| Date | 24 November 1956 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Royal Exhibition Building Annex, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Pietro Reverberi |  ITA |
| Referee | Ray Strath |  AUS |
| Attendance | 2,505 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Half #1 | Half #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | France |  FRA | 76 | 24 | 52 | |
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 67 | 18 | 49 |
France| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | Total Field Goals Made | Free Throws Made | Free Throw Attempts | FT% | Personal Fouls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Roger Haudegand | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Robert Monclar | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | Roger Veyron | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | Gérard Sturla | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Henri Rey | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Roger Antoine | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Henri Grange | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | Jean-Paul Beugnot | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 5 | ||||
| Team Totals | 76 | 0 | 18 | 40 | 45 | 0.889 | 20 | |||||
| Coach | Robert Busnel | |||||||||||
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Points | Disqualifications | Total Field Goals Made | Free Throws Made | Free Throw Attempts | FT% | Personal Fouls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Valdis Muižnieks | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Maigonis Valdmanis | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Vladimir Torban | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | Stasys Stonkus | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Kazys Petkevičius | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | Arkady Bochkaryov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 4 | ||||
| 10 | Mikhail Semyonov | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 4 | ||||
| 11 | Algirdas Lauritėnas | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | Yury Ozerov | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | Mikhail Studenetsky | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 67 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 0.808 | 35 | |||||
| Coach | Stepan Spandaryan | |||||||||||
