Boris Kristančič (November 21, 1931 – October 29, 2015) was a Slovenian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Basketball career

He spent most of his career at the AŠK Olimpija in Ljubljana in some cases both simultaneously as a player and as a coach during 1950s and 1960s. With his extensively assistance, the Olimpija celebrated the five of the six championship titles that they won in the framework of the

Yugoslav First Basketball League The First Federal Basketball League () was the highest tier level men's professional club basketball competition in SFR Yugoslavia. Founded in 1945 and folded in 1992 (1991-92 Winer Broker YUBA League), it was run by the Basketball Federation o ...

. Kristančič was the first Slovene basketball player who played for a foreign club.Žalosten dan za košarko - poslovil se je tudi Boris Kristančič
/ref> He was a member (1967–1978) and the president (1978–1983) of the technical committee of Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia and the head of the organizing committee of

1970 FIBA World Championship The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from 10 to 24 May 1970. It was ...

in Ljubljana.

Yugoslav national team

He represented the

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from 1951 to 1960 and played 81 games, also he was the captain of the team for six years. In particular with national team, he participated in the

1954 FIBA World Championship The 1954 FIBA World Championship (also called the 2nd World Basketball Championship – 1954) was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil fr ...

(11th) in Brazil, in two European Championships (

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6th &

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9th) and in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

basketball tournament in Rome, Italy, where the nascent ''"Plavi"'' ranked sixth in total 16 teams.

Personal life

Kristančič was born in Skopje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia). Beside basketball career, he was a construction engineer.Kdo je bil Boris Kristančič, eden od očetov sodobne slovenske košarke
/ref> In 2001, President of Slovenia Milan Kučan honored Kristančič with an Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia for "the life jubilee of fifty years working in the field of Slovenian sport, especially for merits in the development of basketball". He died on the same day as a FIBA Hall of Fame Serbian basketball coach Ranko Žeravica.

Career achievements and awards

* Yugoslav League champion: 5 (with AŠK Olimpija:

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1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

) as coach/player until 1961 and as coach only, until 1966. * Yugoslav League top scorer: 1 (with Enotnost:

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

) ;Other * FIBA European Champions Cup ** Semifinalist (with AŠK Olimpija: 1961-62) ** Quarterfinalist (with AŠK Olimpija: 1959-60,

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References

External links

Boris Kristančič
at ''sports-reference.com'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kristancic, Boris 1932 births 2015 deaths Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics KK Olimpija coaches KK Olimpija players Lega Basket Serie A players Olympic basketball players of Yugoslavia Recipients of the Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia Sportspeople from Skopje Slovenian men's basketball players Slovenian basketball coaches Yugoslav basketball coaches Yugoslav men's basketball players 1954 FIBA World Championship players