The 1949 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1949, was the sixth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. 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 International Basketball Federation (French Fédération Internationale de Basketball) is an association of national organizations which governs international competitition in the basketball. ... A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions) such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. ... The 1947 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1947, was the fourth Eurobasket regional championship held by FIBA Europe. ... A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions) such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. ...

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, and even this bare majority includes the transcontinental country of Turkey, which is considered part of Europe in international sport. FIBA Europe refers to the contest as "undoubtedly the weakest in the history of the competition," as only 3 of the 7 entrants had previously competed at any Eurobasket-level event. Although technically in Giza, The Great Pyramids have become a symbol of Cairo internationally Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة; transliterated: al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt (and previously the United Arab Republic) and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15. ... A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ... A transcontinental nation is a country belonging to more than one continent by not only geographical, but also another definitions - divisions arise for several reasons, be it political, social or geographical. ... Eurobasket is the name commonly used to refer to the European basketball championships that take every two years between national teams of the continent. ...

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. The 1939 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1939, was the third regional championship held by FIBA Europe. ...

Final standings

Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	Egypt	12	6	0	346	216	+130
2	France	11	5	1	281	199	+82
3	Greece	10	4	2	269	241	+28
4	Turkey	9	3	3	247	256	-9
5	Netherlands	8	2	4	174	255	-81
6	Syria	7	1	5	219	287	-68
7	Lebanon	6	0	6	183	265	-82

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Match results

Team rosters

• Egypt - Youssef Abbass, Youssef Abou Off, Fouad Aboul Kheir, Gaby Catafago, Salah El Dine Nessim, Rahman Hafez Abdel, Hussein Montasser, Mohammed Ali Raschidi, Wahid Saleh, Mohammad Soliman, Albert Tadros, Medhat Youssef
• France - André Buffiere, Robert Busnel, René Chocat, Jacques Desseme, Maurice Dessymonnet, Louis Devoti, Jacques Favory, Fernand Guillou, Jean Perniceni, Jean-Pierre Salignon, Jean Szwidzinski, André Vacheresse
• Greece - Alexandre Apostolidis, Stylianos Arvanitis, Nicolas Bournellos, Athanssios Kostopoulos, Jean Lambrou, Phédon Mathéou, Nicolas Milas, Nicolas Nomikos, Michel Pantazopoulos, Nicolas Skylakakis, Alexandre Spanoudakis, Dimitrios Talliadoros

External links

• FIBA Europe Eurobasket 1949
• FIBA article discussing venue
• FIBA Europe article on 1940s Eurobaskets
• Eurobasket.com 1949 EChampionship