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 competition begins with 24 teams, which were left in 8 teams that after two previous rounds go to the regular group
In 1967 the EuroBasket was held in Finland, where the Soviet Union once again proved its dominance at that time. In the final they beat Czechoslovakia, who only held out until almost the first half, then (89-77), with Volnov and Paulauskas overcoming Zidek
