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class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Group 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_1-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Group_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Group_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Group 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Classification_13–15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Classification_13–15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Classification 13–15</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Classification_13–15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Classification_9–12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Classification_9–12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Classification 9–12</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Classification_9–12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Quarterfinals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Quarterfinals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Quarterfinals</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Quarterfinals-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Quarterfinals subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Quarterfinals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Group_A_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Group_A_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Group A</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_A_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Group_B_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Group_B_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Group B</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Group_B_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Classification_5–8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Classification_5–8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Classification 5–8</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Classification_5–8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Classification_Semifinals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Classification_Semifinals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.1</span> <span>Classification Semifinals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Classification_Semifinals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Seventh-place_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Seventh-place_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.2</span> <span>Seventh-place match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Seventh-place_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fifth-place_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fifth-place_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3.3</span> <span>Fifth-place match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fifth-place_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final_round" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_round"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Final round</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Final_round-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Final round subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Final_round-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Semifinals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Semifinals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Semifinals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Semifinals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bronze-medal_match" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bronze-medal_match"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Bronze-medal match</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bronze-medal_match-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Final</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Awards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final_rankings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_rankings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Final rankings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_rankings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet 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Available in 31 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-31" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">31 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%A1arka_na_Olimpijskim_igrama_1956." title="Košarka na Olimpijskim igrama 1956. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Košarka na Olimpijskim igrama 1956." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A0squet_als_Jocs_Ol%C3%ADmpics_d%27estiu_de_1956" title="Bàsquet als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1956 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bàsquet als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1956" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketbal_na_Letn%C3%ADch_olympijsk%C3%BDch_hr%C3%A1ch_1956" title="Basketbal na Letních olympijských hrách 1956 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Basketbal na Letních olympijských hrách 1956" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympische_Sommerspiele_1956/Basketball" title="Olympische Sommerspiele 1956/Basketball – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Olympische Sommerspiele 1956/Basketball" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B7_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%82_%CE%9F%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%B3%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%82_1956" title="Καλαθοσφαίριση στους Θερινούς Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες 1956 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Καλαθοσφαίριση στους Θερινούς Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες 1956" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Baloncesto_en_los_Juegos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_Melbourne_1956" title="Anexo:Baloncesto en los Juegos Olímpicos de Melbourne 1956 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Baloncesto en los Juegos Olímpicos de Melbourne 1956" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B5%DB%B6" title="بسکتبال در بازی‌های المپیک تابستانی ۱۹۵۶ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بسکتبال در بازی‌های المپیک تابستانی ۱۹۵۶" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket-ball_aux_Jeux_olympiques_d%27%C3%A9t%C3%A9_de_1956" title="Basket-ball aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1956 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Basket-ball aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1956" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketbal_op_de_Olympyske_Simmerspullen_1956" title="Basketbal op de Olympyske Simmerspullen 1956 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Basketbal op de Olympyske Simmerspullen 1956" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%A1arka_na_OI_1956." title="Košarka na OI 1956. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Košarka na OI 1956." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallacanestro_ai_Giochi_della_XVI_Olimpiade" title="Pallacanestro ai Giochi della XVI Olimpiade – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Pallacanestro ai Giochi della XVI Olimpiade" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%9C_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%90%D7%93%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9F_(1956)" title="כדורסל באולימפיאדת מלבורן (1956) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="כדורסל באולימפיאדת מלבורן (1956)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketbols_1956._gada_vasaras_olimpiskaj%C4%81s_sp%C4%93l%C4%93s" title="Basketbols 1956. gada vasaras olimpiskajās spēlēs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Basketbols 1956. gada vasaras olimpiskajās spēlēs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kos%C3%A1rlabda_az_1956._%C3%A9vi_ny%C3%A1ri_olimpiai_j%C3%A1t%C3%A9kokon" title="Kosárlabda az 1956. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kosárlabda az 1956. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8_1956_(%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B8)" title="Кошарка на Летните олимписки игри 1956 (мажи) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Кошарка на Летните олимписки игри 1956 (мажи)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketbal_op_de_Olympische_Zomerspelen_1956" title="Basketbal op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Basketbal op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956%E5%B9%B4%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AE%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E7%AB%B6%E6%8A%80" title="1956年メルボルンオリンピックのバスケットボール競技 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1956年メルボルンオリンピックのバスケットボール競技" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_under_Sommer-OL_1956" title="Basketball under Sommer-OL 1956 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Basketball under Sommer-OL 1956" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koszyk%C3%B3wka_na_Letnich_Igrzyskach_Olimpijskich_1956" title="Koszykówka na Letnich Igrzyskach Olimpijskich 1956 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Koszykówka na Letnich Igrzyskach Olimpijskich 1956" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basquetebol_nos_Jogos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_Ver%C3%A3o_de_1956" title="Basquetebol nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1956 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Basquetebol nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1956" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1956 Olympic Summer Games competition</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">International basketball tournament</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive 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class="infobox-label">Olympics</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics" title="1956 Summer Olympics">1956 Summer Olympics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Host nation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">November 22 – December 1</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#dddddd">Men's tournament</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Teams</th><td class="infobox-data">15</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse; margin:0; text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Medals</th></tr><tr><td><span class="mw-default-size" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span> Bronze medalists</td><td> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a></td></tr> 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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. