EuroBasket 1969

The 1969 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1969, was the sixteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

EuroBasket 1969
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates27 September – 5 October
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (10th title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Poland
Tournament statistics
MVPSoviet Union Sergei Belov
Top scorerGreece Giorgos Kolokithas
(23.5 points per game)
1967
1971

First round

Group A – Caserta

 Yugoslavia  Greece98–62
 Hungary  Soviet Union63–95
 Bulgaria  Sweden87–70
 Bulgaria  Hungary66–65
 Sweden  Yugoslavia43–115
 Greece  Soviet Union63–83
 Soviet Union  Sweden91–47
 Greece  Hungary50–50 aet. 58–59
 Yugoslavia  Bulgaria76–60
 Hungary  Yugoslavia56–85
 Soviet Union  Bulgaria85–62
 Greece  Sweden88–76
 Bulgaria  Greece84–67
 Soviet Union  Yugoslavia61–73
 Sweden  Hungary76–92
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1.  Yugoslavia550447:28210+165
2.  Soviet Union541415:3088+107
3.  Bulgaria523359:3634−24
4.  Hungary523335:3804−45
5.  Greece514338:4002−62
6.  Sweden514312:4732−141

Group B – Naples

 Italy  Spain65–53
 Israel  Poland78–92
 Czechoslovakia  Romania72–70
 Czechoslovakia  Israel90–82
 Romania  Italy62–74
 Poland  Spain79–78
 Romania  Israel75–74
 Italy  Poland54–55
 Spain  Czechoslovakia60–97
 Romania  Spain63–78
 Israel  Italy66–79
 Poland  Czechoslovakia60–75
 Poland  Romania63–95
 Italy  Czechoslovakia62–63
 Spain  Israel90–81
Pos.TeamMatchesWinsLossesResultsPointsDiff.
1.  Czechoslovakia550397:33410+63
2.  Poland532349:3806−31
3.  Italy532334:2996+35
4.  Spain523359:3854−26
5.  Romania523365:3614+4
6.  Israel505381:4260−45

Knockout stage

Places 9 – 12 in Naples

Team 1Team 2Res.
 Greece  Israel95–62
 Sweden  Romania84–95

Places 5 – 8 in Naples

Team 1Team 2Res.
 Bulgaria  Spain75–78
 Hungary  Italy60–78

Places 1 – 4 in Naples

Team 1Team 2Res.
 Yugoslavia  Poland76–74
 Soviet Union  Czechoslovakia83–69

Finals – all games in Naples

PlacementTeam 1Team 2Res.
11th place  Sweden  Israel83–92
9th place  Greece  Romania81–87
7th place  Bulgaria  Hungary92–48
5th place  Spain  Italy71–66
3rd place  Czechoslovakia  Poland77–75
Final  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia81–72


 1969 FIBA EuroBasket champions 

Soviet Union
Tenth title

Final standings

  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Yugoslavia
  3.  Czechoslovakia
  4.  Poland
  5.  Spain
  6.  Italy
  7.  Bulgaria
  8.  Hungary
  9.  Romania
  10.  Greece
  11.  Israel
  12.  Sweden

Awards

1969 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Sergey Belov ( Soviet Union)
All-Tournament Team[1]
Sergei Belov (MVP)
Ivo Daneu
Edward Jurkiewicz
Clifford Luyk
Krešimir Ćosić

Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Alexander Belov, Modestas Paulauskas, Gennadi Volnov, Priit Tomson, Anatoly Polivoda, Zurab Sakandelidze, Vladimir Andreev, Aleksander Kulkov, Aleksander Boloshev, Sergei Kovalenko, Vitali Zastukhov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)

2. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Ivo Daneu, Nikola Plećaš, Vinko Jelovac, Damir Šolman, Rato Tvrdić, Ljubodrag Simonović, Trajko Rajković, Dragutin Čermak, Dragan Kapičić, Vladimir Cvetković, Zoran Marojević (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

3. Czechoslovakia: Jiří Zídek Sr., Vladimir Pistelak, Jiří Zedníček, Frantisek Konvicka, Jiri Ruzicka, Jiri Ammer, Jan Bobrovsky, Robert Mifka, Karel Baroch, Jiri Konopasek, Petr Novicky, Jan Blažek (Coach: Nikolaj Ordnung)

4. Poland: Bohdan Likszo, Edward Jurkiewicz, Bolesław Kwiatkowski, Włodzimierz Trams, Andrzej Seweryn, Grzegorz Korcz, Waldemar Kozak, Henryk Cegielski, Jan Dolczewski, Marek Ladniak, Adam Niemiec, Krzysztof Gula (Coach: Witold Zagórski)

References