EuroBasket 1946

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The 1946 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1946, was the fourth Eurobasket regional championship held by FIBA Europe 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 Giuseppe Stefanini.

1 Final rankings
2 Results
3 Team rosters
4 External links

[edit] Final rankings

[edit] 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.

[edit] Preliminary round

[edit] Group A

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	Italy	6	3	0	152	71	+81
2	Hungary	5	2	1	113	70	+43
3	Poland	4	1	2	91	102	-11
4	Luxembourg	3	0	3	53	166	-113


Poland	45 - 28	Luxembourg
Italy	39 - 31	Hungary
Luxembourg	10 - 48	Hungary
Poland	25 - 40	Italy
Italy	73 - 15	Luxembourg
Poland	21 - 34	Hungary

[edit] Group B

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	France	4	2	0	112	29	+83
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	66	74	-8
3	England	2	0	2	38	113	-75


England	27 - 48	Netherlands
England	11 - 65	France
France	47 - 18	Netherlands

[edit] Group C

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	Czechoslovakia	4	2	0	58	50	+8
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	50	43	+7
3	Belgium	2	0	2	56	71	-15


Czechoslovakia	20 - 17	Switzerland
Belgium	23 - 33	Switzerland
Belgium	33 - 38	Czechoslovakia

[edit] Semifinal round

The middle team of each of the groups of three did not compete in the semifinal 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.

[edit] Lower bracket


England	27 - 50	Luxembourg
Poland	22 - 39	Belgium

[edit] Upper bracket


Czechoslovakia	42 - 28	Hungary
Italy	37 - 25	France

[edit] Final round

In the final round, each team played one last game to determine final rankings.

9th/10th place:


England	22 - 50	Poland

7th/8th place:


Belgium	42 - 11	Luxembourg

5th/6th place:


Netherlands	25 - 36	Switzerland

3rd/4th place:


Hungary	38 - 32	France

Championship:


Czechoslovakia	34 - 32	Italy

[edit] Team rosters

1.Czechoslovakia: Ivan Mrázek, Miloš Bobocký, Jiří Drvota, Josef Ezr, Gustav Hermann, Jan Hluchy, Josef Křepela, Pavel Nerad, Ladislav Simácek, František Stibitz, Josef Toms, Ladislav Trpkoš, Emil Velenský, Miroslav Vondráček (Coach: Frantisek Hajek)

2.Italy: Cesare Rubini, Giuseppe Stefanini, Sergio Stefanini, Albino Bocciai, Mario Cattarini, Marcello de Nardus, Armando Fagarazzi, Giancarlo Marinelli, Valentino Pellarini, Tullio Pitacco, Venzo Vannini

3.Hungary: Ferenc Nemeth, Geza Bajari, Antal Bankuti, Geza Kardos, Laszlo Kiralyhidi, Tibor Mezőfi, György Nagy, Geza Racz, Ede Vadaszi, Ferenc Velkei (Coach: Istvan Kiraly)

4.France: Robert Busnel, André Buffière, Etienne Roland, Paul Chaumont, René Chocat, Jean Duperray, Emile Frezot, Maurice Girardot, Andre Goeuriot, Henri Lesmayoux, Jacques Perrier, Lucien Rebuffic, Justy Specker, Andre Tartary (Coach: Paul Geist)

[edit] External links

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