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualified_Teams">Qualified Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Qualified Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td width="20px" bgcolor="#FFD700"></td> <td>Outright qualifier, <a href="/wiki/1954_FIBA_World_Championship" title="1954 FIBA World Championship">World Champion</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="20px" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"></td> <td>Outright qualifier, <a href="/wiki/1954_FIBA_World_Championship" title="1954 FIBA World Championship">World Runner-up</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="20px" bgcolor="#CD7F32"></td> <td>Outright qualifier, <a href="/wiki/1954_FIBA_World_Championship" title="1954 FIBA World Championship">World Bronze medalists</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="20px" bgcolor="#ccffcc"></td> <td>Host nation </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable collapsible autocollapse" width="850" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Teams Participating by Region </th></tr> <tr> <th>Americas </th> <th>Europe </th> <th>Asia </th> <th>Africa </th> <th>Oceania </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFD700"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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1956 Summer Olympics">Philippines</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#D3D3D3" rowspan="6" style="text-align:center"><i>No team participated</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#ccffcc"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Australia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" 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title="France at the 1956 Summer Olympics">France</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Japan</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center">— </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#C0C0C0"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brazil_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Brazil at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Brazil</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Canada at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Canada</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Bulgaria</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281946%E2%80%931952%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Singapore_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Singapore at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Singapore</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center">— </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center">— </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Republic of China at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Republic of China</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/22px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/33px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/44px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thailand_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Thailand at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Thailand</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Number of Berths Allocated for the Tournament </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Region </th> <th>Automatic </th> <th>From the <br /> previous <br /> <a href="/wiki/1954_FIBA_World_Championship" title="1954 FIBA World Championship">World Cup</a> </th> <th>Berth as <br /> Host nation </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FIBA_Europe" title="FIBA Europe">Europe</a> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center"><i>N/A</i> </td> <th>4 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FIBA_Americas" title="FIBA Americas">Americas</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <th>4 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FIBA_Asia" title="FIBA Asia">Asia</a> </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <th>6 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FIBA_Africa" title="FIBA Africa">Africa</a> </td> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center"><i>No team participated</i> </td> <th>0 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FIBA_Oceania" title="FIBA Oceania">Oceania</a> </td> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <th>1 </th></tr> <tr> <th>TOTAL </th> <th>11 </th> <th>3 </th> <th>1 </th> <th>15 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medalists">Medalists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Medalists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"><b>Gold:</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"><b>Silver:</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"><b>Bronze:</b> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(USA)</span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Carl_Cain" title="Carl Cain">Carl Cain</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hougland" title="Bill Hougland">Bill Hougland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/K.C._Jones" title="K.C. Jones">K.C. Jones</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jim_Walsh_(basketball)" title="Jim Walsh (basketball)">James Walsh</a><br /><a href="/wiki/William_Evans_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Evans (basketball)">William Evans</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Burdette_Haldorsson" class="mw-redirect" title="Burdette Haldorsson">Burdette Haldorsson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Tomsic" class="mw-redirect" title="Ronald Tomsic">Ronald Tomsic</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dick_Boushka" title="Dick Boushka">Dick Boushka</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Ford" title="Gilbert Ford">Gilbert Ford</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jeangerard" title="Robert Jeangerard">Robert Jeangerard</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Charles_Darling_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Darling (basketball)">Charles Darling</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Soviet Union</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(URS)</span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Valdis_Mui%C5%BEnieks" title="Valdis Muižnieks">Valdis Muižnieks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Maigonis_Valdmanis" title="Maigonis Valdmanis">Maigonis Valdmanis</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Torban" title="Vladimir Torban">Vladimir Torban</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Stasys_Stonkus" class="mw-redirect" title="Stasys Stonkus">Stasys Stonkus</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kazys_Petkevi%C4%8Dius" title="Kazys Petkevičius">Kazys Petkevičius</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Arkadi_Bochkarev" class="mw-redirect" title="Arkadi Bochkarev">Arkadi Bochkarev</a><br /><a href="/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Kr%C5%ABmi%C5%86%C5%A1" title="Jānis Krūmiņš">Jānis Krūmiņš</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Semyonov_(basketball)" title="Mikhail Semyonov (basketball)">Mikhail Semyonov</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Algirdas_Lauritenas" class="mw-redirect" title="Algirdas Lauritenas">Algirdas Lauritenas</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Ozerov_(basketball)" title="Yuri Ozerov (basketball)">Yuri Ozerov</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Zubkov_(basketball)" title="Viktor Zubkov (basketball)">Viktor Zubkov</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Studenetsky" title="Mikhail Studenetsky">Mikhail Studenetsky</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/33px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/44px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Uruguay at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Uruguay</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(URU)</span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Blixen" title="Carlos Blixen">Carlos Blixen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ramiro_Cortes_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramiro Cortes (basketball)">Ramiro Cortes</a><br /><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Costa" title="Héctor Costa">Héctor Costa</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Chelle" title="Nelson Chelle">Nelson Chelle</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Demarco" title="Nelson Demarco">Nelson Demarco</a><br /><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Garc%C3%ADa_Otero" class="mw-redirect" title="Héctor García Otero">Héctor García Otero</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Gonz%C3%A1les_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlos Gonzáles (basketball)">Carlos Gonzáles</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sergio_Matto" title="Sergio Matto">Sergio Matto</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Moglia" title="Oscar Moglia">Oscar Moglia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Mera" title="Raúl Mera">Raúl Mera</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ariel_Olascoaga" title="Ariel Olascoaga">Ariel Olascoaga</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Milton_Scaron" title="Milton Scaron">Milton Scaron</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Squads">Squads</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Squads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the team rosters see: <i><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preliminary_round">Preliminary round</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Preliminary round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_A">Group A</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Group A"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011077906">.mw-parser-output .sports-table-notes{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em}</style> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point difference">PD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">320 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">122 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">+198 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Quarterfinals">Quarterfinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Philippines men's national basketball team">Philippines</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">224 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">237 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">−13 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Japan men's national basketball team">Japan</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">171 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">225 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">−54 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Classification_9–15">9th–15th classification round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Thailand men's national basketball team">Thailand</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">134 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">265 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">−131 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/2934/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/group-standing.html">FIBA archive</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.</div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">23 November<br /><small> 13:30</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Philippines men's national basketball team">Philippines</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>94</b>–55</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Thailand men's national basketball team">Thailand</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>34</b>–24, <b>60</b>–31</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">23 November</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>98</b>–40</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Japan men's national basketball team">Japan</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>33</b>–20, <b>65</b>–20</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">24 November</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>101</b>–29</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Thailand men's national basketball team">Thailand</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>54</b>–12, <b>47</b>–17</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">24 November</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Japan men's national basketball team">Japan</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">61–<b>77</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Philippines men's national basketball team">Philippines</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 29–<b>37</b>, 32–<b>40</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">26 November</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Thailand_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Thailand men's national basketball team">Thailand</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">50–<b>70</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Japan men's national basketball team">Japan</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 20–<b>35</b>, 30–<b>35</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">26 November</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>121</b>–53</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Philippines men's national basketball team">Philippines</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>66</b>–23, <b>55</b>–30</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_B">Group B</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Group B"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point difference">PD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">236 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">183 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">+53 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Quarterfinals">Quarterfinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">255 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">177 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">+78 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Canada men's national basketball team">Canada</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">206 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">234 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">−28 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Classification_9–15">9th–15th classification round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Singapore men's national basketball team">Singapore</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">154 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">257 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">−103 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/2934/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/group-standing.html">FIBA archive</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.</div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>97</b>–59</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Canada men's national basketball team">Canada</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 46–20, 51–39</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Singapore_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Singapore men's national basketball team">Singapore</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">54–<b>81</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 22–44, 32–37</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">67–<b>76</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 18–24, 49–52</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Canada men's national basketball team">Canada</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>85</b>–58</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Singapore men's national basketball team">Singapore</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 51–30, 34–28</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>91</b>–42</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Singapore men's national basketball team">Singapore</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 40–21, 51–21</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>79</b>–62</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Canada men's national basketball team">Canada</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 43–35, 36–27</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_C">Group C</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Group C"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point difference">PD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">238 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">187 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">+51 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Quarterfinals">Quarterfinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Bulgaria men's national basketball team">Bulgaria</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">242 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">199 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">+43 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team">Formosa</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">216 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">249 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">−33 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Classification_9–15">9th–15th classification round</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="South Korea men's national basketball team">South Korea</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">194 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">255 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">−61 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/2934/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/group-standing.html">FIBA archive</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.