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Eurobasket 1963
The 1963 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1963, was the thirteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The tournament was hosted by Poland, and held in Wrocław. First round Group A Group B Knockout stage 13th–16th place playoffs 13th–16th place playoffs 15th place playoffs 13th place playoffs 9th–12th place playoffs 9th-12th place playoffs 11th place playoffs 9th place playoffs 5th–8th place playoffs 5th-8th place playoffs 7th place playoffs 5th place playoffs Final round Semifinals ---- Bronze medal match Final Final standings # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Awards Team rosters 1. Soviet Union: Jānis Krūmiņš, Gennadi Voln ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly from the Sudetes, Sudeten Mountains to the north. In 2023, the official population of Wrocław was 674,132, making it the third-largest city in Poland. The population of the Wrocław metropolitan area is around 1.25 million. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. The history of the city dates back over 1,000 years; at various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia and German Reich, Germany, until it became again part of Poland in 1945 immediately after World War II. Wrocław is a College town, university city with a student population of over 130,000, making it one of the most yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaak Lipso
Jaak Lipso (18 April 1940 – 3 March 2023) was an Estonian professional basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the only Estonian basketball player who has won two medals at the Olympic Games. Lipso also won two medals at the FIBA World Championship and was a three-time Eurobasket champion with the Soviet Union national basketball team. He was a member of the Soviet Union national team from 1961 to 1970. After his active career Lipso became a basketball coach, and was elected to the Estonian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. Lipso died on 3 March 2023, at age 82. Club career Lipso's career started at the age of 16 when he joined TRÜ basketball team (now Tartu Ülikool/Rock) in 1956. He played there for four seasons winning two Soviet Estonian titles (1958, 1959). After that he played a season with Rīgas ASK in Soviet Latvia before moving to European powerhouse CSKA Moscow. He spent the next eight years with the team winning two Euroleague titles (1963, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janusz Wichowski
Janusz Wiktor Wichowski (6 October 1935 in Chełm – 31 January 2013 in Valenciennes) was a Polish professional basketball player and coach. At a height of tall, and a weight of , he played at the small forward position. Professional career Wichowski was a member of the FIBA European Selection, in 1964. Polish national team As a member of the senior Polish national basketball team, Wichowski competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 1963, and the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 1965. Awards and accomplishments *6× Polish League Top Scorer: (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964) *4× Polish League Champion: (1959, 1961, 1963, 1966) *FIBA European Selection: (1964) *Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of 106 kg (234 lbs.), he played at the center position. Professional career Likszo was a member of the FIBA European Selection, in 1966. National team career As a member of the senior Polish national basketball team, Likszo competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and the 1968 Summer Olympics. Likszo was the top scorer at the 1967 FIBA World Championship. He won the silver medal at the 1963 EuroBasket, and bronze medals at EuroBasket 1965, and EuroBasket 1967. Awards and accomplishments Clubs *3× Polish League Champion: (1962, 1964, 1968) *FIBA European Selection: (1966) *2× Polish League Top Scorer: (1968, 1969) Polish senior national team *EuroBasket 1963: *EuroBasket 1965: * EuroBasket 1967: * FIBA World Cup Top Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mieczysław Łopatka
Mieczysław Edwin Łopatka (born 10 October 1939) is a Polish former professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach. At a height of tall, and a weight of , he played at the small forward position. Club career Łopatka was a member of the FIBA European Selection, in 1969. He won 2 Polish Basketball League, Polish League championships (1965, 1970), and the Polish Basketball Cup, Polish Cup (1972). He Polish Basketball League Top Scorer, led the Polish League in scoring 4 times (1961, 1963, 1966, 1967), and he was a two time PLK Most Valuable Player, Polish League Player of the Year (1965, 1969). National team career As a member of the senior Polish national basketball team, Łopatka competed at four Basketball at the Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic Games (Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960, Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964, Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968, Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972). He won a silver medal at EuroBas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky (; 18 January 1928 – 16 August 2005) was a Russian professional basketball player and coach. The Father of Soviet and Russian basketball, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 and the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. Alexander Gomelsky was awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee in 1998. