The 1937 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1937, was the second

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regional

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

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(FIBA) took part in the competition. Defending champions

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hosted the tournament, held in

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Results

First round

The preliminary round consisted of the eight teams being separated into two groups of four. Each group played a round-robin format tournament, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the semifinals and the bottom two playing in the lower classification matches. Wins counted for 2 points, losses for 1 point.

Group A

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Note: Egypt originally won against Italy 31–28, but due to a referee's error, FIBA declared the game null and void, and ordered a replay. Egypt objected to the ruling and did not appear for the replay before withdrawing from the tournament.

Group B

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Latvia are classified third, because of scores differences between France-Poland-Latvia (Latvia has −4, Poland +2 and France +2).

Classification 5–8

The bottom four teams from the preliminary group faced off in the classification matches.

Classification semifinals

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7th/8th playoff

5th/6th playoff

Semifinals

The semifinals pitted the four top teams of the preliminary round against each other. Winners advanced to the final, with the losers playing in a match for 3rd and 4th place. ----

Bronze medal match

Final

Final standings

Lithuania national basketball team - EuroBasket 1937 champions

Team rosters

1. Lithuania:

Feliksas Kriaučiūnas Feliksas Kriaučiūnas (Americanized his name as Phil Krause; August 18, 1911 – October 28, 1977) was a Lithuanian American basketball player and coach. He won two gold medals with Lithuania national basketball team and silver medal with Lithuan ...

Pranas Talzūnas Pranas Talzūnas (born as Frank Konstant Talzunas; May 23, 1913 in Chicago – 1984) was a Lithuanian American basketball player. He won a gold medal with the Lithuania national basketball team during the EuroBasket 1937, held in Riga. Pranas was ...

Stasys Šačkus Stasys Šačkus (September 9, 1907 – November 9, 1985) was a Lithuanian athlete and basketball player. Biography In 1928, he graduated Marijampolė Gymnasium. Later studied humanities studies at Vytautas Magnus University. Stasys actively p ...

Juozas Žukas Jonas Juozas Žukas (October 29, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois - July 7, 1981) was a Lithuanian basketball and tennis player. He won a gold medal with Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937. Žukas lived in northern Chicago, near ...

Leonas Baltrūnas Leonas Baltrūnas (20 October 1914 – 20 April 1993) was a Lithuanian basketball player and coach. He won two gold medals with Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939. Biography In 1937 he graduated Kaunas ...

Zenonas Puzinauskas Zenonas Puzinauskas (March 4, 1920 – July 16, 1995) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939.Artūras Andrulis Artūras Andrulis (Americanized his name as Adolfas Andrulis; April 10, 1922 – July 3, 1981Florida, Deat ...

, Leopoldas Kepalas, Pranas Mažeika, Česlovas Daukša,

Leonas Petrauskas Leonas Eugenijus Petrauskas (1919 – 18 July 1994) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939.Eugenijus Nikolskis (Coach:

) 2. Italy: Livio Franceschini, Ambrogio Bessi, Galeazzo Dondi, Emilio Giassetti,

Giancarlo Marinelli Giancarlo Marinelli (4 December 1915 – 12 May 1987) was an Italian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emi ...

, Camillo Marinone, Sergio Paganella, Mino Pasquini, Michele Pelliccia,

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3. France: Pierre Boel, Robert Cohu,

Jacques Flouret Jacques Flouret (8 September 1907 – 4 October 1973) was a multi-talented French athlete. Track and field career Flouret won three medals in the pentathlon and javelin throw, at the Student World Championships of 1927 and 1928. He finished 2 ...

, Henri Hell, Edmond Leclere, Henri Lesmayoux,

Fernand Prudhomme Fernand Prudhomme (3 July 1916 – 29 April 1993) was a French basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as ...

, Etienne Roland, Eugene Ronner, Marcel Vérot (Coach:

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) 4. Poland: Pawel Stok, Michal Czajczyk, Stefan Gendera, Florian Grzechowiak, Zdzislaw Kasprzak, Janusz Patrzykont, Andrzej Plucinski,

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, Zenon Rozycki, Jaroslaw Smigielski (Coach:

Walenty Kłyszejko Walenty Kłyszejko ( et, Valentin Klõšeiko, russian: Валентин Клышейко; 2 December 1909 – 20 August 1987) was an Estonian–Polish basketball coach and player. He was also a professor of physical education at the Józef Piłs ...

) 5. Estonia: Heino Veskila, Oskar Erikson, Evald Mahl, Vladimir Kärk, Robert Keres,

Aleksander Illi Aleksander Illi (22 December 1912 – 25 January 2000) was an Estonian basketball player. He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the X ...

, Alfred Zimmermann, Albert Suurna, Ralf Viksten (Coach:

Herbert Niiler Herbert Niiler (27 April 1905 – 13 April 1982) was an Estonian American basketball player and coach. Niiler coached the Estonia men's national basketball team in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where the team placed 9th. He also led Estonia to EuroBa ...

)

External links

FIBA Europe EuroBasket 1937Eurobasket.com 1937 EChampionship
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