Tournament details | |
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Host country | Italy |
Dates | 27 September – 5 October |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Soviet Union (10th title) |
Runners-up | Yugoslavia |
Third place | Czechoslovakia |
Fourth place | Poland |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Sergei Belov |
Top scorer | Giorgos Kolokithas (23.5 points per game) |
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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. |
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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 |
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. |
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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 |
Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
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Greece | Israel | 95–62 |
Sweden | Romania | 84–95 |
Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
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Bulgaria | Spain | 75–78 |
Hungary | Italy | 60–78 |
Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
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Yugoslavia | Poland | 76–74 |
Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | 83–69 |
Placement | Team 1 | Team 2 | Res. |
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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 |
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Soviet Union Tenth title |
1969 FIBA EuroBasket MVP : Sergey Belov ( Soviet Union) |
All-Tournament Team [1] |
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Sergei Belov (MVP) |
Ivo Daneu |
Edward Jurkiewicz |
Clifford Luyk |
Krešimir Ćosić |
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)
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