EuroBasket 1946
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Switzerland |
City | Geneva |
Dates | 30 April – 4 May |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Czechoslovakia (1st title) |
Runners-up | Italy |
Third place | Hungary |
Fourth place | France |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | François Németh |
Top scorer | Pawel Stok (12.4 points per game) |
The 1946 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1946, was the fourth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA and the first since 1939 due to World War II. Ten national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. Switzerland hosted the tournament for a second time, as the championship returned to Geneva.
EuroBasket 1946 saw the beginning of the use of the jump shot, pioneered by Italy's .
Results[]
The 1946 competition consisted of a preliminary round, with one group of four teams and two groups of three teams each. Each team played the other teams in its group once. The top team in each of the groups of three and the top two teams in the group of four played in the semifinals for the top four rankings; the middle teams in the two groups of three moved directly on to the final round for a 5th/6th place playoff; the bottom team in each group of three and the two bottom teams in the group of four played in semifinals for the 7th–10th ranks.
First round[]
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 152 | 71 | +81 | 6 | Semifinal |
2 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 113 | 70 | +43 | 5 | |
3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 91 | 102 | −11 | 4 | Classification 7–10 |
4 | Luxembourg | 3 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 166 | −113 | 3 |
Poland | 45 – 28 | Luxembourg |
Italy | 39 – 31 | Hungary |
Luxembourg | 10 – 48 | Hungary |
Poland | 25 – 40 | Italy |
Italy | 73 – 15 | Luxembourg |
Poland | 21 – 34 | Hungary |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 29 | +83 | 4 | Semifinal |
2 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 74 | −8 | 3 | Classification 5–6 |
3 | England | 2 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 113 | −75 | 2 | Classification 7–10 |
England | 27 – 48 | Netherlands |
England | 11 – 65 | France |
France | 47 – 18 | Netherlands |
Group C[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 4 | Semifinal |
2 | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 3 | Classification 5–6 |
3 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 71 | −15 | 2 | Classification 7–10 |
Czechoslovakia | 20 – 17 | Switzerland |
Belgium | 23 – 33 | Switzerland |
Belgium | 33 – 38 | Czechoslovakia |
Final round[]
The middle team of each of the groups of three did not compete in the final round, as they advanced directly to the 5th/6th place playoff. 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.
Brackets[]
Classification 5th–10th[]
Classification semifinals | Seventh place match | |||||
England | 27 | |||||
Luxembourg | 50 | |||||
Luxembourg | 11 | |||||
Belgium | 42 | |||||
Poland | 22 | |||||
Belgium | 39 | |||||
Ninth place match | ||||||
England | 22 | |||||
Poland | 50 |
Fifth place match | ||
Netherlands | 25 | |
Switzerland | 36 | |
Upper bracket[]
Semifinals | Final | |||||
Czechoslovakia | 42 | |||||
Hungary | 28 | |||||
Czechoslovakia | 34 | |||||
Italy | 32 | |||||
Italy | 37 | |||||
France | 25 | |||||
Third place match | ||||||
Hungary | 38 | |||||
France | 32 |
1946 FIBA EuroBasket Champions |
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Czechoslovakia 1st title |
Final rankings[]
Team rosters[]
1. Czechoslovakia: Ivan Mrázek, , Jiří Drvota, Josef Ezr, , , Josef Křepela, , , , Josef Toms, Ladislav Trpkoš, , (Coach: Frantisek Hajek)
2. Italy: Cesare Rubini, , Sergio Stefanini, , , , , Giancarlo Marinelli, Valentino Pellarini, ,
3. Hungary: François Németh, , Antal Bankuti, Geza Kardos, , Tibor Mezőfi, György Nagy, , Ede Vadaszi, (Coach: )
4. France: Robert Busnel, André Buffière, Etienne Roland, , René Chocat, , , Maurice Girardot, , , Jacques Perrier, Lucien Rebuffic, , (Coach: )
External links[]
- EuroBasket
- 1946 in basketball
- International basketball competitions hosted by Switzerland
- 1946 in Swiss sport
- April 1946 sports events
- May 1946 sports events
- Sports competitions in Geneva
- 20th century in Geneva