Soviet Union national basketball team
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The Soviet national basketball team was the basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 side that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national teams. Based on the number of titles, the basketball program of the former Soviet Union remains one of the most successful in the history of international basketball competitions.

Eurobasket 1947

The Soviets first competed in the European championship at Eurobasket 1947
Eurobasket 1947
The 1947 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1947, was the fifth Eurobasket regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation took part in the competition...

. They quickly established their dominance of the European field, winning both preliminary round games, all three semifinal round games, and the championship match against defending gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

lists Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia national basketball team
The Czechoslovakian national basketball team was the basketball side that represented Czechoslovakia in international competitions. After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia set up their own national teams.- Medals :...

. The Soviets outscored their opponents by an aggregate 126 points over their 6 wins, an average margin of victory of 21 points.

Eurobasket 1951

After refusing to host Eurobasket 1949
Eurobasket 1949
The 1949 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1949, was the sixth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Seven national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation took part in the competition...

 as was FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which includes all 49 national European basketball federations.-Division A:-Division B: -Division C:...

's expectation of the Soviet Union and skipping the tournament entirely, the Soviets returned to European championships in Eurobasket 1951
Eurobasket 1951
The 1951 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1951, was the seventh regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition, a record number and more than twice the number that had...

. They dominated the early portions of the tournament, outscoring opponents 312-117 in their four preliminary round wins. The three games of the semifinal round also posed little problem for the Soviet team, as the closest any opponent came was the Czechoslovak
Czechoslovakia national basketball team
The Czechoslovakian national basketball team was the basketball side that represented Czechoslovakia in international competitions. After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia set up their own national teams.- Medals :...

 team losing by only 16. In the first game of the final round, which was essentially a semifinal game, the Soviets defeated Bulgaria 72-54 to advance to the championship game, a rematch against Czechoslovakia.

In that match, the Soviet team faced its first true close test in European play. A 44-44 tie was broken by Soviet Ilmar Kullam
Ilmar Kullam
Ilmar Kullam was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Kalev in Tartu....

 from the free throw line with 1 second left on the clock to give the Soviets a 45-44 win. Even that was called into question, however, as one of the referees initially signaled that Kullam had stepped on the free throw line during the shot and therefore the point would be disallowed. After consultation with another referee, however, the free throw was upheld and the Soviets had won their second European championship.

Eurobasket 1953

The Soviets maintained their domination at Eurobasket 1953
Eurobasket 1953
The 1953 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1953, was the eighth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by the Soviet Union,...

, which they hosted in Moscow. They had no trouble in a 3-0 preliminary round that included a 104-point slaughter of Denmark
Denmark national basketball team
The Danish national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Denmark in international competition.-Roster:Coach Peter Hoffman Assistant Coach Jesper Winther Serensen-Performance at Summer Olympics:-Eurobasket 1951:...

. An eight-team final round also posed little difficulty for the squad, with the closest of the 7 wins being a 29-24 slog against Hungary
Hungary national basketball team
The Hungarian national basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hungary in international competitions.-Medals:*Eurobasket 1946 - Bronze medal*Eurobasket 1953 - Silver medal*Eurobasket 1955 - Champions-Eurobasket 1935:...

 as the Soviets extended their streak to 3 championships with 25 wins and no losses.

Eurobasket 1955

Through four preliminary round games and the first three final round games, the Soviets extended their winning streak to 31 games. With four games left in the final round robin of Eurobasket 1955
Eurobasket 1955
The 1955 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1955, was the ninth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Hungary, silver medal...

, the Soviets were facing the pesky Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia national basketball team
The Czechoslovakian national basketball team was the basketball side that represented Czechoslovakia in international competitions. After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia set up their own national teams.- Medals :...

 team, which was so far had been the closest to defeating the Soviet Union, in 1951. Czechoslovakia, however, had already lost twice in the round, and had a record of 1-2 to the Soviets' 3-0 going into the game.

In a shocking result, the 81-74 final score did not favor the Soviet Union. The undefeatable titan had been beaten. They did so once more before the tournament was over, losing to Hungary
Hungary national basketball team
The Hungarian national basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hungary in international competitions.-Medals:*Eurobasket 1946 - Bronze medal*Eurobasket 1953 - Silver medal*Eurobasket 1955 - Champions-Eurobasket 1935:...

 in a game that essentially determined the gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

 despite being only the 6th of 7 matches each team played. The Soviets' 5-2 record in the round matched that of Czechoslovakia, and the Soviets finished with only a bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

.

Eurobasket 1957

Two years later, at Eurobasket 1957
Eurobasket 1957
The 1957 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1957, was the tenth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Bulgaria...

 in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

, the Soviets returned to form. They won their three preliminary round games and then their seven final round games, including an exciting final match of the round robin against similarly undefeated hosts Bulgaria. The Soviets trailed 23-19 at halftime, but battled back to a 60-57 victory to take their 4th European championship.

Olympic Games

Olympic Games Record
Basketball at the Summer Olympics
Basketball has been a Summer Olympics sport for men consistently since 1936. Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, it was held as demonstration event in 1904 and 1932, both in the United States. Women's basketball was played in the Olympics only since 1976....

Year Result Pld W L
  1936
Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics
-Fifth-place classification:-First round:Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first consolation round for another chance to move on.* Estonia def. France, 34-29* Chile def. Turkey, 30-16* Switzerland def. Germany, 25-18...

Did not participate
  1948
Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport as an official medal event. A total number of 23 nations entered the competition....

Did not participate
  1952
Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport. 23 nations entered the competition.The top six teams at the 1948 Summer Olympics qualified automatically, as did the 1950 World Champion , the top two at the 1951 European championships , and the host country...

Silver medal 8 6 2
  1956
Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. Fifteen nations, an unusually low number for the basketball tournament, competed in the event, with 174 participants. A total number of 56 games of basketball were played.The teams were divided...

