The 1963 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1963, was the thirteenth
FIBA 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 E ...
regional
basketball
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championship, held by
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 Eur ...
. 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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Team rosters
1. Soviet Union:
Jānis Krūmiņš
Jānis Krūmiņš (30 January 1930 – 20 November 1994) was a Soviet- Latvian professional basketball player. Helped by his height (about 220 cm, or 7'3"), he was the first giant center that dominated under European baskets, for years. A ...
,
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov (russian: Геннадий Георгиевич Вольнов, November 28, 1939 – July 15, 2008) was a Russian basketball player who played for the senior Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950 ...
,
Jaak Lipso
Jaak Lipso (born April 18, 1940) is a retired 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 has also won two medals at t ...
,
Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian (alternate spellings: Armenak Alajajian or Alatchatchan) ( hy, Արմենակ Միսակի Ալաջաջյան, December 25, 1930 – December 4, 2017) was an Armenian-Soviet basketball player and coach. A point ...
,
Guram Minashvili
Guram Minashvili ( ka, გურამ მინაშვილი; 25 November 1936 – 1 March 2015) was a Georgian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpi ...
,
Tõnno Lepmets
Tõnno Lepmets (March 31, 1938 in Tallinn, Estonia – June 26, 2005) was an Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won gold with the Soviet basketball team at the 1963 and 1967 EuroBasket.
Elected to ...
,
Juris Kalnins
The Juris were a tribe of South American Indigenous people, formerly occupying the country between the rivers Içá (lower Putumayo) and Yapura, north-western Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Por ...
,
Aleksander Travin
Aleksandr Konstantinovich Travin (russian: Александр Константинович Травин; 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 ...
Viacheslav Khrinin
Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Khrynin (russian: Вячеслав Александрович Хрынин; 10 August 1937 – 30 October 2021) was a Russian basketball player. Playing for the Soviet team he won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olym ...
,
Vadim Gladun
Vadim ( Cyrillic: Вадим) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Slovene masculine given name derived either from the Persian ''badian'' (anise or aniseed), or from the Ruthenian word ''volod'' (russian: волод), meaning ''to rule'' or ''vadit ...
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky (russian: Александр Яковлевич Гомельский; 18 January 1928 – 16 August 2005) was a Russian professional basketball player and coach. The Father of Soviet and Russian basketball, he was i ...
)
2. Poland:
Mieczysław Łopatka
Mieczysław Edwin Łopatka (born 10 October 1939) is a Polish former professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 1.96 m (6'5") tall, and a weight of 96 kg (212 lbs.), he played at the small forward position.
Club career
Ł ...
,
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 ...
,
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 1.96 m (6'5") tall, and a weight of 88 kg (195 lbs.), he played at the small forward positi ...
,
Andrzej Pstrokonski
Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew.
Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej
* Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer
* Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and ...
,
Leszek Arent
Leszek () is a Slavic Polish male given name, originally ''Lestko'', ''Leszko'' or ''Lestek'', related to ''Lech'', ''Lechosław'' and Czech ''Lstimir''.
Individuals named Leszek celebrate their name day on June 3.
Notable people
* Lestko
* Les ...
,
Zbigniew Dregier
Zbigniew Dregier (born 17 July 1935) is a Polish former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and the 1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964 ...
Stanislaw Olejniczak Stanislav and variants may refer to:
People
*Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.)
Places
* Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine
* Stanislaus County, Cal ...
Witold Zagórski
Witold Edward Zagórski (25 September 1930 – 30 June 2016) was a Polish professional basketball player and coach.
Playing career Club career
During his club playing career, Zagórski was a player of the Polish teams Polonia Warszawa (1950–19 ...
)
3. Yugoslavia:
Radivoj Korać
Radivoj Korać ( sr-cyrl, Радивој Кораћ; 5 November 1938 – 2 June 1969) was a Serbian and Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Korać is well-known f ...
,
Ivo Daneu
Ivo Daneu (born 6 October 1937) is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 1.91 m (6'3") tall, he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. He represented the Yugosla ...
,
Trajko Rajković
Trajko Rajković ( sr-cyr, Трајко Рајковић; 7 December 1937 – 27 May 1970) was a Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented Yugoslavia internationally.
Playing career
Rajković played for OKK Beograd, during their so ...
,
Slobodan Gordić
Slobodan "Rica" Gordić ( sr-cyr, Слободан "Рица" Гордић; born 28 September 1937)Borut Bassin,
Nemanja Đurić
Nemanja Đurić ( sr-cyr, Немања Ђурић; June 18, 1936), is a Serbian former professional basketball player and former coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
Early life
Đurić was raised in ...
Miloš Bojović
Miloš Bojović (born December 2, 1981) is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is a 1.98 tall guard who currently plays for Limburg United of the Pro Basketball League
The Pro Basketball League (PBL), was the highest tier level profe ...
Dragoslav Ražnatović
Dragoslav Ražnatović (born 19 April 1941 in Vranje) is a former Serbian basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
National team career
Ražnatović competed for Yugoslavia in the 1964 Summer ...
(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
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 Hungari ...
János Simon
János Simon (; 1 March 1929 – 31 October 2010) was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest-Budafok.
Simon was part of the Hungarian basketball team, wh ...
Arpad Glatz
Arpad or Árpád may refer to:
People
* Árpád (given name), a Hungarian men's name
* Árpád (c. 845–907), first ruler of Hungary
Places
* Arpad, Syria, an ancient city in present-day Syria near Tell Rifaat
* Árpád, the Hungarian name fo ...
Pal Koczka
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(Coach:
Tibor Zsiros Tibor is a masculine given name found throughout Europe.
There are several explanations for the origin of the name:
* from Latin name Tiberius, which means "from Tiber", Tiber being a river in Rome.
* in old Slavic languages, Tibor means "sacred pl ...
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...
Euro
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Basketball
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