International basketball competition
The 1947 FIBA European Championship , commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1947 , was the fifth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe . Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. Czechoslovakia hosted the contest, which was held in Prague .
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.
First round
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
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
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
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
Italy
60 – 15
Albania
Belgium
35 – 46
Egypt
Belgium
114 – 11
Albania
Egypt
43 – 38
Italy
Albania
19 – 104
Egypt
Italy
21 – 34
Belgium
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.
Lower bracket
Group 4
Italy
59 – 33
Yugoslavia
Italy
34 – 39
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
32 – 26
Netherlands
Group 3
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
1
Romania
2
2
0
142
42
+100
4
2
Austria
2
1
1
67
96
−29
3
3
Albania
2
0
2
46
117
−71
2
Austria
23 – 69
Romania
Albania
19 – 73
Romania
Albania
27 – 44
Austria
Upper bracket
Group 2
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 1
Hungary
48 – 52
Czechoslovakia
France
26 – 27
Belgium
Belgium
30 – 27
Hungary
France
22 – 32
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
41 – 45
France
Czechoslovakia
32 – 29
Belgium
Final round
In the final round, each team played one last game to determine final rankings.
13th/14th place:
Yugoslavia
90 – 13
Albania
11th/12th place:
Netherlands
54 – 33
Austria
9th/10th place:
7th/8th place:
5th/6th place:
3rd/4th place:
Championship:
Soviet Union
56 – 37
Czechoslovakia
Final rankings
Soviet Union : 6–0
Czechoslovakia : 6–1
Egypt : 6–1
Belgium : 4–3
France : 4–2
Poland : 3–4
Hungary : 2–4
Bulgaria : 1–5
Italy : 3–3
Romania : 3–3
Netherlands : 2–4
Austria : 1–4
Yugoslavia : 2–3
Albania : 0–6
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 )
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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