Basketball at the 1951 Mediterranean Games

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

Basketball
at the 1951 Mediterranean Games
1955 

Participating teams

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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

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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 8620421926849
6.  Turkey 761052202255
7.  Syria 66006207310103

Matches

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08 October
19:30
Syria  2544  Italy
Scoring by half: 10–06, 15–38
08 October
21:00
Spain  4839  Turkey
Scoring by half: 25–20, 23–19
09 October
19:30
Syria  4550  Greece
Scoring by half: 17–23, 28–27
09 October
21:00
Egypt  4733  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 18–12, 29–21
10 October
19:30
Spain  5834  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 30–17, 28–17
10 October
21:00
Italy  3836  Turkey
Scoring by half: 18–17, 20–19
11 October
19:30
Italy  4735  Greece
Scoring by half: 23–09, 24–26
11 October
21:00
Egypt  6130  Syria
Scoring by half: 27–19, 34–11
12 October
19:30
Greece  4733  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 25–16, 22–17
12 October
21:00
Egypt  2320  Turkey
Scoring by half: 09–12, 14–08
13 October
20:00
Spain  6044  Syria
Scoring by half: 33–16, 27–28
14 October
19:30
Italy  5034  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 16–16, 34–18
15 October
19:30
Lebanon  4434  Syria
Scoring by half: 19-20, 25–14
15 October
21:00
Greece  4337  Turkey
Scoring by half: 14-18, 29–19
16 October
19:30
Egypt  3937  Greece
Scoring by half: 23-27, 16–10
16 October
21:00
Spain  5247  Italy
Scoring by half: 23–25, 29–22
17 October
19:30
Lebanon  4132  Turkey
Scoring by half: 18–14, 23–18
17 October
21:00
Egypt  4124  Italy
Scoring by half: 21–15, 20–09
18 October
19:30
Turkey  5632  Syria
Scoring by half: 28–15, 28–17
18 October
21:00
Spain  4947  Greece
Scoring by half: 24–20, 25–27
19 October
20:00
Egypt  4139  Spain
Scoring by half: 24–20, 17–19

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men  Egypt  Spain  Italy

Final standings

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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

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  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.