Silver medal 8 6 2
  1960
Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. 16 nations were admitted into the Olympic tournament, with many others being eliminated in a pre-Olympic tournament held earlier in the year from 13 to 20 August 1960 at the Sports Palace at Bologna...

Silver medal 8 6 2
  1964
Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Basketball contests at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from October 11 to October 23. The United States defeated the Soviet Union to win their sixth straight gold medal at this event, while Brazil earned the bronze against Puerto...

Silver medal 9 8 1
  1968
Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics
-Group B:October 13October 14October 15October 16October 18October 19October 20-Medal bracket:-Classification brackets:5th–8th Place9th–12th Place...

Bronze medal 9 8 1
  1972
Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
-Group B:-Medal bracket:-Classification brackets:5th–8th Place9th–12th Place13th–16th Place Forfeited match.-Gold Medal Match controversy:...

Gold medal 9 9 0
  1976
Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Basketball contests at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place from July 18 to July 27 at the Centre Étienne Desmarteau and the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Canada. Women's basketball was introduced to the Olympic program for the first time at this Games...

Bronze medal 7 6 1
  1980
Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium and at the CSKA Sports Palace, both located in Moscow. Finals of both men's and women's events were held 30 July at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium....

Bronze medal 7 6 2
  1984
Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
-Group B:-Championship bracket:-Classification brackets:5th–8th Place9th–12th Place-Preliminary Round:...

Withdrew
1984 Summer Olympics boycott
The boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The boycott was a follow up to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The boycott involved 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies, led by the Soviet Union who initiated the boycott on May 8, 1984, and joined...

  1988
Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. The United States won the gold medal in the women's competition, thus repeating their performance from the 1984 tournament. In the men's tournament, the Soviet Union took home their second gold medal in...

Gold medal 8 7 1
  1992
Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The Basketball games of the 1992 Summer Olympics were played at the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona. 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams participated in the tournament....

4th place 8 5 3
Total 81 67 14

FIBA World Championship

FIBA World Championship Record
FIBA World Championship
The FIBA World Championship is an international basketball competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation , the sport's global governing body...

Year Result Pld W L
  1950
1950 FIBA World Championship
The 1950 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from October 22 to November 3, 1950. Ten nations participated in the inaugural tournament. All competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires...

Did not participate
  1954
1954 FIBA World Championship
The 1954 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 22 to November 5, 1954...

Did not participate
  1959
1959 FIBA World Championship
The 1959 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Chile from January 16 to 31 , 1959. Amaury Antônio Pasos was named the MVP....

6th place 9 7 2
  1963
1963 FIBA World Championship
The 1963 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 11 to 23 , 1963.- Competing nations :- Preliminary round :-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Classification round:...

3rd place 9 7 2
  1963
1963 FIBA World Championship
The 1963 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 11 to 23 , 1963.- Competing nations :- Preliminary round :-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Classification round:...

Champion 9 8 1
  1970
1970 FIBA World Championship
The 1970 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Yugoslavia at Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from May 10 to 24 , 1970...

3rd place 9 7 2
  1974
1974 FIBA World Championship
The 1974 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974.-Venues:- Competing nations :- Preliminary round :-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Classification round:-Final round:...

Champion 10 9 1
  1978
1978 FIBA World Championship
The 1978 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978.Rizal Memorial Coliseum at Manila and Araneta Coliseum at Quezon City, Metro Manila were the venues for the event.-Venues:...

2nd place 7 6 1
  1982
1982 FIBA World Championship
The 1982 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Colombia from August 15 to 28 , 1982.-Venues:- Competing nations :- Preliminary round :-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Classification round:-Final round:...

Champion 9 8 1
  1986
1986 FIBA World Championship
The 1986 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Spain from July 5 to 19 1986.The Final phase of the tournament was held at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid...

2nd place 12 11 1
  1990
1990 FIBA World Championship
The 1990 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Argentina from August 8 to August 20, 1990.The competition final phase was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires.Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner...

2nd place 8 6 2
Total 82 69 13

Rosters

1947 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 14 teams

Nodar Dzhordzhikiya
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya
Nodar Dzhordzhikiya or Nodar Jorjikia was a Soviet basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi....

, Heino Kruus
Heino Kruus
Heino Kruus was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Kalev in TallinnHe was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played in all eight matches....

, Alexander Moiseev, Justinas Lagunavicius
Justinas Lagunavicius
Justinas Lagunavičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas....

, Yuri Ozerov, Kazys Petkevičius
Kazys Petkevicius
Kazimieras Petkevičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas and later at Burevestnik in Leningrad.He was a member of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He...

, Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Viktor Vlasov
Viktor Vlasov
Viktor Petrovich Vlasov was a Russian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow.-References:...

, Stasys Stonkus
Stasys Stonkus
Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus is a retired Soviet present day Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Telšiai. In 1954, he graduated from the Lithuanian National Physical Education Institute...

 (Coach: Stepan Spandarian)

1953 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 17 teams

Stepas Butautas
Stepas Butautas
Stepas Butautas was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas....

, Otar Korkia, Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian is a retired Armenian basketball player. A creative point guard, he reached European stardom with CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union national team....

, Ilmar Kullam
Ilmar Kullam
Ilmar Kullam was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Kalev in Tartu....

, Anatoli Konev
Anatoly Konev
Anatoly Konstantinovich Konev was a Russian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Moscow and was a player of CSKA Moscow....

, Heino Kruus
Heino Kruus
Heino Kruus was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Kalev in TallinnHe was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played in all eight matches....

, Alexander Moiseev, Yuri Ozerov, Viktor Vlasov
Viktor Vlasov
Viktor Petrovich Vlasov was a Russian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow.-References:...

, Justinas Lagunavicius
Justinas Lagunavicius
Justinas Lagunavičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas....

, Algirdas Lauritenas, Kazys Petkevičius
Kazys Petkevicius
Kazimieras Petkevičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas and later at Burevestnik in Leningrad.He was a member of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He...