</div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">22 November<br /><small> 20:00</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="South Korea men's national basketball team">South Korea</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">76–<b>83</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team">Formosa</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 28–<b>42</b>, <b>48</b>–41</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">23 November<br /><small> 16:30</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>70</b>–65</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Bulgaria men's national basketball team">Bulgaria</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>38</b>–35, <b>32</b>–30</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">24 November<br /><small> 10:30</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>85</b>–62</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team">Formosa</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>39</b>–36, <b>46</b>–26</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">24 November<br /><small> 13:30</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Bulgaria men's national basketball team">Bulgaria</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>89</b>–58</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="South Korea men's national basketball team">South Korea</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>47</b>–33, <b>42</b>–25</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">26 November<br /><small> 10:30</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team">Formosa</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">71–<b>88</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Bulgaria men's national basketball team">Bulgaria</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 35–<b>47</b>, 36–<b>41</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">26 November<br /><small> 16:30</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>83</b>–60</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="South Korea men's national basketball team">South Korea</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 35–25, 48–35</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_D">Group D</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Group D"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point difference">PD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Brazil men's national basketball team">Brazil</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">167 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">125 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">+42 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Quarterfinals">Quarterfinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chile men's national basketball team">Chile</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">137 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">134 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3FF;">+3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3FF;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national basketball team">Australia</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(H)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">122 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">167 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;">−45 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFFFBB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFFFBB;" rowspan="1"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Classification_9–15">9th–15th classification round</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/2934/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/group-standing.html">FIBA archive</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold">(H)</span> Hosts</div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Chile_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chile men's national basketball team">Chile</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">59–<b>78</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Brazil men's national basketball team">Brazil</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 34–39, 25–39</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Brazil_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Brazil men's national basketball team">Brazil</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>89</b>–66</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national basketball team">Australia</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 50–35, 39–31</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Chile_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chile men's national basketball team">Chile</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>78</b>–56</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national basketball team">Australia</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 37–27, 41–29</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification_9–15"><span id="Classification_9.E2.80.9315"></span>Classification 9–15</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Classification 9–15"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_1">Group 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Group 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point difference">PD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team">Formosa</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">218 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">189 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">+29 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFDDDD;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Classification_9–12">9th–12th classification playoffs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national basketball team">Australia</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(H)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">258 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">208 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">+50 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFDDDD;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Singapore men's national basketball team">Singapore</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">200 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">215 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">−15 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFCCCC;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Classification_13–16">13th–16th classification playoffs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Thailand men's national basketball team">Thailand</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">150 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">214 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">−64 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFCCCC;">3 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/rid/413/sid/2935/tid/0/_/1960_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/group-standing.html">FIBA archive</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold">(H)</span> Hosts</div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Singapore_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Singapore national basketball team">Singapore</a> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore"><img alt="Singapore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">64–<b>67</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team">Formosa</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 23–26, 41–41</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national basketball team">Australia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>87</b>–48</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Thailand men's national basketball team">Thailand</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>48</b>–23, <b>39</b>–25</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Thailand_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Thailand men's national basketball team">Thailand</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">50–<b>62</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Singapore men's national basketball team">Singapore</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 26–<b>29</b>, 24–<b>33</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national basketball team">Australia</a> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">73–<b>86</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team">Formosa</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>40</b>–39, 33–<b>47</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team">Formosa</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>65</b>–52</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Thailand men's national basketball team">Thailand</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>35</b>–31, <b>30</b>–21</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national basketball team">Australia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>98</b>–74</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Singapore men's national basketball