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EUROBASKET 1951 The first German presence in the European basketball championships was at Eurobasket 1951 in Paris . West Germany finished the preliminary round with a 1-2 record, third place in their group. They were again 1-2 in the first classification round, but this combined with a three-way tie-breaker put them second in that group. They then lost the classification 9-12 and 11/12 games to finish 12th place of 18 teams. EUROBASKET 1953 West Germany competed again at the Eurobasket 1953 in Moscow . Their 1-2 record in preliminary pool play put them 3rd in their four-team group, relegating them to the classifiation rounds. In the first round, they again took 3rd of 4 with a 1-2 record. They then beat Lebanon 58-56 in the 13-16 semifinals to advance to the 13/14 game, in which they were defeated by Romania . EUROBASKET 1955 At Eurobasket 1955 in Budapest , West Germany again was 1-2 in the preliminary round, taking third place of the four-team group to be relegated to the classification tournament. They won one game in the first classification round, losing 3 to take fifth place of the 5-team group despite having scored exactly as many points as their opponents over the course of the four games. Their final game was a matchup against Denmark for 17th place, which West Germany won 51-49. EUROBASKET 1957 West Germany competed in Sofia for Eurobasket 1957 . They had no success in the preliminary round, losing all three decisions. They were relegated to the classification round, in which they were able to gather a few victories. They finished the round in the fifth position at 3-4, taking 13th place overall. |
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