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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
Lithuania
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
|
|
|
| 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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|
|
| France |
26 - 19 |
Czechoslovakia |
| France |
29 - 24 |
Poland |
| Poland |
28 - 19 |
Czechoslovakia |
| Poland |
32 - 25 |
Latvia |
| Latvia |
44 - 11 |
Czechoslovakia |
| Latvia |
26 - 20 |
France |
[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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|
|
| 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
Lithuania's Lubinas was the same person as the Frank Lubin that had played for the gold medal United States national basketball team at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
- Lithuania - Andrulis, Budriunas, Jurgela, Krauciunas, Lescinskas, Pranas Lubinas, Puzinauskas, Ruzgis
- Italy - Ambrogio Bessi, Galeazzo Dondi, Livio Franceschini, Emilio Giassetti, Giancarlo Marinelli, Camillo Marinone, Sergio Paganella, Mino Pasquini, Michele Pelliccia, Ezio Varisco
- France - Pierre Boel, Robert Cohu, Jacques Flouret, Henri Hell, Edmond Leclere, Henri Lesmayoux, Fernand Prudhomme, Etienne Roland, Eugene Ronner, Marcel Vérot
[edit] External links
Poland
France
Latvia
Czechoslovakia
