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(Redirected from Eurobasket 1963) 1963 edition of the FIBA EuroBasket

International basketball competition
EuroBasket 1963
Tournament details
Host countryPoland
CityWrocław
Dates4–13 October
Teams16
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (7th title)
Runners-up Poland
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
MVPSpain Emiliano Rodríguez
Top scorerSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoj Korać
(26.6 points per game)
← 1961 1965 →

The 1963 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1963, was the thirteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) entered the competition. The tournament was hosted by Poland, and held in Wrocław.

First round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 7 7 0 608 472 +136 14 Qualified for the semifinals
2  Hungary 7 5 2 499 455 +44 10
3  Bulgaria 7 5 2 509 444 +65 10 Qualified for the 5th–8th place playoffs
4  Belgium 7 4 3 520 512 +8 8
5  Italy 7 4 3 477 459 +18 8 Qualified for the 9th–12th place playoffs
6  Israel 7 2 5 463 505 −42 4
7  Netherlands 7 1 6 453 588 −135 2 Qualified for the 13th–16th place playoffs
8  Turkey 7 0 7 405 499 −94 0
Source: FIBA Archives
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored; 5) Drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ Hungary–Bulgaria 64–55
  2. ^ Belgium–Italy 76–75
Yugoslavia  v  Netherlands
4 October 1963 (1963-10-04) Match 1 Yugoslavia  107–62  Netherlands Wroclaw
08:30 Scoring by half: 48–33, 59–29
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Bulgaria  v  Israel
4 October 1963 (1963-10-04) Match 2 Bulgaria  79–58  Israel Wroclaw
10:40 Scoring by half: 37–30, 42–28
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Hungary  v  Italy
4 October 1963 (1963-10-04) Match 3 Hungary  71–740(2OT)  Italy Wroclaw
17:00 Scoring by half: 29–25, 26–30, Overtime: 7–7, 9–12
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Belgium  v  Turkey
4 October 1963 (1963-10-04) Match 4 Belgium  71–52  Turkey Wroclaw
21:30 Scoring by half: 31–31, 40–21
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Netherlands  v  Italy
5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) Match 5 Netherlands  60–73  Italy Wroclaw
09:00 Scoring by half: 23–47, 37–26
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Bulgaria  v  Turkey
5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) Match 6 Bulgaria  71–52  Turkey Wroclaw
13:30 Scoring by half: 34–25, 37–27
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Hungary  v  Belgium
5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) Match 7 Hungary  71–69  Belgium Wroclaw
20:00 Scoring by half: 33–34, 38–35
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Yugoslavia  v  Israel
5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) Match 8 Yugoslavia  80–73  Israel Wroclaw
21:30 Scoring by half: 44–31, 36–42
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Netherlands  v  Belgium
6 October 1963 (1963-10-06) Match 9 Netherlands  71–77  Belgium Wroclaw
09:00 Scoring by half: 35–33, 36–44
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Israel  v  Turkey
6 October 1963 (1963-10-06) Match 10 Israel  64–55  Turkey Wroclaw
11:40 Scoring by half: 30–32, 34–23
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Bulgaria  v  Hungary
6 October 1963 (1963-10-06) Match 11 Bulgaria  55–64  Hungary Wroclaw
Scoring by half: 26–33, 29–31
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Yugoslavia  v  Italy
6 October 1963 (1963-10-06) Match 12 Yugoslavia  71–69  Italy Wroclaw
Scoring by half: 37–32, 34–37
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Yugoslavia  v  Turkey
7 October 1963 (1963-10-07) Match 13 Yugoslavia  97–67  Turkey Wroclaw
09:00 Scoring by half: 50–33, 47–30
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Italy  v  Belgium
7 October 1963 (1963-10-07) Match 14 Italy  75–76  Belgium Wroclaw
10:20 Scoring by half: 39–46, 36–30
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Netherlands  v  Bulgaria
7 October 1963 (1963-10-07) Match 15 Netherlands  71–99  Bulgaria Wroclaw
11:40 Scoring by half: 32–46, 39–53
