The 1963 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1963, was the thirteenth
FIBA EuroBasket regional
basketball
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championship, held by
FIBA Europe
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. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the
International Basketball Federation
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(FIBA) entered the competition. The tournament was hosted by Poland, and held in
Wrocław
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.
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
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Bronze medal match
Final
Final standings
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Awards
Team rosters
1. Soviet Union:
Jānis Krūmiņš,
Gennadi Volnov,
Jaak Lipso,
Armenak Alachachian,
Guram Minashvili,
Tõnno Lepmets,
Juris Kalnins,
Aleksander Travin,
Aleksander Petrov,
Viacheslav Khrinin,
Vadim Gladun,
Olgerts Jurgensons (Coach:
Alexander Gomelsky)
2. Poland:
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 o ...
,
Bohdan Likszo,
Janusz Wichowski,
Andrzej Pstrokonski,
Leszek Arent,
Zbigniew Dregier,
Kazimierz Frelkiewicz,
Wieslaw Langiewicz,
Andrzej Nartowski,
Stanislaw Olejniczak,
Jerzy Piskun,
Krzysztof Sitkowski (Coach:
Witold Zagórski)
3. Yugoslavia:
Radivoj Korać,
Ivo Daneu
Ivo Daneu (born 6 October 1937) is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach. During his playing career, at a height of tall, he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. He represented the Yug ...
,
Trajko Rajković,
Slobodan Gordić,
Borut Bassin,
Nemanja Đurić,
Miodrag Nikolić,
Miloš Bojović,
Živko Kasun,
Emil Logar,
Zvonko Petričević,
Dragoslav Ražnatović (Coach:
Aleksandar Nikolić
Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Александар "Аца" Николић; 28 October 1924 – 12 March 2000) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He was also a professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of S ...
)
4. Hungary:
János Greminger,
Laszlo Gabanyi,
János Simon,
Janos Bencze,
Miklos Bohaty,
Gyorgy Polik,
Gyorgy Vajdovics,
Jozsef Prieszol,
Arpad Glatz,
Tibor Kangyal,
Otto Temesvari,
Pal Koczka (Coach:
Tibor Zsiros)
References
External links
FIBA Europe EuroBasket 1963
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1963
Events January
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Euro
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1963 in Polish sport
Basketball
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Sports competitions in Wrocław
October 1963 sports events in Europe