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.

EuroBasket 1963

Mistrzostwa Europy w Koszykówce Mężczyzn 1963
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
City	Wrocław
Dates	4–13 October
Teams	16
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
MVP	Emiliano Rodríguez
Top scorer	Radivoj Korać (26.6 points per game)
← 1961 1965 →

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[a]
3	Bulgaria	7	5	2	509	444	+65	10[a]	Qualified for the 5th–8th place playoffs
4	Belgium	7	4	3	520	512	+8	8[b]
5	Italy	7	4	3	477	459	+18	8[b]	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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
	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	Wrocław
	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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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[a]
5	Romania	7	3	4	422	430	−8	6[b]	Qualified for the 9th–12th place playoffs
6	Czechoslovakia	7	3	4	479	514	−35	6[c]
7	France	7	1	6	427	521	−94	2[d]	Qualified for the 13th–16th place playoffs
8	Finland	7	1	6	399	503	−104	2[d]

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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
21:30	Scoring by half: 47–39, 39–31
		Boxscore		Arena: Hala Ludowa

Finland  v  Spain

7 October 1963 (1963-10-07) Match 13	Finland	83–79	Spain	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
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	Wrocław
20:00	Scoring by half: 49–29, 57–35
		Boxscore		Arena: Hala Ludowa

Knockout stage

13th–16th place playoffs

	Classification Semifinals				13th place match
	Netherlands	58
	Finland	71
					France	60
					Finland	50
	France	80
	Turkey	63
					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				9th place match
	Italy	66
	Czechoslovakia	70
					Czechoslovakia	58
					Israel	60
	Romania	47
	Israel	57
					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				5th place match
	Bulgaria	102
	Spain	70
					East Germany	62
					Bulgaria	77
	East Germany	81
	Belgium	53
					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				Final
	Soviet Union	89
	Hungary	51
					Soviet Union	61
					Poland	45
	Yugoslavia	72
	Poland	83
					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

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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)

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)