Political stuff. In 1959 the World Cup was held in Chile, where at the end, and after two phases we reached the last game with the Soviet Union virtually winning the World Cup, but their leaders had the order from Moscow not to play against the nationalist China team, ‘enemy’ of communist China, and by default was given up the game (2-0), and this was used by Brazil to be world champion
In 1959, the EuroBasket was held in Turkey, where the Soviet Union once again won the gold medal. There was still no final as such, although the Soviets could not be completely relaxed until the final day, when they beat France (88-72), with giant Janis Krouminch as the most outstanding
In the 1959 NBA, the Boston Celtics beat the Minneapolis Lakers in the final, sweeping aside their opponents 4-0. A first ring of many for the Greens, as this would be the first of up to eight in a row, and ten over the next eleven seasons
The competition starts with 21 teams, which will have to pass two previous rounds in a roundtrip format, after which there will be 8 survivors who will play the quarterfinals. ASK Riga was exempted from playing these rounds
