EuroBasket 1949

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EuroBasket 1949
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
City Cairo
Dates15–22 May
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France
Third placeFlag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Fourth placeFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Tournament statistics
MVP Flag of Turkey.svg Hüseyin Öztürk
Top scorer Flag of Turkey.svg Hüseyin Öztürk
(19.3 points per game)
1947
1951

The 1949 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1949, was the sixth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Seven national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. The competition was hosted by Egypt after the Soviet Union refused to host it, as was the Soviet's obligation as defending champion under FIBA Europe rules. Czechoslovakia, the silver medallist at EuroBasket 1947, had been the host that year, so was not asked to repeat hosting duties and those duties fell to bronze medallist Egypt.

Contents

The event took place in Cairo, with travel difficulties cited by many nations as the reason for not competing. Only four of the seven competing teams were European.

Results

The 1949 competition was in the same format as EuroBasket 1939. 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.

Results

Greece  Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg46–28Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Egypt  Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg71–44Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg  Syria
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg36–45Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
France  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg58–35Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg40–37Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg  Syria
France  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg43–26Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Greece  Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg54–41Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
France  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg47–33Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg28–38Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg  Syria
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg23–54Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt
France  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg41–36Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg30–57Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt
Syria  Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg33–43Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg22–34Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg44–57Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt
Syria  Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg45–49Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg38–24Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Egypt  Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg50–39Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
France  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg56–22Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg  Syria
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg48–41Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
France  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg36–57Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt

Final standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsFinal Result
1Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 660346216+13012Champion
2Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  France 651281199+8211Runner-up
3Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 642269241+2810Third Place
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 63324725699
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 624174255818
6Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg  Syria 615219287687
7Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 606183265826
Source: fibaeurope.com
 1949 FIBA EuroBasket champions 
Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg
Egypt
1st title

Team rosters

1. Egypt: Youssef Mohammed Abbas, Youssef Kamal Abouaouf, Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Gabriel Armand "Gaby" Catafago, Nessim Salah el-Dine, Abdelrahman Hafez Ismail, Hussein Kamel Montasser, Mohammed Ali el-Rashidi, Wahid Chafik Saleh, Mohammed Mahmud Soliman, Albert Fahmy Tadros, Medhat Mohammed Youssef, (Team Captain: Ahmed Hassaan) (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore)

2. France: André Buffière, Robert Busnel, René Chocat, Jacques Dessemme, Maurice Desaymonnet, Louis Devoti, Jacques Favory, Fernand Guillou, Jean Perniceni, Jean-Pierre Salignon, Jean Swidzinski, André Vacheresse, Jacques Freimuller, Marc Quiblier (Coach: Robert Busnel)

3. Greece: Alekos Apostolidis, Stelios Arvanitis, Nikos Bournelos, Thanasis Kostopoulos, Ioannis Lambrou, Faidon Matthaiou, Nikos Nomikos, Missas Pantazopoulos, Nikos Skylakakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Takis Taliadoros, Sokratis Apostolidis, Nikos Milas (Coach: Georgios Karatzopoulos)

4. Turkey: Hüseyin Öztürk, Samim Gorec, Avram Barokas, Vitali Benazus, Hasim Tankut, Ali Uras, Mehmet Ali Yalım, Tevfik Tankut, Sacit Selduz, Erdogan Partener, Ayduk Koray, Candas Tekeli

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