The 1949 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1949, was the sixth

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regional

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championship, held by FIBA. Seven national teams affiliated with the

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(FIBA) took part in the competition. The competition was hosted by

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after the

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refused to host it, as was the Soviet's obligation as defending champion under FIBA Europe rules.

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, the silver medallist at

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, had been the host that year, so was not asked to repeat hosting duties and those duties fell to bronze medallist Egypt. The event took place in

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, with travel difficulties cited by many nations as the reason for not competing. Only four of the seven competing teams were

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an.

Results

The 1949 competition was in the same format as

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. 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

Final standings

Team rosters

1. Egypt: Youssef Mohammed Abbas, Youssef Kamal Abouaouf,

Fouad Abdelmeguid el-Kheir Fouad may refer to: People with the single name *Fuad I of Egypt (1868-1936), also spelled Fouad, sultan and later king of Egypt *Fuad II of Egypt (born 1952), deposed infant king of Egypt Fictional characters *Fouad (Family Guy), character in Amer ...

, Gabriel Armand "Gaby" Catafago, Nessim Salah el-Dine, Abdelrahman Hafez Ismail,

Hussein Kamel Montasser Hussain Montassir (2 March 1923 – 14 February 1992) was an Egyptian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...

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Albert Fahmy Tadros Albert Fahmy Tadros (8 August 1914 – 4 April 1993) was an Egyptian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936, 1948 and the 1952 Summer Olympics. He also participated in the Egypt men's national basketball team, wi ...

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, (Team Captain:

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) (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore) 2. France:

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, Jacques Dessemme,

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, Jacques Favory,

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, Jean Perniceni,

Jean-Pierre Salignon Jean-Pierre Salignon (1 January 1928 – 9 March 2012) was a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References External links

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, André Vacheresse, Jacques Freimuller,

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(Coach:

) 3. Greece: Alekos Apostolidis,

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, Nikos Bournelos, Thanasis Kostopoulos,

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, Nikos Nomikos, Missas Pantazopoulos, Nikos Skylakakis, Alekos Spanoudakis,

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, Sokratis Apostolidis,

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(Coach: Georgios Karatzopoulos) 4. Turkey:

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, Samim Gorec, Avram Barokas, Vitali Benazus, Hasim Tankut,

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, Mehmet Ali Yalım, Tevfik Tankut, Sacit Selduz, Erdogan Partener, Ayduk Koray, Candas Tekeli

External links

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