, Lev Reshetnikov, Gunars Silins (Coach: Konstantin Travin)

1954 World Championship: did not participate

1955 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 18 teams

Otar Korkia, Anatoli Konev
Anatoly Konev
Anatoly Konstantinovich Konev was a Russian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Moscow and was a player of CSKA Moscow....

, Alexander Moiseev, Yuri Ozerov, Viktor Vlasov
Viktor Vlasov
Viktor Petrovich Vlasov was a Russian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow.-References:...

, Kazys Petkevičius
Kazys Petkevicius
Kazimieras Petkevičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas and later at Burevestnik in Leningrad.He was a member of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He...

, Algirdas Lauritenas, Arkadi Bochkarev, Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Vladimirovich Semyonov , is a former Russian basketball player. As a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team he competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning two silver medals.-References:...

, Stasys Stonkus
Stasys Stonkus
Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus is a retired Soviet present day Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Telšiai. In 1954, he graduated from the Lithuanian National Physical Education Institute...

, Vladimir Torban, Mart Laga, Lev Reshetnikov, Gunars Silins (Coach: Konstantin Travin)

1956 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 15 teams

Jānis Krūmiņš
Janis Kruminš
Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years...

, Viktor Zubkov
Viktor Zubkov (basketball)
Victor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a retired Soviet basketball player considered one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the '50s and '60s, who won two silver medals at the Olympics for the Soviet national team....

, Valdis Muižnieks
Valdis Muiznieks
Valdis Muižnieks is a retired Latvian basketball player.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Arkadi Bochkarev, Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Vladimirovich Semyonov , is a former Russian basketball player. As a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team he competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning two silver medals.-References:...

, Yuri Ozerov, Kazys Petkevičius
Kazys Petkevicius
Kazimieras Petkevičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas and later at Burevestnik in Leningrad.He was a member of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He...

, Algirdas Lauritenas, Vladimir Torban, Stanislovas Stonkus
Stasys Stonkus
Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus is a retired Soviet present day Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Telšiai. In 1954, he graduated from the Lithuanian National Physical Education Institute...

, Mikhail Studenetski (Coach: Stepan Spandarian)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams

Viktor Zubkov
Viktor Zubkov (basketball)
Victor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a retired Soviet basketball player considered one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the '50s and '60s, who won two silver medals at the Olympics for the Soviet national team....

, Valdis Muižnieks
Valdis Muiznieks
Valdis Muižnieks is a retired Latvian basketball player.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Guram Minashvili, Arkadi Bochkarev, Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Vladimirovich Semyonov , is a former Russian basketball player. As a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team he competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning two silver medals.-References:...

, Yuri Ozerov, Vladimir Torban, Algirdas Lauritenas, Mart Laga, Stasys Stonkus
Stasys Stonkus
Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus is a retired Soviet present day Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Telšiai. In 1954, he graduated from the Lithuanian National Physical Education Institute...

, Mikhail Studenetski (Coach: Stepan Spandarian)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 17 teams

Jānis Krūmiņš
Janis Kruminš
Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years...

, Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Viktor Zubkov
Viktor Zubkov (basketball)
Victor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a retired Soviet basketball player considered one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the '50s and '60s, who won two silver medals at the Olympics for the Soviet national team....

, Valdis Muižnieks
Valdis Muiznieks
Valdis Muižnieks is a retired Latvian basketball player.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Arkadi Bochkarev, Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev , was a Russian basketball player. A 1.98 m tall small forward, he started his career for Dynamo Moscow, but moved to CSKA to become one of its cornerstones in the sixties...

, Guram Minashvili, Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Vladimirovich Semyonov , is a former Russian basketball player. As a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team he competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning two silver medals.-References:...

, Aleksandr Petrov, Mikhail Studenetski, Vladimir Torban (Coach: Stepan Spandarian)

1959 World Championship: finished 6th among 13 teams

Jānis Krūmiņš
Janis Kruminš
Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years...

, Viktor Zubkov
Viktor Zubkov (basketball)
Victor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a retired Soviet basketball player considered one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the '50s and '60s, who won two silver medals at the Olympics for the Soviet national team....

, Valdis Muižnieks
Valdis Muiznieks
Valdis Muižnieks is a retired Latvian basketball player.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Guram Minashvili, Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Vladimirovich Semyonov , is a former Russian basketball player. As a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team he competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning two silver medals.-References:...

, Arkadi Bochkarev, Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev , was a Russian basketball player. A 1.98 m tall small forward, he started his career for Dynamo Moscow, but moved to CSKA to become one of its cornerstones in the sixties...

, Yuri Ozerov, Vladimir Torban, Oleg Kutuzov, Guram Abashidze (Coach: Stepan Spandarian)

1960 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Jānis Krūmiņš
Janis Kruminš
Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years...

, Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Viktor Zubkov
Viktor Zubkov (basketball)
Victor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a retired Soviet basketball player considered one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the '50s and '60s, who won two silver medals at the Olympics for the Soviet national team....

, Valdis Muižnieks
Valdis Muiznieks
Valdis Muižnieks is a retired Latvian basketball player.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Vladimir Ugrekhelidze, Guram Minashvili, Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Semyonov
Mikhail Vladimirovich Semyonov , is a former Russian basketball player. As a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team he competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, winning two silver medals.-References:...

, Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev , was a Russian basketball player. A 1.98 m tall small forward, he started his career for Dynamo Moscow, but moved to CSKA to become one of its cornerstones in the sixties...

, Aleksandr Petrov, Cezars Ozers, Albert Valtin (Coach: Stepan Spandarian)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 19 teams

Jānis Krūmiņš
Janis Kruminš
Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years...

, Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Viktor Zubkov
Viktor Zubkov (basketball)
Victor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a retired Soviet basketball player considered one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the '50s and '60s, who won two silver medals at the Olympics for the Soviet national team....

