EuroBasket 1951 explained

City:Paris
Country:France
Dates:3–12 May
Num Teams:18
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:Soviet Union
Champion-Flagvar:1936
Count:2
Second:Czechoslovakia
Third:France
Third-Flagvar:1794
Fourth:Bulgaria
Fourth-Flagvar:1948
Games:73
Mvp: Ivan Mrázek
Top Scorer: Ivan Mrázek
(17.1 points per game)
Prevseason:1949
Nextseason:1953

The 1951 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1951, was the seventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Eighteen national teams affiliated with FIBA entered the competition, a record number and more than twice the number that had competed two years earlier. The competition was hosted by France, who had taken second place at EuroBasket 1949, behind 1949 hosts Egypt. The Vélodrome d'hiver, Paris was the location of the event.[1]

73 matches were held over the course of the tournament, including the three walkovers caused by Romania withdrawing after the competition schedule had been set.

Results

First round

In the preliminary round, the 18 teams were split up into four groups. Two of the groups had five teams each, with the others having four each. Romania withdrew, leaving 2 groups of 5, 1 group of 4, and 1 group of 3. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinal round. The seven teams that had placed third and fourth moved into the classification rounds, leaving one more spot in that round two be contested in a head-to-head match between the two fifth-place teams.

Group A

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 731233132+101
2. 731232146+86
3. 731172177−5
4. 513180214−34
5. 404114262−148
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France49–37Italy
Netherlands50–48France
France72–26Luxembourg
France63–33Switzerland
Italy53–28Netherlands
Luxembourg20–76Italy
Italy67–35Switzerland
Luxembourg32–46Netherlands
Switzerland44–48Netherlands
Luxembourg36–68Switzerland

Group B

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 840312117+195
2. 731227154+73
3. 622175180−5
4. 513112200−88
5. 40494269−175
width=25%width=25%width=25%
Soviet Union58–34Turkey
Denmark13–109Soviet Union
Soviet Union71–34Austria
Finland36–74Soviet Union
Turkey83–36Denmark
Austria18–50Turkey
Turkey60–42Finland
Denmark26–33Austria
Finland44–19Denmark
Austria27–53Finland

Group C

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 63014770+77
2. 521121103+18
3. 41269158−89
4. (withdrew)00306−6
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Greece38–68Bulgaria
Portugal35–81Greece
Greece2–0 (w/o)Romania
Bulgaria77–32Portugal
Bulgaria2–0 (w/o)Romania
Portugal2–0 (w/o)Romania

Group D

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 63020881+127
2. 52120399+104
3. 412117157−40
4. 30368259−191
width=25%width=25%width=25%
Czechoslovakia38–51Belgium
Scotland18 – 103Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia62–30West Germany
Belgium87–25Scotland
West Germany18–70Belgium
Scotland25–69West Germany

Elimination game

The two fifth-placed teams from the preliminary groups, Denmark and Luxembourg, played a single elimination game for the honor of being the eighth team in the consolation round. The game was perhaps the closest in Eurobasket history; it was tied at 45–45 with Peter Tatalls at the free throw line with 5 seconds left. Tatalls made the shot, putting Denmark ahead 46–45. Luxembourg moved the ball up to about half-court before attempting a shot just before time expired. The shot bounced off the rim, eliminating Luxembourg from the tournament and giving Denmark their first win of the tournament as they moved into the classification round to play for 9th–16th places.

Classification round 1

The first classification round was played in two round-robin groups. Teams advanced into the second classification round depending on their results in the first round—first and second place teams played in the 9–12 segment of classification round 2 while third and fourth place teams played for 13th to 16th places.

Group 1

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 630118102+16
2. 412132129+3
3. 412134136−2
4. 412122139−17
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West Germany47–39Portugal
Austria39–37West Germany
Switzerland51–48West Germany
Portugal31–43Austria
Switzerland49–52Portugal
Switzerland34–36Austria

Group 2

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 630201119+82
2. 521162111+51
3. 41299158−59
4. 303101175−74
width=25%width=25%width=25%
Finland66–52Netherlands
Scotland32–73Finland
Denmark35–62Finland
Netherlands55–28Scotland
Denmark17–55Netherlands
Denmark47–41Scotland

Classification round 2

9th-12th place classification playoffs

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinal round was played in two round-robin groups. Teams advanced into the final round depending on their results in the first round—the top two teams advanced to the medals round, while third and fourth ranked teams played for 5th to 8th places.

Group A

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 521149140+9
2. 521152142+10
3. 521125124+1
4. 303122142−20
width=25%width=25%width=25%
Belgium41–51Bulgaria
Turkey38–32Belgium
France53–49Belgium
Bulgaria52–45Turkey
France56–49Bulgaria
France40–42Turkey

Group B

width=20Rankwidth=220Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=20Diff
1. 630175121+54
2. 521157127+30
3. 412140177−37
4. 303133180−47
width=25%width=25%width=25%
Soviet Union60–42Italy
Czechoslovakia37–53Soviet Union
Greece42–62Soviet Union
Italy34–66Czechoslovakia
Greece51–64Italy
Greece40–54Czechoslovakia

Final round

Classification 5–8

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Italy48–36Belgium
Turkey42–36Greece
Classification 5/6

Medal Round: Bracket

Semifinals

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France50–59Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union72–54Bulgaria
Championship

Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Otar Korkia, Stepas Butautas, Joann Lõssov, Anatoly Konev, Ilmar Kullam, Heino Kruus, Alexander Moiseev, Justinas Lagunavičius, Anatoly Belov, Vasili Kolpakov, Yuri Larionov, Evgeni Nikitin, Viktor Vlasov, Oleg Mamontov (Coach: Stepan Spandaryan)

2. Czechoslovakia: Ivan Mrázek, Jiri Baumruk, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Miroslav Skerik, Jaroslav Šíp, Jan Kozák, Miroslav Baumruk, Karel Belohradsky, Miroslav Dostal, Jindrich Kinsky, Zoltan Krenicky, Jiri Matousek, Milos Nebuchla, Arnost Novak, Karel Sobota, Zdenek Rylich, Stanislav Vykydal (Coach: Josef Andrle)

3. France: André Buffiere, René Chocat, Jacques Dessemme, Louis Devoti, Jacques Freimuller, Robert Guillin, Robert Monclar, Marc Peironne, Marc Quiblier, Jean-Pierre Salignon, Pierre Thiolon, André Vacheresse, Jean Perniceni, Justy Specker (Coach: Robert Busnel)

4. Bulgaria: Georgi Georgiev, Stefan Bankov, Nejcho Nejchev, Vladimir Slavov, Ilija Asenov, Petar Shishkov, Kiril Semov, Konstantin Totev, Anton Kuzov, Gencho Rashkov, Ivan Vladimirov, Dimitar Popov, Metodi Tomovski (Coach: Veselin Temkov)

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_,qVPP9zLJKY121Ltl7u2L2.coid_h2pBsksyJ-cCHE,whyz0T3.articleMode_on.html EuroBasket History – The 50s

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