Soviet Union national basketball team

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

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

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

in a game that essentially determined the gold medal

Gold medal

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

, Alexander Moiseev, Yuri Ozerov, Viktor Vlasov

Viktor Vlasov

, 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

, 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

, Alexander Moiseev, Yuri Ozerov, Viktor Vlasov

Viktor Vlasov

, Kazys Petkevičius

Kazys Petkevicius

, 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

, 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

, Yuri Ozerov, Kazys Petkevičius

Kazys Petkevicius

, Algirdas Lauritenas, Vladimir Torban, Stanislovas Stonkus

Stasys Stonkus

, Mikhail Studenetski (Coach: Stepan Spandarian)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams

Viktor Zubkov

Viktor Zubkov (basketball)

, 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

, Yuri Ozerov, Vladimir Torban, Algirdas Lauritenas, Mart Laga, Stasys Stonkus

Stasys Stonkus

, 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)

, 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

, 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)

, 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

, 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)

, 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

, 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)

, 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)

, 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

, 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

, 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

, 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)

, 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

, 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

, 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)

, 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

, 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

, 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

, 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)

, 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

, 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

, Alexander Belov, Jaak Lipso, Modestas Paulauskas

Modestas Paulauskas

, Vladimir Andreev

Vladimir Andreev (basketball)

, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

, 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

, Anatoli Krikun

Anatoli Krikun

, 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

, Alexander Belov, Modestas Paulauskas

Modestas Paulauskas

, Vladimir Andreev

Vladimir Andreev (basketball)

, 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

, 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

, 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

, 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

, Ivan Edeshko

Ivan Edeshko

, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

, 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

, Mikheil Korkia, Sergei Kovalenko

Sergei Kovalenko

, 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

, Modestas Paulauskas

Modestas Paulauskas

, 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

, Anatoli Myshkin, Ivan Edeshko

Ivan Edeshko

, Valeri Miloserdov, Evgeni Kovalenko, Sergei Kovalenko

Sergei Kovalenko

, 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

, Alexander Belov, Modestas Paulauskas

Modestas Paulauskas

, 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

, Alexander Boloshev

Aleksandr Boloshev

, 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

, Alexander Belov, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

, Alexander Sidjakin, Ivan Edeshko

Ivan Edeshko

, Mikheil Korkia, Alexander Boloshev

Aleksandr Boloshev

, 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

, Alexander Belov, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

, Valeri Miloserdov, Mikheil Korkia, Vladimir Zhigili, Ivan Edeshko

Ivan Edeshko

, 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

, Anatoli Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko

Vladimir Tkachenko

, 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

, Anatoli Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko

Vladimir Tkachenko

, Ivan Edeshko

Ivan Edeshko

, Alexander Belostenny

Alexander Belostenny

, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

, 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

, 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

, Anatoli Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko

Vladimir Tkachenko

, Ivan Edeshko

Ivan Edeshko

, Alexander Belostenny

Alexander Belostenny

, 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

, 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

, Anatoli Myshkin, Vladimir Tkachenko

Vladimir Tkachenko

, Alexander Belostenny

Alexander Belostenny

, 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

, Sergėjus Jovaiša

Sergejus Jovaiša

, 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

, Sergėjus Jovaiša

Sergejus Jovaiša

, Alexander Belostenny

Alexander Belostenny

, 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

, 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

, 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

, 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

, 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

, 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

, Sergėjus Jovaiša

Sergejus Jovaiša

, 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

, 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

, Alexander Belostenny

Alexander Belostenny

, Sergei Tarakanov

Sergei Tarakanov

, Sergėjus Jovaiša

Sergejus Jovaiša

, 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)

, Vladimir Tkachenko

Vladimir Tkachenko

, 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

, Rimas Kurtinaitis

Rimas Kurtinaitis

, 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

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

1987 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Alexander Volkov

Alexander Volkov (basketball)

, 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

, 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

, 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

, 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)

, Šarūnas Marčiulionis

Šarunas Marciulionis

, 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

, Sergei Tarakanov

Sergei Tarakanov

, Rimas Kurtinaitis

Rimas Kurtinaitis

, 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)

, Šarūnas Marčiulionis

Šarunas Marciulionis

, 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

, Rimas Kurtinaitis

Rimas Kurtinaitis

, 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)

, 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

, 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)

, Valeri Tikhonenko, Alexander Belostenny

Alexander Belostenny

, Sergei Bazarevich

Sergei Bazarevich

, 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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