, Valdis Muižnieks
Valdis Muiznieks
Valdis Muižnieks is a retired Latvian basketball player.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis
Maigonis Valdmanis was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian is a retired Armenian basketball player. A creative point guard, he reached European stardom with CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union national team....

, Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev , was a Russian basketball player. A 1.98 m tall small forward, he started his career for Dynamo Moscow, but moved to CSKA to become one of its cornerstones in the sixties...

, Vladimir Ugrekhelidze, Aleksandr Petrov, Alexander Kandel, Viacheslav Novikov, Albert Valtin (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams

Jānis Krūmiņš
Janis Kruminš
Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years...

, Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Jaak Lipso, Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian is a retired Armenian basketball player. A creative point guard, he reached European stardom with CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union national team....

, Guram Minashvili, Tõnno Lepmets
Tonno Lepmets
Tõnno Lepmets was a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won gold with the Soviet basketball team at the 1963 and 1967 EuroBasket.-References:*...

, Viacheslav Khrinin, Alexander Travin, Aleksandr Petrov, Juris Kalnins, Vadim Gladun, Olgerts Jurgensons (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1963 World Championship: finished 3rd among 13 teams

Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Viktor Zubkov
Viktor Zubkov (basketball)
Victor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a retired Soviet basketball player considered one of the most distinguished players of Soviet and European basketball in the '50s and '60s, who won two silver medals at the Olympics for the Soviet national team....

, Vladimir Ugrekhelidze, Guram Minashvili, Juris Kalnins, Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev , was a Russian basketball player. A 1.98 m tall small forward, he started his career for Dynamo Moscow, but moved to CSKA to become one of its cornerstones in the sixties...

, Aleksandr Petrov, Anzor Lezhava, Alexander Travin, Viacheslav Khrinin, Leonid Ivanov, Vadim Gladun (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Jānis Krūmiņš
Janis Kruminš
Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height , he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years...

, Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Jaak Lipso, Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian is a retired Armenian basketball player. A creative point guard, he reached European stardom with CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union national team....

, Valdis Muižnieks
Valdis Muiznieks
Valdis Muižnieks is a retired Latvian basketball player.He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles and 4 national championships ....

, Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev
Yuri Korneev , was a Russian basketball player. A 1.98 m tall small forward, he started his career for Dynamo Moscow, but moved to CSKA to become one of its cornerstones in the sixties...

, Juris Kalnins, Aleksandr Petrov, Alexander Travin, Viacheslav Khrinin, Levan Moseshvili, Nikolai Baglei (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams

Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Jaak Lipso, Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...

, Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian
Armenak Alachachian is a retired Armenian basketball player. A creative point guard, he reached European stardom with CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union national team....

, Aleksandr Petrov, Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo club in Tbilisi....

, Alexander Travin, Viacheslav Khrinin, Visvaldis Eglitis, Nikolai Baglei, Nikolai Sushak, Amiran Skhiereli (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...

, Jaak Lipso, Anatoli Polivoda
Anatoli Polivoda
Anatoliy Ivanovych Polivoda is a retired Ukrainian basketball player who played for the Budivelnyk of Kiev and the Soviet Union. He trained at VSS Avanhard in Kiev....

, Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union.-External links:* at sports-reference.com* at databaseOlympics.com...

, Tõnno Lepmets
Tonno Lepmets
Tõnno Lepmets was a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won gold with the Soviet basketball team at the 1963 and 1967 EuroBasket.-References:*...

, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Musurbekovich Zharmukhamedov is a retired Kazakh basketball player who won gold medal in 1972 Olympic Games while playing for the USSR basketball team. He can be considered as the first ethnic Kazakh to become an Olympic champion....

, Vladimir Andreev
Vladimir Andreev (basketball)
Vladimir Georgevich Andreev is a retired Russian basketball player. In 1969, along with CSKA Moscow he won the European Champions' Cup against Real Madrid Baloncesto, being the top scorer of the final with 37 points. a 2.15 m center, He was also a member of the Soviet national team from 1967 to...

, Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo club in Tbilisi....

, Yuri Selikhov, Anatoli Krikun
Anatoli Krikun
Anatoli Krikun is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union.-National Team:* Olympic Games: 1968* World Championships: 1970* European Championships: 1967-External links:...

 (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1967 World Championship: finished 1st among 13 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Jaak Lipso, Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...

, Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union.-External links:* at sports-reference.com* at databaseOlympics.com...

, Anatoli Polivoda
Anatoli Polivoda
Anatoliy Ivanovych Polivoda is a retired Ukrainian basketball player who played for the Budivelnyk of Kiev and the Soviet Union. He trained at VSS Avanhard in Kiev....

, Vladimir Andreev
Vladimir Andreev (basketball)
Vladimir Georgevich Andreev is a retired Russian basketball player. In 1969, along with CSKA Moscow he won the European Champions' Cup against Real Madrid Baloncesto, being the top scorer of the final with 37 points. a 2.15 m center, He was also a member of the Soviet national team from 1967 to...

, Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo club in Tbilisi....

, Alexander Travin, Yuri Selikhov, Rudolf Nesterov, Gennadi Chechuro (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1968 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Jaak Lipso, Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...

, Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union.-External links:* at sports-reference.com* at databaseOlympics.com...

, Anatoli Polivoda
Anatoli Polivoda
Anatoliy Ivanovych Polivoda is a retired Ukrainian basketball player who played for the Budivelnyk of Kiev and the Soviet Union. He trained at VSS Avanhard in Kiev....

, Vladimir Andreev
Vladimir Andreev (basketball)
Vladimir Georgevich Andreev is a retired Russian basketball player. In 1969, along with CSKA Moscow he won the European Champions' Cup against Real Madrid Baloncesto, being the top scorer of the final with 37 points. a 2.15 m center, He was also a member of the Soviet national team from 1967 to...

, Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo club in Tbilisi....

, Yuri Selikhov, Anatoli Krikun
Anatoli Krikun
Anatoli Krikun is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union.-National Team:* Olympic Games: 1968* World Championships: 1970* European Championships: 1967-External links:...

