Eurobasket 1939

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The 1939 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1939, was the third regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. Defending champions Lithuania hosted the tournament, held in Kaunas Sports Hall.

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[edit] Results

The 1939 competition was in a very simple format. 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. Ties were broken by head-to-head results.

[edit] Final standings

Rank Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1 Lithuania Lithuania 14 7 0 396 137 +259
2 Latvia Latvia 12 5 2 353 163 +190
3 Poland Poland 12 5 2 242 216 +26
4 France France 11 4 3 265 216 +49
5 Estonia Estonia 11 4 3 286 167 +119
6 Italy Italy 9 2 5 225 216 +9
7 Hungary Hungary 8 1 6 162 343 -181
8 Finland Finland 7 0 7 70 541 -471

[edit] Match results

France 76 - 11 Finland
Poland 35 - 31 Estonia
Italy 39 - 21 Hungary
Lithuania 37 - 36 Latvia
Poland 38 - 36 France
Italy 63 - 13 Finland
Lithuania 33 - 14 Estonia
Latvia 58 - 24 Hungary
France 31 - 24 Italy
Lithuania 46 - 18 Poland
Latvia 108 - 7 Finland
Estonia 64 - 18 Hungary
Estonia 91 - 1 Finland
Poland 42 - 20 Hungary
Latvia 38 - 23 Italy
Lithuania 48 - 18 France
Latvia 45 - 26 France
Lithuania 79 - 15 Hungary
Estonia 29 - 22 Italy
Poland 46 - 13 Finland
Poland 43 - 27 Italy
France 45 - 19 Hungary
Lithuania 112 - 9 Finland
Estonia 26 - 25 Latvia
Lithuania 41 - 27 Italy
Hungary 45 - 16 Finland
France 33 - 31 Estonia
Latvia 43 - 20 Poland

[edit] Team rosters

Lithuania's Lubinas was the same person as the Frank Lubin who 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
  • Latvia - Arenas, Graudinis, Grinberg, Justas, Maksis Kazaks, Krauklis, Laukevicas, Wiswaldis Melders, Smitas, Solowjow
  • Poland - Bogdan Bartosiewicz, Jerzy Gregolajtis, Florian Grzechowiak, Zdzislaw Kasprzak, Ewarist Loj, Stanislaw Pawlowski, Wlodzimierz Plawczyk, Zbigniew Resich, Jerzy Rossudowski, Jaroslaw Smigielski, Pavel Stok

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