 = 24–41

| H2 = 28–33

| points1 = Mogyorosi-Korenne (9)

| points2 = Hubalkova (14)

}}

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| date = September 25 | time = 15:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|URS|1955}}| score1 = 88

| team2 = {{Bkw|HUN}}| score2 = 29

| H1 = 41–13

| H2 = 47–16

| points1 = Liutsepp-Kaasik (13)

| points2 = Hegedos-Krizsan (8)

}}

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| date = September 25 | time = 20:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|ITA}}| score1 = 43

| team2 = {{Bkw|YUG}}| score2 = 50

| H1 = 22–22

| H2 = 21–28

| points1 = Tarabocchia (14)

| points2 = Kalusevic (16)

}}

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| date = September 26 | time = 16:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|HUN}}| score1 = 55

| team2 = {{Bkw|ITA}}| score2 = 43

| H1 = 23–12

| H2 = 32–31

| points1 = Kovacs (18)

| points2 = Pausich (11)

}}

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| date = September 26 | time = 22:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|TCH}}| score1 = 49

| team2 = {{Bkw|URS|1955}}| score2 = 51

| overtime = OT

| H1 = 21–22

| H2 = 22–21

| OT = 6–8

| points1 = Sourkova (12)

| points2 = Smildzinia-Budovska (23)

}}

=Group B=

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!width=20|Rank

!width=220|Team

!width=20|W

!width=20|L

!width=20|Pts

!width=25|Diff

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| 1

align=left| {{Bkw|BUL|1946}}

| 4

08+94
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| 2

align=left| {{Bkw|ROU|1952}}

| 3

17+40
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| 3

align=left| {{Bkw|POL}}

| 2

26+18
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| 4

align=left| {{Bkw|FRA}}

| 1

35−42
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| 5

align=left| {{Bkw|BEL}}

| 0

44−110

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| date = September 22 | time = 15:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|POL}}| score1 = 52

| team2 = {{Bkw|BEL}}| score2 = 25

| H1 = 26–18

| H2 = 26–7

| points1 = Chlodzinska-Urbaniak (13)

| points2 = Blancke (8)

}}

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| date = September 22 | time = 22:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|BUL|1946}}| score1 = 55

| team2 = {{Bkw|FRA}}| score2 = 26

| H1 = 33–6

| H2 = 22–20

| points1 = Gospodinova (18)

| points2 = Stephan (8)

}}

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| date = September 23 | time = 20:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|FRA}}| score1 = 42

| team2 = {{Bkw|POL}}| score2 = 58

| H1 = 19–33

| H2 = 23–25

| points1 = Verots (8)

| points2 = Szydlowska (12)

}}

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| date = September 23 | time = 22:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|ROU|1952}}| score1 = 42

| team2 = {{Bkw|BUL|1946}}| score2 = 44

| H1 = 23–27

| H2 = 19–17

| points1 = Ivanovici (12)

| points2 = Borisova (24)

}}

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| date = September 24 | time = 20:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|BEL}}| score1 = 44

| team2 = {{Bkw|FRA}}| score2 = 54

| H1 = 21–28

| H2 = 23–26

| points1 = Declercq (11)

| points2 = Cator (14)

}}

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| date = September 24 | time = 22:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|POL}}| score1 = 35

| team2 = {{Bkw|ROU|1952}}| score2 = 38

| H1 = 19–20

| H2 = 16–18

| points1 = Szostak (17)

| points2 = Ivanovici (16)

}}

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| date = September 25 | time = 16:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|ROU|1952}}| score1 = 72

| team2 = {{Bkw|BEL}}| score2 = 40

| H1 = 39–20

| H2 = 33–20

| points1 = Marian (21)

| points2 = Declercq (12)

}}

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| date = September 25 | time = 22:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|BUL|1946}}| score1 = 60

| team2 = {{Bkw|POL}}| score2 = 38

| H1 = 25–18

| H2 = 35–20

| points1 = Gospodinova (13)

| points2 = Chlodzinska-Urbaniak (10)