team">Singapore</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>48</b>–36, <b>50</b>–38</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_2">Group 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Group 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point difference">PD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Canada men's national basketball team">Canada</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">147 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">123 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">+24 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFDDDD;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics#Classification_9–12" title="Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics">9th–12th classification playoffs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Japan men's national basketball team">Japan</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">143 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">140 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFDDDD;">+3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFDDDD;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="South Korea men's national basketball team">South Korea</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">130 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">157 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;">−27 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#FFCCCC;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#FFCCCC;" rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics#Classification_13–16" title="Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics">13th–16th classification playoffs</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/rid/381/sid/2934/tid/0/_/1956_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/group-standing.html">FIBA archive</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.</div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="South Korea men's national basketball team">South Korea</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">63–<b>74</b> (OT)</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Canada men's national basketball team">Canada</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 31–<b>32</b>, <b>31</b>–30 <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> 1–<b>12</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Japan men's national basketball team">Japan</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>83</b>–67</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="South Korea men's national basketball team">South Korea</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>36</b>–23, <b>47</b>–44</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Canada men's national basketball team">Canada</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%281921%E2%80%931957%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>73</b>–60</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Japan men's national basketball team">Japan</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>40</b>–26, 33–<b>34</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classification_13–15"><span id="Classification_13.E2.80.9315"></span>Classification 13–15</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Classification 13–15"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.9em 2em 1em 1em;border:0;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;"><tbody><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">Classification Semifinals</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">13th-place match</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td><td width="15"> </td><td width="20"> </td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">1 December</td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="7"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Thailand men's national basketball team">Thailand</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">47</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">1 December</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="South Korea men's national basketball team">South Korea</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>61 </b></td><td rowspan="3" style="border-width:3px 3px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="South Korea men's national basketball team">South Korea</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">79</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top"><div style="height:3px;border-right:3px solid"></div></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-width:3px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Singapore men's national basketball team">Singapore</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>92 </b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Thailand was named as the final placers of the games because of their loss to the Koreans.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classification_9–12"><span id="Classification_9.E2.80.9312"></span>Classification 9–12</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Classification 9–12"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.9em 2em 1em 1em;border:0;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;"><tbody><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">Classification Semifinals</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">Ninth-place match</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td><td width="15"> </td><td width="20"> </td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">1 December</td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="7"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team">Formosa</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">61</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">1 December</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Japan men's national basketball team">Japan</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>82 </b></td><td rowspan="6" style="border:3px solid;border-left:0"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Japan men's national basketball team">Japan</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">60</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">1 December</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-width:3px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Canada men's national basketball team">Canada</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>75 </b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national basketball team">Australia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">38</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Canada men's national basketball team">Canada</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>83 </b></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">Eleventh-place match</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="7" colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">1 December</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team">Formosa</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>87</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national basketball team">Australia</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">70 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quarterfinals">Quarterfinals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Quarterfinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td width="10px" bgcolor="ccffcc"></td> <td>Advance to the semifinals </td></tr> <tr> <td width="10px" bgcolor="ffffbb"></td> <td>Relegated to the 5th-8th classification </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_A_2">Group A</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Group A"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point difference">PD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">195 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">187 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">5<sup id="cite_ref-table_hth_A0.67632766797968_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_hth_A0.67632766797968-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Semifinals">Semifinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">221 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">209 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+12 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">5<sup id="cite_ref-table_hth_A0.67632766797968_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_hth_A0.67632766797968-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chile men's national basketball team">Chile</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">221 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">220 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">+1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCF9FF;">4<sup id="cite_ref-table_hth_C0.67632766797968_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_hth_C0.67632766797968-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Classification_5–8">5th–8th classification playoffs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Philippines men's national basketball team">Philippines</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">204 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">225 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">−21 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCF9FF;">4<sup id="cite_ref-table_hth_C0.67632766797968_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-table_hth_C0.67632766797968-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/rid/413/sid/2935/tid/0/_/1960_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/group-standing.html">FIBA archive</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.