International basketball competition
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
Group B
Knockout stage
Places 13 – 16
Places 9 – 12
Places 5 – 8
Places 1 – 4
Finals
Final rankings
Soviet Union
Poland
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Bulgaria
East Germany
Spain
Belgium
Israel
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Italy
France
Finland
Turkey
Netherlands
Awards
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 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