At the 1963 World Cup in Brazil, the locals were crowned world champions for the second time in a row. After passing the group stages, Brazil won the Gold, Yugoslavia the Silver and the Soviet Union the Bronze
The Polish EuroBasket was held in 1963. Where the locals took the opportunity to take the silver, only giving in to the then invincible Soviet Union, in the grand final by (61-45)
The 1963 NBA was once again the Boston Celtics, winning their fourth title in a row in which they beat the Angeles Lakers, this time 4-2. The green trident Jones, Heinshon and Russell was superior to the star couple of the Lakers, West and Baylor
The competition starts with 26 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. Dinamo Tbilisi was exempted from playing these rounds