, Sergei Kovalenko
Sergei Kovalenko
Sergey Ivanovich Kovalenko was a Soviet basketball player who won the gold medal with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympics. He trained at Burevestnik in Tbilisi and later at VSS Avanhard in Kiev , and also played for CSKA Moscow .-Notes:...

, Vadim Kapranov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 12 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Alexander Belov, Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...

, Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union.-External links:* at sports-reference.com* at databaseOlympics.com...

, Vladimir Andreev
Vladimir Andreev (basketball)
Vladimir Georgevich Andreev is a retired Russian basketball player. In 1969, along with CSKA Moscow he won the European Champions' Cup against Real Madrid Baloncesto, being the top scorer of the final with 37 points. a 2.15 m center, He was also a member of the Soviet national team from 1967 to...

, Anatoli Polivoda
Anatoli Polivoda
Anatoliy Ivanovych Polivoda is a retired Ukrainian basketball player who played for the Budivelnyk of Kiev and the Soviet Union. He trained at VSS Avanhard in Kiev....

, Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo club in Tbilisi....

, Alexander Boloshev
Aleksandr Boloshev
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Boloshev was a Soviet and Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow and played for Dynamo Moscow ....

, Sergei Kovalenko
Sergei Kovalenko
Sergey Ivanovich Kovalenko was a Soviet basketball player who won the gold medal with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympics. He trained at Burevestnik in Tbilisi and later at VSS Avanhard in Kiev , and also played for CSKA Moscow .-Notes:...

, Alexander Kulkov, Vitali Zastukhov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1970 World Championship: finished 3rd among 13 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Alexander Belov, Jaak Lipso, Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...

, Vladimir Andreev
Vladimir Andreev (basketball)
Vladimir Georgevich Andreev is a retired Russian basketball player. In 1969, along with CSKA Moscow he won the European Champions' Cup against Real Madrid Baloncesto, being the top scorer of the final with 37 points. a 2.15 m center, He was also a member of the Soviet national team from 1967 to...

, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Musurbekovich Zharmukhamedov is a retired Kazakh basketball player who won gold medal in 1972 Olympic Games while playing for the USSR basketball team. He can be considered as the first ethnic Kazakh to become an Olympic champion....

, Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union.-External links:* at sports-reference.com* at databaseOlympics.com...

, Alexander Sidjakin, Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo club in Tbilisi....

, Sergei Kovalenko
Sergei Kovalenko
Sergey Ivanovich Kovalenko was a Soviet basketball player who won the gold medal with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympics. He trained at Burevestnik in Tbilisi and later at VSS Avanhard in Kiev , and also played for CSKA Moscow .-Notes:...

, Anatoli Krikun
Anatoli Krikun
Anatoli Krikun is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union.-National Team:* Olympic Games: 1968* World Championships: 1970* European Championships: 1967-External links:...

, Vitali Zastukhov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1971 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 12 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Alexander Belov, Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...

, Vladimir Andreev
Vladimir Andreev (basketball)
Vladimir Georgevich Andreev is a retired Russian basketball player. In 1969, along with CSKA Moscow he won the European Champions' Cup against Real Madrid Baloncesto, being the top scorer of the final with 37 points. a 2.15 m center, He was also a member of the Soviet national team from 1967 to...

, Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union.-External links:* at sports-reference.com* at databaseOlympics.com...

, Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player who won gold with the Soviet national team in the 1972 Olympics, in which his all court inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left in the gold medal game against the American national...

, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Musurbekovich Zharmukhamedov is a retired Kazakh basketball player who won gold medal in 1972 Olympic Games while playing for the USSR basketball team. He can be considered as the first ethnic Kazakh to become an Olympic champion....

, Anatoli Polivoda
Anatoli Polivoda
Anatoliy Ivanovych Polivoda is a retired Ukrainian basketball player who played for the Budivelnyk of Kiev and the Soviet Union. He trained at VSS Avanhard in Kiev....

, Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo club in Tbilisi....

, Mikheil Korkia, Alexander Boloshev
Aleksandr Boloshev
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Boloshev was a Soviet and Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow and played for Dynamo Moscow ....

, Aleksei Tammiste
Aleksei Tammiste
Aleksei Tammiste is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won a gold medal at the 1971 EuroBasket Championship held in West Germany...

 (Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Petrovich Kondrashin was a Russian basketball coach....

)

1972 Olympic Games: finished 1st among 16 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Alexander Belov, Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Volnov
Gennadi Georgievich Volnov was a Russian basketball player who played for the Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in Moscow....

, Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...

, Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player who won gold with the Soviet national team in the 1972 Olympics, in which his all court inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left in the gold medal game against the American national...

, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Musurbekovich Zharmukhamedov is a retired Kazakh basketball player who won gold medal in 1972 Olympic Games while playing for the USSR basketball team. He can be considered as the first ethnic Kazakh to become an Olympic champion....

, Anatoli Polivoda
Anatoli Polivoda
Anatoliy Ivanovych Polivoda is a retired Ukrainian basketball player who played for the Budivelnyk of Kiev and the Soviet Union. He trained at VSS Avanhard in Kiev....

, Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo club in Tbilisi....

, Alexander Boloshev
Aleksandr Boloshev
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Boloshev was a Soviet and Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow and played for Dynamo Moscow ....

, Mikheil Korkia, Sergei Kovalenko
Sergei Kovalenko
Sergey Ivanovich Kovalenko was a Soviet basketball player who won the gold medal with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympics. He trained at Burevestnik in Tbilisi and later at VSS Avanhard in Kiev , and also played for CSKA Moscow .-Notes:...

, Ivan Dvorni
Ivan Dvorny
Ivan Vasil'evich Dvorny was a Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Trud in Sverdlovsk.-References:...

 (Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Petrovich Kondrashin was a Russian basketball coach....

)

1973 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...

, Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Sakandelidze
Zurab Aleksandrovich Sakandelidze was a Georgian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo club in Tbilisi....

