European basketball championship 1939

Eurobasket 1939
3. Basketball Championship of Men
Number of nations	8th
European champion	Lithuania (2nd title)
venue	Kaunas, Lithuania
Opening game	May 21, 1939
Endgame	May 28, 1939
Games	28
Basket points	1999   (∅: 71.39 per game)
Most basket points	Heino Veskila Estonia
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The third European Basketball Championship of Men ( official: Euro Basket 1939 ) was held from 21 to 28 May 1939 in Kaunas instead. European champion was the host and defending champion Lithuania , which was the first to be crowned a two-time European champion. Silver went to the 1935 title holder from Latvia , the bronze medal went to the Polish team .

Final round

The European championship was held in a single group with a total of eight teams, the European champion was the first place in the final ranking. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. If a game was tied at the end of regular time, it went into overtime. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decided against each other.

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1.H.	2.H.	Loss
X 1	France	Finland	076:11	46: 09	30: 02	-
X 2	Poland	Estonia	035:31	??: ??	??: ??	-
X 3	Italy	Hungary	039:21	12:16	27: 05	-
X 4	Lithuania	Latvia	037:36	15:17	22:19	-
X 5	Poland	France	038:36	20:15	18:21	-
X 6	Italy	Finland	063:13	32: 05	31: 08	-
X 7	Lithuania	Estonia	033:14	16: 03	17:11	-
X 8	Latvia	Hungary	058:24	31: 07	27:17	-
X 9	France	Italy	031:24	15:13	16:11	-
X10	Lithuania	Poland	046:18	25: 09	21: 09	-
X11	Latvia	Finland	108: 07	61: 05	47: 02	-
X12	Estonia	Hungary	064:20	35: 08	29:12	-
X13	Estonia	Finland	091: 01	47: 00	44: 01	-
X14	Poland	Hungary	042:20	22:13	20: 07	-
X15	Latvia	Italy	038:23	17: 09	21:14	-
X16	Lithuania	France	048:18	23: 06	25:12	-
X17	Latvia	France	045:26	21:13	24:13	-
X18	Lithuania	Hungary	079:15	29: 09	50: 06	-
X19	Estonia	Italy	029:22	19:11	10:11	-
X20	Poland	Finland	046:13	20: 06	26: 07	-
X21	Poland	Italy	043:27	21:12	22:15	-
X22	France	Hungary	045:19	20: 09	25:10	-
X23	Lithuania	Finland	112: 09	48: 03	64: 06	-
X24	Estonia	Latvia	26:25 a.d.	06:12	18:12	2: 1
X25	Lithuania	Italy	041:27	23: 06	18:21	-
X26	Hungary	Finland	045:16	??: ??	??: ??	-
X27	France	Estonia	33:31 a.d.	17: 09	11:19	5: 3
X28	Latvia	Poland	043:20	10:12	33: 08	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Lithuania	7th	7th	0	14th	396: 137	+259
2	Latvia	7th	5	2	12	353: 163	+190
3	Poland	7th	5	2	12	242: 216	+ 026
4th	France	7th	4th	3	11	265: 216	+ 049
5	Estonia	7th	4th	3	11	286: 167	+119
6th	Italy	7th	2	5	09	225: 216	+ 9 00
7th	Hungary	7th	1	6th	08th	162: 343	−181
8th	Finland	7th	0	7th	07th	0 70: 541	−471

Final score

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
1	Lithuania	7-0	2.8905
2	Latvia	5: 2	2.1656
3	Poland	5: 2	1.1204
4th	France	4: 3	1.2268
5	Estonia	4: 3	1.7126
6th	Italy	2: 5	1.0417
7th	Hungary	1: 6	0.4723
8th	Finland	0: 7	0.1294

See also

• basketball
• European basketball championship

Web links

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