EuroBasket 1937

FIBA EuroBasket 1937

2nd FIBA European Basketball Championship

Tournament details

Host nation

Latvia

Dates

2–7 May

Teams

8 (from 18 federations)

Venues

1 (in 1 host city)

Champions

Lithuania (1st title)

Tournament leaders

	Players	Teams
Points	Rūdolfs Jurciņš (12.5)

Official website

EuroBasket 1937 (archive)

< 1935

The 1937 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1937, was the second FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball 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.

Results

Game between Lithuania and Estonia

First 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.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	3	3	0	63	42	+21	6	Semifinal
2	Italy	3	2	1	52	42	+10	5	Semifinal
3	Estonia	3	1	2	79	65	+14	4	Classification 5–8
4	Egypt	3	0	3	22	67	−45	3	Classification 5–8

Source: fibaeurope.com

Lithuania

22–20

44–15

Lithuania

20–15

0–2

Lithuania

21–7

30–20

Egypt won against Italy 31:28 but because of the mistake, FIBA ruled to replay the game. Egypt objected the ruling of FIBA and decided to withdrew from replaying of the match.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	1	84	73	+11	5	Semifinal
2	France	3	2	1	75	69	+6	5	Semifinal
3	Latvia	3	2	1	95	63	+32	5	Classification 5–8
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	49	98	−49	3	Classification 5–8

Source: fibaeurope.com

29–24

44–11

32–25

26–19

28–19

26–20

Latvia are classified third, because of scores differences between France-Poland-Latvia (Latvia has −1, Poland +2 and France −1), and the next factor – average points scored (Latvia has 26, France 29).

Classification 5–8

The bottom four teams from the preliminary group faced off in the classification matches.

Classification semifinals

30–20

2–0

7th/8th playoff

2–0

5th/6th playoff

41–19

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.

Lithuania

31–25

36–32

Bronze medal match

27–24

Final

Lithuania

24–23

1937 FIBA European Champions
Lithuania 1st title

Final rankings

Lithuania national team, winners of the competition, holding the Latvian presidential prize.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1.	Lithuania	5	5	0	118	90	+28	10
2.	Italy	5	3	2	111	98	+13	8
3.	France	5	3	2	134	129	+5	8
4.	Poland	5	2	3	133	131	+2	7

5.	Estonia	5	3	2	150	104	+46	8
6.	Latvia	5	3	2	116	104	+12	8
7.	Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	71	128	−57	6
8.	Egypt	5	0	5	22	71	−49	5

Team rosters

1. Lithuania: Feliksas Kriaučiūnas, Pranas Talzūnas, Stasys Šackus, Juozas Žukas, Leonas Baltrūnas, Zenonas Puzinauskas, Artūras Andrulis, Leopoldas Kepalas, Pranas Mažeika, Česlovas Daukša, Leonas Petrauskas, Eugenijus Nikolskis (Coach: Feliksas Kriaučiūnas)

2. Italy: Livio Franceschini, Ambrogio Bessi, Galeazzo Dondi, Emilio Giassetti, Giancarlo Marinelli, Camillo Marinone, Sergio Paganella, Mino Pasquini, Michele Pelliccia, Ezio Varisco

3. France: Pierre Boel, Robert Cohu, Jacques Flouret, Henri Hell, Edmond Leclere, Henri Lesmayoux, Fernand Prudhomme, Etienne Roland, Eugene Ronner, Marcel Vérot (Coach: Henri Kretzschmar)

4. Poland: Pawel Stok, Michal Czajczyk, Stefan Gendera, Florian Grzechowiak, Zdzislaw Kasprzak, Janusz Patrzykont, Andrzej Plucinski, Zbigniew Resich, Zenon Rozycki, Jaroslaw Smigielski (Coach: Walenty Kłyszejko)

5.Estonia: Heino Veskila, Oskar Erikson, Evald Mahl, Vladimir Kärk, Robert Keres, Aleksander Illi, Alfred Zimmermann, Albert Suurna, Ralf Viksten (Coach: Herbert Niiler)

External links

EuroBasket

Tournaments	Switzerland 1935 Latvia 1937 Lithuania 1939 ~~Lithuania 1941~~ (cancelled due to WWII) Switzerland 1946 Czechoslovakia 1947 Egypt 1949 France 1951 USSR 1953 Hungary 1955 Bulgaria 1957 Turkey 1959 Yugoslavia 1961 Poland 1963 USSR 1965 Finland 1967 Italy 1969 West Germany 1971 Spain 1973 Yugoslavia 1975 Belgium 1977 Italy 1979 Czechoslovakia 1981 France 1983 West Germany 1985 Greece 1987 Yugoslavia 1989 Italy 1991 Germany 1993 Greece 1995 Spain 1997 France 1999 Turkey 2001 Sweden 2003 Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Spain 2007 Poland 2009 Lithuania 2011 Slovenia 2013 Croatia/France/Germany/Latvia 2015 Finland/Israel/Romania/Turkey 2017

Qualification	1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Finals	2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Division B (defunct)	2005 2007 2009 2011

Small Countries	Malta 1988 Wales 1990 Cyprus 1992 Ireland 1994 San Marino 1996 Gibraltar 1998 Andorra 2000 Malta 2002 Andorra 2004 Albania 2006 Scotland 2008 Malta 2010 San Marino 2012 Gibraltar 2014 Moldova 2016

Honors Records

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