Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ta hanyar wasanni huɗu na farko da wasanni na farko na zagaye na uku, Soviets sun kara yawan nasarar da suka samu zuwa wasanni 31. Tare da wasanni hudu da suka rage a zagaye na karshe na EuroBasket 1955
, Soviets sun fuskanci tawagar Czechoslovakia, wanda har yanzu ya kasance mafi kusa da cin nasara da Soviet Union, a 1951. Czechoslovakia, duk da haka, ya riga ya rasa sau biyu a zagaye, kuma yana da rikodin 1<unk>2 zuwa Soviets '3<unk>0 shiga cikin wasan.