EuroBasket 1949
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Egypt |
City | Cairo |
Dates | 15–22 May |
Teams | 7 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Egypt (1st title) |
Runners-up | France |
Third place | Greece |
Fourth place | Turkey |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Hüseyin Öztürk |
Top scorer | Hüseyin Öztürk (19.3 points per game) |
The 1949 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1949, was the sixth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Seven national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. The competition was hosted by Egypt after the Soviet Union refused to host it, as was the Soviet's obligation as defending champion under FIBA Europe rules. Czechoslovakia, the silver medallist at EuroBasket 1947, had been the host that year, so was not asked to repeat hosting duties and those duties fell to bronze medallist Egypt.
The event took place in Cairo, with travel difficulties cited by many nations as the reason for not competing. Only four of the seven competing teams were European.
Results[]
The 1949 competition was in the same format as EuroBasket 1939. Each team played each of the other teams once. A win was worth 2 standings points, a loss worth 1. The rankings were based on those standing points.
Results[]
Greece | 46–28 | Netherlands | ||
Egypt | 71–44 | Syria | ||
Lebanon | 36–45 | Greece | ||
France | 58–35 | Netherlands | ||
Netherlands | 40–37 | Syria | ||
France | 43–26 | Lebanon | ||
Greece | 54–41 | Turkey | ||
France | 47–33 | Turkey | ||
Lebanon | 28–38 | Syria | ||
Netherlands | 23–54 | Egypt | ||
France | 41–36 | Greece | ||
Lebanon | 30–57 | Egypt | ||
Syria | 33–43 | Turkey | ||
Lebanon | 22–34 | Netherlands | ||
Turkey | 44–57 | Egypt | ||
Syria | 45–49 | Greece | ||
Turkey | 38–24 | Netherlands | ||
Egypt | 50–39 | Greece | ||
France | 56–22 | Syria | ||
Turkey | 48–41 | Lebanon | ||
France | 36–57 | Egypt |
Final standings[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Final Result |
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1 | Egypt | 6 | 6 | 0 | 346 | 216 | +130 | 12 | Champion |
2 | France | 6 | 5 | 1 | 281 | 199 | +82 | 11 | Runner-up |
3 | Greece | 6 | 4 | 2 | 269 | 241 | +28 | 10 | Third Place |
4 | Turkey | 6 | 3 | 3 | 247 | 256 | −9 | 9 | |
5 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 4 | 174 | 255 | −81 | 8 | |
6 | Syria | 6 | 1 | 5 | 219 | 287 | −68 | 7 | |
7 | Lebanon | 6 | 0 | 6 | 183 | 265 | −82 | 6 |
1949 FIBA EuroBasket Champions |
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Egypt 1st title |
Team rosters[]
1. Egypt: , , , , , , Hussein Kamel Montasser, , , , Albert Fahmy Tadros, , (Team Captain: ) (Coach: )
2. France: André Buffière, Robert Busnel, René Chocat, Jacques Dessemme, Maurice Desaymonnet, Louis Devoti, , Fernand Guillou, Jean Perniceni, Jean-Pierre Salignon, , André Vacheresse, , (Coach: Robert Busnel)
3. Greece: , Stelios Arvanitis, , , Ioannis Lambrou, Faidon Matthaiou, , Missas Pantazopoulos, , Alekos Spanoudakis, Takis Taliadoros, , Nikos Milas (Coach: )
4. Turkey: Hüseyin Öztürk, , Avram Barokas, , , Ali Uras, Mehmet Ali Yalım, , Sacit Selduz, Erdogan Partener, ,
External links[]
- EuroBasket
- 1949 in basketball
- International basketball competitions hosted by Egypt
- Sports competitions in Cairo
- 1949 in Egyptian sport
- May 1949 sports events
- 1940s in Cairo