<br />Notes:</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-table_hth_A0.67632766797968-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-table_hth_A0.67632766797968_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-table_hth_A0.67632766797968_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Head-to-head record: France 1–0 Uruguay</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-table_hth_C0.67632766797968-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-table_hth_C0.67632766797968_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-table_hth_C0.67632766797968_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Head-to-head record: Chile 1–0 Philippines</span> </li> </ol></div></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>71</b>–60</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chile men's national basketball team">Chile</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>37</b>–23, 34–<b>37</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>79</b>–70 (OT)</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Philippines men's national basketball team">Philippines</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>42</b>–39, 26–<b>29</b> <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> <b>11</b>–2</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>80</b>–73</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chile men's national basketball team">Chile</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>40</b>–25, 40–<b>48</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Philippines men's national basketball team">Philippines</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>65</b>–58 (OT)</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>30</b>–26, 25–<b>29</b> <b><a href="/wiki/Overtime_(sports)#Basketball" title="Overtime (sports)">Overtime</a>:</b> <b>10</b>–3</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Chile_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chile men's national basketball team">Chile</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>88</b>–69</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Philippines men's national basketball team">Philippines</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>42</b>–32, <b>46</b>–37</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">62–<b>66</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 31–<b>38</b>, <b>31</b>–28</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_B_2">Group B</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Group B"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1011077906"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point difference">PD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Qualification </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">283 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">150 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">+133 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Semifinals">Semifinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">208 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">209 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#BBF3BB;">−1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#BBF3BB;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Bulgaria men's national basketball team">Bulgaria</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">1 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">2 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">182 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">224 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">−42 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCF9FF;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;" rowspan="2"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Classification_5–8">5th–8th classification playoffs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Brazil men's national basketball team">Brazil</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">3 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">192 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">282 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCF9FF;">−90 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCF9FF;">3 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/rid/413/sid/2935/tid/0/_/1960_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/group-standing.html">FIBA archive</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.</div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Bulgaria men's national basketball team">Bulgaria</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">44–<b>85</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 19–<b>48</b>, 25–<b>37</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Brazil men's national basketball team">Brazil</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">68–<b>87</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 28–<b>37</b>, 40–<b>50</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Bulgaria men's national basketball team">Bulgaria</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">56–<b>66</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 32–<b>37</b>, 24–<b>29</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span></b></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>113</b>–51</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Brazil men's national basketball team">Brazil</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>50</b>–22, <b>63</b>–29</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color:"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">55–<b>85</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 32–<b>39</b>, 23–<b>46</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: ; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Bulgaria men's national basketball team">Bulgaria</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none"><b>82</b>–73</td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Brazil men's national basketball team">Brazil</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>38</b>–36, <b>44</b>–37</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classification_5–8"><span id="Classification_5.E2.80.938"></span>Classification 5–8</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Classification 5–8"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.9em 2em 1em 1em;border:0;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;"><tbody><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">Classification Semifinals</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">5th-place game</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td width="170"> </td><td width="30"> </td><td width="15"> </td><td width="20"> </td><td width="170"> </td><td width="30"> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="7"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/22px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/33px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/44px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chile_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Chile</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">64</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brazil_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Brazil at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Brazil</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>89</b> </td><td rowspan="6" style="border:3px solid;border-left:0"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brazil_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Brazil at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Brazil</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">52</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-width:3px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Bulgaria</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>64</b> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Philippines_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Philippines at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Philippines</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">70</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_%281948%E2%80%931967%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Bulgaria</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>80</b> </td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">7th-place game</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="7" colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/22px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/33px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/44px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chile_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Chile at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Chile</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">68</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%281936%E2%80%931985%2C_1986%E2%80%931998%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Philippines_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Philippines at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Philippines</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>75</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Classification_Semifinals">Classification Semifinals</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Classification Semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">30 November<br /><small> 