The 1947 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1947, was the fifth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. Czechoslovakia hosted the contest, which was held in Prague.

EuroBasket 1947
Tournament details
Host countryCzechoslovakia
CityPrague
Dates27 April – 3 May
Teams14
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up Czechoslovakia
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Belgium
Tournament statistics
MVPSoviet Union Joann Lõssov
Top scorerFrance Jacques Perrier
(13.7 points per game)
1946
1949

Results

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The 1947 competition consisted of a preliminary round, with two groups of four teams and two groups of three teams each. Each team played the other teams in its group once. The top two teams in each of the groups advanced into four-team semifinal groups 1 and 2 and were guaranteed a top-eight finish, with the remaining teams playing in three-team groups 3 and 4 for places 9–14.

Each team again played each other team in its group once. The bottom team in each of the three-team groups played its counterpart for 13th and 14th places. Similarly, middle teams in those groups played each other for 11th and 12th places and top teams played for 9th and 10th. The top eight places were determined in the same fashion, with top teams playing each other for gold and silver, second place teams in each playing for bronze and 4th, and so on.

First round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Czechoslovakia 3 3 0 208 61 +147 6 Upper bracket
2   Poland 3 2 1 108 106 +2 5
3   Romania 3 1 2 107 157 −50 4 Lower bracket
4   Netherlands 3 0 3 84 183 −99 3
Poland   51–32   Romania
Czechoslovakia   93–19   Netherlands
Poland   40–23   Netherlands
Romania   25–64   Czechoslovakia
Netherlands   42–50   Romania
Czechoslovakia   51–17   Poland

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Soviet Union 2 2 0 112 44 +68 4 Upper bracket
2   Hungary 2 1 1 83 89 −6 3
3   Yugoslavia 2 0 2 38 100 −62 2 Lower bracket
Soviet Union   50–11   Yugoslavia
Soviet Union   62–33   Hungary
Yugoslavia   27–50   Hungary

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   France 2 2 0 167 38 +129 4 Upper bracket
2   Bulgaria 2 1 1 88 80 +8 3
3   Austria 2 0 2 19 156 −137 2 Lower bracket
Bulgaria   56–13   Austria
France   100 – 6   Austria
France   67–32   Bulgaria

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt 3 3 0 193 92 +101 6 Upper bracket
2   Belgium 3 2 1 183 78 +105 5
3   Italy 3 1 2 119 92 +27 4 Lower bracket
4   Albania 3 0 3 45 278 −233 3
Italy   60–15   Albania
Belgium   35–46   Egypt
Belgium   114 – 11   Albania
Egypt   43–38   Italy
Albania   19 – 104   Egypt
Italy   21–34   Belgium

Second round

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The middle team of each of the groups of three did not compete in the second round, as they advanced directly to a 5th/6th place playoff in the final round. 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.

Upper bracket

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Group 1
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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Czechoslovakia 3 3 0 116 99 +17 6 Final
2   Belgium 3 2 1 86 85 +1 5 3rd place playoff
3   France 3 1 2 93 100 −7 4 5th place playoff
4   Hungary 3 0 3 116 127 −11 3 7th place playoff
Hungary   48–52   Czechoslovakia
France   26–27   Belgium
Belgium   30–27   Hungary
France   22–32   Czechoslovakia
Hungary   41–45   France
Czechoslovakia   32–29   Belgium
Group 2
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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Soviet Union 3 3 0 137 74 +63 6 Final
2   Egypt 3 2 1 135 112 +23 5 3rd place playoff
3   Poland 3 1 2 78 115 −37 4 5th place playoff
4   Bulgaria 3 0 3 89 138 −49 3 7th place playoff
Poland   28–52   Egypt
Soviet Union   55–24   Bulgaria
Soviet Union   46–32   Egypt
Bulgaria   27–32   Poland
Egypt   51–38   Bulgaria
Poland   18–36   Soviet Union

