Eurobasket 1947
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The 1947 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1947, was the fifth Eurobasket
regional championship held by FIBA Europe
. Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation
(FIBA) took part in the competition. Czechoslovakia
hosted the contest, which was held in Prague
.
Each team again played each other team in its group once. The bottom team in each of the three-team groups played its counterpart for 13th and 14th places. Similarly, middle teams in those groups played each other for 11th and 12th places and top teams played for 9th and 10th. The top eight places were determined in the same fashion, with top teams playing each other for gold and silver, second place teams in each playing for bronze and 4th, and so on.
13th/14th place:
11th/12th place:
9th/10th place:
7th/8th place:
5th/6th place:
3rd/4th place:
Championship:
, Joann Lõssov
, Nodar Dzhordzhikiya
, Ilmar Kullam
, Anatoly Konev
, Yevgeni Alekseyev, Alexander Moiseev, Justinas Lagunavičius
, Kazys Petkevičius
, Yuri Ushakov, Vytautas Kulakauskas, Vasili Kolpakov, Sergei Tarasov
2.Czechoslovakia: Ivan Mrázek, Miloš Bobocký, Jiří Drvota, Josef Ezr, Jan Kozák
, Gustav Hermann, Miroslav Vondráček, Ladislav Trpkoš
, Karel Bělohradský, Miroslav Dostál, Milan Fraňa, Václav Krása, Josef Toms, Emil Velenský (Coach: Josef Fleischlinger)
3.Egypt: Youssef Mohammed Abbas, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Guido Acher, Maurice Calife, Gabriel Armand "Gaby" Catafago, Abdelrahman Hafez Ismail, Zaki Selim Harari, Hassan Moawad, Hussein Kamel Montasser, Wahid Chafik Saleh, Albert Fahmy Tadros, Zaki Yehia
4.Belgium: Ange Hollanders, Henri Hollanders, Gustave Poppe, Emile Kets, Georges Baert, Henri Hermans, Julien Meuris, Rene Steurbaut, Francois de Pauw, Henri Coosemans, Guillaume van Damme, Armand van Wambeke, Fernand Rossius, Joseph Pirard (Coach: Raymond Briot)
Eurobasket
The EuroBasket, also referred to as the FIBA European Basketball Championship, is the main basketball competition contested biennially by the men's national teams governed by FIBA Europe, the European zone within the International Basketball Federation. The championship was first held in 1935 and...
regional championship held by FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which includes all 49 national European basketball federations.-Division A:-Division B: -Division C:...
. Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation
International Basketball Federation
The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA , from its French name Fédération Internationale de Basketball, is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball...
(FIBA) took part in the competition. Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
hosted the contest, which was held in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
.
Final rankings
- 6-0
- 6-1
- 6-1
- 4-3
- 4-2
- 3-4
- 2-4
- 1-5
- 3-3
- 3-3
- 2-4
- 1-4
- 2-3
- 0-6
Results
The 1947 competition consisted of a preliminary round, with two groups of four teams and two groups of three teams each. Each team played the other teams in its group once. The top two teams in each of the groups advanced into four-team semifinal groups 1 and 2 and were guaranteed a top-eight finish, with the remaining teams playing in three-team groups 3 and 4 for places 9-14.Each team again played each other team in its group once. The bottom team in each of the three-team groups played its counterpart for 13th and 14th places. Similarly, middle teams in those groups played each other for 11th and 12th places and top teams played for 9th and 10th. The top eight places were determined in the same fashion, with top teams playing each other for gold and silver, second place teams in each playing for bronze and 4th, and so on.