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Israel  v  Hungary
7 October 1963 (1963-10-07) Match 16 Israel  73–80  Hungary Wroclaw
20:00 Scoring by half: 38–35, 35–45
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Turkey  v  Hungary
9 October 1963 (1963-10-09) Match 17 Turkey  42–50  Hungary Wroclaw
09:00 Scoring by half: 26–21, 16–29
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Israel  v  Netherlands
9 October 1963 (1963-10-09) Match 18 Israel  70–55  Netherlands Wroclaw
10:20 Scoring by half: 26–26, 44–29
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Italy  v  Bulgaria
9 October 1963 (1963-10-09) Match 19 Italy  51–59  Bulgaria Wroclaw
20:00 Scoring by half: 22–33, 29–26
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Yugoslavia  v  Belgium
9 October 1963 (1963-10-09) Match 20 Yugoslavia  95–62  Belgium Wroclaw
21:30 Scoring by half: 48–37, 47–25
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Belgium  v  Bulgaria
10 October 1963 (1963-10-10) Match 21 Belgium  72–80  Bulgaria Wroclaw
13:00 Scoring by half: 37–37, 35–43
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Turkey  v  Netherlands
10 October 1963 (1963-10-10) Match 22 Turkey  72–74  Netherlands Wroclaw
17:00 Scoring by half: 38–31, 34–43
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Italy  v  Israel
10 October 1963 (1963-10-10) Match 23 Italy  63–57  Israel Wroclaw
20:00 Scoring by half: 28–28, 35–29
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Yugoslavia  v  Hungary
10 October 1963 (1963-10-10) Match 24 Yugoslavia  82–73  Hungary Wroclaw
21:30 Scoring by half: 44–35, 38–38
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Hungary  v  Netherlands
11 October 1963 (1963-10-11) Match 25 Hungary  90–60  Netherlands Wroclaw
11:40 Scoring by half: 48–33, 42–27
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Turkey  v  Italy
11 October 1963 (1963-10-11) Match 26 Turkey  65–72  Italy Wroclaw
13:00 Scoring by half: 37–34, 28–38
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Belgium  v  Israel
11 October 1963 (1963-10-11) Match 27 Belgium  93–68  Israel Wroclaw
17:00 Scoring by half: 50–35, 43–33
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Yugoslavia  v  Bulgaria
11 October 1963 (1963-10-11) Match 28 Yugoslavia  76–66  Bulgaria Wroclaw
21:30 Scoring by half: 36–23, 40–43
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 7 7 0 558 392 +166 14 Qualified for the semifinals
2  Poland 7 6 1 542 454 +88 12
3  East Germany 7 4 3 468 469 −1 8 Qualified for the 5th–8th place playoffs
4  Spain 7 3 4 563 575 −12 6
5  Romania 7 3 4 422 430 −8 6 Qualified for the 9th–12th place playoffs
6  Czechoslovakia 7 3 4 479 514 −35 6
7  France 7 1 6 427 521 −94 2 Qualified for the 13th–16th place playoffs
8  Finland 7 1 6 399 503 −104 2
Source: FIBA Archives
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored; 5) Drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. Czechoslovakia–Spain 76–98
  2. Romania-Spain 70-75
  3. Czechoslovakia-Romania 55-56
  4. ^ France-Finland 61-59
France  v  East Germany
4 October 1963 (1963-10-04) Match 01 France  49–63  East Germany Wroclaw
09:20 Scoring by half: 24–35, 25–28
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Soviet Union  v  Finland
4 October 1963 (1963-10-04) Match 02 Soviet Union  75–63  Finland Wroclaw
12:00 Scoring by half: 38–23, 37–30
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Spain  v  Poland
4 October 1963 (1963-10-04) Match 03 Spain  76–79  Poland Wroclaw
18:30 Scoring by half: 25–44, 51–35
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Czechoslovakia  v  Romania
4 October 1963 (1963-10-04) Match 04 Czechoslovakia  55–56  Romania Wroclaw
20:00 Scoring by half: 26–24, 29–32
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
France  v  Czechoslovakia
5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) Match 05 France  72–79  Czechoslovakia Wroclaw
10:20 Scoring by half: 33–41, 39–38
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Spain  v  Romania
5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) Match 06 Spain  75–70  Romania Wroclaw
11:40 Scoring by half: 34–44, 41–26