Lower bracket

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Group 3
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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Romania 2 2 0 142 42 +100 4 9th place playoff
2   Austria 2 1 1 67 96 −29 3 11th place playoff
3   Albania 2 0 2 46 117 −71 2 13th place playoff
Austria   23–69   Romania
Albania   19–73   Romania
Albania   27–44   Austria
Group 4
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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 2 1 1 93 72 +21 3 9th place playoff
2   Netherlands 2 1 1 65 66 −1 3 11th place playoff
3   Yugoslavia 2 1 1 65 85 −20 3 13th place playoff
Italy   59–33   Yugoslavia
Italy   34–39   Netherlands
Yugoslavia   32–26   Netherlands

Playoff games

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Each team had one final game in order to determine their tournament ranking

13th place:

Yugoslavia   90–13   Albania

11th place:

Netherlands   54–33   Austria

9th place:

Italy   55–39   Romania

7th place:

Hungary   59–29   Bulgaria

5th place:

France   62–29   Poland

3rd place:

Egypt   50–48   Belgium

Championship:

Soviet Union   56–37   Czechoslovakia


 1947 FIBA EuroBasket champions 
 
Soviet Union
1st title

Final standings

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  1.   Soviet Union
  2.   Czechoslovakia
  3.   Egypt
  4.   Belgium
  5.   France
  6.   Poland
  7.   Hungary
  8.   Bulgaria
  9.   Italy
  10.   Romania
  11.   Netherlands
  12.   Austria
  13.   Yugoslavia
  14.   Albania

Team rosters

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1. Soviet Union: Otar Korkia, Stepas Butautas, Joann Lõssov, Nodar Dzhordzhikiya, Ilmar Kullam, Anatoly Konev, Evgeny Alekseev, Alexander Moiseev, Justinas Lagunavičius, Kazys Petkevičius, Yuri Ushakov, Vytautas Kulakauskas, Vasili Kolpakov, Sergei Tarasov (Coach: Pavel Tsetlin)

2. Czechoslovakia: Ivan Mrázek, Miloš Bobocký, Jiří Drvota, Josef Ezr, Jan Kozák, Gustav Hermann, Miroslav Vondráček, Ladislav Trpkoš, Karel Bělohradský, Miroslav Dostál, Milan Fraňa, Václav Krása, Josef Toms, Emil Velenský (Coach: Josef Fleischlinger)

3. Egypt: Youssef Mohammed Abbas, Fouad Abdel Meguid El-Kheir, Youssef Abou Ouf, Guido Acher, Maurice Calife, Gabriel Armand "Gaby" Catafago, Abdel Rahman Hafez Ismail, Zaki Selim Harari, Hassan Moawad, Hussein Kamel Montasser, Wahid Chafik Saleh, Albert Fahmy Tadros, Zaki Yehia

4. Belgium: Ange Hollanders, Henri Hollanders, Gustave Poppe, Emile Kets, Georges Baert, Henri Hermans, Julien Meuris, Rene Steurbaut, Francois de Pauw, Henri Coosemans, Guillaume van Damme, Armand van Wambeke, Fernand Rossius, Joseph Pirard (Coach: Raymond Briot)

6. Poland: Jacek Arlet, Ludwik Barszczewski, Bohdan Bartoszewicz, Jerzy Dowgird, Edward Jarczyński, Henryk Jaźnicki, Władysław Maleszewski, Romuald Markowski, Zbigniew Resich, Paweł Stok, Tadeusz Ulatowski, Józef Żyliński

13. Yugoslavia: Tullio Rochlitzer, Mirko Marjanović, Miodrag Stefanović, Božo Grkinić, Ladislav Demšar, Nebojša Popović, Zlatko Kovačević, Aleksandar Gec, Aleksandar Milojković, Srđan Kalember, Zorko Cvetković, Ottone Olivieri, Božidar Munćan (Coach: Stevica Čolović)

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