The Balkan Basketball Championship, sometimes referred to as the Balkan Basketball Cup or the Balkan Basketball Games, is the defunct competition that was the men's basketball competition added in 1959 to the Balkan Games that started in 1929. The purpose of the "Balkan Games" was to strengthen the relations between the nations of the Balkans region. The Balkan Games were a collection of athletics competitions added to the event over the years.
History The first men's basketball competition took place in Bucharest, in 1959. At the time, basketball was considered to be an important activity by the countries that competed in it. The best players from the Balkans region often competed at the tournament. Interest in the championship waned, and it was eventually cancelled. The last basketball tournament was held at Skopje, in 1990.
Results Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place1959 Bucharest — —1960 Sofia —1961 Skopje — —1962 Istanbul —1963 Athens —1964 BucharestH πλούσια… βαλκανική ιστορία Ελλάδας-Βουλγαρίας . —1965 Tirana — 1966 Sofia —1967 Skopje —1968 İzmir —1969 Thessaloniki —1970 Bucharest — — 1971 Vidin —1972 Sarajevo —1973 Istanbul —1974MAKEDONIA newspaper pg4. Thessaloniki — —1975 Bucharest — —1976 Burgas — —1977 Skopje —1978 Ankara —1979 Athens Βαλκανικό 1979: Τον Γκάλη η Ελλάδα τον «υποδέχθηκε» με χρυσό μετάλλιο .Εθνική μπάσκετ Σεπτέμβριος 1979 . —1980 Cluj-Napoca —1981 Sofia —1982 Istanbul —1983 Titov Vrbas —1984 Athens — — 1985 Bucharest —1986 Sofia — — 1988 Antalya —1990 Skopje
Medals (1959-1990)
Sources Athletic Echo Newspaper 14 September 1979 page 5
References
External links Βαλκανικό 1979: Τον Γκάλη η Ελλάδα τον «υποδέχθηκε» με χρυσό μετάλλιο Balkan 1979: Gali was "welcomed" by Greece with a gold medal Εθνική μπάσκετ Σεπτέμβριος 1979 National Basketball September 1979 H πλούσια… βαλκανική ιστορία Ελλάδας-Βουλγαρίας The rich Balkan history of Greece-Bulgaria Green national team games
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