 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo Yenyika Yechipiri 19391945, iyo yakatanga gore rakatevera, yakamisa kurongeka kwemakwikwi evakadzi ebasketball kwenguva yakareba. Makwikwi emunyika anotevera akaitirwa muHungary makore 12 gare gare, muna 1950. Kubva muna 1950 kusvika muna 1980, makwikwi evakadzi aiitwa gore negore mumakore maviri ega ega, kusiyana nemakwikwi eEuropean Basketball Championship evarume aiitwa gore negore. Mutambo uyu wakaratidza kutanga kwenguva yekudzora kwemapoka eEastern Europe ayo akagara kwemakumi mana emakore anotevera. Mumutambo wokupedzisira uye wokupedzisira wechikamu chokupedzisira vaenzi vakasangana nechikwata cheSoviet. Hungary yakatungamirira pashure pehafu yokutanga 2422, asi muhafu yechipiri vatambi veSoviet vakatarisa zviri nani zvikuru. Ivo vakakwanisa kuwana kukunda 4532 uye kuhwina zita rayo rekutanga reEuropean. Czechoslovakia yakatora menduru dzendarira. Pakusangana kweEuropean Championship kwakazoitwa muMoscow muna 1952, chikwata cheSoviet chakaratidza kutonga kwaro nekukunda Czechoslovakia neHungary nemusiyano wemapoinzi makumi maviri nematatu 5229 uye makumi matatu 7141. Makore maviri gare gare muYugoslavia, chikwata cheSoviet chakatora zita reEuropean kechitatu nekukunda Czechoslovakia nemusiyano wemapoinzi manomwe 6962 mumutambo wekupedzisira wekupedzisira. Bulgaria yakatora menduru dzebronze muEuropean Championship kwenguva yokutanga. Pamutambo unotevera wakaitirwa muCzechoslovakia muna 1956, chikwata cheSoviet chakatora menduru dzegoridhe kechina mumutsara nekurova maHungary mumutambo wekupedzisira 4941 apo varidzi vakatora bronze. 