EuroBasket 1946

EuroBasket 1946
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
City	Geneva
Dates	30 April – 4 May
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
MVP	François Németh
Top scorer	Pawel Stok ; (12.4 points per game)
	← 1939 ; (1941 cancelled due to WWII) 1947 →

The 1946 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1946, was the fourth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA and the first since 1939 due to World War II. Ten national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. Switzerland hosted the tournament for a second time, as the championship returned to Geneva.

EuroBasket 1946 saw the beginning of the use of the jump shot, pioneered by Italy's Giuseppe Stefanini.

Results

The 1946 competition consisted of a preliminary round, with one group of four teams and two groups of three teams each. Each team played the other teams in its group once. The top team in each of the groups of three and the top two teams in the group of four played in the semifinals for the top four rankings; the middle teams in the two groups of three moved directly on to the final round for a 5th/6th place playoff; the bottom team in each group of three and the two bottom teams in the group of four played in semifinals for the 7th–10th ranks.

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	152	71	+81	6	Semifinal
2	Hungary	3	2	1	113	70	+43	5	Semifinal
3	Poland	3	1	2	91	102	−11	4	Classification 7–10
4	Luxembourg	3	0	3	53	166	−113	3	Classification 7–10

Source: fibaeurope.com


Poland	45–28	Luxembourg
Italy	39–31	Hungary
Luxembourg	10–48	Hungary
Poland	25–40	Italy
Italy	73–15	Luxembourg
Poland	21–34	Hungary

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	2	2	0	112	29	+83	4	Semifinal
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	66	74	−8	3	Classification 5–6
3	England	2	0	2	38	113	−75	2	Classification 7–10

Source: fibaeurope.com


England	27–48	Netherlands
England	11–65	France
France	47–18	Netherlands

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	58	50	+8	4	Semifinal
2	Switzerland	2	1	1	50	43	+7	3	Classification 5–6
3	Belgium	2	0	2	56	71	−15	2	Classification 7–10

Source: fibaeurope.com


Czechoslovakia	20–17	Switzerland
Belgium	23–33	Switzerland
Belgium	33–38	Czechoslovakia

Final round

The middle team of each of the groups of three did not compete in the final round, as they advanced directly to the 5th/6th place playoff. The top team of each of those groups played one of the top two teams of the group of four, with rankings 1st–4th at stake. Similarly, the bottom team in each group of three played one of the two lower teams in the group of four in a semifinal for 7th–10th places.

Brackets

Classification 5th–10th

Classification semifinals		Seventh place match



England	27

Luxembourg	50
		Luxembourg	11

		Belgium	42
Poland	22

Belgium	39
		Ninth place match



		England	22

		Poland	50