EuroBasket 1937

EuroBasket 1937
	Poster promoting EuroBasket 1937
Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
City	Riga
Dates	2–7 May
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Lithuania (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	France
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
MVP	Pranas Talzūnas
Top scorer	Rūdolfs Jurciņš ; (12.5 points per game)
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The 1937 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1937, was the second FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. Defending champions Latvia hosted the tournament, held in Riga.

Results

First round

Game between Lithuania and Estonia.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	3	3	0	63	42	21	6	Semifinal
2	Italy	3	2	1	52	42	10	5	Semifinal
3	Estonia	3	1	2	79	65	14	4	Classification 5–8
4	Egypt	3	0	3	22	67	−45	3	Classification 5–8

Source: fibaeurope.com

Lithuania

22–20

Italy

Estonia

44–15

Egypt

Lithuania

20–15

Estonia

Egypt

0–2

(null and void)

Italy

Lithuania

21–7

Egypt

Italy

30–20

Estonia

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	78	69	9	5	Semifinal
2	Poland	3	2	1	84	73	11	5	Semifinal
3	Latvia	3	2	1	95	66	29	5	Classification 5–8
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	49	98	−49	3	Classification 5–8

Source: fibaeurope.com

France

29–24

Poland

Latvia

44–11

Czechoslovakia

Poland

32–25

Latvia

France

26–19

Czechoslovakia

Poland

28–19

Czechoslovakia

Latvia

26–23

France

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

Estonia

30–20

Czechoslovakia

Latvia

2–0

(Awarded)

Egypt

7th/8th playoff

Czechoslovakia

2–0

(Awarded)

Egypt

5th/6th playoff

Estonia

41–19

Latvia

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.

Lithuania

31–25

Poland

Italy

36–32

France

Bronze medal match

France

27–24

Poland

Final

Lithuania

24–23

Italy

1937 FIBA EuroBasket champions
Lithuania 1st title

Final standings

Lithuania national team, winners of the competition, holding the Latvian presidential prize.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	Lithuania	5	5	0	118	90	28	10
	Italy	5	3	2	109	98	11	8
	France	5	3	2	132	129	3	8
4.	Poland	5	2	3	133	129	4	7

5.	Estonia	5	3	2	150	104	46	8
6.	Latvia	5	3	2	114	104	10	8
7.	Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	69	128	−59	6
8.	Egypt	5	0	5	22	65	−43	5