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Stanislav Kropilák
Stanislav Kropilák (10 June 1955 – 14 October 2022) was a Slovak basketball player. At a height of 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), he was a power forward-center. He is considered to be one of the best European players of his generation. Kropilák was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. His nickname as a player was Kily. Professional career In his club career, Kropilák won five Czechoslovak Basketball League championships (1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985). He was named to the Czechoslovak League All-Star Five ten times (1976–1985). He was also named to the FIBA European Selection four times (twice in 1981, 1982, 1987). National team career Kropilák competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics. He helped to lead the senior Czechoslovak national team to a silver medal at the 1985 EuroBasket, and to bronze medals at the 1977 EuroBasket and the 1981 EuroBasket. He was also named to the 1983 EuroBasket's All-Tournament Team. Personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball At The 1980 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the tenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium Olympic Games Official Report 1980 Moscow-Volume III /ref> and at the CSKA Sports Palace, both located in , |
EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the European zone within the International Basketball Federation. The competition was first held in 1935. The former Soviet Union holds the record for most gold medals with a total of 14. The tournament is generally held in August or September, in the offseason of major club competitions. The current defending champion is Spain, who won the 2022 title. History Beginning The first championships was held three years after the establishment of FIBA, in 1935. Switzerland was chosen as the host country, and ten countries joined. Only one qualifying match was played between Portugal and Spain. With a complicated formula, the final would see Latvia as champions. According to the rule at the time, the winner had to hold the following games. The fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 EuroBasket
The 1977 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1977, was the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Venues Group stage Group A – Liège Group B – Ostend Knockout stage 5th to 8th place 9th to 12th place Final standings # # # # # # # # # # # # Awards Team rosters 1. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Žarko Varajić, Željko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Ratko Radovanović, Duje Krstulović, Ante Đogić, Joško Papič (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić) 2. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Anatoly Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko, Aleksander Belostenny, Stanislav Eremin, Mikheil Korkia, Valeri Miloserdov, Vladimir Zhigili, Aleksander Salnikov, Viktor Petrakov, Vladimir Arzamaskov, Aleksander Kharchenkov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky) 3. Czechoslovakia: Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilak, Zdenek Kos, Jiri Pospisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 EuroBasket
The 1985 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1985, was the 24th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 5 to 16 June 1985 in West Germany. The Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia in the final to win their fourteenth and final title. Venues Qualification A total of twelve teams qualified for the tournament. To the top eight teams from the previous tournament, four more teams were granted berths via a qualifying tournament. *Top eight teams from Eurobasket 1983: ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *Top four teams from the qualifying stage: ** ** ** ** Squads Format *The teams were split in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals. The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final, and the losers figure in a third-place playoff. *The losers from the quarterfinals stage compete in a separate bracket to define places 5th through 8th in the final stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovakia National Basketball Team
The Czechoslovakia national basketball team ( cz, Československá basketbalová reprezentace, sk, Československé národné basketbalové mužstvo) represented Czechoslovakia in international basketball from 1932 to 1992. After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia set up their own national teams. The present-day Czech Republic national basketball team is recognized as the successor to the Czechoslovak team. Medals * EuroBasket 1935 – Bronze medal * EuroBasket 1946 – Champions * EuroBasket 1947 – Silver medal * EuroBasket 1951 – Silver medal * EuroBasket 1955 – Silver medal * EuroBasket 1957 – Bronze medal * EuroBasket 1959 – Silver medal * EuroBasket 1967 – Silver medal * EuroBasket 1969 – Bronze medal * EuroBasket 1977 – Bronze medal * EuroBasket 1981 – Bronze medal * EuroBasket 1985 – Silver medal History EuroBasket 1935 The Czechoslovak side came in third place at the first European basketball c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovakia At The 1980 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 209 competitors, 162 men and 47 women, took part in 114 events in 21 sports. Medalists Archery In its first appearance in the Olympic archery competition, Czechoslovakia sent two women and one man. Zdeňka Padevětová earned a fourth-place finish. Women's Individual Competition: * Zdeňka Padevětová — 2405 points (→ 4th place) * Jitka Dolejší — 2219 points (→ 20th place) Men's Individual Competition: * František Hadaš — 2305 points (→ 24th place) Athletics Men's 1,500 metres *Jozef Plachý ** Heat — 3:44.4 ** Semifinals — 3:40.4 ** Final — 3:40.7 (→ 6th place) Men's 5,000 metres * Jiří Sýkora ** Heat — 13:43.1 ** Semi Final — 13:31.0 ** Final — 13:25.0 (→ 9th place) Men's 10,000 metres * Jiří Sýkora ** Heat — 29:19.8 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer ** Final — did not finish (→ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovakia At The 1976 Summer Olympics
