The 1953 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1953, was the eighth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by the Soviet Union, champions of EuroBasket 1951. Moscow was the location of the event.
In the preliminary round, the 17 teams were split up into four groups. One of the groups had five teams, with the other three having four each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round, while the remaining nine teams were relegated to classification play.
Lebanon refused to play Israel for political reasons; they received zero points for the match, as opposed to the usual 1 point for a loss.
The first classification round was played in two round-robin groups. Teams advanced into the second classification round depending on their results in the first roundâÂÂfirst and second place teams played in the 9âÂÂ12 segment of classification round 2 while third and fourth place teams played for 13th to 16th places. The fifth place team (one group had 5 teams, the other had 4) received 17th place.
The final round was played as an 8-team round robin, with no further playoffs.
Egypt refused to play Israel for political reasons; they received zero points for the match, as opposed to the usual 1 point for a loss, meaning they finished with 7 points to Italy's 8 despite having the same record.
1. Soviet Union: Otar Korkia, Stepas Butautas, Armenak Alachachian, Ilmar Kullam, Heino Kruus, Anatoly Konev, Aleksandr Moiseyev, Kazys PetkeviÃÂius, Justinas LagunaviÃÂius, Yuri Ozerov, Algirdas LauritÃÂnas, Viktor Vlasov, Gunars Silià Âà ¡, Lev Reshetnikov (Coach: Konstantin Travin)
2. Hungary: János Greminger, Tibor Mezà Âfi, Tibor ZsÃÂros, Laszlo Bánhegyi, Pál Bogár, György Bokor, Tibor Cselkó, Tibor Czinkán, Janos Hody, Laszlo Hody, Ede Komaromi, Péter Papp, Tibor Remay, János Simon (Coach: János Páder)
3. France: André Buffiere, René Chocat, Jacques Dessemme, Jacques Freimuller, Claude Gallay, Robert Guillin, Roger Haudegand, Robert Monclar, Jean Perniceni, Bernard Planque, Marc Quiblier, Henry Rey, Justy Specker, André Vacheresse (Coach: Robert Busnel)
4. Czechoslovakia: Ivan Mrazek, Jià ÂàBaumruk, ZdenÃÂk Bobrovský, Miroslav à  keà ÂÃÂk, Jaroslav à  ÃÂp, Jan Kozák, ZdenÃÂk Rylich, Radoslav SÃÂs, Jaroslav Tetiva, Jindà Âich Kinský, LubomÃÂr Koláà Â, Rudolf StanÃÂek, Eugen Horniak (Coach: LubomÃÂr Dobrý)
5. Israel: Ralph Klein, Avraham Schneor, Zacharia Ofri, Daniel Levy, Menachem Korman, Freddy Cohen, David Heiblum, Shimon Shelah, Ernst Wiener, Marcel Hefez, Mark Mimran, Dan Erez, Reuven Fecher (Coach: Jacob Saltiel)
6. Yugoslavia: Borko JovanoviÃÂ, Mirko MarjanoviÃÂ, Milan BjegojeviÃÂ, ÃÂorÃÂe Andrijaà ¡eviÃÂ, Ladislav Demà ¡ar, Borislav StankoviÃÂ, Dragan Godà ¾iÃÂ, Aleksandar Gec, Aleksandar Blaà ¡koviÃÂ, SrÃÂan Kalember, Vilmos Lóczi, Borislav ÃÂurÃÂiÃÂ, Lajos Engler (Coach: Nebojà ¡a PopoviÃÂ)