Eurobasket 1937

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The 1937 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1937, was the second regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. Defending champions Latvia hosted the tournament, held in Riga.

Contents 1 Final rankings 2 Results 2.1 Preliminary round 2.1.1 Group A 2.1.2 Group B 2.2 Classification 5-8 2.2.1 Classification semifinals 2.2.2 7th/8th playoff 2.2.3 5th/6th playoff 2.3 Semifinals 2.4 Bronze medal match 2.5 Final 3 Team rosters 4 External links

[edit] Final rankings

1. Lithuania
2. Italy
3. France
4. Poland
5. Estonia
6. Latvia
7. Czechoslovakia
8. Egypt

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary round

The preliminary round consisted of the eight teams being separated into two groups of four. Each group played a round-robin format tournament, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the semifinals and the bottom two playing in the lower classification matches. Wins counted for 2 points, losses for 1 point.

[edit] Group A

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	Lithuania	6	3	0	63	42	+21
2	Italy	5	2	1	52	42	+10
3	Estonia	4	1	2	79	65	+14
4	Egypt	2	0	3	22	67	-45

Bold = game winner

Italy	30 - 20	Estonia
Estonia	44 - 15	Egypt
Lithuania	22 - 20	Italy
Lithuania	20 - 15	Estonia
Lithuania	21 - 7	Egypt
Italy	2 - 0	Egypt (withdrew)

[edit] Group B

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	Poland	5	2	1	84	73	+11
2	France	5	2	1	75	69	+6
3	Latvia	5	2	1	95	63	+32
4	Czechoslovakia	2	0	3	49	98	-49

France	26 - 19	Czechoslovakia
France	29 - 24	Poland
Poland	28 - 19	Czechoslovakia
Poland	32 - 25	Latvia
Latvia	44 - 11	Czechoslovakia
Latvia	26 - 20	France

[edit] Classification 5-8

The bottom four teams from the preliminary group faced off in the classification matches.

[edit] Classification semifinals

Estonia	30 - 20	Czechoslovakia
Latvia	2 - 0	Egypt (withdrew)

[edit] 7th/8th playoff

Czechoslovakia	2 - 0	Egypt (withdrew)

[edit] 5th/6th playoff

Estonia	41 - 19	Latvia

[edit] Semifinals

The semifinals pitted the four top teams of the preliminary round against each other. Winners advanced to the final, with the losers playing in a match for 3rd and 4th place.

Italy	36 - 32	France
Lithuania	31 - 25	Poland

[edit] Bronze medal match

France	27 - 24	Poland

[edit] Final

Lithuania	24 - 23	Italy

[edit] Team rosters

Lithuania's Lubinas was the same person as the Frank Lubin that had played for the gold medal United States national basketball team at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

• Lithuania - Andrulis, Budriunas, Jurgela, Krauciunas, Lescinskas, Pranas Lubinas, Puzinauskas, Ruzgis
• Italy - Ambrogio Bessi, Galeazzo Dondi, Livio Franceschini, Emilio Giassetti, Giancarlo Marinelli, Camillo Marinone, Sergio Paganella, Mino Pasquini, Michele Pelliccia, Ezio Varisco
• France - Pierre Boel, Robert Cohu, Jacques Flouret, Henri Hell, Edmond Leclere, Henri Lesmayoux, Fernand Prudhomme, Etienne Roland, Eugene Ronner, Marcel Vérot

[edit] External links

• FIBA Europe Eurobasket 1937
• Eurobasket.com 1937 EChampionship

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