Balkan Basketball Championship

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Balkan Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1959
First season1959
Ceased1990
No. of teams4 to 6
CountriesBalkans nations

The Balkan Basketball Championship, sometimes referred to as the Balkan Basketball Cup or the Balkan Basketball Games, is the defunct competition that was the men's basketball competition added in 1959 to the Balkan Games that started in 1929. The purpose of the "Balkan Games" was to strengthen the relations between the nations of the Balkans region. The Balkan Games were a collection of athletics competitions added to the event over the years.

History

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The first men's basketball competition took place in Bucharest, in 1959. At the time, basketball was considered to be an important activity by the countries that competed in it. The best players from the Balkans region often competed at the tournament. Interest in the championship waned, and it was eventually cancelled. The last basketball tournament was held at Skopje, in 1990.

Results

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Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place
1959 Romania Bucharest File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania — —
1960 Bulgaria Sofia File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania —
1961 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Skopje File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey — —
1962 Turkey Istanbul File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece —
1963 Greece Athens File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey —
1964 Romania Bucharest[1] File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey —
1965 Albania Tirana File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania —
1966 Bulgaria Sofia File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey —
1967 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Skopje File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey —
1968 Turkey İzmir File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece —
1969 Greece Thessaloniki File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey —
1970 Romania Bucharest File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece — —
1971 Bulgaria Vidin File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania —
1972 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey —
1973 Turkey Istanbul File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece —
1974[2] Greece Thessaloniki File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece — —
1975 Romania Bucharest File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece — —
1976 Bulgaria Burgas File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania — —
1977 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Skopje File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey —
1978 Turkey Ankara File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey —
1979 Greece Athens File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece[3][4] File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria —
1980 Romania Cluj-Napoca File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey —
1981 Bulgaria Sofia File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia —
1982 Turkey Istanbul File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece —
1983 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Titov Vrbas File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania —
1984 Greece Athens File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania — —
1985 Romania Bucharest File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria —
1986 Bulgaria Sofia File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia — —
1988 Turkey Antalya File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania —
1990 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Skopje File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania

Medals (1959-1990)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia235028
2File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria410620
3File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece24915
4File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey13610
5File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania08917
Totals (5 entries)30303090

Sources

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  • Athletic Echo Newspaper 14 September 1979 page 5 (in Greek)

References

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  1. ^ H πλούσια… βαλκανική ιστορία Ελλάδας-Βουλγαρίας (in Greek).
  2. ^ MAKEDONIA newspaper pg4.
  3. ^ Βαλκανικό 1979: Τον Γκάλη η Ελλάδα τον «υποδέχθηκε» με χρυσό μετάλλιο (in Greek).
  4. ^ Εθνική μπάσκετ Σεπτέμβριος 1979 (in Greek).
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