By John Rammas / irammas@eurohoops.net
Back in 2003, it was Lithuania that managed to keep a perfect 6-0 in Sweden and reach its third gold medal (after beating Spain in the final). 7 EuroBasket competitions later, Slovenia aims to do the same.
The Slovenian squad currently holds an 8-0 record, in Helsinki and Istanbul. They are one win away from making their own history.
Winning gold while undefeated is not that rare though, as 24 winners count a perfect record so far. Even so, every time it gets even more impressive as the competitiveness level constantly rises.
UPDATE: Slovenia made it and got the Eurobasket gold unbeaten with a 9-0 record.
The list of the undefeated EuroBasket champions until 2016:
Latvia 3-0 in 1935
Lithuania 5-0 in 1937
Lithuania 7-0 in 1939
Czechoslovakia 4-0 in 1946
Soviet Union 6-0 in 1947
Egypt 6-0 in 1949
Soviet Union 9-0 in 1951
Soviet Union 10-0 in 1953
Soviet Union 10-0 in 1957
Soviet Union 9-0 in 1959
Soviet Union 8-0 in 1961
Soviet Union 9-0 in 1963
Soviet Union 9-0 in 1965
Soviet Union 9-0 in 1967
Soviet Union 7-0 in1971
Yugoslavia 7-0 in 1973
Yugoslavia 7-0 in 1975
Soviet Union 9-0 in 1981
Italy 7-0 in 1983
Yugoslavia 5-0 in 1989
Yugoslavia 5-0 in 1991
Yugoslavia 9-0 in 1995
Yugoslavia 6-0 in 2001
Lithuania 6-0 in 2003
(Photo credit: FIBA.basketball)
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