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EuroBasket Honours
The FIBA EuroBasket MVP is the FIBA Europe honor that is bestowed upon the Most Valuable Player of each FIBA EuroBasket tournament. Pau Gasol and Krešimir Ćosić share the record for most EuroBasket MVP awards, with two each. Modestas Paulauskas is the youngest ever to get this award. EuroBasket MVPs Most times MVP ''Last update: after EuroBasket 2022'' See also * FIBA EuroBasket * FIBA EuroBasket Records * FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer * FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team * FIBA World Cup The FIBA Basketball World Cup, also known as the FIBA World Cup of Basketball or simply the FIBA World Cup, between 1950 and 2010 known as the FIBA World Championship, is an international basketball competition contested by the senior men's nat ... * FIBA World Cup Records * FIBA World Cup MVP * FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team * FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) References External links * * {{EuroBasket MVP Award MVP European basketball awards 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA Europe mandated that no official basketball competitions are to be held in either Russia or Belarus, while the teams of the Russian Basketball Federation and of the Belarusian Basketball Federation are being withdrawn from national team competitions and from the club competition season 2022-23. Structure FIBA Europe is one of five Regions of FIBA and is responsible for controlling and developing the sport of basketball in Europe. Among many tasks, this includes promoting, supervising and directing international competition at the club and national team levels, as well as governing and appointing European international referees. FIBA Europe is an international federation whose membership consists of the national basketball federations of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EuroBasket 1947
The 1947 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1947, was the fifth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. Czechoslovakia hosted the contest, which was held in Prague. Results The 1947 competition consisted of a preliminary round, with two groups of four teams and two groups of three teams each. Each team played the other teams in its group once. The top two teams in each of the groups advanced into four-team semifinal groups 1 and 2 and were guaranteed a top-eight finish, with the remaining teams playing in three-team groups 3 and 4 for places 9–14. Each team again played each other team in its group once. The bottom team in each of the three-team groups played its counterpart for 13th and 14th places. Similarly, middle teams in those groups played each other for 11th and 12th places and top teams played for 9t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Zubkov (basketball)
Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov (russian: Виктор Алексеевич Зубков; 24 April 1937 – 16 October 2016) was a Soviet professional basketball player and coach. At a height of , he played at the center position. He is considered to be one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the 1950s and 1960s. He won two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games, while representing the senior men's Soviet national team. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. Club playing career Zubkov played at the club level with CSKA Moscow, with whom he won 8 Soviet national league titles (1959–1966), and two FIBA European Champions Cup ( EuroLeague) titles (1961 and 1963). National team career As a member of the senior men's Soviet national team for seven years (1956–1963), he won two Olympic silver medals (1956 and 1960), one FIBA World Cup bronze medal, in 1963 (in which he was also the team captain), and three EuroBasket gold me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EuroBasket 1959
The 1959 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1959, was the eleventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Turkey, began on 21 May 1959 and concluded with the final on 31 May 1959. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul was the location of the event. The Soviet Union claimed their fifth EuroBasket title, while Czechoslovakia captured the silver, and France the bronze. Results First round In the preliminary round, the 17 teams were split up into four groups. One of the groups had five teams, with the other three having four each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round, while the other nine teams were relegated to classification play. Group A Group B Group C Group D Classification round 1 The first classification round was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Baumruk
Jiří Baumruk (27 June 1930 – 23 November 1989) was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. Club career Baumruk spent his club career playing with Slavia Prague (1952–1953), and namely with Sparta Prague (1950–1951, 1954–1964). With Sparta Prague, he earned nine medals in the Czechoslovak Basketball League (once champion, five times vice-champion, three times 3rd place). In the 1960–61 season, he and his team participated in the FIBA European Champions Cup (now called EuroLeague), and reached the quarterfinals. National team career Baumruk represented the senior Czechoslovak national team at the 1960 Pre-Olympic basketball tournament (scoring 68 points in 5 games), and a further two times in the Summer Olympic Games 1952 (4 points in 2 games), 1960 (147 points in 8 games), and in six EuroBaskets, being the MVP of the EuroBasket 1957. With the national team, he won three silver medals at EuroBasket, in France 1951, Hungary 1955, and Turkey 1959; and a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EuroBasket 1957
