EuroBasket 1939 Final: Lithuania wins Gold before World War II
In 1939, before the outbreak of World War II, the EuroBasket was held in Lithuania. An event for a country that loves basketball, and which took the opportunity to repeat the...
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EuroBasket 1937 Final: Lithuania beats Italy by one
In 1937, the EuroBasket was held in Latvia, where Lithuania won the championship. Lithuania would be the two European champions before merging with the Soviet Union. The...
Olympic Games 1936 Final: United States, first-ever Olympic champion
The International Olympic Committee introduced basketball into its official program at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. There had been a precedent, in the 1904 St. Louis Games, but it...
EuroBasket 1935 Final: Latvia, first champion
In 1935 FIBA organized its first competition in Switzerland, probably as a prelude to the Olympic Games the following year. The first champion in the history of the EuroBasket was...