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Finland  v  East Germany
5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) Match 07 Finland  50–73  East Germany Wroclaw
17:00 Scoring by half: 26–33, 24–40
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Soviet Union  v  Poland
5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) Match 08 Soviet Union  64–54  Poland Wroclaw
18:30 Scoring by half: 30–20, 34–34
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Finland  v  Czechoslovakia
6 October 1963 (1963-10-06) Match 09 Finland  45–78  Czechoslovakia Wroclaw
10:20 Scoring by half: 20–33, 25–45
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Soviet Union  v  East Germany
6 October 1963 (1963-10-06) Match 10 Soviet Union  76–52  East Germany Wroclaw
13:00 Scoring by half: 30–23, 46–29
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Poland  v  Romania
6 October 1963 (1963-10-06) Match 11 Poland  64–60  Romania Wroclaw
20:00 Scoring by half: 30–34, 34–26
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Spain  v  France
6 October 1963 (1963-10-06) Match 12 Spain  86–70  France Wroclaw
21:30 Scoring by half: 47–39, 39–31
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Finland  v  Spain
7 October 1963 (1963-10-07TMonday) Match 13 Finland  83–79  Spain Wroclaw
13:00 Scoring by half: 43–44, 40–35
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
East Germany  v  Czechoslovakia
7 October 1963 (1963-10-07) Match 14 East Germany  61–62  Czechoslovakia Wroclaw
17:00 Scoring by half: 38–34, 23–28
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Poland  v  France
7 October 1963 (1963-10-07) Match 15 Poland  98–65  France Wroclaw
18:30 Scoring by half: 46–35, 52–30
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Soviet Union  v  Romania
7 October 1963 (1963-10-07) Match 16 Soviet Union  64–54  Romania Wroclaw
21:30 Scoring by half: 36–28, 28–26
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
East Germany  v  Spain
9 October 1963 (1963-10-09) Match 17 East Germany  91–85  Spain Wroclaw
11:40 Scoring by half: 37–43, 54–42
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Romania  v  France
9 October 1963 (1963-10-09) Match 18 Romania  59–51  France Wroclaw
13:00 Scoring by half: 35–34, 24–17
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Poland  v < Finland
9 October 1963 (1963-10-09) Match 19 Poland  68–54 < Finland Wroclaw
17:00 Scoring by half: 32–30, 36–24
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Soviet Union  v  Czechoslovakia
9 October 1963 (1963-10-09) Match 20 Soviet Union  96–56  Czechoslovakia Wroclaw
18:30 Scoring by half: 49–25, 47–31
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
East Germany  v  Poland
10 October 1963 (1963-10-10) Match 21 East Germany  62–93  Poland Wroclaw
09:00 Scoring by half: 23–47, 39–46
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Romania  v  Finland
10 October 1963 (1963-10-10) Match 22 Romania  69–55  Finland Wroclaw
10:20 Scoring by half: 28–23, 41–32
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Czechoslovakia  v  Spain
10 October 1963 (1963-10-10) Match 23 Czechoslovakia  76–98  Spain Wroclaw
11:40 Scoring by half: 43–59, 33–39
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Romania  v  East Germany
11 October 1963 (1963-10-11) Match 24 Romania  54–66  East Germany Wroclaw
09:00 Scoring by half: 27–36, 27–30
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
France  v  Finland
11 October 1963 (1963-10-11) Match 25 France  61–59  Finland Wroclaw
10:20 Scoring by half: 26–25, 35–34
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Soviet Union  v  France
11 October 1963 (1963-10-11) Match 26 Soviet Union  77–59  France Wroclaw
18:30 Scoring by half: 42–34, 35–25
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Czechoslovakia  v  Poland
11 October 1963 (1963-10-11) Match 27 Czechoslovakia  73–86  Poland Wroclaw
18:30 Scoring by half: 33–40, 40–46
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa
Soviet Union  v  Spain
11 October 1963 (1963-10-11) Match 28 Soviet Union  106–64  Spain Wroclaw
20:00 Scoring by half: 49–29, 57–35
Boxscore Arena: Hala Ludowa


