EuroBasket 1949

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| city = Cairo

| country = Egypt

| dates = 15–22 May

| num_teams = 7

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion = Egypt

| champion-flagvar = 1922

| count = 1

| second = FRA

| second-flagvar = 1794

| third = GRE

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| mvp = {{flagicon|Turkey}} Hüseyin Öztürk

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|Turkey}} Hüseyin Öztürk
(19.3 points per game)

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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 medallist at EuroBasket 1947, 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 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.

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|align=right|{{bk-rt|Netherlands}} ||align=center|40–37 ||{{bk|Syria|1932}}

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|align=right|{{bk-rt|France|1794}} ||align=center|43–26 ||{{bk|Lebanon}}

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|align=right|{{bk-rt|Greece|old}} ||align=center|54–41 ||{{bk|Turkey}}

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|align=right|{{bk-rt|France|1794}} ||align=center|47–33 ||{{bk|Turkey}}

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|align=right|{{bk-rt|Lebanon}} ||align=center|30–57 ||{{bk|Egypt|1922}}

|- style=font-size:90%

|align=right|{{bk-rt|Syria|1932}} ||align=center|33–43 ||{{bk|Turkey}}

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|align=right|{{bk-rt|Lebanon}} ||align=center|22–34 ||{{bk|Netherlands}}

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|align=right|{{bk-rt|Turkey}} ||align=center|44–57 ||{{bk|Egypt|1922}}

|- style=font-size:90%

|align=right|{{bk-rt|Syria|1932}} ||align=center|45–49 ||{{bk|Greece|old}}

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|align=right|{{bk-rt|Turkey}} ||align=center|38–24 ||{{bk|Netherlands}}

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|align=right|{{bk-rt|France|1794}} ||align=center|36–57 ||{{bk|Egypt|1922}}

Final standings

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|win_FRA= 5 |loss_FRA= 1 |gf_FRA= 281 |ga_FRA= 199

|win_GRE= 4 |loss_GRE= 2 |gf_GRE= 269 |ga_GRE= 241

|win_TUR= 3 |loss_TUR= 3 |gf_TUR= 247 |ga_TUR= 256

|win_NED= 2 |loss_NED= 4 |gf_NED= 174 |ga_NED= 255

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Team rosters

1. Egypt: Youssef Mohammed Abbas, Youssef Abou Ouf, Fouad Abdel Meguid El-Kheir, Gabriel Armand "Gaby" Catafago, Salah El-Dine Nessim, Abdel Rahman Hafez Ismail, Hussein Kamel Montasser, Mohamed Ali Ahmed El-Rashidy, Wahid Chafik Saleh, Mohammed Mahmud Soliman, Albert Fahmy Tadros, Medhat Youssef Mohamed, (Team Captain: Ahmed Hassan) (Coach: Carmine "Nello" Paratore)

2. France: André Buffière, Robert Busnel, René Chocat, Jacques Dessemme, Maurice Desaymonnet, Louis Devoti, Jacques Favory, Fernand Guillou, Jean Perniceni, Jean-Pierre Salignon, Jean Swidzinski, André Vacheresse, Jacques Freimuller, Marc Quiblier (Coach: Robert Busnel)

3. Greece: Alekos Apostolidis, Stelios Arvanitis, Nikos Bournelos, Thanasis Kostopoulos, Ioannis Lambrou, Faidon Matthaiou, Nikos Nomikos, Missas Pantazopoulos, Nikos Skylakakis, Alekos Spanoudakis, Takis Taliadoros, Sokratis Apostolidis, Nikos Milas (Coach: Georgios Karatzopoulos)

4. Turkey: Hüseyin Öztürk, Samim Göreç, Avram Barokas, Vitali Benazus, Haşim Tankut, Ali Uras, Mehmet Ali Yalım, Tevfik Tankut, Sacit Seldüz, Erdoğan Partener, Ayduk Koray, Candaş Tekeli

External links

[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_f43ulKJBGLcVnbH-aqLVu2.pageID_2jF0LvlTIC6uea0BZR47M2.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1949.html FIBA Europe EuroBasket 1949]
[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_f43ulKJBGLcVnbH-aqLVu2.season_1951.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.coid_mrncAZluJPw44kSejvZMs1.articleMode_on.html FIBA article discussing venue]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110710204609/http://www.eurobasket2005.com/en/cid_qbJDPGGEHekpHigH,1usY0.coid_AtbEwBDdJKUQDFUrNKJpE3.articleMode_on.html FIBA Europe article on 1940s EuroBaskets]
[http://www.eurobasket.com/events/ec/ec49.asp Eurobasket.com 1949 EChampionship]

1949

Category:1949 in basketball

Category:Sports competitions in Cairo

Category:1949 in Egyptian sport

Category:May 1949 sports events in Africa

Category:1940s in Cairo