}}

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| date = September 26 | time = 16:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|BEL}}| score1 = 36

| team2 = {{Bkw|BUL|1946}}| score2 = 77

| H1 = 17–37

| H2 = 19–40

| points1 = Blancke (7)

| points2 = Antonova (14)

}}

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| date = September 26 | time = 22:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|FRA}}| score1 = 43

| team2 = {{Bkw|ROU|1952}}| score2 = 50

| H1 = 19–21

| H2 = 19–17

| OT = 5–12

| points1 = Stephan (14)

| points2 = Ivanovici (16)

}}

Classification

=5th place match=

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| date = September 29 | time = 15:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|YUG}}| score1 = 52

| team2 = {{Bkw|POL}}| score2 = 44

| H1 = 29–23

| H2 = 23–21

| points1 = Kalusevic (16)

| points2 = Szostak (17)

}}

=7th place match=

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| date = September 28 | time = 16:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|HUN}}| score1 = 66

| team2 = {{Bkw|FRA}}| score2 = 60

| H1 = 34–24

| H2 = 32–36

| points1 = Hegedos-Krizsan (25)

| points2 = Stephan (18)

}}

=9th place match=

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| date = September 28 | time = 15:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|ITA}}| score1 = 32

| team2 = {{Bkw|BEL}}| score2 = 27

| H1 = 20–13

| H2 = 12–14

| points1 = Persi (8)

| points2 = Vanderveken (12)

}}

Medal Bracket

{{Round4-with third|RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final place|Consol=Bronze medal

|September 28 – 20:00|{{Bkw|BUL|1946}}|51|{{Bkw|TCH}}|54

|September 28 – 20:30|{{Bkw|URS|1955}}|69|{{Bkw|ROU|1952}}|29

|September 29 – 20:30|{{Bkw|TCH}}|46|{{Bkw|URS|1955}}|63

|September 29 – 16:30|{{Bkw|BUL|1946}}|48|{{Bkw|ROU|1952}}|36

}}

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| date = September 28 | time = 20:00

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|BUL|1946}}| score1 = 51

| team2 = {{Bkw|TCH}}| score2 = 54

| H1 = 26–24

| H2 = 25–30

| points1 = Borisova (20)

| points2 = Joskova-Malotova (12)

}}

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| date = September 28 | time = 20:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|URS|1955}}| score1 = 69

| team2 = {{Bkw|ROU}}| score2 = 29

| H1 = 31–15

| H2 = 38–14

| points1 = Smildzinia-Budovska (17)

| points2 = Marian (8)

}}

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| date = September 29 | time = 16:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|BUL|1946}}| score1 = 48

| team2 = {{Bkw|ROU|1952}}| score2 = 36

| H1 = 29–8

| H2 = 19–28

| points1 = Gospodinova (18)

| points2 = Firimide-Racovita (13)

}}

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| date = September 29 | time = 20:30

| team1 = {{Bkw-rt|TCH}}| score1 = 46

| team2 = {{Bkw|URS|1955}}| score2 = 63

| H1 = 20–39

| H2 = 26–24

| points1 = Joskova-Malotova (10)

| points2 = Smildzinia-Budovska (13)

}}

Final standings

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Rank

! Team

! Record

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| 1

| {{Bkw|URS|1955}}

| 6–0

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| 2

| {{Bkw|TCH}}

| 4–2

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| 3

| {{Bkw|BUL|1946}}

| 5–1

4

| {{Bkw|ROU|1952}}

| 3–3

5

| {{Bkw|YUG}}

| 3–2

6

| {{Bkw|POL}}

| 2–3

7

| {{Bkw|HUN}}

| 2–3

8

| {{Bkw|FRA}}

| 1–4

9

| {{Bkw|ITA}}

| 1–4

10

| {{Bkw|BEL}}

| 0–5