EuroBasket 1963

FIBA EuroBasket 1963
13th FIBA European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	October 4–13
Teams	16 (from 30 federations)
Venues	1 Wrocław (in 1 host city)
Champions	Soviet Union (7th title)
MVP	Emiliano Rodríguez
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Radivoj Korać (26.6) Yugoslavia (85.4)
Official website
EuroBasket 1963
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The 1963 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1963, was the thirteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Poland and held at Wrocław.

First round

Group A

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Yugoslavia	7	7	0	608:472	14	+136
2.	Hungary	7	5	2	499:455	10	+44
3.	Bulgaria	7	5	2	509:444	10	+65
4.	Belgium	7	4	3	520:512	8	+8
5.	Italy	7	4	3	467:459	8	+8
6.	Israel	7	2	5	463:505	4	−42
7.	Netherlands	7	1	6	453:588	2	−135
8.	Turkey	7	0	7	405:499	0	−94

Yugoslavia	Netherlands	107–62
Bulgaria	Israel	79–58
Hungary	Italy	55–55 aet.71–74
Belgium	Turkey	71–52
Netherlands	Italy	60–73
Bulgaria	Turkey	71–52
Hungary	Belgium	71–69
Yugoslavia	Israel	80–73
Netherlands	Belgium	71–77
Israel	Turkey	64–55
Bulgaria	Hungary	55–64
Yugoslavia	Italy	71–69
Yugoslavia	Turkey	97–67
Italy	Belgium	75–76
Netherlands	Bulgaria	71–99
Israel	Hungary	73–80
Turkey	Hungary	42–50
Israel	Netherlands	70–55
Italy	Bulgaria	51–59
Yugoslavia	Belgium	95–62
Belgium	Bulgaria	72–80
Turkey	Netherlands	72–74
Italy	Israel	63–57
Yugoslavia	Hungary	82–73
Hungary	Netherlands	90–60
Turkey	Italy	65–72
Belgium	Israel	93–68
Yugoslavia	Bulgaria	76–66

Group B

Pos.	Team	Matches	Wins	Loses	Results	Points	Diff.
1.	Soviet Union	7	7	0	558:392	14	+166
2.	Poland	7	6	1	542:454	12	+88
3.	East Germany	7	4	3	468:469	8	−1
4.	Spain	7	3	4	563:575	6	−12
5.	Romania	7	3	4	422:430	6	−8
6.	Czechoslovakia	7	3	4	479:514	6	−35
7.	France	7	1	6	427:521	2	−94
8.	Finland	7	1	6	399:503	2	−104

France	East Germany	49–63
Soviet Union	Finland	75–53
Spain	Poland	76–79
Czechoslovakia	Romania	55–56
France	Czechoslovakia	72–79
Spain	Romania	75–70
Finland	East Germany	50–73
Soviet Union	Poland	64–54
Finland	Czechoslovakia	45–78
Soviet Union	East Germany	76–52
Poland	Romania	64–60
Spain	France	86–70
Finland	Spain	83–79
East Germany	Czechoslovakia	61–62
Poland	France	98–65
Soviet Union	Romania	64–54
East Germany	Spain	91–85
Romania	France	59–51
Poland	Finland	68–54
Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	96–56
East Germany	Poland	62–93
Romania	Finland	69–55
Czechoslovakia	Spain	76–98
Soviet Union	France	77–59
Romania	East Germany	54–66
France	Finland	61–59
Czechoslovakia	Poland	73–86
Soviet Union	Spain	106–64

Knockout stage

Places 13 – 16

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
Netherlands	Finland	58–71
France	Turkey	80–63

Places 9 – 12

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
Italy	Czechoslovakia	66–70
Romania	Israel	47–57

Places 5 – 8

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
Bulgaria	Spain	102–70
East Germany	Belgium	81–53

Places 1 – 4

Team 1	Team 2	Res.
Yugoslavia	Poland	72–83
Soviet Union	Hungary	89–51

Finals

Placement	Team 1	Team 2	Res.
15th place	Turkey	Netherlands	64–62
13th place	France	Finland	60–50
11th place	Italy	Romania	66–85
9th place	Czechoslovakia	Israel	58–60
7th place	Belgium	Spain	83–86
5th place	East Germany	Bulgaria	62–77
3rd place	Yugoslavia	Hungary	89–61
Final	Soviet Union	Poland	61–45

1963 FIBA European Champions
Soviet Union 7th title

Final rankings

1. Soviet Union
2. Poland
3. Yugoslavia
4. Hungary
5. Bulgaria
6. East Germany
7. Spain
8. Belgium
9. Israel
10. Czechoslovakia
11. Romania
12. Italy
13. France
14. Finland
15. Turkey
16. Netherlands

Awards

1963 FIBA European Championship MVP: Emiliano Rodríguez ( Spain)

Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Jānis Krūmiņš, Gennadi Volnov, Jaak Lipso, Armenak Alachachian, Guram Minashvili, Tõnno Lepmets, Juris Kalnins, Aleksander Travin, Aleksander Petrov, Viacheslav Khrinin, Vadim Gladun, Olgerts Jurgensons (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)

2. Poland: Mieczyslaw Łopatka, Bohdan Likszo, Janusz Wichowski, Andrzej Pstrokonski, Leszek Arent, Zbigniew Dregier, Kazimierz Frelkiewicz, Wieslaw Langiewicz, Andrzej Nartowski, Stanislaw Olejniczak, Jerzy Piskun, Marek Sitkowski (Coach: Witold Zagórski)

3. Yugoslavia: Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu, Trajko Rajković, Slobodan Gordić, Borut Bassin, Nemanja Đurić, Miodrag Nikolić, Miloš Bojović, Živko Kasun, Emil Logar, Zvonko Petricevic, Dragoslav Ražnatović (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolić)

4. Hungary: János Greminger, Laszlo Gabanyi, János Simon, Janos Bencze, Miklos Bohaty, Gyorgy Polik, Gyorgy Vajdovics, Jozsef Prieszol, Arpad Glatz, Tibor Kangyal, Otto Temesvari, Pal Koczka (Coach: Tibor Zsiros)

References

• FIBA Europe EuroBasket 1963