15:00</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://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</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Chile_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chile men's national basketball team">Chile</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">64–<b>89</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Brazil men's national basketball team">Brazil</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 33–<b>55</b>, 31–<b>34</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Ostoic" title="Juan Ostoic">Ostoic</a> 13</td> <td></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Edson_Bispo_dos_Santos" title="Edson Bispo dos Santos">dos Santos</a> 27</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">30 November<br /><small> 16:30</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://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</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Philippines men's national basketball team">Philippines</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">70–<b>80</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Bulgaria men's national basketball team">Bulgaria</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 43–<b>50</b>, 27–<b>30</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Badion" title="Carlos Badion">Badion</a> 27</td> <td></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Radev" title="Viktor Radev">Radev</a> 21</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Seventh-place_match">Seventh-place match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Seventh-place match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eeffff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eeffff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1 December</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eeffff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://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</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eeffff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Chile_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chile men's national basketball team">Chile</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">68–<b>75</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Philippines men's national basketball team">Philippines</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> <b>38</b>–33, 30–<b>42</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eeffff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fifth-place_match">Fifth-place match</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Fifth-place match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eeffff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eeffff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1 December</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eeffff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://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</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eeffff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Brazil_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Brazil men's national basketball team">Brazil</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281889%E2%80%931960%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">52–<b>64</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Bulgaria men's national basketball team">Bulgaria</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 26–<b>27</b>, 26–<b>37</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eeffff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_round">Final round</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Final round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin:.9em 2em 1em 1em;border:0;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;"><tbody><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">Semi-finals</td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">Gold-medal match</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td><td width="15"> </td><td width="20"> </td><td width="170"> </td><td width="40"> </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">30 November</td><td rowspan="4"></td><td rowspan="7"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex">(A2) <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">38</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">1 December</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b>(B1) <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>101 </b></td><td rowspan="6" style="border:3px solid;border-left:0"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b>(B1) <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>89</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">30 November</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-width:3px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:silver;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex">(B2) <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:silver;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">55 </td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex">(A1) <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">49</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b>(B2) <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>56 </b></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#202122;text-align:center;border:1px solid #aaa">Bronze-medal match</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="7" colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2">1 December</td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#C96;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex"><b>(A2) <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a></b></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#C96;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center"><b>71</b></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="height:1ex;overflow:hidden"> </div></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;padding:0 .6ex">(A1) <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a></td><td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;color:#202122;text-align:center">62 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Semifinals">Semifinals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Semifinals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #eee"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">30 November<br /><small> 20:00</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://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</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">49–<b>56</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 19–<b>25</b>, 30–<b>31</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Antoine" title="Roger Antoine">Antoine</a> 12</td> <td></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Kr%C5%ABmi%C5%86%C5%A1" title="Jānis Krūmiņš">Krūmiņš</a> 27</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #eee; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #fff"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">30 November<br /><small> 21:30</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://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</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">38–<b>101</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 10–<b>51</b>, 28–<b>50</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Mera" title="Raúl Mera">Mera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Blixen" title="Carlos Blixen">Blixen</a> 8 each</td> <td></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Tomsic" class="mw-redirect" title="Ronald Tomsic">Tomsic</a> 18</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fff; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bronze-medal_match">Bronze-medal match</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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style="color: inherit; background-color: #fdb; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">62–<b>71</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 29–<b>37</b>, 32–<b>34</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Monclar" title="Robert Monclar">Monclar</a> 16</td> <td></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Moglia" title="Oscar Moglia">Moglia</a> 25</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #fdb; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final">Final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><div style="width: 100%; color: inherit; background-color: #ffffd0"> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #ffffd0; float:left; width:14%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="text-align:center">1 December<br /><small> 21:30</small></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #ffffd0; float:left; width:6%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://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</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #ffffd0; float:left; width:54%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span></td> <td style="width:20%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; border-style:none">55–<b>89</b></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a></b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"><td style="text-align:center; border-style:none" colspan="3"><b>Scoring by half:</b> 27–<b>56</b>, 28–<b>33</b></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top; font-size:85%"> <td