Results
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
Group A
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
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
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
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 |
Final round
In the final round, each team played one last game to determine final rankings.
13th/14th place:
|
|
|
Yugoslavia |
90 – 13 |
Albania |
11th/12th place:
|
|
|
Netherlands |
54 – 33 |
Austria |
9th/10th place:
7th/8th place:
5th/6th place:
3rd/4th place:
Championship:
|
|
|
Soviet Union |
56 – 37 |
Czechoslovakia |
Team rosters
1. Soviet Union: Otar Korkia, Stepas Butautas, Joann Lõssov, Nodar Dzhordzhikiya, Ilmar Kullam, Anatoly Konev, Yevgeni Alekseyev, 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 Abdelmeguid el-Kheir, Guido Acher, Maurice Calife, Gabriel Armand "Gaby" Catafago, Abdelrahman 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)
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)