National basketball team of the USSR

The national basketball team of the USSR represented the USSR in international competitions and friendly matches between 1947 and 1990 . With 14 titles at European championships, the team is still the most successful team in Europe.

The Soviet team was also one of the favorites at tournaments around the world. The team was able to become world champions three times and Olympic champions twice.

Eurobasket (European Championships)

1946 in Geneva , ( Switzerland ): did not participate
1947 in Prague , ( Czechoslovakia ): gold medal
1949 In Cairo , ( Egypt ): did not take part
1951 in Paris , ( France ): gold medal
1953 in Moscow , ( USSR ): gold medal
1955 in Budapest , ( Hungary ): bronze medal
1957 in Sofia , ( Bulgaria ): gold medal
1959 in Istanbul , ( Turkey ): gold medal
1961 in Belgrade , ( Yugoslavia ): gold medal
1963 in Breslau , ( Poland ): gold medal
1965 in Moscow and Tbilisi , ( USSR ): gold medal
1967 in Helsinki and Tampere , ( Finland ): gold medal
1969 in Naples , ( Italy ): gold medal
1971 in Essen and Böblingen , ( FRG ): Gold medal
1973 in Barcelona , ( Spain ): bronze medal
1975 in Belgrade , ( Yugoslavia ): silver medal
1977 in Liège , ( Belgium ): silver medal
1979 in Gorizia , ( Italy ): gold medal
1981 in Prague , Bratislava and Havířov , ( Czechoslovakia ): gold medal
1983 in Limoges , Caen and Nantes , ( France ): silver medal
1985 in Karlsruhe , Leverkusen and Stuttgart , ( FRG ): Gold medal
1987 in Athens , ( Greece ): silver medal
1989 in Zagreb , ( Yugoslavia ): bronze medal

World championships

1950 in Buenos Aires , Argentina : did not participate
1954 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil : did not take part
1959 in Santiago de Chile , Chile : 6th place
1963 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil : bronze medal
1967 in Montevideo , Uruguay : gold medal
1970 in Ljubljana , Yugoslavia : bronze medal
1974 in San Juan , Puerto Rico : Gold medal
1978 in Manila , Philippines : silver medal
1982 in Cali , Colombia : gold medal
1986 in Barcelona , Saragossa and other cities, Spain : silver medal
1990 in Buenos Aires , Argentina : silver medal (without players from Lithuania , Latvia and Estonia )

Olympic games

1948 in London , Great Britain : did not take part
1952 in Helsinki , Finland : silver medal
1956 in Melbourne , Australia : silver medal
1960 in Rome , Italy : silver medal
1964 in Tokyo , Japan : silver medal
1968 in Mexico City , Mexico : bronze medal
1972 in Munich , FRG : gold medal
1976 in Montreal , Canada : bronze medal
1980 in Moscow , USSR : bronze medal
1984 in Los Angeles , USA : did not participate
1988 in Seoul , South Korea : gold medal

Successor teams to the Soviet Union

Under the name Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a team competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and took fourth place. However, this place is counted separately and not counted towards the USSR.

After that, basketball associations of their own were founded in most of the former Soviet republics, which participated in European, world championships and Olympic Games with varying degrees of success. The most successful successor teams are:

Russia : European Champion 2007, European Championship silver 1993, European Championship bronze 1997, 2011; World Cup silver 1994, 1998; Olympic bronze 2012
Lithuania : European Champion 2003, European Championship silver 1995, European Championship bronze 2007; Olympic bronze in 1996, 2000

Awards

The Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport voted the Soviet national team in 1979 " World Team of the Year ".