Group A
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 208 | 61 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 108 | 106 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 107 | 157 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 183 | ||
| Poland | 51 - 32 | Romania |
| Czechoslovakia | 93 - 19 | Netherlands |
| Poland | 40 - 23 | Netherlands |
| Romania | 25 - 64 | Czechoslovakia |
| Netherlands | 42 - 50 | Romania |
| Czechoslovakia | 51 - 17 | Poland |
Group B
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 44 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 89 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 100 | ||
| Soviet Union | 50 - 11 | Yugoslavia |
| Soviet Union | 62 - 33 | Hungary |
| Yugoslavia | 27 - 50 | Hungary |
Group C
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 167 | 38 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 80 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 156 | ||
| Bulgaria | 56 - 13 | Austria |
| France | 100 - 6 | Austria |
| France | 67 - 32 | Bulgaria |
Group D
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 193 | 92 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 183 | 78 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 119 | 92 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 278 | ||
| Italy | 60 - 15 | Albania |
| Belgium | 35 - 46 | Egypt |
| Belgium | 114 - 11 | Albania |
| Egypt | 43 - 38 | Italy |
| Albania | 19 - 104 | Egypt |
| Italy | 21 - 34 | Belgium |
Semifinal round
The middle team of each of the groups of three did not compete in the semifinal round, as they advanced directly to a 5th/6th place playoff in the final round. The top team of each of those groups played one of the top two teams of the group of four, with rankings 1st-4th at stake. Similarly, the bottom team in each group of three played one of the two lower teams in the group of four in a semifinal for 7th-10th places.Group 4
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 93 | 72 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 66 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 85 | ||
| Italy | 59 - 33 | Yugoslavia |
| Italy | 34 - 39 | Netherlands |
| Yugoslavia | 32 - 26 | Netherlands |
Group 3
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 142 | 42 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 96 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 117 | ||
| Austria | 23 - 69 | Romania |
| Albania | 19 - 73 | Romania |
| Albania | 27 - 44 | Austria |
Group 2
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 137 | 74 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 135 | 112 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 115 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 138 | ||
| Poland | 28 - 52 | Egypt |
| Soviet Union | 55 - 24 | Bulgaria |
| Soviet Union | 46 - 32 | Egypt |
| Bulgaria | 27 - 32 | Poland |
| Egypt | 51 - 38 | Bulgaria |
| Poland | 18 - 36 | Soviet Union |
Group 1
| Rank | Team | Pts | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 116 | 99 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 86 | 85 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 93 | 100 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 116 | 127 | ||
| Hungary | 48 - 52 | Czechoslovakia |
| France | 26 - 27 | Belgium |
| Belgium | 30 - 27 | Hungary |
| France | 22 - 32 | Czechoslovakia |
| Hungary | 41 - 45 | France |
| Czechoslovakia | 32 - 29 | Belgium |
Final round
In the final round, each team played one last game to determine final rankings.13th/14th place:
| Yugoslavia | 90 - 13 | Albania |
11th/12th place:
| Netherlands | 54 - 33 | Austria |
9th/10th place:
| Italy | 55 - 39 | Romania |
7th/8th place:
| Hungary | 59 - 29 | Bulgaria |
5th/6th place:
| France | 62 - 29 | Poland |
3rd/4th place:
| Egypt | 50 - 48 | Belgium |
Championship:
| Soviet Union | 56 - 37 | Czechoslovakia |
Team rosters
1.Soviet Union: Otar Korkia, Stepas ButautasStepas Butautas
Stepas Butautas was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas....
, Joann Lõssov
Joann Lõssov
Joann Lõssov was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Lõssov trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn....
, Nodar Dzhordzhikiya
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya or Nodar Jorjikia was a Soviet basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi....
, Ilmar Kullam
Ilmar Kullam
Ilmar Kullam was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Kalev in Tartu....
, Anatoly Konev
Anatoly Konev
Anatoly Konstantinovich Konev was a Russian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Moscow and was a player of CSKA Moscow....
, Yevgeni Alekseyev, Alexander Moiseev, Justinas Lagunavičius
Justinas Lagunavicius
Justinas Lagunavičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas....
, Kazys Petkevičius
Kazys Petkevicius
Kazimieras Petkevičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas and later at Burevestnik in Leningrad.He was a member of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He...
, Yuri Ushakov, Vytautas Kulakauskas, Vasili Kolpakov, Sergei Tarasov
2.Czechoslovakia: Ivan Mrázek, Miloš Bobocký, Jiří Drvota, Josef Ezr, Jan Kozák
Ján Kozák
Ján Kozák is a Slovak footballer who is currently without club. He didn't play football from May 2010 to March 2011 and since summer 2011 he is again without a club.-Club career:...
, Gustav Hermann, Miroslav Vondráček, Ladislav Trpkoš
Ladislav Trpkoš
Ladislav Trpkoš was a Czech basketball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics....
, Karel Bělohradský, Miroslav Dostál, Milan Fraňa, Václav Krása, Josef Toms, Emil Velenský (Coach: Josef Fleischlinger)
3.Egypt: Youssef Mohammed Abbas, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Guido Acher, Maurice Calife, Gabriel Armand "Gaby" Catafago, Abdelrahman Hafez Ismail, Zaki Selim Harari, Hassan Moawad, Hussein Kamel Montasser, Wahid Chafik Saleh, Albert Fahmy Tadros, Zaki Yehia
4.Belgium: Ange Hollanders, Henri Hollanders, Gustave Poppe, Emile Kets, Georges Baert, Henri Hermans, Julien Meuris, Rene Steurbaut, Francois de Pauw, Henri Coosemans, Guillaume van Damme, Armand van Wambeke, Fernand Rossius, Joseph Pirard (Coach: Raymond Briot)