# EuroBasket 1969

The 1969 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1969, was the sixteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.

## First round
### Group A – Caserta

| Yugoslavia | Greece | 98–62 |
| Hungary | Soviet Union | 63–95 |
| Bulgaria | Sweden | 87–70 |
| Bulgaria | Hungary | 66–65 |
| Sweden | Yugoslavia | 43–115 |
| Greece | Soviet Union | 63–83 |
| Soviet Union | Sweden | 91–47 |
| Greece | Hungary | 50–50 aet. 58–59 |
| Yugoslavia | Bulgaria | 76–60 |
| Hungary | Yugoslavia | 56–85 |
| Soviet Union | Bulgaria | 85–62 |
| Greece | Sweden | 88–76 |
| Bulgaria | Greece | 84–67 |
| Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | 61–73 |
| Sweden | Hungary | 76–92 |
| Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Losses | Results | Points | Diff. |
| 1. | Yugoslavia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 447:282 | 10 | +165 |
| 2. | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 415:308 | 8 | +107 |
| 3. | Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 359:363 | 4 | −24 |
| 4. | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 3 | 335:380 | 4 | −45 |
| 5. | Greece | 5 | 1 | 4 | 338:400 | 2 | −62 |
| 6. | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 4 | 312:473 | 2 | −141 |

### Group B – Naples

| Italy | Spain | 65–53 |
| Israel | Poland | 78–92 |
| Czechoslovakia | Romania | 72–70 |
| Czechoslovakia | Israel | 90–82 |
| Romania | Italy | 62–74 |
| Poland | Spain | 79–78 |
| Romania | Israel | 75–74 |
| Italy | Poland | 54–55 |
| Spain | Czechoslovakia | 60–97 |
| Romania | Spain | 63–78 |
| Israel | Italy | 66–79 |
| Poland | Czechoslovakia | 60–75 |
| Poland | Romania | 63–95 |
| Italy | Czechoslovakia | 62–63 |
| Spain | Israel | 90–81 |
| Pos. | Team | Matches | Wins | Losses | Results | Points | Diff. |
| 1. | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 397:334 | 10 | +63 |
| 2. | Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 349:380 | 6 | −31 |
| 3. | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 334:299 | 6 | +35 |
| 4. | Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 359:385 | 4 | −26 |
| 5. | Romania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 365:361 | 4 | +4 |
| 6. | Israel | 5 | 0 | 5 | 381:426 | 0 | −45 |

## Knockout stage
### Places 9 – 12 in Naples

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
| Greece | Israel | 95–62 |
| Sweden | Romania | 84–95 |

### Places 5 – 8 in Naples

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
| Bulgaria | Spain | 75–78 |
| Hungary | Italy | 60–78 |

### Places 1 – 4 in Naples

| Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
| Yugoslavia | Poland | 76–74 |
| Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | 83–69 |

### Finals – all games in Naples

| Placement | Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
| 11th place | Sweden | Israel | 83–92 |
| 9th place | Greece | Romania | 81–87 |
| 7th place | Bulgaria | Hungary | 92–48 |
| 5th place | Spain | Italy | 71–66 |
| 3rd place | Czechoslovakia | Poland | 77–75 |
| Final | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | 81–72 |
* 1969 FIBA EuroBasket champions
* Soviet Union Tenth title

## Final standings

* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia
* Czechoslovakia
* Poland
* Spain
* Italy
* Bulgaria
* Hungary
* Romania
* Greece
* Israel
* Sweden

## Awards

* 1969 FIBA EuroBasket MVP: Sergey Belov ( Soviet Union)
* All-Tournament Team
* Sergei Belov (MVP)
* Ivo Daneu
* Edward Jurkiewicz
* Clifford Luyk
* Krešimir Ćosić

## Team rosters

1. Soviet Union: Sergei Belov, Alexander Belov, Modestas Paulauskas, Gennadi Volnov, Priit Tomson, Anatoly Polivoda, Zurab Sakandelidze, Vladimir Andreev, Aleksander Kulkov, Aleksander Boloshev, Sergei Kovalenko, Vitali Zastukhov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky)
2. Yugoslavia: Krešimir Ćosić, Ivo Daneu, Nikola Plećaš, Vinko Jelovac, Damir Šolman, Rato Tvrdić, Ljubodrag Simonović, Trajko Rajković, Dragutin Čermak, Dragan Kapičić, Vladimir Cvetković, Zoran Marojević (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)
3. Czechoslovakia: Jiří Zídek Sr., Vladimir Pistelak, Jiří Zedníček, Frantisek Konvicka, Jiri Ruzicka, Jiri Ammer, Jan Bobrovsky, Robert Mifka, Karel Baroch, Jiri Konopasek, Petr Novicky, Jan Blažek (Coach: Nikolaj Ordnung)
4. Poland: Bohdan Likszo, Edward Jurkiewicz, Bolesław Kwiatkowski, Włodzimierz Trams, Andrzej Seweryn, Grzegorz Korcz, Waldemar Kozak, Henryk Cegielski, Jan Dolczewski, Marek Ladniak, Adam Niemiec, Krzysztof Gula (Coach: Witold Zagórski)