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.

Basketball Final Stage Brackets in the 1956 Olympic Games
There Was No Round of 16		There Were No Quarter Finals		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

All the Games from the Playoffs

Date	Stage	Results
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
Dec 01, 1956	Final Game		Soviet Union	55 - 89	USA
			Silver		Gold