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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf men's national basketball team
national basketball team
continent Europe
country Soviet Union
dissolved 1991
eraOfDominance 1950s–1980s
EuroBasketTitles 14
EuroBasketTitleYear 1947
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
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
Vladimir Obukhov NERFINISHED
notablePlayer Alexander Belov NERFINISHED
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
1988
OlympicGamesSilverMedals 4
represented Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED
rival United States men's national basketball team NERFINISHED
Yugoslavia men's national basketball team NERFINISHED
sport basketball
status defunct
WorldCupTitles 3
WorldCupTitleYear 1967
1974
1982

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Arvydas Sabonis nationalTeam Soviet Union national basketball team
Sarunas Marciulionis nationalTeam Soviet Union national basketball team
this entity surface form: Soviet Union men’s national basketball team
Soviet Championship League (basketball) producedPlayersFor Soviet Union national basketball team
basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics silverMedalist Soviet Union national basketball team
this entity surface form: Soviet Union men's national basketball team
Sergei Belov memberOfSportsTeam Soviet Union national basketball team
Sergei Belov memberOf Soviet Union national basketball team
basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics silverMedalist Soviet Union national basketball team
this entity surface form: Soviet Union men's national basketball team
Soviet Basketball Federation responsibleFor Soviet Union national basketball team
this entity surface form: Soviet Union men's national basketball team
1986 FIBA World Championship runnerUp Soviet Union national basketball team
this entity surface form: Soviet Union men's national basketball team
Yugoslavia national basketball team rival Soviet Union national basketball team
Russia men’s national basketball team formedAfter Soviet Union national basketball team
subject surface form: Russia men's national basketball team
this entity surface form: Soviet Union men's national basketball team