Basketball_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics

Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics

International basketball tournament

Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. A total number of 23 nations entered the competition.

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Olympic basketball returned to indoor competition in Harringay Arena, after the disastrous weather conditions of the final game in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Format

  • In the preliminary rounds, teams were divided into 3 groups of 6 squads and a group with 5 squads.
  • The preliminary round was played in a single round-robin format
  • The Group tournament ranking system was observed as follows:
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  • Ties were broken by the ratio of points scored to points allowed.
  • After the preliminaries, the top 2 teams in each group will advance to the final round.
  • The 4 remaining teams went to their respective classification playoffs.
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Medalists

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Participating teams

Defending Olympic Champion
Olympic Runner-up
Third placers
Host nation
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Qualification berths for the Tournament

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Group stage

Group A

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Source: FIBA archive
  • Uruguay def. Great Britain, 69–17
  • Brazil def. Hungary, 45–41
  • Canada def. Italy, 55–37
  • Brazil def. Uruguay, 36–32
  • Canada def. Great Britain, 44–24
  • Hungary def. Italy, 32–19
  • Brazil def. Great Britain, 76–11
  • Hungary def. Canada, 37–36
  • Uruguay def. Italy, 46–34
  • Italy def. Great Britain, 49–28
  • Uruguay def. Hungary, 49–31
  • Brazil def. Canada, 57–35
  • Hungary def. Great Britain, 60–23
  • Brazil def. Italy, 47–31
  • Canada def. Uruguay, 52–50

Group B

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Source: FIBA Archive
Notes:
  1. Chile wins the five-way tiebreaker, with the following point differential in head-to-head matches among tied teams:
    Chile +25, Korea +6, Belgium -1, Philippines -9, and China -21.
  • Philippines def. Iraq, 102–30
  • Korea def. Belgium, 29–27
  • Chile def. China, 44–39
  • Chile def. Iraq, 100–18
  • Philippines def. Korea, 35–33
  • China def. Belgium, 36–34
  • Chile def. Philippines, 68–39
  • Belgium def. Iraq, 98–20
  • China def. Korea, 49–48
  • Belgium def. Chile, 38–36
  • Korea def. Iraq, 120–20
  • Philippines def. China, 51–32
  • Belgium def. Philippines, 35–34
  • China def. Iraq, 125–25
  • Korea def. Chile, 28–21

Group C

Scene of the USA v Argentina match
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Source: FIBA Archives
  • United States def. Switzerland, 86–21
  • Czechoslovakia def. Peru, 38–30
  • Argentina def. Egypt, 57–38
  • Peru def. Egypt, 52–27
  • Argentina def. Switzerland, 49–23
  • United States def. Czechoslovakia, 53–28
  • Peru def. Switzerland, 49–19
  • United States def. Argentina, 59–57
  • Czechoslovakia def. Egypt, 52–38
  • United States def. Egypt, 66–28
  • Czechoslovakia def. Switzerland, 54–28
  • Argentina def. Peru, 42–34
  • Egypt def. Switzerland, 31–29
  • United States def. Peru, 61–33
  • Czechoslovakia def. Argentina, 45–41

Group D

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Source: FIBA Archives
  • France def. Iran, 62–30
  • Mexico def. Cuba, 39–31
  • Mexico def. Ireland, 71–9
  • France def. Cuba, 37–31
  • Mexico def. France, 56–42
  • Iran def. Ireland, 49–22
  • Mexico def. Iran, 68–27
  • Cuba def. Ireland, 88–25
  • Cuba def. Iran, 63–30
  • France def. Ireland, 73–14

Classification rounds

17th–23rd place classification rounds

A bye was given to Egypt as total number of teams is not a multiple of 2, which gave them bye to the classification semifinals. Also, Ireland was deemed to have finished last, due to the loss to Switzerland and a bye they earned from Iraq.

21st place match21st–23rd place semifinalClassification Quarterfinals17th–20th place semifinals17th place match
B4 Republic of China42
C6 Switzerland34
C6 Switzerland55B4 Republic of China54
D5 Ireland12A6 Great Britain25
A6 Great Britain46
D5 Ireland21
C6 Switzerland (W/O)2*B4 Republic of China38
B6 Iraq0A5 Italy54
A5 Italy77
B6 Iraq28
A5 Italy3519th place match
C5 Egypt33
A6 Great Britain18
C5 Egypt50

Classification Quarterfinals

Republic of China 42–34  Switzerland
Great Britain 46–21  Ireland
Italy 77–28  Iraq

21st–23rd place semifinal

Switzerland 55–12  Ireland

17th–20th place semifinals

Republic of China 54–25  Great Britain
Italy 35–33  Egypt

9th-16th place classification playoffs

Hungary forfeited all of their matches in the classification round, and a win were awarded to their respective opponents, which are marked by asterisks.

