Yuri Korneev

Yuri Korneev
Personal information
Born	March 26, 1937; Moscow, Soviet Union
Died	June 17, 2002 (aged 65); Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1954–1966
Position	Small forward
Career history
1954–1961	Dynamo Moscow
1962–1966	CSKA Moscow
Career highlights and awards
	EuroLeague champion (1963); 6× USSR League champion (1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966);
Representing Soviet Union
Men's Basketball
Olympic Games
World Cup
EuroBasket

Yuri Korneev (March 26, 1937 in Moscow, Soviet Union – June 17, 2002), was a Russian basketball player.^[1] At a height of 1.98 m (6'6") tall, he played at the small forward position. He was among the 105 player nominees for the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors list.

Club career[edit]

Korneev started his club career with Dynamo Moscow, but he eventually moved to CSKA Moscow, where he became one of the club's cornerstones in the 1960s. While a member of the Red Army club, Korneev won a EuroLeague championship in 1963. He scored 15 crucial points in the tie-breaking final game against Real Madrid, after first two games of the finals were not enough to crown a champion. He made it to the EuroLeague Final once again, two years later, when Real took their revenge for what had been a bitter loss 2 years earlier. In addition to that, Korneev helped CSKA to win five Soviet Union League championships.

Korneev left CSKA in the prime of his career, due to a Soviet rule at the time, that did not allow players above 25 years old to play for the Army-supported team.

National team career[edit]

Korneev was a regular member of the senior Soviet national basketball team. Korneev won two EuroBasket gold medals, in 1959 and 1961, two Summer Olympics silver medals, in 1960 and 1964, and a bronze medal at the 1963 FIBA World Championship.

References[edit]

^ sports reference retrieved 25 July 2011

External links[edit]

[1] sports reference retrieved 25 July 2011

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