, Alexander Boloshev
Aleksandr Boloshev
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Boloshev was a Soviet and Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow and played for Dynamo Moscow ....

, Anatoli Myshkin, Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player who won gold with the Soviet national team in the 1972 Olympics, in which his all court inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left in the gold medal game against the American national...

, Valeri Miloserdov, Evgeni Kovalenko, Sergei Kovalenko
Sergei Kovalenko
Sergey Ivanovich Kovalenko was a Soviet basketball player who won the gold medal with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympics. He trained at Burevestnik in Tbilisi and later at VSS Avanhard in Kiev , and also played for CSKA Moscow .-Notes:...

, Yuri Pavlov, Jaak Salumets, Nikolai Djachenko (Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Petrovich Kondrashin was a Russian basketball coach....

)

1974 World Championship: finished 1st among 14 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Alexander Belov, Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...

, Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson
Priit Tomson is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union.-External links:* at sports-reference.com* at databaseOlympics.com...

, Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player who won gold with the Soviet national team in the 1972 Olympics, in which his all court inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left in the gold medal game against the American national...

, Alexander Boloshev
Aleksandr Boloshev
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Boloshev was a Soviet and Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow and played for Dynamo Moscow ....

, Valeri Miloserdov, Alexander Bolshakov, Vladimir Zhigili, Yuri Pavlov, Alexander Salnikov, Alexander Kharchenkov (Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Petrovich Kondrashin was a Russian basketball coach....

)

1975 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Alexander Belov, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Musurbekovich Zharmukhamedov is a retired Kazakh basketball player who won gold medal in 1972 Olympic Games while playing for the USSR basketball team. He can be considered as the first ethnic Kazakh to become an Olympic champion....

, Alexander Sidjakin, Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player who won gold with the Soviet national team in the 1972 Olympics, in which his all court inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left in the gold medal game against the American national...

, Mikheil Korkia, Alexander Boloshev
Aleksandr Boloshev
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Boloshev was a Soviet and Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow and played for Dynamo Moscow ....

, Alexander Bolshakov, Yuri Pavlov, Valeri Miloserdov, Vladimir Zhigili, Alexander Salnikov (Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Petrovich Kondrashin was a Russian basketball coach....

)

1976 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 12 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Alexander Belov, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Musurbekovich Zharmukhamedov is a retired Kazakh basketball player who won gold medal in 1972 Olympic Games while playing for the USSR basketball team. He can be considered as the first ethnic Kazakh to become an Olympic champion....

, Valeri Miloserdov, Mikheil Korkia, Vladimir Zhigili, Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player who won gold with the Soviet national team in the 1972 Olympics, in which his all court inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left in the gold medal game against the American national...

, Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...

, Anatoli Myshkin, Alexander Salnikov, Vladimir Arzamaskov, Andrei Makeev (Coach: Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Petrovich Kondrashin was a Russian basketball coach....

)

1977 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Anatoli Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...

, Mikheil Korkia, Valeri Miloserdov, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Georgiyevich Yeryomin , last name also spelled Eremin and Yeremin, is a prominent retired Soviet basketball player and active Russian basketball coach. Retired Russian Army Colonel...

, Vladimir Zhigili, Alexander Salnikov, Vladimir Arzamaskov, Viktor Petrakov, Alexander Kharchenkov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1978 World Championship: finished 2nd among 14 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Anatoli Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...

, Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player who won gold with the Soviet national team in the 1972 Olympics, in which his all court inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left in the gold medal game against the American national...

, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Musurbekovich Zharmukhamedov is a retired Kazakh basketball player who won gold medal in 1972 Olympic Games while playing for the USSR basketball team. He can be considered as the first ethnic Kazakh to become an Olympic champion....

, Vladimir Zhigili, Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Georgiyevich Yeryomin , last name also spelled Eremin and Yeremin, is a prominent retired Soviet basketball player and active Russian basketball coach. Retired Russian Army Colonel...

, Alexander Boloshev
Aleksandr Boloshev
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Boloshev was a Soviet and Russian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow and played for Dynamo Moscow ....

, Sergėjus Jovaiša
Sergejus Jovaiša
Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) (born December 17, 1954 in Anykščiai, Lithuania is a former basketball player from Lithuania, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 1980 he was a member of the...

, Alexander Salnikov, Andrei Lopatov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1979 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 12 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Anatoli Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...

, Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Edeshko
Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player who won gold with the Soviet national team in the 1972 Olympics, in which his all court inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left in the gold medal game against the American national...

, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Georgiyevich Yeryomin , last name also spelled Eremin and Yeremin, is a prominent retired Soviet basketball player and active Russian basketball coach. Retired Russian Army Colonel...

, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
Alzhan Musurbekovich Zharmukhamedov is a retired Kazakh basketball player who won gold medal in 1972 Olympic Games while playing for the USSR basketball team. He can be considered as the first ethnic Kazakh to become an Olympic champion....

, Vladimir Zhigili, Sergei Tarakanov
Sergei Tarakanov
Sergey Nikolayevich Tarakanov is a Russian retired basketball player. He played for Spartak Leningrad , CSKA Moscow , German team Ludwisburg Stuttgart BC , and Belgian team St. Louis Liège .Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990...

, Valdemaras Chomičius
Valdemaras Chomicius
Valdemaras Chomičius is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team. Assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team...

, Alexander Salnikov, Andrei Lopatov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 12 teams

Sergei Belov
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

, Anatoli Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...

, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Georgiyevich Yeryomin , last name also spelled Eremin and Yeremin, is a prominent retired Soviet basketball player and active Russian basketball coach. Retired Russian Army Colonel...

, Sergei Tarakanov
Sergei Tarakanov
Sergey Nikolayevich Tarakanov is a Russian retired basketball player. He played for Spartak Leningrad , CSKA Moscow , German team Ludwisburg Stuttgart BC , and Belgian team St. Louis Liège .Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990...

