III EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (KAUNAS 1939)

(From 22-05-1939 to 28-05-1939)

 

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The eight participating teams enter a league stage, played as a round robin with seven competiton days. The group winner becomes European champion. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by their basket average.

 

 

LEAGUE STAGE

Competition Day 1 (22-05-1939)

France - Finland

73-11 (46-9)

Poland - Estonia

40-36 (28-20)

Italy - Hungary

37-21 (12-16)

Lithuania - Latvia

37-36 (15-17)

Competition Day 2 (23-05-1939)

Latvia - Hungary

58-24 (31-7)

Italy - Finland

63-13 (32-5)

Lithuania - Estonia

33-14 (16-3)

Poland - France

38-36 (20-15)

Competition Day 3 (24-05-1939)

Latvia - Finland

108-7 (61-5)

Estonia - Hungary

64-20 (35-8)

France - Italy

31-24 (15-13)

Lithuania - Poland

46-18 (25-9)

Competition Day 4 (25-05-1939)

Estonia - Finland

91-1 (47-0)

Poland - Hungary

42-20 (22-13)

Latvia - Italy

38-23 (17-9)

Lithuania - France

47-18 (23-6)

Competition Day 5 (26-05-1939)

Lithuania - Hungary

79-15 (29-9)

Poland - Finland

46-13 (20-6)

Estonia - Italy

29-22 (19-11)

Latvia - France

45-26 (21-13)

Competition Day 6 (27-05-1939)

France - Hungary

45-19 (20-9)

Lithuania - Finland

112-9 (48-3)

Estonia - Latvia

26-25 (6-12;24-24)

Poland - Italy

43-27 (21-12)

Competition Day 7 (28-05-1939)

Hungary - Finland

43-16 (22-8)

France - Estonia

33-31 (17-9;28-28)

Latvia - Poland

43-20 (10-12)

Lithuania - Italy

48-15 (29-7)

 

 

FINAL STANDING

P

W

L

F

A

Pts.

1. Lithuania

7

7

0

402

125

14

2. Latvia

7

5

2

353

163

10

3. Poland

7

5

2

247

221

10

4. France

7

4

3

262

215

8

5. Estonia

7

4

3

291

174

8

6. Italy

7

2

5

211

223

4

7. Hungary

7

1

6

162

341

2

8. Finland

7

0

7

70

536

0

 

 

FINAL (DECISIVE GAME)

VENUE: Kauno Sporto Halė (Kaunas)

DATE: 22-05-1939 (21:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 10.000

REFEREES: Vittorio Ugolini (ITA), Jean Leroy (FRA)

FOULED OUT (FOUR FOULS): xxx

Lietuva

Lithuania - Latvia

Latvija

37-36 (15-17)

Lithuania (coach-player: Pranas Lubinas)

Feliksas Kriaučiūnas (4)

Artūras Andrulis (1)

Zenonas Puzinauskas (6)

Pranas Lubinas (10)

Mykolas Ruzgys (12)

Latvia (coach: Valdemārs Baumanis)

Jānis Graudiņš (-)

Aleksandrs Vanags (3)

Voldemārs Šmits (6)

Kārlis Ārents (13)

Visvaldis Melderis (12)

Jurgis Jurgėla (2)

Vytautas Budriūnas (2)

Alfrēds Krauklis (2)

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Lithuania LIT

2.

Latvia LAT

3.

Poland POL

4.

France FRA

5.

Estonia EST

6.

Italy ITA

7.

Hungary HUN

8.

Finland FIN

 

 

TOP SCORERS (POINTS PER GAME)

Player

Pts.

G

Avg.

1. Heino Veskila (EST)

116

7

16.6

2. Voldemārs Šmits (LAT)

108

7

15.4

3. Pranas Lubinas (LIT)

97

7

13.9

4. Visvaldis Melderis (LAT)

89

7

12.7

5. Henri Lesmayoux (FRA)

74

6

12.3

6. Mykolas Ruzgys (LIT)

76

7

10.9

7. Vytautas Budriūnas (LIT)

73

7

10.4

8. Paweł Stok (POL)

64

7

9.1

9. Florian Grzechowiak (POL)

62

7

8.9

10. Zenonas Puzinauskas (LIT)

60

7

8.6

 

 

TOURNAMENT MVP: Pranas Lubinas (LIT)

   

 

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