The 1952 European Women Basketball Championship

Eurobasket Women

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 was the 3rd regional championship held by FIBA Europe

FIBA Europe

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 for women. The competition was held in Moscow

Moscow

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 and took place May 18–25, 1952. The Soviet Union

Soviet Union women's national basketball team

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 won their second gold medal in a row, with Czechoslovakia and Hungary

Hungary women's national basketball team

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 winning silver and bronze, respectively.

Preliminary round

The teams where divided in three groups of 4 squads each, where the first from each group would go on to compete for the gold medal.

Group A

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		3	0	6	+54
2		1	2	4	+4
3		1	2	4	-15
4		1	2	4	-43

Group B

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		3	0	6	+149
2		2	1	5	+18
3		1	2	4	-61
4		0	3	3	-106

Group C

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		3	0	6	+259
2		2	1	5	+64
3		1	2	4	-65
4		0	3	3	-258

Final round

Four new groups were formed, with the three 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places from each group to determine the final standings.

1st to 3rd Place

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		2	0	4	+53
2		1	1	3	+6
3		0	2	2	-59

4th to 6th Place

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		2	0	4	+63
2		1	1	3	+50
3		0	2	2	-2

7th to 9th Place

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		2	0	4	+49
2		1	1	3	-6
3		0	2	2	-43

10th to 12th Place

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	Diff
1		2	0	4	+68
2		1	1	3	+12
3		0	2	2	-80

External links

• FIBA Archive