, Sergėjus Jovaiša
Sergejus Jovaiša
Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) (born December 17, 1954 in Anykščiai, Lithuania is a former basketball player from Lithuania, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 1980 he was a member of the...

, Vladimir Zhigili, Valeri Miloserdov, Alexander Salnikov, Andrei Lopatov, Nikolai Deriugin (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1981 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 12 teams

Valdis Valters
Valdis Valters
Valdis Valters is a retired Latvian basketball player.A point guard for the USSR, he is regarded as one of the greatest to have played the game in Europe in the 1980s....

, Anatoli Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...

, Sergėjus Jovaiša
Sergejus Jovaiša
Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) (born December 17, 1954 in Anykščiai, Lithuania is a former basketball player from Lithuania, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 1980 he was a member of the...

, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Georgiyevich Yeryomin , last name also spelled Eremin and Yeremin, is a prominent retired Soviet basketball player and active Russian basketball coach. Retired Russian Army Colonel...

, Sergei Tarakanov
Sergei Tarakanov
Sergey Nikolayevich Tarakanov is a Russian retired basketball player. He played for Spartak Leningrad , CSKA Moscow , German team Ludwisburg Stuttgart BC , and Belgian team St. Louis Liège .Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990...

, Alexander Salnikov, Andrei Lopatov, Nikolai Deriugin, Gennadi Kapustin, Nikolai Fesenko (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1982 World Championship: finished 1st among 13 teams

Valdis Valters
Valdis Valters
Valdis Valters is a retired Latvian basketball player.A point guard for the USSR, he is regarded as one of the greatest to have played the game in Europe in the 1980s....

, Anatoli Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...

, Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr...

, Sergėjus Jovaiša
Sergejus Jovaiša
Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) (born December 17, 1954 in Anykščiai, Lithuania is a former basketball player from Lithuania, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 1980 he was a member of the...

, Valdemaras Chomičius
Valdemaras Chomicius
Valdemaras Chomičius is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team. Assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team...

, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Georgiyevich Yeryomin , last name also spelled Eremin and Yeremin, is a prominent retired Soviet basketball player and active Russian basketball coach. Retired Russian Army Colonel...

, Sergei Tarakanov
Sergei Tarakanov
Sergey Nikolayevich Tarakanov is a Russian retired basketball player. He played for Spartak Leningrad , CSKA Moscow , German team Ludwisburg Stuttgart BC , and Belgian team St. Louis Liège .Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990...

, Heino Enden
Heino Enden
Heino Enden is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the power forward position....

, Andrei Lopatov, Nikolai Deriugin (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1983 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams

Valdis Valters
Valdis Valters
Valdis Valters is a retired Latvian basketball player.A point guard for the USSR, he is regarded as one of the greatest to have played the game in Europe in the 1980s....

, Anatoli Myshkin, Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr...

, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Sergėjus Jovaiša
Sergejus Jovaiša
Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) (born December 17, 1954 in Anykščiai, Lithuania is a former basketball player from Lithuania, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 1980 he was a member of the...

, Valdemaras Chomičius
Valdemaras Chomicius
Valdemaras Chomičius is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team. Assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team...

, Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Georgiyevich Yeryomin , last name also spelled Eremin and Yeremin, is a prominent retired Soviet basketball player and active Russian basketball coach. Retired Russian Army Colonel...

, Sergei Tarakanov
Sergei Tarakanov
Sergey Nikolayevich Tarakanov is a Russian retired basketball player. He played for Spartak Leningrad , CSKA Moscow , German team Ludwisburg Stuttgart BC , and Belgian team St. Louis Liège .Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990...

, Heino Enden
Heino Enden
Heino Enden is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the power forward position....

, Nikolai Deriugin, Andrei Lopatov, Viktor Pankrashkin (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1984 Olympic Games: did not participate

1985 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 12 teams

Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr...

, Valdis Valters
Valdis Valters
Valdis Valters is a retired Latvian basketball player.A point guard for the USSR, he is regarded as one of the greatest to have played the game in Europe in the 1980s....

, Alexander Volkov
Alexander Volkov (basketball)
Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. At 6'10" , he played the forward position.Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team...

, Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...

, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Sergei Tarakanov
Sergei Tarakanov
Sergey Nikolayevich Tarakanov is a Russian retired basketball player. He played for Spartak Leningrad , CSKA Moscow , German team Ludwisburg Stuttgart BC , and Belgian team St. Louis Liège .Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990...

, Sergėjus Jovaiša
Sergejus Jovaiša
Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) (born December 17, 1954 in Anykščiai, Lithuania is a former basketball player from Lithuania, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 1980 he was a member of the...

, Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis is a basketball trainer, head coach of the VEF Riga, retired Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who was a member of the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He played as a shooting guard and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star Three Point...

, Valdemaras Chomičius
Valdemaras Chomicius
Valdemaras Chomičius is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team. Assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team...

, Valeri Tikhonenko, Heino Enden
Heino Enden
Heino Enden is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the power forward position....

, Andrei Lopatov (Coach: Vladimir Obukhov)

1986 World Championship: finished 2nd among 24 teams

Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr...

, Valdis Valters
Valdis Valters
Valdis Valters is a retired Latvian basketball player.A point guard for the USSR, he is regarded as one of the greatest to have played the game in Europe in the 1980s....

, Alexander Volkov
Alexander Volkov (basketball)
Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. At 6'10" , he played the forward position.Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team...

, Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...

, Tiit Sokk
Tiit Sokk
Tiit Sokk is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the point guard position....

, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis is a basketball trainer, head coach of the VEF Riga, retired Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who was a member of the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He played as a shooting guard and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star Three Point...

, Valdemaras Chomičius
Valdemaras Chomicius
Valdemaras Chomičius is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team. Assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team...

, Sergei Tarakanov
Sergei Tarakanov
Sergey Nikolayevich Tarakanov is a Russian retired basketball player. He played for Spartak Leningrad , CSKA Moscow , German team Ludwisburg Stuttgart BC , and Belgian team St. Louis Liège .Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990...