13th place match13th–16th place semifinalsClassification Quarterfinals9th–12th place semifinals9th place match
B3 Belgium (W/O)2*
A3 Hungary0
A3 Hungary0B3 Belgium40
D4 Iran (W/O)2*A4 Canada45
A4 Canada81
D4 Iran25
D4 Iran36A4 Canada49
D3 Cuba70C4 Peru43
C4 Peru45
D3 Cuba40
15th place matchD3 Cuba35C4 Peru4011th place match
C3 Argentina34B5 Philippines29
A3 Hungary0B5 Philippines45B3 Belgium38
C3 Argentina (W/O)2*C3 Argentina43B5 Philippines34

Classification quarterfinals

Hungary 0–2 (W/O)  Belgium
Forfeited
Canada 81–25  Iran
Cuba 40–45  Peru
Philippines 45–43  Argentina

13th–16th place semifinals

Hungary 0–2 (W/O)  Iran
Forfeited
Cuba 35–34  Argentina

9th–12th place semifinals

Belgium 40–45  Canada
Peru 40–29  Philippines

Final round

Fifth place match5th–8th place semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
C1 United States63
A2 Uruguay28
A2 Uruguay45C1 United States71
B2 South Korea36D1 Mexico40
D1 Mexico43
B2 South Korea32
A2 Uruguay50C1 United States65
B1 Chile32D2 France21
A1 Brazil28
C2 Czechoslovakia23
Seventh place matchC2 Czechoslovakia36A1 Brazil33Bronze medal match
B1 Chile38D2 France43
B2 South Korea38D2 France53D1 Mexico47
C2 Czechoslovakia39B1 Chile52A1 Brazil52

Quarterfinals

9 August 1948
21:00
United States 63–28  Uruguay
9 August 1948
19:30
Mexico 43–32  South Korea
9 August 1948
15:20
Brazil 28–23  Czechoslovakia
9 August 1948
15:40
France 53–52  Chile

5th–8th place semifinals

11 August 1948
Uruguay 45–36  South Korea
11 August 1948
Czechoslovakia 36–38  Chile

Semifinals

11 August 1948
19:30
United States 71–40  Mexico
11 August 1948
21:00
Brazil 33–43  France

Final classification matches

21st place match

Switzerland 2–0 (W/O)  Iraq
Forfeited

19th place match

Great Britain 18–50  Egypt

17th place match

Italy 54–38  Republic of China

15th place match

Hungary 0–2 (W/O)  Argentina
Forfeited

13th place match

Cuba 70–36  Iran

11th place match

12 August 1948
19:30
Philippines 34–38  Belgium
Scoring by half: 16–16, 18–22
Pts: Ramon Campos 17 Pts: Henri Coosemans 14
Harringay Arena, London
Referees: Jan Osuský (TCH), Ernesto Lastra (ARG)

9th place match

Canada 49–43  Peru

7th place match

South Korea 38–39  Czechoslovakia

5th place match

Uruguay 50–32  Chile

Bronze medal match

13 August 1948
19:30
Mexico 47–52  Brazil
Scoring by half: 25–17, 22–35
Pts: Josué Santos 16 Pts: Alfredo da Motta 25

Gold medal match

13 August 1948
United States 65–21  France
Scoring by half: 28–9, 37–12
Pts: Alex Groza 11 Pts: René Chocat 8
Harringay Arena, London
Referees: Abdel Azim Ashry, Vittorio Ugolini

Awards

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Participating nations

For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.

Each country was allowed to enter one team of up to 14 players and they all were eligible for participation (with a maximum of five on the court at any given moment). A total of 298(*) basketball players from 23 nations competed at the London Games:

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least, according to the official report, because the rosters for the matches are unknown. It is also unknown up to now, if there were more reserve players.

(*) and (**) It is uncertain if P. Benedek and J. Verbenyi played for Hungary in this tournament. The official report shows them, but Hungarian sources did not, however they are counted.

Summary

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References

  1. [1]
    Finkelman, Paul, ed. (2009). Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 To The Present. Vol. 4. Oxford University: Oxford University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-19-516779-5.

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