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. Playing career Gomelsky played club basketball in the Soviet Union. He played with SKIF Leningrad, from 1945 to 1948. He finished his playing career with SKA, where he played from 1949 to 1953. Club coaching career Gomelsky began his coaching career in 1949, in Leningrad, with the women's team of LGS Spartak. In 1953, he became the coach of Rīgas ASK, leading the team to three Soviet Union League titles (1955, 1957, 1958), and three consecutive European Champions Cups (EuroLeague), from 1958 to 1960. In 1970, he was appointed the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Gladun
Vadym Ivanovych Hladun also written as Vadim Gladun (; ; 21 April 1937 – 5 March 2024) was a Soviet-Ukrainian basketball player. He played for BC Budivelnyk and the Soviet national team. Hladun died on 5 March 2024, at the age of 86. Awards *3rd place in the FIBA Basketball World Cup (1963) *EuroBasket Champion (1963) *2x Summer Universiade champion (1959, 1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...) References 1937 births 2024 deaths Soviet basketball players BC Budivelnyk players Basketball players from Kyiv {{Soviet Union Squad 1963 FIBA World Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viacheslav Khrinin
Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Khrynin (; 10 March 1937 – 29 October 2021) was a Russian basketball player. Playing for the Soviet team he won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 1963 FIBA World Championship, and gold medals at the EuroBasket 1963 and EuroBasket 1965 The 1965 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1965, was the fourteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Venues Results First round Group A – Moscow Group B – Tbilisi .... After retirement he worked as a coach with Dynamo Moscow and a sports functionary with the Soviet basketball federation. Khrynin died on 29 October 2021, at the age of 84. Re ...
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Aleksandr Petrov (basketball)
Aleksandr Pavlovich Petrov (alternate spellings: Alexander, Alexandre) (; 14 May 1939 – 5 May 2001) was a Soviet-Azerbaijani basketball player and coach. He was one of the first very tall centers in Soviet basketball history. During his club playing career, Petrov won EuroLeague championships, in 1962 and 1963. As a member of the senior men's Soviet Union national team, he was voted to the All-Tournament Team of the 1963 FIBA World Cup. For his achievements in the sport of basketball, Petrov was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR and the Order of the Badge of Honor. Club career During his pro club playing career, Petrov played with the USSR Premier League teams Dynamo Tbilisi, CSKA Moscow, and Dynamo Moscow. As a member of Dynamo Tbilisi, Petrov won the EuroLeague championship in the 1961–62 season. As a member of CSKA Moscow, Petrov also won the EuroLeague championship, in the 1962–63 season. National team career Petrov was a member of the senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Travin
Aleksandr Konstantinovich Travin (; 23 July 1937 – 15 February 1989) was a Russian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet team during the 1960s, and won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. His teams became European champion in 1963 and 1965 and a world champion in 1967. Nationally, his teams won six USSR Premier Basketball League titles in 1960–1962 and 1964–1966. He graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Smolensk and after retirement worked as a coach and lecturer in physical education. After 1979 he coached in East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on .... His father, Konstantin Travin, was also an international basketball player and coach. References 1937 births 1989 deaths Soviet men's basketball player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juris Kalnins
The Juris (also ''Juri'', ''Yuri'') were a tribe of South American Indigenous people, formerly occupying the country between the rivers Içá (lower Putumayo) and Yapura, north-western Brazil. In ancient days they were the most powerful tribe of the district, but in 1820 their numbers did not exceed 2000. Owing to inter-marrying, the Juris are believed to have been extinct for half a century. They were closely related to the Passes, and were like them a fair-skinned, finely built people with quite European features. Language Data on the Yuri language (Jurí) was collected on two occasions in the 19th century, in 1853 and 1867. The american linguist Terrence Kaufman notes that there is good lexical evidence to support a link with Ticuna in a Ticuna–Yurí language family (1994:62, after Nimuendajú 1977:62), though the data has never been explicitly compared (Hammarström 2010). Relation to Carabayo It is commonly assumed that the Juri people and their language has sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
