The 1969 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1969, was the sixteenth

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championship, held by

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First round

Group A – Caserta

Group B – Naples

Knockout stage

Places 9 – 12 in Naples

Places 5 – 8 in Naples

Places 1 – 4 in Naples

Finals – all games in Naples

Final standings

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Awards

Team rosters

1. Soviet Union:

Sergei Belov Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Sovi ...

Alexander Belov Alexander Alexandrovich Belov, commonly known as Sasha Belov (November 9, 1951 – October 3, 1978), was a Soviet basketball player. During his playing career, he played at the center position. Belov is most remembered for scoring the game- ...

, Modestas Paulauskas, Gennadi Volnov, Priit Tomson,

Anatoly Polivoda Anatoliy Ivanovych Polivoda ( uk, Анатолій Іванович Поливода; born 29 May 1947) is a retired Ukrainian basketball player who played for the Budivelnyk of Kiev and the Soviet Union. He trained at VSS Avanhard in Kiev. ...

, Zurab Sakandelidze, Vladimir Andreev,

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Aleksander Boloshev Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Boloshev (russian: Александр Александрович Болошев; 12 March 1947, Elektrogorsk, Moscow Oblast, USSR – 16 July 2010, Volgograd, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian basketball player who won gol ...

, Sergei Kovalenko,

Vitali Zastukhov Vitali, Vitalii, Vitaly, Vitaliy and may refer to: People Given name * Vitaly Borker (born 1975 or 1976), Ukrainian American Internet fraudster and cyberbully * Vitaly Churkin (1952–2017), Russian politician * Vitaly Ginzburg (1916–2009), Russ ...

(Coach:

Alexander Gomelsky Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky (russian: Александр Яковлевич Гомельский; 18 January 1928 – 16 August 2005) was a Russian professional basketball player and coach. The Father of Soviet and Russian basketball, he was i ...

) 2. Yugoslavia:

Krešimir Ćosić Krešimir "Krešo" Ćosić (; 26 November 1948 – 25 May 1995) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian professional basketball player and coach. He was a collegiate All-American at Brigham Young University. He revolutionized basketball in Yugoslavia and w ...

Ivo Daneu Ivo Daneu (born 6 October 1937) is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.91 m (6'3") tall, he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. He represented the Yugoslav ...

Nikola Plećaš Nikola Plećaš (born January 10, 1948) is a former Yugoslavian professional basketball player. At a height of 1.88 m (6'2") tall, and a weight of 86 kg (190 lbs.), he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. He was considered to ...

Vinko Jelovac Vinko Jelovac (alternate spelling: Vinto Jelovac) (born 18 November 1948 in Pazin, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a former Slovenian-Croatian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs ...

Damir Šolman Damir Šolman (born 7 September 1948) is a Croatian former professional basketball player. Professional career Šolman was a FIBA European Selection, in 1974. National team career Šolman competed with the senior Yugoslavian national basketball ...

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, Ljubodrag Simonović,

Trajko Rajković Trajko Rajković ( sr-cyr, Трајко Рајковић; 7 December 1937 – 27 May 1970) was a Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented Yugoslavia internationally. Playing career Rajković played for OKK Beograd, during their so ...

, Dragutin Čermak,

Dragan Kapičić Dragan Kapičić ( sr-cyr, Драган Капичић; born 7 August 1948) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and executive. Club career Kapičić played with Crvena zvezda, in his hometown of Belgrade, in the Yugoslav First F ...

Vladimir Cvetković Vladimir Cvetković ( sr-cyr, Владимир Цветковић; born 24 May 1941) is a Serbian former basketball player and sports administrator who is the honorary president of Crvena zvezda. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 13 seasons. Wi ...

, Zoran Marojević (Coach:

Ranko Žeravica Ranko Žeravica ( sr-cyr, Ранко Жеравица; 17 November 1929 – 29 October 2015) was a Serbian professional basketball coach. With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the senior Yugoslav national t ...

) 3. Czechoslovakia: Jiří Zídek Sr., Vladimir Pistelak, Jiří Zedníček, Frantisek Konvicka, Jiri Ruzicka,

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, Jan Bobrovsky,

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Karel Baroch Karel may refer to: People * Karel (given name) * Karel (surname) * Charles Karel Bouley, talk radio personality known on air as Karel * Christiaan Karel Appel Christiaan Karel Appel (; 25 April 1921 – 3 May 2006) was a Dutch painter, scu ...

, Jiri Konopasek, Petr Novicky, Jan Blažek (Coach: Nikolaj Ordnung) 4. Poland:

Bohdan Likszo Bohdan Stanisław Likszo (alternate spelling: Bogdan) (1 January 1940 in Vilnius (Wilno), Soviet occupated Poland – 11 December 1993 in Kraków) was a Polish professional basketball player. At a height of 1.99 m (6'6 ") tall, and a weight ...

Edward Jurkiewicz Edward Jurkiewicz (born 22 January 1948 in Pruszcz Gdański, Poland) is a Polish former professional basketball player. During his playing career, he was a 1.95 m tall (6' 4") tall small forward. He was a member of the senior Polish national tea ...

, Bolesław Kwiatkowski, Włodzimierz Trams,

Andrzej Seweryn Andrzej Teodor Seweryn (born 25 April 1946) is a Polish actor and director. One of the most successful Polish theatre actors, he starred in over 50 films, mostly in Poland, France and Germany. He is also one of only three non-French actors to ...

Grzegorz Korcz Grzegorz Korcz (born 9 October 1946) is a Polish former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Oly ...

Waldemar Kozak Waldemar Kozak (born 17 May 1948) is a Polish former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Mu ...

Henryk Cegielski Henryk Sylwester Cegielski (31 December 1945 – 4 February 2015) was a Polish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), offici ...

Jan Dolczewski Jan Dolczewski (born 11 July 1948) is a Polish former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as M ...

Marek Ladniak Marek is the West Slavic (Czech, Polish and Slovak) masculine equivalent of Marcus, Marc or Mark. The name may refer to: * Marek (given name) * Marek (surname) * Marek, the pseudonym of Bulgarian communist Stanke Dimitrov (1889–1944) * The title ...

, Adam Niemiec, Krzysztof Gula (Coach: Witold Zagórski)

References

External links

EuroBasket 1969 archive.fiba.com
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