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
MVP Sergei Belov
Top scorer Giorgos Kolokithas
(23.5 points per game)

First round

Group A – Caserta
 Yugoslavia Greece98–62
 Hungary Soviet Union63–95
 Bulgaria Sweden87–90
 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. Bulgaria523359:3834−24
4. Hungary523335:3804−45
5. Greece514338:4002−62
6. Sweden514332:4732−141

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 rankings
  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
  1. Linguasport.com Tournament Team.
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