The 1959 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1959, was the eleventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Turkey, began on 21 May 1959 and concluded with the final on 31 May 1959. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. Mithat Paà Âa Stadium, Istanbul was the location of the event.
The Soviet Union claimed their fifth EuroBasket title, while Czechoslovakia captured the silver, and France the bronze.
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 other nine teams were relegated to classification play.
The first classification round was played in three round-robin groups. The first place from each group advanced to the second round to define the 9thâÂÂ11th places, the second from each group, the 12thâÂÂ14th and the remaining teams, the 14âÂÂ17th places in the final standings.
The Semi-Final round consisted of two round-robin groups, where the top two from each one advanced to the Final Round to decide the first four places in the final standings, and the remaining teams, the 5thâÂÂ8th places.
1. Soviet Union: JÃÂnis Krà «mià Âà ¡, Gennadi Volnov, Maigonis Valdmanis, Valdis Muià ¾nieks, Viktor Zubkov, Arkady Bochkarov, Yuri Korneev, Guram Minashvili, Mikhail Semyonov, Aleksandr Petrov, Vladimir Torban, Mikhail Studenetski (Coach: Stepan Spandaryan)
2. Czechoslovakia: Jià ÂàBaumruk, Frantià ¡ek KonviÃÂka, Bohumil TomÃ¡à ¡ek, Miroslav à  keà ÂÃÂk, Jaroslav à  ÃÂp, Boris LukÃ¡à ¡ik, Jaroslav Kà Âivý, Duà ¡an LukÃ¡à ¡ik, ZdenÃÂk Rylich, Jià ÂÃ à  à ¥astný, Jaroslav Tetiva, Bohuslav Rylich (Coach: Gustáv Herrmann)
3. France: Henri Grange, Robert Monclar, Maxime Dorigo, Philippe Baillet, Christian Baltzer, Andre Chavet, Jerome Christ, Jean-Claude Lefebvre, Bernard Mayeur, Michel Rat, Lucien Sedat, Henri Villecourt (Coach: Robert Busnel)
4. Hungary: János Greminger, Tibor ZsÃÂros, László Bánhegyi, Tibor Czinkán, László Gabányi, János Simon, János Bencze, Zoltán Judik, Ottó Temesvári, Miklós Boháty, ÃÂrpád Glatz, Merényi (Coach: János Páder)
9. Yugoslavia: Miodrag NikoliÃÂ, Marjan Kandus, Branko RadoviÃÂ, Slobodan GordiÃÂ, Igor Jelnikar, Matja Dermastija, Milutin Minja, Ivo Daneu, Nemanja ÃÂuriÃÂ, Radivoj KoraÃÂ, Radovan RadoviÃÂ, Boris KristanÃÂiÃÂ (Coach: Aleksandar NikoliÃÂ)