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EUROBASKET 1935


Portugal nearly joined the field of the first European championship, but in the only qualification game held for the tournament the Portuguese lost to the Spanish team in Madrid .


EUROBASKET 1951


Portugal's European championship debut was at Eurobasket 1951 in Paris . Both of their preliminary round games were losses, though they did get an official win in Romania's forfeit to finish 1-2 and third place in the group.

In the first classification round, Portugal managed a win against Switzerland in a major upset, 51-49, but nevertheless finished in fourth and last place of the classification round group with a 1-2 record. They then lost to Denmark in the second round classification 13-16 game, but defeated Scotland in the 15/16 game to place 15th of 18 teams.