# EuroBasket 1963

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 | Qualified for the semifinals |
| 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 | Qualified for the 5th–8th place playoffs |
| 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 | Qualified for the 9th–12th place playoffs |
| 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 | Qualified for the 13th–16th place playoffs |
* 1 2 Hungary–Bulgaria 64–55
* 1 2 Belgium–Italy 76–75

### 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 | Qualified for the semifinals |
| 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 | Qualified for the 5th–8th place playoffs |
| 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 | Qualified for the 9th–12th place playoffs |
| 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 | Qualified for the 13th–16th place playoffs |
* ↑ Czechoslovakia–Spain 76–98
* ↑ Romania-Spain 70-75
* ↑ Czechoslovakia-Romania 55-56
* 1 2 France-Finland 61-59

## Knockout stage
### 13th–16th place playoffs

| Classification Semifinals | Classification Semifinals | 13th place match | 13th place match |
| Netherlands | 58 |
| Finland | 71 | | |
| Finland | 71 | France | 60 |
| | | Finland | 50 |
| France | 80 | Finland | 50 |
| Turkey | 63 | | |
| Turkey | 63 | 15th place match | 15th place match |
| | | Turkey | 64 |
| | | Netherlands | 62 |

### 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 Semifinals | Classification Semifinals | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| Italy | 66 |
| Czech Republic | 70 | | |
| Czech Republic | 70 | Czech Republic | 58 |
| | | Israel | 60 |
| Romania | 47 | Israel | 60 |
| Israel | 57 | | |
| Israel | 57 | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| | | Italy | 66 |
| | | Romania | 85 |

### 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 Semifinals | Classification Semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| Bulgaria | 102 |
| Spain | 70 | | |
| Spain | 70 | East Germany | 62 |
| | | Bulgaria | 77 |
| East Germany | 81 | Bulgaria | 77 |
| Belgium | 53 | | |
| Belgium | 53 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | Belgium | 83 |
| | | Spain | 86 |

### 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-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Soviet Union | 89 |
| Hungary | 51 | | |
| Hungary | 51 | Soviet Union | 61 |
| | | Poland | 45 |
| Yugoslavia | 72 | Poland | 45 |
| Poland | 83 | | |
| Poland | 83 | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | Yugoslavia | 89 |
| | | Hungary | 61 |

### 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

* Soviet Union
* Poland
* Yugoslavia
* Hungary
* Bulgaria
* East Germany
* Spain
* Belgium
* Israel
* Czechoslovakia
* Romania
* Italy
* France
* Finland
* Turkey
* Netherlands

## Awards

* 1963 FIBA EuroBasket 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: 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)