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 163 competitors, 125 men and 38 women, took part in 79 events in 16 sports. Medalists Athletics Men's Discus Throw * Ludvík Daněk ** Qualification — 60.44m ** Final — 61.28m (→ 9th place) * Josef Šilhavý ** Qualification — 60.82m ** Final — 58.42m (→ 13th place) Women's Shot Put * Helena Fibingerová **Final — 20.76 m (→ Bronze Medal) Basketball ;Men's team competition *Preliminary round (group B): ** Defeated Egypt (103-64) ** Lost to Yugoslavia (81-99) ** Lost to Italy (69-79) ** Defeated Puerto Rico (89-83) ** Lost to United States (76-81) *Classification Matches: ** 5th/8th place: Defeated Cuba (91-79) ** 5th/6th place: Lost to Italy (75-98) → Sixth place *Team Roster **Vladimir Ptacek ** Vojtech Petr **Jiri Konopasek ** Justin Sedlak **Stanislav Kropilak ** Jaroslav Kanturek ** Zdenek Kos ** Jiri Pospisil ** Vladimir Padrta ** Kamil Brabenec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and may play other similar clubs on occasion, watched mostly by family and friends, to large commercial organisations with professional players which have teams that regularly compete against those of other clubs and attract sometimes very large crowds of paying spectators. Clubs may be dedicated to a single sport or to several (multi-sport clubs). The term ''athletics club'' is sometimes used for a general sports club, rather than one dedicated to athletics proper. Organization Larger sports clubs are characterized by having professional and amateur departments in various sports such as bike polo, football, basketball, futsal, cricket, volleyball, handball, rink hockey, bowling, water polo, rugby, track and field athletics, boxing, bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) is the list of the 50 greatest players in the history of FIBA international basketball, as selected in the year 1991, by FIBA Magazine. The list was created in honor of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the sport of basketball, by James Naismith. FIBA had a group of international basketball experts, composed mainly of international basketball coaches, vote for the 50 greatest players list. Each expert voter was tasked with picking 25 players. Crosarka also picked their15 best European basketball players of all time The voting was tallied as, 25 points for a 1st place vote, 24 points for a 2nd place vote, and so on. There were 51 players selected, as a result of a tie in the vote totals. Players from all over the world were considered to be eligible for the voting, including NBA players. Five European players that had played in the NBA up to that time made the list ( Divac, Petrović, Marčiulionis, Volkov, Martín). However, no U.S.A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center (basketball)
The center (C), or the centre, also known as the five or the pivot, is one of the five Basketball position, positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well. In the NBA, the center is typically close to tall. They traditionally play close to the basket in the low post. Centers are valued for their ability to protect their own goal from high-percentage close attempts on defense, while scoring and rebounding with high efficiency on offense. In the 1950s and 1960s, George Mikan and Bill Russell were centerpieces of championship dynasties and defined early prototypical centers. With the addition of a three-point field goal for the 1979–80 NBA season, 1979–80 season, however, NBA basketball gradually became more perimeter-oriented and saw the importance of the center position diminished. The most recent center to win an NBA Most Valuable Player Award was Nikola Jokić, win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Forward (basketball)
The power forward (PF), also known as the four or strong forward, is a position in basketball. Power forwards play a role similar to centers. When on offense, they typically play with their backs towards the basket. When on defense, they typically position themselves under the basket in a zone defense or against the opposing power forward in man-to-man defense. The power forward position entails a variety of responsibilities, one of which is rebounding. Many power forwards are noted for their mid-range jump-shot, and several players have become very accurate from . Earlier, these skills were more typically exhibited in the European style of play. Some power forwards known as stretch fours, have since extended their shooting range to three-point field goals. In the NBA, power forwards usually range from 6' 7" (2.01 m) to 6' 10" (2.08 m) while in the WNBA, power forwards are usually between 6′ 0″ (1.83 m) and 6′ 3″ (1.91 m). Despite the averages, a variety of players f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovaks
The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovak. In Slovakia, 4.4 million are ethnic Slovaks of 5.4 million total population. There are Slovak minorities in many neighboring countries including Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine and sizeable populations of immigrants and their descendants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States among others, which are collectively referred to as the Slovak diaspora. Name The name ''Slovak'' is derived from ''*Slověninъ'', plural ''*Slověně'', the old name of the Slavs (Proglas, around 863). The original stem has been preserved in all Slovak words except the masculine noun; the feminine noun is ''Slovenka'', the adjective is ''slovenský'', the language is ''slovenčina'' and the country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
