EuroBasket Final 1969: The Soviet Union is unbeatable
In 1969 the EuroBasket was held in Italy, specifically in Naples in its final phase. After passing the previous rounds and doing so in an unquestionable way, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia fought for Gold, with victory for the Soviets by (81-72), showing again, unbeatable with Paulauskas and Belov as stars The bronze medal went to Czechoslovakia after a hard-fought match against Poland, which was only decided in the final round of matches (77-75).
Soviet Union 81 *S.Belov – 15p *Paulauskas – 20p *Sakandelidze – 0p *Andrejev – 18p *A.Belov – 3p Volnov – 13p Polivoda – 0p Kulkov – 2p Zastukhov – 6p Boloshev – 0p Tomson – 4p Kovalenko – 0p
Yugoslavia 72 *Plecas – 2p *Simonovic – 4p *Rajkovic - 19p *Kapicic – 8p *Cosic – 10p Daneu - 10p Jelovac – 6p Cermak – 6p Tvrdic - 0p Maroevic - 0p Cvetkovic - 0p Solman - 5p
