European Championship for Men 1951

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Before The Jump Shot - The 1951 European Championship

As a former President of the Danish Basketball Federation, Peter Melbye has a wealth of experience in European basketball. In many ways, he is a pioneer of the game in Europe, or if not a pioneer, one of the links to those who spread basketball from the USA to over the Atlantic and beyond.

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Italy	4	3/1	233/132	7
2.	France	4	3/1	232/146	7
3.	Netherlands	4	3/1	172/177	7
4.	Switzerland	4	1/3	180/214	5
5.	Luxembourg	4	0/4	114/262	4

France				Luxembourg
72			26

32-14 40-12

France				Switzerland
63			33

29-14 34-19

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Soviet Union	4	4/0	312/117	8
2.	Turkey	4	3/1	227/154	7
3.	Finland	4	2/2	175/180	6
4.	Austria	4	1/3	112/200	5
5.	Denmark	4	0/4	94/269	4

Denmark				Austria
26			33

10-18 16-15

Turkey				Finland
60			42

32-12 28-30

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Bulgaria	3	3/0	147/70	6
2.	Greece	3	2/1	121/103	5
3.	Portugal	3	1/2	69/158	4
4.	Romania	3	0/3	0/6	0

Greece				Romania
2			0

Bulgaria				Portugal
77			32

34-13 43-19

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Belgium	3	3/0	208/81	6
2.	Czechoslovakia	3	2/1	203/99	5
3.	Federal Republic of Germany	3	1/2	117/157	4
4.	Scotland	3	0/3	68/259	3

Germany				Belgium
18			70

6-35 12-35

Scotland				Germany
25			69

11-36 14-33

Qualification Game

Denmark				Luxembourg
46			45

28-26 18-19

Classification Round I

GROUP 1
GROUP 2

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Austria	3	3/0	118/102	6
2.	Federal Republic of Germany	3	1/2	132/129	4
3.	Switzerland	3	1/2	134/136	4
4.	Portugal	3	1/2	122/139	4

Germany				Portugal
47			39

31-20 16-19

Austria				Germany
39			37

10-14 24-20 5-3

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Finland	3	3/0	201/119	6
2.	Netherlands	3	2/1	162/111	5
3.	Denmark	3	1/2	99/158	4
4.	Scotland	3	0/3	101/175	3

Scotland				Finland
32			73

13-34 19-39

Finland				Netherlands
66			52

40-31 26-21

Classification Round II

Denmark				Portugal
46			39

24-18 22-21

Finland				Germany
67			56

31-27 36-29

Austria				Netherlands
28			44

13-22 15-22

Switzerland				Scotland
68			19

39-14 29-5

Portugal				Scotland
49			42

27-24 22-18

Denmark				Switzerland
22			54

11-24 11-30

Finland				Netherlands
57			52

27-25 30-27

Germany				Austria
49			51

24-27 21-18 4-6

Semi-Final Round

GROUP 1
GROUP 2

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	France	3	2/1	149/140	5
2.	Bulgaria	3	2/1	152/142	5
3.	Turkey	3	2/1	125/124	5
4.	Belgium	3	0/3	122/142	3

France				Turkey
40			42

17-22 21-16 2-4

France				Bulgaria
56			49

26-24 30-25

	Team	P	W/L	F/A	Pts
1.	Soviet Union	3	3/0	177/121	6
2.	Czechoslovakia	3	2/1	157/127	5
3.	Italy	3	1/2	140/177	4
4.	Greece	3	0/3	133/182	3

Czechoslovakia				Soviet Union
37			53

26-25 11-28

Soviet Union				Italy
60			42

35-25 25-17

Final Round

Italy				Belgium
48			36

30-15 18-21

Turkey				Greece
42			36

20-18 22-18

France				Czechoslovakia
50			59

22-34 28-25

Soviet Union				Bulgaria
72			54

38-20 34-34

Belgium				Greece
39			28

24-9 15-19

Italy				Turkey
43			38

26-18 17-20

France				Bulgaria
55			52

26-26 29-26

Czechoslovakia				Soviet Union
44			45

19-19 25-26

FINAL STANDINGS

	Team
1.		Soviet Union
2.		Czechoslovakia
3.		France
4.		Bulgaria
5.		Italy
6.		Turkey
7.		Belgium
8.		Greece
9.		Finland
10.		Netherlands
11.		Austria
12.		Germany
13.		Switzerland
14.		Denmark
15.		Portugal
16.		Scotland
17.		Luxembourg
18.		Romania

PHOTO GALLERY

LEADING SCORERS

	Name	Avg.
1.	Mrazek, I.	17.1
2.	Butautas, S.	15.3
3.	Korkia, O.	15.0
4.	Sip, J.	14.0
5.	Stefanini, S.	11.7