The 1949 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1949, was the sixth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Seven national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. The competition was hosted by Egypt after the Soviet Union refused to host it, as was the Soviet's obligation as defending champion under FIBA Europe rules. Czechoslovakia, the
silver medal
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list at EuroBasket 1947, had been the host that year, so was not asked to repeat hosting duties and those duties fell to
bronze medal
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list Egypt.
The event took place in Cairo, with travel difficulties cited by many nations as the reason for not competing. Only four of the seven competing teams were European.
Results
The 1949 competition was in the same format as EuroBasket 1939. 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
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Mohammed Mahmud Soliman
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Albert Fahmy Tadros
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Medhat Mohammed Youssef Medhat may refer to:
*Medhat Abdel-Hady (born 1974), retired Egyptian footballer
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Ahmed Hassaan
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Robert Busnel
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Jean-Pierre Salignon
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André Vacheresse
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Jacques Freimuller
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Robert Busnel
Robert Busnel (19 September 1914 – 15 March 1991) was a French professional basketball player, coach, and administrator. During his playing career, the 1.92 m (6'3 ") tall Busnel, played at the power forward position. He was made an Officer of ...
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Missas Pantazopoulos
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Alekos Spanoudakis
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Sokratis Apostolidis
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Nikos Milas
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Ali Uras
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Mehmet Ali Yalım
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1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...