Luxembourg national basketball team
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The Luxembourg national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Luxembourg in international competitions.
[edit] Eurobasket 1946
Luxembourg's first European championship appearance was Eurobasket 1946. They found themselves heavily overmatched in the preliminary round, being outscored by 113 points over three losses to come in last place in the group of four. The semifinal round, which was essentially a 7th-10th place classification round for Luxembourg, saw their first win. They defeated England 50-27. This advanced them to a playoff for 7th and 8th places; they were defeated by Belgium to finish 8th out of the ten team field.
[edit] Eurobasket 1951
Luxembourg competed at the Eurobasket 1951 competition in Paris. They lost all four of their preliminary round games, putting them fifth place in their group of 5. Since they had had the misfortune of being seeded into a group of five teams rather than a group of four teams (the 18 teams were divided into 4 groups, half with 5 and half with 4), Luxembourg had to play a direct elimination game against Denmark for the right to advance to the classification rounds. The winner could potentially place as high as 9th; the loser was relegated to 17th place.
With the score tied at 45-45 and 5 seconds left to play, Denmark made a free throw to take a 46-45 point lead. Luxembourg was able to get a final half-court shot off before time expired, but the ball bounced off the rim and the team was served their fifth and final loss of the tournament.
[edit] Eurobasket 1955
Eurobasket 1955 in Budapest was the next appearance of Luxembourg. They lost all four preliminary round games once again, and were relegated to the classification rounds. In the first round, Luxembourg was able to win a pair despite losing two as well, finishing third in the group. They lost their 13-16 semifinal, but won the 15/16 final to finish 15th of 18 teams.
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