Knockout stage

13th–16th place playoffs

 Classification Semifinals13th place match
       
  
 
  Netherlands58
  
  Finland71
  France60
  
  Finland50
  France80
 
  Turkey63
 15th place match
 
  
 
  Turkey64
 
  Netherlands62

13th–16th place playoffs

12 October 1963
9:00
Boxscore
France  80–63  Turkey
Scoring by half: 37–26, 43–37
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław
12 October 1963
11:40
Boxscore
Netherlands  58–71  Finland
Scoring by half: 32–35, 26–36
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław

15th place playoffs

13 October 1963
9:00
Boxscore
Turkey  64–62  Netherlands
Scoring by half: 34–32, 30–30
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław

13th place playoffs

13 October 1963
10:20
Boxscore
France  60–50  Finland
Scoring by half: 26–30, 34–20
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław

9th–12th place playoffs

 Classification Semifinals9th place match
       
  
 
  Italy66
  
  Czech Republic70
  Czech Republic58
  
  Israel60
  Romania47
 
  Israel57
 11th place match
 
  
 
  Italy66
 
  Romania85

9th-12th place playoffs

12 October 1963
10:20
Boxscore
Italy  66–70  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 29–43, 37–27
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław
12 October 1963
21:30
Boxscore
Romania  47–57  Israel
Scoring by half: 23–34, 24–23
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław

11th place playoffs

13 October 1963
9:00
Boxscore
Italy  66–85  Romania
Scoring by half: 30–34, 36–51
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław

9th place playoffs

13 October 1963
11:40
Boxscore
Czechoslovakia  58–60  Israel
Scoring by half: 29–29, 29–31
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław


5th–8th place playoffs

 Classification Semifinals5th place match
       
  
 
  Bulgaria102
  
  Spain70
  East Germany62
  
  Bulgaria77
  East Germany81
 
  Belgium53
 7th place match
 
  
 
  Belgium83
 
  Spain86

5th-8th place playoffs

12 October 1963
13:00
Boxscore
East Germany  81–53  Belgium
Scoring by half: 41–22, 40–31
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław
12 October 1963
17:00
Boxscore
Bulgaria  102–70  Spain
Scoring by half: 51–31, 51–39
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław

7th place playoffs

13 October 1963
13:00
Boxscore
Belgium  83–86  Spain
Scoring by half: 35–47, 48–39
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław

5th place playoffs

13 October 1963
11:40
Boxscore
East Germany  62–77  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 29–40, 33–37
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław

Final round

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
  
 
  Soviet Union89
  
  Hungary51
  Soviet Union61
  
  Poland45
  Yugoslavia72
 
  Poland83
 Third place game
 
  
 
  Yugoslavia89
 
  Hungary61

Semifinals

12 October 1963
18:30
Boxscore
Yugoslavia  72–83  Poland
Scoring by half: 40–47, 32–36
Pts: Korać 29 Pts: Lopatka 18
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław
12 October 1963
20:00
Boxscore
Soviet Union  89–51  Hungary
Scoring by half: 38–27, 51–24
Pts: Volnov 27 Pts: Bencze 11
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław

Bronze medal match

13 October 1963
17:00
Boxscore
Yugoslavia  89–61  Hungary
Scoring by half: 38–39, 51–22
Pts: Korać 27 Pts: Simon 13
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław

Final

13 October 1963
18:30
Boxscore
Soviet Union  61–45  Poland
Scoring by half: 37–18, 24–27
Pts: Krūmiņš 17 Pts: Lopatka 11
Hala Ludowa, Wrocław


 1963 FIBA EuroBasket champions 

Soviet Union
7th title

Final standings

  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 EuroBasket MVP: Emiliano Rodríguez (Spain 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: Mieczysław Łopatka, Bohdan Likszo, Janusz Wichowski, Andrzej Pstrokonski, Leszek Arent, Zbigniew Dregier, Kazimierz Frelkiewicz, Wieslaw Langiewicz, Andrzej Nartowski, Stanislaw Olejniczak, Jerzy Piskun, Krzysztof 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 Petričević, 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

External links

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