style="width:38%; text-align:right; border-style:none"><b><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Pts</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Semyonov_(basketball)" title="Mikhail Semyonov (basketball)">Semyonov</a> 15</td> <td></td> <td style="width:38%; text-align:left; border-style:none"><b>Pts:</b> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Jeangerard" title="Robert Jeangerard">Jeangerard</a> 16</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table style="color: inherit; background-color: #ffffd0; float:right; width:24%; table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border-style:none"><div style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exhibition_Building" title="Royal Exhibition Building">Royal Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear:both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th> 1956 Olympic Basketball champions  </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/68px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/90px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a><br />Fourth title</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_rankings">Final rankings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Final rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th width="40">Pos </th> <th width="180">Team </th> <th width="60">Record </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="United States men's national basketball team">United States</a></td> <td>8−0 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="2nd place, silver medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a></td> <td>5−3 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#C96"> <td><span data-sort-value="03 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="3rd place, bronze medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Uruguay men's national basketball team">Uruguay</a></td> <td>6−2 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td>4th</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a></td> <td>5−3 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td>5th</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Bulgaria men's national basketball team">Bulgaria</a></td> <td>5−3 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td>6th</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Brazil men's national basketball team">Brazil</a></td> <td>3−4 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td>7th</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines_%28navy_blue%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Philippines men's national basketball team">Philippines</a></td> <td>4−4 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td>8th</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chile men's national basketball team">Chile</a></td> <td>2–5 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td>9th</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Canada men's national basketball team">Canada</a></td> <td>5–2 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td>10th</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Japan men's national basketball team">Japan</a></td> <td>3–4 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td>11th</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team">Formosa</a></td> <td>5−3 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td>12th</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national basketball team">Australia</a></td> <td>2–5 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td>13th</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Singapore_%281952%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Singapore men's national basketball team">Singapore</a></td> <td>2–5 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td>14th</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="South Korea men's national basketball team">South Korea</a></td> <td>1–6 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor=""> <td>15th</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Thailand men's national basketball team">Thailand</a></td> <td>0–7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Tournaments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">1896–1900</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1904 Summer Olympics">1904</a> (demonstration)</i></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AAA">1908–1932</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics">2024</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Basketball_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Basketball_pictogram.svg/50px-Basketball_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Basketball_pictogram.svg/75px-Basketball_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Basketball_pictogram.svg/100px-Basketball_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Qualifications</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Pre-Olympic_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Pre-Olympic_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Pre-Olympic_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Pre-Olympic_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Pre-Olympic_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification (page does not exist)">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basketball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (page does not exist)">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Squads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_team_rosters" title="Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background:#"><div id="3x3_basketball" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/3x3_basketball_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="3x3 basketball at the Summer Olympics">3x3 basketball</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Tournaments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_3x3_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_3x3_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_3x3_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 tournament">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_3x3_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 tournament">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3x3_basketball_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/3x3_basketball_pictogram.svg/50px-3x3_basketball_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" 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qualification">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_3x3_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 qualification">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#;width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_3x3_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 qualification">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_3x3_qualification" title="Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 qualification">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#"><div> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics">1948</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1948 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1952 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1956</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1956 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1964 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics">1968</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1968 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics">1972</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics">URS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics">1976</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1976 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics">1980</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Yugoslavia men's national basketball team">Yugoslavia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics">YUG</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics">1984</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1988</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Soviet Union men's national basketball team">Soviet Union</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics">URS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1992</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1996</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1996 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2000</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="2000 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2004</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="784" data-file-height="504" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Argentina_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Argentina men's national basketball team">Argentina</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Argentina_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics">ARG</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2008</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2012</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="2012 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2016</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="2016 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2020</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="2020 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2024</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="2024 United States men's Olympic basketball team">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a 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