| | Top level | Event type
Basketball, Men – Group B, Match #1
| Date | 27 November 1956 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building Annex, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Bill Annells |  AUS |
| Referee | Charlie Sien |  SGP |
| Attendance | 2,680 |
Score
| 1 | 2 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |  USA | 48 | 37 | 85 |
| Bulgaria |  BUL | 19 | 25 | 44 |
United States
| Pos | Nr | Player | PTS | TP | 2P | 2P% | 3P | 3P% | FG | FG% | FT | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | DQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bill Hougland | 8 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 3/7 | 0.429 | 2/2 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| 5 | K. C. Jones | 12 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 3/9 | 0.333 | 6/6 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | ||||
| 6 | Bill Russell | 12 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 5/11 | 0.455 | 2/5 | 0.400 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| 7 | Jim Walsh | 3 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/5 | 0.200 | 1/1 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| 8 | Billy Evans | 3 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 0/2 | 0.000 | 3/4 | 0.750 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 9 | Burdie Haldorson | 9 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 3/7 | 0.429 | 3/3 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| 10 | Ron Tomsic | 8 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 3/10 | 0.300 | 2/2 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| 11 | Dick Boushka | 2 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/4 | 0.250 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | ||||
| 12 | Gib Ford | 6 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 3/6 | 0.500 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 13 | Bob Jeangerard | 19 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 7/12 | 0.583 | 5/5 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||||
| 14 | Chuck Darling | 3 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/4 | 0.250 | 1/3 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | ||||
| Team Totals | 85 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 30/77 | 0.389 | 25/31 | 0.806 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | |||||
| Coach | Gerald Tucker |
Bulgaria
| Pos | Nr | Player | PTS | TP | 2P | 2P% | 3P | 3P% | FG | FG% | FT | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | DQ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 3 | Atanas Atanasov | 4 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 2/6 | 0.333 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | |||
| Center | 5 | Iliya Mirchev | 7 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 2/7 | 0.286 | 3/3 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | |||
| Center | 6 | Viktor Radev | 15 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 6/14 | 0.429 | 3/3 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 7 | Georgi Kanev | 6 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 3/6 | 0.500 | 0/2 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 8 | Vasil Manchenko | 1 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 0/3 | 0.000 | 1/4 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Konstantin Totev | 6 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 3/8 | 0.375 | 0/2 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Tsvetko Slavov | 3 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 1/3 | 0.333 | 1/2 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | |||
| Guard | 12 | Lyubomir Panov | 2 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 0/2 | 0.000 | 2/2 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| Guard | 13 | Nikolay Ilov | 0 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 0/1 | 0.000 | 0/0 | 0.000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | |||
| Team Totals | 44 | – | –/– | – | –/– | – | 17/50 | 0.340 | 10/18 | 0.556 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | – | |||||
| Coach | Ludmil Katerinski |