I love European basketball, even though it's not as talented as the NBA it's still fun to watch.
Fair enough. The first championships were in 1935 so it certainly has a long history though!
I had no idea, I think that's earlier than the first NBA league!
I think so too, given the location. It was first held in Switzerland of all places as the host country!
How strange, I never would have associated Switzerland with basketball.
a complicated formula, the final would see Latvia as champions. According to the rule at the time, the winner had to hold the following games. The following two tournaments would be won by Lithuania and would see the introduction of Egypt which would compete in EuroBasket until 1953 winning one championship at home in 1949 along the way.
History Soviet dominance.
After the 1946 edition saw the first jump shot performed by Italian player Giuseppe Stefanini, the following edition would see the Soviet Union compete in their first edition in the 1947
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