The 1957 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1957, was the tenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Bulgaria. Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia was the location of the event. Results Preliminary round In the preliminary round, the 16 teams were split up into four groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round to play for the first 8 places, while the bottom two were sent to the classification round to play for 9th through 16th. Group A Group B Group C Group D Classification round For the first time, the classification round, like the final round, was played as an 8-team round robin, with no further playoffs. Final round The final round was played as an 8-team round robin, with no further playoffs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
János Greminger
János Greminger (5 May 1929 – 17 October 2009) was a Hungarian basketball player. He was born in Szeged. Hungarian national team Greminger was a member of the senior men's Hungarian national basketball team. He was a part of the Hungarian national team, that was eliminated after the group stage of the 1952 Summer Olympic Games The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... He played in all six of Hungary's games during the tournament. He was also a part of the Hungarian national team at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where Hungary finished in 9th place. He also played with Hungary at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where his team finished in 13th place. References 1929 births 2009 deaths Hungarian people of German descent Hungarian men's basketbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EuroBasket 1955
The 1955 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1955, was the ninth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Hungary, silver medal winners of EuroBasket 1953. Budapest was the location of the event. Results First round In the preliminary round, the 18 teams were split up into four groups. Two of the groups had five teams each, with the other two having four each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round, while the other ten teams were relegated to classification play. Group A Group B Group C Group D Classification round 1 The first classification round was played in two round-robin groups. Teams advanced into the second classification round depending on their results in the first round—first and second place teams played in the 9–12 segment of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoly Konev
Anatoly Konstantinovich Konev (russian: Анатолий Константинович Конев; January 10, 1921 – November 9, 1965) was a Russian basketball player. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society, in Moscow. Club career Konev played club basketball with CSKA Moscow. Russian national team Konev played with the senior Soviet Union national basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ..., where he won a silver medal. He played in all eight of the Soviet Union's games. References External linksprofile 1921 births 1965 deaths Russian men's basketball players Soviet men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union PBC CSKA Moscow players Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EuroBasket 1953
The 1953 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1953, was the eighth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by the Soviet Union, champions of EuroBasket 1951. Moscow was the location of the event. Results First round In the preliminary round, the 17 teams were split up into four groups. One of the groups had five teams, with the other three having four each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the final round, while the remaining nine teams were relegated to classification play. Group A Group B Group C Group D Lebanon refused to play Israel for political reasons; they received zero points for the match, as opposed to the usual 1 point for a loss. Classification round 1 The first classification round was played in two round-robin groups. Teams advanced into the sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Mrázek
Ivo "Ivan" Mrázek (18 January 1926 – 4 April 2019) was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. At 5'7 " (1.71 m) tall, he was a point guard. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, in 1991. Playing career Club career In his club career, Mrázek won 6 Czechoslovak League championships (1947, 1948 2×, 1949, 1950, 1951). National team career Mrázek helped lead the senior Czechoslovakia national team to a EuroBasket gold medal at the EuroBasket 1946, as well as to three EuroBasket silver medals (1947, 1951, and 1955). Mrázek was the MVP and top scorer of EuroBasket 1951. He also represented Czechoslovakia in two Summer Olympic Games (1948 and 1952). Coaching career In his head basketball coaching Coaching is a form of development in which an experienced person, called a ''coach'', supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance. The learner is sometimes called a ''coa ... career, Mr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EuroBasket 1951
The 1951 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1951, was the seventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition, a record number and more than twice the number that had competed two years earlier. The competition was hosted by France, who had taken second place at EuroBasket 1949, behind 1949 hosts Egypt. The Vélodrome d'hiver, Paris was the location of the event. 72 matches were held over the course of the tournament, including the three walkovers caused by Romania withdrawing after the competition schedule had been set. Results First round In the preliminary round, the 18 teams were split up into four groups. Two of the groups had five teams each, with the others having four each. Romania withdrew, leaving 2 groups of 5, 1 group of 4, and 1 group of 3. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinal round. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
