Men Basketball Olympic Games 1952 Intercontinental qualification Helsinki (FIN) - 14-18.07
Best 2 from each Group qualify to the main tournament Men 1952
It was decided to reduce the teams playing in the main tournament to 16.
10 teams qualified directly following their achivements in previous Games, World and European Championships.
The rest teams had to play in this qualification.
In those days Egypt was one of the strongest European teams.