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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.
[edit] Final rankings
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Italy
France
Poland
Estonia
Latvia
Czechoslovakia
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
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|
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| 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
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|
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| France |
26 - 19 |
Czechoslovakia |
| France |
29 - 24 |
Poland |
| Poland |
28 - 19 |
Czechoslovakia |
| Poland |
32 - 25 |
Latvia |
| Latvia |
44 - 11 |
Czechoslovakia |
| Latvia |
26 - 20 |
France |
Unfortunate to hosts, Latvia, they are classificated here third, because of scores differences between France-Poland-Latvia, (Latvia has -1, Poland +2 and France -1) and the next factor - points scored (Latvia has 26, France 29).
[edit] Classification 5-8
The bottom four teams from the preliminary group faced off in the classification matches.
[edit] Classification semifinals
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|
| Estonia |
30 - 20 |
Czechoslovakia |
| Latvia |
2 - 0 |
Egypt (withdrew) |
[edit] 7th/8th playoff
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|
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| Czechoslovakia |
2 - 0 |
Egypt (withdrew) |
[edit] 5th/6th playoff
[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.
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|
|
| Italy |
36 - 32 |
France |
| Lithuania |
31 - 25 |
Poland |
[edit] Bronze medal match
[edit] Team rosters
1.Lithuania: Feliksas Kriaučiūnas, Pranas Talzūnas, Stasys Šackus, Juozas Žukas, Leonas Baltrūnas, Zenonas Puzinauskas, Artūras Andrulis, Leopoldas Kepalas, Pranas Mažeika, Česlovas Daukša, Leonas Petrauskas, Eugenijus Nikolskis (Coach: Feliksas Kriaučiūnas)
2.Italy: Livio Franceschini, Ambrogio Bessi, Galeazzo Dondi, Emilio Giassetti, Giancarlo Marinelli, Camillo Marinone, Sergio Paganella, Mino Pasquini, Michele Pelliccia, Ezio Varisco
3.France: Pierre Boel, Robert Cohu, Jacques Flouret, Henri Hell, Edmond Leclere, Henri Lesmayoux, Fernand Prudhomme, Etienne Roland, Eugene Ronner, Marcel Vérot (Coach: Henri Kretzschmar)
4.Poland: Pawel Stok, Michal Czajczyk, Stefan Gendera, Florian Grzechowiak, Zdzislaw Kasprzak, Janusz Patrzykont, Andrzej Plucinski, Zbigniew Resich, Zenon Rozycki, Jaroslaw Smigielski (Coach: Walenty Kłyszejko)
5.Estonia: Heino Veskila, Oskar Erikson, Evald Mahl, Vladimir Kärk, Robert Keres, Aleksander Illi, Alfred Zimmermann, Albert Suurna, Ralf Viksten (Coach: Herbert Niiler)
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