Yuri Korneev (March 26, 1937 in

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– June 17, 2002), was a Russian

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position. He was among the 105 player nominees for the

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list.

Club career

Korneev started his

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career with

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, but he eventually moved to

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, where he became one of the club's cornerstones in the 1960s. While a member of the Red Army club, Korneev won a

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championship in

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. He scored 15 crucial points in the tie-breaking final game against

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, after first two games of the finals were not enough to crown a champion. He made it to the EuroLeague Final once again, two years later, when Real took their revenge for what had been a bitter loss 2 years earlier. In addition to that, Korneev helped CSKA to win five Soviet Union League championships. Korneev left CSKA in the prime of his career, due to a

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rule at the time, that did not allow players above 25 years old to play for the Army-supported team.

National team career

Korneev was a regular member of the senior Soviet national basketball team. Korneev won two

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gold medals, in

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and

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, two

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silver medals, in

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and

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, and a bronze medal at the

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References

External links

Fibaeurope.com profileProfile at persona.rin.ru
{{DEFAULTSORT:Korneev, Yuri 1937 births 2002 deaths Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Moscow BC Dynamo Moscow players FIBA EuroBasket–winning players Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union PBC CSKA Moscow players Small forwards Soviet men's basketball players 1959 FIBA World Championship players 1963 FIBA World Championship players Moscow State Textile University alumni