| | Top level | Event type
Basketball, Men – Match #1
| Date | 27 November 1956 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building Annex, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Bill Annells |  AUS |
| Referee | Charlie Sien |  SGP |
| Attendance | 2,680 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | United States |  USA | 85 | |
| – | Bulgaria |  BUL | 44 |
United States
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | 1st-Half Points | 2nd-Half Points | Disqualifications | 2-point Field Goals Attempts | 2-point Field Goals % | FG | FG% | FT | Free Throws % | Personal Fouls | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bill Hougland | 8 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 3/7 | 0.429 | 2/2 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||
| 5 | K. C. Jones | 12 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 3/9 | 0.333 | 6/6 | 1.000 | 3 | ||||||
| 6 | Bill Russell | 12 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 5/11 | 0.455 | 2/5 | 0.400 | 2 | ||||||
| 7 | Jim Walsh | 3 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 1/5 | 0.200 | 1/1 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Billy Evans | 3 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0/2 | 0.000 | 3/4 | 0.750 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Burdie Haldorson | 9 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 3/7 | 0.429 | 3/3 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | Ron Tomsic | 8 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 3/10 | 0.300 | 2/2 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | Dick Boushka | 2 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 1/4 | 0.250 | 0/0 | 0.000 | 3 | ||||||
| 12 | Gib Ford | 6 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 3/6 | 0.500 | 0/0 | 0.000 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Bob Jeangerard | 19 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 7/12 | 0.583 | 5/5 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||
| 14 | Chuck Darling | 3 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 1/4 | 0.250 | 1/3 | 0.333 | 2 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 85 | 48 | 37 | 0 | – | – | 30/77 | 0.389 | 25/31 | 0.806 | 17 | |||||||
| Coach | Gerald Tucker | |||||||||||||||||
Bulgaria
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | 1st-Half Points | 2nd-Half Points | Disqualifications | 2-point Field Goals Attempts | 2-point Field Goals % | FG | FG% | FT | Free Throws % | Personal Fouls | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 3 | Atanas Atanasov | 4 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 2/6 | 0.333 | 0/0 | 0.000 | 4 | |||||
| Center | 5 | Iliya Mirchev | 7 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 2/7 | 0.286 | 3/3 | 1.000 | 5 | |||||
| Center | 6 | Viktor Radev | 15 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 6/14 | 0.429 | 3/3 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||
| Forward | 7 | Georgi Kanev | 6 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 3/6 | 0.500 | 0/2 | 0.000 | 1 | |||||
| Forward | 8 | Vasil Manchenko | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0/3 | 0.000 | 1/4 | 0.250 | 5 | |||||
| Forward | 10 | Konstantin Totev | 6 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 3/8 | 0.375 | 0/2 | 0.000 | 3 | |||||
| Forward | 11 | Tsvetko Slavov | 3 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 1/3 | 0.333 | 1/2 | 0.500 | 4 | |||||
| Guard | 12 | Lyubomir Panov | 2 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0/2 | 0.000 | 2/2 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||
| Guard | 13 | Nikolay Ilov | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 0/1 | 0.000 | 0/0 | 0.000 | 3 | |||||
| Team Totals | 44 | 19 | 25 | 0 | – | – | 17/50 | 0.340 | 10/18 | 0.556 | 27 | |||||||
| Coach | Lyudmil Katerinski | |||||||||||||||||