European basketball championship 1937

Eurobasket 1937
2. Basketball Championship of Men
Number of nations	8th
European champion	Lithuania (1st title)
venue	Riga, Latvia
Opening game	May 2, 1937
Endgame	May 7, 1937
Games	20th
Basket points	855   (∅: 42.75 per game)
Most basket points	Rudolfs Jurcins Latvia
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The second European Basketball Championship of Men ( official: Euro Basket 1937 ) was held from 2 to 7 May 1937 in Riga instead. Lithuania became European champion . Silver went to Italy and France won the bronze medal. With Egypt , for the lack of its own continental competition, a non-European team was part of the EM field for the first time.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two groups of four teams each. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. If a game was tied at the end of regular time, there was extra time. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided against each other.

Group A

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
A 1	Lithuania	Italy	22:20	15: 09	07:11	-
A 2	Estonia	Egypt	44:15	22: 05	22:10	-
A 3	Egypt	Italy	00: 02	-	-	-
A 4	Lithuania	Estonia	20:15	16:10	04: 05	-
A 5	Italy	Estonia	30:20	13: 08	17:12	-
A 6	Lithuania	Egypt	21: 07	08: 03	13: 04	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Lithuania	3	3	0	6th	63:42	+21	Semifinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	5	52:42	+10
3	Estonia	3	1	2	4th	79:65	+14	Final round places 5 - 8
4th	Egypt	3	0	3	2	22:67	−45

Group B

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
B 1	France	Poland	27:24	13:15	14: 09	-
B 2	Latvia	Czechoslovakia	44:11	16: 04	28: 07	-
B 3	Poland	Latvia	32:25	16:14	16:11	-
B 4	France	Czechoslovakia	26:19	09: 08	17:11	-
B 5	Latvia	France	26:20	15:14	11: 06	-
B 6	Poland	Czechoslovakia	28:19	13:12	15 07	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff	qualified for
1	Poland	3	2	1	5	84:73	+11	Semifinals
2	France	3	2	1	5	75:69	+ 06
3	Latvia	3	2	1	5	95:63	+32	Final round places 5 - 8
4th	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	3	49:98	−49

Final round

5th to 8th place

After the preliminary round, the third and fourth placed in each group met in the small semifinals. The winners played for 5th place, the losers for 7th place.

	Small semifinals				Play for 5th place
	14th
	Estonia	30th
	Czechoslovakia	20th
					19th
					Estonia	41
					Latvia	19th
					Game for 7th place
	16				20th
	Latvia	2			Czechoslovakia	2
	Egypt	0			Egypt	0

Small semifinals

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
14th	Estonia	Czechoslovakia	30:20	18:12	12: 08	-
16	Latvia	Egypt	02: 00	-	-	-

Game for 7th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
20th	Czechoslovakia	Egypt	02: 00	-	-	-

Play for 5th place

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
19th	Estonia	Latvia	41:19	26:12	15: 07	-

1st to 4th place

After the preliminary round, the first and second placed in each group met in the semi-finals. The winners played in the final for the European championship title, the losers in the game for third place for the bronze medal.

	Semifinals				final
	13
	Italy	36
	France	32
					17th
					Lithuania	24
					Italy	23
					Game for third place
	15th				18th
	Lithuania	31			France	27
	Poland	25th			Poland	24

Semifinals

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
13	Italy	France	36:32	15:20	21:12	-
15th	Lithuania	Poland	31:25	18:18	13 07	-

3rd place match

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
18th	France	Poland	27:24	13:15	14: 09	-

final

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
17th	Lithuania	Italy	24:23	11: 09	13:14	-

Final score

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
1	Lithuania	5-0	1.3111
2	Italy	3: 2	1.1327
3	France	3: 2	1.0388
4th	Poland	2: 3	1.0153
5	Estonia	3: 2	1.4423
6th	Latvia	3: 2	1.1154
7th	Czechoslovakia	1: 4	0.5547
8th	Egypt	0: 5	0.3099

See also

• basketball
• European basketball championship

Web links

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