EuroBasket 1947

The 1947 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1947, was the fifth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. Czechoslovakia hosted the contest, which was held in Prague.

EuroBasket 1947
Tournament details
Host countryCzechoslovakia
CityPrague
Dates27 April – 3 May
Teams14
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up Czechoslovakia
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Belgium
Tournament statistics
MVPSoviet Union Joann Lõssov
Top scorerFrance Jacques Perrier
(13.7 points per game)

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
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Czechoslovakia 3 3 0 208 61 +147 6 Upper bracket
2  Poland 3 2 1 108 106 +2 5
3  Romania 3 1 2 107 157 −50 4 Lower bracket
4  Netherlands 3 0 3 84 183 −99 3
Source: fibaeurope.com
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
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 2 2 0 112 44 +68 4 Upper bracket
2  Hungary 2 1 1 83 89 −6 3
3  Yugoslavia 2 0 2 38 100 −62 2 Lower bracket
Source: fibaeurope.com
Soviet Union  50–11  Yugoslavia
Soviet Union  62–33  Hungary
Yugoslavia  27–50  Hungary

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  France 2 2 0 167 38 +129 4 Upper bracket
2  Bulgaria 2 1 1 88 80 +8 3
3  Austria 2 0 2 19 156 −137 2 Lower bracket
Source: fibaeurope.com
Bulgaria  56–13  Austria
France  100 – 6  Austria
France  67–32  Bulgaria

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 193 92 +101 6 Upper bracket
2  Belgium 3 2 1 183 78 +105 5
3  Italy 3 1 2 119 92 +27 4 Lower bracket
4  Albania 3 0 3 45 278 −233 3
Source: fibaeurope.com
Italy  60–15  Albania
Belgium  35–46  Egypt
Belgium  114 – 11  Albania
Egypt  43–38  Italy
Albania  19 – 104  Egypt
Italy  21–34  Belgium

Second round

The middle team of each of the groups of three did not compete in the second 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 1
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Czechoslovakia 3 3 0 116 99 +17 6 Final
2  Belgium 3 2 1 86 85 +1 5 3rd place playoff
3  France 3 1 2 93 100 −7 4 5th place playoff
4  Hungary 3 0 3 116 127 −11 3 7th place playoff
Source: fibaeurope.com
Hungary  48–52  Czechoslovakia
France  26–27  Belgium
Belgium  30–27  Hungary
France  22–32  Czechoslovakia
Hungary  41–45  France
Czechoslovakia  32–29  Belgium
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 137 74 +63 6 Final
2  Egypt 3 2 1 135 112 +23 5 3rd place playoff
3  Poland 3 1 2 78 115 −37 4 5th place playoff
4  Bulgaria 3 0 3 89 138 −49 3 7th place playoff
Source: fibaeurope.com
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 3
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 2 2 0 142 42 +100 4 9th place playoff
2  Austria 2 1 1 67 96 −29 3 11th place playoff
3  Albania 2 0 2 46 117 −71 2 13th place playoff
Source: fibaeurope.com
Austria  23–69  Romania
Albania  19–73  Romania
Albania  27–44  Austria
Group 4
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 2 1 1 93 72 +21 3 9th place playoff
2  Netherlands 2 1 1 65 66 −1 3 11th place playoff
3  Yugoslavia 2 1 1 65 85 −20 3 13th place playoff
Source: fibaeurope.com
Italy  59–33  Yugoslavia
Italy  34–39  Netherlands
Yugoslavia  32–26  Netherlands

Playoff games

Each team had one final game in order to determine their tournament ranking

13th place:

Yugoslavia  90–13  Albania

11th place:

Netherlands  54–33  Austria

9th place:

Italy  55–39  Romania

7th place:

Hungary  59–29  Bulgaria

5th place:

France  62–29  Poland

3rd place:

Egypt  50–48  Belgium

Championship:

Soviet Union  56–37  Czechoslovakia
 1947 FIBA EuroBasket champions 

Soviet Union
1st title

Final standings
  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Czechoslovakia
  3.  Egypt
  4.  Belgium
  5.  France
  6.  Poland
  7.  Hungary
  8.  Bulgaria
  9.  Italy
  10.  Romania
  11.  Netherlands
  12.  Austria
  13.  Yugoslavia
  14.  Albania

Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Otar Korkia, Stepas Butautas, Joann Lõssov, Nodar Dzhordzhikiya, Ilmar Kullam, Anatoly Konev, Evgeny Alekseev, Alexander Moiseev, Justinas Lagunavičius, Kazys Petkevičius, Yuri Ushakov, Vytautas Kulakauskas, Vasili Kolpakov, Sergei Tarasov (Coach: Pavel Tsetlin)

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)

6. Poland: Jacek Arlet, Ludwik Barszczewski, Bohdan Bartoszewicz, Jerzy Dowgird, Edward Jarczyński, Henryk Jaźnicki, Władysław Maleszewski, Romuald Markowski, Zbigniew Resich, Paweł Stok, Tadeusz Ulatowski, Józef Żyliński

13. Yugoslavia: Tullio Rochlitzer, Mirko Marjanović, Miodrag Stefanović, Božo Grkinić, Ladislav Demšar, Nebojša Popović, Zlatko Kovačević, Aleksandar Gec, Aleksandar Milojković, Srđan Kalember, Zorko Cvetković, Ottone Olivieri, Božidar Munćan (Coach: Stevica Čolović)

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