Eurobasket 1955
The next tournament, Eurobasket 1955, was hosted by Hungary in Budapest. The results of the preliminary round were hardly surprising for the Hungarians, as they won all three of their games to proceed to the final round. Their first game in that round was against Czechoslovakia, and the Hungarians quickly found themselves in the bottom half of the final round group with a 75-65 loss. Their next four games, however, were much different and Hungary defeated Poland, Italy, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia to rise to 4-1. This put them in a tie for the lead of the group with the Soviet Union, who had also lost to Czechoslovakia.
In a game that was never particularly close, the Hungarians handed the Soviets only their second loss, 82-68, in 34 games and 4 Eurobasket tournaments. Hungary advanced to 5-1, in sole lead of the pool, which they never relinquished as they defeated Romania to finish at 6-1 with the gold medal.
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