FIBA Hall of Fame
    Ervin KASSAI (HUN)

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    Category | Technical official Date of Birth | 16.03.1925 Date of Death | 12.10.2012 Country | Hungary

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    Highlights

    • He is an economist and worked for Budapest's City Council as a Traffic Consultant

    • Refereed hundreds of international games from 1953 to 1975

    • Refereed in 4 Olympic Games: Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964, Mexico 1968 and Munich 1972

    • Called 2 Olympic Finals: Rome 1960 and Mexico 1968

    • Refereed in 2 World Championships: Rio de Janeiro 1963 and Ljubljana 1970

    • Called in 8 European Championships for Men

    • Refereed in 3 European Championships for Women

    • Called 3 times the USA-USSR game series from 1959 onwards

    • Refereed 5 Finals of the European Cup for Men's Champion Clubs (current Euroleague): Geneva 1962, Bologna 1966, Madrid 1967, Lyon 1968 and Antwerp 1971

    • Called 2 Finals of the European Cup for Women's Champions Clubs (current EuroLeague Women): 1959 in Moscow and 1970 in Cracow

    • Refereed the 4 games between a European Selection and the USA to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of FIBA in 1972

    • Called the 1972 Final of the European Cup Winner's Cup in Thessaloniki

    • FIBA Technical Commissioner: 1966-1995

    Distinctions & Recognitions

    • FIBA named him Honorary Referee in 1976

    • FIBA Order of Merit in 1994