| Date | 30 November 1956 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building Annex, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Dave Thomas |  AUS |
| Referee | S. Sasaki |  JPN |
| Attendance | 3,028 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Half #1 | Half #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 56 | 25 | 31 | |
| – | France |  FRA | 49 | 19 | 30 |
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | Total Field Goals Made | Free Throws Made | Free Throw Attempts | FT% | Personal Fouls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Maigonis Valdmanis | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Vladimir Torban | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Kazys Petkevičius | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Arkady Bochkaryov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | Jānis Krūmiņš | 27 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0.900 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | Mikhail Semyonov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Yury Ozerov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 5 | ||||
| Team Totals | 56 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 31 | 0.903 | 21 | |||||
| Coach | Stepan Spandaryan | |||||||||||
France| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | Total Field Goals Made | Free Throws Made | Free Throw Attempts | FT% | Personal Fouls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Roger Haudegand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Robert Monclar | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.750 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | Henri Rey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 5 | ||||
| 9 | Roger Antoine | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 5 | ||||
| 10 | Henri Grange | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | Maurice Buffière | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 3 | ||||
| 13 | André Schlupp | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | Jean-Paul Beugnot | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 5 | ||||
| Team Totals | 49 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 0.739 | 26 | |||||
| Coach | Robert Busnel | |||||||||||
