Eurobasket 1939

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The 1939 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1939, was the third regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. Defending champions Lithuania hosted the tournament, held in Kaunas Sports Hall.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Final standings 1.2 Match results 2 Team rosters 3 External links

[edit] Results

The 1939 competition was in a very simple format. Each team played each of the other teams once. A win was worth 2 standings points, a loss worth 1. The rankings were based on those standing points. Ties were broken by head-to-head results.

[edit] Final standings

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	Lithuania	14	7	0	396	137	+259
2	Latvia	12	5	2	353	163	+190
3	Poland	12	5	2	242	216	+26
4	France	11	4	3	265	216	+49
5	Estonia	11	4	3	286	167	+119
6	Italy	9	2	5	225	216	+9
7	Hungary	8	1	6	162	343	-181
8	Finland	7	0	7	70	541	-471

[edit] Match results

France	76 - 11	Finland
Poland	35 - 31	Estonia
Italy	39 - 21	Hungary
Lithuania	37 - 36	Latvia
Poland	38 - 36	France
Italy	63 - 13	Finland
Lithuania	33 - 14	Estonia
Latvia	58 - 24	Hungary
France	31 - 24	Italy
Lithuania	46 - 18	Poland
Latvia	108 - 7	Finland
Estonia	64 - 18	Hungary
Estonia	91 - 1	Finland
Poland	42 - 20	Hungary
Latvia	38 - 23	Italy
Lithuania	48 - 18	France
Latvia	45 - 26	France
Lithuania	79 - 15	Hungary
Estonia	29 - 22	Italy
Poland	46 - 13	Finland
Poland	43 - 27	Italy
France	45 - 19	Hungary
Lithuania	112 - 9	Finland
Estonia	26 - 25	Latvia
Lithuania	41 - 27	Italy
Hungary	45 - 16	Finland
France	33 - 31	Estonia
Latvia	43 - 20	Poland

[edit] Team rosters

Lithuania's Lubinas was the same person as the Frank Lubin who 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
• Latvia - Arenas, Graudinis, Grinberg, Justas, Maksis Kazaks, Krauklis, Laukevicas, Wiswaldis Melders, Smitas, Solowjow
• Poland - Bogdan Bartosiewicz, Jerzy Gregolajtis, Florian Grzechowiak, Zdzislaw Kasprzak, Ewarist Loj, Stanislaw Pawlowski, Wlodzimierz Plawczyk, Zbigniew Resich, Jerzy Rossudowski, Jaroslaw Smigielski, Pavel Stok

[edit] External links

• FIBA Europe Eurobasket 1939
• Eurobasket.com 1939 EChampionship

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