18th USSR Basketball Championship (1951.09)

Clips from a basketball game involving the Air Force team.

A precise shot into the opponent's basket.

Clips from a basketball game involving the VVS team during the 18th USSR Basketball Championship.

The referee blows his whistle, calling a foul.

The VVS team makes a successful free throw.

The referee is on the court.

A fragment of a basketball match during the 18th USSR Championship.

Honored Master of Sports of the USSR in basketball Valentina Kopylova on the court during a match.

Honored Master of Sports of the USSR in basketball O.M. Korkiya on the court during a match.

Fans in one of the stadium's stands.

The electronic scoreboard before the start of the second half of a basketball game involving the Air Force team.

Air Force players attack the opponent, and a shot is missed.

A view of the basketball court during a match (above).

Clips from a women's basketball game, including a successful basket.

Fans at the stand displaying the championship's interim results.

Scenes from a basketball match between women's teams, playing out combinations.

VVS player A.I. Moiseyev takes a free throw during the 18th USSR Basketball Championship.

The ball goes into the basket.

Fans stand in front of the stadium (top).

A referee blows his whistle.

A view of the basketball court during a match involving the Air Force team (top).

Female fans in the stands.

A view of part of the basketball court during the match (top).

A fragment of a basketball match between the VVS and Zalgiris teams of the Lithuanian SSR, with a successful shot by a Lithuanian player.

The table of teams in Subgroup B participating in the 18th USSR Basketball Championship.

The Dynamo and MAI basketball players run onto the court before the start of the match.

The score is zero on the electronic scoreboard.

A fragment of a basketball game involving the Air Force team, a successful throw by an Air Force player.

A view of a section of the basketball court with the team entrance arch in Odessa on the final day of the USSR Basketball Championship on September 25, 1951. Players from the VVS, Dynamo Tbilisi, Žalgiris Kaunas, and Tartu University Sports Club run onto the court before the start of their matches.

Female fans are in the stands.

Clips from the match between the women's teams "Dynamo" and "MAI," with the referee on the court.

MAI scores a basket.

Dynamo players execute a play under the opponent's basket.

The ball goes into the basket.

Fans applaud.

Fragments of a basketball match between the VVS and Zalgiris teams, the VVS team hitting the ball into the basket.

A Lithuanian Zalgiris player throws the ball into the VVS team's basket.

The ball goes into the basket.

Fans applauding in the stands.

A MAI basketball team player takes a free throw.

Fans applauding.

The score on the scoreboard.

A clip from a basketball game between VVS and Zalgiris.

A Zalgiris player makes a basket.

The referee calls the goal.

The ball goes into the basket.

Fans applauding in the stands.

A MAI basketball player takes a free throw and makes it into the basket.

Fans applauding.

Residents of Odessa read a poster announcing the 18th USSR Basketball Championship.

Fans walk toward the entrance to the Pishchevik Stadium in Odessa.

Competitors, carrying the banners of their sports societies, line up on the stadium field on the opening day of the championship on September 11, 1951.

Honorary awards intended for the winners of the 18th USSR Basketball Championship.