The 1963 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1963, was the thirteenth

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regional

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championship, held by

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. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the

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(FIBA) entered the competition. The tournament was hosted by Poland, and held in

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First round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

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 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. As ...

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 the ...

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 g ...

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 Olimpic ...

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 t ...

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 ...

, Aleksander Petrov,

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 Olymp ...

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 ''vaditi ...

, Olgerts Jurgensons (Coach:

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 language, Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej

* Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrew Bobola, Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–16 ...

, Leszek Arent,

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. References External links

* 1935 births Living people Polish ...

Kazimierz Frelkiewicz Kazimierz Frelkiewicz (born 20 February 1940) is a Polish former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de ...

, Wieslaw Langiewicz,

Andrzej Nartowski Andrzej Nartowski (14 November 1931 – 3 September 2003) was a Polish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1931 births 2003 deaths Polish men's basketba ...

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, Cali ...

Jerzy Piskun Jerzy Piskun (4 June 1938 – 16 July 2018)Krzysztof Sitkowski Krzysztof Sitkowski (21 November 1935 – 4 February 1988) was a Polish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known a ...

(Coach:

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 Yugoslavi ...

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 Borut may refer to: ;Places * Borut, a settlement in Neum; see List of populated places in Bosnia and Herzegovina ;People *Borut Bilač (born 1965), Slovenian long jumper *Borut Božič (born 1980), Slovenian professional road racing cyclist *Boru ...

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 a ...

Miodrag Nikolić Miodrag "Sija" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Миодрaг "Сија" Николић; 22 August 1938 – 17 February 2005) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Pl ...

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 profes ...

Živko Kasun Živko () is a South Slavic masculine name and means "life", "alive". The Bulgarian variant is Zhivko. It may refer to: * Živko Andrijašević, Montenegrin historian and writer * Živko Anočić, Croatian actor * Živko Budimir, Bosnian Croat po ...

, Emil Logar,

Zvonko Petričević Zvonimir "Džimi" Petričević (26 July 1940 – 20 January 2009) was a Croatian basketball player and architect. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Petričević was a member of the Yugoslavia national te ...

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 Sp ...

) 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 Hungaria ...

, Laszlo Gabanyi,

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, whi ...

, Janos Bencze, Miklos Bohaty, Gyorgy Polik, Gyorgy Vajdovics, Jozsef Prieszol, Arpad Glatz,

Tibor Kangyal Tibor Kangyal (born 28 May 1942) is a former Hungarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi- ...

Otto Temesvari Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ...

, Pal Koczka (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 ...

)

References

External links

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