European basketball championship 1949

Eurobasket 1949
6. Basketball Championship of Men
Number of nations	7th
European champion	Egypt (1st title)
venue	Cairo, Egypt
Opening game	May 15, 1949
Endgame	May 22, 1949
Games	21st
Basket points	1719   (∅: 81.86 per game)
Most basket points	Huseyin Ozturk Turkey
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The 6th European Basketball Championship of Men ( official: Euro Basket 1949 ) was from 15 to 22 May 1949 Cairo instead. In the absence of defending champion USSR and vice-European champion Czechoslovakia , the host and third place in the European Championship in 1947 from Egypt won the gold medal. Silver went to France , Greece won the bronze medal. In addition to Egypt, two other non-European teams, Syria and Lebanon, were part of the EM field due to the lack of their own continental championships.

Final round

Seven teams played against each other in a single group. 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. The final table of the group corresponded to the final result of the tournament. The group winner was European champion, silver went to second place, etc.

game	Team 1	Team 2	Result	1. H.	2. H.	Loss
X 1	Greece	Netherlands	46:28	21:11	25:17	-
X 2	Turkey	Lebanon	48:41	20:25	28:16	-
X 3	France	Egypt	36:57	16:36	20:21	-
X 4	Egypt	Syria	71:44	33:27	38:17	-
X 5	Lebanon	Greece	36:45	14:24	22:21	-
X 6	France	Netherlands	58:25	30:13	28:12	-
X 7	Netherlands	Syria	40:37	22:21	18:16	-
X 8	France	Lebanon	43:26	16:13	27:13	-
X 9	Greece	Turkey	54:41	20:18	34:23	-
X10	France	Turkey	47:33	25:24	22: 09	-
X11	Lebanon	Syria	28:38	13:16	15:22	-
X12	Netherlands	Egypt	23:54	10:27	13:27	-
X13	France	Greece	41:36	32:22	09:14	-
X14	Lebanon	Egypt	30:57	14:28	16:29	-
X15	Syria	Turkey	33:43	15:24	18:19	-
X16	Lebanon	Netherlands	22:34	13:15	09:19	-
X17	Turkey	Egypt	44:57	27:25	17:32	-
X18	Syria	Greece	45:49	24:19	21:30	-
X19	Turkey	Netherlands	38:24	22:16	16: 08	-
X20	Egypt	Greece	50:39	15:20	35:19	-
X21	France	Syria	56:22	25:12	31:10	-

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points	baskets	Diff
1	Egypt	6th	6th	0	12	346: 216	+130
2	France	6th	5	1	11	281: 199	+ 082
3	Greece	6th	4th	2	10	269: 241	+ 028
4th	Turkey	6th	3	3	9	247: 256	- 9 00
5	Netherlands	6th	2	4th	8th	174: 255	- 081
6th	Syria	6th	1	5	7th	219: 287	- 068
7th	Lebanon	6th	0	6th	6th	183: 265	- 082

Final score

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.	Basket ratio
1	Egypt	6-0	1.6018
2	France	5: 1	1.4121
3	Greece	4: 2	1.1162
4th	Turkey	3: 3	0.9648
5	Netherlands	2: 4	0.6823
6th	Syria	1: 5	0.7631
7th	Lebanon	0: 6	0.6906

See also

• basketball
• European basketball championship

Web links

• FIBA Europe Infos (Engl.)