, Valeri Tikhonenko, Sergei Grishaev, Andris Jekabsons (Coach: Vladimir Obukhov)

1987 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Alexander Volkov
Alexander Volkov (basketball)
Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. At 6'10" , he played the forward position.Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team...

, Valdis Valters
Valdis Valters
Valdis Valters is a retired Latvian basketball player.A point guard for the USSR, he is regarded as one of the greatest to have played the game in Europe in the 1980s....

, Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Tkachenko
Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr...

, Valeri Tikhonenko, Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Šarunas Marciulionis
Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the North American National Basketball Association...

, Sergėjus Jovaiša
Sergejus Jovaiša
Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) (born December 17, 1954 in Anykščiai, Lithuania is a former basketball player from Lithuania, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 1980 he was a member of the...

, Valdemaras Chomičius
Valdemaras Chomicius
Valdemaras Chomičius is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team. Assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team...

, Sergei Tarakanov
Sergei Tarakanov
Sergey Nikolayevich Tarakanov is a Russian retired basketball player. He played for Spartak Leningrad , CSKA Moscow , German team Ludwisburg Stuttgart BC , and Belgian team St. Louis Liège .Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990...

, Sergei Babenko, Heino Enden
Heino Enden
Heino Enden is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the power forward position....

, Viktor Pankrashkin, Valeri Goborov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1988 Olympic Games: finished 1st among 12 teams

Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr...

, Alexander Volkov
Alexander Volkov (basketball)
Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. At 6'10" , he played the forward position.Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team...

, Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Šarunas Marciulionis
Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the North American National Basketball Association...

, Tiit Sokk
Tiit Sokk
Tiit Sokk is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the point guard position....

, Valeri Tikhonenko, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Sergei Tarakanov
Sergei Tarakanov
Sergey Nikolayevich Tarakanov is a Russian retired basketball player. He played for Spartak Leningrad , CSKA Moscow , German team Ludwisburg Stuttgart BC , and Belgian team St. Louis Liège .Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990...

, Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis is a basketball trainer, head coach of the VEF Riga, retired Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who was a member of the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He played as a shooting guard and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star Three Point...

, Valdemaras Chomičius
Valdemaras Chomicius
Valdemaras Chomičius is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team. Assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team...

, Igors Miglinieks, Viktor Pankrashkin, Valeri Goborov (Coach: Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Gomelsky
Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky was a great Soviet and Russian basketball coach.Gomelsky was Jewish. He began his coaching career in 1948 in Leningrad with LGS Spartak...

)

1989 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 8 teams

Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr...

, Alexander Volkov
Alexander Volkov (basketball)
Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. At 6'10" , he played the forward position.Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team...

, Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Šarunas Marciulionis
Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the North American National Basketball Association...

, Tiit Sokk
Tiit Sokk
Tiit Sokk is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the point guard position....

, Valeri Tikhonenko, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis is a basketball trainer, head coach of the VEF Riga, retired Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who was a member of the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He played as a shooting guard and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star Three Point...

, Valdemaras Chomičius
Valdemaras Chomicius
Valdemaras Chomičius is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team. Assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team...

, Gundars Vētra
Gundars Vetra
Gundars Vetra is a retired Latvian professional basketball player.Vētra was the first Latvian to play in the United States' National Basketball Association...

, Valeri Goborov, Viktor Berejnoi, Elshad Gadashev (Coach: Vladas Garastas
Vladas Garastas
Vladas Garastas is probably the most famous former Lithuanian professional basketball coach. Currently he is the president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation.-Coaching career:...

)

1990 World Championship: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Alexander Volkov
Alexander Volkov (basketball)
Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. At 6'10" , he played the forward position.Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team...

, Valeri Tikhonenko, Tiit Sokk
Tiit Sokk
Tiit Sokk is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the point guard position....

, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Sergei Bazarevich
Sergei Bazarevich
Sergei Valerianovich Bazarevich is a retired Russian professional basketball player. He played in 10 games for the Atlanta Hawks during the 1994–95 NBA season. He was a 6'2" and 168 lb point guard...

, Gundars Vētra
Gundars Vetra
Gundars Vetra is a retired Latvian professional basketball player.Vētra was the first Latvian to play in the United States' National Basketball Association...

, Andrei Lopatov, Viktor Berejnoi, Oleg Meleshchenko, Dimitri Sukharev, Valeri Korolev, Igor Pinchuk (Coach: Vladas Garastas
Vladas Garastas
Vladas Garastas is probably the most famous former Lithuanian professional basketball coach. Currently he is the president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation.-Coaching career:...

)

1991 EuroBasket: did not participate

As Commonwealth of Independent States
Commonwealth of Independent States
The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....

 (CIS)

1992 Olympic Games: finished 4th among 12 teams

Alexander Volkov
Alexander Volkov (basketball)
Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. At 6'10" , he played the forward position.Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team...

, Valeri Tikhonenko, Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Belostenny
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet national team from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence during a single competition, EuroBasket 1987...

, Sergei Bazarevich
Sergei Bazarevich
Sergei Valerianovich Bazarevich is a retired Russian professional basketball player. He played in 10 games for the Atlanta Hawks during the 1994–95 NBA season. He was a 6'2" and 168 lb point guard...

, Igors Miglinieks, Gundars Vētra
Gundars Vetra
Gundars Vetra is a retired Latvian professional basketball player.Vētra was the first Latvian to play in the United States' National Basketball Association...

, Sergei Panov
Sergei Panov
Sergei Yuryevich Panov is a retired Russian professional basketball player.-Previous teams:- 1991-93 - Spartak St. Petersburg;- 1993-94 - Yildirim ;- 1994-00 - CSKA Moscow;- 2000-2002 - Ural Great Perm;- 2002-2006 - CSKA Moscow...

, Viktor Berejnoi, Vitali Nosov, Dimitri Sukharev, Elshad Gadashev, Vladimir Gorin (Coach: Yuri Selikhov)
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