EuroBasket 1937

EuroBasket 1937

Poster promoting EuroBasket 1937
Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
City	Riga
Dates	2–7 May
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Lithuania (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	France
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament statistics
MVP	Pranas Talzūnas
Top scorer	Rūdolfs Jurciņš (12.5 points per game)
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The 1937 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1937, was the second FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. Defending champions Latvia hosted the tournament, held in Riga.

Results[]

First 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.

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	3	3	0	63	42	+21	6	Semifinal
2	Italy	3	2	1	52	42	+10	5
3	Estonia	3	1	2	79	65	+14	4	Classification 5–8
4	Egypt	3	0	3	22	67	−45	3

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Note: Egypt originally won against Italy 31-28, but due to a referee's error, FIBA declared the game null and void, and ordered a replay. Egypt objected to the ruling and did not appear for the replay before withdrawing from the tournament.

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	78	69	+9	5	Semifinal
2	Poland	3	2	1	84	73	+11	5
3	Latvia	3	2	1	95	66	+29	5	Classification 5–8
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	49	98	−49	3

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Latvia are classified third, because of scores differences between France-Poland-Latvia (Latvia has −4, Poland +2 and France +2).

Classification 5–8[]

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

Classification semifinals[]

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7th/8th playoff[]

5th/6th playoff[]

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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Bronze medal match[]

Final[]

1937 FIBA EuroBasket Champions
Lithuania 1st title

Final rankings[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Lithuania	5	5	0	118	90	+28	10
2.	Italy	5	3	2	111	98	+13	8
3.	France	5	3	2	134	129	+5	8
4.	Poland	5	2	3	133	131	+2	7
5.	Estonia	5	3	2	150	104	+46	8
6.	Latvia	5	3	2	116	104	+12	8
7.	Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	71	128	−57	6
8.	Egypt	5	0	5	22	71	−49	5

Team rosters[]

1. Lithuania: Feliksas Kriaučiūnas, Pranas Talzūnas, Stasys Šačkus, 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, , Sergio Paganella, , Michele Pelliccia,

3. France: Pierre Boel, Robert Cohu, Jacques Flouret, Henri Hell, Edmond Leclere, , Fernand Prudhomme, Etienne Roland, , (Coach: )

4. Poland: Pawel Stok, , , Florian Grzechowiak, Zdzislaw Kasprzak, Janusz Patrzykont, Andrzej Plucinski, , Zenon Rozycki, (Coach: Walenty Kłyszejko)

5. Estonia: Heino Veskila, , Evald Mahl, Vladimir Kärk, Robert Keres, Aleksander Illi, , , (Coach: Herbert Niiler)

External links[]

• FIBA Europe EuroBasket 1937
• Eurobasket.com 1937 EChampionship
• [1](Video of the opening ceremony)