Basketball Final Stage Brackets in the 1956 Olympic Games

Information about knockout stage results from the basketball tournament played in the 1956 Olympics with champion, medals, national teams, dates, scores, boxscores and more.

				Semi-Finals			Final Game
			France			49
			Soviet Union			56
						Final
						Soviet Union				55
						USA				89
					Third Place
					France			62
					Uruguay			71
			Uruguay			38
			USA			101

* The tournament didn't have Round of 16. * The tournament didn't have Quarter Finals.

All the Games from the Playoffs

Nov 27, 1956

Quarter-Final Rnd (9-15)

South Korea

63

-

74

Canada

Nov 27, 1956

Quarter-Final Rnd (9-15)

Australia

87

-

48

Thailand

Nov 27, 1956

Quarter-Final Rnd (9-15)

Singapore

64

-

67

Formosa

Nov 27, 1956

Quarter-Final (1-8)

France

71

-

60

Chile

Nov 27, 1956

Quarter-Final (1-8)

Bulgaria

44

-

85

USA

Nov 27, 1956

Quarter-Final (1-8)

Brazil

68

-

87

Soviet Union

Nov 27, 1956

Quarter-Final (1-8)

Uruguay

79

-

70

Philippines

Nov 28, 1956

Quarter-Final Rnd (9-15)

Thailand

50

-

62

Singapore

Nov 28, 1956

Quarter-Final Rnd (9-15)

Japan

83

-

67

South Korea

Nov 28, 1956

Quarter-Final Rnd (9-15)

Australia

73

-

86

Formosa

Nov 28, 1956

Quarter-Final (1-8)

Uruguay

80

-

73

Chile

Nov 28, 1956

Quarter-Final (1-8)

Bulgaria

56

-

66

Soviet Union

Nov 28, 1956

Quarter-Final (1-8)

France

58

-

65

Philippines

Nov 28, 1956

Quarter-Final (1-8)

USA

113

-

51

Brazil

Nov 29, 1956

Quarter-Final Rnd (9-15)

Formosa

65

-

52

Thailand

Nov 29, 1956

Quarter-Final Rnd (9-15)

Canada

73

-

60

Japan

Nov 29, 1956

Quarter-Final Rnd (9-15)

Australia

98

-

74

Singapore

Nov 29, 1956

Quarter-Final (1-8)

Soviet Union

55

-

85

USA

Nov 29, 1956

Quarter-Final (1-8)

Chile

88

-

69

Philippines

Nov 29, 1956

Quarter-Final (1-8)

Bulgaria

82

-

73

Brazil

Nov 29, 1956

Quarter-Final (1-8)

Uruguay

62

-

66

France

Nov 30, 1956

Classification 13-15

Thailand

47

-

61

South Korea

Nov 30, 1956

Classification 9-12

Formosa

61

-

82

Japan

Nov 30, 1956

Classification 9-12

Australia

38

-

83

Canada

Nov 30, 1956

Classification 5-8

Chile

64

-

89

Brazil

Nov 30, 1956

Classification 5-8

Philippines

70

-

80

Bulgaria

Nov 30, 1956

Semifinals

France

49

-

56

Soviet Union

Nov 30, 1956

Semifinals

Uruguay

38

-

101

USA

Dec 01, 1956

Classification 13-15, Place 13

Singapore

92

-

79

South Korea

Dec 01, 1956

Classification 9-12, Place 11

Formosa

87

-

70

Australia

Dec 01, 1956

Classification 9-12, Place 9

Japan

60

-

75

Canada

Dec 01, 1956

Classification 5-8, Place 7

Chile

68

-

75

Philippines

Dec 01, 1956

Classification 5-8, Place 5

Brazil

52

-

64

Bulgaria

Dec 01, 1956

3rd Place Game

France

62

-

71

Uruguay

Bronze: Uruguay

Dec 01, 1956

Final Game

Soviet Union

55

-

89

USA

Silver: Soviet Union / Gold: USA