Soviet Union national basketball team
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The Soviet Union national basketball team was a dominant international squad that won multiple Olympic, World, and European titles and featured legendary players such as Arvydas Sabonis.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Soviet Union men's national basketball team | 5 |
| Soviet Union men’s national basketball team | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
men's national basketball team
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national basketball team ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1991 ⓘ |
| eraOfDominance | 1950s–1980s ⓘ |
| EuroBasketTitles | 14 ⓘ |
| EuroBasketTitleYear |
1947
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1951 ⓘ 1957 ⓘ 1959 ⓘ 1961 ⓘ 1963 ⓘ 1965 ⓘ 1967 ⓘ 1969 ⓘ 1971 ⓘ 1979 ⓘ 1981 ⓘ 1985 ⓘ 1989 ⓘ |
| famousGame | 1972 Olympic men's basketball final ⓘ |
| famousGameOpponent | United States men's national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FIBAZone | FIBA Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Soviet Basketball Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeConfederation | European basketball ⓘ |
| legacy |
predecessor of Latvia men's national basketball team
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predecessor of Lithuania men's national basketball team ⓘ predecessor of Russia men's national basketball team ⓘ predecessor of Ukraine men's national basketball team ⓘ |
| notableCoach |
Alexander Gomelsky
NERFINISHED
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Vladimir Obukhov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Alexander Belov
NERFINISHED
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Arvydas Sabonis NERFINISHED ⓘ Modestas Paulauskas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Belov NERFINISHED ⓘ Valdis Valters NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Tkachenko NERFINISHED ⓘ Šarūnas Marčiulionis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| OlympicGamesBronzeMedals | 3 ⓘ |
| OlympicGamesDebut | 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| OlympicGamesGoldMedals | 2 ⓘ |
| OlympicGamesGoldYear |
1972
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1988 ⓘ |
| OlympicGamesSilverMedals | 4 ⓘ |
| represented | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
United States men's national basketball team
NERFINISHED
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Yugoslavia men's national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| WorldCupTitles | 3 ⓘ |
| WorldCupTitleYear |
1967
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1974 ⓘ 1982 ⓘ |
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Soviet Union men’s national basketball team
Soviet Championship League (basketball)
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Russia men's national basketball team
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