Soviet Union men's national basketball team

Soviet Union

FIBA ranking	Defunct
Joined FIBA	1947
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Soviet Basketball Federation
Coach	Various
Olympic Games
Appearances	9
Medals	Gold: (1972, 1988) Silver: (1952, 1956, 1960, 1964) Bronze: (1968, 1976, 1980)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	9
Medals	Gold: (1967, 1974, 1982) Silver: (1978, 1986, 1990) Bronze: (1963, 1970)
FIBA EuroBasket
Appearances	21
Medals	Gold: (1947, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1979, 1981, 1985) Silver: (1975, 1977, 1987) Bronze: (1955, 1973, 1983, 1989)
Home Away
First international
Soviet Union 50–11 Yugoslavia  (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 27 April 1947)
Biggest win
Soviet Union 118–14 Denmark  (Moscow, Soviet Union; 25 May 1953)
Biggest defeat
Soviet Union 55–89 United States  (Melbourne, Australia; 1 December 1956)

The Soviet Union men's national basketball team (Russian: Сбо́рная СССР по баскетболу, romanized: sbórnaya SSSR po basketbolu) was the national basketball team 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 medals, the basketball program of the former Soviet Union remains one of the most successful in the history of international basketball competitions, behind that of the United States but ahead of Spain.^[1][2][3]